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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY JANUARY 18,2002
WWW.KANSAN.COM
ISSUE 75 VOLUME 112
Add/drop times are extended
By Meredith Carr Kansan staff writer
Students starting the add/drop process today will find it much easier than previous semesters.
The old method of adding or dropping a class meant waiting in long lines at a specific time designated by the last two numbers of a student's KUID.
Though the schedule of add/drop still follows the last two numbers of the student's KUID, changes have been made.
"This semester we've gone to a change where students are allowed to come add or drop classes all day instead of during a particular time frame like it has been in previous semesters," said Cindy Derritt, associate registrar.
The new schedule allows students two chances to add and drop classes between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. today through Monday, Jan. 28 on days when classes are in session. Students have a third chance from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29 and Wednesday, Jan. 30.
But the registrar's office advises students to avoid peak times.
"There are times that are more busy than others," Derritt said, "Generally it's busiest between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. with the slower times being from 8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m."
Katie Williams, Topeka junior, said she disliked the previous add/drop schedule.
"I hate the add/drop process because I've always had class at my designated time," Williams said.
However, other students thought the add/drop system was convenient enough in past semesters.
"I've always gotten what I wanted so I guess it's been fairly easy for me," said
Last two numbers of KUID
00-19: First chance: Thursday, Jan. 24. Second chance: Friday, Jan. 25.
20-39: First chance: Friday, Jan.
25. Second chance: Monday,
Jan. 28.
40-59: First chance: Friday, Jan 18. Second chance: Tuesday, Jan. 22.
60-79: First chance: Tuesday,
Jan. 22. Second chance:
Wednesday, Jan. 23.
80-99: First chance: Wednesday, Jan. 23. Second chance: Thursday, Jan. 24.
Billy Steffens, Andover sophomore.
Students who want only to drop a class can go to Room 151 C in Strong Hall.
"Add/drop isn't too bad. Think dropping a class is easiest," said Melanie Busch, Wichita junior. "Adding can be a pain when you have to get special permission cards."
Students planning on adding or dropping classes should obtain the correct slips outside 151 Strong Hall or check with their school. If a student is trying to add a class, some schools — including the schools of architecture, engineering and journalism require a dean's stamp. These schools do this to monitor a student's progress toward graduation.
Students can also visit the computer labs in Budig Hall and the Kansas Union or access www.opensections.ku.edu to check class availability.
Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Gillian Titus.
Credit card debt a heavy price for students to pay
By Melissa Shuman Kansan staff writer
Students who maxed out their credit cards during winter break may be in more debt than they bargained for.
Getting out of debt can become a serious problem for students with little or no income. Robert Baker of Consumer Credit Counseling Services, 2518 Ridge Ct., said that many students didn't realize the effect fees had on their credit record.
"When students carry a credit card debt, it's like they have to make car payments on a car that they don't have," he said.
Some students don't understand that the late $20 to $35 penalty fee is added to their balance every time they make a delinquent payment. Students who try to make payments on their low income can spend years trying to pay off their balance, he said. The more time it takes a cardholder to pay off their balance, the more interest credit card companies can charge.
charge.
"A person could owe $10,000 and after 10 years of making payments of $123 a month, end up paying $14,700," Baker said.
Baker has seen many students who graduate $20,000 in debt because of the combined student loan and credit card
www.creditcardsearchengine.com
/education
For more information on managing credit card debt, check
Consumer Credit Counseling:
www.hcks-ks.org
payments. The problem only gets worse when they get their first paycheck.
"Combined student loans and credit card debt get worse because they haven't gotten that mythical high-paying job," he said.
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www.creditcardnation.com
www.jumpstartcoalition.org/princ
joles.cfm
Jo Hardesty, director of Legal Services for Students, helps KU students who have gotten into debt. She said that the office helps students set budgets, contacts Consumer Credit Counseling and get their interest rates reduced. In extreme cases they can help the student file for bankruptcy, but paying off the debts has fewer consequences for future credit.
