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Despite the fact that gas prices in Lawrence are higher now than they've been in recent weeks, the average cost of a gallon of gas in Lawrence is lower than the national average. PAGE 3A
Under-representation Some nontraditional students are upset because Student Senate voted to replace one of its three seats with a representative of Stouffer Place in March. PAGE 3A
High honor
Former women's interlim coach Lynette Woodard
will join her mentor Marian Washington in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame this fall. PAGE 18
Practice, practice
The Kansas football team faces complications as one player searches for simplicity in the game. Charles Gordon has to choose between the two positions he's been playing. The Jayhawks held their first open practice session with pads yesterday. PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.124
April 6,2004
Topeka police arrest Lawrence murder suspect
By Neeley J. Spellmeier
nspellmeier@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Topeka Police Department arrested the suspect in Sunday morning's homicide last night near the intersection of 21st Street and Gage Boulevard in Topeka.
Cosby is the suspect in the shooting death of Robert Tyrone Martin, 28. Martin was found dead Sunday morning
Someone called the Topeka police in relation to a suspicious male about 8:40 p.m. at the intersection. When police arrived, the person began to run away. Police caught up to the man and identified him as Lafayette Damon Ester Cosby, 24, who had been named yesterday morning by the Lawrence Police Department as the suspect in the homicide. The Topeka police held the suspect until Lawrence police were able to pick him up and transport him back to Lawrence.
at Jefferson Commons, 2511 W. 31st St.
Two people thought to have been accompanying Cosby — Alrick Antonio Johnson, 26, also known as "10-10," and
Cosby was staying with the residents of the apartment, Cobb said.
Brianna Leaire Moten,
20 — turned themselves in to police yesterday afternoon.
The police were unsure of a motive because there was no indication of fighting or conflicts, he said.
Cobb said Martin was shot at an after-hours party attended by at least nine people.
This is not the first death Cosby has been involved in. In 1997 he was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter, according to an article in
SEE TOPEKA ON PAGE 6A
Cosby
Schools enforce prerequisites
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students with problems enrolling online should think twice before blaming the computer system and instead double-check the prerequisites for classes they want to take.
As of now, departments and schools at the University of Kansas have a system of checking to make sure students are qualified to enroll in classes. The system checks prerequisites and grades from students' transcripts. Advisers of the schools and departments previously had to go through student records manually to check if students have fulfilled prerequisites.
Staff at the University Registrar's office is working on a new prerequisite checking process, which is managed on the Enroll and Pay Web site. Bob Turvey, student system administrator, said the business and journalism schools began using the system this spring because of problems with students enrolling in classes without completing prerequisites. He expects the math department to use prerequisite checking by the fall.
Prerequisite checking sets up logic, or information about prerequisites, in the computer system so that the system knows if a student can take a class, Turvey said.
FINDING PREREQUISITES
Students can find out if they need pre-requisite courses online at the Enroll and Pay Web site or in the Undergraduate Course Catalog.
Sign on Enroll and Pay
Click "enroll and pay"
Sign on Enroll and Pay
Click "enroll and pay"
Click "learner services"
Click "view course catalog"
Search for courses; the prerequisites will be listed under the class description.
For enrollment questions, talk to an adviser or go to KU Enroll and Pay Assistance at
www.writing.ku.edu/enroll
Sources: Cindy Derritt, interim University Registrar, and KU Enroll and Pay Assistance
It would prevent students from enrolling in classes without previous requirements.
Students would not have the hassle of dropping or adding classes later in the semester if they could not get into the class in the first place, said Mary Boatright, undergraduate graduation
SEE PREREQUISITES ON PAGE 6A
Flower power
Kit Leffler/Kansan
Graduate student Robin Aupwerle, Newkirk, Okla., walked down Lilac Lane and off campus yesterday afternoon. Flowers and bushes such as lilacs, for which the street is named, flowering crab, larkspurs and tulips are budding and blooming along the road. A scarlet flowering crab is shown in the foreground.
Teachers, students gain experience from language programs
English goes global
By Patrick Cady
pcady@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Though known for his work in teaching and writing at the University of Kansas, Brian Daldorph spent time teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Senegal last year and in Japan during the early 1990s.
A foreign class gathered in front of him in an expectant silence, as a colleague introduced him in flowing yet alien Japanese syllables. That finished, his class began.
As Daldorph discovered, teaching ESL can be a means to adventure or a novel way to teach. But in the end, it all comes down to the language.
"This area of education and the professional work that follows is absolutely life-changing for the people who get in it," said Margaret Coffey, associate director and senior language specialist at the University's Applied English Center.
Photo illustration by Amanda Kim Stairrett
Golden Words
become a sort of global commodity, Coffey said.
ESL has emerged because English has
"It's definitely the language of commerce around the world," she said.
The students she teaches look at English as a skill necessary for success in their own countries, Coffey said. Because of that and the fact that English is so widespread, ESL teachers can find a job in Japan, Korea, Austria or China.
The experience gained from teaching abroad can be valuable to future careers
and a chance to travel abroad, said Carol Rose, executive director of the Center for International School of Business.
ESL at Home
"If you really want to go abroad, teaching English is a good way to get there." Rose said.
Chuck Seibel discovered ESL by accident.
SEE ESL ON PAGE 6A
Cancer institute director chosen
By Matt Rodriguez
mdrroginez@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
"We have managed to put together the
The University of Kansas School of Medicine has chosen Roy Jensen to lead the Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute — the backbone of the University's cancer program.
We have managed it things he feels he would need to make the program bigger and better," said William Jewell, surgical oncologist. Jewell is also the founder and current director of the institute.
The position is an important step in the program's effort to
Jensen grew up in the Kansas City area. After attending Neosho Junior College in Chanute, he received his bachelor's degree in science from Pittsburg State University. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1984. Today, Jensen is a breast cancer pathologist and researcher at Vanderbilt.
Jensen's past research has resulted in several patients involving the detection, diagnosis and treatment of pre-invasive cancer.
become a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jewell said. This designation would make new and extensive treatments available to patients and students at the institu
Jensen
Jewell said Jensen was chosen because he was associated and familiar with the institute. Jensen and Jewell know each other from National Cancer Institute meetings. Jensen was also a member of the external advisory board for the University's Cancer Research Program while Jewel was director.
Jensen's position at the institute is funded by a $500,000 donation from the Kansas Masonic Foundation.
The donation was made in honor of Jewell, who will step down as the institute's director but continue his teaching and medical career at KU Med.
The Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute has collaborations with several departments at the University of Kansas Hospital, the University of Kansas in Lawrence and other life sciences research facilities in the area.
— Edited by Danielle Hillix