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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
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"Homecoming means parades, football and reuniting with old friends. And as I recall from my youth, a little beer."
J. Wilson
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4. Japanese pop culture invades U.S.
One of the first college football homecoming celebrations occurred at the site of a 1911 game between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.
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Members of Theta Chi Fraternity, Nick Templin, Maize junior, and Will Eason, Olathe junior, sing an altered rendition of a song from the movie "Sister Act" Thursday night at the Adams Alumni Center for the Homecoming Jayhawk Jingles Contest. Theta Chi and its partner, Alpha Delta Pi sorority, won first place; Triangle fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority won second place; and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Alpha Theta sorority won third place.
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STUDY ABROAD
Students learn to stretch their cash overseas
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BY BRENNA DALDORPH editor@kansan.com
In the past few years, the exchange rate of the dollar has reached all-time lows, leaving students and advisers feeling crunched financially when planning or participating in trips abroad. However, this drop in value has hit at a time when universities nationwide are pushing studying abroad. While more students than ever are studying abroad, students, professors and administrators are changing the ways they conduct the programs.
Last year, the dollar dropped by five percent in relation to the pound and ten percent against the euro. In response, professors are changing the structures of their programs abroad to keep costs down.
Mary Klayder, lecturer in the English department and teacher of the British Summer Institute study abroad program, said affordability was a top priority.
Klayder began teaching the British Summer Institute in 1990. Eighteen years later, the program has been reduced from seven weeks to four and a half weeks.
"When I was in college, I was poor and I couldn't study abroad," she said. "As a director, I must think about how much this costs."
David Wiley has also noticed that fewer students are spending summers in London, one of the most expensive cities in Europe. The high cost of living in Scotland has also been a deterrent for students. Despite this, the majority of programs continue to grow.
Katie Wetzel, Manhattan senior, who spent last summer studying Shakespeare at Oxford in England, was struck by how expensive food was.
"The students arrived and they were hit by two things," Karr said. "Italy has suffered as much inflation as us. For Italians, things were expensive and on top of that, we had the weak dollar."
Klayder also found that more students than ever were considering short-term programs.
No matter what, students will be spending more money now. Staff members at the Office of Study Abroad are doing their best to prepare students for the rising costs. Lopez said the staff was rewriting its budget worksheet to prepare students for how much money they would actually spend. However, despite preparation, students can never really be ready for the shock factor upon arrival.
Robert Lopez, study abroad outreach coordinator, said he expected the price of study abroad to increase a little each year. This was the case with the Italian institute that has hosted University students participating in the Summer Language Institute in Florence, Italy for the past 40 years. This year, Debra Karr, lecturer in the French and Italian department, led the program.
The most common solution was to stock up on snacks at grocery stores instead of eating out. Klayder arranged several years ago for students in London to live in apartments where they can cook instead of eating out. In the summer institute in Italy, students live with host families who provide breakfast and dinner. A cooking class is also included in the program fee.
Instead of traveling to seven places, the students travel to three all to cut costs.
Klayder noted that many students also limited the amount of times they would go out. Wetzel, too, said her group as a whole tried to "have a good time together without going out."
"Every year, the price goes up a little bit," Karr said. "But this year the Italian director felt so bad for the Americans that she didn't raise any of the prices for us."
Katie Billups, Dallas junior, is one student thinking outside of the study-abroad box to find an affordable program. Billups plans on studying in Argentina or Peru this spring instead of a more common European destination.
"It is like your money just evaporates with just eating," she said. "It just goes!"
"We started to look forward to our bread and cheese lunches," Brianne Pfannenstiel, Lawrence junior, said. Pfannenstiel studied in Italy with the Summer Language Institute.
"It was mainly a cultural draw, but I had a budget of what I could spend," she said. "South America is cheaper and I could travel more."
ger, would we have had 10 more?"
Students also found themselves cutting down on travel. Karr noticed that the group she led in 2008 limited their travel much more than her group in 2007. She found this the saddest part.
"We had 18 more students in 2008 versus 2007," Karr said. "But I wondered if the dollar was strom-
"I learned about the concept of pregaming in Europe," Wetzel said.
"Going out and clubs cost," she said "But if you do your research ahead of time, you can find the places that are free."
But she also noted that there were ways to be smart about going out.
"It was sad when I heard students say 'I would like to go to Pompeii. But can't because I don't have the money,'" she said. "Here they are, they are in Italy, they have a desire to see a fantastic site and it is money that is holding them back."
Others, however, just went for it.
"I was at Winchester Cathedral," said Wetzel. "A few people didn't want to go in, and I was like, OK, I'm here, when am I going to be here again?"
Study abroad prospects look good for the future. Even if the dollar dips in value again, the nationwide push will continue. And more scholarships and loans will continue to be offered, making it possible for more students to make their voyages.
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on campus
The seminar "Statistical Methods for In Vitro Assays in Drug Discovery" will begin at 9 a.m. in the Simons Auditorium in the Higuchi Biosciences Center.
Kansas will play host to the Big 12 Relays. They will begin at 9 a.m. in the Robinson Natatorium.
The seminar "Staying Safe in Cyberspace" will begin at 2 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The student group event "KU Professionals for Disability: CRL Learns: Capacity Building" will begin at 3 p.m. in 247 JP.
The seminar "From Refugees to Domestics: Cultivating Central American Subjects in U.S. Media and Film" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The homecoming event "Crimson and Blue Spirit Day" will begin at 10 a.m. in Wescoe Hall.
The seminar "Pre-Law Information Session" will begin at 12 p.m. in Nunemaker Center.
The lecture "What Does a Liberal Society Owe the Disadvantaged?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The lecture "Julie Eizenberg, AIA, Architect" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Soccer vs. Texas will begin at 3 p.m. at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
The lecture "The La Venta Olmec: How did they move those giant stone heads to their city in the jungle?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The social event "TGIF will begin at 4 p.m. in Adams Alumni Center.
The lecture "How did the Olmecs move those giant stone heads?" will begin at 4 p.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Expanding the synthetic capabilities of the cell" will begin at 4 p.m. in 130 Budig.
The entertainment event "FREE Cosmic Bowling" will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
This weekend is a special one for KU alumni. Of the nearly 300,000 alumni in the KU Alumni Association's database, half live in Kansas. The three states with the next highest percentage are Missouri (9%) , California (5%) , and Texas (4%).
The KU Air Force ROTC will fly a plane over Memorial Stadium before Saturday's homecoming game against Texas Tech. The plane is an AT-38C provided by the 435th Fighter Training Squadron based out of Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in honor of Homecoming Week. The pilots scheduled to飞 the plane are Capt. Bryan Meek, KU alumnus who graduated in 2000, Capt. Patrick Bridges, Capt. Penn Brown and Capt. Dave Evans.
HOMECOMING KU alum among pilots for pregame flyover
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