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Wednesday, November 20,1996
Student writes college guide
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Richard Newman, Wichita graduate student, wrote How To Succeed in College: What Every Student Needs to Know. The book is being translated into Korean and Thai.
Book to be published in Thailand, Korea
By Jennifer Yeoman Special to the Kansan
Publishers in Thailand and Korea soon will release a guide to succeeding at college in America. And the guide originated at the University of Kansas.
Richard Newman, Wichita graduate student recently published The Complete Guide to College Success: What Every Student Needs to Know, which came out at the beginning of this year. In addition to the translations in Korean and Thai, deals also are in progress for Japanese, French and Chinese translations.
"Thousands of foreign students come to America to get their education," Newman said. "It's exciting to be able to provide a unique resource for these students."
The book was published by New York University Press as its featured book of 1995-1996. It was featured above Dr. Ruth Westheimer's Heavenly Sex.
The book is a comprehensive guide to college life, covering topics from relationships to acing exams. Because the book was written by a college student, it takes a different approach from the usual how-to guides. Newman draws on the experiences of college students across the nation.
Quoting students from across the nation to provide a picture of college life in the '90s is like cultural wallpaper. Newman said.
The idea for the book began as Newman searched for a guide to suit his needs during his freshman year. Newman's undergraduate major was business.
"When I first came to KU, I remember thumbing through some college guides in the bookstore, but they all focused on study skills and were directed toward only freshman," Newman said. "None of them interested me, so I set out to write a book with a little more appeal."
Newman spent two years researching his first project. He visited 36 U.S. universities and colleges, talking to students and gathering quotes.
"I've literally interviewed hundreds of students," Newman said. "It didn't matter if it was at an Ivy League school or at a community college. By the time I rolled out the first draft, I knew I was onto something that could be useful for any student at any college."
Molly McFerson, Derby junior, said that when she first came to the University, she had concerns about how college would differ from high school. She said that she could not find a guide book that suited her.
"Eventually, I just bought the cheapest guide there was," McFerson said. "And since then it has been gathering dust. When Newman's book came
out, my parents gave it to me as a gift. I love it. I refer to it often."
Lisa Eitner, buyer at Mt. Oread Bookshop, said the book was doing well.
The book costs $15.95, and the bookstore has sold 8 of the 20 copies Eitner had ordered.
"I have often recommended the book to students," Eitner said. "It's a good, solid addition to our selection of resources, and because it's from Kansas, it has an edge."
Newman said he has been working on a new book dealing with dating, relationships and sex.
Newman also has traveled around the country publicizing his first work. He has given lectures, signed copies of his book and been a guest on a radio talk show in Lebanon, N.H.
Janine Weins, host of the talk show and owner of Your Idea Bookstore, said she was excited about Newman's book. In fact, she featured the book on her web site.
"I think that this is the best book of its kind on the market," Weins said. "In fact, I think that this is a book that can help not only college students, but it can help all people lead their lives."
Rolling Stone wants white mustaches
Bv Jeff Ruby
Kansan staff writer
Milk: It does a body good. Now it could make your face famous.
Rolling Stone and the "Milk, Where's your mustache?" advertising campaign are sponsoring a photo contest to encourage milk drinking among college students.
Contestants are asked to send a photo of themselves or someone they know sporting one of those suddenly hp milk mustaches — as seen on celebrities such as Spike Lee, Danny DeVito and Christie Brinkley.
"College students' milk consumption often declines once they leave hpme," said Kurt Graetzer, executive director of the Milk Processors Education Program. "So we're reaching
them through the contest and offering the chance to appear, wearing a milk mustache, in Rolling Stone."
The grand-prize winner gets an all-expense paid vacation for two to Australia and will appear in a milk mustache ad in a future issue of the magazine, said Kevin Olchawa, account executive for the National Fluid Milk Processors Promotion Board, which created the two-year-old "Milk Where's your mustache?" ad campaign.
Olchawa said the College Eating Index survey, done in May, found that three out of four college students drank one or less glasses of milk each day. The National Institute for Health recommends that college-age adults drink three 8-oz. glasses of milk per day to obtain the recommended daily
calcium intake.
Olchawa said the judges would choose a winner based on the look of the photo and the creativity of the entrant's two-sentence caption that explained why they were milk drinkers.
ratt O'Brien, Rolling Stone fashion director, will be a judge for the contest. O'Brien said the contest would reach young adults with an important health message in a fun and creative way.
