THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
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increases in tuition. Most bachelor's degree programs take four years to complete if a student takes an average of 16 hours per semester, according to the KU tuition Web site. But four undergraduate programs are designed to be completed in more than four years.
Freshmen and sophomores enrolled in architectural engineering, industrial design, music therapy or visual arts education will be guaranteed fixed tuition rates for only four years, according to the tuition compact. After four years, rates will jump to the standard tuition rate of that year.
For the past 30 years, tuition has either stayed constant or increased up to 25 percent each year, according to the KU tuition Web site. And this year was no exception.
This fall, incoming resident freshmen enrolled in 15 hours pay about $244 more per semester than in 2007. Incoming nonresident freshmen paid $631 more per semester. Though this year's compact rates are guaranteed for freshmen through the 2011-2012 school year, the threat of a tuition increase is enough motivation for many students to try to graduate in four years.
But Lange is not too concerned
about graduating in four, despite switching her major a month into her sophomore year. She said although she took 15 hours of music courses that would not count toward her Germanic major, she had been expecting to graduate in five years anyway.
"At some point I'll definitely have to meet with someone to find a more personalized program," Lange said. "But I feel like this one will stick and it's something I'm interested in and I can use. Switching majors? It feels good."
- Edited by Mary Sorrick
"I'm from a really small town." Schreiner said. "If you don't go out for sports, you really don't do anything. That was a big thing for me."
Bev Krebs of the American Red Cross said the two companies needed to collect about
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Maintaining that normal life and championing the cause for donating blood remain important to Schreiner. While volunteering at the blood drive, she said she hoped to help the American Red Cross and Community Blood Center make the KU blood drive successful.
6,000 units of blood each week to meet the demands of area hospitals, which included those in Kansas, Missouri and northern Oklahoma.
Hospitals use donated blood for many purposes, including surgeries and emergency situations such as car accidents. The average amount of blood required in those situations, according to the Community Blood Center's Web site, is six pints and 50 pints, respectively.
Krebs said that the need for donated blood was constantly increasing, but that supply was
very low. One out of every 10 people who enter a hospital needs blood, according to the Red Cross Web site. It also said that in the United States, a person needed a blood transfusion every two seconds.
To meet area hospitals' needs, 580 blood donors are needed each day, according to the Community Blood Center's Web site. Each of these donations can help two people.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
ELECTION 2008
Obama: exec salaries must be slashed Despite Wall Street's problems, tax cuts still promised
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday any plan to rescue Wall Street from its financial woes must ensure that taxpayers are reimbursed.
The Democratic presidential candidate challenged President Bush to cooperate on a rescue plan embodying those principles and drop what Obama characterized as Bush's "my way or the highway" attitude toward the proposed $700 billion bailout.
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"The president's stubborn inflexibility is both unacceptable and disturbingly familiar" he said.
The Illinois senator added that his proposed middle-class tax cuts remain "absolutely necessary" despite the economic turbulence.
Obama said companies that take government aid must slash their executives' salaries. Decisions on how to spend that $700 billion cannot be left solely in the hands of the Treasury secretary, Obama added. An independent, bipartisan board should "provide oversight and accountability at every step of the way," he said.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama says tax cuts for the middle class are "absolutely necessary" despite recent government bailouts of financial institutions.
McCain supports bailouts Each U.S. household will contribute about $10,000
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FREELAND, Mich. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said that he supported a $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial markets, but suggested improvements to the Bush administration's proposal to increase oversight and limit compensation for executives.
"Further inaction is simply not an option," McCain said in brief remarks to reporters at his first news conference in more than a month. "We must pass legislation to address this crisis."
He called the proposed bailout a "staggering" figure that amounts to a $10,000 contribution for each U.S. household, money that could otherwise be used to rebuild roads and bridges in every town in the country. To protect taxpayers, he asked for a bipartisan board to provide oversight, a plan to recover the money and a cap on compensation for executives of firms that were helped by the bailout.
McCain stopped short of saying he would vote "no" if his priorities weren't reflected. He said he was confident the final plan would include them.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McAins says he supports the $700 billion bailout, but asked that a bipartisan board to provide taxpayer protection and oversight.
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