WEDNESDAY,AUG.29,2001
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Speaker emphasizes learning, provides helpful tips
JOHN NOWAK/KANSAN
Motivational speaker and KU grad Pearl Rovaris-McDonald address students about the dangers of skipping class. The speech was part of HAWK Link's efforts to inform freshmen and transfer students about the University and what it has to offer.
University alumna recommends reading class attendance for college success
By J. R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer
Going to class, reading the books and meeting the instructor are some of the ways to succeed in college, a motivational speaker and KU alumna said last night.
Pearl Rovaris-McDonald told about 20 people at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union that everyone should succeed at learning. Her presentation was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, HAWK Link and the Office of New Student Orientation.
She gave new students at the presentation advise on how to make it through college.
"Go to class. Someone will tell you 'don't go to class,'" she said. "They're not telling you the truth. It's where you learn your information."
Rovaris-McDonald said students should read what they were told to read and to read ahead. Meeting the instructors is also important, she said.
"If they know you then it makes you into a human being." Rovaris-McDonald said. "If you talk to the instructor they will give you insight into tests. If you care enough to ask, they'll gladdy give it to you."
The speaker used different activities to
get the audience involved. During one activity, students got up and asked each other information such as birth dates and what vegetable they would like to be.
"The reason I do it is you have to have your mind open," she said. "In class it can be nerve wrecking and incredibly boring. So wake your mind up."
"You can get caught up in what people think," she said. "You're not judged by one incident but by consistency."
Rovaris-MeDonald also stressed listening skills, creativity and self-esteem. If students followed her advice, she said, she guaranteed they would graduate from college.
Another activity involved students walking around the room and making observations of what they saw and what they didn't see. Finally, audience members had to imitate each other's faces and noises.
"Your job is to learn," she said. "Never lose sight of that."
She also advised students to write down their goals.
"Go ahead and have big dreams, because if you don't have them you won't reach them," she said. "And if they're not on paper, then they don't exist."
Matthew Carazo, Salina freshman,
said Rovaris-McDonald had some interesting ideas about educational success
Aaron Siemens. Derby freshman, said her activities made points in interesting ways.
"That makes them stick in my mind and stand out," he said.
Contact Mendoza at 864-4810
MIP: Alcohol offenses can lead to costly fees
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The 18 officers stationed throughout the state often visit cities with large student populations, such as Manhattan and Lawrence, Mlynar said.
Officers often visit around enrollment time, he said, when the weather was nice and students were outside.
Milnyar said officers went any- where large crowds gathered.
"Once a person's identified as being underage, our agents have the
option to write a notice to appear or book them into jail," he said. "We are nice guys—we prefer to write them a notice."
Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office echoed Mlynar's sentiments.
If someone is issued a notice to appear, the person has to appear at an arraignment to enter a plea, Mlynar said.
At this time, a defendant had the ability to contact the district attorney or the
city prosecutor to file for a diversion.
City Prosecutor Tom Porter said a diversion was an agreement the defendant signed. It stated that the defendant agreed not to violate the law for a year. If a year passed without a violation, the citation would be taken off the defendant's record.
But diversions aren't cheap either.
Porter said a diversion cost $300. The defendant was also required to pay $27.50 in court costs, $30 for the diversion application and an $85
Dallas Rakestraw, Wichita junior, was at The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., when he received his MIP in 2000.
enrollment fee for a required eighth hour class provided by the alcohol information school. This totals $442.50 on top of legal fees.
Rakestraw said he had pleaded not guilty and filed for a diversion. The total cost was $662.50.
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More city buses coming to town commission says
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
Two new city buses are leaving California on Saturday and are expected to arrive in Lawrence on Tuesday, Public Transit Administrator Karin Rexroad said last night at the City Commission meeting.
And the buses will be put to use right away.
The buses are the first of 12 the city has ordered. The new buses are to replace the 12 leased buses currently serving passengers who use the Lawrence Transit System, Rexroad said.
City Manager Mike Wildgen said. "They'll look like normal buses; they'll smell like normal buses; they'll work like normal buses."
The commission also voted to begin looking at the placement of bus shelters.
The remaining 10 buses will arrive in Lawrence in pairs of two and are set to be delivered sporadically until mid-November, Rexroad said.
Rexroad said information from surveys would be used in determining where the shelters would be placed.
He said the city had received a grant of about $500,000 to build the shelters, which would cost $3,000 to $5,000 a piece.
In other business, the Commission unanimously voted to use the next PerCent for Art project to recognize Langston Hughes, a well-known 20th century author who lived in Lawrence as a child.
Wildgen said the project could not be done until the current PerCent for Art project underway at Lawrence Memorial Hospital had been completed. He projected the Langston Hughes project could begin in late 2002 or 2003.
Mayor Mike Rundle said it would coordinate with Hughes' 100th birthday celebration next year.
Hobart Jackson spoke on behalf of the Lawrence Roundtable for the Arts. Jackson recommended the project be a plaque in Hughes' honor.
The Commission also proclaimed September as "Smart Growth Month."
Larry Kipp from the Friends of Douglas County stood before the commission to accept the proclamation concerning the city's expansion. He also informed commissioners of the festivals, tours and speeches during the month.
Contact Craigmile at 864-4810
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