THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBUARY 21, 2008
NEWS
3A
RESEARCH
Grant gives students opportunities abroad
BY MARY SORRICK msorick@kansan.com
The Center of Latin American Studies has received a Tinker Foundation research grant to support KU graduate student research.
The Tinker Foundation is an organization dedicated to issues in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Tinker grant money provides $10,000 per year through 2010 to fund short-term research for KU graduate students from a variety of disciplines.
Elizabeth Kuznesof, director of the Center of Latin American Studies, said the Tinker grant was unique because it gave priority to graduate students who had never been to the countries in which they wanted to do research.
The terms of the grant also bar any indirect costs, meaning the University does not get a portion of the graduate students' funding like it does for most research grants. Kuznesof said.
Research stints for the grant can range from three weeks to a couple of months, and Kuzneso said students could choose when they wanted to do their research.
Lisa Rausch, doctoral student in geography, traveled to Monteverde, Costa Rica, in 2003 when she received a Tinker grant as a graduate student in Latin American Studies.
"I was toying with the idea that I was going to use that for my master's thesis," Rausch said. "The info I got there cemented my interest."
Kuzneso's said other Tinker grant recipients' research included cosmetic surgery in Brazil, Afro-Brazilian singing groups and indigenous land control in Mexico and Latin America.
She went to Monteverde during her winter break to study the effect of coffee cooperatives.
Tinker grant application
Requirements:
-Research proposal of no more than five pages
-Brief resume
-Three letters of recommendation
-Course transcript
-Detailed budget
-Proof of language competence
Due: Feb. 25, 4 p.m.
Where: 320 Bailey Hall
"The research gives students credibility and often they will use that to develop more detailed proposals for major research grants," she said.
Graduate students in anthropol
(For detailed information visit Center of Latin American Studies Web site.)
ogy, economics, architecture and social welfare have been among those to receive grant money in the past. Kuznesof said.
Rausch said she encouraged any graduate student interested in Latin America, Spain or Portugal to apply for the grant.
"It's a great opportunity to experience what a place is like - especially if you haven't visited the place before," she said. "There aren't a lot of those grants."
Kuznesov said the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center had already promised to match the Tinker grants awarded to any graduate student from their department or institution.
She said the money would be used to cover airfare, lodging and other costs associated with the research.
The deadline for this year's grant applications is Feb. 25. Students can submit research proposals and applications to the Center of Latin American Studies in room 320 of Bailey Hall.
Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
Kansas sports teams 'think pink'
PHILANTHROPY
Athletes and coaches contribute to cancer awareness and research causes
BY LUKE MORRIS
Imorris@kansan.com
Sports teams across the nation are putting in their two cents to raise awareness for cancer research and funding.
The Jayhawks are no exception.
Several teams at the University of Kansas have worked with cancer organizations to raise awareness. The most recent was the women's basketball team's involvement Sunday in the "Think Pink" breast cancer initiative. Teams and fans wore pink for the game. Across the country, more than 1.000 schools have participated in "Think Pink" games.
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association, or WBCA, started the "Think Pink" initiative last year after North Carolina State coach Kay Yow's breast cancer returned. You had to take a leave of absence from her program, but came back later that season. The WBCA, Yow and the V Foundation, another cancer awareness and research program started by former North Carolina State men's basketball coach Jim
Valvano, worked together to start the Kay Yow WCBA Cancer Fund in December.
"Women's basketball is becoming the medium to discuss the breast cancer cause," said Beth Bath, CEO of the WCBA. "These young people
and coaches are speaking out, and that's been a positive effect of the whole initiative"
Iowa State held a "Think Pink" men's game Feb. 9 against Texas. The fans wore pink shirts and players wore pink shoeslaces.
to their Feb. 2 game at Colorado as part of Coaches vs. Cancer. In 2005, Kansas played St. Josephs University in the Jimmy V Classic, and played in the Coaches vs. Cancer preseason tournament in 2000.
Coaches vs. Cancer is a collaboration between the National Association of Basketball Coaches, or NABC, and the American Cancer Society. Reggie Minton, deputy executive director of the NABC, said some coaches, like Syracuse coach Jim
"If we can educate people from a young age about lifestyle choices they can make to help reduce their risk, then we're doing a great service."
Iowa State chose to have the event during a men's basketball game because the wife of Iowa State coach Greg McDermott was diagnosed with cancer in 2005.
The Kansas men's basketball team has also been involved in cancer awareness. Coach Bill Self and the rest of his staff wore sneakers
JIM MARCHIONY Associate Athletics director
Boeheim, put their names on the line to raise money and awareness for the fight against cancer. Minton said Boeheim raised between $600,000 and $700,000 annually.
