CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, June 26. 1985
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News Digest
From staff and wire reports
Employee's son, 3, drowns on trip
The 5-year old son of a KU employee drowned Saturday afternoon after falling into the water of a southwest Missouri river while canoeing with his mother.
Civil Defense rescue workers begin looking for the body of Brian Hermesch, son of Richard and Debra Hermesch, Rural Route 6. Saturday at 11 a.m.
Richard Hermesch is the project manager for KU's office of information systems.
Rescue workers will wait until tomorrow to resume looking for the body because of muddy water and swift current in the Niangu River. Robert
Bill Wheeler, Civil Defense director for Laclede County, said the family had been canoeing on the river about four miles down from the Bennett Spring State Park when their canoe hit a tree and turned over. The river's current had swift, from heavy rains the night before.
The mother and father were wearing life preservers, Wheeler said, but the child was not. He said that Debra Hermesch tried to keep her son afloat but could not because of the river's swift current. The child was last seen by his mother after she tried to push him toward the bank.
Bookstores closed for inventory check
The KU Bookstore on the second floor of the Kansas Union will be closed today through Friday for inventory. The KU Bookstore in the Burge Union and the Oread Book Shop on the third floor of the Kansas Union have been closed since Monday and will reopen tomorrow.
Next week, all three bookstores will be open during normal hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
White House reporter to receive award
A veteran White House reporter will receive the 1986 William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit at a KU ceremony in February, the president of the foundation announced Thursday.
ween Thomas, White House bureau chief for United Press International, was chosen by the foundation for more than 40 years of contribution to journalism, said Robert B. Wellington, president of the foundation and editor and publisher of the Ottawa Herald.
"Helen Thomas has been under consideration for years as a worthy recipient of the award." Wellington said Monday. "She is regarded as an
Thomas joined UP1 and the Washington press corps in 1943 after she graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit.
During the presidency of John F. Kennedy, she became the first woman to close a presidential news conference. Since then, her "Thank you," Mr. Pompeo's speech has been an enduring touchstone.
Spencer Museum buvs Curry painting
A self-portrait of John Stewart Curry was acquired recently by the Spencer Museum of Art, the public information director for the museum
The portrait, which had been on loan to the University by Curry's widow, aileen, originally hung in the Kansas Union. It was placed in museum statues.
"His widow wanted to sell it and gave the museum the first opportunity of buying it," said Carol Shankel, the information director.
Student Senate allocated $10,000 last semester toward the purchase of the painting. Organized living groups also contributed toward the purchase.
Correction
Because of an editor's error, the June 19 issue of the University Daily Kansan incorrectly reported the percentage of increase in tuition from the 1984-85 to the 1985-86 academic year. The correct percentages are about 7.1 percent for in-state undergraduates and about 7.3 percent for out-of-state undergraduates.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. The high should be 92 with winds from the south at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight will partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. The low is expected to be 67. Tomorrow is also expected to be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. The high will be 30. The extended forecast for Friday through Sunday calls for highs in the 90s and lows in the mid-60s.
Program boosts kids toward college
Upward Bound provides future to less fortunate
J. P. Coprox/KANSAN
By J.P. Conroy Staff Reporter
Margie Barajas and James Patterson, both of Kansas City, Kan., UpwardBound students who will be high school seniors next fall, relaxed Sunday at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall.
For some high school students the economic costs of college aren't the only reasons for not pursuing a college degree.
Staff Reporter
They also may lack the mastery of an academic subject, such as science or English, necessary for college. And they also may come from a parental background in which their parent has attended a college.
For them, the aura of a large university may be so intimidating that, although a student has the skills and knowledge necessary to not consider attending a university.
To help these students, the University is involved in a nationwide program called Upward Bound that provides year-round assistance and support to those who show promise in succeeding in higher education.
Greg Sandstrom, director for KU's Upward Bound program, said Thursday that 50 public high school students from the Topeka and Kansas City, Kan., areas were participating in the program here. The students are in a six-week summer residence program at KU designed to give them a sample of the college experience.
"if the goal is getting students to college, we are succeeding." Sand-
The program, financed by the U.S. Department of Education, was revived at KU in 1983 and operated its first year on a grant of about $145,000. Upward Bound began nationally in 1964 and became the first grant in the mid-1970s and that he thought it operated for three or four years before being discontinued.
