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VOLUME 118 ISSUE 12
CAMPUS
Peace Corps share lunch, experiences around the world
Heather Sutter spent some time after college in Burkina Faso, West Africa, serving in the Peace Corps.
Wednesday, she spoke at the first of a series of monthly lectures entitled "Around the World with the Peace Corps."
Sutter shared her experience with a group of students, who were either interested in joining the Peace Corps or who were interested in learning more about developing countries. The series will continue Sept. 26.
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STUDENT SENATE
TEXTBOOK TUG-OF-WAR
Rachel Barnes was reappointed to her position as Community Affairs Director of the Student Legislative Awareness Board by Student Senate Wednesday night, despite a dispute about the accuracy of the vote.
Re-vote confirms Barnes in Senate position
Barnes, Hutchinson senior and junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, was denied approval last spring in a Student Senate vote because of speculation that she was involved in forging the petitions required to run for a Student Senate seat.
In a re-voteWednesday night that confirmed Barnes as the Community Affairs Director for the academic year, Jarrod Morgenstern, Overland Park senior and School of Journalism senator, said he found two accuracy errors with the way votes were counted.
After a 10-minute recess to review parliamentary procedure for when a vote is taken inaccurately, Senate decided that the
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Katherine Loeck/KANSAN
Bill Muggy, Jayhawk Bookstore manager, is unhappy with the nonrefundable text materials required by the professor of an introductory chemistry class. The materials include lecture notes the professor previously posted on Blackboard.
Bookstore owner disputes trend in textbook add-ons
BY COURTNEY CONDRON
ccondron@kansan.com
decided to split the textbook previously used for "Foundations of Chemistry I" and "Foundations of Chemistry II" into two separate books and to add study guides and practice exams at the back to help students.
A professor's decision to add extra content to course textbooks led to a disagreement with a local bookstore owner about the value of additional materials.
unnecessary additional cost for students, many of whom are going to end up taking both chemistry courses and now would have to buy two books.
Peter Hierl, professor of chemistry.
"It sounds like a great deal because students demand it and the bookstores
For Bill Muggy, owner and manager of jayhawk Bookstore, this seems like an
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Andrew Wacker/KANSAN
Legal battle continues in local T-shirt dispute
>> ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
The ongoing legal feud between the Athletics Department and a local T-shirt vendor, Joe-College.com, is scheduled for mediation next month.
The University cited trademark infringement in an early-March lawsuit.
Kara Tompkins, Baldwin City junior, and Jordan Mitchell, South Carolina resident, shop for shirts in Joe-College.com. The shop sells many shirts that have popular around campus, such as "Muck Fizzou."
Joe-College.com owner Larry Sinks said he expected the session to be brief, as the company doesn't expect to settle before a federal trial begins in mid- January 2008.
MEDICAL RESEARCH
Sinks said he was "absolutely" planning to file a countertsuit to recoup legal fees if the lawsuit is thrown out. The owner said he already has doled out more than $130,000 fighting the case.
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Group makes plans for autism center
Center could provide research, training
A new research facility dedicated to studying autism is in development for the University of Kansas. A team of clinicians and scientists from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses are working to create the research facility.
The permanent autism research center would be a collaboration between the two campuses. Members of the Work Group on Autism and Research hope that the new center will attract more funding for autism research and possibly construct a new building to house the center in the future.
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HUTCHINSON BOMB THREAT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Unknown telephone caller holds Dillons customers, employees hostage
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