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HOW WE MET // KATIE POPE & ROBERT DEMAREE
> All great relationships had to start somewhere.
Robert Demaree asked out Katie Pope, now his girlfriend of more than three years, at a gas station in the middle of nowhere.
Demaree, Gardner junior, drove to Texas to give Pope a back back to Kansas before school began in August 2007.
The couple developed a friendship when they met during the fall of 2006. Demaree's cousin, and also Poon's friend, made the introduction. But Pope was in a relationship at the time. Pope and Demaree became good friends in the following months.
Contributed photo
Contributed photo Going the distance; Robert Demaree drove hundreds of miles to Texas and began a romantic relationship with Katie Pope, who was a friend at the time.
Pope spent the summer of 2007 in Texas, while Demaree was in Kansas. Pope, Bradenton, Fla. senior, says she knew things would work out between the two when he drove down to Texas for her just two days after breaking his hand. "I thought that was the sweetest thing." Pope says.
Pope, who is more than a foot shorter than Demaree, says no one expected the two to end up together. The fact that they are complete opposites is why they are great for each other, says Demi Frakes, a JCCC student who has known the couple for five years. Pope is calm and collected, while Demaree is a smart ass, Frakes says.
The couple enjoys taking road trips, and travelling across the country during holidays and school vacations.
BECCA HARSCH
CATCH OF THE WEEK // HANNAH VILLA
> Our weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea
INTERESTS: I love to surround myself with my family and good friends. I practice yoga avidly, and going to the Merc is one of favorite things to do in Lawrence. I love to spend entire days at any art museum. I can't live without my Kindle (e-book reader), coffee or Dave Matthews. I also love to watch old classic movies in black and white. I love to decorate and scrapbook. I'm also obsessed with painting my nails.
NOTICES FIRST IN A POTENTIAL
NOTICES FIRST IN A TUITURE PARTNER: Eye contact is crucial. I also notice teeth and hands for good signs of hygiene. And he can't look as if he got dressed in the dark.
TURN-ONS: A guy has to have a good relationship with his family and friends and he should love to laugh as much as I do. I want someone who is motivated, but also likes to play hooky once in a while. I like someone who is respectful and opens doors like a gentleman. And finally, good hygiene is a must.
TURN-OFFS: The biggest turn-off for me is a guy who is more concerned with himself than others. I really don't like smokers or bad teeth either.
WHY I'M A CATCH: I'm super fun, outgoing and spontaneous. I like to have fun but I also know when it's time to get serious. I try to find humor in everything. I love to laugh and I'm very passionate about things I believe in.
BECCA HARSCH
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To better promote this initiative, the group designed a year-long program with monthly themes to teach third- and fourth-graders at the school how to become healthier, both mentally and physically. This month's theme is teamwork. The children played games where they
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Monica Powers, left, and Erica Bennett, are co-coordinators of GROW, an on-campus group that promotes healthy habits for children
ADMINISTRATION
Audit finds School of Business to be mostly consistent in course fee usage
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BY GARTH SEARS gsears@kansan.com
The report addresses concerns from several MBA students who lodged complaints with the Kansas Board of Regents this summer. The findings are from an audit by BKD LLC, the same accounting firm that investigated the Athletics Department ticket scandal.
Of the $30 million the School of Business has raised since 2004 from course fees, a third-party accounting firm reported that the school spent 99.8 percent appropriately.
The report "confirms that we have used those funds for the benefit of our students and the advancement of the programs in our school," said William Fuerst, dean of the School of Business.
Some of the MBA students also called for Fuerst to be fired. He announced Sept. 22 that he would step down after the academic year, but a school spokesperson told The University Daily Kansan that his
resignation wasn't related to those demands.
The school instituted the course fees in 2004, and the tuition proposal for it specified where the money could be used.
BKD LLC's audit found that 0.2 percent, or about $60,000, of the $30 million in spending was inconsistent with the original fee proposal. BKD reported that almost $28,000 in payroll to some professors over the summer of 2005 was inconsistent with the fee proposal. The audit also found that the school used more than $24,000 of course fees inappropriately to pay for fees related to accreditation and membership in the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
The proposal established a student advisory committee, responsible for overseeing how the course fees were spent. But the committee was disbanded by 2006, perhaps the students' biggest complaint.
banding the committee "an oversight," and said that keeping the committee might have prevented conflict.
"Could we have avoided the controversy by having a mechanism in place?" Vitter said. "I think the answer is yes."
The committee was re-established Oct. 21 and agreed to meet again to discuss the findings of this review.
Provost Jeffrey Vitter called dis
Course fees, also called differential tuition rates, represent about 40 percent of the school's budget. On top of normal tuition, business students paid an extra $102 per credit hour in course fees this semester, and master's business students paid an extra $187 per hour.
The provost's office contracted BKD to perform the audit, which cost an estimated $50,000 and was overseen by a committee of students, faculty and staff. The provost's office paid for the audit with private donations.
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Vitter said the committee will receive reports on expenditures and planned expenditures in the future.
Although BKD found that the school spent nearly all of the fee money appropriately, the report also said the fee proposal was vague in places and that "there could be differences of opinion" about whether an expenditure conflicted with the fee proposal.
"If this doesn't answer the issues of critics, then that's their issue." Vitter said. "I don't think anything
In a response letter at the end of the report, Fuerst said the school will review what BKD identified as inappropriate spending with the student advisory committee.
- Edited by Alex Tretbar
kansas receives higher grade in sustainability,but isn't perfect
Columnist Kate Larrabee explains how the University scored a higher grade this year, but still needs more student involvement and leadership in sustainability. Kansas received a 'B'; just behind Texas and Colorado.
The University's new paintball club is starting practices for competitive and recreational players alike. The members hope to compete against other schools later in the year as well.
CLUBS|6A
Resurrected club lets the paint fly in growing sport
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