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University Daily Kansan
Page 0594 from reel: NP 10601 (2003-08-18 to 2003-11-25)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/43063

Title: RETENTION: Records Fall as More Students Stay
Summary: Article discusses increased student retention rates at KU, with specific statistics showing growth in minority student enrollment and overall campus diversity.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student retention; university enrollment; academic success
Named Entities: Hemenway, Andy [student]; Mercado, Lisa [director of Admissions and Scholarships]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: MINORITY: Ethnic Diversity Increasing on Campus
Summary: Article presents data on increasing ethnic diversity at KU, with specific numbers for American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and other minority groups in both Lawrence campus and first-time freshmen populations.
Category: campus news
Subjects: campus diversity; ethnic enrollment; university statistics
Named Entities: Mercado, Lisa [director of Admissions and Scholarships]; Daniels, Tony [associate director of Multicultural Affairs]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: WAR: Rival Fans Not Always on Their Best Behavior
Summary: Article examines the historical and contemporary issues of fan behavior during the Kansas-Missouri sports rivalry, discussing incidents of violence and the complex history between the two states.
Category: sports
Subjects: sports rivalry; fan behavior; Kansas-Missouri rivalry
Named Entities: Foster, Robert [director of Marching Jayhawks]; Earle, Jonathan [assistant professor of history]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Teen Charged With Firing Gun Inside Middle School
Summary: Brief news item about a 13-year-old boy charged with felony possession of a firearm after firing shots inside a North Carolina middle school.
Category: national news
Subjects: school violence; teen crime; firearms in schools
Named Entities: Earwood, Justin [teen charged]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Pipeline Productions; Campus Coupons; Kiglewood Florist; Pinnacle Woods Apartments; Pool Room 9; Liberty Hall Cinema
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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