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University Daily Kansan
Page 1334 from reel: NP 10153 (2002-08-19 to 2002-12-12)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/34715

Title: Music School Looks to Fill Vacant Spots
Summary: The School of Music is seeking to fill four faculty positions that will be vacated in May, with students expressing concern about recent faculty turnover while school officials maintain it's part of normal turnover patterns.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university faculty; music education; academic staffing
Named Entities: Goepfert, Jenna [staff writer]; Hamilton-Smith, Vickie [director of communications]; Oliver, Timothy [director of Marching Jayhawks]; Moore, Christopher [professor of music]; Boulton, John [professor of music]; Rowoldt, Seth [percussion major]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Jumping Ship: State's Budget Woes Threaten University's Ability to Retain Faculty
Summary: Budget cuts and funding challenges are threatening the University of Kansas' ability to retain faculty, with 60 faculty members having left since 2001 due to better opportunities elsewhere and concerns about the university's financial stability.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university budget; faculty retention; higher education funding
Named Entities: Ramsey, Kyle [staff writer]; Pfannenstiel, Joel [illustrator]; Shafer-Landau, Russ [former associate professor of philosophy]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Rec Center to Stretch Hours
Summary: The new recreation center opening in Fall 2003 will offer extended hours, with students able to work out 18 hours straight when it opens, replacing the Robinson Center as the primary recreation facility.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student recreation; university facilities; campus amenities
Named Entities: Stumpff, Matt [staff writer]; Chappell, Mary [director of recreation services]; Blackburn, Joey [senior]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Victim of Beating Calls It Hate Crime
Summary: Jeffrey Medis, a 28-year-old Lawrence resident, was beaten in what he calls a hate crime, suffering broken jaw, fractured eye socket, and other injuries after being attacked outside a bar.
Category: local news
Subjects: hate crimes; violent crime; law enforcement
Named Entities: Burhenn, Michelle [staff writer]; Medis, Jeffrey [victim]; Sullivan, Matt [manager of Replay Lounge]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: No. 20 Kansas Men's Basketball Team Faces No. 17 Tulsa Tonight
Summary: The University of Kansas men's basketball team, ranked No. 20, faces No. 17 Tulsa in a game tonight.
Category: sports
Subjects: college basketball; KU athletics; sports competition
Confidence: 0.9

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