Despite tearing her ACL twice in three years, volleyball player Jana Correa is leading the team this season. 1B
Recent graduates live in an orphanage in Uganda teaching English to children and helping them deal with hardships. 6A
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ACADEMICS
Standard testing may come to colleges
BY DANNY LUPPINO
Part of the U.S. Secretary of Education's new plan for higher education may not sit well with KU administrators.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings outlined her vision in a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday. Among her key ideas was using data on student performance as a way of holding colleges and universities accountable for what their students are learning. Some fear this goal could lead to the creation of a national standardized exam for all students graduating from a four-year institution.
"I think there's some belief that that is what she's talking about, though she hasn't come out and said it," said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, vice provost for academic affairs.
McCluskey-Fawcett said she thought Spellings might advocate an exam because it would be an extension of the ideas in the No Child Left Behind Act, which Spellings supports.
Both McCluskey-Fawett and Chancellor Robert Hemenway said they would not support a national exam if it judged all institutions by the same criteria.
"I think it would go against the strengths of American universities," Hemenway said. "I think one of the great strengths of the higher education in the United States and in Kansas is the diversity of it."
Jim Lichtenberg, associate dean of the School of Education, agreed that measuring all schools the same way would not be an effective way of judging student success.
"I think colleges and universities have different missions and students have different choices in their majors and the classes they take". Lichtenberg said.
Lichtenberg said important parts of a student's personal development, like maturity and critical thinking, would go undocumented in a national exam.
If an exam is not proposed and the only requirement of Spellings's plan is that schools report their own measures of student success, Hemenway said the University would welcome the opportunity.
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Practice makes perfect
Jill Williams, Lenexa sophomore, uses flashcards to quiz Jordan Ryan, Lenexa sophomore, in preparation for their first test in Introduction to Modern Art on Tuesday afternoon. "The dates are the hardest," Ryan said. "[But] writing about techniques and the artists," Williams added, "well, you can B.S. that."
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>> SPEAKER
Former secretary of state to speak on campus Topics to include religion's relationship with politics, international affairs
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
Former Secretary of State Malebreil Albright will discuss the
Steven Jacques, associate director of
the Robert. J. Dole Institute of Politics, said he would interview Albright for the first half of the program, "An Evening with Madeleine Albright." He said he would start with her recently released book, "Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God and World Affairs."
Jacques will also ask questions about international affairs, including Iraq and the Middle East. He said a lot of his questions would focus on recent news headlines. The second half of the program will feature questions from audience members, he said.
Marc Langton, president of Young Democrats, said he expected Albright to discuss issues in the Middle East, terrorism and how America respond-
years. Albright also served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997.
Albright is a professor in the practice of diplomacy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, chairwoman of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and a principal in The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm.
ed and how it could have been better after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,2001.
the role religion plays in the White House. Albright also is the best-selling author of "Madam Secretary: A Memoir."
The event is sponsored by the Dole Institute. After the program, she will sign copies of her new book in the Lied Center lobby. The book is about the role of religion in American government. In the book, she examines Islamic fundamentalism and
Jacques said tickets were quickly for the program but additional tickets will become available at the Lied Center on the evening of the event at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are free. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the discussion will begin at 8 p.m.
Albright was the nation's first female Secretary of State and one of the highest-ranking women in the history of the United States government. She served as the 64th Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, during the Clinton administration. She was a member of former President Clinton's Cabinet and National Security Council for eight
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at eacstaneda@ kansan.com.
"I would like her to answer if she believes there could be two sovereign states within Israel and Palestine," Langston said.
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OUTREACH
Fundraiser allows Café to continue serving community
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
It's pushing 7 on a balmy Tuesday morning and Jimmy Aldridge is huddled over a heaping plate of steaming hot eggs, biscuits and gravy and a cup of coffee.
Aldridge, a Lawrence resident, is enjoying the only nutritious plate of food he might get all week. Aldridge waits all week to spend his Tuesday morning eating breakfast at Jubilee Café, a free breakfast program for the homeless. Aldridge who just found a home a few months ago, said he once felt alienated because he was homeless. Jubilee Café gave him the food and friendship he needed to keep going.
"I know I can come in and see a lot of my friends and eat a nutritious breakfast and that means a lot," Aldridge said.
Starting today, Jubilee Café will begin its fall Breakfast for Dinner program. From now until the end of the semester, Jubilee Café will offer plates of breakfast food for $5 to hungry students and community members every Wednesday night from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Paige Blair, Jubilee Café co-coordinator and Chicago junior, said the program was the main fundraiser to keep the program running. Jubilee Café once relied on concession stands sales from University of Kansas athletic events to raise money, but would concentrate solely on the Breakfast for Dinner events this year.
In January, the National Homeless Coalition named Lawrence the second meanest city in the country to homeless people. The volunteers at Jubilee Café
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Donnell Turner chats with the two servers at his table, Amy Chapman, left, and Amanda Huebner, both Overland Park sophomores, Tuesday morning at Jubilee Cafe, 946 Vermont St. The cafe provides restaurant-style breakfasts for member of the Lawrence community who are in need.