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University Daily Kansan
Page 0913 from reel: NP 10602 (2003-12-01 to 2004-03-31)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/88640

Title: Deceased's Name Released
Summary: The Douglas County Sheriff's Office released the name of Devin Scott Emery, a 20-year-old Wichita resident who was killed in a hit-and-run accident near the KU campus. The article details the investigation and statements from university officials.
Category: local news
Subjects: traffic accidents; hit-and-run incidents; law enforcement; student safety
Named Entities: Emery, Devin Scott [victim]; Johnson, Richard [dean of students]; Watson, Jason [Sigma Nu president]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Coca-Cola Pays to Stay
Summary: The University of Kansas maintains its exclusive contract with Coca-Cola, making the company the sole distributor of drinks on campus. The 1997 contract is worth approximately $21 million to the university over ten years.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university contracts; campus vending; corporate partnerships; financial agreements
Named Entities: Knox, Ron [staff writer]; Klinkenberg, Theresa [chief financial officer]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: School of Pharmacy Fills Dean Position
Summary: The School of Pharmacy has appointed Kenneth Audus as its new dean, succeeding Jack Fincham who resigned last summer. Audus comes from the University of Georgia and has been with KU for over 20 years.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic appointments; university administration; pharmacy education
Named Entities: Cady, Patrick [staff writer]; Audus, Kenneth [new dean]; Fincham, Jack [previous dean]; Michaelis, Mary [committee member]; Raya, Nicolette [student panel member]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Event Commemorates Brown
Summary: An event commemorating the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision featured Joseph DeLaine, whose father was involved in the earlier Briggs v. Elliott case that helped pave the way for the landmark Supreme Court decision.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: civil rights; historical events; Supreme Court cases; educational history
Named Entities: Krafft, Jodie [staff writer]; DeLaine, Joseph [speaker]; Briggs, Harry [plaintiff in Briggs v. Elliott]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Football Missionary
Summary: University of Kansas junior linebacker Clark McCracken went on a missionary trip to Haiti in January, where he and 15 others did volunteer work including setting up a women's clinic.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: student athletes; community service; international missions; haiti
Named Entities: McCracken, Clark [student athlete]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Families Considered
Summary: Jeanette Stauffer is in debt because her daughter Shannon Martin was murdered while studying abroad in Costa Rica. A bill in the Legislature could prevent this from happening to other families of victims.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: crime victims; legislation; international education; costa rica
Named Entities: Stauffer, Jeanette [mother]; Martin, Shannon [victim]
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Weather Today
Summary: Today's weather: 47°/31° with light rain continuing. Two-day forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tomorrow with temperatures of 59°/36° and warm weather coming on Thursday with temperatures of 62°/33°.
Category: informational content
Subjects: weather forecasts; temperature; precipitation
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Talk to Us
Summary: Contact information for the Kansan newspaper, including phone numbers and email addresses for Michelle Rombeck and Andrew Vaupel.
Category: informational content
Subjects: newspaper contact information; editorial staff
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Index
Summary: Index of newspaper sections showing page numbers: Briefs (2A), Opinion (4A), Sports (1B), Sports briefs (2B), Horoscopes (3B), Comic (3B).
Category: informational content
Subjects: newspaper sections; page numbers
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Bracket Predictions
Summary: Information about March Madness and students filling out brackets with predictions of who will win. The Kansan's two cents on the tournament can be found on PAGE 1B.
Category: informational content
Subjects: March Madness; college basketball; tournament predictions
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Grass-Roots Campout
Summary: A student group advocating abortion rights will camp on Wescoe Beach until Thursday. The KU chapter of Choice USA is trying to raise awareness and money for the march on the Capitol in late April.
Category: informational content
Subjects: abortion rights; student activism; political demonstrations
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Coca-Cola
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [comic strips]
Category: comic strips
Confidence: 0.9

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