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ACADEMICS
University falls behind in grad percentage
Graphic by Samantha Collins
Graduation rate percentage
Among Big 12 schools, the University of Kansas is ranked eighth in graduation rates of four-year students. This information is based on the 2010 class.
Source: Statistics from the Nation Center for Education Statistics
CAMPUS
University receives grants for digitization
BY JONATHAN SHORMAN jshorman@kansan.com
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University more than $245,000 in grants Thursday.
The money, awarded in grants to the Spencer Museum of Art and KU Libraries, will go to documenting historic collections at the University.
Spencer Museum of Art received $145,000 to integrate 9,000 objects of global art and culture. The grant will allow all the objects to be documented and assessed and will create new research opportunities, a news release said.
Around $70,000 will go KU Libraries for the cataloguing and digitization of material by John Gould. Gould is a 19th century British publisher of illustrated bird books. The grant money will allow access to approximately 6,300 Gould drawings and other items.
Police Chief Kevin Raney told the council his officers have raided 20 coffeehouses and confiscated 200 gambling machines.
The digitization process is intended to make the drawings accessible to scholars around the world.
ODD NEWS
The Orange County Register reported Wednesday that the City Council voted 4-0 to ban nudity, gambling and smoking in the sexy cafes.
More than three dozen of the coffeehouses are operating in the Orange County city of Garden Grove, and some waitresses have been slipping out of teddies to serve customers in the nude. Additionally, arcade machines have been rigged to be gambling machines.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Bare breasted baristas will have to cover up after police officers discovered nudity and illegal gambling going on at so-called lingerie cafes in a Southern California suburb.
Topless baristas told to cover up
The chief says nude waitresses were also encountered, and the lingerie cafes have attracted gangs.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS
Burglar capture assisted by iPhone
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Police say an iPhone left in a stolen truck is how officers were able to capture a burglar suspected of multiple auto
Officials at the El Paso County Sheriff's office said 29-year-old Joshua Mitzelfelt allegedly stole a truck left unattended and running in a driveway Tuesday morning. The owner's iPhone was on the front seat.
Associated Pres
break-ins in Colorado Springs.
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