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University Daily Kansan
Page 1339 from reel: NP 8957 (2000-12-01 to 2001-07-25)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/89563

Title: University Makes Credit Cards a New Tuition Payment Option
Summary: The University of Kansas will accept tuition payments by credit card starting with the fall semester, with a 2.25% fee per transaction.
Category: campus news
Subjects: tuition payments; financial services; university administration
Named Entities: Wetzel, Luke [staff writer]; Ackley, Doug [assistant controller]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: KU Approves Class Retake Policy
Summary: Chancellor Robert Hemenway approved a class retake policy allowing students to repeat courses from their first 60 credit hours in which they received D's or F's, effective fall 2001.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic policy; university administration; student services
Named Entities: Straw, Brandy [staff writer]; Hemenway, Robert [chancellor]; Tuttle, Kathryn [director, Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center]; Jenkins, J.D. [recent graduate]; Hirsch, Bud [associate professor of English]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Lawrence Man, 19, Gets Jailtime for Arson, Burglary
Summary: Thomas Cale Jr., a 19-year-old Lawrence man, was sentenced to 15 days in Douglas County jail and two years probation for arson and burglary charges.
Category: local news
Subjects: criminal justice; arson; burglary
Named Entities: Cale, Thomas Jr. [defendant]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Bus Route Changes to Help Travelers, Improve Time
Summary: The Lawrence Transit System will launch its first set of route changes on Monday, August 6, affecting eight routes to provide better service to riders.
Category: local news
Subjects: public transportation; transit system; community services
Named Entities: Miller, Mary [transit system intern]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Accomplice in Murder of KU Grad Gets 15 Years to Life
Summary: Felix Rodriguez, convicted as an accomplice in the 1999 stabbing death of KU graduate Amy Watkins, received a 15-year to life prison sentence.
Category: local news
Subjects: criminal justice; homicide; university community
Named Entities: Rodriguez, Felix [defendant]; Watkins, Amy [victim]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Two Teen-Agers Witness Man Masturbating at Hobby Lobby
Summary: Two 16-year-old girls witnessed a man masturbating at Hobby Lobby on Monday afternoon, leading to police involvement.
Category: local news
Subjects: crime; public safety; community incidents
Named Entities: Carter, Julie [reporter]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Children's Political Web Site Overtaken by Pornography
Summary: The sponsors of an Internet site designed to encourage young people to participate in politics were forced to shut down the site due to pornography links.
Category: local news
Subjects: internet safety; children's websites; political websites
Named Entities: Thornburgh, Ron [Secretary of State]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: El Dorado, Augusta Experience Small Earthquake, No Damage
Summary: A small earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale shook El Dorado and Augusta but caused no injuries or damage.
Category: local news
Subjects: earthquakes; geology; natural disasters
Named Entities: Buchanan, Rex [associate director, Kansas Geological Survey]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: China Sentences U.S. Scholars Without Waiting for Powell
Summary: A Chinese court sentenced two U.S. residents to 10 years in prison on charges of spying for Taiwan, despite Secretary of State Colin Powell's upcoming visit.
Category: national news
Subjects: international relations; China; U.S. foreign policy
Named Entities: Powell, Colin [U.S. Secretary of State]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: 2001 Summer Kansan Staff
Summary: Listing of the 2001 Summer Kansan news and ad staff, including editors, reporters, and business managers.
Category: informational content
Subjects: newspaper staff; editorial team; publication information
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Academic Computing Services; Peppertree Apartments and Townhomes; Everything but Ice; Visions
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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