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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 26
Students, youth pick up the paint brush
Program helps teens get job experience
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroesler@kansan.com
When he started the school year, Trent Jefferson's art experience included sketching in his school notebooks and drawing a couple of tattoos for friends. Eventually, Jefferson, a freshman at Free State High School, wants to work in construction. But on Monday, Jefferson started his first job — as an artist.
Van Go Mobile Arts Inc. has given Jefferson and 21 other high school youths an opportunity to work in the arts at an early age through the Jobs in the Arts Make Sense, or JAMS, program. The University collaborates with JAMS through an independent study class. This fall, four KU students are working at Van Go.
Through JAMS, high school students and employees learn the qualities needed to make it in the job market after high school. Jefferson said the opportunity to work at Van Go gives him a
"I like making money for myself," Jefferson said. "It's better than asking my mom for money."
sense of pride that he can support himself.
Van Go may be an avenue of extra income for its students, but it's different from the average after-school job. In order to be hired at Van Go, high school students must be under the federal poverty line, or have mental or learning disabilities. Van Go is the only youth work provider funded by the Workforce Investment Act. The WIA was designed in 1998 to better train individuals for a changing job market.
Officials like Amy Bertrand, a social worker for Van Go, said although all of these teenagers come from difficult situations, Van Go employees handle them no differently than anyone else.
"Once they pass the acceptance requirements, they are all treated like normal teenagers here," Bertrand, a social worker for Van Go, said.
Cait Bubna, a senior from Colony, helps out at the Van Go Mobile Arts Tuesday. Says working there is a great way to be part of the community. Bubna also said this age group is her favorite to work with, and she would eventually like to teach art to high school kids. Mike Gunnoe/KANSAI
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workin' hard for the money
Juggling work and academics is a balancing act, and students struggle to keep up at times.
Dean of School of Business announces June resignation
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BY JONATHAN SHORMAN jshorman@kansan.com
Provost leffrey Vitter has asked Fuerst to help in a new venture related to corporate relations. Toni Dixon, director of communications for the School of Business, said the resignation was not related to demands for the dean's firing.
William Fuerst, dean of the School of Business, announced Wednesday that he would step down in June 2011. His resignation comes after a group of business students called for his firing.
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The students claim that the school has not followed the use of funds outlined in the
proposal.
In a July 29 letter to the Kansas
Board of Regents, the students said scholarships had been underfunded. When course fees were implemented in 2004, $225,000 was allocated to scholarships. In the 2010 fiscal year the amount was $286,000.
According to the students, if the amount allocated to scholarships had risen at the same rate as the course fees, which were $75 per credit-hour for undergraduates in 2004 and $102 this year, $532,000 should have been allocated to scholarships in 2010.
The students also said the pro
munity," Fuerst said in a press release. "The school is well-positioned for continued success in the future."
"We are now better meeting the needs of our students, employers and greater academic com-
Some business students
WILLIAM FUERST Dean, School of Business
disagree with that assessment, however.
MBA students Andrew Carlson, David Cantrell, Boone Bradley and Tim Metz had been asking for several months for the dean to
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be fired. Their demand grew from frustrations with how the dean handled the school's finances.
According to the group, issues
According to with the dean began in March 2009 when the school was late in making payouts for study abroad scholarships. As the students investigated, they said they found that the school had
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The students began meeting with the school's administration and discovered a proposal governing the use of differential
overpromised $40,000 in scholar ship funds.
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"The school is well-positioned for continued success in the future."
CAMPUS
Plans for stadium expansion halted
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON
amcnaughton@kansan.com
Before classes started this semester, a banner that hung on Memorial Stadium advertising the Gridiron Club quietly came down.
The premium seating expansion on the east side of the stadium, originally slated for completion this fall, is indefinitely on hold.
"After talking with donors, alumni and season ticket holders, I know everyone loves the concept," Marchiony said. "But they thought we needed to come up with a different financial model."
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said the athletics department is convinced the concept is still good despite the delay.
The concept last year was to get all the money up front and then build the seating area.
To become a member of the
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Gridiron Club, a minimum donation of $10,000 per seat is required. Contracts for memberships include a 10-year membership for $55,000, a 30-year contract for $105,000 or a 45-year contract for $130,000.
Membership would include season football tickets and food and beverages.
Marchiony said the amount of money required up front caused reservations among donors, alumni and season ticket holders.
The creation of Olympic facilities for women's sports like softball and soccer are needed right away, Marchiony said. Suitable facilities for both women's and men's sports maintain the University's compliance with Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in athletics and academics.
The expected $200 million revenue from the project would reportedly benefit other programs within the University as well.
Marchiony said the main focus now is the reworking of the finances.
"That's why I think that this is an important project for us," Marchiony said.
Last year, Lew Perkins, former athletics director, also pledged a
The 3,000-cushioned-seat addition would cost $34 million to build, but only $4.5 million was donated.
$40 million donation to the University from the revenues.
Marchiony said the athletics department pledged they would
not do anything with the project until they had all of the money to build.
"Right now, the $4.5 million that was raised is sitting there," Marchiony said.
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Statue will return Saturday morning
The 'Classic Jayhawk' statue in front of the Kansas Union has been in repairs after being damaged during the Georgia Tech game on Sept. 11.
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Medication can bring problems
Medical experts warn students to keep vigilant while on anti-anxiety and anti-depression meds.