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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 27, 1995
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Parking board may shed light on problem
Daisy Hill and JRP lots could benefit from plan
By Sarah Wiese Kansan staff writer
Walking from the car to the house shouldn't be a scary endeavor.
But that is exactly what some students living in the residence halls on Daisy Hill and in sororities near Joseph R. Pearson Hall are facing on a daily basis, said Kim
Cocks, student body president.
Parking lots in both areas are poorly lighted, leading to concerns for students' safety, Cocks said. Because the lights are in parking lots, the parking department is responsible for improvements.
Don Kearns, director of parking, said that Cocks and student members of the parking board brought the inadequate lighting to his attention.
The parking department had planned to improve lighting in Lot 90, south of Robinson Center. But Cocks said that the
Daisy Hill and JRP lots were more important. Students shouldn't have to be scared to park at their own homes, she said.
"Lots where people live should be more of a priority than other lots," she said. "That's their living environment."
Kearns said that the biggest obstacle to relighting those lots was cost. He said that design and construction management estimates for relighting Daisy Hill were about $345,000. Relighting estimates for Lot 50, east of JRP, were about $140,000.
He said that the parking board was con-
sidinger increasing the price of residence hall permits from $35 to $50 to help pay for the lighting improvements.
James Parker, Lawrence graduate student and parking board member, lives on Daisy Hill and said that students deserved better lighting.
"They're in desperate need of improved lighting," he said. "We're looking for a better lighting system that will increase the safety of residents on the hill."
Cocks said that she hoped the lots' lighting would be improved as soon as possible.
If the permit increase comes to fruition, Kearns said that the relighting on Daisy Hill could begin as early as July. He said that the project probably would be completed in phases.
Kearns said that the parking department was concerned about the student safety. During the last few years, the parking and housing departments have worked together to relight the lots at Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall and the scholarship halls.
Apply if you yen to go abroad
Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
Mary Elizabeth Debicki says now is a good time to ask someone for about $2,000.
Debicki, director of the Office of Study Abroad, said the summer programs were filling up and that KU students should consider making plans now for this summer.
The programs have rolling admissions, she said, which means the study abroad program directors take students on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Applications for summer programs can be picked up at the study abroad office in Lippincott Hall, she said. Once they're turned in, the applications are reviewed by KU faculty who are assigned to direct the different programs.
Directors decide which students are best qualified for programs based on their academic qualifications. A student must maintain a 3.0 grade point average to be considered eligible.
Once a student is selected, then it is time to pay.
"I think a lot of students think studying in another country is really exorbitant." Debicki said.
But it's nice when they do, she said.
The office offers several ways to help finance a trip abroad if students can't pay the entire cost up front.
One way is for students to
Law students to plead their case at mock court competition
acquire loans for the trip through banks or the University. Debicki said the office worked with students to make sure they would be able to repay the loans.
Another way to finance studying abroad is for the student to work out a payment plan with the office. Debicki said it offered interest-free payment plans for up to six months.
There are also scholarships. She said that each year her office received $36,300 from the Chancellor's discretionary fund to offer as scholarships to students.
Amy Drussel, Garden City senior, studied abroad in France during the summer of 1994. She said the trip cost about $3,000, including room and board, travel expenses and food.
She said that she applied for the trip during the fall of 1993 and that she was accepted within the first few weeks of the following spring semester. After that, she started paying.
Drussel said she paid for the trip with her own money at three different times during the semester. The trip was paid off before she left.
Debicki said those students interested in study abroad for the summer should apply as soon as possible — it could be their last chance.
"Students get to their senior year and ask, 'Why didn't they ever tell me about this before?'" Debicki said.
By Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
Summer study abroad programs and prices
Three University of Kansas law students are going to New York City in January to pretend to be lawyers
— something they take quite seriously.
"What we're doing is arguing to the Supreme Court of the United States," said Elizabeth Hodgkins,
All prices are estimates by the office of study abroad and are subject to change.
