Thursday, April 22, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Watkins thins pool of director candidates
By T.J. Johnson
tjohnson@kansan.com
Kansas son writer
A search is on to find the next director of Watkins Memorial Health Center after the departure of former director Jim Strobl.
Stroble left in December 1997 for health reasons and was given disability retirement last year, allowing the search for a new director to begin, said Randall Rock, chief of staff at Watkins. Stroble had been director of Watkins for 15 years before his retirement.
Jim Boyle, formerly the associate director, has been the interim director at Watkins since Strobl left. Rock said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs and the director of the search committee for the new director, said the search began sometime last November. Advertisements and pamphlets about the available position were sent out to notify potential candidates.
Ambler said that there were 65 or 70 applicants.
Some of the applicants did not meet the requirements set out by the search committee, which included a minimum of 10 years of management experience in a health care setting and a medical degree or master's degree in a related area. Candidates who met the requirements were evaluated on the strength of their application and experience.
"The search committee individually reads the applications and makes their own notations and their own judgments on each one of them." Amber said. "Then the committee gets together again and takes a vote and cuts it down to approximately 15 who we want to get more information about."
After meeting for the third time, the committee narrowed the field of candidates to five people. Each of these five candidates will visit campus for two to three days of interviews with the search committee and a large group that will interact with the new director, Ambler said. The group will include employees of Watkins, student leaders and University of Kansas officials, he said.
"We kind of wine them and dine them for two full days and look at them from every angle we can and send them off and bring the next candidate in." Ambler said.
Three of the candidates still need to visit campus for interviews before the search is concluded.
All of the people who interviewed the candidates can send in their comments on each candidate to the search committee. The committee will then meet for a final time to decide which of the candidates are acceptable and which are not.
"From that, I make the final decision and recommend it to the provost and the chancellor and the process will be finished." Ambler said.
He said that the majority of the applicants had met the committee's recommendations and qualifications.
Rock said that he was looking forward to seeing the outcome of the search committee's efforts, something Amber said should happen in the next two weeks.
— Edited by Kelli Raybern
Earth-savvy 'Hawks fill recycling bins
By Jennifer Reush
jrush@kansan.com
Kanan staff writer
Although today is the official observation of Earth Day, some students at the University of Kansas are working to make sure that every day is Earth Day.
Since 1996, the Office of Resource Conservation and Recycling has assisted departments and living groups at KU with reducing, reusing and recycling their wastes.
Victoria Silva, resource conservation programs manager, said that the office officials put large blue recycling bins in at least 30 buildings on campus. The bins have compartments for office
Students who work for the resource conservation office as recycling technicians also have special arrangements with other offices that don't have the bins, but do recycle on their own.
paper, newsprint and plastic soda bottles.
Silva said she estimated about 10 to 20 percent of the paper generated on campus was recycled through her office.
Josh Burdette, president of Association of University Residence Halls and McCollum Hall resident, said that every residence hall floor has its own blue bin. Each bin has compartments for paper, plastic, aluminum and newsprint.
Each residence hall also has its own
environmental committee, whose members are responsible for emptying the bins periodically and sorting the recyclables.
The bins were placed on the floor lobies so residents wouldn't be tempted to fill the bins with trash, Burdette said.
He said that, on average, 60 to 70 percent of the residents living in the halls used the bins.
He also said that AURH was working to promote recycling with an energy conservation contest among hall residents. Each floor in each hall will be judged on three separate categories—use of water, electricity and recycling facilities. The winning floor will receive a doughnut party.
Some students agreed that many people on campus were using the recycling bins to separate trash.
"Yes, I do recycle," said Anne Marie Kauffman, Overland Park freshman and McColm resident. "I personally don't see people do it, but the bins fill up pretty quick. So I know that they' re doing it."
Other students who do not live on campus also said that they separated their trash.
"I always recycle my newspapers," said Suzy Davis, Lawrence freshman. "I live with my mom, and she recycles. Also, if I drink pop on campus, I'll drop it off."
Edited by Sarah Hale
Members of the University Dance Company practice during a preview show in front of the Kansas Union. The dance company will perform Saturday and Sunday at the Lied Center. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
Dancers move beyond the boundaries
Bv Ezra Sykes
esykes@kansan.com
Vancouver staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Dancin' ain't for wimps.
