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University Daily Kansan
Page 0069 from reel: L 2813 (1985-08-21 to 1985-12-05)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/27448

Title: Divestment Battle to Persist
Summary: The KU committee on South Africa continues its divestment campaign despite meetings with Endowment Association representatives, with students and faculty expressing concerns about investments in companies doing business in South Africa.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university investments; student activism; social justice; academic governance
Named Entities: Benjamin, Jennifer [staff writer]; Seymour, Todd [Endowment Association]; Ungerman, Steve [Endowment Association]; Bunker, Chris [Endowment Association]; Polack, Jeff [student body vice president]; Knapper, Arno [professor of business]; Jerry, Robert [associate professor of law]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Housing Options Plentiful
Summary: The housing market around campus offers various options for students, with residence halls overflowing and some students utilizing temporary housing arrangements like language labs.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student housing; residence halls; campus living; university facilities
Named Entities: Blakeman, Karen [staff writer]; McElhenie, Fred [director of residential programs]; Pearson-Corbin, Gertrude [student]; Hecht, Julia [sophomore]; Hastings, Oliver [hall]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Wanted: A Place to Sleep
Summary: Students are utilizing study rooms and language labs as temporary housing due to overcrowded residence halls, with some students staying in McCollum language lab.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student housing; study spaces; residence life; campus facilities
Named Entities: Ljung, Bengt [staff writer]; Blakeman, Karen [staff writer]; Jones, Louie [freshman]; Baldwin, Michael [freshman]; Bayless, John [freshman]; Oiney, Md. [freshman]; Lee, Joshua [freshman]; Jones, Salina [freshman]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Garage Sales Greet Returning Students
Summary: Lawrence residents hold garage sales to help students pay for school expenses as returning students browse for items, with many sales occurring over the weekend.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student life; community events; back-to-school; local commerce
Named Entities: Kondratieff, Nicolette [staff writer]; Waterbury, Naomi [student]; McNeice, Brian [student]; Geil, Sharon [student]; Dubey, Lawrence [resident]; Chappell, Sarah [resident]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Convocation Will Initiate School Year
Summary: Chancellor Gene A. Budig will deliver the annual convocation address to mark the beginning of the academic year, with classes starting afterward.
Category: announcement
Subjects: university events; academic calendar; chancellor address; student orientation
Named Entities: Budig, Gene A. [chancellor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Foreign Teachers to Take English Exams
Summary: Foreign graduate teaching assistants and instructors at KU will be required to take English language proficiency exams due to concerns about communication barriers in the classroom.
Category: campus news
Subjects: language proficiency; faculty hiring; academic standards; university policies
Named Entities: Fritz, Heather [staff writer]; Clifford, Carol [secretary]; Tacha, Deannell [vice chancellor]; Parris, Roshann [executive coordinator]; Bergen, Gerald [Board of Regents associate]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Photo: Student Browsing Yard Sale Items
Summary: Photo of student browsing through yard sale items during back-to-school season in Lawrence.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: student life; community events; back-to-school
Named Entities: Waterbury, Naomi [student]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Photo: Student in Residence Hall Room
Summary: Photo of student in a residence hall room, illustrating housing options available to students.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: student housing; campus living; residence life
Named Entities: Hecht, Julia [sophomore]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Photo: Students in Study Room
Summary: Photo of students utilizing a study room as temporary housing due to residence hall overcrowding.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: student housing; study spaces; campus facilities
Named Entities: Jones, Louie [freshman]; Baldwin, Michael [freshman]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Housing Options Plentiful
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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