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Charles "Chuck" Marsh received the HOPE Award on Saturday. He also won a Kemper Teaching Award in August.
Professor honored with second teaching award of the fall semester
BY GABY SOUZA
gsouza@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Charles "Chuck" Marsh is called an absent-minded journalism professor and is a self-proclaimed "muddled" thinker. But when he enters the classroom, it's a different story.
It was Marsh's presence in the classroom, not his absent-mindedness, that made him the 48th recipient of the HOPE Award on Saturday at the Kansas-Nebraska football game. The award recognizes excellence in teaching, and the winner is chosen by members of the University of Kansas' senior class. The winner's name is engraved on a plaque on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. The winner also receives an undisclosed monetary award.
Marsh said the classroom setting helped him pull everything together. The students keep him grounded by asking questions and bringing up examples that help him teach them what they need to know.
"When I walk into the classroom, the clouds lift and everything becomes clear," he said.
When he received the award, Marsh said he felt fabulous and undeserving at the same time.
"I feel like I should have handed it to the person to the left of me, who was Kerry Benson," he said.
Benson, a journalism lecturer who co-teaches a class with Marsh, was among the other seven nominees for the award. Marsh also won a Kemper Teaching Award this semester. The last time a person won both awards during the same year was 1996.
"When I walk into the classroom, the clouds lift and everything becomes clear."
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Charles "Chuck" Marsh Associate professor of journalism
Marsh is known throughout the School of Journalism for his passion for teaching and his love for his students, said Ann Brill, dean of the school.
Marsh is constantly worried about his students and makes sure his classes are organized, Brill said. Although Brill recognized Marsh's absent-mindedness, she said that he valued his colleagues and was not a "prima donna" in any sense of the word.
"He can't possibly be getting eight hours of sleep a night," she said.
His energy is what makes him stand out, said Michelle Orrick, Mission senior and former student of Marsh's. Orrick said Marsh was very approachable and able to teach the class material in a way that stood out to students.
Marsh said he continually worked on balancing the three parts of his job, which he listed as teaching, research and service. He said that balance was the toughest part of his job, but that he loved every minute of it.
Brill said, "It's perfect when what you do and what you care about are the same thing."
— Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
LAWRENCE
Dan Fritz, Johnson County Sheriff, trains with Zigo, his German Shepherd at Vum Kaiserhofe's training center in DeSoto. Bomb detection and police service are just a few areas the center focuses on when it trains dogs like Zigo.
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Police dogs gain popularity
Use of canines in public service grows after 9/11
BY JOHN JORDAN
jjordan@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Dressed in a blue KU sweatshirt at an abandoned munitions plant outside of DeSoto, a man trains man's best friend to protect and serve.
Tom Brenneman, owner and chief trainer at the Vom Kaiserhofe dog-training center, trains dogs to work with law enforcement, protect people
and find bombs, drugs, termites and even mold.
Since Sept. 11, dogs have become a larger part of protecting against terrorism, and five search dogs from Missouri helped search for missing people at the Boardwalk Apartment fire last month.
Vom Kaiserhofe, which means "from the empire," is at the forefront of training these dogs. This week, government dogs were trained to protect dignitaries and secure airports and bus stations from bombs in Washington D.C. Sheriffs from Johnson County and Wyoming also were training dogs for both K-9 units and narcotics and bomb detection.
A trained dog goes for $8,000, including training, equipment and lodging during training.
Brenneman, an internationally certified dog trainer, has appeared on FOX News as a commentator and testified as a witness for the state in the trial of an 11-year-old boy who was killed by four Rottweilers in Junction City in 1997.
GREEK LIFE
Since Sept. 11, Brenneman has seen demand for bomb-sniffing dogs rise from training three dogs a year to 20. He said there was demand for him to train more, but he would rather focus on training dogs well.
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Asian groups working to create multicultural council
BY LOUIS MORA
lmora@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The organizations of Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi Gamma sorority are registered as student organizations and not greek organizations by the University.
Steven Lam, Lawrence senior
Members of an Asian fraternity and an Asian sorority are looking at forming a new multicultural Greek council as a way to become recognized as Greek organizations and be more active on campus.
He said the fraternity has pursued entry into a Greek council in the past but could not find the right time because of members' busy schedules and activities, but his organization is finally moving toward joining a council this year to gain recognition as a fraternity.
and Lambda Phi Epsilon president, said the groups would like to work with other greek organizations on campus to form a Multicultural Greek Council.
"We want to get the University's support." Lam said.
Lam said his fraternity, which has existed for two years and has 20 active members, had looked at the Interfraternity Council but decided the council did not meet the fraternity's needs, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council would not extend voting rights to the groups if they joined.
Both organizations have looked into the possibility of
joining the other councils but think a new council would provide the best solution.
Laura Bauer, program director for fraternity and sorority life, said she had asked the groups to talk with other greek organizations to discuss how
they would fit in on campus.
Lam said he would conduct preliminary discussions with other multicultural organizations on the feasibility of a new council in the next two to three weeks.
Linda Mai, Garden City senior and president of Alpha Phi Gamma sorority, said the council would provide an opportunity to work with other multicultural groups that wanted to be more involved on campus.
She said the council would benefit the sorority, which has been in existence since 2003, by allowing it to share ideas with
other multicultural chapters.
"It would help organize the individual groups out there," she said. "They are kind of each others' backbone because they know they could help each other."
Eboney Crawford, National Pan-Hellenic Council president, said creating a Multicultural Greek Council would be difficult right now.
She said the University didn't have the numbers to support another greek council and the NPHC still wouldn't have the numbers.
"I don't think it's realistic right now," she said. "I don't
think they have the money or the funding."
He said he would be in favor of the idea because a new council would provide a more comfortable setting for the multicultural Greek organizations.
Scott Shorten, IFC president, said another council would result in more work for the existing councils, but it would be a benefit to those looking to join the council.
"I think the council provides the best for the fraternities and sororites," he said.
— Edited by Theresa Montaño
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