THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006
NEWS
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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
Confucius Institute exports basketball game to China
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
Tonight Brandon Rush's baskets and Julian Wright's ball-handling skills will be celebrated thousands of miles from Allen Fieldhouse in China.
For the first time in KU and Big 12 histories, the game will be broadcast completely in Mandarin Chinese from Allen Fieldhouse and streamed onto the Internet through the Athletics Department's Web site.
Zhiqun "James" Liang, a visiting scholar and senior adviser to the executive director at the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas, and Sheree Willis, associate execu-
ove director for programs at the Confucius Institute, will give play-by-play accounts of the game in Chinese.
Willis said the institute decided to sponsor the broadcast of the game to celebrate the University of Kansas and its involvement in Chinese studies.
"I think this combines two strengths that the University has," Willis said. "It goes without saying that basketball is important at the University and in our culture. It is something we love very much. We also have great Chinese studies and language programs at the University through good connections in China
and the Confucius Institute."
Bill Tsutsu, executive director of the institute, said the broadcast would also showcase Liang's knowledge of the sport. He is a basketball commentator for NBC in China and was an accomplished basketball player on Huazhong Normal's intercollegiate basketball team. Students and faculty from Liang's alma mater in Wuhan, China, will join KU alumni and fans in other parts of the country tonight to cheer on the Jayhawks. Willis said basketball was an immensely popular sport in Chinese culture.
"We know that there are Chinese-speaking alumni who are supportive of KU basketball and we knew that
they would enjoy hearing a game called in Chinese, "Willis said.
A watch party of the Chinese broadcast will also be held for those much closer to the University at 7 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagen@ kansan.com.
The Confucius Institute posted a list of vocabulary words at www.confucius.ku.edu/bball_terms.shtml for non-Chinese-speaking fans to follow tonight's game.
— Edited by Aly Barland
Renters weigh locations,prices of residences
》 STUDENT HOUSING
Nearly halfway through the 2006- 2007 school year, students have begun their annual house hunts for next year.
The Lawrence community offers students a variety of locations and prices, and students have to consider what type of residence they will choose before their previous leases expire.
BY MATT ELDER
Kevin Jones, Overland Park sophomore, has begun weighing his options for next year. Jones currently lives at Legends Place, 4101 W. 24th Place, and he enjoyed the apartment complex's amenities. The Legends has a pool, furnished apartments and individual leases. But he said he didn't like the complex's far-from-campus location.
"If I lived closer to campus I could just walk home," Jones said. "But now I'm just sitting around and waiting on campus a lot."
Jones has had to adjust his schedule to the Legends Place's chartered bus that shuttles residents to and from campus. Jones said if a new location closer to campus became
available with similar square footage and furnishings, he would consider moving.
"I've definitely considered moving next year because of it," Jones said. "If I change anything I'd be closer."
Ashlynn Haynes, St. Louis junior, lived at a similar environment at The Reserve, 2511 W. 31st St. But this year Haynes decided to trade the apartment for her own house at 22nd and Vermont streets.
Haynes said she preferred living in the house after problems with The Reserve's maintenance. This year when something goes wrong with the house, Haynes is the one who makes the service calls and sets repair dates according to her own schedule.
Haynes said that in addition to the house being cheaper than her old apartment for both her and her roommates, the location allowed her to walk to both campus and Massachusetts Street.
Example Housing Rates
"It's just as easy to walk there as campus," Haynes said. "And in terms of avoiding drunk driving, it's nice."
> Legends Place: Two, three and four-bedroom apartments from $480 to $590 a month per person (including utilities).
> The Reserve: Three and four bedroom apartments from $309 to $369 a month per person (includes all utilities except electric bill).
The University's Department of
Jayhawker Towers, 1603 W.
Highpointte Apartments, 2001 W. 6th St.; One, two and three-bedrooms from $595 to $990 a month (excluding utilities).
15th St. Four-person occupancy for $2,574 a year, two-person occupancy for $4,508 a year.
Student Housing offers the closest living environment to the KU campus. What many of the facilities lack in abundant space, they make up for with the cost to students. In addition, the residence halls offer meal plans that ease the burden of cooking for students, and each residence hall has a dining facility in close proximity.
Sources: Legends Place, The Reserve, Department of Student Housing, First Management, Inc.
Before it was cut last year because of funding reductions, the University's Off-Campus Living Resource Center helped provide
students with available off-campus housing options available throughout the Lawrence community. Diana Rhodes, Student Senate staff secretary and past organization sponsor, said she remained hopeful that Student Senate would revive the program for students.
Kansan staff writer Matt Elder can be contacted at melder@kansan. com.
Mandarin Chinese Basketball Terms
Edited by Dianne Smith
> chuánqiú - pass
> dàiqü zhuàngrén - charging
> défen - to score
> fangui - foul
> koulán - to dunk
> lánbǎn - rebound
> qìngduan - steal
> sānbu shanglán - lay up
> yuqnüq - dribble
> zanting - time out
> jia you KUI - Go, go KUI (literal translation: "Add fuel KUI")
Source: Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas
For complete information or to register, visit www.ContinuingEd.ku.edu (keyword:testprep) or call 785-864-5823.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
funded by:
SENATE
PAID FOR BY KU
Alternative Breaks
Alternative Breaks is a service learning organization dedicated to giving students hands on opportunities with service work. Every year we provide volunteer trips for more than 200 students through our Winter, Spring, and Weekend Break programs
November 28, 2006
Get an application from www.ku.edu/~albreaks
Applications should be turned in to the Alternative Breaks office, 425 Kansas Union, in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center.
DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING BREAK PROGRAM APPLICATION IS DEC. 1ST
The Fair Trade Holiday Sale is coming up! Gifts at the sale, from chocolate to scarves and jewelry, are hand made by artisans from all over the world, as well as local producers. Support local producers and artisans in developing regions of the world by shopping at
KU Students for Fair Trade
Fair Trade Holiday Sale at Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM)
Nov. 24 & 25: 9am - 7pm
Nov. 26: 1pm - 7pm
Nov. 27-30: 11am - 7pm
the Fair Trade Holiday Sale!
C.R.E.A.T.E.
CCO
Do art with kids
Date/Time, ID, 12:30 pm
Windshoe, MD, 9:40 noon
Vulnerability H.R. C. F.J.F. N.E.
Environmental Protection Regulations in Qaiz Abu Touqi (Council)
In addition, and publish images and group
questions on our email brand to make it
available. Office at 826-4030
H.U.G.
informational moving for the H.U.G.
volunteer program through CCD.
The Holding Unit Geneva Center program piece
would be at saint-Jacques, either around
Lavantau. For more information come to the
French Embassy or the French Institute on
Morocco or Mandela in Spain.
Student Senate
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Make a difference today . Apply for the Student Senate Elections Commission. Applications are available in the Student Senate office, Room 410 (Kansas Union 4th floor).
Contact Andrew Payne at apayne@ku.edu if you have any questions.
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Volunteers are needed for Students Tutoring far Literacy Programs are available with groups or one-on-one throughout the Lawrence Community.
Students Tutoring for Literacy (STU) helps native and non-native English-speaking youth and adults obtain their GED, learn English as a second language, read their first book, or fill out a job application.
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