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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
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East Asian Studies awarded over $200K
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LAUREN METZLER
@MetzlerLauren
The University received a National Resource Center Award of $233,000 for East Asian studies along with a Foreign Language and Area Studies Award of $247,500 for African language studies.
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Department of Education announced the universities that won awards from $63.3 million worth of grants to further global studies, according to a press release from the Department of Education.
The FLAS award will go to undergraduate fellowship scholarships of $10,000 for tuition spread over one academic year with a $5,000 stipend for students of African languages, said Elizabeth MacGonagle, associate professor of African history. Graduate and summer scholarships will
also be awarded.
Last year, the Center for East Asian studies received an NRC award similar in size to that of this year. However, one year into the cycle, congressional cuts caused the amount to be reduced by 46.5 percent, Greene said.
The NRC award money will benefit the Center for East Asian studies. This will help fund new courses, faculty research, faculty attendance of conferences and the development of new courses, said Megan Greene, associate professor of history and director of the Center for East Asian studies.
In a 50-page proposal, the departments had to outline their strengths and make a case for why they deserved funding.
The Center for East Asian studies did not receive the FLAS award this year, which was a great disappointment, Greene said.
Greene said.
"If you read these things as literature, you would think these were the worst written things ever because they are just so full of information that they can't flow very nicely," Greene said.
Awards like these are what enable University programs to continue to grow.
"It gives KU students more opportunities: a broader range of courses, more things they can learn from," Greene said.
These awards are designed to support the increasing need for globally aware students among the collegiate American landscape, according to the Department of Education press release.
"I think you're truly becoming a global citizen when you make the commitment to learn another language," MacGonagle said.
Edited by Kelsey Phillips
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[citation] decline is probably something tied to having a presence there," Marie Taylor, a resident of Lawrence who practices law in Topeka, said. "If a police officer is driving nearby, [drivers] are probably more careful. It may be what's driving the reduction, the actual presence of police."
In August, officers from the LPD joined approximately 150 Kansas law enforcement agencies in the 2014 You Drink, You Drive, You Lose enforcement campaign for one month, ending Sept. 1. Additional officers patrolled the streets funded by a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The campaign focused on alcohol-related accidents to discourage drinking and driving.
Current citations are still
lower than they were at the start of the enforcement campaign that ran Aug. 14 through Sept. 1. Sgt. Trent McKinley, media contact for the LPD, said the August campaign was effective in increasing citations but also safety.
"With 12 DUI arrests and more than 100 seatbelt violations addressed, I believe the statistics speak to that point themselves," McKinley said.
Taylor said she noticed an increased police presence there during those weeks. She also said downtown, especially the areas beyond the main streets, has always been somewhat of a focal point.
"If you were to walk further away from the main streets, there could be a safety issue coming back from downtown.
concerned about," Taylor said. "Those get tied to alcohol."
Taylor said there are many people who move to Lawrence from out of town,some from small towns,who are young new to the community and are not used to certain safety issues.
(The lighting is) just so limited outside of that (area)." Taylor said.
McKinley said the Lawrence police hope to address the the reduction of alcohol related traffic crashes, frequency and intensity of nighttime violence and the reduction of street robberies.
"I'm more concerned with driving accidents, those are more the safety things I'm
Edited by Amelia Arvesen
"The lack of research was an increasing concern to AAA because automakers were toung a plethora of hands free vehicle communication and entertainment systems that distract minds from driving, couple that with a predicted five fold increase of these systems by 2018, it could be a real public safety concern," said AAA Executive Vice President James Hanni.
The team created a ranking, with 1 being hardly a distraction and 5 being a total cognitive distraction. The radio ranked a level 1, a 2 was talking on a handheld or hands-free device. Engaging in a hands-free, voice-activated or voice-installed devices in cars was a level 3 distraction. Interacting with Siri on the iPhone ranked as a level 4 distraction for the driver. However, the driver does not have to be the person interacting with Siri;
AAA teamed up with David Strayer and his team from the University of Utah to research cognitive distractions in regards to driving.
the distraction occurs even when anyone in the car is using the device.
After conducting the tests, the team delved deeper into discovering the why and how these cognitive distraction in cars worked. Hanni said the team then compared characteristics of various voice-activated systems to see which were the most distracting.
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mental distractions, when your brain is focused on something other than driving, had never been considered before.
tions - such as taking hands off the wheel to eat.
During this phase of the research, they took many popular car brands and assessed their levels of distraction on the same scale as before. Toyota's Entune system came in with the lowest cognitive distraction level of 1.7, only slightly higher than the distraction caused by listening to a radio. On opposite ends, the Chevrolet MyLink came out as the most distracting with a distraction level of 3.7. The remaining cars fell in between these two; the Hyundai Blue Link ranked at 2.2, the Chrysler Uconnect was only slightly higher at 2.7, Ford SYNC with MyFord Touch came in at 3.0 and the Mercedes COMAND scored a 3.1 distraction level.
Research conducted by AAA is leading to new systems that keep drivers safe and focused on the road. This research is helping the auto industry develop a less distracting hands free interactive system in vehicles that will actually lead to a much safer driving experience.
Ryan Pfannenstiel, manager of Dale Wille Automotive in Lawrence, said he doesn't think his cars present distractions with hands-free devices.
"The button is on the steering wheel, it's easy to reach but you don't have to use it if you don't want there's a hands on option. People love it," Pfannenstiel said.
While not all sales representatives are aware of the dangers, Hanni said he hopes to improve road safety by working with policy makers, manufacturers and safety workers.
Hanni explained that the next phase of the system will address several remaining questions and help automakers understand how drivers in different age groups manage mental workload by use of these systems. They will also research how drivers regulate their use of these systems according to complexity of their driving situation including poor weather or bad road conditions.
The next phase is still undergoing researched and Hanni said drivers must be careful with their use of technology while driving.
"Just because you can use them doesn't mean you should." Hanni said.
Edited by Drew Parks
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KENNEDY BURGESS/KANSAN Interacting with Siri on an iPhone ranks as a higher distraction than changing the radio, according to a recent study conducted by the American Automobile Association.
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