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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN INSIDENEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 2005
Diluted grades diminish value of student grade point averages
Grade point averages have soared during the last 30 years, and it's not necessarily because students have gotten smarter or are working harder. Grade inflation has meant that students catch breaks when it comes to getting good grades. It was enough to make Princeton University do something about it by capping off grade limits. PAGE 1A
Salaries could increase for classified employees
If the Board of Regents approves the University's request to be removed from the State Civil Service, classified employees will enjoy the benefits of Senate Bill 74. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed the bill on April 8, which will enable the University to give salary increases. PAGE 1A
Students take unwanted electronics to pawnshops
During the times of the year that students are moving out of residence halls and apartments, pawnshops in Lawrence see an increase in TVs and other electronics. Students also try to sell jewelry ... and the occasional Thanksgiving turkeys. PAGE 1A
Bill will allow public safety office to increase salaries
University Dance Company to perform
A piece choreographed by a member of The Parsons Dance Company will be featured at the University Dance Company's spring concert tonight and tomorrow. The concert takes place at the Lied Center. PAGE 2A
Because it is unable to offer competitive salaries, the KU Public Safety Office has a hard time keeping police officers on staff. That may change if the Board of Regents allows the University to be removed from State Civil Service. PAGE 3A
INSIDEOPINION
GTAs getting burned in a brand new wav
Brian Azcona, a GTA for the sociology department, reveals the shifty technique of universities to get over on their GTAs. In what amounts to a semantic word game, GTAs settle for the title of "tlecturer," which means less money. PAGE 9A
Television news a mind-numbingly poor source for news
Television isn't the worst thing out there, but it sure doesn't compare to print and online mediums as far as the effectiveness of the latter when it comes to getting the whole story, and the right story. PAGE 9A
INSIDEKANSAS RELAYS
Relays in-depth
Today is the first day of the Kansas Relays. Thousands of athletes from high schoolers to Olympians are expected to come to Lawrence to compete. Inside the section are profiles, features and a complete schedule.
INSIDESPORTS
Shockers take third round of Turnpike series
Kansas and Wichita State combined for 24 hits, but the Jayhawks came up on the wrong side of the outburst and lost 11-9 Kansas coach Ritch Price said he expected starting pitcher Mike Zagurski to last longer than his four innings. PAGE 1B
Column: Kansas in position to win Big 12 North
Travis Robinetti says that the strength of the Jayhawks' defense, along with the number of home games against conference opponents, gives the Jayhawk football team a solid opportunity to win the Big 12 North. PAGE 1B
Jayhawks munch on Cornhuskers
Christina Ross led Kansas to a shutout game against Nebraska last night, allowing only three hits. The team faces Creighton today. PAGE 1B
Wide receiver hits stride
Conference title, regional bid await KU golfers
Butler Community College transfer Brian Murph is beginning to flourish as a member of the wide receiving corps. He showed his potential during the spring game when he caught seven passes for 110 yards. PAGE 2B
The Kansas women's golf team will travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend with more than season victories in mind. The Jayhawks' goal all season has been to reach the NCAA Regional Tournament, and with key victories this week, their goal could become a reality. PAGE 38
Longhorns enter Bio 12 Championship as reigning victors
On April 29, the Kansas men's golf team will enter the Big 12 Championship tournament at Whispering Pines Gold Course in Trinity, Texas. Among other teams, the Jayhawks will face the Texas Longhorns, the three-time reigning Big 12 champions. PAGE 4B
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Love, grief and squirrels will dance the evening away at the Lied Center.
The University Dance Company will perform eight pieces in its spring concert at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow in the center.
One piece, "Squirrel Suite," was choreographed by guest artist Kate Skarpetowska, a member of The Parsons Dance Company in New York City. The Parsons Dance Company tries to make modern dance accessible to the widest audience possible by doing outreach activities, including master classes, lectures, demonstrations, workshops and symposia in different communities.
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Casey Jones, Topeka senior, dances during final dress rehearsal of the University Dance Company last night in the Lied Center. The University Dance Company will perform at 7:30 tonight and Friday.
The "Squirrel Suite" is set to the music of neo-swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers. Working with a professional dancer like Skarpetowska was intense, Rachel Moses, Great Bend senior, said.
"We had four- and five-hour rehearsals every day of the week when she was here in February," Moses said. "When you're a professional dancer, you're rehearsing all the time."
Two of the pieces are choreographed by students for senior projects. One of those projects, "Stages," choreographed by Amy Hutchings, Denver senior, goes through the five stages of grief, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Hutchings said she wanted to send messages by connecting to the audience through the movement, Hutchings said.
"Nodes of Love," choreographed by Beau Hancock, Hugoton senior, is about the passing glances of strangers set to "Grant Hotel" by DJ Comoesta Yaegashi.
Hancock said the piece was about seeing someone on the street and having a mutual attraction but not knowing how to start a relationship.
"It's about playful timidness," he said.
The show lasts about an hour and half. Tickets cost $10 for the general public and $7 for students and senior
citizens and can be purchased at the Student Union Activities box office, the Murphy Hall box office, the Lied Center box office or by calling 864-ARTS.
— Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
MILITARY
Soldiers die in training mishap
BY JOHN MILBURN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Two Fort Riley soldiers died in a training accident on their Army post in northeast Kansas when an armored personnel carrier rolled over.
The soldiers were from Company A of the 1st Engineer Battalion of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Five other soldiers were injured in the accident Tuesday afternoon, said post spokeswoman Sam Robinson.
The other soldiers' injuries weren't considered life-threatening. About 100 soldiers were involved in the training on the northeast section of the post.
Robinson said the accident was being investigated by the battalion, military police and the Fort Riley Directorate of Environment and Safety.
A family member told KSL-TV in Salt Lake that one of the victims was Pfc. Philip Marc Christensen, 21. The names of the soldiers weren't released by Fort Riley, pending notification of families. A memorial service was
scheduled for both soldiers at 10 a.m.
today at the post's Morris Hill Chapel.
Robinson said the accident was being investigated by the battalion, military police and the Fort Riley Directorate of Environment and Safety.
The accident occurred as the soldiers were training in an M113 personnel carrier on the squad assault
course. All seven soldiers injured or killed were inside.
Robinson said the post was still investigating and did not yet have other details, including how the vehicle rolled over and the specific terrain. Fort Riley's training grounds are in the Flint Hills, a landscape of hills, grasses, creeks and small ponds.
The battalion, formed in 1846, is the U.S. Army's oldest engineer battalion and returned to Fort Riley in September 2004 after a year in Iraq.
Five soldiers from Company B were killed in March 2004 in Iraq when a bomb exploded beneath their M113. In all, 10 soldiers from the battalion died in combat in Iraq.
The battalion and entire brigade have been placed on notice for possible redeployment to Iraq later this year or in early 2006. Currently, more than 4,300 Fort Riley soldiers are in Iraq.
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