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Baseball: Kansas vs. Missouri
Baseball: Kansas vs. Missouri The Kansan breaks down the Border Showdown of tonight's KU-MU baseball game. Kansas is coming off Wednesday night's victory against No. 13 Wichita State. PAGE 6B
THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006
VOL.116 ISSUE 122
ACADEMICS
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Schools' rankings on the rise
Law deans question list's relevance
BY MELINA RICKETTS
mrickets@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Both the School of Law's and School of Education's U.S. News and World Report rankings are going up, but the schools' deans are mixed on what that really means.
In the magazine's rankings of public institutions, released today, the law school's ranking went up 16 spots to 35, and the education school's five spots to 15.
Stephen McAllister, professor of law and former dean of the school, said that the rankings were sensitive to minor deviations in the report's categories and that he was not sure they were connected to the real world.
"I'm skeptical of all this from the get-go," he said. "But people pay attention to them, especially students, so you can't completely ignore them, as much as you'd like to sometimes."
Mike Davis, interim dean of the School of Law, said he agreed with McAllister for the most part. He said the law school hadn't changed since last year's rankings came out. The category that measures the school's reputation among lawyers and judges is meaningful, he said.
"That's the one thing that's concrete." he said.
But Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education, said
in a press release that the new rankings were a great external validation of the strength of the graduate programs at the University.
He said high-quality students, faculty, researchers and staff should be credited for the increase.
The University's special education program also kept its No.1 ranking among public universities and the University retained its No.3 ranking for paleontology.
Edited by John Jordan
HOW YOUR PROGRAM'S DOING
The following programs were in the top five among public universities in the U.S. News and World Report's rankings of the best graduate schools in the nation:
City management and urban policy - FIRST FIRST
Special education - NURSING
Community health - TIED FOR SECOND
Community health - I
Palestine; THIRD
Paleontology - THIRD
Public management - FOURTH
Public management Occupational therapy - TIED FOR FOURTH
Public affairs - TIED FOR FIFTH.
Audiology - FIFTH
Occupational therapy - TIEF B
Public affairs - TIEF FOR FIFTH
Source: University Relations
QUEERS & ALLIES
Weekend activities to cap-off Pride Week
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
The Queers & Allies annual Pride Week will continue into the weekend with the Kansas College Unity Coalition conference Saturday.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered awareness groups from colleges and universities in Kansas and the Kansas City metropolitan area will have the opportunity to network and interact during the weekend.
At 9:30 a.m., the conference will begin at South Park where the members of Queers & Allies will march down Massachusetts Street with banners and floats to Watson Park where they will hold a rally with refreshments.
Jimmie Manning, Liberal graduate student and Pride Week chairman, said that the parade and rally has been a huge success in the past, and that it is time for the other groups in the conference to be part of that. At 1 p.m., Michaela D.E. Meyer, a keynote speaker who has written journal articles about queer life in the Midwest, will lecture at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
She will give a motivational speech for LGBT students who are making the transition into a heterosexual college atmosphere. The conference will continue until 5 p.m. at the Kansas Union with different activities and group discussions.
A lock-in tonight for those enrolled to attend the conference will help break the ice and make the conference more comfortable. The lock-in will start at 9 p.m.at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries,1204 Oread Ave.
"People will get to play games,get to know each other,mingle and socialize," Manning said.
BUSINESS
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Carter Collins, Overland Park sophomore, and Allison Burger, Shawnee senior, prepare a document to fax at the new FedEx Kinko's on Thursday. "It's pretty convenient having it in the Union," Collins said. Burger is one of the store's two full-time employees.
Copying made convenient
— Edited by James Foley
FedEx Kinko's opens doors
BY MEILINA RICKETT
mrickets@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
After several delays, the store held a soft opening March 20 and a grand opening Thursday.
The long-awaited FedEx Kinko's on the third floor of the Kansas Union is now open.
The copy machines take credit
The store hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
The store will handle print and copy jobs for the University and has a retail section for students. Available services include copying, printing, faxing, binding and laminating.
or debit cards, Stacey Benson, the district accounts manager for FedEx Kinko's, said that the store was in negotiations to accept KUIDs as well.
She said that she predicted the machines would be accepting them in about a month.
Arsen Kharatyan, Kansas City senior, said that as an architecture major, he often had to make copies late in the evening.
"I wish it was open later because
tney close kind of early" he said. "I guess it's better than nothing."
Dorice Elliott, chairwoman of the English department, said not having an on-campus copy center had been difficult for her department.
"We've been having many problems with our copy situation this year, so I think a lot of people have been anxiously awaiting this," she said.
Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
GREEK LIFE
Contributed by Ebonev Crawford
Students dance at last year's National Panhellenic Council Step Show, from left, Eboney Crawford, Wichita senior; Carmen Madden, Sedalia, Mo., senior; LaTasha Coney, Topeka alumna; and Marshanna Hester, Boonville, Mo., alumna. This year's step show will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center.
Greek councils to collaborate for step show
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
For the first time, students from each of the greek councils will be participating in the historically minority National Pan-Hellenic Council's annual step show.
A group from the Interfraternity Council and a group from the Panhellenic Association will participate in the show with groups from each of the chapters of the NPHC.
Stepping consists of beats made with the body, like claps or stomps, and it is traditionally without music. Canes can also be used to help make beats. The strolling part of the performance is movement made in a line of unity with all participants in the group to music.
The NPHC will hold the annual event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center.
The show is a traditional performance that holds cultural significance for fraternities and sororities in the organization. Groups participating have been practicing since the beginning of
the semester.
The show will consist of different groups stepping, strolling and chanting, said Betsy Copeland, Sigma Lamda Gamma treasurer and participant in the show.
Stepping consists of beats made with the body, like claps
The strolling part of the performance is movement made in a line of unity with all participants in the group to music.
Chanting is signs and calls made within an organization. Sisters and brothers are given what are called "line names" or code names, Copeland, Leonardville junior, said. It is a sort of secret language members use to communicate.
or stomps, and it is traditionally without music. Canes can also be used to help make beats.
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