University Daily Kansan, February 25, 1985
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Curriculum proposal gets Assembly review
By PATRICIA SKALLA Staff Reporter
Stricter requirements for students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received an initial review by the University of Kansas College Assembly on Saturday.
Proposals for the stricter requirements were issued earlier this month by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising.
The Assembly will have another meeting in March to discuss the remaining proposals. In April, the Assembly will meet again to take final action on the proposed curriculum.
The Assembly, which is the college's governing body, conducted an open discussion on the proposed core curriculum to suggest amendments. Three of the 12 proposals were discussed at the meeting.
Early and continuous enrollment in English and math, competency exams in English and math and a course in the same course were discussed Saturday.
IN INFORMAL discussion, Assembly members agreed that freshmen would be required to enroll their first semester in an English class. For most freshmen, this would be English 101. Some freshmen qualify for a more advanced course their first semester.
They then would be required to enroll the following semester in the next English course. Now, students may fulfill the English requirements whenever they choose.
No later than their second semester, freshmen would have to enroll in their first math class. They would have to enroll in math courses in consecutive semesters until they had completed the requirement.
Randy Kitchens, Lawrence senior and a student representative to the Assembly, said he agreed with the English and math proposals, which the report calls consecutive and early enrollment.
THE ASSEMBLY also agreed that all students in the college should be required to take competency exams in English and math upon finishing each course. Incoming students who have completed English and English requirements at another school also would be required to take the competency exams.
"I would have probably done better if I would have gotten the requirements out of the way early," he said.
Michael Young, associate dean of the college, said the competency exams would establish standards that all students would be required to pass, regardless of where they completed their initial course work.
The third proposal agreed upon by the committee to take a third-level English course.
Donald E. Alexander, 19, was sentenced Friday to a life jail term by a local judge for the murder last month. He is now on trial in Vinyard, a neighbor of Alexander.
Alexander, 303 W. 21st St., was convicted Jan. 21 on three counts — aggrivated burglary, rape and first-degree murder.
Mike Malone, associate Douglas County district court judge, sentenced Alexander to the maximum sentence of life for first-degree murder, 15 years to life for rape, and 20 years for aggravated burglary.
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, said the earliest Alexander would be eligible for parole would be in more than 20 years.
By KATHY FLANDERS Staff Reporter
Malone said the rape and murder sentences were to run consecutively, and the burglary sentence would run concurrently with the others.
Before handing down the sentence,
Malone commented on the crime.
"THIS WAS A horribly violent crime," Malone said. "The killing was without provocation, without
justification, without any reason or explanation."
Alexander, wearing a gray suit and white shirt, refused to speak in his own behalf before the sentencing and sat emotionless during the sentence. He then took him, and his mother began to cry silently as the sentence was given.
Alexander was sentenced by Malone to be turned over to the secretary of the state Department of Corrections. The Department will determine if Alexander will serve his sentence at the state penitentiary in the state hospital at Larned or the corrections institution in Hutchinson.
Wesley Norwood, Alexander's attorney, said Friday that he was planning to appeal the murder charge to the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Alexander sentenced to a life prison term
In Alexander's confession, he told police that he had entered Vinyard's house, 200 Tennessee St., at 11 am. Aug. 4 to steal money or jewelry.
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