THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
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is making sure students are involved in making decisions, because students know what's best for students."
Johnson said that currently the strategic plan is broad, and as committees begin to narrow their goals, it is important that they consider all the consequences of their decisions. She also said the University's recently implemented four-year renewable scholarships are a part of the overall strategy.
Another goal of the strategy is to broaden research through interdisciplinary studies.
"It's not just about producing
Perry Alexander, professor of computer sciences and electrical engineering and co-chairman of the fourth inititive, used green energy to explain interdisciplinary research.
Leonard Kristalka, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, said the future of solving many of the world's issues lies in interdisciplinary research and communication. Kristalka is also co-chairman of the initiative. He says that integration across different research will particularly benefit students through heightened communication across disciplines and with faculty.
energy. It's about changes in people's social behavior", Alexander said. "It's about a whole host of different kinds of things."
"Students are the innovators of the future, and they force the faculty to think broader," Kristishka said. "As much as we can involve students in this, the more innovative we'll be."
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When: Effective by the 2013 school year
Changes: Fewer general education requirements, more involvement in the Lawrence community, new interdisciplinary research programs
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Fashion show adds designs by students
KELSEY CIPOLLA
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KU Fashion Week will host a fashion show at the Granada tonight, showcasing looks for men and women from Lawrence boutiques and retailers on Massachusetts Street. Weavers, Britches, Fortuity, and Acme as well as clothing designed by last year's KU Project Runway winner, Zeke Westerman, and finalist Ashley Estrada, will all be present.
Porschae Oglesby, a freshman from Topeka, models a design. She will model in the fashion show tonight.
For Estrada, a junior from Topeka, showcasing her design, a strapless navy dress with a sweet-heart neckline based on one she saw Taylor Swift wearing, will be the next step in her fashion career.
"I taught myself how to sew in seventh grade and ever since then it's just kind of evolved into me making actual outfits." Estrada said.
Involving local designers was the goal of the show's producer, Camilo Ernesto, who created the website by the same name that aims to bring together local fashion aficionados. Ernesto said kufashionweek.com is an online initiative to highlight style and fashion in Lawrence and on campus.
"My goal was to reach out to people that are aspiring models, but also the general public and people that just enjoy styling and fashion, so its really an opportunity for everyone to participate," Ernesto said.
Porschae Oglesby, a freshman from Topeka, said she got involved in the show to jump start her modeling career.
"Modeling has always been a passion of mine." Oglesby said. "I just never knew how to get started."
Even though it is her first time modeling, she has no apprehensions about walking down the
runway.
"I go out shopping with my friends all the time," she said. "Whenever we look at clothes we always try them on and we strut around just like on a runway. When I'm up there I'll just imagine being with my friends in the store being silly like we do."
be purchased online. A preview of the night's show starts at 6 p.m., the runway show begins at 7:45 p.m., and attendees can meet with designers, the show's models and photographers during the after party at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $6 at the door or can
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A SPOONFUL OF BINGO
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Chloe Ireland, a freshman from Lenexa, takes up her bingo card to claim her prize at recipe bingo Wednesday night in Ellsworth Hall. "Recipe bingo is a spin-off from grocery bingo and we had a huge turnout last time and had a good turnout this time too," said Emily Poppe, a SUA committee member.
Biweekly, more than 1,200 plastic bottles are crushed into a block and sent to reprocessing plant in Topeka. At the end of each semester, the program crushes 100,000 cans into a 3,000-pound bale of aluminum.
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The surplus side of the program works to collect and distribute unused furniture, often left behind by moving professors.
"If we can't find a place for it on campus, we donate it off campus to non profit organizations," Dingus said. "If you stacked the 12,000 redistributed items like desks, tables, chairs, file cabinets, onto a basketball court, it would pile three stories deep."
"Recycling and surplus is a very visible way to see the University doing something for sustainability." Dingus said.
The program gives campus sustainability a more noticeable presence on campus.
and other items.
Student Senate is a major source of funding for the program. "I like working with students," Dingus said. "I think it's neat that the student body as a whole cares enough to pay for it."
But ultimately, students themselves have to decide to recycle their waste instead of just throwing it away.
Students knowing what is and is not recyclable helps the program's sorting effort, which can get rather dirty at times, according to Crawford.
"I feel it's ethically better to do something that doesn't require a lot of effort than be lazy," said David Austin, a law student from Tuella, Ga.
further the community and the world."
"The drawbacks are having to deal with incredibly, unimaginably disgusting things," Crawford said. He said he has encountered unrecyclable items such as human fluids, used condoms and tampons, chewing tobacco and rotten food.
Crawford would like to see fellow students be more cognizant of the recycling bins on campus. Blue bins are usually located inside buildings on campus. People who live off-campus can drop off their recycling at the west parking lot at Park and Ride on 23rd Street and Crestline Drive.
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"Usually, you're within walking distance of a recycling bin," Crawford said. "It's important to show the University is doing its part to
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WHY: You're already paying for it through your student fee,and it keeps the campus clean and green.
WHO: Environmental Stewardship Program WHAT: On-campus recycling program WHERE: Blue bins on campus and in the west parking lot of Park and Ride
CONTACT:
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Phone: 785.864.2855
Email: kurecycling@ku.edu
Website: recycle.ku.edu
KU Med expands programs
CLAIRE MCLNERNY
cmclnerny@kansan.com
WICHITA - Students studying medicine now have the option to study in Wichita, Salina or Kansas City, Kan., for four years.
The KU School of Medicine Wichita expanded from a two-year clinical program to a full four-year medical program, and the new Salina campus started classes this semester.
Previously, students would study their first two years in Kansas City, Kan., and then had the option to transfer to Wichita for hands-on training during their final two years. Now students can study their first two years in Wichita or Salina.
The addition of the new programs is an effort by the medical school to promote rural medicine in Kansas. This endeavor is recognized nationally as a proactive way to bring full-time physicians to small communities. By allowing students to study medicine in rural areas, medical students see the need for doctors outside big cities.
Although the Salina and Wichita campuses have only eight students each in their programs this year, Dr. Cathcart-Rake, director of the Salina campus, said the education is not subpar. Lectures are given at the Kansas City, Kan., campus and transmitted to Salina and Wichita via video conferencing. Students watching the lecture on TV can interact with the professors.
"There are learning objective outlines that are disseminated
Stephanie Shields, a first year medical student at the Wichita campus, said the video conference system for lectures doesn't feel very different from being in the classroom with the professor.
Although this is the first time the Wichita campus offers a full medical school program, it has offered clinical training for third and fourth year students for the last 35 years. Expanding to a four-year program was logical, said H. David Wilson, dean of KU School of Medicine-Wichita.
among the campuses, and the reading materials and preparation are presented to all the students." Cathcart-Rake said. "The basic learning objectives will stay the same."
Another incentive that promotes the practice of rural medicine is the Kansas Medical Student loan. This state-funded program pays for a medical student's tuition and provides a stipend for living if he or she promises to return to Kansas and practice in an under-served area. This year, five of the eight Salina students took advantage of this loan.
"This is the ideal place to expand the medical school since we're more centrally located in the state of Kansas," Wilson said. "We have a lot of outreach to rural
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"Our major focus obviously is training excellent physicians," Cathcart-Rake. "But our secondary mission is encouraging those trainees to look at practicing in rural areas."
Cathcart-Rake said the education and opportunities offered in both Wichita and Salina prepare medical students for wherever they end up practicing.
Wilson is working on a new curriculum called patient-centered learning for his campus that will provide students with more hands on experience in the coming years. Starting their first year, medical students will work with actual patients to apply the theories they learn about in the classroom.
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