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Mark Zupan, star of the film "Murderball," speaks to a crowd at the Kansas Union. Zupan spoke between screenings of the film, a documentary about paraplegic rugby players.

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Office of Admissions and Scholarship Staff help participants register for the Black Leadership Symposium Oct. 19. Faculty sponsors and students attended conferences promoting leadership.

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Newspaper editors from around Kansas and KU faculty and staff inspect engineering students' formula one race car at Eaton Hall. Editors also toured the Multidisciplinary Research Building and heard presentations from Pulitzer Prize winning journalists at the annual Editor's Day.

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Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese ambassador to the United States, accepts a gift from Chancellor Robert Hemenway during a recent visit to the Confucius Institute at the Edwards Campus. Wenzhong was the second high-ranking Chinese official to visit the institute this year. Wu Qidi, China's vice minister of education, attended the institute's dedication in May.

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The 2006 W.T. Kemper Fellowship winners gathered for a photo recently at a reception in their honor. Pictured are front, from left, Judy Wu, professor of physics and astronomy; Sara Wilson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Joan Sereno, associate professor of linguistics. Second row, Beth Manolescu, associate professor of communication studies; J. Christopher Brown, associate professor of geography; Michael Engel, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Third row, David Frayer, professor of anthropology; Lisa Wolfe-Wendel, professor of higher education; Ric Steele, associate professor of psychology and applied behavioral science. Fourth row, William Westerbeke, professor of law; Steven Stites, associate professor of internal medicine; Lisa Friis, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Shane Lopez, associate professor of psychology and research in education. Fifth row, Matthew Buechner, associate professor of molecular bioscience; Tom Lorenz, associate chair of English Department; William Picking, associate professor of molecular biosciences; and James Mielke, professor of anthropology.