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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2007
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student senate election
A new student coalition joins the race for the student senate this semester.
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The left side of the infield will have familiar names but different faces this season.
men's basketball
Brandon Rush was named to the Wooden Midseason All-America team Tuesday.
Both young and old feel the affects of age discrimination known as ageism according to a recent study by KU professors.
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ACCIDENT
Student dies in rollover wreck
BY ERICK R. SCHMIDT
A 23-year-old KU student was killed in a rollover accident that injured one other man south of Lawrence Tuesday morning.
and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Kyle Almeida, Warrenburg, Mo., senior, was driving a 1997 Ford Taurus on East 1600 Road around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday when he lost control of the vehicle. Douglas County deputies reported Almeida had been ejected from the vehicle
Tim S. Beggs, of Lawrence, suffered minor injuries and was released at the scene. Beggs was wearing a seat belt.
tecture.
The investigation is still ongoing, but initial information showed that the vehicle was traveling south and rolled multiple times before coming to rest in a ditch.
Almedia was majoring in archi-
Almeida graduated from Warrensburg High School in 2002. He attended Baker University before transferring to KU in 2004.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway made a statement following the announcement of the accident.
"On behalf of the entire KU community, I want to express profound sorrow at the tragic death of Kyle Almeida," Hemenway said in the statement. "I offer our deepest sympathies to Kyle's family and friends. He will be missed."
Keith Diaz Moore, chairman and associate professor of architecture, also released a statement Tuesday.
"His optimistic, easy-going style let Kyle play an important social role in his cohort, which makes this loss particularly devastating." Diaz said in a statement. "Architectural education demands many hours spent in our small studio classes, and this leads to a lasting social, almost
familial bond among students and faculty. For those of us that knew Kyle under those circumstances, our hope is that we shall learn from his sweet and gentle nature and his ever present smile. He will be sorely missed."
Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.
— Edited by Ryan Schneider
ENVIRONMENT
Illustration by Grant Snider
University receives passing grade
BY NATHAN GILL
A recent study by the Sustainable Endowment Institute gave the University of Kansas a C- on campus greening practices and endowment policies.
The institute's College Sustainability Report Card, published Jan. 24, graded 100 universities according to campus and investment related sustainability practices. Mark Orlowski, executive director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, said sus-
involve means using environmental and financial resources efficiently.
Campus sustainability traits included administrative commitment to environmental policies, green building and energy use. Investment traits included endowment transparency and investment priorities.
"The university is created to serve the common good and educate people," Orlowski said. Part of that is looking out for the environmental good, he said.
In the report's three financial categories, the University received two failing grades, one for not revealing the location of its endowment holdings and one for not making statements about shareholder decisions public.
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University opens sustainability center
BY DANAE DESHAZER
After the work of a nine-person sustainability task force, the first University of Kansas Center for Sustainability opened Tuesday afternoon with an office in Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
Stacey White, director of academic programs at the center, said the center would sponsor externally funded research, student-based research projects, new service learning courses, and student ambassadors to work with other student organizations to increase awareness. The minimal funding for the center comes from the student tuition enhancement
White said sustainability was develop
ment that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations.
In Fall 2004, the sustainability task force began researching the potential of an area for external research and project implementation that focuses on producing a more sustainable campus.
Jeff Severin, director of the center, said the administration was interested in making the University more environmentally responsible. There was also a student proposal for an environmental center. These two issues combined created the idea of the center and its goals.
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Independent study to test feasibility of water recycling
BY BRIAN LEWIS-JONES
A group of students hopes to help the University of Kansas conserve water and save money.
Studie Red Corn, Shawnee junior, created a new independent study with Bryan Young, assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, for students to assess the feasibility of storing runoff water on campus for later irrigation use.
"It's not a lecture class," Red Corn said. "It's actually going out and finding solutions to these things."
The independent study, which attracted
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15 students to its first session, originated from a resolution Red Corn proposed to Student Senate last year.
Student Senate loaned $30,000 for plan development of a runoff water storage system, an amount that must be paid back within 10 years.
The students in the course will focus on a small area of campus to evaluate effectiveness of such a water system, Red Corn said.
"The idea is to let the students lead the way on the course", said Young.
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