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Public Library offers CDs, books and DVDs in fall sale
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Prices decrease as the two-week event goes on
Ben Burge, a senior from Overland Park, volunteers for The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library Book Sale on Wednesday evening. Books, CDs and DVDs are donated throughout the year for the sale, which begins today at Seventh and Vermont streets.
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Lawrence bookworms, prepare. The Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., kicks off its semi-annual sale today, with more than 125,000 items to choose from.
"They have all different types of books ranging from children's books, fiction, romance, textbooks, biographies, photography -- there's something for everybody," said Rachel Allen, a graduate student from Hutchinson. Allen has attended the sale four times and volunteered twice.
The sale's selection consists of old and damaged books discharged from the library, along with community donations.
This isn't a typical sale, however:
each day, the items get cheaper.
Hardback books start at $1.50,
paperbacks 75 cents and movies
$2. After the first few days, there is a $7 "bag night," where shoppers can cram a brown paper bag full and take it home for just $7.
The sale continues with a $5 bag night and ends with two give-away nights, where patrons can take home items for free.
Although a few library staff members coordinate the sale, volunteers play a main role in running it.
The money the sale raises — almost $35,000-40,000 twice a year goes toward library improvements and new books.
Ruth Dewitt, coordinator of Friends of the Lawrence Public Library, is overseeing this fall's sale. Dewitt said the sale benefited Lawrence in a variety of ways.
- "Its a great community event, fun atmosphere and gets books into the hands of people in the community, and promotes our goal of literacy," she said.
Shoppers should be prepared to search for "diamonds in the rough," though, as the books are only loosely organized.
"It gets really crowded in the garage because there are so many people and so many shelves of books." Allen said. "Without being organized by type it's hard to find anything specific. Your best bet is to find older classics."
Some of these "older classics" offer buyers a perspective that can't be found in modern writing. Allen said she once found some books that were written during the Cold War.
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"It's interesting to look back on what was going on at the time, what they predicted and compare it to what actually happened," she said.
The sale will be open today from 5 to 9 p.m. and continues through
Oct. 10. Dewitt said the library could always use volunteers and encouraged anyone with free time to come to the library and work.
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Schiller is not alone in her wish for flexibility, and the University administration has recognized the need for students to have more options in terms of their courses and the curriculum requirements.
Schiller, a freshman from Leavenworth, said her traveling experiences have made her desire to study abroad that much stronger. Unfortunately, because of the hour requirements Schiller faces as a pre-nursing undergrad, significant time abroad may not become a reality.
Vitter said the plan, which is more of a strategy than a report, will enable the administration to accomplish some concrete goals and follow up some of the initial work of the task forces from last year. He said Initiative 2015, the document from 2008 under then-Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway, didn't particularly lead to any programs and had a lot of long term goals.
KU to assemble committees to examine class requirements
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little gave leffrey Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor, the job of coming up with a strategic plan of action plan to address those concerns.
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Vitter and Mabel Rice, professor in the Speech-Language & Hearing department, are chairs of the steering committee that will put the plan together.
Rice said the committee is about moving forward and trying to find a plan that everyone is comfortable with.
"We're trying to fit the process into the time that we live in which is a time of transparency, a time of trust, a time of many different points of view on how to get things moving in the best possible way,"
"I just wouldn't have enough time to do a semester because I have to get so many hours down," Schiller said.
University administration is requesting that students participate in Chris Haufler's survey: General Education Learning Goals.
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The provost's office is requesting nominations for students for the following three work groups that will be forming soon:
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"I just wish there more options for me now." Schiller said.
Unfortunately for Schiller, changing a curriculum is a long-term process that takes multiple years, but the administration hopes to have a pilot program in two years which isn't soon enough for her.
The committee will meet three times and then have a joint meeting with the three work groups, with a kick-off by Chancellor Gray-Little, on Nov. 8.
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"That is far too weighty and doesn't give students much flexibility," Vitter said. "We want to allow for a full range of experience including out of the classroom like study abroad, internships and research."
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Almost two-thirds of the University's curriculum consists of general education requirements.
The committee is going to look at the learning area in particular and review the curriculum in order to redo the general education requirements to allow for more flexibility to take advantage of some of the University's programs.
"The best way to turn a good undergraduate education into a great one is to get a student involved in research and that links to synergies with foreign cultures and that's where study abroad is critical". Vitter said.
The administration is about to send out the invitations to serve on the steering committee. It will consist of faculty, staff, alumni and some external participants as well as students.
From the steering committee, smaller, more focused work groups will be formed. Each of those work groups will produce the detailed recommendations that will be incorporated by the steering committee into the action plan.
The meetings will be a series of face to face discussions. The first one, which will take place on Oct. 20, will include a panel of eight to ten faculty members who, Vitter said, have a history of connecting and building synergies, an underlying theme of the committee.
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Man sentenced to jail during holidays
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — A judge running for the state Supreme Court has given a man accused of assaulting a woman a sentence with an unusual twist. District Court Judge Nels Swandal gave Daniel Martz a 10-year suspended sentence on Monday for a May 2009 attack in which Martz allegedly choked and hit a woman, and then tried to have her change her story.
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Swandal said incarcerating Martz around the holidays will keep him out of trouble.
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Swandal is running against Helena attorney Beth Baker to fill the seat of retiring Justice William Leaphart.
Swandal also ordered Martz to report to jail each Dec. 15 through Jan. 1 for the next five years, according to the Livingston Enterprise.
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