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NEWS
WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 12,2003
A balancing act
Kelley Weiss/Kansan
Danny Loental, Rolla, Mo., senior, walks on a rope between Budig and Marvin halls. Loental said walking on the webbing rope was called slack lining. He began slack lining in August when he was in Yosemite National Park rock climbing. Loental said he had been rock climbing for three years, and slack lining was something a climber did on a day off for balance and concentration practice.
Kansas bowler aims for the pros
By Megan Hickerson
mhickerson@kansan.com
"Kansan stuff writer"
A KU bowling team member dreams of becoming a professional bowler. Elmer Jesse James III—or Jesse—is well on his way to achieving his goals.
James, Lawrence senior, is a member of the KU bowling team,and spends at least two hours a day at the Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
James has been bowling since his dad brought him to watch his Friday night league games when James was in grade school.
"My interest in bowling quickly progressed to a life obsession," James said. "My classes interfere with my bowling—it should be the other way around."
Now a senior on the bowling team, James enjoys teaching the freshmen the ropes. He said the team's rituals were slightly edgy.
"Besides making fun of them whenever we want, we make them eat the hottest wings that we can find at the bowling alley," James said.
James and the KU bowling team have traveled all over the country for tournaments in cities such as Chicago and Buffalo, N.Y.
james played in a tournament in Las Vegas that had a $50,000 prize. Although he didn't win, James has several good luck charms that he brings with him to tournaments.
"I keep this piece of paper in my bowling bag," James said. "It's a printout of someone that was bashing me on an Internet Web site. I always read it when I put my shoes on."
Because the bowling team receives no funding from the University, team members fundraise throughout the year. They hold an annual Bowling For Excellence tournament, where supporters can pledge money per pin to help support the team.
"The one thing that would really help the team out would be more advertising." James said.
James will return to Las Vegas this summer for a tournament. Depending on how he places, James may decide to turn professional after he graduates in December.
Mike Fine, manager of the Jaybowl and bowling team coach has confidence in James.
"Jesse has a good grasp of bowling at this level," Fine said.
— Edited by Erin Chapman
KU bowler Jesse James lets one loose at a recent team practice. James, who has had 10 perfect 300 games in his 14 years of bowling, said his dream was to be a professional bowler. "In this sport, nothing is certain," he said. "Patience is the key."
Andy Samuelson/Kansan
States with budget woes may have to increase tuition at public colleges
The Associated Press
Cash-strapped states from coast to coast are weighing hefty tuition increases for public colleges and universities, prompting experts to wonder aloud whether state schools are pricing themselves out of the market for most students.
"This trend is going to catch up with the middle class at some point," said Barmak Nassirian, an analyst with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
With most states unable to cover their expenses, tuition increases have been imposed midway through this academic year by several states including Maryland, Oregon and California.
The budget woes have been especially painful for University of Oregon junior Rachel Pillio, who may forego her senior year if an additional tuition hike is imposed next fall. Students at Oregon this
year have already faced tuition increases of $10 per credit hour. That's more than $100 per term for a full-time student.
"I'm ahead on my credits so I can graduate with the bare minimum for a degree. That's graduating without honors and that's graduating without the classes that will
fully develop me," said Pilliod, a self-described middle-class student who has assumed most of the cost of her own education.
vey of college costs released last October by the College Board, the owner of the SAT exam.
The tuition increases come in an academic year when tuition at four-year public institutions jumped by an average of 9.6 percent, according to the annual sur-
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