KU sets final exams
Kansas University has announced the following final examinations:
- Yingxue Chen, pharmacology and toxicology, "Microtubule-Stabilizing Agents as a Potential Therapeutic Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease," 3 p.m. Thursday, 110 McCollum.
- Sarah Misemer, Spanish & Portuguese, "Cultural Icons in Latin American Theater: Studies of Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Peron and Selena Quintanilla-Perez," 1:30 p.m. Monday, 3040 Wescoe.
- Fanru Meng, economics, "Benefits of Trade in the Presence of Transaction Costs," 3:30 p.m. Monday, 205 Summerfield.
- Donald Schawang, theater and film, "A Vision of Substance: A Phenomenology of Corporeality in Theatrical Spectatorship," 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 9, Parking Garage Conference Room.
- Robert Anderson, ecology & evolutionary biology, "Systematics, Evolution, Biogeography of Spiny Pocket Mice (Heteromys) in Central and South America," 4 p.m., Thursday, April 19, 1005 Haworth.
Teen pleads innocent to fraternity damages
A Lawrence man charged with setting fire to a vacant Kansas University fraternity pleaded innocent Tuesday to breaking out windows at the burned structure.
Thomas Cale Jr., 19, pleaded innocent in Douglas County District Court to one count of misdemeanor criminal damage to Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, 1941 Stewart Ave. He remains in jail on $5,000 bond for a second set of charges arson and burglary in connection with the fire.
A Feb. 28 fire caused about $300,000 in damage to the vacated fraternity. No injuries were reported, but investigators ruled the fire was intentionally set.
Cale's attorney on Tuesday asked District Judge Robert Fairchild to set Cale's hearing on the criminal damage charge far enough in the future to take into account time needed to proceed with the arson case.
A bench trial on the criminal damage charge was set for 9 a.m. May 7. A preliminary hearing on the arson and burglary charges is scheduled Tuesday.
HINU to recognize students in ceremony
A ceremony recognizing Haskell Indian Nations University students named to the school's fall semester honor roll is planned for 4 p.m. Thursday at Haskell Auditorium. About 80 students are expected to participate.
More than $50,000 in American Indian College Fund scholarship payments will be awarded during the ceremony.
Also, members of Tha Tribe, a singing and drumming group, will be honored for their role in the "Gathering of Nations Powwow" CD, which recently won a Grammy Award for American-Indian music.
Library to have spring book sale
The annual Friends of the Lawrence Public Library spring book sale begins Thursday and runs through Monday.
As many as 100,000 books donated from the community for the sale will be available on shelves in the library's garage at Seventh and Kentucky streets.
"We have so many books and many of them are of high quality because of the type of community Lawrence is," said Artie Shaw, vice president of the Friends of the Library Board of Directors.
Only members of Friends of the Library will be allowed in for the first sale night, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Memberships can be bought at the door.
The remainder of the sale will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, which is half-price day; and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, when all the books you can fit into a bag will cost a total of $3.
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