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THE UNIVERSITY JALRY KANSAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
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CRIME
Authorities charge man with vehicular homicide
Douglas County authorities charged 21-year-old Joel Cedric Hernandez Thursday in connection to an Oct. 16 hit-and-run accident, according to booking records with the Douglas County Sheriff's office.
Hernandez, who police identified as a possible suspect on Oct. 23 in the accident that struck 21-year-old Rachel Leek, was charged with vehicular homicide, failure to report an accident and leaving the scene of an injury accident. Leek died as a result of her injuries. Police arrested Hernandez Thursday morning at the Douglas County jail. His bail was set at $5,000.
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FOOD
Theatre popcorn has high fat levels
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ALBANY, N.Y. — Forget the apocalyptic earthquakes and alien abductions on the screen, the real movie horror is the fat-saturated popcorn sold by some theater chains, a nutrition advocacy group claims.
Just one popcorn-and-soda combo can match the calorie- and-saturated-fat count of three McDonald's Quarter Pounders and 12 pats of butter, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest's review of popcorn sold at three national movie chains.
"A lot of people think they're better off at the popcorn counter than at the candy counter, when in fact you're not in good shape if you go to either," said Jayne Hurley, nutritionist for the Washington-based group. "The popcorn has staggering amounts of saturated fats."
Hurley blamed the high saturated fat count on the coconut oil used to pop the corn at theaters run by Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Inc., which have a combined 852 theaters.
Regal and AMC both said they tested healthier alternatives after a similar 1994 analysis by CSPI, but they were unpopular with customers. Both chains said they offer a range of food options, some healthier than others.
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Hilding, now in his 20th year with the dance company, said "Jukebox" was a humorous poke at music and dance forms of the 1940s. It includes dances such as the jitterbug and songs originally recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
"He has a really good way of making it so that every dancer can grasp the movements," said Kendra Brown, Belleville senior and UDC president.
This is the second time Evans has been a guest choreographer for the University. The first was Spring 2008 when he choreographed a modern dance piece called "Celebrations for Elizabeth," which was dedicated to the 100th birthday of his late friend and founder of the University Dance Department, Elizabeth Sherbon.
Hilding said that in "Jukebox," Evans gave each dancer a 1940s personality, such as Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers.
"Bill has a wonderful background in all forms of dance," Hilding said. "He's like a walking
Students in UDC agree his background has helped them develop their dance skills.
history book in a way. It's wonderful thing for students to have"
"For him to have all these experiences and have been so many places and then to come to a place like KU is a really great opportunity for us," said Stephanie Taylor, Lenexa senior and marketing director for UDC. "They're normally pretty hard on us at rehearsal, I mean it's a tough industry — but he really encouraged us to do well and push forward."
In addition to having Evans as a guest this semester, the show is the dance department's first company concert after its split from the music department.
"I think everyone is really excited about this. It's our first performance as our own department," Brown said, "The community and students have been really supportive of the changes this year."
This year, Hilding said there were more dancers than usual, with 30 student dancers and five
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Check out video and photos of the University Dance Company's dress rehearsal Wednesday.
choreographers.
"It's bittersweet," Brown said. "The ability to perform and share your feelings, emotions and passion with the audience is awesome, but all the pieces we've put sweat and hours of work into are almost over."
The show features numerous genres of dance, including boilero, hip-hop, rhumba, flamenco, ballet, modern, jazz and tap.
"I think it will be a really accessible show," Hilding said. "Students and people of all ages will find something entertaining in it."
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Tim Flattery, Onaga senior, and Jen Silvey, Overland Park freshman, perform a ballroom dance as part of the University Dance Company's fall concert. The concert features 'Jukebox by guest choreographer Bill Evans.
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EDUCATION
Poor economy leads to less study abroad
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.
Four times as many students went abroad in the 2007-2008
academic year as 20 years ago, according to a survey of 985 schools released this week by the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit ad voca c y group.
immersed for months in a new culture and often return fluent in a second language and with an appreciation of life outside the United States.
Liz Weaver, 23, a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, is trying to decide whether to enroll in a London
But the economic decline is causing many students to rethink their plans.
"You have to wonder, is it really worth it?"
LIZ WEAVER Law student University of Texas
But nearly 60 percent of the schools and study-abroad groups surveyed in early September by The Forum on Education Abroad report decreased enrollment from a year ago, since the global economic crisis.
program next fall for more than $21,000 for one semester, including tuition, room and board, compared with about $18,000 for similar expenses at Texas for one semester. Then there's the airfare and the
For generations of travel- hungry college students, the semester abroad has become a defining part of undergraduate life, in which students live
higher-interest-rate loans she'd have to rely on to pay for the program, which would saddle her with even more debt.
"You have to wonder, is it really worth it?" she asked.
At many schools, students on abroad programs pay their usual college tuition and are responsible for additional costs, such as airfare and living expenses.
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said programs like Safe Ride and bringing anti-alcohol speakers to campus have not been found to reduce high-risk drinking.
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"Now if you are bringing campus speakers for entertainment, fine by me," Busteed said. "But if you're bringing campus speakers with the idea that's a plan to reduce high-risk drinking on campus, there currently is nothing to support that."
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success and chairwoman of the alcohol task force, said she wanted to get the data to the community to show that more underage students are drinking at bars than at other places.
"When it comes to working with students, it's kind of a fluid environment," Williams said. "It's a trial and error process."
"That might help begin to talk more and more about what can we do to reduce the lack of carding." Roney said. "If we could begin cracking down on that, that could really help us out."
Emily Williams. Overland Park graduate student and member of the alcohol task force, said she thought it was good that an organization looked at the data of the effectiveness of programs.
The University's AlcoholEDU survey this fall also included a section where students could select alcohol-free activities they would be interested in learning more about. The top 10 responses for the University's survey were:
On Wednesday night's "no" vote in the alcohol subcommittee of the
"The professionalism and the thorough way the issues were handled continues to speak very well on all of our students in the process." Roney said. "I don't think it's the end of the conversation, because it's a very important conversation."
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student rights standing committee in Student Senate on a policy that would allow senior staff members in Student Housing easier access to rooms if they suspected alcohol policy violations. Roney said students on both sides of the issue did a good job in laying out their arguments and responding to questions.
1.Movie nights
2.Live music
3.Intramural sports
tournaments
4.Fitness classes
5.Nothing specific—just a
place to hang out
6.Bowling
7.Outdoor adventures
8.Trips to local sporting
events
9.Dance classes
10.Community service
Edited by Samantha Foster