"Mikhail Baryshnikov has a longer hang time than Michael Jordan," said Kimber Andrews, explaining the physical strain that dancing demands. "Take all the coordination it takes to run, dribble, pass and shoot the ball and then try to make it esthetically beautiful."
Moses described the piece she was to perform. "It builds from joyful and upbeat, to an angstridden song, to a peaceful solo," she said. "Then it becomes very powerful with big drums and walling women."
Andrews, Kanopolis senior, and Rebekah Moses, Great Bend sophomore, sat behind a table yesterday in front of Wescoe Hall handing out flyers for this weekend's University Dance Company performances.
And that's just the music. The dance accom-
- Performances are at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday at the Lied Center.
Tickets can be purchased at the Lied Center, Murphy Hall and SUA box offices or at the door before the performances.
University Dance Company
928 Mass.
- Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for the general public.
pantiment is classified as modern, an art form. more difficult to describe.
"It's like ballet pushed beyond its boundaries," Andrews said. "It's asymmetrical. It's less about a story and more about conveying emotions."
But words don't really do the performance justice. Andrews said.
justice. thank you.
It's not uncommon for dance to be regarded as fluffy entertainment. But for dancers such as Moses, it's a tough business.
spends two to four hours practicing every day at Robinson Center. "If you want to be serious, you have to keep in serious shape."
"It's hard on the body," said Moses, who
Andrews, president of the dance company, said it was more than putting on outfits and leaping around.
"It takes real dedication," she said. "It's a real discipline. Not many can carry through with the discipline it takes to be good."
But apparently, some of the KU dancers have discipline.
"I would say this is of the same technical quality of any professional dance company you could see," Andrews said.
Ballet and jazz pieces also will be featured in the event, which begins at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday at the Lied Center.
Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Lied Center, Murphy Hall and SUA box offices. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for the general public.
Edited by Sarah Hale
Students work together to affect athletics policies
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ketball tradition here, but we're lucky to get 500 people to show up for games," Henry said. "We're trying to keep stands full, which leads to lower ticket prices for students."
Ticket prices and parking at athletic events aren't the only things on the minds of student senators. Much has been said of the deals that KU has made with Coca-Cola, Commerce Bank and Nike. This spring, thirty senators sponsored a resolution, approved by Senate, asking the University not to enter into financial deals with companies that employ sweatshop labor. They identified Nike as one of those companies.
Henry said that the University was not unique in the deal that it had made with Nike for shoes and team uniforms. Most other schools have
shoe deals with Nike or other shoe manufacturers.
unhail to buycott a company that's given so much to college athletics and sports in general just because you don't know
"We don't know where our jerseys are made, whether they're made in Malaysia or Ohio," he said. "It's
itv last week.
The other hot athletics topic that Senate has been wrestling with this semester has been the recreation center. Candidates for office in this spring's elections made it a hot-button issue, and tempers have flared over the controversial recreation center referendum that students passed by an overwhelming major-
However, the issue isn't new. Mary Chappell, director of recreation services at the University of Kansas, said that the issue had been raised in 1996. She said that the referendum died then because it would have required a dramatic fee increase, because many of the students paying the increased fees would have graduated before the proposed center was built, and because the proposal called for the center to be built on West Campus.
where all their clothes are made."
She said that this year's referendum passed because students had a better understanding of how important recreation is to everyone, and because the fee increases were not as drastic as the original proposal.
Scott Kaiser, student body vice president and member of the Student Recreation Task Force, said that there were three ways for students to make their voices heard about recreation issues. Two of those are open to Senate.
They can become involved with the recreation services advisory board, which is a standing committee which allocates recreation services fee money to Robinson Gymnasium.
Senate can also pass legislation on an issue, Kaiser said. For instance, they could levy a student fee increase to pay for longer hours at Robinson.
Students can also form a grassroots organization to put an issue to a vote, he said.
Senators agreed that although KUAC can seem daunting, students can affect the way their athletics fees are spent.
"It's not like the athletic corporation is some Goliath," Henry said. "Students do have a say in athletics."
— Edited by Kelli Raybern
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