SEE CREDIT ON PAGE 6A
STUDY ABROAD ADVOCATE
Mary Klayder, English lecturer, explains that when she attended the University of Kansas, she never thought she would one day be teaching a class here. Klayder teaches several English classes currently and leads the London review.
Class gives perspective
English teacher urges students to find own voice in the world
By Adam Pracht
Kansan Staff Reporter
While some students filled in the bubbles of Scantron sheets for their final examinations last spring, those in Mary Klayder's class learned lessons about life.
required students to create a fiveminute presentation about their own world view. The class, English 205: Ways of Seeing, focused on how different authors portrayed their views of the world.
The final examination for her class
Susie Banks, Topeka sophomore, said the final project helped to focus her as she began her college years. She burned a CD of songs that defined her life.
"As a freshman you're trying to think about what you want, and you're not really sure," she said. "It helped you develop a sense of yourself."
Travis Weller, Garden City sophomore, brought a box full of objects significant in his life, such as pictures and books.
He said the final project was typical of the way Klavder taught English.
"She makes class enjoyable and interesting so it's not like you're going to class," he said, "But it's focused in a way that you still learn. It's unique."
To discover Klayder's philosophy of teaching, one only needed to see her screen saver. The words, "It'll be fine..."
SEE KLAYDER ON PAGE 6A
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Kinko's cuts its hours
After years of offering late night copying services to students, Kinko's, 911 Massachusetts St., is closing its doors from midnight to 6 a.m. every day.
By Leah Shaffer
Kansan staff writer
Students have one less place to take care of late-night copying now that Kinko's, 911 Massachusetts St., is no longer open 24 hours a day.
The shortened hours of 6 a.m. to midnight have already caused concern among customers, said Rich Greenwood, assistant manager.
Dave Kelman, Shawnee junior and architecture major, said the new hours would be hard on his schedule because he usually goes to Kinko's after midnight.
"I probably go at least once a week," Kelman said. "Now we have no night copy places in town."
Twenty-four hour grocery stores like Dillons and Hy-Vee have copy machines, but Kelman said those
machines didn't work for the kind of high-quality copies he and other architecture students needed to make. Kinko's was the last all-night copying store in town.
Bill Brower, Kinko's district manager, said there were 24-hour Kinko's in Kansas City, but the Lawrence store would remain on shortened hours until it received more late-night business
Kinko's opened in Lawrence in 1977 and had been open 24 hours a day since the early 1990s.
Greenwood said he would like the store to return to the old hours.
"I want what's best for the customer, but it is out of my control," he said.
Contact Shaffer at
Contact Shaffer at ishaffer@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Watkins offers cheaper birth control
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
Birth control can be a necessary part of student life on a college campus, but it can also be one of the most expensive.
INSIDETODAY
At Watkins Memorial Health Center, students enrolled in six or more hours have the benefit of cheap prescriptions and free visits to a doctor. This cost is covered by campus fees.
"I get my birth control at Watkins
because it is very convenient and cheap," said Trisha Ruiz, Anthony junior. "It would cost too much every month if I had to get it elsewhere."
"Birth control is the most frequent prescription filled at Watkins," Thrasher said. "For example, we
Cathy Thrasher, Watkins pharmacist, said it was common for a college student health center to fill a large number of birth control prescriptions, as many students lead active sex lives.
SEE WATKINS ON PAGE 6A
Paying for the pill
The price of an oral contraceptive birth control pill, ortho-tri-cyclen, for one month's prescription is:
$7 at Watkins Memorial Health Center if you are enrolled in six hours or more
$27.98 at Target, 3201 Iowa St.
$29.98 at West 44th, 3200 Iowa St.
$31.54 at Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St.
$31.79 at Dillons, 1015 W. 2nd St.
$31.79 at Dillons, 1015 W. 23rd St.
$33.29 at Walgreens, 400 W. 23rd St.
LOCAL NEWS ...2A
HOROSCOPES ...2B
WEATHER ...6B
CROSSWORD ...6B
COMING IN TUESDAY'S KANSAN
SPORTS: Read how the men's basketball team played against the Oklahoma Sooners.
NEWS; What did KU students do to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
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