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EMPLOYMENT
Kansan positions open for spring semester
The University Daily Kansan is now accepting applications for Spring 2012 news and advertising jobs: editor-in-chief and business manager. These are student hourly positions that oversee the editorial and advertising content of The Kansan and Kansan.com. Experience with The Kansan is recommended but not required.
All applications can be found at jobs. ku.edu by searching University Daily Kansas. Applications are due no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. Interviews will be on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 2050 of the Dole Human Development Center.
Ian Cummings
CAMPUS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Memorial fund created to honor former student
KU Endowment is planning to administer a memorial fund in the name of Drew Anderson, a University graduate who died Oct.1.
Anderson, 22, from Kansas City, Kan., suffered from muscular dystrophy since childhood and graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications in May. Although confined to a motor scooter as a student, he lived independently at Lewis Hall and served as a copy chief for The University Daily Kansan.
Ian Cummings
Those interested in contributing to the fund can send mail to Corrie Moore at KU Endowment, P.O. Box 928 Lawrence, Kan., 66044-0928. Contributions should be labeled for the Drew Anderson Memorial Fund specifically.
COMMUNITY Chancellor releases statement on Penn State
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little released a statement Thursday addressing the situation at Penn State.
In an e-mail sent to students, entitled faculty and staff, "Our duty to our community." Gray-Little called the allegations of abuse at Penn State shocking.
Jonathan Shorman
Beyond any legal responsibilities, we each have a moral obligation to look out for the safety of the other members of our community, especially when they are children," Gray Little wrote.
Kansas' mandatory reporting law does not cover institutions of higher education, but the University is examining changing its own policies, Gray-Little wrote.
Marines celebrate 236th birthday
MILITARY
LAURA SATHER
lsather@kansan.com
Starting off with a performance of the national anthem from the Lawrence High School choir, the Dole Institute of Politics hosted a celebration for the 236th United States Marine Corps birthday Thursday.
This year marks the 20th year the institute has hosted the Marine Corps birthday, and during his speech, guest of honor Col. Michael McCoy said even though he's attended many Marine Corps birthday celebrations, the attendance at each one keeps growing.
"I'm extremely proud to be able to, I'm obviously not a Marine yet, but I'm on the career path, but to join such an elite group of warriors and to carry on the long legacy that they've laid before us," Frickey said.
McCoy also said that not just the number of Marines seems to be increasing, but also the number of young Marines. Navy ROTC midshipmen also attended the birthday celebration. Midshipman Lucas Frickey, a sophomore from Clearwater, said the birthday celebration was especially important for him.
"Each year, there's more and more Marines from multiple generations that come in, and they're still proud to be Marines, serve over a period of time and celebrate together," McCoy said.
Of the 100 in attendance, many were veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Desert
Storm, Cpl. Jim Weaver, who served from 1966 to 1969, said seeing the younger veterans was inspiring.
“It's pretty emotional. I've been doing it for quite a while; I've been a Marine for a long time, but once a Marine, always a Marine,” he said. “It's kind of what formed me into who I am today.”
"You look around and see all ages. There's a lot of camaraderie," said Schumm. "It really is a force of all ages."
Although he's not a Marine, city commissioner Bob Schumm was celebrating his own birthday at the event. He said for the city, the birthday commemoration was a way for citizens to show their appreciation for Marines, as well as for Marines themselves to bond.
McCoy said seeing the younger crowd of Marines connecting with older veterans was especially important. Recently, he visited Parris Island in South Carolina to see young men and women in training. He said seeing those Marines in the making confirmed what he's always thought the Marine Corps was about.
"It's not about me, it's not about any one Marine, it's not about rank, it's about what we do in service to the nation," McCoy said. "Once a Marine, always a Marine; that's part of our ethos, that's part of our blood. It's not a job; it's not a career. It really is a passion."
Edited by Josh Kantor
CLAIRE HOWARD/KANSAN
Major William Seelmann and Sgt. Roy Matthews with the KU ROTC Marines serve the first slices of cake to the oldest present Marines at the Marine Corps Birthday Cake Cutting Ceremony on Thursday afternoon at the Dole Institute of Politics. Thursday marked the 236th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
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