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University Daily Kansan
Page 0393 from reel: NP 7215 (1998-01-12 to 1998-07-22)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/127052

Title: City's Police Department Mirrors Minority Trends
Summary: Article examines the Lawrence Police Department's hiring trends and racial diversity, noting that only four percent of officers are African American despite the city's demographics.
Category: local news
Subjects: law enforcement; racial diversity; police departments
Named Entities: Wachter, Ronnie [staff writer]; Moore, Allen [first African American officer]; Katzman, David [professor of American Studies]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: University Recycling Program Collects Lab Animals' Waste
Summary: The University of Kansas recycling program collects and composts waste from laboratory animals, turning it into garden fertilizer for campus use.
Category: campus news
Subjects: recycling programs; laboratory waste; environmental sustainability
Named Entities: Johnson, Graham K. [staff writer]; Wylie, Jayson [recycling technician]; Silva, Victoria [ORCR director]; Smith, Al [director of laboratories]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Scratches Put Dents in Wallet
Summary: Article discusses how minor vehicle damage like scratches and dents can be expensive for students to repair, with quotes from local body shop owners.
Category: campus news
Subjects: vehicle maintenance; student expenses; automotive repair
Named Entities: Doherty, Jeremy M. [staff writer]; Logan, Sara [student]; Werkheiser, Larry [owner of Auto Body Plus]; Dryden, Steve [owner of Steve's Auto Plaza Body Shop]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Looking for a Needle in a Brick Stack
Summary: Feature on a student art project where Dana Ferrell collects bricks to build an Anagama kiln, a wood-fired Japanese tube kiln.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: art projects; community service; recycling initiatives
Named Entities: Ferrell, Dana [senior]; Johnson, Graham K. [staff writer]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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