====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0747 from reel: NP 5973 (1996-03-01 to 1996-07-24) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/67655 Title: This Semester I Took 21 Hours Just to Graduate on Time Summary: Article explores students' experiences with extended time to graduation, featuring personal stories from students who took longer than four years to complete their degrees and commentary from university officials on the implications for students and institutional policies. Category: campus news Subjects: student experiences; graduation; academic challenges; university policies Named Entities: Gunnin, [student]; Seigel, Melissa [student]; Heuring, Michael [assistant director]; Hall, [advisor]; Thasuda, [student]; Morrell, Richard [university registrar] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Photo: Graduate in Cap and Gown With Hourglass Summary: Standalone photograph of a graduate in cap and gown with an hourglass, symbolizing the time taken to complete education. Category: photos/graphics Subjects: graduation; symbolism; time Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Holiday Plaza; Hair Cuttery Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.