K-Staters in the news-April 2005

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Newsmakers: K-Staters in the News

April 2005 In the news archives

Journalism and mass communications, Fred Brock, "Media panel explores diversity, management," 4/30/05 Topeka Capital-Journal

Agriculture research, Ted Schroeder, Jim Mintert, Sean Fox, Brian Coffey, Luc Valentin, Departmental research featured on Paul Harvey's nationally syndicated radio program. The research addressed the economic cost of the U.S.’s first BSE event last year.

Political science, Dale Herspring, "Myers makes mark in shadow of Rumsfeld," 4/29/05 Newsday.com; "Inside Washington: Myers, the nation's top man in uniform, ending crisis tour in a boss' shadow," 4/29/05 San Diego Times

First Tee, "First Tee to sponsor golf ball drop fundraiser," 4/29/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/golfballdrop42705.html

ROTC, "K-State cadets improve at march," 4/29/05 Fort Riley Post, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/bataanmarch41405.html

Alumnus Gen. Richard B. Myers, "D.C. society names Myers Kansan of Year," 4/29/05 Fort Riley Post; "Myers makes mark in shadow of Rumsfield," 4/29/05 Newsday.com, and "Outgoing chairman quietly maintains independence," AirForceTimes.com, ArmyTimes.com, Newsday (N.Y.), San Francisco Chronicle (Calif.), Los Angeles Times (Calif.), San Luis Obispo Tribune (Calif.), Monterey County Herald (Calif.), Bradenton Herald (Fla.), Tallahassee.com (Fla.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Ga.), Telegraph (Ga.), Kentucky.com, Duluth News Tribune (Minn.), Kansas City Star (Mo.), News & Observer (N.C.), Centre Daily Times (Pa.), Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (Pa.), Myrtle Beach Sun News (S.C.), Fort Worth Star Telegram (Texas), Seattle Post Intelligencer (Wash.); International -- Guardian Unlimited, United Kingdom

Veterinary medicine, mad cow testing lab, "Study shows mad cow testing may help," 4/29/05 Washington Post at washingtonpost.com. Also -- National coverage: Forbes. Kansas coverage: High Plains Journal, Kansas City Star, Kansas.com, Pittsburg Morning Sun, WIBW 13 in Topeka, Wichita Eagle. Elsewhere -- Agriculture Online, AgWeb, CattleNetwork.com, Times Daily (Ala.), Contra Costa Times (Calif.), Monterey County Herald (Calif.), San Jose Mercury News (Calif.), San Luis Obispo Tribune (Calif.), 9NEWS.com (Colo.), WJLA (D.C.), Tallahassee.com (Fla.), Lakeland Ledger (Fla.), Miami Herald (Fla.), Tallahassee.com (Fla.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Ga.), Macon Telegraph (Ga.), Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (Ind.), Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Ind.), Worcester Telegram (Mass.), MLive.com (Mich.), Duluth News Tribune (Minn.), Biloxi Sun Herald (Miss.), Billings Gazette (Mont.), Grand Island Independent (Neb.), Santa Fe New Mexican (N.M.), Charlotte Observer (N.C.), News & Observer (N.C.), Schaeffers Research (Ohio), Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio), Centre Daily Times (Pa.), The State (S.C.), Aberdeen American News (S.D.), Fort Worth Star Telegram (Texas). International -- Sydney Morning Herald, Australia; Age, Australia; Seven.com.au, Australia; Scotland on Sunday, United Kingdom

Ag economics, James Mintert, "K-State quantifies mad cow's cost to U.S.," 4/29/05 Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com

Family studies and human services, Walter Schumm, "U.S. works to repair damage of Abu Ghraib: Preventive measures set up, but image is battered," 4/28/05 USA Today, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/powtreatment52504.html

K-State at Salina, "Testing pilots: Safety and flight evaluation contests test future pilots' knowledge of the right stuff," 4/28/05 Salina Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/salinastudent21705.html

Institute for Military History, "K-State receives grant to study American soldiers," 4/28/05 Topeka Capital-Journal, 4/27/05 WIBW 13 News and 4/27/5 Manhattan Mercury

Honors system, Phil Anderson, "A culture of copy-and-paste," 4/28/05 Spiked culture

Economics, Michael Babcock, "County hopeful about money for airport expansion," 4/28/05 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Geology, Keith Miller, "Intelligent design: Who has designs on your students' minds?" 4/28/05 nature.com

Journalism and mass communications, Tom Grimes, Lori Bergen, "Less clutter better for newscasts, study says," 4/29/05 Washington Times; "TV less likely to retain content, says K-State professors," 4/28/05 Kansas State Globe; "Distracting visual clutter TV screen; viewers less likely to retain content," 4/27/05 U.S. Newswire, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/distractingvisuals42805.html

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Michael Dryden, "Preventing parasites in cats," April 2005 Insights in Internal Medicine

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Kari Wallentine, "Owners can help pets overcome fear of thunderstorms, says Kanss State University expert," 4/27/05 U.S. Newswire, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listthunderstorms42805.html

