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"It wasn't too rough of a deal, but it did change our plans." Reasons said.
Despite the difficulties Heckman and Reasons faced, Clifford said there was still a great need for nurses.
Clifford said that the number of applications to the school had not declined and that applicants were turned down each semester. This year 598 applications were submitted, which was an increase from five years ago when the school received 491 applications. Clifford said the school admitted 120 students last year and would likely admit the same number this year, but the final number has yet to be released.
"In the past students didn't have any trouble finding jobs because each student would receive five to 10 offers." Clifford said. "In this last year that has changed a little bit because of the economy."
She said although experienced nurses were returning to work and hospitals were not opening new units, students were still able to find jobs. It just might not be their first choice.
Clifford also said KU nursing students were well prepared to enter the professional field because in their last semester their
clinical practice course required them to gradually take on a full load of patients. Although this course does not replace the orientation training nurses receive in the first few months on the job, it shows students how the particular unit functions. Clifford said orientation was different for each hospital and therefore could not be replaced.
Katie Morrissey, a senior from Overland Park, is "freaking out" about finding a job after May graduation. When she began at the nursing school, she heard nurses were in high demand everywhere.
Morrissie wants to work in a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and said she had a better shot than most because she was doing her clinicals at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Morrissey said she was glad she was getting experience in the area of her top interest because NICU was a competitive specialty unit.
"It is definitely a lot different than everyone says it's going to be," Morrissey said.
Registered nursing is listed at number five of 50 jobs with the most openings by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Not everyone in Student Senate is laughing, though.
Eric Foss, a law senator from Overland Park, said he viewed Cox's bill as merely entertainment that gives a disrespectful image of Student Senate.
"It makes Senate look like a joke, makes it look like we really don't take our jobs seriously, which is the furthest thing from the truth," he said.
In an effort to appeal to his opposition, Cox will re-write the bill as a resolution, which would still declare Colbert as president in name without actually legislating it into rulebooks.
"Senate's about having fun, being about the students, and doing things for the students." Cox said.
"I'm just doing something a little more unorthodox that's still for the students and benefits them."
Mason Heilman, student body president and a senior from Lawrence, said the resolution was a good way for senators to step back from the seriousness of Student Senate and have some fun.
"I think sometimes people get too caught up in Student Senate," he said. "As long as it's not taking up too much time or distracting too much from our other work, I'm all for it."
The full Senate will vote on the resolution at 6:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
— Edited by Katie Blankenau
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I definitely made a lot of friends from customers."
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Horton said she thought the customers would miss The Casaball Jamaican-style turnovers, called patties, the most, if the cafe closed. She said the patries were similar to an empanada, but with a whole-wheat crust filled with tofu, vegetables and beans. She said the dish had always been very popular with the customers.
Tim Bartlett, a senior from Topeka, said he was annoyed that the Casbah Market could be closing.
Millstein said if the Casbah Market closes, she'd like to find some way to continue Nice Café or at least to sell the natties.
"I think that the services that they provided created a great local atmosphere about Mass Street that a lot of other stores can't provide," Bartlett said.
The Casbah Market also houses Wonder Fair art gallery, which is under different ownership. Millstein said it would remain open, but probably move to a different location on Massachusetts Street if the Casbah Market closed.
Wild and Wooly at Jackpot Music Hall
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KJHK's Farmer's Ball 2019 winner Katty Conroy and the Wild and Wooly perform at the Jackpot Music Hall. The show was taped for Channel 6's local music showcase, The Turnip.
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Bus rider throws snowball at driver
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania woman faces a hearing on charges that she hit a transit bus driver in the head
with a snowball because he wouldn't let her board with an expired bus pass. Lateia Jefferson, 20, was accused of cursing at the Cambria County Transit Authority driver and hitting him with the snowball on Jan. 20.
charges of disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest was set for March 4 before a district judge in Johnstown.
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