P INTRAMURALS Even with Sigma Nu-1's slow start, Sigma-Nu-1 defeats Team Kearney '04,20-13.PAGE 10A CREW New crew members are learning about the boats and water. The crew club is the largest sport's club on campus. PAGE 10A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN towniversity eges, hip to would own, I was much one not ini aspect 000 to four Colver er grade recoges well, ugural sopho-with a car. PAGE7A ON PAGE 7A wis/KANSAN ce team. derrated- anyone to e in after ss it is on VOL.115 ISSUE 22 www.kansan.com FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 Kit Leffler/KANSAM Paul VanCleave, Tonganoxie junior, left last Sunday for training at Fort Riley before going to Kuwait with Topeka's 74th Quartermaster Company. He will be supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, but doesn't know exactly what his duty will entail. Student prepares for duty in Kuwait Paul VanCleave packed his bags with everything he needed, including 15 toothbrushes, six cartons of cigarettes and 30 pounds of coffee. BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLA francoviglia@kansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER He isn't planning on coming home anytime soon. Last Sunday the 40-year-old Tonganoxie native and University of Kansas student left the University for 45 days of training before going to Kuwait with Topeka's 74th Quartermaster Company. He will be supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, which generally refers to U.S. military activities in Iraq. He has long been a member of a branch of defense. He's been in the Air Force, the Kansas Air National Guard and the Kansas Army National Guard, where his contract expired in 2001. In 2001, VanCleave came to the University where he majored in sociology and minored in Arabic studies. Last spring non-traditional students elected him to serve as a student senator. ator. He re-enlisted in October 2003 because he wanted to see what he could do to stop terrorism after Sept. 11. VanCleave got his call to duty last April. He's been researching the people and the culture of the Middle East online and by asking troops in the area questions. He has heard the weather is excruciatingly hot and the general reception from Iraqi citizens is positive. While in the Middle East, VanCleave's company will take care of general supply needs, including water purification, and fuel and general supply distribution and storage. He doesn't know the specifics of what his job will entail. will entail. "We don't know until we get there where we're going or what we'll be doing." he said. is positive. "Ninety percent or more want us there." VanCleave said. Regents give maintenance funds there, Vanclave said he had been stressed lately, trying to prepare for his duty. SEE KUWAIT ON PAGE 5A By Ross Fitch rftitch@kansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER Board of Regents allocates money for repairs, approves doctorate degree The Kansas Board of Regents allocated $320,058 for maintenance and approved a doctorate degree in public administration at the University of Kansas yesterday. With the approval of the Regents, the University will be allocated $320,058 for necessary repairs and maintenance, including tunnel improvements, new fuel storage tanks and maintenance on Twente Hall, which is located south of Watson Library. Anthropology The requests for the new degree and the fund allocations were items on the agenda at the Board of Regents monthly meeting yesterday. Watson Library. Twente Hall houses the School of Social Welfare and the Biological Anthropology Lab. All items were approved with minimal challenge, and the request for the new doctorate degree in public administration was the only item on the agenda that prompted questions from the Regents. Regents. Donna Shank, vice chairwoman for the Board of Regents, expressed concern over the small number of students in the public administration program. About 50 students are enrolled in the bachelor's degree program and 60 are enrolled in the master's degree progran. George Frederickson, professor of public administration, said in an interview that other departments like the department of linguistics were also small but offered doctorate degrees The program is known for excellence, said Kim Wilcox, dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences. "We don't want to jeopardize that quality," Frederickson said. The Regents also approved the allocation of proceeds from the Crumbling Classrooms bond to Kansas state universities. The Regents approved refunding the KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITIES' FUNDING The University of Kansas received the second largest allocation of money from the Crumbling Classroom bonds. Though smaller than the University of Kansas, Kansas State University received more money because it included its Salina campus in the measuring. The Edwards Campus was not included in the list of priority projects.
| Gross Square Feet | Allocation | |
|---|---|---|
| ■ Kansas State University | 5,677,182 | $321,050 |
| ■ The University of Kansas | 5,918,219 | $320,058 |
| ■ Wichita State University | 2,533,505 | $136,964 |
| ■ Kansas Medical Center | 2,080,364 | $112,522 |
| ■ Fort Hays State University | 1,377,106 | $74,537 |
| ■ Pittsburg State University | 1,352,160 | $73,106 |
| ■ Emporia State University | 1,160,893 | $62,757 |