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Grants reward students' service
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Brighid O'Malley kept a 20-hour workweek throughout her senior year last year, but she never expected a cent of compensation.
O'Malley,2009graduate,majored in applied behavioral science — a degree that requires two semesters of practicum volunteer work from every student — because she wanted to help children with special needs. Volunteering at the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center preschool gave her that opportunity in college.
"I always wanted to work with handicapped children," O'Malley said. "That's always been my goal. When the kids would see me in the hallway and run up to me and give me hugs, I knew I was making a difference with them."
Last spring, however, she and 149 other students received an unexpected $1,000 in federal grant money for volunteer work they completed for their degrees. The University received the money from the Kansas Campus Compact through its "Careers for the Common Good" grants. The Kansas Campus Compact, which created the CCG program last year, will use an extra $100,000 from the Serve America Act for state AmeriCorps programs to extend the program to include 400 students statewide this year. 200 of the grants awarded will go to KU students.
The Kansas Campus Compact, a coalition designed to encourage community volunteering in college universities across the state, developed the Careers for the Common Good program to reward students
FLU WATCH
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As of 5 p.m. yesterday, administrators at the University of Kansas reported 191 cases of suspected H1N1 flu among students. That number is up from 118 cases on Tuesday. The University and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department said they were unable to perform the tests to confirm these cases and were not
of confirmed H1N1 flu cases. However, Lisa Horn, communications coordinator for the Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department, said it was rare for other types of flu to be reported during this time of year.
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Oread Inn on the horizon
The hotel will open in January featuring bars restaurant and shops
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT jleverett@kansan.com
Atop Mt. Oread, at the end of Jayhawk Boulevard, stands a monumental project. It overlooks the Campanile, Memorial Stadium and downtown Lawrence. For now it is a construction site — one with multiple cranes and 100-120 construction workers at any given time during the day. But by the beginning of the
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spring semester it will be, combined with sister Hotel The Eldridge, one of the 10 largest employers in Lawrence. Here's a look at what students can expect to find on the inside when the hotel opens in January.
OREAD
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The Oread will rise to a height of more than 100 ft. It will have four floors underground and nine floors above ground.
The four underground floors will be called P1, P2, P3 and P4, in descending order, and will contain a nightclub, two restaurants, a spa, a theater, a fitness room and parking. The nine aboveground floors will contain a restaurant, a KU Bookstore, a fifth-floor terrace, rentable rooms, privately owned condominiums and a rooftop observation deck.
"THE CAVE"
The Cave will be a 600-capacity dance club on the lowest floor of the building.
four stories underground. Inside the club, there will be a lowered dance floor, a DJ booth in the southwest corner, several bars and seating for about 150 people. The club will be open to the public and to hotel guests. The interior of the club will have granite bar tops and stained concrete floors.
The Cave will have a three-part security system to ensure that no underage students enter the club. The system will include electronically scanning IDs.
"Safety is our number one concern," said Nancy Longhurst, general manager of The Eldridge and The Oread. "Safety,
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FINE ARTS
Department uses textiles scholarships to attract students
BY BETH BEAVERS bbeavers@kansan.com
While money is tight for arts programs around the country, the textiles program at the University of Kansas is now one of the wealthiest of its kind in the nation. Textiles majors received approximately $75,000 in scholarships this semester. The money came from a fund that was established 25 years ago and previously used to fund various arts scholarships. But this semester, the scholarships are exclusively for textiles majors.
The Doris Fair Carey Scholarship Fund was originally
given to the University in 1984 to benefit students pursuing degrees in textiles. However, at the time of the donation, there was no specific textiles department, so the money was distributed among all craft design majors, including ceramics, metals and textiles, Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said.
When the School of Fine Arts was reorganized this spring, textiles was moved to the visual art department and out of the design department. Now the fund can be used exclusively for students pursuing degrees in textiles.
Dawn Guernsey, professor and chair of the department of visual
arts, said the money would give professors the opportunity to recruit students from all across the country.
According to the 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings, the University's textiles program is ranked seventh, but Guernsey said she hoped the money would give the department an even greater competitive edge.
"I am really excited about it". Guernsey said. "It means the program can be on a national level."
Lauren Fallis, Plano, Tex., senior,
is one of 12 students who received
a Doris Fair Carey scholarship this
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More funding has been allocated for the textile program in the School of the Arts. The funding helps the visual art department recruit talented students with increased scholarships.
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