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Volume 128 Issue 116
kansan.com
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Captain James Anguiano with KU Public Safety said the incident occurred around 1:20 a.m. at 1752 Anna Drive. The man, whom Anguiano said he does not believe is a University student, was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59
A University student has been arrested on charges of domestic battery against her boyfriend early Tuesday at Stouffer Place Apartments.
Captain James Anguiano with KU Public Safety said the incident occurred around 1:20 a.m. at 1752 Anna Drive. The man, whom Anguiano said he does not believe is a University student, was transported to Overland Park Regional
Gault
Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Stouffer Place Apartments is a branch of student housing for graduate students and families.
Anguiano said a juvenile was present as well.
A Douglas County report shows Kariss McNeal, 34; was booked at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday on charges of aggravated battery.
McNeal was featured in a story for the Kansan last semester. She is an Army veteran and has a 7-year-old son.
McNeal came to the
— Edited by Jordan Fox
This story is still developing. Keep checking the Kansan online today for updates.
University this year and is from Houston.
Anguiano said officers are still gathering information and he is unsure when the investigation will conclude.
Max hours for on-campus jobs decreases next year
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley
Caleb Bobo, a junior from St. Louis, said the University isn't at fault, it's merely following guidelines to protect the University as an employer.
hand the University was dealt, and now they're being forced to comply"
"From what I know, the Affordable Care Act requires employer to provide health insurance to anyone working 30 hours," Bobo said. "I don't think the University wants anyone getting anywhere close to that to protect themselves. Whether that's right or not, I think it's the
Next academic year, undergraduate students working on campus won't be allowed to clock more than 20 hours, a policy already in place by many universities across the nation, according to Director of Human Resources Ola Faucher.
Faucher said the current academic year served as a transition period for departments to prepare for the change.
Faucher said. "That year will pass in May, so we'll be in the time period where the policy will be enforced as written."
The University announced the enforced rule last summer in response to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law requires an employer to provide health care coverage to anyone working more than 30 hours. Bobo said restricting the amount of hours puts oncampus student workers in a significant bind.
"...We realized making a quick change wouldn't allow departments to adjust,"
"There are a large number of students who use student employment as their main
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BEN LIPOWITZ
The University's Department of Human Resources announced that students would not be able to clock more than 20 hours a week for on-campus jobs starting next academic year. This change was made due to the enactment of the Affordable Health Care Act.
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@kellycordingley
KELLY CORDINGLEY
Russian student activists visit campus to learn about sustainability
While reflecting on their past week in Lawrence, eight Russian student activists and their director, Maria Zhevlakova, ate breakfast together Sunday. The group visited Lawrence last week as part of the Peer-to-Peer Eco Reps Program, and they visited sustainable campus buildings, student farms and observed how students here work with sustainability and environmental programs. In May, University of Kansas students will spend a week in St. Petersburg, Russia, to learn and observe in the same way.
Eight student activists from Russia observed Lawrence student culture, toured sustainable campus buildings and learned from student farms. As part of the Eco-Reps: Peer to Peer Sustainability Outreach Program, these students from different parts of Russia came to Lawrence to learn from and observe the various ways our students work with sustainable infrastructure and the environment. They were hosted by The University of Kansas Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies
"There are two important
things in our trip here: to exchange some knowledge of how things are made in Russia and in America, and also it aims to build mutual understanding between American students and Russian students," said Artem Pastukhov, student activist at Itmo University in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Pastukhov developed a program with two peers, also on the trip, to reduce food waste by using it as fertilizer at their University. Each of the students on this trip either have a team or an individual project focusing on some area of sustainability positive economic, social and environmental changes for their schools or communities.
"These programs are crucial,"
said Russian program director Maria Zhevlakova. "They all have various projects and are activists. They focus on what is possible in their prospective villages. Unlike here, where municipalities are in charge of waste collection, no such system exists in Russia."
In May, students from the University of Kansas will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia to learn about sustainability and foreign students, just as they were observed. Pastkhov said the Russian and KU students had the opportunity to meet this past week, trade souvenirs and attend the Farmers' Ball together.
Zhevlakova recalled when she traveled to Detroit in 2009 as part of a community
MARIA ZHEVLAKOVA Russian program director
connection program and saw how charity here contrasted her home country.
"Thinking about money and community connection, we learned so much about how charity works, and non-for-profit works, and how people donate," she said. "In Russia,
"These programs are crucial. They all have various projects and are activists."
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Student discusses living in Nepal after earthquake
KANSAN: Why are you in Nepal?
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn
On Saturday, April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed areas across Nepal. Abigail Schletzbaum is currently a sophomore studying abroad in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
SCHLETZBAUM: I'm here with a study abroad program, I'm currently in Kathmandu so fairly close to the origin [of
the earthquake] ,but we have students in our program at various locations in the country because we were each doing independent research this month. Ironically, my project was regarding earthquake preparedness.
SCHLETZBAUM: Right now,
KANSAN: What are some of the repercussions you've witnessed after the earthquake?
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View of the debris on Tuesday of collapsed Bhakapur Durbar Square after Saturday's earthquake, in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Across central Nepal, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in the open without clean water or sanitation since Saturday's massive earthquake, one of the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years.
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