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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
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REALIGNMENT
BIG 12 REPLIES
KAITLYN KLEIN
kklein@kansan.com
kklein@kansan.com
Students, faculty and alumni at Kansas have watched anxiously as the conference realignment has unfolded, but they haven't been alone. Students at other schools have also held their breath as the ultimate, long-term fate of the Big 12 remains uncertain.
KANSAS
Libby Johnson, student body president, said she had been reading the news, speaking with individuals around the university and on conference calls with other student body presidents in the Bie 12.
Johnson said she recognizes the hype and confusion that surrounds the future of the Big 12 b u t
thinks the Big 12 12 best place for the University to be
"People were scared when it looked like it may fall
apart," Johnson said. "It assured us why we're is in the conference we're in"
MISSOURI
Eric Woods is the president of the Missouri Students Association.
"It is interesting for us because we're object of speculation," Woods said.
He adds that, though he gets asked often whether Missouri will leave the Big 12. he doesn't know.
"We want to make sure we have a conference that can stand on its own." Woods said.
IOWA STATE
Dakota Hoben, governor of Iowa State student body, wants
to remain in the confer-
tice.
"We all want to stay and hope for the long term success," Hoben said.
COLORADO
Colorado, the first school to leave the Big 12, joined the PAC-12 this year.
David LaRose, an executive sports producer on Colorado's campus, said that students think
Colorado's departure has been positive.
"We have a better opportunity and sense of community."
LaRose said, noting that many of Colorado's alumni are based on the west coast.
KANSAS STATE
Kansas' in-state rival, Kansas State, remains adamant
ing with Kansas and a part of the Big 12. "We want the
best result for K-State," Nate Spriggs, student body president, said. He emphasized
the importance of maintaining of regional rivalries.
Spriggs said that even if the Big 12 were to break up, their school is strong and would cope with the changes.
TEXAS
Natalie Butler, University of Texas-Austin student body president, was dismayed by A&M's decision to leave.
"I think it is unfortunate but that was their decision," Butler said.
Ashley Leonard, student body president, said the Big 12 was the best place for Oklahoma State to be.
OKLAHOMA STATE
"We want to stay in the Big 12." Leonard said. "We're really dedicated to the conference."
Leonard mentioned that it would be difficult if schools like hers left the Big 12.
"It'd be harder for student and student
athletes to travel," Leonard said. "They'd spend more time on the road, and not in the classroom hardly at all."
TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M, like Colorado and Nebraska before them, thought that leaving the conference was the right decision for its university.
"A&M is still open to maintaining those rivaries," Tanner Wilson, A&M student senate speaker, said. "It's really up to
the Big 12 schools as to if those rivalries continue; we're will-
rivaries continue; were willing to work those into the schedule."
Wilson said for many students at A&M, the attitude toward leaving the Big 12 has been one of excitement to join the Southeastern conference.
"It's a powerful bowl and there's popular support," Wilson said.
BAYLOR
Zach Rogers, student
body president, is sad to lose the rivalry with Texas A&M, but is excited to see what schools might come to the Big 12.
"Students at Baylor think the Big 12 is the best for Baylor," Rogers said. "It's a powerful conference that will not only survive, but thrive."
— Attempts to contact leadership at Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas Tech were unsuccessful.
was skeptical about it. He said he went online and read reviews, some of them mentioning scams and other issues.
VECTOR FROM PAGE 1
"I just decided to be open minded about it," Benson said. He chose to apply to Vector because he trusted the friend who referred him.
Russell said that speculation about Vector Marketing probably comes from employees who misrepresented the company.
Benson said rumors that Vector Marketing or CUTCO is a pyramid scheme are not true.
"Sometimes you get a bad egg," Russell said. "It depends on the values and standards a company has. In any company you'll get people who don't represent values well." Russell said she had seen a few managers nationally whom she believed didn't represent the company well, but locally she never saw that problem.
"You do get paid off what your recruits make, but only one level," Benson said. Benson said that if a person he refers to the company sellselling CUTCO, he can make 2 percent of what they sell. That 2 percent does not come out of the other person's paycheck.
Russell advised people who are curious about CUTC or Vector Marketing to talk to someone who works there.
"People should go to an interview to see what it's about," Russell said.
BUSINESS
Edited by Sarah McCabe
This screen shot taken from apple.com shows a tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died yesterday. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," the company said in a brief statement. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."
APPLE COM/ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Apple co-founder dies from cancer
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama remembers Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as one of America's greatest innovators and says the world has lost a visionary.
The man behind the iPod and iphone as well as the personal computer and the iPad, Jobs died of cancer Wednesday at age 56.
Obama said in a statement Wednesday night that Jobs was brave enough
to think differently,bold enough to believe he could change the world,and talented enough to do it.
The president also said Jobs exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity.
In a tweet sent separately from his statement, Obama said, in his words, "There may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented."
TECHNOLOGY
Initiative pushes to retain women in science
CLAIRE MCINERNY
cmcinerny@kansan.com
When she was 11 years old, Sarah Seguin got in trouble with her parents for taking apart their new garage door opener. She wanted to see how it worked, a curiosity that was present through her childhood. Although Seguin, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University, did not know what engineering was until she got to college, she knew early on it was where her passions lay. Last Monday, first lady Michelle
Seguin
Obama spoke publicly to promote the National Science Foundation's (NSF) initiative to retain women, like Seuqui, in science
and technology fields. This plan, the Career-Life Balance Initiative, promotes family-friendly atmospheres in science organizations.
Seguin knows from first-hand experience the struggle between wanting to start a family and furthering her career. She said she and her husband are ready to have kids, but she is not at the right point in her career to balance a baby and her professional life.
"I want to earn tenure," Seguin said. "And while earning tenure, most women do not have children because they think, 'I have to get all these projects done. I have to have so many papers,' and having children means you're going to have a delay."
The new rules allow both men and women to suspend research grants and projects for up to a year
Seguin said the KU engineering school is already on board with the NSF's plan, providing flexibility to its professors and graduate students in terms of family and research commitments.
if they need to tend to family responsibilities. Allowing women to take time off for maternity leave or to care for a new child allows them to retain their careers by not having to choose between a career and a family.
In career fields such as engineering where gender diversity is already a struggle, this initiative is
also promising to women eventually entering the science and technology fields. Hannah Cosgrove, a junior from Prairie Village, is part of the gender minority in the engineering school. Having only four girls in one of her classes this year is more than typical, so Cosgrove understands why the NSF is pushing to keep women at their jobs.
"Women bring a totally different perspective to anything," Cosgrove said. "You have to have diversity if you want to be a top organization, because everyone brings something different to the table and you
"Women are still kind of scared." Seguin said. "They don't want it to be perceived as getting more advantages as anyone else. What usually happens is women don't usually take those things to prove to everyone I'm as good as my male counterparts."
GET INVOLVED
— Edited by Lindsey Deiter
Marilyn and Jack da Silva: Artist Talk & Workshop
Although Segun is excited the NSF is promoting this initiative, she is skeptical if many women in the science and technology fields will take advantage of it.
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