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University Daily Kansan
Page 0615 from reel: NP 5973 (1996-03-01 to 1996-07-24)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/67787

Title: Hiring Freeze Yields Computers
Summary: A year-long hiring freeze at KU has allowed departments to purchase new computers with funds saved from unfilled positions, though some faculty express concerns about long-term impacts on departmental staffing.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university budget; faculty hiring; computer technology; academic departments
Named Entities: Shulenburger, David [vice chancellor]; Hemenway, Robert [chancellor]; Stansifer, Charles [history department chairman]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Taking It on the Chin
Summary: The Kansas baseball team lost to Kansas State 11-3 in their most recent game.
Category: sports
Subjects: baseball; KU sports; team performance; Kansas State University
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Earth Week via Satellite
Summary: Two 1996 Nobel Prize winners spoke via satellite about ozone depletion during Earth Week activities.
Category: campus news
Subjects: environmental awareness; Nobel Prize winners; ozone depletion
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Clinton Signs Terrorism Bill
Summary: President Clinton signed new legislation providing tougher tools for fighting terrorism in the United States.
Category: national news
Subjects: terrorism legislation; US policy; Clinton administration
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Death Brings About Change
Summary: Yeltsin's reelection chances and the Chechan war are affected by recent events.
Category: national news
Subjects: Russian politics; Chechen war; Yeltsin reelection
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Photo: Dwane Lewis, Kansas City Karate Instructor, Spars With Aaron Meggison, Shawnee Heights Eighth-Grader, in Front Of...
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Women to March Tonight
Summary: Hundreds of men and women will participate in the eighth annual Womyn Take Back the Night March and Rally to protest violence against women, featuring speeches and a march through campus.
Category: campus news
Subjects: women's rights; violence against women; student activism
Named Entities: Kennedy, Nicole [staff writer]; Smith, Katherine [speaker]; Schmidt, Jeni [speaker]; Schmidt, Stephanie [speaker]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: New Senate Meets for First Time
Summary: The newly elected Student Senate convened for the first time, making executive committee appointments and discussing goals for the upcoming year.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; Senate appointments; campus leadership
Named Entities: Kennedy, Nicole [staff writer]; Lafferty, Kevin [Student Executive Committee chairman]; Montgomery, Grey [student body president]; de la Torre, Ashleigh [Legislative Director]; Turnbull, Amy [Lawrence junior]; Heath, Emily [Oskaloosa sophomore]; Haley, Sean [Bloomfield, Mich., junior]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Slang Is Used as Social Tool by Students
Summary: Research shows how college students use slang as a social tool to navigate cultural differences and communicate more effectively with peers from similar backgrounds.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: linguistics; student culture; communication barriers
Named Entities: Kirkwood, Heather [staff writer]; Eble, Connie [English professor]; Gelner, Mark [freshman]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Weather
Summary: Partly sunny with high of 72° and low of 57°.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecast; temperature
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [comic strips]
Category: comic strips
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [puzzles/games]
Category: puzzles/games
Confidence: 0.9

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