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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008
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"Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it."
— Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler was considered for the role of Willy Wonka in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
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BY ALEXANDRA ESPOSITO
Elizabeth Boresow has defied expectations since she was a little girl.
Boresow, Overland Park freshman, was in fifth grade when she was diagnosed with a form of autism called Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, or PDDNOS.
At the end of seventh grade her diagnosis changed to a syndrome disorder called Asperger's syndrome, which is a developmental disorder that affects social instincts. But after years of training, therapy, mentoring and support from family and friends, Boresow has achieved her dream of becoming a Jayhawk.
Although Boresow's family is filled with KU fans and alumni, she was discouraged from attending such a large university. She looked into schools such as Baker University in Baldwin city, but she knew she had to be true to her heart.
Now, halfway through her first semester, Boresow has already achieved amazing accomplishments.
Several of those accomplishments included learning to do things for herself, such as filling out her own forms and meeting
"When you go somewhere different, you have to re-learn a lot of things." Boresow said. "I had to start taking responsibility for myself, become self-advocating." Boresow said.
with her teachers
One of the biggest comforts for Boresos is that all her classes are located in Murphy Hall. She is taking marching band, women's chorale, music theory, guitar and percussion.
Despite never taking piano lessons. Boresow tested out of all her necessary piano credits and is getting paid to play for the University.
"I like music and I like helping people," she said. "I've seen firsthand the powerful things music can do. Music helps make the world better."
She said friends from high school and the people she's met around campus have also made the adjustment easier.
Elizabeth Boresow, Overland Park freshman, volunteers for Autism Awareness and helped organized Abby's Run for the Heart to raise money for the research of viral myocarditis. Boresow is currently taking five music classes for 11 credits.
When Boresow isn't cheering on the football team with her trombone or meeting new people, she spends her time volunteering for Abby's Run for the Heart. On July 31, 2001, Boresow's cousin Boresow died after viral myocarditis caused
"I never thought I'd be here," she said. "I always wanted to go to KU. I've wanted to play for the basketball pep band since fifth grade."
a viral disease to attack her heart.
"It seemed like she had the flu." Boresow said. "My sister and I came back from camp and our little brother, Matt, told us Abby died. At first we thought he was kidding. (Our family) wanted to make something good out of it so we decided to start the run. So far we've raised over $0.5 million for research." Boresow said.
Although she was at school, she still spent her free time recruiting runners. Last Sunday more than 2,300 people attended the run, raising $83,000.
Every April, for Autism Awareness Month, Boresow helps people understand and become more aware of her disease. She
plans on raising autism awareness at the University this year. In 2008, her high school classmates donated $3,000 in her name for autism research at the University in celebration of her many accomplishments.
Boresow said she wasn't sure whether her new friends knew about her disability, but she said she thought they knew she was different. And she wouldn't have it any other way.
"We all have a lot of different things to offer the world. Mine may just be hanging out in the lobby, answering various math questions," she said.
Edited by Brieun Scott
Just give it a little shake
Levi Tichelt of Brooklyn, N.Y., encourages Brian Kueffer Leawood senior, to shake the lulav in his hand Tuesday in front of Stauffier-Flint Hall. Kueffer shook the lulav while repeating the prayers after Tichelt for the first day of the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. He received a brownie. Tichelt said the holiday celebrated a time when the Jews wandered the desert for 40 years. He came to visit his siblings, who are students at the University, and said he was happy to be on campus Tuesday, because "students here smile more."
DONATION Bloch gives $20M to Med Center for research
The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. received a $20 million donation Tuesday from Annette Bloch to
The funds for the donation were set aside by Bloch's late husband, Richard, co-founder of H&R Block.
The Med Center will rename an area of its Westwood campus for the Blochs, as well as add the
help finance its cancer services.
name to the radiation oncology building on its main campus.
Bloch said in a news release she hoped the donation would help the Med Center reach National Cancer Institute status, which would allow it to compete for funding.
She said she thought the hospital was a special place and something Kansas City was fortunate to have.
The donation will be used to finance the Cancer Center's research and practice.
on campus
Joe Preiner
The lecture "University Forum. The Mental Lexicon as a Network of Words" will begin at 12 p.m. in the ECM Center.
The seminar "Osher Institute:
Papyrus, Parchment, Paper: A
Brief History of Map-Making"
will begin at 2 p.m. in the
Spencer Research Library.
The workshop "Research Administration 101: Guide to the Administration of Sponsored Projects at KU" will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall.
The film event "Let's Go With Pancho Villa" will begin at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert "Francois Le Roux
THE HA! MAN — Innovative
Cellist" will begin at 7 p.m.
wooldruff Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
The public event "The Final Debate: What Do the Undecids Think?" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
CAMPUS University wants to add new School of Arts
The University of Kansas has just submitted a request to the Board of Regents to create a new School of Arts to replace the School of Fine Arts.
Jack Martin, deputy director of university communications, said the request was submitted recently and he suspected the Board would review it within the next couple of months.
"Students will be able to complete the program study without being disrupted," Martin said. "We don't want this to be negative."
Martin said current students in the School of Fine Arts shouldn't worry about classes within the old or new programs being transferred.
The School of Fine Arts currently includes the art, design, music and dance departments.
If the Board of Regents pass the request, the new School of the Arts will include the department of art, the department of dance, and the department of theater and film. The new school will be part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The department of Design will join the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Selected design classes will join the School of Art within the new school.
Martin said the new school would be led by an associate dean and would require no additional funding or staff reductions.
Jesse Trimble
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