Coming back, again and again Self, Jayhawks receive accolades KU softball pitcher Serena Settlemier will go Brandon Rush became the first freshman player pro after the season after a career of fighting in history to be named to the All-Big 12 first team. through injury. Her four wrist and shoulder sur- Bill Self was named the Big 12 coach of the year, geries have only made her stronger. PAGE 1B his sixth in the past eight years. PAGE 2B THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904 VOL. 116 ISSUE 109 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2006 WWW.KANSAN.COM t KU INFO t SAFETY Service’s Fire injures one The Lawrence return set Fire Department A fire in a chemical hood on West Karr said that by the time crews arrived responds to a Campus gave one woman minor burns on the scene, the fire was mostly put out fire at Swiss- to fill Monday night. by occupants in the building. man Research Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and The charred remains of a broom were Laboratories on Medical responded to an alarm at Smiss- found lying on the sidewalk near the West Campus. info void man Research Laboratories, 2099 Con- main entrance to the Smissman Research The fire, in stant Ave., about 6 p.m. Laboratories. a laboratory BY MELINDA RICKETTS Division Chief Jerry Karr said the fire Karr said he did not know if the broom chemical hood, [email protected] was contained in the laboratory’s chemi- was used to put out the fire. was contained Kansan staff writer cal hoods. The woman, who was in the Karr said investigators from the coun- and one woman building when the fire started, was treat- ty and the KU Public Safety Office were was treated for Callers to KU Info have re- ed for minor burns and released from investigating to determine the cause of minor burns and cently heard only a weekly up- Watkins Memorial Health Center, Karr the fire. released. dated voicemail in response to said. — Mike Mostaffa Megan True/KANSAN their quest for KU-related infor- mation. Relief is in sight though — a new and improved KU Info t SUPREME COURT t ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT is scheduled to launch April 3. As part of a restructuring ef- fort, the service will reopen at a new location with improved on- NCAA line services and a newly hired group of student employees. “We’re working pretty hard to focus on the needs of the students with this new service,” stresses said Curtis Marsh, the new di- rector of KU Info. KU Info is a service that pro- vides students and the greater KU community with help navigating grades the University of Kansas system and the Lawrence area. It has been in existence for more than 30 New Academic years and operated out of the ref- erence desk in Anschutz Library Progress Rate has teeth from 2002 until last winter break. BY ERIC JORGENSEN Marsh said that KU Info received [email protected] a lot of questions about enroll- Kansan staff writer ment, commencement and adding and dropping classes. They also In 2003, the NCAA created a landmark rating answered questions about enter- system that aimed to solidify the meaning of “stu- tainment and local events. dent athlete,” and now, two KU teams are feeling “If we don’t know the answer its effects. to a non-KU question, we will Kansan file photo The KU football and baseball teams are ap- find the person or the Web site ROTC Air Force student Nick Mallare, Leawood sophomore, left, talks with Kansas Mutual Aid member Dave Strano, right, about the pealing the NCAA’s strict that does,” Marsh said. choices involved with military recruitment as Sara Camiscioni, West Palm Beach, Fla., sophomore, looks for students to sign a petition to Academic Progress Rate efore the When KU Info reopens, it remove military recruiters from campus at a rally held by the Lawrence Counter Recruitment group Oct. 25 in front of Wescoe. The U.S. requirements, which the Academic will be across from the elevators Supreme Court unanimously voted that all federal funded universities must allow military recruitment on campus. teams didn’t meet, the B on the fourth floor in the Kansas Athletics Department an- Progress Rate Union where the Jay Tech info nounced last week. went into effect, booth is located. After the move, The purpose of the few rules existed Jay Tech will no longer exist, but Academic Progress Rate the KU Info student employees is to make programs on graduation will be able to answer questions honor their commitment requirements. related to technology and the Recruiters to stay to student athletes and Many schools Internet. Instant messaging and help them earn college abused student text messaging services will be degrees. added in addition to the existing Campus must keep service or lose funds The Academic Progress athletes by recruit- means of contacting KU Info, by Rate has created head- ing them, using up e-mail at [email protected] or by BY KRISTEN JARBOE aches for athletic direc- their eligibility and phone at 864-3506. [email protected] n Kansan staff writer tors, but it is all justified, Marsh expects to hire about said Paul Buskirk, associ- then not graduat- 12 student employees. The new he University of Kansas will continue ome college leaders have said they could ate athletics director. ing them. hours will be determined based to allow military recruiters on campus not afford to lose federal help, which is “Every scholarship on the exact number of students as long as it accepts federal money, af- S decision is an APR deci- hired and the hours the Kansas ter a Supreme Court decision was made about $35 billion a year. The University’s re- sion,” he said. Union is open. Monday. search expenditures summary from the fiscal Buskirk said all the work that goes into aca- “I don’t think it’s going to be TThe court ruled 8-0 that colleges accepting fed- demic compliance is worthwhile because it ben- year of 2004 shows three-fourths of research 24 hours when we bring it back, eral money must allow a military presence on cam- efits the student athlete. but I also don’t think it’s going to pus. expenditures are federal money from grants. The Academic Progress Rate measures a team’s be an 8 to 5 thing,” Marsh said. Regardless of some universities’ objections to the eligibility and retention. If a team has a poor per- Marsh said they have also Pentagon’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays, the Campus visits are an effective military recruiting tool, centage of eligibility graduation, it can lose schol- been working to increase the law known as the Solomon Amendment, was up- said Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court. arships. content on the Web site, www. held. “A military recruiter’s mere presence on campus By the 2008-09 season, punishment could come kuinfo.lib.ku.edu, so that it can Some college leaders have said they could not afford does not violate a law school’s right to associate, re- in the form of a postseason ban, NCAA President serve as the primary reference to lose federal help, which is about $35 billion a year. gardless of how repugnant the law school considers Myles Brand said last week in a media teleconfer- for the student employees when The University’s research expenditures summary from the recruiter’s message,” he wrote. ence. they answer calls and e-mails. It the fiscal year of 2004 shows three-fourths of research will be a resource that students expenditures are federal money from grants. SEE RECRUIT ON PAGE 6A SEE RATE ON PAGE 3A can access 24 hours a day with- out having to contact KU Info. Marissa Rosenblum, Kan- t MEDICINE sas City, Mo., senior, used the service once when her car was broken into and she needed the Few doctors to attend aging baby boomers number for the police station. She said she thought she might BY MIKE MOSTAFFA he plans to become an emergen- atrics, the field of medicine that Geriatric Statistics have used the service more as [email protected] cy room doctor. Hanke said his specializes in caring for the el- n A shortage of geriatricians double to 70 million. an underclassman when she Kansan staff writer experience working at a retire- derly people. According to The was less familiar with the work- ment community was rewarding American Geriatrics Society, exists in the United States and is projected to worsen during n By 2030, the nation will need ings of the University. She also When Justin Hanke spent six but very taxing. there are approximately 7,600 the next 20 years. Currently 36,000 trained geriatricians. said that the temporary lack of months working as a certified A lot of elderly people he certified geriatricians, yet an- there are approximately 7,600 a physical location was likely to nurse assistant at Pioneer Ridge worked with had multiple ail- other 14,000 are needed to ad- certified geriatricians, but n Adults 85 and older are the impact the number of users. Retirement Community, he ments and needed multiple equately care for today’s elderly another 14,000 are needed fastest-growing segment of “I know when I used to go to found out that caring for elderly medications, he said. population. to adequately care for the the entire population with Anschutz a lot, I would look at patients was difficult work. “Every day those people With America’s rapidly grow- elderly population.