THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 56
Jumping for joy
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Senior kicker Jacob Branstetter celebrates with strength coach John Williams after Kansas recovered an onside kick during the fourth quarter. Kansas scored five touchdowns in the fourth quarter and recorded its first Big 12 victory of the season. After losing the previous four games, the Jayhawks beat the Buffaloes 52-45. The game will air on local FOX television stations this Wednesday and Friday. See pages 48 and 58 for a rewind of the game.
Local kids play, act at KU
CAMPUS
Kronos, the classic Greek god (Billy Clark, a junior from Topeka) and his assistant (Jeanne Klein, professor of the Children and Drama class) try and figure out what happened after he was kidnapped. The class hosts an environment in which the children can display their individuality through improvisation.
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroesler@kansan.com
There is conflict in LaLa Land a small world created every Thursday in a classroom in Murphy Hall.
The Floating Isle of Terror declared war on New York. Meanwhile, the country of Gumenheimer sat back and watched these two warring lands come to an agreement of boundaries and shared resources like a peaceful adviser.
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
This may sound like a political science experiment or an economics lesson, but it's actually a drama lesson for Lawrence kids. Every semester for 27 years, professor Jeanne Klein has brought in middle school children to act and play with University of Kansas students in her class, Children and Drama, taught through the theater department.
The Lawrence Public Schools do not offer drama classes to middle school children. That is why Klein began this free class for local kids when she arrived at the University.
with seven countries all vying for territory, sparkles and a bigger population. Each of the children have created their own character names and have aligned themselves with various countries
LaLa Land was created by this semester's group of fourth through sixth graders. It's a world-
"This really shows how we can teach socialization skills," said Rachel Enoch, a senior from Manhattan enrolled in Children
like New York, Lands R' Us and Spartel.
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and Drama.
Enoch, like many of the students enrolled in the class, is not a theater major. Professor Klein
SEE KIDS ON PAGE 3A
University ranks lower in research
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ mholtz@kansan.com
Most prominently, university officials have expressed concern about the growing possibility of losing membership in the Association of American Universities, a group of the country's 61 leading research institutions.
"If we ever fall out of the AAU, or even are discussed as potentially falling out, that would reflect a loss of research capacity," said Jeffrey Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor. "It would be just a tremendous loss of status."
The University of Kansas' low rankings in several key research measures have University officials worried about the school's future as a leading research institution.
ADMINISTRATION
Vitter called the AAU the "premier collection of research-
extensive universities in the country." He said a loss of membership would make it increasingly difficult for the University to attract the best students
When compared to the 34 other public institutions in the Association of American Universities, the University of Kansas ranks:
26th in federal conditions
BY THE NUMBERS
- 30th in national
- academy memberships
- 31st in U.S. News & World Report (over-all ranking)
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- 31st in faculty awards
all AAU institutions, both public and private.
"If we ever fall out of the AAU...that would reflect a loss of research capacity."
"The University still needs to be seen as this place when we're AAU that's looking to create and discover new knowledge," said
Student Body President Michael Wade Smith. "We might have gotten off track with that and need to get focused again."
JEFFREY VITTER University provost
The University ranks in the bottom half of all public universities that hold AAU membership. It ranks in the bottom third of
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and faculty. It would also make the University less appealing to federal and private investors.
senior from Shawnee, said more than anything AAU membership was a point of pride for the University.
SEE RESEARCH ON PAGE 3A
LAWRENCE | 6A
LOCAVORE | 3A
The Douglas County AIDS Project uses funds raised from the art donated from students to help with its services.
DCAP holds art auction to raise funds
Graduate Jennifer Kongs ate only foods located within a 100-mile radius of Lawrence for one month last year for a class.
Former student eats, lives localized
BASKETBALL | 1B
Jayhawks take win over Lady Blues
With a confident offense, all players scored against Washburn.
INDEX
Classifieds...7B
Crossword...4A
Cryptoquips...4A
Opinion...5A
Sports...1B
Sudoku...4A
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