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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
"My feeling is that we should never be afraid of accountability." Hemenway said.
McCluskey-Fawcett said the University already does "enormous amounts" of data collection for its own outcome assessments. Those results are reported to the Kansas Board of Regents.
The difference between the internal assessments and a standardized exam, she said, is that each university in the state shapes its own performance goals. Among
the data the University collects is research productivity and student participation in programs like the Research Experience Program and the Global Awareness Program.
"That's been a sensible way to enforce it," McCluskey-Fawcett said.
Kansan staff writer Danny Luppino can be contacted at dluppino@kansan.com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
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won't let this designation stand, so they're working to serve more food with a side of dignity to the city's homeless.
Blair said she hoped the fundraiser would inspire more people to get involved in changing Lawrence's status as the second meanest city.
"Jubilee Cafe breaks down some of the stigma between the homeless and the rest of the community," Blair said. "We serve them and they are treated with dignity. Student volunteers benefit from the compassion that comes with having a face and a name with someone who you are eating breakfast with instead of just passing them on the street."
Blair said the fundraiser would allow more students to contribute who wouldn't normally be able to make it to Jubilee Café's early morning breakfasts. Jubilee Café operates Tuesday and Friday mornings from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.
Will Bohne, financial director for Jubilee Cafe and Leavenworth senior, said the fundraiser would help Jubilee Cafe buy more food and a new dishwasher. Bohne said the program operated exactly like a real restaurant, right down to the menus and servers who greet the crowd gathered outside of the church in the mornings.
A cook calls out orders from the
kitchen while student volunteers hustle around the dining room to serve the hungry visitors. Once all the food is on the tables, the student volunteers sit down to listen to the stories of the homeless.
Not only do the visitors benefit from the company and the free meal, but the student volunteers said they receive just as much back from those they serve. Erica Fishel, St. Louis senior, said the program has given her a greater perspective on issues within the community.
"I've come face-to-face with people who are fighting the slippery slope of poverty and I've gained an appreciation for the opportunities I've been given," Fishel said.
Aldridge said the people and the food are what keep him coming back to Jubilee Café every week.
"You can't get food this good in Lawrence even if you pay for it," Aldridge said. "The food and the people are just that good."
For more information about Jubilee Café and volunteer opportunities, e-mail jubileeku.edu.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagen@ kansan.com.
Edited by Incky Carte
STUDENT SENATE
Campus coupons may be available on cell phones via text messaging
to see if the two are symbiotic," Jenny Weaver, sales and marketing adviser for the Kansan, said.
BY NATE MCGINNIS
Student Senate and The University Daily Kansan are discussing the idea of teaming up to develop a program that would provide coupons to students via text messages on their mobile phones.
Student Senate originally planned to present a resolution at tonight's Senate meeting to form a contract with the company Mobile Campus. After learning the Kansan had partnered with the company Textcaster in April 2006 for a similar program, it was decided to table the resolution and look for a way to make the two programs work together.
"It's at least worth checking out
She said Student Senate and the Kansan would be sending different sets of messages to students and combining the services would only work if they could find a way to meet the needs of both groups.
Weaver said the Kansan's original service would have been available as
early as November but that it would now be delayed until negotiations with Senate were completed.
Mel Horen, Overland Park senior and vice president of Student Senate, said the program Student Senate had originally envisioned would allow student groups to use the system as a listserv to send out messages to group members free of charge.
Students would not pay to subscribe to the service, but normal text messaging rates would apply.
"This gives the advertiser an opportunity to connect with students every day in a cool way," Weaver said.
Sarah Hams, Overland Park senior, said she sends about 80 text messages per month with her mobile phone and that text messaging was a good source of communication for students.
Hams said she didn't always have access to other such forms of advertising as newspapers and that text
messaging would be more convenient.
Hams said she would only be willing to use the service if it was free of charge so that she could maintain a low phone bill.
Mobile Campus is already in place at other schools, including the University of Florida and The University of Texas at Austin. Textcaster is in use at Arizona State University and Central Missouri State University.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@kansan.com.
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
NATIONAL
Liquids, gels allowed; plastic bag required
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Happy that new security rules have cleared their liquids and gels for takeoff, air travelers presented small, clear plastic bags filled with toiletries for inspection Tuesday, but long lines grew at some airports as others confused about the changes filled trash cans with containers that were too large.
"It's an inconvenience," said Ginni Dewbray, whose husband finally found a bag to carry a small bottle of lotion after asking several fellow travelers in a security line at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Most toiletries can be in containers no larger than 3 ounces, and they must be zipped up in plastic bags that are quart-sized or smaller. Those limits threw off passengers who scrambled at security checkpoints to toss out bottles of shaving cream and hand lotion or to find the proper plastic bags.
"If they're going to stand there and ask you to have plastic bags, they should give them out. They're not that expensive," she said.
Some items are permitted in
Trash bins outside airport security checkpoints filled up with forbidden items, though not as much as they did last month when a broader ban was put in place. Many travelers were grateful for the relaxed rules, which allow them to carry drinks, makeup and other items on board their flights.
any amount: saline solution, eye drops and prescription and nonprescription medicine, according to Transportation Security Administration spokesman Christopher White.
Drinks, liquids and gels purchased in airport stores inside security checkpoints can be carried into passenger cabins. Baby formula is allowed but must be inspected.
The rules replace an outright ban on liquids, lotions and gels ordered Aug. 10 after an alleged plot to bomb U.S.-bound jetliners was foiled.
TSA chief Kip Hawley said the stricter ban is no longer needed, and that he was pleased Tuesday's transition to the new rules went as
smoothly as it did.
Airport retailers were thrilled at the news, and some had already begun stocking up on plastic, ziptop bags. The Paradies Shops, an Atlanta-based company with more than 500 stores in 60 airports across the U.S. and Canada, will hand out clear plastic bags to customers for free.
By 8 a.m., a trash bin at a checkpoint in Atlanta was 3 feet deep with water bottles and 16-ounce containers of toiletries, including shaving gel and hand lotion. But TSA officials there were going easy on travelers the first day of the new rules, allowing them to carry proper-sized toiletries in gallon-sized plastic bags.
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