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NEWS
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》 FINANCIAL AID
Increase in Pell Grants proposed
BY BRIAN LEWIS-JONES
Students from low-income families could more easily afford escalating tuition prices under President Bush's budget proposal for 2008.
unveiled at the beginning of February.
Stephanie Covington,
associate director
of the Office
of Student
Financial Aid,
said the proposal called for
a $550 increase to the maximum
"It opens the door for students who don't have the funding to attend college."
STEPHANIE COVINGTON Associate Director of the Office of Student Financial Aid
Federal Pell Grant. She said the grant, which is offered to students from low-income families, would be increased to $4,600 in 2008 — the largest increase in 30 years.
Students receive the grant based on information from their Free Application for Federal Student Aid information, a required financial aid application, which formulates the
"It opens the doors for students who don't have the funding to attend college," she said.
Last year, 3,280 University of Kansas students qualified for the Pell Grant, Covington said. All of the grants averaged to $2,510 per student.
The proposal would also raise the maximum Pell Grant allowance to $5,400 by 2012, the largest 5-year increase ever, according to the Department of Education's Web site. Covington said the Pell Grant maximum has been stuck at $4,050 since the 2003-2004 school year.
amount a family is expected to contribute to their student's education. FAFSA takes into account the age of the parents, the number people of the family and numerous other factors, Covington said.
In-state tuition and fees in 2004-2005 cost $4.737 for 15 hours according to a table of tuition and fees for two semesters from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. The Pell Grant was $700 less than tuition that year. Covington said,
Ten years ago, tuition and fees for in-state students were $2,310, while the maximum Pell Grant amounted to $2,470, exceeding the price of
If the family can't contribute anything, the student can receive a maximum grant.
"It truly goes to our neediest students," she said.
The grant doesn't have to be repaid. Covington said February was an important time for students to think about financial aid, as it was declared Financial Aid Awareness Month by Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
March 1 is the application deadline for several other types of financial aid, including the KU Tuition Grant and the Kansas Comprehensive Grant, Covington said.
Rebecca Black, communications director for Dennis Moore, said the House Budget Committee would consider the proposal in the next few weeks.
Covington said a full Pell Grant didn't cover 12 credit hours, but that every increase in federal aid makes school more accessible for students.
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis Jones can be contacted at bjones@kansan.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
Student uses job search class to land television internship
》 ACADEMICS
BY ELIZABETH CATTELL
A class on job search strategies paid off for senior Teresa Lo. The history major is interning at the Late Show with David Letterman this semester.
Lo learned about the internship through her class mailing list the day before applications were due. She said the skills she learned helped her compile her application on short notice.
"The stuff on my resume was good, but the class helped me polish it and it taught us how to write cover letters," Lo said. "If I didn't take that class I don't really think I'd be here in New York."
Lo said the class also taught her interviewing skills, which proved helpful when she was invited to an interview in New York during fall break. She was one of 11 students chosen for the internship.
Lo began her internship Ian. 2 and is earning credits through independent study while in New York.
She reseARCHs Letterman's guests in the CBSS Library to gain information on them for each show. She also picks up items associated with each guest, such as CDs or DVDs.
Lo said her hands on experience lets her see show business from a new perspective.
"I had to go to Marc Jacobs to pick up a T-shirt with Juliane Moore on
it, not the store but where they make designs. I've gotten to see things that are behind all the glamour so it really helps me learn what the industry is really about and what I need to know. Lo said.
Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career Center, taught Lo's job search class. The class, Job Search Strategies for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students, focuses on lifelong job search skills.
Hartley said Lo is one of many students who has secured a competitive internship after taking the class.
"I had one student e-mail me to tell me they got their dream job. She had pursued an internship with Liz Claiborne and now she has a fulltime job for the company designing leather goods." Hartley said. "It's important to know opportunities exist and it's very possible for a lot of students to find success."
Lo said that even though her internship has just begun, she has already gained unique experiences that will help her in the future. She even met Letterman himself.
"I was walking to the copy machine with a huge stack of files and I saw him coming around the corner." Lo said. "He smiled and said 'Hello' and I just said 'Hf' all quiet and walked away. He was really friendly and I was just awkward."
Edited by Joe Caponio
ROSE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
of aggravated arson, and seven counts of aggravated battery.
Bingham's mother, Nancy Bingham, had attended the first week of trial and said she understood Monday's development.
