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Wednesday, February 15, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Caring couple volunteers at KU
Brian Vanderliet / KANSAN
Chris Berneking, who graduated from KU in 1937, volunteers his time working at the Natural History Museum registration desk.
Four days out of the week, Chris and Carolyn Berneking set out for the University of Kansas in their gray Buck. They're on a mission — to volunteer their time.
By Brian Vandervliet Kansan staff writer
Chris Berneking, 83, and his wife, Carolyn Berneking, 79, are a kind of dynamic duo. The Bernkeings, who both graduated from KU in 1937, believe in contribution at no charge.
"Oh, I love it," said Carolyn Berneking, who works 16 hours a week at University Archives. "I could be up here all the time, but I don't think they'd have me."
As it is, Carolyn Berneking works 16 hours a
University Daily Kansan and preparing old photographs for archival preservation.
"She's an absolute angel," said Ned Kehde, an archivist at the library, who said she worked hard.
After Chris Berneking retired from teaching history at Lawrence High School and Carolyn Berneking retired from working as a librarian at Central Junior High, the couple began playing golf twice a day.
"You can't play golf all day long," said Chris Berneking, who works 16 hours a week registering visitors at the Natural History Museum and collecting museum donations.
But that didn't last long.
Chris Berneking followed the lead of his wife, who began volunteering five years ago. It was a decision he
"There's a lot of personal satisfaction," he said. "I enjoy doing it and meeting a lot of people."
Kara Richardson, Lawrence sophomore and employee of the museum gift shop, said Chris Bemeking enjoyed his job of welcoming people.
doesn'tregret.
Bentaking enjoys job or well-educated people.
"You can always tell when he's having a good time because he's laughing." Richardson said.
"He's got a lot of great jokes."
The volunteer jobs have brought the couple back to the KU campus, where they met on a blind date 50 years ago. Both Bernekings said the lack of pay for their work was not a concern.
"The work makes a person feel helpful," Carolyn Berneking said. "It makes a person feel good."
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Carolyn Berneking volunteers her time at the University Archives indexing Kansans and preparing old photographs for archival preservation.
School's bullies may face KU students
By Virginia Margheim
Kansan staff writer
Eric Vernberg created a victim hotline this semester to help crack down on violence.
But the hotline is a little unusual — it's a bully-victim hotline for students at Central Junior High.
Vernbern, assistant professor of psychology and of human development and family life, started the hotline as part of his effort to improve the discipline program at Central.
Along with several students from the University of Kansas, Vernberg is setting up the new discipline program at Central in an attempt to reduce violence. This year, they are
concentrating on starting a program to reduce bullying.
Shannon Graves, Moline, Ill. senior, spends about four hours a week at Central doing tasks such as monitoring and tutoring students.
One of the problems at Central is that teachers are not able to handle all of the violence themselves, Graves said.
Graves said that typical violence, such as threatening students or fist
"They need more adults there," he said.
"I don't see anything that unusual," Graves said. "They're just junior high kids. That's just a hard age."
She said that violence at Central was no worse than at other junior high schools.
fights, was caused by a handful of students.
Stan Simon, Topeka senior, said that the KU students were trying to help teachers deal with violence better by surveying teachers about the frequency of student violence and discipline. The students also are organizing teachers into groups to discuss violence and how it can be reduced, he said.
At the beginning of the 1993 school year, administrators at Central approached Vernberg about acting as a consultant for the school's discipline program. School administrators thought that violence at the school could be reduced, Vernberg said.
Vernberg spent about a year
studying ways to improve the program.
The students who assist Vernberg are research assistants who receive three hours of credit for helping with the program, in addition to doing other research.
After performing research, Vernberg made recommendations to the school that are now being put into place. It will probably take about two more years to finish setting up the new program, he said.
Vernberg said he hoped that the reformed program would increase students' awareness of violence.
"It's not OK for students to just look the other way," he said. "It's not OK to harass somebody, to bully them."
What's New This Month in THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES?
New on the Local Area Network:
The Library has added Ethnic Newswatch to its Local Area Network (LAN). This database indexes and provides full text articles from over 140 newspapers and other periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press from the Americas. It can be searched either in English or in Spanish. It is located under "Humanities/Social Sciences" on the LAN menu screen.
New on the Staff:
Jana Lee Krentz has been appointed as the new head of the Library's Department for Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Ms. Krentz holds Master's degrees in Portuguese literature, Spanish literature and linguistics, and library science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a candidate for the Ph.D in Spanish and Portuguese literature from Indiana University. Kristin Welton is the Library's new PhotoArchivist in the Kansas Collection and University Archives. She comes to KU from the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography, where she was Cataloger of Fine Prints.
Snyder Book Collecting Contest:
Each year the Library co-sponsors, along with the Mt. Oread Bookshop and Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder of Prairie Village, a book collecting contest for KU graduate and undergraduate students. The deadline for this year's contest is March 31st. For more information, contact Judith Emde in Anschutz Science Library (4-4931), Mary Hawkins in the Kansas Collection (4-4274), or Cindy Pierard in the Watson Reference Department (4-3366).
Currently On Exhibit:
In Watson: "Reflections of 1895: Douglass, DuBois, and Washington" (Jim Ranz Exhibits & Reading Area) and "South Africa 1994: A Year of Change" (Main Lobby)
In The Kansas Collection*:"African American Jayhawks Make A Difference"
In The Department of Special Collections*:"London: Flower of Cities All"
In The University Archives*: "The African American Presence at KU"
*Located on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of Kenneth Spencer Research Library
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