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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2002
Honors students to party
By Molly Gise mgise@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Honors students can get together at a holiday party tonight.
The "Jingle Mingle," which starts at 7:30 p.m. in Nunemaker, is the kick-off for its sponsor, the Honors Council.
The party tonight will feature food and holiday music, said Meredith Hauck. Wichita freshman and Honors Council president of public affairs. Students also get information about joining the Honors Council, she said.
"This is getting our ball rolling and letting people get to know each other," Hauck said.
The Honors Council is a group of students formed to increase
student input into the honors program, said Patrick Bengtson, the organization's president of governmental affairs.
"It's a great platform for students who are academically motivated to discuss ideas about strengthening the curriculum and a variety of topics," said Bengtson, Lawrence freshman.
The group aims to increase student interaction in and out of the classroom, he said. Members of the group will share information about academic-related topics, like research and graduate school, and will have social gatherings as a way to relax and meet other honors students.
Mark Nesbitt-Daly, assistant director for the honors program, said previous attempts to form a
group like the Honors Council had failed.
The Honors Council has sustained itself this year because of interest from freshmen who aren't as involved as upperclassmen, he said.
"Honors students tend to be over-committed," Nesbitt-Daly said. "We hope to get some of them before they got tied up with other things."
At the party, the Honors Council will share decoration plans for the student lounge of Nunemaker Hall. A Topeka-based interior decorator is working for free with the council to revamp the lounge.
The party is from 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. There is no cost.
Leukemia CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A
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Treatment at St. Luke's has become an advantage of Valdya staying in the United States.
"She's better off being treated here," said Abyankar. "She would be more susceptible to infection back in India where they wouldn't have as good of facilities."
The task after Vaidya's recovery will be finding a suitable bone marrow donor for a transplant. Abyankar said Vaidya's leukemia type, known as acute myeloid, makes it difficult to find a donor. Vaidya's brother back in India is being tested to determine if he could serve as a donor — he has about a 25 percent chance to be a match. But if that doesn't work, Abyankar said a donor would have to be found through an unrelated donor registry, which will further decrease Vaidya's chances of finding a match.
Contributions for Vaidya's treatment can be sent to:
Meghe Trust Fund
U.S. Bank
1807 W. 23rd St.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Go to www.ku.edu/~kuindia/ to find updates on Vaidya's condition and details of the fundraiser's progress. Or, reach Arun Agarwal at 844-4391 or arun@ku.edu
Currently, Vaidya's friends are doing the best they can to raise enough money for her treatment;
Vaidya's roommates, Rakhee Keswani and Aparajitha Rachapudi, both graduate students, said Vaidya was easy going. The three met in August in Hyderabad before traveling to Kansas and decided to room together. They enjoy studying at home and going out on the weekends. Keswani said Vaidya hoped to return to school eventually.
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Janelle Anderson. Derby junior, said the residents of the complex had been promised increased security while they were gone for Thanksgiving. Anderson wasn't sure if security efforts were made.
Burglaries CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6A
The manager of the apartment complex and Mastercraft Management would not comment on the thefts.
Anderson's roommate, Minal Patni, said she did not think management was doing enough to make her feel safe after the burglaries. The burglaries smashed their deadbolt to enter their apartment.
"We asked them to put another lock on the door so we'd feel more secure," said Patni, Wichita junior. "They just put a little plate and another deadbolt on the hole. We tried to take it off ourselves and it worked. It's worthless."
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