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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008
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"I once spent a year in Philadelphia; I think it was on a Sunday."
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Winning the game,losing the tournament
Tyler Waugh/KANSAN
David Ferran, Olathe senior, grimaces as Sam More, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, plays the NCAA Football 09 Xbox video game on campus on Wednesday. EA Games, Coke Zero and Student Union Activities sponsored the event. The winner of the tournament at the University of Kansas will win a free trip to the Rose Bowl and a chance to win $10,000. Ferran won the game against More, but lost in the finals.
Graduate research gets big boost
RESEARCH
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Paying for traveling expenses and presenting research papers around the country just got easier for graduate students.
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies has decided to contribute to the funding already available, doubling the amount of money available to graduate students from $40,000 to $80,000.
The University's Graduate Student Paper Presenter Travel Fund was previously the sole provider of funding. The fund provided $400 grants to graduate students who traveled throughout the country to present research papers at regional and national conferences.
Last year, the Graduate & Professional Association awarded 130 grants to traveling graduate students. The fund could not support the number of graduate students who sought financial support.
by the numbers
400 dollars for each graduate student travel grant
130 number of grants awarded last year
34,000 increase in dol lars of travel fund
84 — number of grants that have been issued this semester
The funds were split so they would accommodate students traveling in each semester. Funding had to be closed after about 50 students received the travel grant.
Kevin Boatright, director of communications for RGS, said the office had ramped up its funding from $6,000 to $40,000 this year. He said presenting research papers was one way graduate students could get noticed in front of a national audience. The additional funding means more students will have the opportunity to present their research to a national audience.
In past years, the Graduate & Professional Association could fund only 50 grants each semester. Graduate students are taking advantage of the funding increase, claiming 84 grants already this semester.
Boatright said the increase in awards this semester was a sign that the additional funding was needed. He said he was glad the University was able to meet that need more effectively.
Uyanga Bazaa, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, graduate student, was forced to find a job to fund her
travels when grants from the GPA ran out. Bazaa, a Fulbright Scholar, was discouraged from working because of the amount of work her research entailed. She said it took time and effort to find a job on campus.
"The whole process was really a hassle," Bazaa said. "But in the end it was worth the effort."
Although it was difficult, Bazaar raised enough money to attend an international conference in Canada last May; however, several of her classmates were unable to go because of a lack of funding.
Shuang Cai, Tianjin, China, graduate student, received the travel grant last year. She attended a conference for cancer research in San Diego in April, and the grant covered the cost of her round-trip flight. Cai said the grant was helpful in planning for the trip, but not receiving it wouldn't have kept her from going.
Edited by Arthur Hur
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Woman wins eBay auction buys Mich. home for $1.75
SAGINAW, Mich. — With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw.
Joanne Smith, 30, recently was the top bidder for the home during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Her bid was one of eight for the home.
"I am going to try and sell it," she told the newspaper. "I
don't have any plans to move to Saginaw."
Smith said she hasn't seen the property or visited Saginaw, which has been hard-hit by economic troubles in recent years.
There's a notice on the door of the home saying a foreclosure hearing is pending, the newspaper said. She must pay about $850 in back taxes and yard cleanup costs.
The Saginaw News said it could not reach the seller. Southern Investments LLC, for comment.
California bank robbed by 2 bandits on same day
LA MESA, Calif. — Times have been tough for banks everywhere, but a San Diego-area Wells Fargo branch had an especially difficult day this week.
The branch in La Mesa was robbed twice on Monday — by two different robbers.
The men the FBI call "The Hard Hat Bandit" and "The Chatty Bandit" each robbed the branch about three hours apart, authorities said.
FBI spokeswoman April Langwell says "The Chatty Bandit" walked in to the branch about 3 p.m., showed a pistol and demanded cash.
Less than three hours later "The Hard Hat Bandit" walked in and presented a note demanding money.
The FBI believes "The Chatty Bandit" has held up nine banks since March and "The Hard Hat Bandit" has struck three times this week. Neither has been arrested.
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The student group event "KU Professionals for Disability: Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC) Pedagogy" will begin at 9 a.m. in 530 JRP.
The public event "Volunteer Fair" will begin at 11 a.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "John Kelly, PhD Student, Geography" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey.
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The social event "Louis Burmeister Retirement Reception" will begin at 3 p.m. in 1 Eaton Hall.
"A Flea in Her Ear", presented by the University Theatre will begin at 2 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The public event "FREE Tea at Three" will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Gerontology Faculty Colloquium" will begin at 4 p.m. in 2094 Dole Human Development Center.
The lecture "Trace metals in the ocean and the early co-evolution of life and the environment" will begin at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley.
The opening reception for the "Time/Frame and Wendell Castle: About Time" exhibits will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The lecture "Artist Wendell Castle" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
The "Alfie Kohn Lecture" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruf Auditorium in the Kansas State.
Head downtown tomorrow and Saturday for Lawrence's "Get Downtown" event. Many bands will perform, and street vendors will fill the 800 block of New Hampshire from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and all day Saturday.
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Is Public Policy Possible?
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4:00-5:30 p.m.
October 3, Hall Center Conference Hall
During 2005-2006 Gaus was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Among his books are On Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Contemporary Theories of Liberalism; Public Reason as a Post-Enlightenment Project, Justificatory Liberalism, and Value and Justification. Gaus is the co-editor of The Handbook of Political Theory. Along with Jonathan Riley, he is a founding editor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is currently completing a book titled "The Order of Public Reason."
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