"They don't specifically say they want a model-type person," he said. "They're looking for people of universal appeal."
Milk consumption is increasing nationally, except among young adults, and the contest hopes to take advantage of milk's success resurgence in Americans' diets, Olchawa said.
The Nov. 28 issue of Rolling Stone featured an ad for the contest.
"All of the celebrities drink milk," he said. "Several celebrities have come to us who don't drink milk, and they've been turned down."
to honor her, Olchawa said the celebrities who have graced the advertisements are militant milk maniacs.
Jamie Berniger, Wheeling, Ill., junior, said that seeing celebrities with milk mustaches did not necessarily make her crave the white stuff.
"I just drink milk on my cereal," she said. "For younger kids, it might make them want to drink milk."
Kansan Correspondent Amy Rush contributed to this story.
Unique mascots paced by Slug
By Erin Rooney
Kansan staff writer
The mythical Jayhawk is a symbol associated with sports and academics at the University of Kansas. The bird, a combination of a blue jay and the sparrow hawk, finds its home on the Hill.
Almost every university in the United States has a nickname and mascot that helps give the school a sense of pride. Some are known simply because they are unique.
"There's a lot of historical significance with the mascot and our nickname," said Dean Buchan, KU sports information director. "The Jayhawk helps reflect our school's traditional background."
The original Jayhawkers had a fierce history, Edward E. Leslie, author of The Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill, said that one reason Quantrill raided Lawrence was because during the 1860s, Kansans against slavery, called Jayhawkers, came into Missouri and plundered and killed many people.
A not-so-turbulent mascot, but one that is just as popular, is the University of Santa Cruz's Banana Slug.
In 1992, the National Directory of College Athletics ranked the Banana Slug the No. 1 mascot. A mollusk found in the campus's redwood forest, the Banana Slug
gained national attention when John Travolta wore it on a T-shirt in the movie *Pulp Fiction*.
"I like the Santa Cruz Banana Slugs," said Isaac Ropp, Salina senior. "If I was at a game, I could call my team a bunch of slugs and get away with it."
Other universities that have unique mascots:
The Artichokes of Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Hoakies of Virginia Tech.
University Phloxville, VA.
The Nads of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
The Healing of Virginia Tech
The Ragin' Cajuns of the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La.
The Hardrockers of the South Dakota School of the Mines and Technology, Rapid City, S.D.
The Green Wave of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
The Blue Hue of Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C.
The Gortlocks of Webster University. St. Louis, Mo.
The Hustling Quakers of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind.
The Stormy Petrel's of Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga
The Anteaters of the University of California Irvine, Irvine, Calif.
The Wonderboys of Arkansas
Tech University, Russellville, Ark.
Book hawks pointers on credit management
By Bradley Brooks Kansan staff writer
Being bombarded by credit card companies trying to win potential customers with free Snickers and T-Shirts is a daily encounter for KU students walking across campus. Many sign up for those cards on the spot and often end up with a free frisbee and a bad credit rating to show for it.
"Companies are on campus every year hawking cards," said Will Spann, a Lawrence resident who has written Understanding Your Credit Cards, a book that offers guidelines to credit card use. "Nobody teaches students how to use credit cards, and that's what my book is all about."
Spann's book, which was published in March by The Black Diamonds Company, is available in the Kansas Union Bookstore for $15.
"My book tries to keep students from getting in over their heads," Spann said. "Most people's credit cards are getting more out of them than they are getting out of the cards."
Basically, Spann's book couples common sense and basic facts to help people control their credit cards.
"It explains the fundamentals of how credit cards work and the different strategies for getting the most out of them." Spann said.
First, a student looking for his or
Many credit cards will offer students a low, six-month interest rate on their cards. Once those six months are up and a higher rate is assigned, all that needs to be done is to simply transfer the balance of that card to another card that will offer you another low, introductory rate, Spann said.
"That allows more of your payment to help pay off your balance, and not just the interest," Spann said.
Wendy Reese, St. Louis, Mo., senior, said that she had signed-up for a credit card to get special incentives but that she was careful about using them.
"I do that at department stores to get discounts, but as soon as I get the card. I tear it up," she said.
"You've got to organize yourself. You need to check your statements for mistakes and keep a file with all those statements in it," he said.
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Once that low-interest, no-yearnail fee is acquired, Spann said, there are some basic steps to avoid acquiring a bad credit rating.
"No credit card user should use one that doesn't offer incentives, like cash back. There is so much competitiveness between companies that you can always find a card with something to offer." Spann said.
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