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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY JULY 11,2001
ISSUE 141 VOLUME 111
New option to quicken financial aid process
Students can avoid waiting in long lines through direct deposits
By Mark Hansen
Kansan staff writer
A direct deposit option should alleviate long lines for financial aid checks in the fall semester.
Students who receive financial aid refunds, which can come from excess scholarship and grant money or loans, can deposit their checks through electronic fund transfer this fall semester. The Bursar's Office will deposit refund checks to any bank account.
Refund checks that are not directly deposited will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. August 21 and 22 at the Kansas Union and starting August 23 at Carruth-O'Leavy Hall in Room 20.
There is no cost for the direct deposit, and students only need to sign up once to receive future loans by direct deposit.
Johnson said the office provides financial aid for more than 14,000 students each year.
Electronic fund transfer will be available throughout the academic year.
Diane Goddard, comptroller, said an e-mail had been sent to students and a notice was put in bills. Students also were given notices at new student orientation.
Goddard said the program should alleviate the hassles of long lines and check cashing. However, students who have a Parent Plus loan, which designates a certain portion to their parents, cannot use direct deposit.
Kathy Graham, St. Louis senior, said she was not planning to use the direct deposit option because she had never had a problem with long lines. She said she always waited until after the rush to pick up her refund check.
Download the form:
http://www.comptroller.ukans.ed
u/General_Accounting_Uit/General_Accounting_Uit_Forms/EF
TAuthorization-Revised.doc.
Link to the following Web address to download the form required for Electronic Funds Transfer:
KU worker dies in crash
Employee leaves legacy of longevity,service to the University,family
By Brandy Straw
Kansan staff writer
Randy Russell, landscape supervisor for Facilities Operations, died Sunday afternoon from injuries incurred in a two-car accident.
Russell worked for the University of Kansas since he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1981. In April, he received a 20-year pin in honor of his
years of work for the University. He was 38 years old.
"He was a very conscientious and a very loving person," said Wayne Reusch, Russell's supervisor at Facilities Operations. "He had the University in mind all the time."
Reusch said Russell was a family man who was involved in Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts for his sons Jason, Bradley and Joshua. He also said Russell was involved with his church, the Indian Hills Church of God.
Reusch said Russell would be missed. A Kansas Highway Patrol report said
the two-car accident happened on Ferguson Road about 7 miles north of U.S. Highway 24 in Jefferson County on Sunday. Russell was driving his minivan when a truck driven by Judy Knapp, Tonganoxie resident, veered left of the center line and stuck Russell's minivan
His wife, Jeannie Russell, was injured in the crash and was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka. A hospital representative said she was treated and released.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in a statement that he wanted to extend his deepest sympathy to the friends and
family of Russell.
"Our hearts go out to Jeannie, his wife, who is an employee of Student Housing, and to his children," Hemenway said.
Kip Grosshans, associate director of the Student Housing Department, said memorial arrangements were still pending, but he said the department would take part once arrangements were finalized.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Indian Hills Church of God, Louisiana and 29th Terrace.
KU challenges Haskell transfers
The shift from Haskell to KU is a plan Michael Begay has envisioned ever since he watched his sister walk down the Campanile. Both universities are striving to make the transition either way less daunting and more viable to students. Begay is pictured above at Haskell Indian Nations University yesterday.
By Dawn North Kansan staff writer
Ever since Michael Begay came to Haskell two years ago, he had his eye on "the hill."
While visiting his sister as she prepared to graduate from the University of Kansas, he noticed photos on the walls of the geology department. They showed KU graduates making their way down Campanile hill in caps and gowns, and at that moment, he knew.
"I want all of my family to see me walk down that hill," he said to himself.
THAD ALLENDEWKANSAN
Begay wanted to receive his associate's degree from Haskell Indian Nations University. Pride resonated as he talked about Haskell alumni and wanting to join their ranks. Begay did that in May when he earned his two-year associate's degree. He will transfer to the KU campus this fall and will work on his undergraduate degree in computer science.
