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University Daily Kansan
Page 0616 from reel: NP 9602 (2002-01-17 to 2002-07-17)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/119588

Title: Students Plan Mad Dash to Atlanta
Summary: KU students plan road trip to Atlanta for NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, with some driving 840 miles to watch the Jayhawks play Maryland.
Category: campus news
Subjects: NCAA basketball tournament; Final Four; student travel; KU athletics
Named Entities: Lancaster, Simmy [student]; Saunders, Ashley [student]; McQueen, Mollie [student]; Ragsdale, Shelly [student]; Ramseyer, Julie [student]; Chonko, Overland Park [student]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Tickets Scarce During 2002 Final Four
Summary: KU basketball fans face ticket scarcity for NCAA tournament, with only 4,500 tickets available for Georgia Dome games and a complex lottery system for distribution.
Category: sports
Subjects: NCAA basketball tournament; ticket distribution; KU athletics; Final Four
Named Entities: Konzem, Richard [associate athletics director]; Carr, Max [student]; Gasaway, Andy [editor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Greek Petition Threatened by Technicality
Summary: Student-generated petition for Greek housing off-campus representation faces technical issues that may prevent it from appearing on the spring election ballot.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; Greek life; petition process; Student Senate
Named Entities: Hill, Sarah [staff writer]; Knopp, Andy [Engineering Senate president]; Mitchell, David [Elections commissioner]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Committee Deliberates Financial Aid Improvements
Summary: Committee discusses improvements to financial aid system, including possible tuition increase and changes to application deadlines.
Category: campus news
Subjects: financial aid; university funding; student finances; tuition
Named Entities: Carr, Meredith [staff writer]; Johnson, Chris [associate director of Student Financial Aid]; Roeker, Janet [associate director of Student Financial Aid]; Bell, Jamal [graduate senator]; Rakestraw, Dallas [student]; Smersh, Sarah [editor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Today's Weather: Warmer With a High of 48. SEE PAGE 8A
Summary: Brief weather update indicating warmer temperatures with a high of 48 degrees, directing readers to page 8A for more details.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; temperature
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Armed Robbery: Student Injured at North Carolina University. SEE PAGE 3A
Summary: Brief news item about armed robbery at North Carolina university resulting in student injury, directing readers to page 3A for full story.
Category: informational content
Subjects: campus safety; armed robbery
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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