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University Daily Kansan
Page 0756 from reel: NP 7214 (1997-08-18 to 1997-12-09)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/44010

Title: THUD: The Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 2.3 Percent of Its Value, Leaving Investors — And KU Students — Scratching...
Summary: Coverage of the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 2.3% in value, with analysis of how this affects KU students and investors.
Category: national news
Subjects: stock market; financial markets; economic news; business education
Named Entities: Dow Jones Industrial Average
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Dow's Drop Biggest Since 1981 Crash
Summary: Article detailing the Dow Jones Industrial Average's significant drop, noting it's the biggest since the 1981 crash.
Category: national news
Subjects: stock market; financial markets; economic news
Named Entities: Dow Jones Industrial Average
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Class Sees Market Drop as Learning Experience
Summary: KU business class discusses and learns from the recent stock market drop, with students and professor sharing perspectives.
Category: campus news
Subjects: business education; stock market; university courses
Named Entities: Hirshey, Mark [professor of business]; Carney, Brian [student]; Schwartz, Robert [student]; Selzer, Josh [graduate teaching assistant]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Fear Follows Meningitis' Appearance
Summary: Article about a student who died from meningitis and the health center's response to concerns from the university community.
Category: local news
Subjects: public health; meningitis outbreak; health concerns
Named Entities: Brogi, Robert [student]; Watkins Memorial Health Center
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Provost Chips in for Technology Change
Summary: Coverage of the provost allocating funds for technology upgrades across various university departments and schools.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; technology funding; academic resources
Named Entities: Shulenburger, David [provost]; Givens, Rich [assistant provost]; Stetler, Dean [director of undergraduate biology]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Nebraska Storm Freezes Internet
Summary: Article about a storm in Nebraska that caused internet outages affecting the University of Kansas and other institutions.
Category: national news
Subjects: natural disasters; internet outages; technology disruptions
Named Entities: University of Kansas
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Today's Weather
Summary: Weather information showing high of 64 and low of 43 degrees with description of mostly sunny and continued warmish temperatures.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; temperature
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Online Today
Summary: Information about online resources including Dow Jones crash information on UDKi and kansan.com/news/nation.
Category: informational content
Subjects: internet resources; news websites
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Sports Today
Summary: Update on freshman athlete Casey Pruitt who is recovering from knee surgery and preparing to play for the Jayhawks.
Category: sports
Subjects: athlete recovery; sports medicine
Named Entities: Pruitt, Casey [freshman athlete]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Contact the Kansan
Summary: Contact details for the newspaper including news, advertising, fax, and email information.
Category: informational content
Subjects: newspaper contact information
Confidence: 0.9

Title: WWW.KANSAN.COM
Summary: Mention of the newspaper's website URL.
Category: informational content
Subjects: newspaper website
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Masthead
Summary: Newspaper masthead showing publication name, date (October 28, 1997), section (A), volume and issue number.
Category: other
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Watkins
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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