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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
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of these universities was limited by the existing technology. The cybercommons funded by this grant should help make the process easier and more capable.
The cybercommons, because it is Web-based, will make the information available to schools across the country.
"This opens up a terrific opportunity for reaching many more schools." Krishtalka said, "both rural K-through-12 all the way to universities in major cities."
The grant was provided through the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, which is a program of the National Science Foundation. The program was started in 1979 to help research universities remain competitive with those that generally receive more funding like those in California and Massachusetts.
Kristin Bowman-James, project director for EPSCoR in Kansas, said this particular grant required the cooperation of two states to share and collaborate on research.
She said the decision of who to work with was easy.
"Because of the strong research here and in Oklahoma for ecological forecasting and because this type of research uses large databases it was a no-brainer to link these schools," Bowman-James said.
The use of this system goes beyond the study of local plains. Josh Campbell, graduate research assistant at the Kansas Biological Survey, said he planned on using his experience with the project in other countries after he finished his degree.
"I'd like to take this same concept and apply it to humanitarian affairs," Campbell said. "Bring together different non-governmental organizations and relief agencies using the same set of technologies."
The grant will also create positions for more graduate students within the Biodiversity Institute.
Edited by Tim Burgess
INTERNATIONAL
Cristina Kahie, niece of Mexico's artist Frida Kahio, shows pages to members of the press from the book "Finding Frida Kahio" Tuesday at the Attorney General's office in Mexico City.
BY CATHERINE E.
Investigators look into Kahlo claim
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a claim that more than 1,000 items attributed to artist Frida Kahlo were forged.
The Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Trust filed a complaint saying signed paintings, notes and drawings featured in two recent art history books are fake, the Attorney General's Office said.
"We must stop the commercialization of false works," said Hilda Trujillo, director of the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums.
The works in question come from a private collection and appear in two books, "Finding Frida Kahlo" and "The Labyrinth of Frida Kahlo: Death, Pain and Ambivalence."
Kahlo, who died in 1954, was known for her tortured self-portraits and a tumultuous relationship with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who she married.
- Katharine Myers at Princeton
- Architectural Press, the publisher of "Finding Frida Kahlo," said it plans to keep selling the book.
- "In the book, we state that the
Members of the trust and some art history scholars hope the publishers will take the books off the market, saying at a news conference in Mexico City that the consequences could be severe if the books keep being sold.
pieces have not been 100 percent authenticated, that it's still being researched," Myers said.
"This will infect all the studies of Frida Kahlo with a virus, with bad, inaccurate information," said James Oles, an assistant professor at Wellesley College who has joined with other art historians in criticizing the publications.
Oles said items in the collection include significant spelling errors, low-quality paintings and other suspicious details.
The owners of the art, according to Oles, say the collection came from five boxes that Kahlo gave to a carpenter.
"What woman signs her recipes? No one, unless they want to sell them," he said.
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Students who have not taken the course said they have found numerous reasons for putting it off.
Paul Brown, Overland Park freshman, said he had already been reprimanded for drinking on campus and hoped the course would teach him the penalties for violating alcohol policies on campus. He said he had not yet completed the course because he had been busy with class work.
"I just haven't had time between class and other things to do it," Brown said. "I'm hoping to get to it soon."
Marc Nunes, Chicago freshman,
said most students he knew had
not taken the course yet because they had heard the course was long and contained mostly common knowledge.
"We are already aware of this type of information, but we choose to keep drinking anyway," Nunes said.
because everyone I know has just went down and clicked answers without even reading the questions because it was just so long." Meyer said.
Students will be able to begin the second portion of the course 30 days after they complete the first part. All students are required to complete the second portion of the course by Nov.2.
Angela Meyer, Kansas City, Mo, freshman, said she had already completed the first part of the course but said she didn't learn anything significant. Meyer said she didn't expect the University to learn much from the feedback they would receive from the course, either.
during the spring semester.
"I know they aren't going to get anything out of the survey
Students not required to take the course can still participate voluntarily by going to alcohol. ku.edu.
University officials have been stepping up efforts to curb student alcohol abuse after two alcohol-related student deaths on campus
In May, the University announced a new policy that would notify parents of any alcohol or drug violations by students under the age of 21. Administrators also created an amnesty program to encourage students to report alcohol-related emergencies by ensuring that they wouldn't be penalized for violating alcohol policies.
More information on alcohol-related programs, policies and education opportunities can be found at alcohol.ku.edu.
POLITICS
— Edited by Samantha Foster
Clinton calls for sustainability efforts
President Barack Obama is pictured with former President Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual meeting in New York Tuesday. This year's conference is the first under a Democratic president
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NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton opened his annual summit on pressing global issues with a call for attendees to support political and economic efforts toward climate sustainability.
The fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative started Tuesday. The gathering of world leaders and business executives, celebrities and activists seeks solutions to the world's most pressing issues, like climate change and poverty.
But this year's conference is taking place under the cloud of another massive problem — a global economic downturn. Clinton and the speakers at the opening plenary session emphasized the economic benefits of sustainability efforts, that it was important to refute the argument that trying to green the world's economies would be fiscally detrimental to them.
"If you have political leadership and business leadership committed to sustainability, the rest of us need to support them," Clinton said. "The best thing we can do is to try to help support this movement by proving that it is good
economics."
the per capita income there, which she said was about $13,500.
"I if I were an American congressman, I'd be embarrassed that Chile could insure everybody and I couldn't," he said. "I think it's important to know what all these people who are criticizing the president are defending."
While the conference covers global issues, American political issues did make an appearance. After Chilean President Michelle Bachelet spoke about steps her country was taking to deal with the downturn, including health care efforts, Clinton asked her about
This year's conference is the first to be held under a Democratic administration, and Clinton had warm words for President Barack Obama.
"I think it is worth reminding all of you that our president started his career not in politics, but as an NGO operator."
But Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, DMont., left intact a $4 billion-a-year levy on the medical devices industry — keeping the controversy alive. The industry makes some 80,000 different products from heart valves to imaging machines to tongue depressors. The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday such industry fees could eventually raise insurance premiums by roughly 1 percent.
Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact lenses — from a proposed tax on medical device manufacturers. It would help pay for health care coverage for the uninsured in comprehensive legislation.
NATIONAL Democrats back down on medical supply tax
Baucus' last-minute switch came as his committee considers sweeping legislation to remake the health care system. It means that contact lens solution, scented maxipads and home pregnancy tests — among many other items — will not be taxed.
WASHINGTON — They were calling it the tax on Q-tips.
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