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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2006
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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
KU receives NCAA grant
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
jweinstein@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The NCAA has awarded the University of Kansas a CHOICES program grant, which is a program that promotes alcohol education and prevention on college campuses. It demonstrates that students have choices to make about responsible alcohol consumption, Mary Wilfert, NCAA associate director of education outreach, said.
As one of the 15 grant recipients,
The goal is for the University to find other sources of funding for the program by the time the three-year period ends, Susan Hoffman, Stu-
the University will receive $30,000 paid out in increments of $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000 over the next three years. According to the NCAA Web site, about $3.85 million has been awarded since the program began in 1991. Wilfert said Anheuser-Busch partnered with the NCAA to fund campus-wide prevention efforts and contributed an initial $2 million to start the program.
dent Union Activities advisor, said.
SUA is one of many campus organizations that will work together
"We're going to, along with everyone else, change the culture of ideas about alcohol at KU," Hoffman said.
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While the NCAA awarded the grant, it does not only apply to student athletes, Hoffman said. She added that she thought the grant was awarded to the University because it branched out past the athletics department.
other schools that have received the grant
- Alabama University at Birmingham (SOBER Choices for Success)
- Bemidji State University (Life CHOICES)
- Bermuda State University (BIG CHOICES)
• Bowling Green State University (BIG CHOICES)
- California State University, Bakersfield (Get ROWDY: Know Your CHOICES)
- Coker College (CHOICES for Populations, Peeres, the President and Policy Developers)
- DeSales University (Healthier CHOICES)
- Ferris State University (GOOD CHOICES)
- Georgia College & State University (Power in CHOICES)
- Linfield College (INFORMED CHOICES)
- Illinois College (CHOICES for Success)
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (Trailblazer CHOICES)
- Massachusetts College of Business
- Ohio University (Your CHOICES Has a Voice at OU; Stop at the BUZZ!)
- University of Tulsa (Healthy CHOICES are Up to U)
- College of William and Mary (Tribe Choices)
SERENITY NOW
MIZZOU WEDDING ESCAPADE
Summer is in full swing and that means a few summertime traditions are in order: Grotesque heat, baseball and weddings.
And given that this time of year is the slowest of the sports calendar, I'm going to share with you a little trip I made to Tiger Town, aka Columbia, Mo., this past weekend to participate in a wedding, which had both the intensity and aura of a championship tilt.
For starters, my connection to the wedding was my cousin, Dan Davis, the groom — the opening day starter if you will. Dan played football at
Mizzou for three years and four of the eight groomsmen were former Mizzou footballers as well.
Yeah, eight groomsmen, needless to say, the average height and weight of this wedding party compared favorably to any other wedding party
in America that day.
So where was I in the pecking order? The best man. My job? Well, considering this was the first time I'd ever been in a wedding, save for my stellar performance as a ring bearer 20 years ago, I didn't really know.
This is what I was told: take care of the groom, hand a ring to the priest and give a toast at the reception. I could do that.
Feel the burn
But while that all sounds so simple, there's a lot to consider. This is the biggest day of the bride and
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Joshua Bickel/KANSAN
Former Kansas cornerback Shelton Simmons stretches his legs write his bromer, marus, takes a break in the afternoon heat Thursday in Memorial Stadium. The two were training together.
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