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Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 95, No. 87 (USPS 650-640)
Friday, February 1, 1985
proposal for core curriculum
By TAD CLARKE and PATRICIA SKALLA Staff Reporter
After a three-year study, a proposal to establish a uniform curriculum for all undergraduate students was released today by the University Curriculum Committee.
Dennis Domer, acting associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and a committee member, said yesterday that the curriculum must not be impleme- tured the fall of 1988.
"It wouldn't affect anyone already in school," Domer said. "Anyone already in the curriculum would finish under the requirements already established."
All undergraduates would be required to complete the core curriculum, in addition to
their individual school requirements, Domer said.
THE ENGLISH, MATH, and foreign language requirements would be revised under the proposal. Courses in the "foundations" — the humanities, history of civilization, natural sciences and mathematics, social sciences, and the creative and performing arts — also would be required for all undergraduate.
And all students would have to take a new University tutorial class as freshmen and a senior seminar during their senior year.
The purpose of the University tutorial class, according to the committee's proposal, is to "explore the nature of education, its liberal and special functions, the process of learning and teaching, the teacher-student relationship, and the nature of the University itself."
Michael Young, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the class "was intended to help the beginning student begin to think about what his or her goals will be in the next four years."
goals will be in the THE SENIOR SEMINAR would draw on the education students had received at the University. Young said.
The core curriculum recommendation also calls for all students to pass algebra, Math 101. Students now enrolled in the University only have to pass intermediate math, Math 902.
Upon entering the University, students would have to enroll in the first math course they are eligible for. Then students would have to take math courses in consecutive semesters until they fulfilled the requirement.
nent.
Students may be exempted from the math
requirement based on their ACT math scores or College Entry Exam Board scores, or by passing math proficiency exams administered by the department.
The new core curriculum also will require all students to take a foreign language or other second communication courses.
The University now does not require foreign language for all students. Some schools now require up to 20 hours of foreign language, but others do not require any.
UNDER THE NEW curriculum, all students would have to complete one of five second-communication systems. Second-communication systems are foreign languages, mathematics, computer languages, visual language and music.
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As defined by the committee, the purpose of the foundation courses is to acquaint students with a variety of subjects that serve
as the basis for further study.
Students would have to take two courses in history of civilization and one course in the humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, social sciences and the creative and performing arts.
Under the new proposal, all undergraduates would be required to pass nine hours of English. Now, the minimum number of English credit hours required for some undergraduates is six. Upon enroll in University students, they will enroll in English courses until they had completed all three courses.
STUDENTS STILL MAY test out of the English requirement based on their ACT scores or College Board scores, or by passing
See CORE, p. 5, col. 1
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A firefighter fits his oxygen mask as he prepares to enter a home at the Holiday Manor mobile home park late yesterday smoldering mobile home at 827 Walnut St. Fire destroyed the morning.
Family loses mobile home in fire
Fire swept through a North Lawrence mobile home yesterday, destroying it and injuring two people.
The fire started about 11 a.m. in the mobile home on lot 11 at Holiday Manor mobile home park. Gloria Graham and her 14-year-old son, Steve, lived in the mobile home, 827 Walnut St.
No one was injured in the fire. Gloria Graham was at work and her son was at a neighbor's mobile home when the fire started.
Firemen had the fire under control after about 30 minutes, but smoke and steam billowed from the green and white aluminum mobile home for more than an hour. Water from fire hoses and a broken water line inside the mobile home generated the steam. Jim McSainw, Lawrence fire chief, said, "I'd say it's totaled. The trailer was pretty well
involved. Our first unit saw smoke on their way out when they were still a mile or two away."
Investigators said yesterday they had not determined the cause of the fire, but expected to release a report this morning. John Kellogg, owner of Holiday Manor, said he thought the fire had started in one of the mobile home's bedrooms.
"Maybe it was a cigarette," he said. "But I also saw a bunch of extension cords and bad wiring in there."
