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January 28, 2003
Vol.113.Issue No.84
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Kansas upsets Texas in ESPN's 'Big Monday' game p.1B
Recruiting to increase enrollment of nurses
By Nikki Overfelt
overfelt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Despite a nationwide shortages of nurses, the University of Kansas School of Nursing is optimistic because of an increase in the number of pre-nursing students and an overall general interest in nursing, said Rita Clifford.
According to Clifford, associate dean for student affairs at the Med Center, the school had 1,122 inquiries last year about its nursing program. In a survey of students shopping for majors done by the University at enrollment, nursing ranked fourth.
Oread water main breaks
The United States will experience a 20 percent shortage in the number of nurses needed in the nation's health care system by the year 2020, a shortfall of more than 400,000 registered nurses nationwide, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Kristin Meyer, Derby Freshman is one of 344 pre-nursing students who will apply to a nursing school across the country, including the University.
The nursing shortage reassures Meyer in her decision to be a nurse, she said.
"If you're going to be a nurse, you might as well be a doctor," Meyer said she has heard from several people. But the guarantee of a job right out of college helped her to stick with her decision to be a nurse.
Pre-nursing majors spend two years taking liberal arts and science prerequisite classes. Then, they move on to the University nursing school campus or another nursing school to complete their bachelor of science or master of science in nursing degree.
In order to recruit more nursing students, the school is spending time in grade schools. Clifford said.
Many grade school students just think of shots when they think of nurses, she said, but the nursing school program informs students of the many different responsibilities of nurses. The presenters also talk to the students about how they can fit into the program as individuals.
Giving classroom presentations in high schools and colleges about the school is another way of recruiting. Clifford said.
Also, a pre-nursing counselor is at the advising center on the Lawrence campus one day a week to assist students who are thinking about nursing or interested in pursuing a career in nursing.
Edited by Jason Elliott
Game face
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Benjamin Winters, Chicago graduate student remains motionless as he is transformed into "The Mikado." Winters stars in the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera.
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City of Lawrence workers attempt to tame a broken water pipe yesterday morning, at the corner of 14th and Tennessee streets. The pipe break left residents in the surrounding area without water for the early part of the day.
Residents briefly left without running water
By Jessica Palimenio
jpalimenio@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students waded through swampy, mud-filled streets yesterday on the way to their homes — but cleaning up couldn't come until several hours later.
Buildings between Tennessee and Ohio streets on 14th Street were left without water due to a water main break. The ruptured, 90degree angle pipe was situated at the corner of 14th and Tennessee streets.
"The water main wasn't supported right and the water pressure kicked off the 90," said Shawn Jaimez, Lawrence Utility Department employee.
The break sent water and mud to flowing through the street.
"I noticed my water didn't work and I was like, What the hell?" said Levi Reznicek, Baldwin City senior.
The department received a call about the incident at 11:05 a.m. and turned the residents' water off at 11:50 a.m.
Utility Department employees worked into the evening in a five-foot hole to repair the break.
Workers try to repair problems like this before they go home for the night, said Roger Coffey, director of the
"I noticed my water didn't work and I was like, What the hell?"
hell?"
Levi Reznicek
Baldwin City senior
Lawrence Utility department.
Some residents in the area said the lack of water had not inconvenienced them.
"I didn't even realize until I got back from class," said Kara Hansen, Topeka sophomore.
Ryan Brummer, Overland Park junior, said the broken main hadn't bothered him enough to keep him from going to class.
While trying to fix the pipe, electric lines to the traffic lights at the corner were cut.
Scott Wiltz, a local electrician who worked to fix traffic signals, said they were expected to be out of service last night and most of today.
Dry weather, which causes the ground to shift, has caused breaks like these to happen more often, Coffey said.
Edited by Lindsay Hanson
To report problems with your water service call the City of Lawrence water emergency line at 832-3256.
University will ease teacher shortage
New program to train graduates to teach in Kansas City schools
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com kansan staff writer
The beleaguered Kansas City, Kan., school district will get a boost from the University of Kansas nextyear when the University begins its "Transition to Teaching" program, University officials announced yesterday.
The University has partnered with the Kansas City, Kan., school district to reduce the district's critical teacher shortage by training college graduates with liberal arts degrees and strong math and science skills to be teachers.
"We're an urban district and like other urban districts, one of our problems is attracting high quality teachers in math and science," Ray Daniels, superintendent of Kansas City, Kan., schools said. "Our achievement results aren't as high as we'd like and the quality of teaching makes a difference.
The federally funded "Transition to
learning" program will put 160 new teachers in the Kansas City, Kan., school district during the next five years. The University will receive the first-year funding for the $1.9 million grant from the Department of Education in August. President George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" initiative provided the funding for the grant.
"This program is important because these students are learning in a school system with challenges," Angela Lumpkin, dean of the school of education, said. "They're from a low socioeconomic background where education
may not be valued."
Candidates for the new program must have at least five years work experience outside of teaching and commit to working exclusively in the Kansas City, Kan., school district for one year. The University will provide a stipend to cover tuition costs for each candidate.
The program requires a three-year commitment from teacher candidates, who will earn certification and graduate credit through a two-year program of intensive courses and on-the-job
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Design alumna lays out keys for success
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Flexibility and talent are keys to succeeding in the Hollywood movie business, Dawn Brown, comic book artist and set designer for Columbia Pictures, told design students yesterday.
Brown, a 1991 graduate of the University of Kansas design department, described two career options for design students: movies and comic books. She started her presentation with video clips from the movies she designed for; including Batman and Robin, The X-Files, Charlie's Angels, Planet of the Apes, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Ocean's 11.
"You have to be very good and very quick on your feet," Brown said. "It's problem solving and you have to bring something fresh to the page."
"Sets are designed to sell a mood, define a reality and create a world that serves the characters and the story," Brown said.
As a set designer, Brown makes working drawings, or blueprints, for movie sets that are made from scratch or modified to fit an existing location. Her work in the film and television industry, especially meeting Batman creator Bob Kane while working on Batman and Robin, led to the creation of a comic book, "Little Red Hot", published by Image Comics.
"As artists, we all have the opportunity to create something that will make a difference, something that matters," Brown said. "You're telling a story through sequential images."
Brown kicked off the spring semester's Hallmark Symposium, now in its
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Dawn Brown presents a slideshow of the Hollywood movie sets she's created to a design class yesterday evening at the Spencer Museum of Art. The 1991 KU graduate's resume includes such famous films as Batman and Robin, Charlie's Angeles, Planet of the Apes and Ocean's 11.
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