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The gateway to Hell may be closer than you think. According to the legend, the gateway is in Stull, a small town only 10 miles from Lawrence.
An abandoned church once stood on the burial ground, and the basement supposedly served as the Devil's portal to Earth, making Stull one of the seven gateways to Hell.
Although creepy rumors started circulating in the 1970s, Stull Cemetery has been around for 141 years. Satan is rumored to appear every Halloween because his true love, a witch, is buried there. One of the less than 100 graves in the cemetery bears the name "Wittich." The church was torn down in 2002, but that doesn't keep the curious away.
Sean Morrow ventured to the cemetery in October 2008, but he refused to get out of the truck. "In every horror movie, if you leave the car, you die," Morrow says.
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The Libertyville, Ill., senior says the chair link fence surrounding the cemetery suddenly started shaking. "There was no wind." Morrow says. "That definitely added to the freakiness."
Scary scenario: If you're up for a scare, head to Stull Cemetery outside Lawrence. It's rumored to be one of seven gateways to Hell.
Kansas, is skeptical.
Hefner Heitz has studied the cemetery rumors but says she doesn't believe them. However, there is one thing she knows for certain.
"Stuil Cemetery is a uniquely fascinating and enduring legend of the supernatural," Hefner Heitz says. "It's one of the dominant legends in the state of Kansas."
Visit the cemetery at your own risk. Trespassers will be prosecuted.
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When Evy Struttman received the e-mail that she was going to receive a $20,000 scholarship through the Kansas University Endowment Association last year, she knew immediately that the University of Kansas was the place for her.
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Struttman, a sophomore from Topeka, was given the financial support by the privately-funded Chancellors Club, which awards renewable scholarships to 16 National Merit finalists each year. The club helps recruit top-performing students to the University.
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"Thanks to this scholarship, I don't have to have a job and I don't have to worry about a huge debt hanging over my head after graduation." Strutman said.
Dale Seuferling, the president of the Endowment Association, said
KU ENDOWMENT FUNDRAISING
students could benefit from scholarships, fellowships and awards through the association.
According to Giving USA, an annual report on philanthropy in the United States, contributions to higher education in 2009 declined by 3.6 percent. The Endowment Association was an exception to this trend and had record contributions for the third year in a row. Seuferling credited the desire of the University's alumni and the hard work of the fundraising staff for this accomplishment.
In addition to student scholarships, the association funds salaries for distinguished professors, teaching awards and academic programs. It also provides facilities and equipment for the University. In fact, the association has helped to fund more than two-thirds of campus buildings and 85 percent of its land.
"With the funding cuts faced by KU due to the reduction in state support, private giving has become even more critical to the University's future." Seferling said.
Cathy Daicoff, a managing director at Standard and Poor's in New York City, graduated from the University in 1977. She was one of
Fiscal year Contributions Number of donors
2010 $110.2 million 45,192
2009 $106.4 million 45,186
2008 $94 million 45,014
2007 $77.7 million 43,403
This year, more than 6,500 students received scholarships from KU Endowment funds. The total amounted to $28.9 million.
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"The University of Kansas provided me with a superior education," Daicoff said. "I believe we all have a responsibility to make that same education possible for other individuals in the next generation."
graduation rate is an important goal."
Gray-Little said one of the first things she noticed when she came to the University last year was its unusually high requirement for graduation. The requirement was set at 124 in 2003 and had not been altered until now.
Nick Benson will be given the Student Sustainability Leadership Award for his program that recycles old printer ink cartridges.
Student wins award for his recycling efforts
the 45,192 donors last year for the University. Daicoff has been donating for more than 25 years and gives to two causes, the Chancellors Club and a scholarship fund in memory of her father, Darwin Daicoff, a former economics professor at the University.
determine when, if and how to implement the rule.
This reduction was one of the many recommendations given by Chancellor Bernadette Gray-
Jesse Flax, a freshman from Bison, said he was in favor of the change.
"That will mean less classes that wed have to take and more money saved," Flax said.
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