THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002
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Business group could win its way around the world
NEWS
By Mike Gilligan Kansan staff writer
A KU organization may be $8,000 richer and on its way to Amsterdam this summer.
That's the prize if the University of Kansas group Students in Free Enterprise wins the national SIFE competition in Kansas City, Mo., May 12 to 14. The four-year-old KU branch of the group advanced to SIFE nationals after it won the Midwest regional competition in Denver. The team competed against schools like the University of Colorado and the University of Oklahoma.
Laura Johnston, Belleville, Ill.. senior and SIFE member, said the 15-member group was designed to teach others about free enterprise and business. Only eight students will present their work at the national competition.
Jeff Morrow, SIFE advisor and business lecturer, said he was impressed with this year's group.
"We've done some stuff that's pretty amazing," he said.
Morrow said SIFE was a volunteer group that students joined. He said about 80 percent of the students were business maiors.
Morrow said the group had worked on many projects this year such as an Internet-based curriculum for teachers and a youth entrepreneurship project.
Laura Haught, Emporia sophomore and SIFE member, said the group developed the curriculum to help teachers with banking, finance, credit and marketing.
She said teachers could use the Web site to teach different aspects of business.
"There are different lesson plans and a quiz at the end to see what you've learned," she said.
Haught said the group also helped the Pelathe Community Resource Center, 1423 Haskell Ave., start a business. She said the center wanted consultation on starting a business selling T-shirts and SIFE helped out by offering consultations.
The group presented both the Internet-based curriculum and the Pelathe project in Denver, and will present these projects at nationals.
Haught said she thought the KU SIFE group had a good chance of winning nationals.
"Some of the other groups help kids with bake sales and things like that, but we are making a bigger impact by helping teachers teach kids."
Morrow said 64 teams would be competing at the national competition, and if the team won, it would win a trip to Amsterdam for the global competition.
He said because of the cost, only eight people would go to Amsterdam if the team won. He said SIFE would decide later which of the 15 members would go.
Contact Gilligan at mqilligan@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Sarah Warren.
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employees. Because the hospital and the School of Medicine are not connected financially, there is no plan in place for the hospital to bail the School of Medicine out of financial woes, said Bob Hallinan, media relations coordinator for the Med Center.
MED CENTER
In 1998, the School of Medicine and the hospital split and the hospital became privately owned.
"We did it so we could compete in Kansas City without state guidelines to follow." Hallinan said.
The hospital creates revenue from the services it provides, but the School of Medicine operates on state funding and tuition from students. The hospital is not dependent on state money, so it will not be affected by the $700-million state budget shortfall.
The Lawrence campus could be next for
"We did it so we could compete in Kansas City without state guidelines to follow."
Bob Hallinan media relations coordinator
job cuts. Chancellor Robert Hemenway told a senate committee that up to 175 positions might be eliminated.
Contact Beatty at theatty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kyle Ramsey. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Shelter may be open in summer
By Lauren Beatty
Kansan staff writer
For the first time in 15 years, the Salvation Army homeless shelter could be open during the upcoming summer months.
The Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 Tuesday night to donate $20,000 to the shelter, 946 New Hampshire St. The shelter is trying to raise $60,000, the total amount needed for the summer.
"This community is a caring and compassionate place," Mayor Sue Hack said. "We felt that this was a modest request that we could do and needed to do. We are stewards of the city's money and many in the city have indicated their willingness to help."
Capt. Carolyn Schuetz of the Salvation Army said if the shelter was open during the shelter, it would prevent the homeless from having to look for a new place to stay.
"One of the things that happens when we close in April, is the client is back into homelessness and causes
them to start all over again," she said. "It's nice to have continuity for the client instead of stopping and starting."
Schuetz said while people were staying at the shelter, they must demonstrate progress toward finding a job or permanent home. They also have to see n social worker. She said about 34 people stayed at the shelter per night.
"Often you would get people in there and they just don't have anywhere else to go, especially when it's 90 degrees out," she said. "It's not really a problem, but sometimes you get people that have mental problems and other patrons get kind of weirded out, so if they have a place to go, I think it would be better so they don't have to go searching in public buildings for someplace to stay."
Sarah Lunn, Lawrence senior worked at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., and said she used to see homeless people hanging around there in the summer.
"This community is a caring and compassionate place."
Sue Hack
Mayor of Lawrence
Jacy Wolfe, Lawrence senior, said he thought opening the shelter yearround was a good idea.
"Whenever you go to the public library in the summertime you always see a lot of homeless folks in there. I think because it's nice and cool in there," he said. "If they have a place to go where it's not so hot outside, I'm sure that would be advantageous."
The Salvation Army has $15,000 left to raise. Schuetz said she would continue to seek donations from the public.
Contact Beatty at ibetty@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Justin Guenley.
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Brad Lyman, Parker junior, reaches for a traditional Hindu snack from Swami, a Hindu monk. Swami visits the University of Kansas about once every semester. He said he traveled the country, informing students on college campuses from Arizona to Minnesota.
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