THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 2011
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ENGINEERING
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Engineering students get on-the-job training while in Brazil. The students spent 10 days in South America.
SELF participants get international exposure
MARSHALL SCHMIDT editor@kansan.com
Engineering students applied the engineering process on the global scale in planning a 10-day experience to Brazil this past summer.
Fifteen Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) planned the project with the goal of gaining and sharing valuable experiences related to global engineering. In planning for the project, fellows utilized the engineering process by brainstorming, writing a proposal and presenting to donors.
"While in Brazil, we wanted to look at energy, the environment, the economy and engineering," said Kara Walker, a senior fellow majoring in chemical engineering.
The SELF program is a fouryear scholarship program. Fellows work with the community outside their engineering courses, usually 40 hours per semester. As juniors, fellows plan a senior capstone experience that incorporates all the engineering disciplines and pillars of the program.
"Last year, we developed a project to incorporate engineering principles and give back to the community and university," said Megan Godsey, a senior majoring in chemical engineering.
"We started by brainstorming potential projects," Godsey said.
"The reason we chose Brazil is
their economy is expanding at an incredible rate and they are trying to balance that growth with environmental stewardship"
While in Brazil, the students toured leading companies, met with an environmental lawyer and learned about the sugar cane industry.
"A major export is sugar cane," Walker said. "However, they are cutting down forest land for sugar cane so the problem is conserving forest while increasing sugar cane production."
The experience also shaped the students' views of Brazil.
"Visiting companies and learning about Brazil is different than reading about Brazil in the paper," Walker said. "It's far different to actually go to Brazil and talk to the people about their concerns and accomplishments about their country."
The students found the Brazilians to be warm and welcoming. Godsey said Brazilians were eager to talk about the progress of their country.
They also seemed to be concerned about the environment and energy conservation.
("Brazilians") are more conscious about their energy usage; Walker said. "They are just more aware of it."
Godsey noticed the use of nature in conservation as a sign of greater environmental awareness.
"With a lot of the people we talked to, forests, the sun and the ocean came up often in conversation."
Both students gained valuable perspective from their experiences.
"I saw a different international business culture and seeing how important it is for cultures to work together on the global scale," Walker said.
Said Godsey: "Just to see a global environment was impactful for me. Companies are investing all over the world, showing how economies are not just based on internal trade."
The fellows plan to present two lectures detailing their experiences. The first will be held in Spahr Classroom in Eaton Hall on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. The second will likely be in early November.
Alumni of the school of engineering provided funding for the project.
"The overall experience of taking a basic concept, making it marketable, and seeing it to fruition teaches project management," said Lucy McGilley, the SELF's program director. "It's a wonderful learning experience to gain global awareness, see international business, and grow professionally and personally."
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MOTORCYCLE FROM PAGE 1
but just the support from the group has been amazing."
"I have never felt safer riding with anyone other then Josh," she wrote in an email.
Motorcycles continue to carry risks
There are more than 1,000 motorcycle accidents each year in Kansas, and the number of deaths has risen over the past decade, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. In 2008, the last year for which statistics are available, 45 people were killed in motorcycle accidents in Kansas. In 1998, there were 19.
Patterson said he has been riding motorcycles for 38 years, and the dealership has been in his family for three generations. He said he doesn't believe motorcycles are inherently more dangerous than cars, but that accidents like the one on Wednesday night stand out in the public eye.
Mike Patterson, owner of Topeka Harley-Davidson in Topeka, said motorcycles are not inherently dangerous, but do pose challenges.
"You're vulnerable to not being seen," he said. "You've got to assume people are out to hit you."
"It's terrible when this happens," Patterson said. "But it gets a lot of attention."
Friends and family will pay their respects in Deerfield
Norton continues riding with the club that Skipton introduced him to, and remembers his friend as a "really fun guy to be around." He and Skipton began riding motorcycles together in 2008, and when Norton returned home from the Army, he moved to Lawrence and they rode again. On their first night out, Norton punctured a tire on Massachusetts Street and
"Up to now, I just wasn't ready," Norton said. He'll offer his condolences when he returns to Deerfield for the funeral services, and will try to arrange for the Lawrence and Garden City motorcycle clubs to ride to Deerfield together.
