Bring your dog to the ballpark Man and beast alike can watch the Kansas softball team compete against Iowa State Saturday. Two games this weekend will determine how Kansas will finish in the Big 12. PAGE 1B
Bring your dog to the ballpark
Baseball looking to repeat the past Kansas starts its series with the No. 7 Texas Longhorns tonight in Austin, Texas. Last year the Jayhawks upset the eventual national champion Longhorns, winning the series 2-1 PAGE 1B
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 147
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006
EDWARDS CAMPUS
Strong programs draw in Institute
Confucius Institute 4th in United States
BY ANNE WELTMER
aweltner@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The University of Kansas Edwards Campus became the site of the fourth Confucius Institute in the United States on Thursday.
It was dedicated by the Chinese vice minister of education. The other three are in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and New York City.
The Chinese Ministry of Education chose the University of Kansas because of its strong and well-known Chinese and East Asian Studies pro
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grams. The University and the state have both had a successful relationship with China in the past.
The Institute "goes beyond languages to culture." Todd Cohen, University spokesman, said.
Bill Tsutsui, the Institute's director, said it would take several offices in Regnier Hall and would offer non-credit classes for both KU students and the community on subjects like business etiquette and how Confuciusianism affects China.
The Confucius Institute will provide education in the Chinese language, but it will also provide a cultural education for businessmen and women seeking to work in China.
It will also have cultural programming like film festivals, lectures and speech contests in Chinese, and will often collaborate with the Center for East Asian Studies on the Lawrence campus to bring events here.
"We're a public university and we're supposed to be serving Kansans," Tsutsu said, explaining the programs the Institute would offer the community.
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Shelley Wu, Olathe resident, performs a traditional Chinese solo on the Gu Zheng, a Chinese table harp, during "An Evening of Music and Dance" last night. The event was held as part of the dedication for the University of Kansas' Confucius Institute at the Edwards Campus.
Brian Daldorph, assistant professor of English, teaches creative writing to inmates at the Douglas County jail. He has taught at the jail for five years.
Brian Daldorch is preparing to teach another poetry class in room C304b, not in Wescoe Hall but at the Douglas County Jail. The 48-year-old assistant professor of English enters the classroom quietly, dressed casually in a pair of jeans and a blue sweatshirt.
Every Thursday for the last five years he has taught inmates at the jail, located on the outskirts of Lawrence. Teaching the jail class is something this British expatriate volunteers for in his spare time. When he's not teaching poetry classes in the English department, Daldorph also
roots for the Manchester United soccer team, runs in the Boston Marathon, writes books and spends time with his two daughters.
Prison poetry
On this Thursday, Daldorph, gradually balding on top with gray hair slowly starting to creep into his strands of hair, has control of the room. Clearly the tiniest guy in the room, at 5 feet-7, he still captures the attention of all the inmates.
Teaching the jail class is something this British expatriate volunteers for in his spare time. When he's not teaching poetry classes in the English department, Daldorph also roots for the Manchester United soccer team, runs in the Boston Marathon, writes books and spends time with his two daughters.
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SCIENCE
Contributed photo
KU biologist Sam James specializes in earthworm taxonomy and ecology. He is responsible for the discovery of an earthworm that was declared extinct in 2003.
One researcher, millions of worms
Walk into a scientist's laboratory and you're bound to hear anything. Earthworm poop was the topic of discussion for two researchers, Sam James and Steve Hasiotis, last week.
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
James, a biologist and research associate at the University's Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, and Hasiotis, a geologist, were engaged in a conversation about the
Most people concentrate on
Most people concentrate on the front end and what type of grass worms eat. I thought, well what about all the grass that comes out the other end?"
Sam James Biologist and research associate
creatures burrowing habits and fecal deposits.
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Awards honor campus groups
Inaugural event held at Union
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The KU Student Speech-Language Hearing Association has always been active on campus, but this year's community contributions got the group recognized for their work.
recognized for their work. The group was one of the award winners at the Student Involvement and Leadership Center's
student involve end of the year celebration Thursday at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. The group plans to hold the event annually. The center received more than 60 applications in five categories.
Jennifer Meilt, KUSSH president, said the group's community work convinced its members to apply for the awards. Meilt said it was exciting for her group to be recognized on the university level.
The Student Involvement and Leadership Center presented its 2005-2006 awards at their end of the year celebration Thursday. Here are the 11 winners:
This year marked the group's second- annual research conference. The members created the event to connect KU researchers with local speech language and hearing practitioners who needed to complete continuing education. The benefit to the community made the effort worthwhile, Meitl said.
Organizations of the Year
Student Union Activities
Stouffer Neighborhood Association
Native American Law Student Association
KU Student Speech Language Hearing Association
Project of the Year New Orleans Projects by Architects for Social Action
New Organizations of the Year
■ KU for Uganda
■ Kansas Connections
Members of the Year
Brandon Parker, Elysworth
Community Standards
Board
Stefany Samp, Undergraduate Business Council
Advisers of the Year
■ Jim Waite, Student Union
Activities
Wendy Rohleder-Sook, Kansas Connections
Source: Student Leadership and Involvement Center
Wendy Rohleder-Sook won one of two adviser of the year awards for her role with Kansas Connections, one of the new organizations of the year. Rohleder-Sook founded the group last spring after meeting with several students from small towns, who said making the transition to the larger University of Kansas was a challenge.
Kansas Connections aims to make small-town students feel at home by creating a network to help these students to "realize they're not alone" in struggling to adjust to college life, Rohleder-Sook said. In the last year, the organization has expanded to offering events and resources for current and prospective students to boost membership.
prospective students to be offered Stefany Samp, member of the year honoree, is the secretary for the Undergraduate Business Council, the umbrella organization for student groups in the School of Business. Samp was involved in almost every project the group completed in the past year, including the revamping of the group's newsletter The Link from a four-page newsletter to a 32-page color publication. She plans on staying involved in the school as a graduate student next year.
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