Institute for Military History, "World leaders' children speak: Ike's daughter (granddaughter), Soviet leader's son discuss nuclear policies," 4/29/05 Salina Journal; "Eisenhower's nuclear policies to be examined: Two-day conference to begin Thursday at Eisenhower Center," 4/27/05 Salina Journal

Commencement, "Myers to speak at graduation," 4/26/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/commencespeakers42605.html

Veterinary medicine, "Equicenter at K-State: Hoping to rein in some new neigh-bors," 4/26/05 Manhattan Mercury

Education law, Robert Shoop, "Students report 4.5 million sexual misconduct cases," 4/26/05 Cross News; "Schools, Granholm pledge to curb abuse by teachers," 4/25/05 Detroit News, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/MediaGuide/shoopbio.html

Education law , Robert Shoop, "10 Things your coach won't tell you," 4/26/05 SmartMoney.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/Webzine/0202/tips.html and http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/Webzine/0202/sexualabuse.html

Agronomy, Chuck Rice, "Kansas Farmers do their part to fight global warming; K-State research focuses on soil management," 4/25/05 Farmer Stockman

Chemistry, Chris Culbertson, "K-State professor takes chemistry to another world," 4/26/05 Space Ref, MYDNA.com and innovations-report.com, and also 4/25/05 physorg.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/chemistry42705.html

Veterinary Medicine, Deryl Troyer, Mark Weiss, "Researchers plumb stem cells' mysteries," 4/26/05 Kansas City Star

Economics, David Darling, "Study touts city as potential tourism mecca," 4/25/05 Lawrence Journal-World

Agronomy, Chuck Rice, "K-State, Brazilian university agree on ag collaboration," 4/25/05 Farmer Stockman

Family studies and human services, Walter Schumm, "Deployments a strain on marriages," 4/24/05 poughkeepsiejournal.com

Animal sciences, James Marsden, "Safety of air cleaners suspect," 4/24/05 Sacramento Bee at sacbee.com

Agronomy, Allan Fritz, "Professor questions bioengineered crops," 4/23/05 Lawrence Journal-World

K-State at Salina, "Kansas State University: Cross-training for the future of professional piloting and aircraft maintenance," 4/23/05 Plane & Pilot

Geology, Mary Hubbard, Stephen Gao, "KSU grad gets to the core of Earth's mystery," 4/22/05 Manhattan Mercury

Jardine, "Jardine redevelopment to start in summer," 4/21/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/jardineredevelop42105.html

International grains program, "Iraqi wheat officials take K-State course," 4/21/05 Lawrence Journal-World; "Iraqi wheat officials attending Kansas Grains program," 4/20/05 KansasCity.com

K-State at Salina, "Historic aircraft's fans get a good close look," 4/29/05 Salina Journal; "GlobalFlyer to be on display," 4/21/05 Salina Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/globalflyerviewing42005.html

K-State Theatre, "'Hamlet' revisited," 4/21/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/theater41105.html

Engineering, Terry King, "Losing interest in science? Not if these lawmakers can help it," 4/19/05 Kansas City infoZine

President Jon Wefald, agriculture, Fred Cholick, "Farmers' environmental contributions noted on Earth day," 4/22/05 Agriculture Online; "Brazilian partnership," 4/19/05 KansasCity.com

Family studies and human services, Chuck Smith, "Professor helps empower kids," 4/19/05 Leavenworth Times

Human ecology, Jane Garcia, computing and network services, Garrett Martin, "An overriding desire to make a difference," 4/18/05 Manhattan Mercury

Veterinary medicine, "Acting FDA commissioner to speak at KSU," 4/18/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/caringhands41405.html

Management, Diane Swanson, "High salaries = low ethics?" 4/18/05 Affirmative Thinking Newsletter, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/InView/110404Swanson.html

Family studies, John Grable, "Financial planning: KSU is No. 1," editorial in the 4/21/05 Topeka Capital Journal; "K-State wins national financial planning title," 4/21/05 FMN Online at smartpros.com; "Planning to win, as usual," 4/20/05 Manhattan Mercury; "K-State wins national financial planning title," 4/17/05 Topeka Capital-Journal and WIBW 13 News, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/financialteam42105.html

Veterinary medicine, Kathy Gaughan, "Cat owners & pregnancy: With a little caution, pregnant women don't need to fear a litter box," Ladies Home Journal

McCain Auditorium, "Kids play wraps up McCain series," 4/20/05 Manhattan Mercury; "'Lion' to roar at McCain," 4/17/05 Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/lionwitch40105.html

Spotlight on Intellectual Property, "Simnons: Success of state's bioscience effort will depend on leadership," editorial by Dolph Simons Jr. in 4/16/05 Lawrence Journal-World at LJWorld.com

Apparel, textiles and interior design, Gwen O'Neal, "Designing a dream: A career in fashion, though notoriously tough, is the 'vocation of the moment,'" 4/16/05 KansasCity.com

Family studies and human services, Tony Jurich, "They get a kick out of each other," 4/15/05 Kansas City Star

