University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 25, 1991
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Engineering school stages competition
High school students to participate in event
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
About 330 high school seniors are participating today in the fifth annual High School Scholastic Tournament competition at the University of Kansas.
The event, which was organized by the School of Engineering, is aimed at promoting engineering to high school students in Kossoon, associate dean of engineering
Last year, 400 students participated in the program, Rosson said. This year, 334 from about 26 high schools are scheduled to attend.
"Probably there is a decrease in the number of students interested in math and sciences," he said.
Rosson said he thought that students loss of interest in math and sciences are due to a lack of interest.
He said that the engineering school wanted to promote enrollment of women and minorities but that the department was targeted at all students.
As part of the tournament, students take tests in physics, chemistry or mathematics, he said.
Rosson said the physics and chemistry tests were administered at the individual high schools. The 45-minute
mathematics test is scheduled at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Prior to the test, the students will watch a videotape promoting engineering, he said.
Rosson said students also would participate in a design competition at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The objective of the competition is to design, build and test a concrete flotation vessel that supports a specific load, he said.
Rosson said that for the competition, all construction materials must be itemized and reported to the judges, and the vessel must be able to float upright for a minimum of 30 seconds after a load has been applied.
All students will receive certificates of participation from the engineering school, and the winners' high schools will be awarded plaques. he said.
Jim McNiece, principal of Northeast Magnet High, said his students were interested in the sciences.
"I think it's an excellent opportunity for students to show their creative talent." McNeee said.
He said that because Northeast Magnet High was one year old, this was the first time its students have competed in the tournament.
Nearly 1,500 fugitives caught in manhunt
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Nearly 1,000 fugitives described as the worst of the worst were caught in a 10-week manhunt that was one of the largest roundups in the nation's history, officials said yesterday.
Dubbed "Operation Sunrise",
officers from 65 law enforcement agencies went after violent criminals, many of them escapees, in Miami, Atlanta,
Boston, Baltimore, Washington and the New York City area.
"We went after total career criminals," said William F. Fitzgerald, a U.S. Marshals office officer who are noiceous in this group.
Among the 1,495 criminals captured were 47 who either had been charged or convicted of murder, K. Michael Moore, Marshals Service director, said at a news conference.
Moore said $1.8 million in cash and property seized would help pay for the arrests.
"There is a satisfying element of irony," Moore said. "These criminals helped pay for their own capture."
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