KU receives grant for groundwater project

Kansas University researchers have received a $158,000 grant to teach high school and community college students about groundwater.

The two-year grant, from the National Science Foundation, will go to a team of researchers at the Kansas Geological Survey and the Upward Bound Math Science Center in the KU School of Education.

Researchers will develop an interactive Web site to teach about the movement of groundwater and humans’ impact on surface water and groundwater. The site will feature role-playing exercises that focus on students solving simulated environmental problems, such as the movement of underground contaminants toward a water supply.

The prototype of the site will be used and evaluated during the KU Math Science Center Summer Institute classes at Kansas City Community College and high schools across Kansas, including Lawrence High School.

KPR comedy troupe plans holiday shows

George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Winona Ryder, Dr. Phil, Al Gore and Martha Stewart will be among the targets of a Kansas Public Radio comedy troupe Nov. 30.

Right Between the Ears will perform two shows that day, at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 642 Mass. The 8 p.m. show will be broadcast live on Kansas Public Radio stations.

The show will include the popular “Year in Review” medley set to Christmas carols, as well as other spoofs on current events.

Tickets are $12 for cabaret seats and $10 for balcony seats, on sale now at Liberty Hall and Ticketmaster outlets.

Baldwin High School to compete in High-Q

Baldwin High School students will participate Dec. 7 in the 2002-03 High-Q academic competition at Washburn University.

The contest, co-sponsored by WIBW-TV and Washburn, allows teams from Kansas high schools to compete by answering questions on topics such as art, literature, history, math and science.

Teams earning the top 16 scores advance to the finals. The televised High-Q competition will air from late January to early May on WIBW, Sunflower Broadband channel 13, and be rebroadcast on KTWU, channel 11.

Baldwin contestants will include Eric Jorgensen, senior, son of Dane and Kathy Jorgensen, Lawrence; Kate Lammers, senior, daughter of Jana Jorn, Baldwin, and Ed Lammers, Ottawa; Daniel Musgrave, senior, son of John Musgrave, Baldwin, and Chris Wang, Springfield, Mo.; Aarika Greenfield, junior, daughter of Mark and Jackie Greenfield, Eudora; and Jeff Hill, junior, son of David and Pamela Hill, Baldwin. Team coach is Carl Brooks.

Shooting spree leaves three people dead

Wichita – A shooting spree at two homes Friday night left three people dead, including the apparent gunman, police said. One person was critically injured.

Officers sent to a northeast Wichita house around 7:30 p.m. found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds, Wichita police Sgt. Bobby Wiley said. While they were there, a man called 911 from next door and told the operator he was the shooter and would kill himself.

Police found the apparent shooter and a woman with gunshot wounds. The apparent shooter and two of the other wounded died at a hospital.

None of the victims’ names were immediately available.

Several children were in one of the houses, Wiley said, but were not injured.