Lawrence Journal-World 06-07-13

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BALDWIN CITY — On her second attempt at tree climbing using the single-rope technique, Rebecca Tripp quickly ascended a 15-foot rope hanging from a branch of a pin oak on the Baker University campus. “That’s as high as you can go,” said Dan House, a member of Tree Climbing Kansas City, who was instructing the first-time climber in the technique. “You want a higher tree, don’t you?” Tripp nodded yes — and lowered herself into her wheelchair. “I used to climb trees when I was a kid,” she said. “When I got in this wheelchair, it was something I thought I’d

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SNOUSHA GLAUDE, a research intern from Sarasota, Fla., climbs into one of the trees Thursday at Baker University.

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DEVAN GLENNY, A COLLEGE SENIOR from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa., leaves his wheelchair on the ground as he ascends into a tree Thursday on the Baker University campus. Eight research interns were selected from across the country to participate in a 10-week canopy-research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The interns will be climbing the trees at various heights to collect moss and lichen samples for measuring the density and diversity of microscopic animals called tardigrades. Glenny, who is interested in pursuing a career that involves field research, says he was drawn to the project when he found out it was open to students with wheelchairs.

TOPEKA — College students at public universities in Kansas will pay more in tuition because of budget cuts to higher education that were approved by the Legislature, officials said Thursday. In considering proposed tuition increases at Kansas University and other universities, Kansas Board of Regents members roundly criticized the budget cuts approved this weekend by Regents urged Republican legislators. Gov. Sam BrownShort-sighted, vindictive, back to veto the hypocritical, and irrespon- part of the bill sible were just some of the that caps salary adjectives used by regents appropriations. to describe the $66 million, or 5.7 percent cut to higher education over the next 2 years. The appropriations bill includes a 1.5 percent across-the-board cut for each of the next two years, and caps salary expenses, which some universities, including KU, Please see REGENTS, page 2A

KU, other schools unveil proposed cost increases By Scott Rothschild

Surprise visit makes Jayhawk fan’s day By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Barb Parker, single mother of former Douglas County Jayhawks Special Olympics basketball team star Tony Parker, was eating dinner with her favorite player when the doorbell rang Sunday around 7 p.m. The young man at the door of her home in the Wichita suburb of Bel Aire, wondered if Tony, 27, could come out to shoot hoops. “Tony’s eating right now,” Barb told him. But once the young man let her know who also wanted to shoot hoops with Tony,

the food went cold. Kansas University sophomore Perry Ellis, Tony’s favorite player, was in the neighborhood visiting friends. When he heard about the man who forever was shooting hoops on his driveway wearing a Kansas No. 34 jersey, he wanted to meet him before driving back to Lawrence. “I had just gotten Tony a basketball goal two weeks ago for his birthday,” Barb said of her 6-foot-9 son. “I told him ‘Do not hang and dunk on it. Just don’t do it. You can get hurt. You can Please see ELLIS, page 2A

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PERRY ELLIS WAS A SURPRISE VISITOR on Sunday at the home of Special Olympian Tony Parker. Friends of Ellis who live Bel Aire, a Wichita suburb, told Ellis that Parker regularly shoots hoops in his driveway wearing an Ellis jersey, so Ellis and his friends stopped by to shoot hoops with him.

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TOPEKA — The cost of going to Kansas University next year will likely go up again. In the wake of budget cuts to higher education, approved by the Kansas Legislature, officials on Thursday unveiled tuition increase proposals. At KU, the proposal would increase tuition and fees for incoming freshmen by 4.4 percent, KANSAS from $4,839 to $5,053 or UNIVERSITY $214.55 per semester for a resident undergraduate taking 15 hours of coursework. At KU Med, the proposal would increase 7.64 percent, or $317.74 from $4,158.10 to $4,475.84. The increase for the Lawrence campus will generate $7.8 million. ApproxiPlease see KU, page 2A

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