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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
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Friday, September 30
Homecoming Tabling
Crimson and Blue Day
Guest appearance by Turner Gill
Homecoming Retention
Homecoming Reception (invitation only)
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Noon-1 p.m.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Wescoe Beach
Wescoe Beach
Saturday, October 1
Pregame Pancakes ($5 per person)
Homecoming Parade
Kansas Union, Kansas Room
KU vs. Texas Tech football game
Ex.C.E.L. and Homecoming Awards
4 hours before kickoff
3 hours before kickoff
Kickoff TBA
Halftime presentation
Halftime presentation
Alumni Center Parking Lot
Jayhawk Blvd.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium
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LAWRENCE
Local project recieves grant
BY ELISE REUTER editor@kansan.com
A small collaboration of workers received national recognition for an idea that could change the lives of deaf-blind students across the country.
The Kansas Deaf-Blind Project was awarded the Steppingstones New Technology grant to measure the effectiveness of its Distance Mentorship Project, the first program of its kind. The project provides video cameras and other technology equipment for teachers, counselors, therapists, family members and other specialized educators of deaf-blind students. This allows teams to have weekly video conferences with one another to discuss progress, goals, and plans to enhance the student's education.
"We're trying to find a way to capture the learning that's occurring, based on their ability to communicate and their independence" project coordinator Megan Cote said. The use of video chat is especially useful in coordination between team members, as it makes advising available for families who live too far away to receive help on a regular basis. The grant will go in effect on Oct. 1 and will give $200,000 over two years to the project.
So far, staff members have focused on working with a handful of families, but the long-term goal is
to spread the use of technology to reach deaf-blind teens and those who help them across the nation. There are 148 youth on the deaf-blind registry in Kansas, and hopefully the progress of this effort can be measured in a concrete way.
"It it would be great if our district would adopt this technology, as well as other agencies and experts throughout the country. It would really be of huge value to teachers," said Kristen Rudd, an advisory board member and teacher in the Blue Valley district who works with deaf-blind students.
The project should also prove useful in helping deaf-blind teens find employment.
"Sometimes, the kids are nonverbal, so they can't go out on their own and say why they should be employed," Cote said. The videos can show their potential vocational skills, so the employer will be more likely to hire them even if a standard interview is not possible."
Staff members like Rudd have enjoyed their learning experience with the project and hope more people can get involved with it.
"The Kansas Deaf-Blind Project is a wealth of knowledge so I would certainly recommend that anyone wanting to learn more about this disability contact them to get more information and training." Rudd said.
Edited by Mandy Matney
SCIENCE
Researchers partner up to save languages
The University of Kansas is playing a part in the preservation of dying languages in Western China through the help of two grants from the Documenting Endangered Languages program.
Arienne Dwyer, associate professor of linguistic anthropology at KU is teaming up with Professor W. Ma from the Qinghai Nationalities University in China to develop ways to restore dying languages and train linguists how to continue that work. They have developed a website called the Interactive Inner Asia Project. The website will document the language of Salar, an endangered language spoken in a region of Western China, along with four other
languages which are spoken in a western region that was settled by Mongols, Turks, Tibetans and Chinese in the 13th century. Dywer said that studying the four languages shows how all languages are intertwined.
Dwyer has also received another grant to create an online dictionary of each language's vocabularies.
Next summer, she will co-conduct a series of training programs designed for linguists working to preserve languages in risk of dying out because of mixing cultures and speakers relocating.
The two grants are jointly supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Sarah Plake
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 training.
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.
240 minutes and 47 seconds 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 Raiders.
back to get him out of the rhythm."
The losses haven't been ordinary, either. Kansas has allowed 30 points or more in
VIC SHEALY
Defensive coordinator
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
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So when the layhawks 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 innermost reentry 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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CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
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.