2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN TOP STORIES NEWS
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MONDAY. AUGUST 15, 2005
Student wages on campus increase
Students employed by the University of Kansas are scheduled for a pay increase at the end of August. The move may also motivate other services on campus, such as the KU Parking Department and Department of Student Housing, to increase their student employees' wages. PAGE 1A
Fieldhouse gets facelift
Allen Fieldhouse is celebrating its Fifteenth year with Renovations and additions. A museum housing KU sports memorabilia, a new scoreboard and new basketball court floor are just some of the changes being made. PAGE 1A
Students' behavior makes them targets for crime
Burglary is the most common crime experienced by students. Learn how to protect your home and possessions from criminals. PAGE 1A
Senators add another path to healthcare
Student Senate released a new option for health insurance. The option adds to a long list of available healthcare coverage for students. PAGE 1A
INSIDEOPINION
Caster: Kansan adapts to changing technology
As people change how they receive information, The University Daily Kansan adapts that to it can be students' best source for KU news. PAGE 11A
Stacy: Column: A little about everything
Columnist Sarah Stacy, after much mental torment, finally decides on a topic for her column: everything. PAGE 11A
TOP STORIES SPORTS
Freshman linebacker joins team at last minute
Freshman linebacker Brandon Duncan decided to sign with the Kansas football team after being giving an oral commitment to the University of Texas. No decision has yet been made on whether Duncan will take a red-shirt, this season, but Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said he was glad to have him on the team. *PAGE 1B*
Kansas football team reveals new uniform
Kansas football players showed off their new adidas uniforms on Thursday, at the team's media day. The new uniforms feature a lighter blue with silver pants. Both players and coaches said they liked them. PAGE 1B
Robinett: Mangino deserves more time
A new hope
Some Jayhawk fans and media members are speculating that Kansas football coach Mark Mangino needs to reach a bowl game this season to keep his job. Kellis Robinett explains why Mangino deserves a few more years to prove his worth. PAGE 1B
The Kansas men's basketball team lost four seniors, last season, and expectations for the upcoming year are generally low. Three talented freshmen are now on the team, though, and coach Bill Self is hopeful despite his team's youth. PAGE 1B
ON AND OFF THE HILL
To better acclimate you to campus life, the *Kansan* staff has created the On and Off the Hill sections for your reading pleasure. Whether you want to know about our University's traditions, rivalries or just where to go for ice cream, you can find all the answers here. There's even a story about which apartment complexes allow pets, so our four-legged friends can enjoy campus life with us.
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▼ SUMMER IN REVIEW
While you were out
BY JOHN JORDAN
jjordan@kansin.com
KANSIN STAFF WRITER
For all the students who were gone from the University, or just missed some of the happenings on campus during the break. here are some events The University Daily Kansan reported on this summer.
Work began on an addition to the front of Allen Fieldhouse, along Naismith Drive. Included will be a new memorabilia museum, which will house trophy cases, photos and new interactive displays. No date has been set for completion.
June
♦ Moulaye Niang decided to leave the Kansas men's basketball team for health reasons. Niang will stay at the University to finish his degree in business and will remain on scholarship as a student-assistant coach.
The KU Office of Student Financial Aid accidentally sent a mass e-mail to 119 students who were in danger of losing financial aid because of failing grades. Instead of receiving an individually addressed e-mail, each student was able to see all the names of students who failed classes. The financial aid office sent an apologetic e-mail to the students who received the original e-mail.
down. The building was a studio for architecture students. It was built in 1947 as a temporary mess hall for students returning from World War II. The land is now being resurfaced as a parking lot to be used to add 29 spots to the nearby blue faculty lot, said Lynn Bretz, University Relations director. Completion is expected a few weeks into the semester.
◆ The outdated Lindley Annex, adjacent to Lindley Hall, was torn
Kim Wilcox, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, left the University to take a position as provost for Michigan State University. Barbara Romzek is serving as interdean. A committee to search for a new dean should be announced soon, said Todd Cohen, University Relations associate director.
July
+ Adidas apparel became the only athletic wear student-athletes may use.
The University chose a new logo.
The design has the letters "K" and "U" in blue and uses the Trajan font.
The University paid the firm LandreyMorrow Inc. $88,900 to design logos for Chancellor Robert Hemenway to choose. Hemenway said the new logo would bring unity among the different schools and departments on campus.
- J.R. Giddens, junior guard, announced he was transferring to the University of New Mexico two weeks after making his decision to
leave the University. Giddens left after a May 19 altercation at the Moon Bar, which left him with a slashed calf.
A University of Kansas Athletics Department self-investigation found NCAA violations in the football and men's and women's basketball programs. The violations included donors giving money and clothes to men's basketball players who had completed their eligibility, providing test-prepatory classes for two prospective women's basketball players and coaches helping football players with tests and school work. Chancellor Hemenway imposed a two-year probation on the Athletics Department. Penalties include: the football team lost two scholarships and football coach Mark Mangino received a letter of admonishment, the women's basketball team lost two scholarships and one off-campus recruiting trip and the men's basketball team added new rules for staff training. The violations occurred from 2002 to 2003.
- The University announced a new password policy for students, faculty, and staff. The new policy will take effect Sept. 15 and requires all passwords to have seven digits, including the following: an upper- and lowercase letter and at least one number and one symbol. The new password cannot include the name of the user.
Edited by Nate Karlin
STUDENT HOUSING
Women start tradition at new hall
BY LOUIS MORA
lmora@kansan.com
BY LOUIS MORA
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The construction dust has settled and the doors have opened at the new Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall, 1523 Ohio St.
Fifty women moved in yesterday.
Taylor Miller/KANSAN
While the new building has residents excited, being the first to live in the hall has a special meaning for the women.
"I think it's just a great opportunity to be able to be a part of something that is going to last far into the future," said Tracy Schwartz, Overland Park junior. "Some of the scholarship halls are over 50 years old, so it's really exciting to be a part of something that will be a part of women of Rieger in the future."
Ken Stoner, Director of Student Housing, directs a tour during the media opening of the new Rieger Scholarship Hall, 1323 Ohio St., Thursday. Although the construction wasn't complete, the hall opened to its new residents yesterday.
Knowing the challenges that come with developing a new hall, such as writing a constitution and creating different executive positions, Rieger assembled women who had lived in the other five women's scholarship halls. While other hall constitutions have similar structures, the women decided to take components from other constitutions and form their own.
Dena Neuenschwander, Overland Park junior, lived in Douthart Scholarship Hall last year. She said her involvement with Douthart provided a better understanding as to what government would prove successful for the residents.
"It was really interesting to take the current way things are and turn them around and hopefully be more effi
cient," Neuenschwander said.
While developing traditions for the hall may take time, the women said meaningful traditions would develop as the year progressed.
The women have planned several events with other scholarship halls to demonstrate their commitment to the scholarship hall community.
"It's really important the rest of the scholarship community see that the Rieger girls are involved in the community and that we're interested," Neuenschwander said.
While Rieger Hall may be the envy
of other scholarship halls, the scholarship hall community is eager to gain its 11th hall and 50 new community members, said Luke Fast, All Scholarship Hall Council president.
Fast said Rieger featured a larger kitchen than the other halls and a high-tech air conditioner.
But Fast said it was not the building that defined the scholarship hall.
"The people that live in the scholarship halls return to the same halls because they like the people," he said.
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
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