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Athletes' grades better than par last semester
BY KYLE CARTER
The only time Chelsey Pryor ever had to take an exam proctored on the road, she took two in the same weekend after competing in a golf tournament.
Pryor, Washington, Penn., senior, is one of 236 student-athletes who made the honor role last semester, and 37 student-athletes who earned a 4.0 grade point average, a record for the University.
Pryor finished her 36th hole of the day at the tournament in Manhattan soaked and exhausted. She then took a biology test, administered by her academic advisor, Glenn Quick, in the hotel conference room. The next day she took
"It was intense," Pryor said. "I still played pretty well but I don't remember how I did on the exams."
Pryor and her teammates earned the highest team GPA at 3.32. The football team had the lowest GPA at 2.41.
an abnormal psychology exam at the Kansas State University Academic Center after competing.
Quick, an assistant athletics director who oversees academic and career counseling for student athletes, said it's ultimately up to the students to make the commitment to be successful academically.
"It's where your priorities he that determines if you'll be successful," he said.
PaulBuskirk,anassociateathletics
Perkins became athletics director improved the academic resources available to students, Among the changes are four new positions on staff, an increased tutoring budget and
director who is the head of student athlete support services, said changes made in the department since Lew
six credits each semester and 24 each year, as well as meet GPA requirements that range from 1.8
additional space designated for academics in the Anderson Family Strength Center.
"There's no magic in what we do. It all has to do with time and attention."
PAUL BUSKIRK associate athletics director
To be eligible for competition, student-athletes must pass at least
as a freshman to 2.0 as a senior.
ors of college academics. He credits the dedication of students and hard work of tutors for the success.
Buskirk said the number of students on the honor roll this fall was surprising because many freshmen and transfer students struggle to adjust to the rig-
"There's no magic in what we
do," he said. "It all has to do with
time and attention."
At the beginning of each semester, student-athletes meet with a counselor to assess their tutoring needs and their progress toward graduation. Tutors must have at least a 3.5 GPA in the subject they're hired to help with and previous tutoring experience.
Buskirk said the tutors go through training to learn how to present material effectively and aid the student-athletes without doing the work for them.
Pryor said she usually met with a tutor twice a week for an hour and a half each time.
"My biology tutor saved my life," she said. "He taught it in a way I could understand."
Pryor will graduate this spring as a three-time Academic All-American. She said the help given to her by tutors and advisers in the athletics department inspired her to pursue a career in athletic administration.
"I'll never be able to repay them for what they've done," she said. "No my way to do that is to try to help other athletes as much as they've helped me."
Kansan staff writer Kyle Carter can be contacted at kcarter@kansan. com.
— Edited by Darla Slipke
>>> DOMESTIC ABUSE
Bill means tougher penalty
BY JOE HUNT
Lawmakers introduced a bill Jan. 16 to the Senate Judiciary Committee that would create a separate, harsher felony punishment for injuring or killing a pregnant woman.
Currently, murdering a pregnant woman in the state of Kansas would result in normal murder charges.
Rep. Terrie Huntington (R-Mission Hills) and Rep. Judith Loganbill (D-Wichita) support the
"We need to make it very clear that the state of Kansas is not going to tolerate crimes against a woman that wants that baby, that child," Loganbill said.
In a conference call, Thursday, Loganbill emphasized that the bill is meant to protect women and reduce domestic violence.
"I believe it answers the problem we have with domestic violence against women, women who are beaten and murdered because they happen to be pregnant," Loganbill said. "If you are going after a woman that you know is pregnant you ought to do harder time and longer time."
While lawmakers focus on domestic violence, students' opinions of the bill were heavily influenced by thoughts on abortion.
"I think it should be considered," said Emily O'Sullivan, Tulsa junior. "I consider abortion wrong, and its
Ryan Grigsby, Tulsa senior, said he thinks it could be a "back-door move" to make abortion illegal.
kind of the same rules as far as I'm concerned."
"Pregnant mothers shouldn't have special rights compared to anyone else." Grigsby said.
Currently, no date has been set for the Senate Judiciary Committee to make a decision about the bill but if it is approved, it will move to the state legislature.
Kansan staff writer Joe Hunt can be contacted at jhun@kansan. com.
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