Florianópolis, Brazil — $3,000
Paris, France — $3,200
Eutin, Germany — $2,950
Holzkirchen, Germany — $2,950
Floreance, Italy — $2,364 for one month; $3,71.4 for two months
Hiratsuka, Japan — $2,000
Guadalajara, Mexico — $2,000
Barcelona, Spain — $3,100
Crakow, Poland — $1,500
St. Petersburg, Russia — $3,800
Paris, France (architecture study)
— $4,000
Tuscany, Italy (architecture study)
— $1,850
Siena, Italy (architecture study)
— $2,000
Italian architecture survey in major cities — $3,150
Rome, Italy — $2,400
Pharmacy students drilled on drugs
English literature and art survey in major cities — $3,200
Cambridge, England — $2,750
London School of Economics —
$2,550
Counseling contest ends tomorrow
By Kristie Blasi Special to the Kansan
What happens if you forget to take your medication or start feeling bad after you take it?
Students from the School of Pharmacy answered questions such as these and gave their patients information about prescribed medications during the Patient Counseling Competition for Pharmacy Students sponsored by the Academy of Students of Pharmacy (ASP) The first round of competition was Nov. 15-17, and the final round will be tomorrow afternoon.
The preliminary competition was open to all students in the School of Pharmacy, said Jeri Slas, Wichita fifth-year pharmacy student and coordinator of the competition for ASP.
The top 10 finalists in the competition will receive reference books from United States Pharmacopoea Dispensing Information. The top three finishers in the final round receive a stipend, and the winner receives an expense-paid trip to the national competition in Nashville in March. More than 75 pharmacy schools will be represented.
names of the five potential medications prior to the competition in order to research the drugs. After drawing their medication, the contestant had five minutes for research before the actual counseling began.
A graduate student or a pharmacist poses as the patient for both rounds of the competition. Lew Enns, Lawrence pharmacist, won the competition last year and served as a patient this year.
Competitors were given the
"We try to maintain consistency for each participant," Enns said. "It is hard to do."
"The criteria for the final round is more in-depth with 12 criteria specifically judged," said Cathy Thrasher, Watkins Memorial Health Center pharmacist and ASP adviser.
The counseling sessions are videotaped and reviewed by a panel of three pharmacists. The scores from each judge are then averaged to determine the winner. The criteria for judging the competition is separated into two divisions: communication skills and professional competency.
Aaron Draper, Topeka thirdyear pharmacy student, said the competition was harder than he thought it would be.
"I didn't really research before because I could look it up anyway," he said.
And the finalists are...
— sponsored by the Academy of Students of Pharmacy —
The names of the 10 finalists in the Patient Counseling Competition for Pharmacy Students
sponsored by the Acad. of Students of Pharmacy were released yesterday.
were released yesterday.
were released yesterday.
They were:
Janelle Basgall, Lawrence
Holdings university student
Jamie Bassagl, Lawrence third-year pharmacy student
Annette Bollig, Prairie Village
third-year pharmacy student Ashish Dhingra, Lawrence
Annette Boling, Prairie village third-year pharmacy student
Ashish Dhingra, Lawrence fourth-year pharmacy student
Tyler Hartmann, Lawrence third-year pharmacy student
Jane Henry, Olathe fourthyear pharmacy student
yeal pharmacy student
Mohsen Kalaie, Lawrence fourth-year pharmacy student
Marrianne Lentz, Lawrence Fifth grade teacher student
Moot court is a legal process that
Jean Purdy, Hays fourth-year pharmacy student
Scott Ravis, Leawood fourth-ear pharmacy student
Rose Uy, Coffeyville fifth-year pharmacy student. The students will compete
The students will compete tomorrow afternoon in the final round, which will be held at Malott Hall.
member of KU's moot court team.
Denise Howard, Russel Laws and Hodgkins will represent the KU law school in a national moot court competition. Students from law schools across the country will participate in the event.
The team was chosen after winning in regional competition Nov. 17-18 at the University of Nebraska.
imitates the appellate process to the Supreme Court. Students write legal briefs and present oral arguments to a mock court. Issues for debate are developed by judges and law professors.
"It's the first time in several years KU has gone this far," said Steve McAllister, associate professor of law and adviser to the clubs. KU won the national competition in 1984.
The road to legal victory begins in the classroom, McAllister said. Law students in McAllister's Moot Court Competition Law 975 class form teams for an in-house competition during the spring semester. These students are usually judged by a federal or state judge, but next semester, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will preside, McAllister said.
After winning the in-house competition, students compete in regionals against schools from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. The winners will compete against 28 of the best teams in the nation.
“It’s tons and tons and tons of work,” said Hodgkins, who said her team had worked several hundred hours to prepare the 50-page legal brief. “It kept me off the streets.”
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