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Maggie Beedles, a former Alternative Breaks coordinator at KU, shared her experience from her alternative break she went on during her senior year of high school. She visited a shelter in Alamosa, Colo., and discussed how giving a man who was passionate about art a new box of colored pencils gave her a new perspective on the idea of privilege.
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Elaine Jardon, a language arts teacher at Topeka High School, is a KU graduate who ended up creating her own alternative break with her group because of a schedule miscommunication. "However" Jardon remarked, "I think the alternative break we created was better than the original because of all the people we helped."
Students and speakers came together to share their experiences with volunteering
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Erin Flemming was a sophomore when she went on an Alternative Break trip to the border between Mexico and America in Arizona that changed the course of her life.
"I went down there and I was really just blown away and shocked about all the terrible atrocities that happen along the border," said Flemming, a law school student from Miami. "That really was the moment for me when everything changed and my life trajectory was totally changed. That point was really what drove me to law school."
Fleming and fellow students Will Dale, Melanie Gorges and Adam Strunk, along with alumni Maggie Beedles, Elaine Jardon, Annie McBride, and Jeff Severin shared stories of how volunteer work enriched and changed their lives Thursday in the Woodruff Auditorium.
Alternative Breaks and the Center for Community Outreach sponsored the event to give volunteers the opportunity to reflect on and celebrate service and share their experiences as part of homecoming
week.
and reflecting on what you're done. Rather than structuring the event as a presentation, planners decided to model it after a poetry slam; speakers spoke freely, for the most part without any notes. Lamb said she wanted the stories to feel organic and engaging rather than rehearsed.
"We see it as a perfect space to celebrate the stories of our alumni and our own students," said Emily Lamb, co-director of the CCO. "Homecoming is all about coming back and reflecting on your experiences at KU and reflecting on what you've done."
"Everybody think of your favorite childhood memory," said Jeff Severin, the director of the KU Center for Sustainability and a KU graduate, who spoke. "Raise your hand if it took place outside," he added, as the majority of the crowd of 100 students lifted their hands in the air.
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The outdoors were central to the volunteer work Severin did while at KU. As a junior he went to a state park in Florida on an alternative spring break which reinforced his passion for the environment. It also led him to start GROW, a program
at the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club that allows kids to participate in outdoor activities and learn about the environment.
Audience member Erin Dvorak, a sophomore from Spencer, Iowa, said she was inspired by the stories
she heard.
"I want to participate in alternative breaks and it just made me want to help my community even more," she said.
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NEWS KICKER
Model airplanes might become a terrorist weapon
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Model airplanes are suddenly on the public's radar as potential terrorist weapons.
A 26-year-old man from a Boston suburb was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives.
These are not balsa-wood-and-rubber-band toys investigators are talking about. The FBI said Rezwan Ferdaus hoped to use military-jet replicas, 5 to
7. 1/2 feet long, guided by GPS devices and capable of speeds over 100 mph.
Federal officials have long been aware of the possibility someone might try to use such planes as weapons, but there are no restrictions on their purchase — Ferdaus is said to have bought his over the Internet.
Counterterrorism experts and model-aircraft hobbyists said it would be nearly impossible to inflict large-scale damage of the sort Ferdaus allegedly envisioned using model planes. The aircraft are too small, can't carry enough explosives and are too trivial.
to fly, they said.
"The idea of pushing a button and this thing diving into the Pentagon is kind of a joke, actually," said Greg Hahn, technical director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
Rick Nelson, a former Navy helicopter pilot who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Ferdaus would have had to hit a window or other vulnerable area to maximize damage, and that would have taken precision flying.
enough explosives and are too tricky "Flying a remote-controlled plane
isn't as easy as it actually looks, and then to put an explosive on it and have that explosive detonate at the time and place that you want it add to the difficulty of actually doing it," he said.
Ferdaus, a Muslim American from Ashland, was arrested after federal agents posing as al-Qaida members delivered what he believed was 24 pounds of C-4 explosive, authorities said. He was charged with attempting to damage or destroy a federal building with explosives. A federal affidavit claims he began planning "jihad" pertaining to Hussein's 2010 firing.
against the U.S. in early 2010 after
becoming convinced through jihadi websites and videos that America was evil.
Ferdaus had a physics degree from Northeastern University and enjoyed "taking stuff apart" and "learning on my own," according to court papers.
The model planes Ferdau eyed were the F-4 Phantom and the F-86 Sabre, small-scale versions of military jets, investigators said. The F-4 is the more expensive of the two, at up to $20,000, Hahn said. The F-86, one of which Ferdau actually obtained, costs $6,000 to $10,000 new.
Clearinghouse has had ample time to dig around and make a ruling.
I'm not arguing for the eligibility or non-eligibility of the remaining two players.
I'm arguing for a ruling.
In the weeks leading up to tax day on April 1, places like H&R Block hire hundreds of part-time employees to lighten the heavy load pushed upon them in tax season. It makes sense. I'm no math major, but the number of incoming freshmen this time of year — in every sport, not just football and basketball — is a pretty significant number. And if I'm not mistaken, most high schools graduate around the same time of the year. Why not hire a truckload of extra help in the summer so guys like Justin Hunter and the Kansas duo can get an answer before they turn 30?
I'm arguing for a ruling.
Maybe H&R Block can show the Clearinghouse how to handle a rush. They deal with the IRS; it can't be much worse.
remaining on the game clock and the game on the line. On third and six from their own 30-yard line, Texas Tech stunned everyone — including the Kansas defense — by running a draw play to their running back Taurean Henderson.
Henderson ran up the middle and didn't stop until he reached the end zone for a 70-yard go-ahead touchdown run. Texas Tech took a 31-30 lead with which they would eventually win.
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The loss was an epic collapse and an embarrassment to the program. The Jayhawks have not been able to shake the loss against Texas Tech, as they've gone on to lose four consecutive games to the Red Raids.
The losses haven't been ordinary, either. Kansas has allowed 30 points or more in
back to get him out of the rhythm."
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pact on this ball game" Gill said. "We're looking at their team and what they're doing in 2011 and we're looking at what we're doing here in 2011."
What's happened thus far in 2011 does not bode well for the Jayhawks.
Texas Tech's offensive numbers, while not quite what they used to be, are still very daunting, as the Red Raiders average 523.3 yards of offense per game.
Kansas defensive coordinator Vic Shealy said that, although he doesn't have the same running capabilities, Red Raiders' quarterback junior
So when the Jayhawks take the field Saturday against Texas Tech, the odds will be against them to break the four-game losing skid. To overcome those odds, they'll have to have a defensive game plan that has not yet been seen in the previous matchups against the Red Raiders.
"You've got to be able to pressure the quarterback to get him out of rhythm," Shealy said. "In three ball games, they've had 21 passes for over 20 yards. You've got to limit that big play, and no one's done it. Hopefully we can do it."
The numbers really appear to be ominous when taking a glance at what the Kansas defense has done in 2011, ranking last in the nation by allowing an average of 550 yards per game.
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Facing a threatening offense, Kansas will need a new defensive strategy to beat Texas Tech. The Jayhawks have lost the last four games against the Red Raiders.
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