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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2001
BIKE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Boyer said even if the science was proven false, renewable energy and wind turbines would still help the economy and bring safe jobs to Kansans.
"I haven't been proud of my country's political process in a long
long time,
and this year I see the political process as a pendulum,
and we're about to swing in a very positive direction" he said.
Sears said Moore encouraged all constituents in Kansas' 3rd District to exercise their rights and express their opinions.
Glen Sears legislative assistant and deputy communications director in Moore's Washington, D.C., office, said Moore strongly believed free speech was fully protected by the Constitution.
Boyer said Greenpeace wasn't necessarily targeting Dennis Moore.
"With the election fast approaching, voting is another proactive way for individuals to make sure their voice is heard."
GLEN SEARS Deputy communications director
"With the election fast approaching, voting is another proactive way for individuals to make sure their voice is heard," Sears said.
"Like any politician, he's going to have to play the game," Boyer said. "It just so happens that he our representative right now, and if he doesn't get re-elected, we will focus or
A large banner read: "Kansas Gets It: Coal Is Dirty." Gawin said the rally wasn't intended to shut down the coal plant, but to say Kansas had been the leader in saying "no" to coal and that wind and solar power were the future of energy.
Gawin and Boyer participated in a Greenpeace event on Sunday at the Lawrence Energy Center. a coal plant outside Lawrence.
Boyer said that ultimately, renewable energy and global warming were nonpartisan issues for which people could accomplish change as a group.
"Both presidential candidates have proposed clean coal solutions," Gawin said. "That's impossible to do — it's something coal companies have put a nice term on to sound like they are environmentally aware."
Earlier this month, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius rejected a proposal for the additional coal plants in Holcomb.
.Nick Jordan instead."
Boyer said about 40 people from different age groups attended the event to protest coal plants in Kansas.
Gawin said there were six lobbyists for every congressman who supported oil.
"That just tells us they need another voice to tell them we need clean energy", Gawin said.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
Research Triangle will help us in our quest to be a national leader in the fight against cancer"Atkins said. "With new investments in clinical research and innovative cancer trials we can bring leading-edge treatments to patients here, close to home."
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"The economic impact of KU's Edwards Campus to Johnson County totals over half a billion dollars in its short existence," Clark
The Edwards BEST Center would offer four new masters degrees, two of which are in professional sciences. It will also offer four new bachelor degrees, but those four are already offered at the Lawrence campus, Bob Clark, vice chancellor for the KU Edwards Campus, said the Johnson County Education Research Triangle would have an enormous influence on the area's economy.
According to the Triangle's Web site, the new research complex will require $750,000 annually to operate and maintain. The Triangle will also allocate $1.75 million to the center for medical research annually.
said. "The Triangle initiative will double that impact in less than a decade."
Mary Ryan, associate dean for the KU Edwards Campus, said the Triangle had not yet determined what specific degrees it would add, but it had narrowed the choices down to 16.
According to the Triangle's Web site, proposed business graduate degrees include Facility Management, Design Management, and Strategic Health Communications. Proposed engineering degrees include Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Project Management, Bio-engineering Lab Management and Infrastructure Management. Proposed science degrees include Geographic Information Sciences, Bioscience Management, and Geology (with an emphasis on hydrogeology, environmental geology and geophysics). Proposed technology degrees include Educational Technology and Interaction Design.
Ryan said the bulk of these degrees were brand new additions that weren't offered at the Lawrence campus. According to the Triangle's Web site, the center would cost $23.3 million to construct, $650,000 per year to operate and $1.85 million annually to fund degree programs.
Kansas State University will use its allocated funds to build a new center in Olathe for the KSU National Food & Animal Health Institute. The new center would offer students 10 to 15 new masters degrees and 20 to 30 certification programs. The new center would hold an additional 1,000 students per year.
It would cost $28 million to construct, $950,000 per year to operate and $1.55 million annually to finance degree programs and research, according to the Triangle's Web site.
The Midwest Cancer Alliance Partners Advisory Board endorsed the Triangle last September and supported its passage on the Johnson County General Election Ballot on Nov. 4.
Edited by Scott R. Toland