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KU atmospheric science students Mike Robinson and Shaun Reecker
HI: 79
LO: 54
Tuesday
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
High of 79 with partly cloudy skies and wind from the southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
HI: 70
LO: 45
Ah, fall has arrived.
Wednesday
Partly cloudy with a high of
70. Winds remain from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
HI: 73 Clear skies and a high of 73.
LO: 50 Light winds from the east.
Break out a scarf in the morning.
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Whew. Still flip-flop weather, for sure.
Friday
HI: 77 Sunny skies and a high of 77.
LO: 61
Still a few more days of shorts weather.
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WICHITA
Investigators in Wichita are seeking the cause of a house fire that killed a 16-year-old girl and two dogs.
KSNW-TV reports the girl was alone in the house and apparently sleeping in her bedroom when firefighters were called shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday. She was found unconscious in a second-floor bathroom and taken to a hospital, where she died Sunday night.
The girl's mother and brother had been gone about 30 minutes when the fire broke out and returned while the crews were still battling the fire.
The girl's name had not been released Monday.
GUATEMALA CITY
Three earthquakes shook a major part of Guatemala in less than 90 minutes Monday afternoon, killing at least one person, authorities said.
The largest quake, a 5.8 magnitude, hit at 12:34 p.m., with two of 4.8 magnitude hitting before and after. All were centered in the same area about 30 miles southeast of the capital, Guatemala City.
Firefighters confirmed that the temblors, caused a landslide on the highway to El Salvador that trapped at least one car and killed one person.
Local media also reported that a wall fell on several houses, trapping a family. It was not clear if there were more casualties.
WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama said the U.S. Postal Service should be allowed to reduce mail delivery to five-days-a-week to help cut its massive losses.
The Postal Service lost $8.5 billion last year and is facing even more red ink this year as the Internet siphons off large amounts of first-class mail and the weak economy reduces advertising mail.
While the post office has cut more than 100,000 workers in the last few years it needs to cut more, close offices and find other ways to reduce costs to keep operating.
In his economic growth and debt reduction plan unveiled Monday, Obama endorsed the idea of dropping one day of mail delivery — it is expected to be Saturday — and urged other changes in postal operations.
Armed men from Congo burst into a pub in the central African nation of Burundi and killed 36 people, an official said Monday. One wounded man said an attacker yelled: "Make sure there's no survivors."
Burundi, a tiny nation still reeling from a civil war that killed more than 250,000 people, is awash in weapons but attacks like the one Sunday night are rare. Still, the region borders eastern Congo, which is wracked by violence from myriad rebel groups.
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Bujumbura province governor Jacques Minani said the attackers targeted the pub in Gatamba, west of Burundi's capital, after crossing the river from Congo. He said 36 people were killed.
Jaime Whittt, a first-year law student from Hopeka, said that she was unaware of the new ranking, but the schools programs appealed to her when she began to consider law schools.
School of Law ranked among the best
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BOBBY BURCH
The National Jurist Magazine has ranked the University of Kansas School of Law as the 19th best school in the nation for hands-on educational opportunities through clinical work for its students.
"They not only enhance the Law School learning experience, but also help our students stand out in an increasingly competitive job market," he said. "Our graduates routinely report that their clinical courses were the elements of law school that most effectively prepared them for the day-to-day practice of law."
The school offers more than 250 positions in a variety of clinics as well as externships, where law students can apply to work alongside attorneys, judges and legislators in the community and at the University.
Joyce Rosenberg, director of the Externship Clinic at the School of Law, said the clinical programs provide students with a better opportunity to find work after college.
"To develop those practical skills, it's essential that they have solid field training opportunities at law school," she said. "We have such diverse opportunities to do that. So whatever a student's interest is, they can probably find a clinic in it."
The magazine's research shows that in addition to a top 20 ranking, the University's School of Law also boasts the fourth-highest growth rate in the nation for externship positions, during the last decade.
"That's one of the reasons I chose KU" she said. "The ability to come
Stephen Mazza, dean of the Law School, said in an email that the school's clinical programs go beyond providing students with practical tools.
in and get some practical application before I get into the practice of law is a huge advantage."
Ehren Penix, a second-year law student from Omaha, Neb., is part of the Media Law Clinic that studies First Amendment law and diverse media technologies.
"There's lots of opportunity to work here at the school," Penix said. "You can do things like traffic court or work for library research."
While Dean Mazza said that he's unsure of how the new ranking will affect the University's School of Law, but hopes it appeals to prospective law students.
For more information on the University of Kansas School of Law's clinics and externships, visit http://www.law.ku.edu/clinics/
Edited by Adam Strunk
TOP SCHOOLS FOR CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES (HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES)
1. Yale
2. University of Georgia
3. University of District of Columbia
4. North Carolina Central
5. University of Wisconsin
6. University of Conneticut
7. University of Maryland
8. SMU Dedman School of Law
9. City University of New York
10. University of New Hampshire
11. William Mitchell College of L
12. University of Minnesota
13. University of Idaho
14. Stanford University
15. Northwestern University
16. University of Hawaii
17. Florida A&M University
18. University of New Mexico
19. University of Kansas
20. Harvard University