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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
Meh, I've seen worse.
Spring break countdown?
Tuesday, Feb. 25
What: Architecture, Design and Planning Career Fair
When: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, 5th floor
About: A chance for KU Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Design and Urban Planning students to network with industry employers.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
What: International Opportunities Fair When: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Kansas Union, Union Lobby About: Meet with KU students and staff who have studied, worked and lived abroad.
What: The Cleveland Orchestra
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Lied Center
About: The Grammy Award-winning
Cleveland Orchestra performs.
Student and youth tickets
$21 to $30, adult tickets $42 to $60.
Thursday, Feb. 27
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
About: A free vegetarian meal on
Thursdays at the ECM.
What: Presidential Lecture Series - The First Ladies: Intimate Sacrifice, Honored Post
When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Dole Institute of Politics
About: Richard Norton Smith, first director of the Dole Institute and presidential historian, examines the private lives and the public roles of the First Ladies.
Friday, Feb. 28
What: Latin American Seminar
When: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Hall Center, Seminar Room 1
About: "Una Nueva Justicia en Chile? Institutional and Ideational Change in the Chilean Judiciary"
CONSTRUCTION
What: Much Ado About Nothing (play)
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall
About: An adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play. Public tickets $18, seniors and KU faculty/staff $17 and students $10 at 785-864-3982. Other showings Saturday, Sunday.
Renovations increase campus access
KATE MILLER
news@kansan.com
Renovations to Jayhawk Boulevard and the addition of a ramp in front of Strong Hall will make campus more accessible for those with disabilities.
The University of Kansas Department of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) released its annual report last Friday on the progress of the University's program to increase academic accessibility for students with disabilities. The report details the University's completed and future projects that increase accessibility for students, faculty and staff with disabilities.
The report, written by Jamie Simpson, IOA's director of accessibility and Americans with Disabilities Act education, lists the projects that the University plans to finish this year through 2016. The largest project is the continual reconstruction of Jayhawk Boulevard, which will add new ramps, crosswalks and sidewalks to better aid accessibility.
Simpson explained that while the Jayhawk Boulevard construction did not stem from accessibility issues, it
Paul Graves, deputy director of the Office of Design and Construction Management, said that in addition to replacing old, broken pavement, the Jayhawk Boulevard project will reconstruct the sidewalks with wider access ramps to meet the ADA regulations
provided a good opportunity to make the area even more accessible.
"When people report to us some areas that they see where there could be accessibility improvements, then we put it on the transition plan," she said. "And then we go to the Architectural Barriers Committee. They're the ones who help prioritize which of those accessibility projects rises to the level of the highest recommendations that we would give the University architect"
KANSAN FILE PHOTO case with disabilities
"They've done a lot to make sure that the curb cuts are good, and that the crosswalks meet where the curb cuts are," she said. "They do a lot to promote physical accessibility. There's definitely some things there for people with physical access needs."
Cynthia Marta, president of AbleHawks and Allies, praised the changes made to Jayhawk Boulevard.
The report also indicates the latest steps taken in the addition of a new ramp in the front of Strong Hall. Currently, the only accessible ramp is located behind the building. Construction is expected to begin this summer.
"What I've heard from people with disabilities is that they don't like having to go all the way to the back," Simpson said. "They prefer to go on the main thoroughfare, just as any student at Strong Hall would
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STORY RECAP
Annual IOA report details completed and future projects to aid accessibility
Renovations to Jayhawk Boulevard have increased accessibility
A new ramp in front of Strong Hall to be added summer 2014
TUITION
Law school to give in-state rates to Mo. counties
PAIGE STINGLEY
news@kansan.com
The Vantage Scholarship will allow law students from 11 Missouri counties to pay the in-state tuition rate of $19,623.35 as opposed to the out-of-state rate of $33,067.75.
Future KU School of Law students from Kansas City, Mo., will be eligible to receive in-state tuition, beginning in the summer 2014 academic session.
The University of Missouri in Kansas City Law School offers a similar scholarship to Kansas City, Kan., residents. The Vantage Scholarship is not an attempt to create a border war between the schools, but rather to provide non-resident students an opportunity to attend KU.
"The scholarship is part of a
larger effort to expand into the Kansas City market," said Stephen Mazza, Dean of the KU School of Law. "There are attorneys who practice on both sides of the border. It doesn't matter if they are from Kansas or Missouri."
Mazza expects the scholarship, which has been funded through private donations, to help 10 to 20 students. Current law students from the Missouri are not eligible for the scholarship: it's only available to students entering during the 2014 school year. Eligible counties include: Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton,
Missouri residents currently make up eight percent of KU law students, an increase from six percent in 2012. The law school expects this number to increase as a result of the scholarship.
Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray.
Law schools nationwide have seen a dramatic decrease in applications every year for the past several years. Much of this decline is attributed to the lower job market demand for lawyers and attorney's. The number of applicants across the country has decreased by as much as 50 percent since 2005.
In response to the decline, the University has reduced class sizes for law students.
class sizes for law students.
"We don't want to graduate more students than jobs are available for," said Mazza.
In 2013, the law school's graduating class was 174. Roughly 124 students are expected to graduate this year.
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Tuition for in-state law students $19,623.35
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Tuition for out-of-state law students $33,067.75
Graduating class in 2013 ___ 174
Graduating class in 2014 (expected) ___ 124
Students in class of 2017 ___ 109
Target enrollment for 2014-15 ___ 120
6 percent
Students from Missouri in 2012
6 percent Students from Missouri in 2013 8 percent
ELIGIBLE COUNTIES
ELIGIBLE COUNTIES
Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry, Jackson,
Johnson. Lafayette.
Platte, and Ray.
KU School of Law, Lawrence Journal World
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