THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
Run honors Teri Mathis Zenner raises money for scholarships
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The deadline to register online for the Teri Mathis Zenner Memorial Run is May 5.
The four-mile run is scheduled for May 7 at Heritage Park in Olathe. Registration is $20 before May 1 at http://www.terizenner.com, $25 from May
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Thompson said 270 people had signed up. The money will go toward the Teri Zenner
2 to 6, and $30 the day of the event, said Robert Thompson, ophthalmologist at the Thompson Eye Clinic in Shawnee. The eye clinic is one of several sponsors for the event. Others include the Johnson County Mental Health Department and Johnson County Parks and Recreation.
Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University. The goal is to reach $30,000. Thompson said.
Zenner, a KU graduate student, was murdered in August during a routine visit to a client of Johnson County Mental Health.
"This event is to honor Teri's memory," Thompson said. "She devoted her life to help others and through this scholarship, we will continue to help others and do the kind of work she would have done in the community."
Participants are scheduled to start running or walking at 7:30 a.m. The event will last until about 9:15 a.m., Thompson said.
Everyone in attendance will receive a Teri Tough wristband. The first 500 participants will receive a T-shirt.
-Eric Sorrentino
Phi Kappa Psi member takes vacant risk management post
The Interfraternity Council elected Stephen liff as its new vice president for risk management Tuesday night.
The general assembly of the IFC, composed of the president and one representative of each fraternity, elected the liff.
Iliff, Stilwell junior and Phi Kappa Psi member, will take over for Michael Pilshaw, who resigned from the position April 8. Pilshaw said in a previous interview that he could not do his job as risk management chairman after his fraternity, Phi Kappa Theta, was expelled from campus.
As risk management vice president, liff will check over party notification forms and make sure chapters comply with the joint-alcohol policy, said Scott Shorten, IFC President.
"I expect to uphold the duties of the vice pres ident of risk management for the IFC," Iliff said.
liff will serve a half-term until Novem
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Nobel winner returns
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BY DANI LITT
dllitt@kansan.com
KANSAN STFF WRITER
There are about two civil wars a year, said Vernon Smith, who spoke last night to an auditorium full of people at the Kansas Union: Smith, who co-won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in October 2002, spoke about—among other things—why civil wars occur. Countries that have a greater amount of resources, income and growth rate have a higher chance of civil war.
Vernon Smith, Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences, returned to his alma mater, the University of Kansas, last night and identified the world's biggest problems.
In his lecture, entitled, "World Issues and the Role of the Economist," Smith discussed his answer to the question posed to him at a recent conference,
"How would you spend $50 billion on the world's most pressing issues?"
The issue was to find what could be done to deliver solutions, he said.
At the Copenhagen Consensus, eight economists gathered to discuss and evaluate the world's biggest challenges. The conference took place in May 2004.
The group spent five days discussing 10 scientific papers that contained 36 possible solutions to challenges written for the consensus. The panel reviewed the challenges and produced a prioritized list of opportunities to solve the world's top 10 challenges in the next four years.
The first four challenges on the list, AIDS/HIV, providing micronutrients, free trade and malaria, were considered to be "very good projects," meaning they were issues with feasible solutions.
focused on the differences between on how the group ranked the challenges and how he ranked the challenges, specifically the No.1 challenge.
"It was important to emphasize the thing you maybe have some practical effect on," he said. "The average person doesn't understand that a lot of problems can't be solved with money."
"I ranked malaria higher than HIV/AIDS with no consideration that solving one is more important, but I actually think
we can do something about malaria," he said. "HIV/AIDS is so daunting, and I saw the same amount of money spent on malaria saving more lives."
He also said he did not think the group gave a high enough rating for free migration. He said he thought free migration was just as important as free trade.
People were concerned that the panel didn't rate climate change high enough, he said.
"But it is a much more longer-run problem compared with these pressing problems that need immediate attention," he said.
One potential problem with delivering aid to foreign countries was getting past corrupt governments, he said.
"There's a role, and I don't know for who, for some sort of contracting, in which one uses leverage to require governments to submit to monitoring and measurement of what is delivered," he said.
There will be a follow-up to the consensus in 2008, which will have an evaluation of the past four years, but there are no formal steps that will be taken to follow through with the decisions made at the 2004 consensus.
include both old and new participants in the consensus.
Smith received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in October 2002. He received the award "for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms," according to www.nobelprize.org.
He said he was first invited to nominate someone for the award in 1978, which gave him his first hint that he had also been nominated.
Smith said the group may
To be able to nominate someone, the person must be a previous winner, a department head or a previous nominee, Smith said.
"I was not a previous winner or a department head, which meant that someone had nominated me," he said. "That's the first hint I had of interest in me."
Twenty-four years later, Smith won the award.
This was the first lecture sponsored by the Center for Applied Economics at the School of Business and was funded by the Fred C. and Mary Koch Foundation.
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Kendall Dix
- A 25-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police a push lawn mower stolen between 7 and 10 p.m. on April 23 from the 3500 block of Morning Dove Circle. The mower is valued at $125.
ON CAMPUS
The Center of Latin American Studies will sponsor a Merienda Brown Bag Lecture on "Olha que coisa mais linda: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Women and Cosmetic Surgery in Vitoria, Brazil" by Shana Hughes of the Latin American studies department at noon today at Bailey Hall, Room 318. Call 864-2413 for more information.
The Center for East Asian Studies will sponsor a lecture by Megan Green of the history department on "History and 'National' Identity in Contemporary Taiwan" from 4-5 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.Call 864-3843 for more information.
♦ Student Union Activities will sponsor a screening of the film "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" at 7 and 9:30 tonight and Friday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with SUA Movie Card. Call 864-SHOW for more information.
- The Spencer Museum of Art will screen the film "Little Otik" as part of its Surrealist Film Series at 7 tonight at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. Call 864-4710 for more information.
♦ The Lied Center presents the play "Native Voices — Secret History" by Ping Chong as part of its New Direction Series at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center. Call 864-2787 for ticket information
CAMPUS
KU Women of Distinction applications due tomorrow
Applications for the KU Women of Distinction calendar are due by 5 p.m. tomorrow.
Applications can be picked up at the Student Involvement Center. Requests for electronic applications can be made by e-mailing Katherine Rose-Mockry at krosemockry@ku.edu.
Completed applications should be returned to the Emily Taylor Resource Center, 400 Kansas Union.
The calendar recognizes outstanding female students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Nominees must have a 3.0 grade point average.
The calendar, which will go out in August, is in its the third edition. The previous two went out in January and August 2004.
Nate Karlin
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS April 28, 2005 SENATE
Join us for a Benefit Concert with proceeds benefiting the Little Indian Nations Academy (Day Care facility for Haskell Indian Nations University)
Where: ABE & JAKES When: April 28 6:30-9:30pm
With performances by:
New Dawn Native Dancers
@ 7:00pm
Followed by:
In Your Absence
@ 8:15
$5.00 at the door
Silent Auction:
Featuring Artwork by Haskell Students & more
Cash Bar
Delicious Indian Tacos
KU BALLROOM DANCE CLUB AND KU SWING SOCIETY PRESENT THE SWINGING BALL
APRIL 30TH
8:30PM - MIDNIGHT
CAMELOT BALLROOM 1117 MASS ST.
SUGGESTED DONATION
$6 PER PERSON, $10 PER COUPLE
WWW.KU.EDU~KUBDC
SPONSORED BY:
STUDENT SENATE & JAZZHAUS BAND
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