Other sports at the University have raised money for a larger organization. The volleyball and softball teams donated the funds they raised
at events to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer awareness and research fund. The volleyball team's "Dig for the Cure" asked fans to pledge an amount per dig. The softball team's Jayhawk Pink Classic tournament asked fans for donations and featured pink bases on the diamond.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure works with many other high-profile groups to raise breast cancer awareness. Its most noted sporting event is Major League Baseball's use of pink bats on Mother's Day each year. Last year more than 200 MLB players used the bats, which were later auctioned off to raise more money for the charity.
Associate athletics director Jim Marchiony said that athletics were an important medium for spreading cancer awareness and healthy living.
"If we can educate people from a young age about lifestyle choices they can make to help reduce their risk, then we're doing a great service," he said.
—Edited by Madeline Hyden
TRAGEDY
Four children killed in school bus accident
COTTONWOOD. Minn.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
COTTONWOOD, Minn.
— Motorists who came across a fatal school bus crash here quickly turned into rescuers, helping the driver pull screaming children out of the tipped-over bus and ferrying them to hospitals in their own cars.
Four children aboard the yellow bus were killed Tuesday afternoon.
and at least 14 people were injured.
"I parked my car and called 911, and ran to the school bus and the driver was handing kids out the door as fast as I could take them." Karen Mahlum told the Marshall Independent. "They were screaming and screaming on the bus. There was so many kids."
Rescue crews from Cottonwood and surrounding communities were
quickly on the scene, and some of the emergency workers knew many of the 28 children on the bus.
"It's a very rural community, a very close community," Sgt. Kathy Pederson of the Minnesota State Patrol said of the town of 1,150 people about 140 miles southwest of the Twin Cities.
Officials at Cottonwood's Lakeview School canceled
Wednesday's classes, as they prepared to make grief counselors available to stricken students.
Authorities did not release the names or ages of the four victims.
Fourteen people, all but two of them children, were taken to hospitals in Marshall and Granite Falls, Minn.; four of the 14 were transferred to hospitals in Sioux Falls, S.D.
African Club
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS February 21, 2008 SENATE
Soapbox Series
A KU professor or student will guide impromptu discussion about issues relating to our mission. We will meet at Aimee's Café on Mass St. at the following times:
A forum to promote educated discussions on topics related to Africa and the African Diaspora.
february /th @ -9 pm
March 6th @ 7-9 pm
February 7th @ 7-9 pm
April 3rd @ 7-9 pm
May 1st @ 7-9 pm
From more information contact us at Africana@ku.edu or Sarah Madden at Smadden@ku.edu
Looking to volunteer? Center for Community Outreach can help!
We have 15 volunteer programs working throughout Lawrence and can connect you to many local programs.
Contact us!
405 Kansas Union (in the SILC office)
864-4073 • cco@ku.edu
www.ku.edu/~cco
*Food and drinks will be provided.
Center for Community Outreach challenge, educating, enriches
Lutheran Campus Ministry
Got Grace?
No ID required
Come watch the informational video on Berkshire Hathaway and hear Rob speak on the real estate market.
Come join us for worship on Sundays @ 5
Wednesdays @ 6
And Spaghetti for the Soul on Wednesdays @ 6
Watkins Health Center Crimson and Blue Room
We are celebrating our 45th year at KU For more info contact lutherans@ku.edu or www.kulutherans.org
Featuring - Rob Hill Team Leader, Keller Williams Realty
KU Finance Club Thursday, Feb. 21st 7:00 pm 427 Summerfield
Upcoming Meetings:
March 11 & 25
At 6:30 p.m.
We are a Reconciling in Christ Community, All are welcome!
E-mail: prepthawks@ hotmail.com
Pre-Physical Therapy Club
New members always welcome!
Tuesday, February 26th at 7 p.m.
Jayhawk Room (5th floor Kansas Union)
Dress is business casual
for more info email jamie at rue1@ku.edu
ABWA Meeting
All Students Welcome! Children and Parents! Learn about KUSP and all our activities.
kansas university student parents presents Family Night Out! at the Jaybowl Friday February 22 6-9pm
KUSP
or call Sonia @ 785 727-8520
Up 'Til Dawn
"Striking Out Cancer"
Up 'Til Dawn
Where: Jay Bowl (Kansas Union)
When: Sunday, Feb. 24th 3pm-5pm
Cost if one attended a UTD Letter Writing Event:
Food, Bowling, and T-shirt FREE
Cost if one did not attend a UTD Letter Writing Event:
Food and Bowling-$5 : T-shirt-$5
Come and celebrate the total of over $57,000 + raised by Kansas Students for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
in just one night
Taste the World in just one night
AIESEC