"I want what he's right," Nancy said. "They had new developments, it's only right the defense has time to prepare."
the trial, eight Boardwalk residents had taken the stand, along with witnesses from adjacent buildings and several officials who responded to or investigated the fire.
Evans had built his defense on questions about where in the building the fire had started, as well as the interrogation itself.
Nancy
said she
wanted to
see the trial
hained
thoroughly
and correctly.
She also said
she appreciated
the compassion
she has seen
from everyone, including some of Nicole's friends who came from Colorado for the trial.
"I want what's right. They had new developments, it's only right the defense has time to prepare."
NANCY BINGHAM Victim's mother
He had said Rose was not capable of providing a valid confession due to his mental condition and a childhood of alleged abuse.
The prosecution had focused its case on the victims and witnesses involved in the blaze, as well as the taped interrogation of Rose, who eventually confessed to setting the fire on tape. During
J ud g e
Murphy set
April 30 as the starting date for the new trial.
Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
CRIME
Jury chosen for child-murder trial
BY TERRY KINNEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATAVIA, Ohio - A woman charged with murder in the death of her developmentally disabled foster son sat quietly at the defense table Monday as potential jurors were asked what they knew and thought about the accusations against her.
Prosecutors say Liz Carroll and her husband wrapped 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel in a blanket, bound him with packing tape and left him in a closet last August while they went to a family reunion in Kentucky for the weekend, returning to find the boy dead. She later reported that Marcus went missing from a suburban Cincinnati park.
Ten of the first 30 prospective jurors who were questioned were excused, but only three because they told judge Robert Ringland they had strong opinions about the couple's guilt. Jury selection was set to resume Tuesday afternoon.
Carroll, 30, wore a black pantstu that covered the leg restraints she was ordered to wear. She was brought into the Clermont County courtroom before prospective jurors entered so
they would not notice her hobbled walk.
Her husband, David Carroll Jr. also is charged with murder and is to be tried separately next month. They are each being held in lieu of $10.1 million bail.
Liz Carroll's attorney, Gregory Cohen, has asked that the trial be moved from southwest Ohio. Ringland has not ruled on that motion but could at any time if a jury cannot be seated.
Ringland cautioned prospective jurors to stop reading newspapers, listening to news reports or researching the case on the Internet until the trial ends. He said the trial was likely to take two weeks.
Liz Carroll and David Carroll Jr., 29, have pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges including kidnapping and child endangerment. David Carroll, who is accused of burning the boy's body and dumping the remains in the Ohio River, also is charged with gross abuse of a corpse.
Liz Carroll acknowledged in grand jury testimony days after the child was reported missing that he had been left in the closet and died, but she said she had no intention of hurting him.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
Student Senate
The Student Senate is looking to fill the following emps seats:
1 Engineering
4 Graduate
2 Non-Traditional
If you are interested in filling one of these open spots, pick up an application
in the
Student Senate office, Room 110
Kansas Union
If you have any questions contact
Andrew Payne
apayne@ku.edu
Sexuality Education Committee Presents:
Human Sexuality in Everyday Life With Dr. Dennis Dailey KU Professor of Social Welfare
February 13th, 2007
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2007 KU Jewish Film Series
All films are FREE
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February 6 - FREE ZONE
7:30PM - Audiolounit Auditorium - Kansas Union
Natalia Portman stars as a woman who hurts her bailiff
Ramona and wides up in Jordans' Frozen Zone. Co-appearances
include *Pirates of the Caribbean*.
When Do We Eat?
Sponsored by the Earl J. and Leona K. Trainin Special Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
February 13 - NOBODY'S BUSINESS
7:30PM - Woodruff Auditorium - Kansas State
Filmmaker Alan Berliner explores the details of his father's life, which his father is reluctant to share. Mr. Berliner will speak after the screening. Co-Sponsored with the department of
Presented by:
Double Feature. See two movies on the history and experience of Jews in the American South.
February 20 - WHEN DO WE EAT?
7:30PM - Alderson Auditorium - Kansas Union
Sex, Drugs and Matzah Bowl Soup. A family Passover Kiddo activity after the father gets a new perspective on the Nagadh. Professor Gail Bial w speak after the Nagadh.
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Smith Hall RM 100 Tuesdays at 8:00 pm February 13, 20, 27
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