Wednesday, June 6, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
From the editor's desk
Readers should look for changes
Summer 2001 Kansan promises altered content and a new look
Every semester, the face of the University Daily Kansan changes.
From management to reporting, and production to advertising,
111 Stauffer-Flint Hall is restored with different people with fresh ideas in new roles. The basic mission and process of the Kansan remain con-
stant, but each staff brings about its own evolution, especially in the summer.
Emily Hughey
Kansan editor
editor@kansan.com
Still, not everyone is aware that the Kansan publishes during summer classes. Every Wednesday in June and July, students can find the Kansan on campus and on the Web.
Although it looks similar, readers should not expect the same publication this summer as in the fall and spring or in summers before. The Kansan will undergo more changes next week than usual.
Some changes already have taken place. By nature, a weekly paper is different than a daily one in that it often covers news after the fact. For example, this issue updates readers on events that happened weeks ago when the Kansan was not publishing. At the same time, it includes news and features that deal with coming events.
The weekly summer Kansan will make the transition from a publication focused on hard news to a paper dominated by news-features. Staff
reporters and contributing reporters will cover stories from their beats, which include multicultural, on-campus, police, sports, administration, general assignment and entertainment and recreation. Because campus sports are inactive during the summer, we instead will have an entertainment section that includes stories, entertainment reviews and a forecast of the week's weather.
Although the Kansan's overall content will be altered—noticeable to some and undetectable to others—the mechanical format of the Kansan will mark the real change.
In keeping with the industry trend, the *Kansan* has opted to move to a smaller page size. The paper will be one inch narrower, a decision that benefits everyone overall. For the *Kansan* as a business, the smaller size is more economical. For readers, the design is easier to handle. For the environment, the cutback in paper size helps to reduce the amount of pulp processed to produce it.
Aside from changes in content and size, the paper's actual design will take new form as well. The Kansan's new look will reflect the cleaner, more professional mission the publication has always embraced. A collaboration among several journalism students, the redesign process included months of research, dozens of drafts and hours of discussion to produce what readers will see next Wednesday.
As always, we welcome readers' feedback regarding Kansan coverage and encourage them to take an active role in their student publication, the University Daily Kansan.
Fear no factor in return to Costa Rica
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"It's just a way to be continually reminded of her presence," Holcombe said.
Although Martin never made it back to walk down the hill with her fellow graduates, she was remembered at commencement.
At one point in his commencement address, Chancellor Robert Hemenway mentioned Martin, and her picture was shown on the screen in Memorial Stadium.
"I though it was very well done," said Stacey Steeple, a May graduate from Stockton who met Martin last year in Costa Rica. "It was an
emotional moment."
Martin's death comes just more than a year after two other young Americans were killed in Costa Rica. TheDetroit News reported that the bodies of Emily Howell, a student from Antioch College, and friend Emily Eagen, were found in March 2000 in a ditch near Puerto Viejo.
However, Shannon Martin's death doesn't have Craig Martin thinking twice about traveling to Golffito.
"What has happened here has no bearing on my feelings about the danger of going there," he said.
He will not be the only representative from the University venturing
What has happened here has no bearing on my feelings about the danger of going there." Craig Martin
to Golfito this summer.
Last week, 11 KU students and three students from other schools began a six-week study abroad session, including three days of orientation. Charles Stansifer, a professor of history who helped found the
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program in Golffite, also will be there for a couple weeks to assist the students, said Gronbeck Tedesco.
After sending a letter to study abroad advisors and participants about what took place last month in Golfto, Gronbeck-Tedesco did not get any cancellations for either the summer or fall sessions. A faculty committee will convene at a later date to review the Costa Rica program, she said.
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