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Guard Brady Morningstar, then a sophomore, bites his jersey after a loss last season. Morningstar was suspended for the semester after being arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, coach Bill Self said in a statement released later that day.
Self: Morningstar out for semester
BY COREY THIBODEAUX AND BRANDON SAYERS
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Bill Self announced Saturday that junior guard Brady Morningstar was suspended for the first semester.
Morningstar was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, Self said in a statement posted on the Athletics Department Web site later that day.
"He broke team rules that have been much more stringent since last week."
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"We are aware of the situation," Self said. "We are also still fact finding. Regardless of the details that concern the reason for him being stopped, he broke team rules that have been much more stringent since last week."
Turnpike. He was taken to Douglas County jail just before 4:00 a.m. and was released on a $250 bail at about 6:00 a.m.
BILL SELF Coach
"Brady was in serious violation of curfew." Self said. "Because of that and his extremely poor judgment last night, I have decided to suspend him for the
Kansas Highway Patrol stopped Morningstar while he was driving westbound near the east Lawrence exit of the Kansas
first semester from all competition and travel."
The team will be losing its leader in three-point percentage (42 percent) and second highest player in minutes played per game (30.4) from a year ago.
"Brady will remain a member of our team and will participate in all other team functions," Self said. "We will support him through this, but needless to say, I am very disappointed in the sequence of events that took place last night."
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
CLAS unveils advising tool
Graduation positioning system will help students choose a major and graduate on time.
BY JESSE RANGEL jrangel@kansan.com
Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have a new tool to help them better choose a route to graduation.
The graduation positioning system, or GPS, is a service launched by the college last week to guide students through planning for a major.
Kim McNeley, assistant dean of student academic services, said the system was a way to take information from services such as the new online advising tool and present it to students. The GPS tailors the information given to the student according to the student's year, sending the information directly to the students through academic notices visible in the Kyou portal. One of the first steps of the GPS involves a worksheet to help determine which disciplines a student should explore.
McNeley said one of the goals presented for the GPS was for students to explore 15 different majors in their freshman and sophomore years. She said that general education requirements currently cover about 10 majors, but that it was important for students to explore other areas.
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McNeiley also said the college wanted to tell students how important it was to get the English and math requirements out of the way early. She said students who took the math requirement early in their college careers tended to have higher grade point averages.
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"In the college, we expect you to do your English and math," McNeley said. "What we know is that students will want to put off
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Students, faculty unite for traditional Mid-Autumn Festival Harvest commemoration is an annual event for East Asian students
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT jleverett@kansan.com
Students gathered to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional East Asian harvest celebration that brings family and friends together when the moon is full.
Various groups staged events this weekend, including a barbecue party at Holcom Park Saturday afternoon, a moon-viewing party at the Lied Center Saturday night and a Moon Cake Festival at the Nunemaker Center Sunday night. Watching celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China heightened the excitement surrounding the festival.
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The Mid-Autumn Moon Viewing Party drew about 50 students and faculty members to Stephens Courtyard outside the Lied Center
"It's basically about how this guy is alone by himself drinking and he's reminiscing about his friends, how they're all married together, how they're all so happy to be together," she said. "But now, at the current time, he's just drunk,
Stacy Lake, Leawood senior, read the poem "Drunken at the Moon." She said the poem by eighth-century scholar Lai Bai described a profound feeling of isolation.
on Saturday night. The Kansas City Chinese Music Ensemble played traditional songs while three senior Chinese language students recited poetry.
and he's by himself, underneath the moon."
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Students learn how to make their own moon cakes at the Moon Cake Festival in the Nunenmaker Center Sunday. The Chinese festival is an annual celebration of the autumn full moon.
With home thousands of miles away for Chinese international students, the feeling of isolation expressed in this poem might be a familiar one. But the number of Chinese undergraduate students
on campus has skyrocketed in the last few years and has given these Chinese students a strong cultural community.
Ailun Li, Beijing junior, and president of the Chinese Students and Scholars
help Chinese undergraduates meet and socialize with one another. It sponsors at least one big event each month, especially on holidays such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chinese New Year.
"This year we made ourselves clear we're here to help students."
"This year we made ourselves clear — we're here to help students," Li said. "We're going to promote Chinese culture on campus, and lots of them have come to try and help us."
Friendship Association, said 100 new members joined the group this year, bringing it to 300 members.
AILUN LI Beijing junior CSSFA president
He said the group worked to
own moon cake, played in poetry guessing games and trivia contests and watched a tape of this year's anniversary parade in Beijing.
Daphne Johnson, associate director of international undergraduate admissions, said Chinese student groups like the CSSFA were essential to welcoming the growing numbers of Chinese undergraduates to their new home. She said
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that students like Li had made a concentrated effort to improve what happened between the time the students were admitted to the University and the time they arrived.
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