Baseball to roll down the turnpike The Jayhawks will travel to Wichita tonight to take on the Shockers in the second and final match-up between the in-state rivals this year. Kansas is looking for the sweep. PAGE 1B
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A rare occurance at Arrocha Tuesday Kansas junior pitcher Kassie Humphreys pitched a no-hitter against Nebraska, but poor defense allowed the Huskers to escape Lawrence with a 2-0 triumph over the Jayhawks. PAGE 2B
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VOL. 116 ISSUE 125
▼ CRIME
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
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Theft from Strong Hall
BY MIKE MOSTAFFA
mmostaffa@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
When Margaret Severson's students arrived at their Strong Hall classroom early Monday morning after spring break, they saw their classroom turned into a crime scene.
Severson, associate professor of social welfare, was forced to cancel her 7:35 a.m. "Human Sexuality" course at 330 Strong because the teaching equipment had been stolen.
"It was not the welcome back from spring break I was expecting." Severson said.
Over spring break, three Sharp Data projectors and various supplementary equipment were stolen from rooms 330 and 334 Strong Hall. The equipment, estimated to be worth $11,600 according to police reports, belonged to the Instructional Development and Support Department.
Some of the professors who teach in those rooms were forced to alter their lesson plans.
Scott Winer, Atlanta junior, has a communications class that meets at 330 Strong Hall.
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KU Public Safety Office Captain Schuyler Bailey could not release any information about possible suspects in the case. The investigation is under way.
Winer's class was not canceled, but the nearly 200 students, who usually use an electronic buzzer system, handed in their answers to the daily quiz on note cards. "The quizzes in class are sort of like Who Wants to be a Millionaire." Winer said.
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The chances for these events to remain in Kansas City are now uncertain. However, chances for a Final Four are now bleak. Arrowhead Stadium is the only site in Kansas City that has the capacity to host a Final Four. With no roof to enclose the court, it would not be able to host the event.
KU fans may not have the opportunity to see the Jayhawks play in a Kansas City hosted in 2013, as it was previously slated.
KU INFO
Eric Jorgensen
Leawood freshman Kate Bendfield waits for KU Info student assistant, Andrew Glendening, Westmoreland, Va. sophomore, to answer her question about a major fair at the Kansas Union. KU Info is able to answer questions online, by phone or in person at the KU Information booth on level four of the Kansas Union.
Service ready for queries
BY FRED A. DAVIS III
fidavis@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFFER WRITER
Have a question about the University of Kansas? Want to know how many gallons are in a cubic foot or when an underclassman can withdraw his name from the NBA draft?
The KU Info walk-up booth was previously located in Anschutz Library, where the "booth" was actually a desk that doubled as the Anschutz reference desk.
KU Info program director Curtis Marsh said it was important that the booth's new location be in a gathering place where students, faculty and staff meet. Thus, the Union seemed to be the ideal fit.
A University committee made
In its new digs on the fourth floor in the Kansas Union, the KU Info walk-up booth is back in the business of answering questions after closing last December. The booth opened Monday.
The KU Info Web site and phone number were operational during that time, although a person answering the phone was replaced by a recorded message. The actual human element was absent.
KU Info employs eight students who work two- to four-hour shifts. The new employees
Michele Eodice, a member of the exploratory work group that looked into how KU Info could best serve the University, said that combining student information services and services for student success were the most beneficial.
underwent six to eight hours of training to handle the variety of questions, which primarily center on KU, yet can stray to queries such as Chancellor Hemenwav's height and weight.
up of University departments and one student decided what the new model for KU Info should be and where it would be located.
Poised to be a service that provides to students, faculty, staff, alumni or anyone who has a question about the University of Kansas, KU Info should help with the KU experience, Marsh said.
In existence for 36 years, KU Info was initially implemented as a "rumor control" in 1970 by University administration to squelch rumors that swirled about the campus as it faced constant student protests.
She said those two helped to create a broad information foundation. They also fund KU Info.
So far, it seems to be working.
Eodice said the three facets of KU Info are the walk-up booth, Web site and phone number.
Given the technological advances made during KU Info's existence, information that was kept in books and index cards is being moved to a computer database. Marsh said that it was the most important change in KU Info.
Kate Bendfeldt, Leawood freshman, stopped by the booth to ask about major fairs.
"I saw there was KU Info right there, so I might as well stop and see," she said.
Bendfeldt, who is has not decided on a major, was disappointed to find that there were no career fairs going on in the Union. However, she was pleased with the service she received from KU Info.
The KU Info walk-up booth is located on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union next to room 400. The booth is open 12 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can also call KU Info at 864-3506 or access its Web site, kuinfo.lib.ku.edu.
HEALTH
— Edited by Kathryn Anderson
Mumps on the scene
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Eight probable cases and one confirmed case of mumps have been reported in Douglas County by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
At least two 19-year-old University of Kansas students living in student housing have been tested for the disease, said Patricia Denning, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center. One female student tested
positive for the disease during spring break and remained home in Illinois until she was no longer contagious. Seven of the eight probable cases are in 19- to 26-year-olds.
Diana Roberts from the Department of Student Housing said that if Watkins suggested that housing distribute information to its residents, the department would, but so far such a request had not been made.
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