Speech, theater and dance, Sally Bailey, "quotes in 4/15/05 Older American's Report -- special report on Senior Theater, performing as an antidote for social isolation in older adults, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/dramatherapy31705.html

Art, Elliott Pujol, "KSU artist gains recognition for metal work," 4/15/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/pujol41405.html

Army ROTC, "ROTC competes in Bataan march," 4/14/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/bataanmarch41405.html

Animal sciences, Dale Blasi, veterinary medicine, Mark Spire, "K-State debuts livestock ID lab," 4/14/05 cattlenetwork.com; "Kansas State University to evaluate advanced ID's UHF technology for livestock identification," 4/12/05 Frontline Solutions; "K-State works to track every cow," 4/10/05 kansas.com and Wichita Eagle

National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Marty Vanier, "'Hot teams' develop bioscience goals," 4/12/05 Lawrence Journal-World

KSU Collegiate 4-H, "KSU 4-H gets national award," 4/12/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/collegiate4h41105.html

K-State Student Union, "Other student centers boast luxuries," 4/11/05 redandblack.com

Political science, Joe Aistrup, "A political tornado in Kansas," 4/11/05 Los Angeles Times at latimes.com

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Roger Fingland, accounting, Dann Fisher, "I could go for Miles," American Kennel Club Spring Family Dog, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/retriever121404.html

International programs, Barry Michie, "Grant gives teachers chance to visit Prague," 4/10/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/Prague40805.html

Counseling services, Dorinda Lambert, "Lambert receives E. Walter Morrison Award," 4/10/05 Manhattan Mercury

Open House, Pat Bosco, "Great day for humans and robots: KSU draws large gathering to its open house," 4/10/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/openhousegeneral32105.html

Open House, Insect Zoo, Ralph Charlton, "Different face of KSU," 4/9/05 Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/openhousegeneral32105.html

Family studies and human services, Betsy Bergen, "Family riches abound in modest neighborhoods," 4/9/05 South Bend Tribune (Ind.)

McCain Performance Series, "McCain season finishes musically," 4/8/05 Fort Riley Post, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/lionwitch40105.html

Physics, Brett Esry, "Toplikar: Antimatter offers vast potential," 4/8/05 Lawrence Journal-World online at LJWorld.com

Human nutrition, Sandy Procter, "100 percent juice may not be 100 percent healthy," 4/8/05 Kansas City Star

Psychology, Renee Slick, "Board approves partnership to train drivers," 4/7/05 Manhattan Mercury

Management, Diane Swanson, "200 university intellectuals join campaign against Wal-Mart," 4/7/05 National Union of public and general employees at nupge.ca

Agriculture, Fred Cholick, "U.S. House to take up proposed ag research cuts," 4/6/05 DentonRC.com and Bryan-College Station Eagle

Journalism and mass communications, Linda Puntney, "Collegian, Royal Purple receive awards," 4/6/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/goldcrown40605.html

K-State at Salina, Marlon Johnston, "Innovations on campus: GlobalFlyer successful - times two," Spring 2005 Collegiate Aviation News

Agronomy, Dale Fjell, "Skip row methods could benefit plains area no-till farming," 4/6/05 High Plains Journal

Aging, "Kerri Parsons, "Making known end-of-life wishes shouldn't wait till the end," 4/6/05 Pratt Tribune

K-State at Salina, "UND flying team seeking 14th national title," 4/6/05 Inforum Associated Press, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/salinastudent21705.html

Human nutrition, Denis Medeiros, "Make gradual changes in food," 4/6/05 El Dorado Times

KSU Animal Identification Knowledge Laboratory, "Livestock tracker," 4/5/05 KansasCity.com

Veterinary medicine, "Topeka zoo welcomes baby orangutan," 4/6/05 Topeka Capital-Journal and cjonline.com

Biology, Anthony Joern, "Intelligent design, unintelligent me," 4/5/05 washingtonpost.com

Anthropology, Martin Ottenheimer, "Taboo on cousins marrying mostly a U.S. phenomenon," 4/6/05 Williamsport Sun-Gazette; "Prohibitions on cousin marriage mostly a U.S. phenomenon," 4/4/05 NEPA News and Baltimore News|wjz.com; also in philly.com (Pa.), Centre Daily Times (Pa.), Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (Pa.), Penn Live (Pa.)

Crossroads organization, "Campus group seeks to boost AIDS awareness," 4/3/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/aidsaware40105.html

Psychology, Richard Harris, "Memories of youth," 4/1/05 Manhattan Mercury

Lou Douglas Lecture Series, "Douglas takes Douglas podium," 4/12/05 Manhattan Mercury; "Douglas to give next Douglas lecture," 4/1/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/douglaslecture32805.html

Landon Lecture, "News anchor: Discourse lacking," 4/5/05 Topeka Capital-Journal; "Lehrer: National debate noisy," 4/4/05 Manhattan Mercury; "Lehrer topic to be discourse," 4/1/05 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/springlandons22705.html