Friday, February 18, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
KU enrollment rises 1.3 percent
Regents schools have a net gain from Spring '99
By Doug Pacey
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Kansan staff writer
Enrollment at the University of Kansas increased by 1.3 percent, or 309 students, this year from the Spring 1999 semester, according to official 20th day numbers released yesterday.
"The numbers are solid," said Todd Cohen, representative for University Relations. "It shows that we're going in the right direction."
The largest increase came from the number of nonresidents attending the University. The number jumped 3 percent, an
increase of 226 students.
The University, including the University of Kansas Medical Center, enrolled 8,461 nonresidents this semester, more than the seven other Regents institutions combined.
"We do a good job of enrolling non-residents," Cohen said. "You can see that compared to K-State, which has under 3,000 non-residents enrolled."
Institution Headcount for Spring 2000 Change from Spring 1999 % Change from Spring 1999 University of Kansas 24,209 309 1.3% Kansas State University 18,285 458 2.6% Wichita State University 14,567 359 2.5% Emporia State University 5,165 17 0.3% Pittsburg State University 5,884 -76 -1.3% Fort Hays State University 5,217 -202 -3.7% University of Kansas Medical Center 395 -4 -1.0% Kansas State University Salina College of Technology 814 36 4.6% Total 76,872 836 1.1%
Fort Hays endured a loss of 3.7 percent, or 202 students.
Four Regents institutions suffered losses in enrollment — Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University, KU Med Center and Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Center.
KU Med Center lost 61 students, a 2.5 percent decrease.
Enrollment headcount at Kansas Regents Institutions for Spring 2000
The K-State Salina
College of Technology experienced the biggest percentage increase, 4.6 percent. Its enrollment grew 36 students this semester.
There was a total increase of 1.1 percent, 836 students.
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at all Regents institutions. Kim Wilcox, executive director of the Board of Regents, said the numbers were encouraging and were a reflection of the value that the state puts on higher education.
The fall enrollment counts matter more, though. Cohen said.
"I don't pay much attention to the spring numbers," he said.
Indigenous rights activist to speak tonight
Bv Kursten Phelos
wmter@kansan.com
Special to the Kansan
Students will get a chance to hear from a Nobel Peace Prize winner when Guatemalan indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu visits the University tonight and Haskell Indian Nations University tomorrow.
Menchú is in the area today to visit Leonard Peltier, a native-American prisoner at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, said Gina Chiala, co-coordinator of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
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Amnesty International will sponsor her presentation tonight at 7 at 3139
Wesco Hall, Menchú also will speak at Haskell Auditorium at 2 p.m. tomorrow, with a pottuck reception afterwards at Stidham Hall on the Haskell campus. All events are free.
"I think it's great that she's coming to visit Leonard," Chiaila said. "She's a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a symbol of the struggle for indigenous rights all over the world."
Menchü, the first indigenous Nobel Prize Laureate, won the award in 1992 for her biography, I, *Rigoberta Menchü*, which recounted the oppression of indigenous people in Guatemala.
Although she was criticized for reported inaccuracies in her book,
Menchu has continued working as an activist. She is the U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for the International Decade of Indigenous Peoples and started the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation, which promotes indigenous rights, peace and justice.
Chila said Menchii decided to come to the U.S. to visit Peltier after he was named an official Human Rights Defender during the Paris celebration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. Peltier is serving two consecutive life sentences for murder stemming from a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge, N.D., reservation in which two FBI agents and one Native American were killed.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, which considers Peltier a political prisoner and lobbies for his release, coordinated the visit and paid Menchu's expenses. Student Senate also gave the University chapter of Amnesty International $1,500 for tonight's presentation.
"Normally, a speech like this would cost about $10,000, but she's basically doing it for free because of her support for Pelitzer's cause," said Kyle Browning, Amnesty International president.
Browning said he was glad that Menchu was visiting both the University and Haskell.
"I think it will help bring the schools together," he said.
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