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Dorm Days
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Food, friends and fun -- and etiquette -- were on the minds of Kansas University students at Oliver Residence Hall the final week of classes for the spring semester. With nine floors and approximately 600 students at Oliver Hall, many students capitalized on opportunities to socialize.

Web site helps prevent ID theft
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Kansas University officials announced in April that a computer hacker might have gained access to personal information on thousands of KU students, faculty and staff members. Officials still don't know who did it. They're cautious of giving details of what they're doing to fix the problem. And there's little chance students will ever hear KU announce it's hacker-proof.

College is all about intellectual expedition
Saturday, August 14, 2004
As a senior at Kansas University, I have never changed my major. Instead, I've just kept adding. I came to KU as a decided chemistry major, but I eventually piled on a journalism major and a French minor.

Volunteers escort students through campus late at night
Saturday, August 14, 2004
When darkness falls, students concerned about safety are JayWalking. JayWalk, a service provided by Kansas University's Student Senate, began in October 2003 and has volunteers available to escort people walking alone at night on campus.

Students should learn to expand their limits
Saturday, August 14, 2004
In 2005, I will be graduating as a 23-year-old fifth-year college architecture student. Wow. Just thinking about that makes me realize life goes even faster than the saying leads you to believe. It feels like such a cliché until you're at your last year in college.

Get involved, have fun
Saturday, August 14, 2004
I love to talk about Kansas University. I know about its history, alums, campus, people, classes and activities. I am proud to be a Jayhawk and show my school spirit daily, whether on the 27 KU T-shirts I have accumulated or in the fact I won't shut up about my classes.

Residence halls adjust to meet electronic needs
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Curtis Sample chuckles as he leans back on a comfortable couch and watches his roommates play Super Tecmo Bowl on their big-screen television. The Belmont Stakes is playing on a smaller television next to the large one, and a baseball game is playing on a third TV. The fourth television is turned off -- for now.

Laundry kit tips
Saturday, August 14, 2004
If you're on your own for the first time, here's a laundry kit you can put together ahead of time to make doing your laundry hassle free:

Underage drinkers subject to disciplinary action
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Want a beer? You'd better be 21. In Kansas, it's the law. And don't try to drink it on the Kansas University campus. On campus it doesn't matter how old you are; the general rule is selling and drinking alcoholic beverages is forbidden.

Being active in community beneficial to all
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Welcome to Kansas University, and just as importantly, welcome to Lawrence, the city that will be your home the next four years. You may still feel attached to your hometown and perhaps just see Lawrence as the place where you go to school. With this mentality, you will appreciate only the bare minimum of Lawrence -- the restaurants, the grocery stores and the shopping areas.

Doctor encourages students to receive meningitis vaccine
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Do the meningitis math. In the United States, the disease strikes about 2,500 people annually, including 100 to 125 college students. Every year, between 250 and 300 people die of bacterial meningitis. Of these, five to 15 are college students.

Establishing services in Lawrence
Saturday, August 14, 2004

Preventive maintenance essential
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Living away from home can be intimidating for freshmen, especially when their car breaks down for the first time. AAA recommends drivers check their car's oil every time they stop at a gas station and have oil changes every three months or every 3,000 miles.

Tenants should focus on safety, officials stress
Saturday, August 14, 2004
A group of late-night partygoers at a second-floor Lawrence apartment learned a safety lesson the hard way last fall, when an overloaded deck collapsed. Approximately 20 Kansas University students were packed on the deck at the apartment, 925 Ark. Two people were injured.

Officers increase bike patrols
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Bicycles are popular on the Kansas University campus, but not just with their riders. Thieves like them too. Bike thefts more than doubled last year, causing KU to break a consecutive five-year decrease in overall campus crime.