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Here in Lawrence you need to go to the main Post Office at 7th and Vermont. Head to the office directly across from the glass doors you walk in (right next to the head of the line). You need to bring proof of U.S. citizenship (birth certificate, certificate of naturalization, etc), proof of identity (drivers license, etc.), two passport photos which you can have taken for under $10 at Kinko's, Office Depot, most travel agencies, and lots of other places.
How do I get a passport?
Bring your check book because you need to pay a $55 passport processing fee plus a $30 application fee. Allow 8-19 weeks to receive your passport. If you need it sooner you can expedite the process with an extra $60 fee and you should get your passport within about two weeks. For more information about U.S. passports and the application process visit http://travel.state.gov/passport_easy.html
CAMPUS
Fiske Guide ranks colleges; University ranked 'bestbuy'
The 2005 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranked the University of Kansas one of the 20 public university best buys in the nation.
best buys in the nation. "Despite increases in tuition, we've remained in the list," said Todd Cohen associate director for University Relations.
The University was the only school in Kansas to be featured in the guide, which contained 175 universities.
The guide gave the University four out of five stars in the categories of academics, social life and quality of life, and recognized it for having strong academic programs and a vibrant social and extracurricular life.
Vibrant social science In the area of academics, the University was cited as having "unusual strength" in the programs of film and television, architecture, communications and journalism, business and engineering.
The guide highlighted biological sciences, economics, environmental studies, nursing, pharmacy, social welfare, premed studies, allied health, fine arts,
The guide also praised the University for taking steps to become more selective. The continual rise of the academic achievements of each incoming class are evident results of the University's steps, the guide said.
education, business and Spanish and Portuguese as being among the University's strongest programs.
In the area of social life and quality of life, the guide noted Lawrence as being a "great town for college students" and called the Lawrence campus "one of the most gorgeous in the United States."
— Ross Fitch
Multimedia modern marvel
Dick Nelson, newsroom supervisor; James Gentry, journalism professor; and Stanley Stauffer discuss the features of the Stauffer Multimedia Newsroom. Stauffer donated money to the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications for the newsroom's construction. A dedication ceremony was held Friday at the newsroom in the Dole Human Development Center.
Mount St. Helens threatening
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. — Mount St. Helens blew off more steam yesterday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred feet above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors who had gathered below the rumbling mountain.
"Wow. It was amazing," said 9-yearold Alex Turchiano, who watched from a nearby visitors center. "I was hoping to see lava so I could see the trees fall down and the lava flow into the water. I wanted to see what it was going to do — whether it would stop or keep going."
going. Scientists, who continued to warm that the volcano could blow at any moment, stopped short of calling the steam burst an actual eruption, saying no volcanic material apparently was emitted. The steam quickly dissipated and did not threaten any structures near Mount St. Helens.
Even if a larger eruption comes, officials say there was little or no chance of a repeat of the mountain's lethal 1980 explosion, or Hawaiian-style lava flows
Since Sept. 23, thousands of tiny earthquakes have shaken the mountain and several steam eruptions have occurred, the most seismic activity at
The eruption 24 years ago blew 1,300 feet off the top of the peak, killed 57 people and coated much of the Pacific Northwest with ash.
the peak since the months following the 1980 blast.
The latest burst came after scientists detected swelling in the 1,000-foot lava dome within the crater of the southwest Washington mountain. Steam rose to 10,000 feet, or nearly 2,000 feet above the rim.
A burst of ash and steam on Friday was followed Saturday by a smaller plume of steam and a volcanic tremor. A smaller extended volcanic vibration was detected Sunday.
"Hopefully after this clears away our crews will get a view of the crater, and the crater will probably be enlarged a bit," said U.S. Geological Survey geologist Willie Scott, who described it as a "very passive event."
Scientists speculated the steam was due to hot rock coming into contact with ice and snow contained in the glacier.
Jeff Wynn, chief scientist for volcano hazards in nearby Vancouver, Wash., said the lava dome within the crater had risen another 100 feet in the dome's southern area.
"Now most of us are convinced there's fresh magma down there," Carolyn Driedger, hydrologist, said.
"Something is driving — like a piston — something is driving up. We believe it's magma. We believe new magma is involved.
And new magma is potentially more gas rich and therefore more explosive," Wynn said.
to see lava so I could see the trees fall down and the lava flow into the water. I wanted to see what it was going to do — whether it would stop or keep going."
"Wow. It was amazing.I was hoping
Alex Turchiano 9-year-old observer
The action at Mount St. Helens has drawn thousands of visitors to the monument, including Patricia Cusic of Live Oak, Fla., who arrived Saturday with her daughter, and her three grandchildren who live in Arlington.
"Now we can go home and say, 'Hey, we saw a volcano erupting!' This was a good time to come," Cusic said at the Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center, about 8 1/2 miles from the rim.
During the weekend, officials shut down areas closer to the mountain as a precaution.
ON CAMPUS
The Johnston Ridge Observatory, about five miles from the crater, was evacuated, and most air traffic was prohibited within a 5-mile radius of the volcano.
The Laird Brown Bag Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies will hold a lecture at 12 p.m. today at 318 Bailey Hall. It is called "On the Upcoming Presidential Elections of Ukraine" by assistant professor Viktor Susak, chair of History and Theory of Sociology at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
KU Students for Life will have a meeting at 8 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity, from 9 to 10:10 p.m. tonight at the ECM, 1204 Oread.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old female KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen her Schwinn bicycle around 1 a.m. Sunday at her residence in the 400 block of Michigan Street. The loss was estimated at $132.
A 21-year-old female KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone broke the window of her Pontiac TransAm and stole several CDs at about 7 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Harper Street. The loss was estimated at $975.
Lawrence police arrested a 21 year-old male KU student and charged him with an OUI and driving the wrong way on a one-way street at about 2 a.m. Sunday on Kentucky Street.
A 22-year-old female KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone stole items out of her house at about 8 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of 14th Street. DVDs and a leather jacket were among the items listed as stolen. The loss is estimated at $1,875.
A 22-year-old male KU student reported an aggravated battery to Lawrence police at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of New Hampshire Street.
- Police arrested a 22-year-old male KU student at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of New Hampshire Street. The student was charged with battery of a law enforcement officer, obstruction of legal procedure and auto burglary.
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