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RETENTION: Records fall as more students stay
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man, said he was attracted to the University partially because of his mother's passion for it and partially because of the scholarships it offered him.
But it was the friendly people he met and the school's resources
"There are a lot of resources available — I don't necessarily take advantage of all of them—and the classes aren't really huge," he said.
that made him stay.
He said that as of right now he plans to stay at the University.
students like Eamigh was important for improving the University's standing nationwide. He said high retention rates made the University look better when compared to other schools.
—Edited by Andy Marso
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MINORITY: Ethnic diversity increasing on campus
Mercado said, "If you look at how KU has been in the past, it has been very minimal increases. This was a huge jump. That's humongous."
Yesterday's numbers were released by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. The numbers include students who mark a minority status on their applications to the University. The numbers include parttime and limited enrollment students that might not otherwise be considered regular students.
The improved results indicated the University's emphasis on recruiting minority candidates is successful, said Lisa Pinamonti, director of Admissions and Scholarships.
Because of this, the numbers can be confusing, said Mark Dupree, president of the Big 12 Conference Black Student Union and Kansas City, Kan., senior.
senior.
"I think it's misconstrued," he said. "I don't think all those students are full-time students, even half-time students. But I don't want to take away from the multicultural recruitment team. I think they're doing a fabulous job. The minorities are growing,
LAWRENCE CAMPUS
Ethnicity Fall 2002 Fall 2003
American Indian 796 325
Asian 851 947
Black 717 809
Hispanic 742 834
Non-resident 1,677 1,585
White 21,592 21,714
Unknown 583 600
but just not by leaps and bounds."
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Mercado knows that there are doubts, but it shouldn't hinder the celebration.
"The information we have is a piece of paper," Mercado said. But, Mercado said, it's the same piece of paper the Office of Admissions and Scholarships has always based its accomplishments on.
Tony Daniels, associate director of multicultural affairs, was pleased with the increase in numbers and said he thinks the success comes from combined efforts around campus.
Fall 2002 Fall 2003
American Indian 44 41
Asian 144 188
Black 131 153
Hispanic 131 138
Non-resident alien 72 65
White 3,537 3,423
Unknown 15 132
"We've been told all summer that the students that are coming to orientation are some quality students," Mercado said. "The students that we're recruiting have a higher tendency to be quality students and members in various organizations. We now have these students that will be able to tell other students about the success they're having at KU."
He too is skeptical of the numbers.
But Daniels is seeing an increase in diversity at the University. It has a larger enrollment in HAWKLink, the multicultural retention program and more students utilizing the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
"You never know." Daniels said. "When you look at the numbers, I don't know what the measuring guide is. I don't know what is appropriate for Kansas. What is the graduation rate from high school?"
"An increase is always positive," Daniels said.
— Edited by Shane Mettlen
WAR: Rival fans not always on their best behavior
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ing her Jayhawk pride at Mizzou. The marching band hasn't traveled to a football game at Missouri since members were last assaulted by full beer cans and empty whiskey bottles four years ago.
"The band becomes a target in that stadium," said Robert Foster, who was the director of the Marching Jayhawks during their last trip there.
"We've only had one decent trip that I remember," Foster said. "And when we tried to go back two years later, we ran into a hornets' nest."
According to Foster, about every 10 years the band's director will take them to an away game there. The results are frequently disastrous.
Foster recalled stories about Missouri fans beating up and stripping a band member of his uniform, and about three drunks running around knocking band members down during halftime
— until a tuba player tackled one of them. Another time the Missouri Highway Patrol blockaded the band's buses on the highway back from a game and harassed them.
A touch of Irish in downtown Lawrence
The incident with the three drunks resulted in 68 assault charges and made it into Sports Illustrated in 1988.
Despite all the incidents, Foster doesn't expect any trouble with Missouri's band coming to play at the halftime here in Kansas tomorrow.
"My experience with KU and the bands that come in here is that they don't have any problems," Foster said.
When it began, the rivalry was much more serious than thrown bottles and and drunken fans. Jonathan Earle, assistant professor of history, said the so-called Border War's roots lie in the Civil War. When the Kansas territory opened in 1854, Earle said, Kansas was a political hot potato.
At the time slavery was the big issue. The federal government decided to let the people of Kansas vote on whether they wanted to be admitted into the Union as a slave state or a free state.
Across the border, the people of Missouri chose to enter the Union as a slave state in 1821, and they wanted Kansas to do the same. Many Missourians crossed the border to sway the vote.
However, anti-slavery advocates from Ohio and New England poured into the territory to counter the Missourians, and in 1861 Kansas became the 34th state—a free state.
Hostilities between the two states led to open bloodshed as rivals conducted raids across state lines.
"Both sides did their share of mayhem — you can't just say we were good," Earle said. "Though I do believe we were on the right side."
Today's rivaly echoes the bitter historical feud. Kansas even took its mascot from the name of Kansan raiders of old: Jayhawkers.
"We're kind of rubbing it in their faces by calling ourselves that." Earle said.
So out of the turbulent past comes a watered-down though sometimes still-violent feud, Earle said.
"These were horribly serious things, and all we have left is this rivalry," Earle said. "We know it's old, we know we're on different sides, but often we no longer know the details or why it began."
Nation Teen charged with firing gun inside middle school
and the boy was quickly taken into custody by a sheriff's deputy working at the school, a school spokeswoman said.
—Edited by Erin Riffey
LAWNDALE, N.C. — An eight-grade fired two shots inside a middle school yesterday morning, but no one was injured
Justin Earwood, 13, was charged with felony possession of a firearm on school property.
The student fired a 9mm handgun inside Burns Middle School at about 8 a.m.
In his first appearance in district court later yesterday, he was
silent as his parents stood behind him. He did not enter a plea, and it wasn't clear if he had an attorney who could comment on his case.
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