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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008
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Journal submissions needed
BY LUKE MORRIS
tmirris@kansan.com
Students may be able to see their research published in a new University journal. Editors of the Journal of Undergraduate Research, of JUR, are looking for original research from University undergraduate students for the journal's first edition, which is set to come out as early as this spring.
Editors have set a tentative deadline for submissions on Tuesday, April 1, said Ryan Ellis, one of the editors and a Manhattan junior.
Ellis said one of the JUR's goals was to feature research from many different departments.
"We really want this to be interdisciplinary and cover the whole University," he said.
Ellis said that a few other Big 12 universities had similar undergraduate journals, but only the University of Texas' journal also covered all departments.
He said that about 12 students had shown interest in publishing in the JUR so far, but no one had actually submitted anything.
Andrew MacDonald, Overland Park junior, said that he was editing his honors thesis in political science for publication in the JUR. He said that the project
"It's more rigorous to publish something for peers to critique," MacDonald said. "It's a model of writing we don't get to use much in school."
interested him because it provided practice for his profession's writing style.
MacDonald also said that he liked the "academic dialogue" that publishing his research could potentially open.
Chris Haufler, professor of biology and director of the division of biological sciences, serves as the faculty adviser for the journal. He said that University faculty and administration had provided a lot of support to the JUR. Haufler said he decided to get involved because he believed in the importance of undergraduate research.
"I'm very supportive of undergrad research and think that it ought to be something any undergrad can participate in," Haufler said. "I think this project provides an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with the academic community."
Ellis said that submissions for the JUR needed to be free of jargon and accessible to everyone.
"If you're writing about international politics, you have to make it so someone in biology can understand it," Ellis said.
how to submit:
What: submissions for Journal of Undergraduate Research (JUR)
Who: University undergraduate students
Where: e-mail kujur08@gmail.com
When: by April 1
Ellis said he hoped the first edition of the journal would be published during this semester, but publication could be delayed until next semester in a worst-case scenario.
"We're trying to get this down in a very short amount of time." Ellis said. "We've had to really push to try to get it done before finals week."
Students looking for more information about the journal can check out the Web site at web.ku.edu/~kujur. Those interested in publishing their research can e-mail it to knjur08@gmail.com.
Edited by Sasha Roe
"The program works," said House Minority Leader Dennis McKinney, D-Greensburg. "It protects the public, and it provides economic development for Larned."
LAWRENCE — Some legislators say the state program that indefinitely holds sexual offenders doesn't seem to be effective, while others say the treatment is working.
But Rep. Bob Bethell, R-Alden, who chairs a budget subcommittee that oversees the program, said that since the program started in 1994, only two people have finished the various phases of
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Lawmakers last week rejected an effort to require an audit of the program at Larned State Hospital, with opponents saying the move would threaten public safety and the jobs of the program's employees.
treatment and been released.
Under Kansas law, sex offenders who have finished their prison sentences can be kept in the program at Larned State Hospital if they are determined to be a continuing threat to the community.
But costs of the program have increased. The proposed budget for the sexual predator treatment program for the present fiscal year is $13.4 million to treat 171 patients, five times more than the program cost in 2003.
"Let's look at the program and see how we can actually affect the treatment of these folks," Bethell told the Lawrence Journal-World for a story published Sunday.
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Sex offender program under watch
Lawmakers recently approved $1.3 million in supplemental funding for staffing and operations at both the program at Larned State Hospital and transitional housing for patients at Osawatomie.
Mark Brull, who has been committed to the sexual predator program since 1999, said it is a waste of taxpayer's money and fails to help patients move toward re-entering the community. Brull said he would rather serve time in prison, which costs about one-third less than the treatment program.
Singer injured in bus crash
Don Jordan, secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, defended the program, saying the state agency "has implemented a rigorous treatment and evaluation system to assure each person committed in this program remain in treatment until a court determines he is able to safely return home without posing a risk to his family, neighbors or community at large."
BY CHRIS DUNCAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
"All we do is sit here all day and talk about deviancy," he said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The bus carrying Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira sits on top of a barrier after the band's bus crashed at 5 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 610 northbound in Houston, leaving Navaira critically injured. Navaira was one of eight passengers on the bus who were injured, said Houston Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was being treated in the intensive care unit, said hospital administrator Lagrone.
HOUSTON — Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured Sunday when his band's bus crashed on a highway in the metro area, city and hospital officials said.
involved, Kerr said Initial news reports, based on video from traffic cameras at the scene, had said three vehicles were involved.
Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. At about 5 a.m. Sunday, the band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate
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Navaira, 45, and Rio have released more than a dozen albums, including "Acuerdate" that won the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano album.
Navaira was one of eight passengers on the bus who were injured, said Houston Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was being treated in the intensive care unit, said hospital administrator Lisa Lagrone.
According to the band's Web site, Navaira was born in San Antonio and earned a music scholarship from Texas State.
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