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Skipton called the bike club for help. After some members of the club showed up and helped repair the tire, they continued riding. Norton said that was the kind of friend Skipton was.
Although he knows the Skipton family well, he hasn't spoken with them yet, Norton said.
KEEPING THE HAWKS ROLLING SINCE 1974
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CRIME
Alternative methods replace police in bike theft recoveries
SARA SNEATH
ssneath@kansan.com
A large board hangs in the repair area of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop. Pictures of customers and employees populate the majority of the board, but on the bottom left hand corner resides scraps of paper with phone numbers, bike descriptions, and place and date of theft.
On July 29, Nick Kemmis, a junior from Overland Park, woke up to find his bike stolen from the foyer of his apartment complex. His first reaction was not to contact the police.
"I kept an eye out on Craigslist, pawn shops and second-hand stores," Kemmis said. "I did contact the police, but it was quite a while later."
Kemmis is not the only bicyclist turning to alternative methods to retrieve his stolen bike. By comparing victim survey data and data recorded by police, the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing estimates that in 2006, for every incident of bicycle theft, another four or more may have occurred.
According to the Center, bicycle theft victims do not report the crime to the police because they feel police are not interested in bicycle theft and cannot do anything about it, both in terms of catching the theft and returning the stolen bicycle.
Kemmis said when he did report the stolen bicycle to police, there was little they could do.
"they gave me a number for the evidence department, but I didn't have much luck there." Kemmis said.
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Sunflower employee Collin Earhart said the board in the repair area of Sunflower has been there forever. Earnhart said people call in regularly inquiring about stolen bikes. He said most of the time the bikes are never seen again. However, there have been a few occasions in which Sunflower has helped in the recovery of a stolen bicycle.
A bike is locked up in an alley on Massachusetts St. on Monday afternoon. Many bicycle thefts in Lawrence are never reported to the police because victims feel filing a police report can't help them.
Earnhart said a man brought in a women's-style bicycle tire last month, triggering his suspicion. He said that when the man brought in the rest of the bicycle, he recognized it as one stolen from a regular Sunflower customer.
they provide evidence of ownership such as a purchase receipt.
The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing also reports that few bicycles are returned to their owners often because of a problem with proof-of-ownership. Most cyclists don't keep their bicycles' serial numbers on file, nor do
Kemmis still has not located his bicycle. It is a green 2010 Gary Fisher Triton.
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FAMBROUGH FROM PAGE 1
"He is of the serious sources of the history and tradition that exists here in our football program," Self said. "I loved listening to him talk about his thoughts on the rival-
Bell Self also recalled Fambrougha feelings towards Missouri, as he reminisced about the coach before the Jawhays game Saturday.
and bad-mouthing Missouri, telling these tall tales about all the things that Missouri's done to us. He got us all fired up and it was great to see that much passion from Coach Fam."
ry between the Missouri Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks. I don't know if I've ever heard anybody more passionate about that rivalry?
to his family, friends and generation after generation of KU fans he touched."
In a statement released by the Kansas Athletics department, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little commented on the coach and player who stayed connected to the program up until his death.
"Don Fambrough is a Jayhawk legend," Gray-Little said. "As an alumnus, and a storied and salty football coach, Fambrought had an unbridled passion for the University of Kansas. On behalf of the entire Jayhawk nation, I honor his memory and extend the deepest condolences
Athletics Director Sheaon Zenger also paid tribute to Fambrough in the release from Kansas Athletics.
"Don Fambrough was an icon – not just on the KU campus, but across the state of Kansas," Zenger said. "He wore his passion for KU on his sleeve, and every day he proudly demonstrated his love for Kansas Football and Kansas Athletics. He loved his players, and they played their hearts out for him. We will all miss him greatly."
- Edited by Sarah Champ
DOLE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS student advisory board
The Student Advisory Board for the Dole Institute of Politics invites you to the 4th Annual...
WED., SEPT. 7TH, 6-8 PM
Kick back on our patio with some FREE BBQ, old school frozen treats, a short program with SAB Alums and the super cool sounds of our guest DJs, Team Lift.
Come celebrate the 2011-2012 school year and also learn what the Student Advisory Board has to offer new and returning students.
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