A move across town is usually not a life-changing event. But for Michael Begay and, Dianne Yeahquo Reyner it will be just that. They are two of the 15 to 20 Haskell graduates who will transfer to the University for the fall semester.
They will join the Native-American student population of about 225, a small group compared to population of about 26,000 other students.
The University is striving to cut down barriers for Haskell transfer students by improving existing programs and developing new ones to make the transition smoother.
However, the 1.7-mile drive from Haskell in southeast Lawrence to the University can be like traveling to another country.
"When you step off the Haskell campus to Massachusetts Street, it's a different scenery." Begay said.
The shift from a campus of about
850 Native Americans to a predominantly white student body 30 times that size will bring a new set of challenges for these students.
"At Haskell, it's comfortable. We can just be ourselves," Yeahquo Reyner said. "But that same comfort won't be there at KU." She said Haskell had an incredible support system. At the University, she and other transfer students will have to learn to make the cultural adjustments every day.
Despite different surroundings,
Begay is looking forward to meeting new people. The 28-year-old Navajo grew up on a reservation in Crown Point, N.M., and is proud of the deep roots he has in his culture.
Dianne Yeahquo Reyner, too, is looking forward to her time at the University.
She completed her bachelor's degree in American Indian Studies from Haskell in the spring and will be entering KU's Indigenous Nations Studies Program this fall. In addition
to her studies, Yeahquo Reyner wants to work with University Theatre.
History
Haskell began as "The United States Indian Industrial Training School" on Sept. 1, 1884. It was founded by the U.S. government as a training school for Indian children. Assimilation to the white culture was the goal, as students donned uniforms, put on shoes and cut their hair.
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NCAA swim teams trv to survive the storm
KYLE RAMSEY/KANSAN
Men's swimming teams confront the harsh reality of money-making NCAA
By Michael Bieke Special to the Kansan
Two weeks ago, Doug Dickinson left Allen Fieldhouse for the final time. He no longer has a job at the University of Kansas.
One of the people who brought an end to Dickinson's program, Bob Frederick, former athletics director, also left his post June 30.
All over the country, college athletics department expenses continue to rise. As the money runs low, men's swimming has become the pri
Dickinson used to be the head men's swimming coach. until the program was cut from under him in March.
mary target for cutbacks. Frederick and other athletics directors with similar problems say increased operating costs and higher travel expenses have led to the slow death of swimming.
"We considered no longer sanctioning men's swimming in the Big 12 because there are only three teams left in the conference," said Bo Carter, Big 12 media relations director. "It was saved primarily because we have the defending national champions."
INSIDETODAY
Although the Texas Longhorns won their second consecutive national title earlier this year, the reprieve may not last for long. The Big 12 is discussing dropping men's swimming as a sanctioned sport.
Out of the Pool
men's volleyball teams on the court. Of the sports that still have significant participation nationally, which involves those in which 50 or more teams compete, men's swimming has joined the ranks of the smallest.
Some Division I minor sports already are effectively dead. 21 men's gymnastics programs remain, and NCAA Division I schools put 22
Only lacrosse, ice hockey and wrestling send fewer teams onto the field, ice or mat. In contrast, 321 universities support a basketball team.
"Swimming is the next sport to go," Dickinson said. "And I don't know that anything can be done to reverse that. If I knew, I'd tell anyone who would listen."
The nation's most severe budget crisis has crunched the Big 12. This spring, three universities cut men's swimming. With Iowa State, Nebraska and Kansas dropping out this year, men's swimming will be the smallest sanctioned sport in the conference.
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COMING IN NEXT WEEK'S KANSAN
ONLINE VOTING: Student Senate looks toward the possibility of online voting in University elections.
REAL DOLLARS: Locals reflect on effects of alternative Lawrence currency.
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