Two-thirds of the applicants accepted for the program must come from families whose parents are at risk of not being able to attend level and do not have a college
degree. One-third of the applicants only need to fulfill the family income requirement.
To be considered at the federal poverty level, a family of four must not have had an income of more than $9,600 in 1982
Sandstrom said more than two-thirds of the participants met both requirements. All applicants must pass a series of tests in pursuing a post-secondary degree.
Students who apply for the KU program must be from either Topika or Kansas City, Kan., and between the ages of 13 and 19. They also must be classified as freshmen, sophomores or juniors in high school.
Although the federal program's design is to prepare and motivate disadvantaged high school students
for college, staff members said the students didn't think of themselves as underprivileged.
"They're offended if they're portrayed as kids with more problems than others," said Denise Von Hoehe, tutor and counselor. "Sure everybody's got problems at home, but they have a positive attitude."
The summer program is divided into two categories: Bridge and Non-Bridge students. Bridge students are those who have just graduated from high school and are planning to enter a university next fall. Non-Bridge students are those who have not graduated from high school.
"They're the kids that are probably going to go to college by hook or crook."
Eleven Bridge students arrived on campus June 2 and have taken three hours of college credit as part of their program. Their choice of courses was, indeed, however, to about nine lower-level classes that are four weeks long.
In addition, they are required to
in attend a special projects class each
weekday afternoon, Sandstrom said.
This is the first summer for the
program. He said 10 of the students were planning to attend KU next fall.
Sandstrom said the special projects class, designed by Alfred Rodriguez, associate professor for curriculum and instruction, in which such things as how to enroll, use the library and apply for financial aid.
Rodriguez said, "It's just my contention that I see a lot of incoming freshmen who are spinning their wheels and are lost. These kids are going to be four or five steps ahead of the freshman coming in next fall."
Jonette Allen, Kansas City, Kan.
Bridge student, said, "They sort of took our hand and have pulled us out from now we'll pull our own strings."
"Without this program I would have gone to college but maybe not to a major university."
Thirty-five Non-Bridge students arrived June 6 to begin their studies for the summer. Math is taught during the week, at the student's level, in the mornings. A two-hour English course is given in the afternoons.
Participants can choose from a variety of elective courses in the evenings, which are taught by residence hall counselors at Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall. Classes include sign language, relaxation techniques and a study skills workshop.
Three other universities in Kansas are involved with the Upward Bound program and attract students from different areas in the state. Kansas State University draws from Junction City, Emporia State University from northeast Kansas and Wichita State University from Wichita.
Books on unclaimed financial aid available
By Sherry Gering
Staff Reporter
son library and the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Eyv Gershon, the assistant direeer or said "Students can do the work."
For a fee, scholarship search services can provide college students with sources for billions of dollars in unclaimed private aid. But students must be formally information at no cost, the assistant director of financial aid said yesterday.
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid, said although the scholarship services were legitimate, students could get the same information from the financial aid office at no charge. He also said books about financial aid from the private sector could be found in Wat-
He said his staff kept in touch with high school counselors and informed them of private financial aid that was available for their students.
Weinberg said KU had no unacquainted private-sector money each year for undergraduates that the office of student financial aid distributed. So success rate for finding recipients for KU scholarships is nearly 100 percent.
Steve Menahua, public relations director for the Kansas University Endowment Association, said that during 1985, $4.4 million was given to him for fellowships and awards and prizes. He said 3,000 students received those
private-sector financial aid at KU,
the National Committee on Student
Financial Aid Assistance says that at
 least $6.6 billion of such aid in the na-
tional budget.
Most of the scholarship services find private-sector financial aid through computers. The applicant must then pay a fee for the information. One service charges $19 and another charges $35.
At the National Scholarship Research Service in San Rafael, Calif, the process is handled this way:
While there may be no unclaimed
The applicant receives an application, a brochure and a business reply envelope. He then can send the $35 fee and receive a computer printout of various sources of private financial aid.
Five financial aid search services operate in the country, said Daniel Cassidy, president of the National Scholarship Research Service. The services are NRRS. Scholarship Search, the Advertising Guidance Unit, the Computer Guided and the Computer Assisted Scholarships for Higher Education.
Cassidy said private foundations were in favor of NSRS and other services because they helped to find recipients for their scholarships.
Joseph Gargulini, public relations director for NSRS, said NSRS had a danger to him.
He said the books students used to find the information on their own became obsolete after six months. He then shared its information every four months.