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Students gear up for fall at KU
Orientation informs freshmen about campus, its history and life in college
Julia Bridges helps Brianne Colson
Julia Bridges, Lawrence junior, helps Brianne Colson, incoming Lawrence freshman, and her mother Kathy, pre-order books for the fall semester. New student orientation on Tuesday helped graduating high school students with their transition to college.

Amy Cox thought new student orientation would be boring because she already knew enough about college from her older siblings who had shared their college experiences with her.

Instead, Cox, Rochester, Minn., freshman found Saturday´s orientation to be helpful and exciting.

Saturday marked the beginning of new student orientation for this summer as 221 new students and 279 parents and guests filled the Kansas Union.
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Student Senate Officers prepare for fall semester

Student Senate president Justin Mills is busy preparing for the next year of Senate.

Mills said he spoke with Chancellor Robert Hemenway about a number of topics, including Mills´ most immediate concern: minority recruitment and retention.

Meanwhile, Kyle Browning, student body vice president, spent part of his break reading the University's contract with Coca-Cola.
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Quick Reads

McVeigh´s death brings mixed emotions

John Bloyd is not likely to forget April 19, 1995.

Before that date, Bloyd was just another carefree high school student who enjoyed playing baseball and hanging out with his friends. But Bloyd began to look at life differently after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people.
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Former ´Hawks to make return to the Fieldhouse

The NBA´s Philadelphia 76ers and Utah Jazz will play an exhibition game at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Allen Fieldhouse.

Larry Brown, coach of the Eastern Conference champion 76ers, served as head coach of the Jayhawks from 1984-88 and led Kansas to its last national basketball championship in 1988. Jazz players Danny Manning, Greg Ostertag and Jacque Vaughn are KU alumni.
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From the Editor: New design adds features, improves reader accessibility

If you haven´t noticed already, something is different about the Kansan. It´s been redesigned.

As Emily Hughey, Kansan editor, mentioned in her column last week, the redesign reflects many behind-the-scenes changes at the Kansan. Here´s what these changes mean to you...
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Brain freeze: an ice cold answer to a hot question

Slurpee Photo IllustrationEvery summer, local Slurpee enthusiasts face an awful truth — there are no authentic Slurpees in Lawrence.

Although purists may argue that other products are simply “wannabes” masquerading as the 7-11 treat, the gas stations and stores of Lawrence are awash with frozen desserts. You just have to know where to look. Learning to navigate the confusing web of snow cones, Icees and Slurpee spinoffs in Lawrence can be done. Full Story

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