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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
VOLUME 120 ISSUE 21
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FINANCIAL
More students taking out college loans
BY ANDY GREENHAW
greenhaw@kansan.com
Julie Connolly learned the hard way about the importance of planning ahead before borrowing money to pay for college. The KU alumnae works at Headmasters in Lawrence where she's working to pay off the $35,000 debt she carried with her when she graduated five years ago. She pays about $214 per month, but only $50 of that pays down the actual balance while the rest covers the monthly interest.
"My goal is to pay back all of my student loan debt by the time I'm 40 years old," she said in an interview last spring. "But I'll probably be paying back at least some sort of debt for the rest of my life."
Connolly isn't alone. According to a new study released by Gallup Poll, 70 percent of students who enrolled in college this year didn't take their post-graduation income into consideration before borrowing. It also found that 37 percent of students and 46 percent of students' parents never take tuition costs into consideration when going through the process of finding a college and financing tuition.
The study also breaks down how the average student finances his or her tuition. It found that, on average, students financed 40 percent of their education from student loans, 10 percent from their personal income and savings, 32 percent from their parents, 15 percent from scholarships and 3 percent from relatives and other support groups.
Patricia Christel, a spokesperson for student lending giant Sallie Mae, said the purpose of the study was to provide insight into the attitudes, choices and concerns of American families on how they plan and pay for college. The study, she said, surveyed 1,400 students and parents.
C. E. Andrews, Sallie Mae's president
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Institute creates more learning alternatives throughout state
The University is expanding its Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to include noncredit courses at Hutchinson Community College. The Institute provides courses for students who want to continue their education free of homework, grades or tests.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Visiting comedian Alex Thomas talks about his career
Comedian Alex Thomas has worked with actors such as Will Smith and Jamie Foxx, and is a recurring guest on "Family Guy." Thomas will perform his stand-up act at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. He talked to the Kansan about his comedy and what students can expect from his show.
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Andrew Cirocco, Mission Hills freshman, is treated for wounds he received when he collided with the rear of a car that was temporarily parked in front of Marvin Hall. According to witnesses, Cirocco flew over the car's trunk and partially through the rear windshield before falling to the pavement. Cirocco was later taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A Douglas County Fire and Medical spokesman listed Cirocco's condition as stable.
Biker hits parked car
Student shatters windshield in front of Marvin Hall
BY RYAN MCGEENEY
rmcgeeney@kansan.com
A student riding a bicycle ran into the rear end of a car temporarily parked in front of Marvin Hall, crashing through the rear windshield before falling to the pavement around 6 p.m. Wednesday night.
Andrew Cirocco, Mission Hills freshman, was bicycling east on Jayhawk Boulevard when he hit a Mazda 626 with Judson Bone, Topea freshman, in the driver's seat. Bone had pulled over to pick up a friend, Austin Bradley, Overland Park junior, whose class had just ended.
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
According to Bradley, Bone had only been stopped for about five seconds when he and Bone felt the abrupt impact to the car, followed shortly by the breaking of glass that showered into the car.
shown up."
Zach Stoltenberg, Gering, Neb, senior,
had just exited Marvin Hall and was
descending the stairs when he heard the
impact.
Judson Bone, Topeka freshamn, recounts how his car was struck by bicyclist Andrew Circoce to Captain Pat Talkington of Douglas County Fire and Medical. Bone was temporarily parked in front of Marvin Hall, about 20 yards east of the Chi Omega fountain traffic circle when Circoce collided with the vehicle, flying into the rear windshield before falling to the pavement.
"I came running over," Stoltenberg said. "The guys in the car had already gotten out, and were on their phones, calling for help. The kid was bleeding pretty bad. Somebody took off to get some paper towels, but by then, the police had already
Stottenberg said that although he didn't see the collision with his own eyes, Ciroco must have been traveling at a substantial speed.
"He was all the way up and over the car," Stoltenberg said. "The thickest part of the bike frame was bent, so he had to be going pretty good."
While Bone explained the incident to authorities to the best of his recollection, KU Public Safety officers and members of Douglas County Fire and Medical treated Cirocco's wounds. They stained multiple lacerations on his face and neck before standing him upright and placing him on a long spine board, a carrying device used to stabilize victims if a possible spinal injury is involved.
"I'm fine," said Ciroco, the chest of his white t-shirt partially soaked in blood. "It doesn't really hurt at all."
While neither Bradley nor Bone were injured, Bone said he was stunned by the event.
"I'm just kind of shaken up right now," said Bone.
The incident comes on the heels of recent efforts by the KU Public Safety office to step up cyclist's awareness of
traffic laws on campus, which include issuing fines for stop sign violations and other infractions. Under the law, bicycles are afforded the same rights and responsibilities as other motor vehicles, and cyclists are required to pay the same fines as motorists for violations.
Capt. Pat Talkington, of Douglas
County Fire and Medical, said Cirocco was in stable condition when he was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
ADMINISTRATION
Athletics director Perkins ranks first in poll
BY B.J. RAINS
In a poll released by time magazine, Kansas athletics director Lee Perkins has been named the top sports executive in the World.
rains@kansan.com
Perkins was the only college administrator to make the final list of 35, which featured team owners, league commissioners and other sports executives.
second and John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, finished third. Danny Ainge, general manager of the Boston Celtics, and Jerry Reese, general manager of the
Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of the Manchester United soccer team, finished
New York Giants, rounded out the top
Perkins
five.
"It is a great honor just to be included on this list," Perkins said in a statement. "It is tremendously flattering to actually win it."
Perkins, who arrived in Kansas in June 2003, has doubled the Athletics Department's budget from $27 million to more than $55 million last year, according to Time magazine.
"I'm not a gambling person, but I would have bet the house that he was going to win," women's basketball coach Bonnie
Henrickson said. "The success of the department speaks volumes to his leadership and his ability to make difficult decisions that in the short term might be unpopular but long term and over the long haul are good for the University and the Athletics Department."
In addition to KU's teams winning the national championship in basketball and the Orange Bowl in football, Perkins has
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