Kellogg and fire officials also said the fire might have started when insulation tape wrapped around water pipes ignited. The tape, called heat tape, is wrapped around pipes at the point they enter the mobile home. "All trailers have to have that tape," Kellogg said. "You have to put it on the water lines to keep the pipes from freezing."
McSwain said, "We've had some problems with heat tape. We have three or four fires like that a year."
Gloria Graham said she had no idea what caused the fire.
GUESE M. McMechan, who lives in a mobile home next to the Grahams," said she saw flames inside the Grahams' mobile home at about 11 a.m.
"We we prepared all of our equipment for the cold weather," he said. "The only problem is we have to guess about the water pressure and all of the gauges on the trucks are frozen."
"I looked out the kitchen window and saw fire coming out of the bedroom window over there," she said. "My husband called the fire department."
otwain said near-zero temperatures yesterday didn't hammer firefighting efforts.
Extended illness claims former athletic director
Former athletic director Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg died at his home in Lawrence yesterday afternoon after an extended illness. He was 86.
extended classes.
Lomborg served as athletic director from 1950 to 1964, an era by four national championships, the construction of Allen Field House and other capital improvements for the Athletic department.
The funeral will be Monday at St. John the Evangelist Church, 1229 Vermont St. A time had not yet been set by yesterday evening. Father Vince Krische, Mr. Lonborg's priest said
Krische described Mr. Lonborg as a quiet, low-profile man with a hearty laugh and a good sense of humor. He also said Mr. Lonborg was a devout Catholic.
Lonborg was a devout Catholic.
"He lived the values of the church," Krische said. "It was always inspiring to see him there."
nift there.
Mr. Lonborg was born March 16, 1898, in Gardner, Ill. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 1919 after winning varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball. He earned a law degree in 1921 from KU, but never practiced law.
Instead, he coached basketball and other sports at McPherson College. Washburn University and Northwestern University for 29 years before returning to KU in 1950 as athletic director.
At Northwestern, Mr. Lonborg was instrumental in organizing the first NCAA tournament in 1939. He also posted a 237-198 record over 23 years.
Mr. Lonborg's administration saw the construction of Allen Field House, at that time one of the top basketball arena's in the nation. In addition to the four NCAA championships, KU teams won 38 league championships in the 14-year span. The 1952 NCAA basketball championship marked the high point of his administration.
A major expansion of Memorial Stadium was completed and Quigley Field, the baseball park, was completed. It was also the era of KU sports legends, such as basketball
Arthur C. Lonborg
coach F. C. "C. 'Phog'" Allen, Wilt Chamberlain and Gale Sayers.
In 1973, Mr. Lonborg was named to the Naimish Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. He is also a member of the Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame and the KU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also KU's athletic director emeritus.
In 1960, he served as manager of the U.S. Olympic basketball team at the Rome Olympics, where the American team won the gold medal.
He also served for 13 years as chairman of the NCAA tournament committee.
Krische said he was a close friend of Mr. Jonborg and had known him since 1977.
"I was talking to a friend of mine, a KU grad, and mentioned Dutch's name. He said 'Oh, yeah, Dutch. The thing about Dutch was he never wanted to be in the limelight.' That's the way he was," Krische said. "The significant thing is, he wanted things to run smoothly."
Mr. Lonborg married Edna Stansberger on July 30, 1924, in Horton. He is also survived by a son, Arthur, of Wichita.
Administrators worry about federal aid cuts
By JEANINE HOWE
Staff Reporter
Some students may be prized out of the educational market if Congress approves President Reagan's proposals to restrict eligibility for guaranteed student loans and Pell Grants. KU officials said this week.
The proposals would spell out eligibility for federal loans and grants and put a limit on how much federal aid students could receive. The president's financial-aid cutbacks, part of his proposed fiscal year 1986 budget, are scheduled to be sent to Congress on Monday.
Students obtain guaranteed student loans from banks and savings and loan associations. They must pay back the loans after they graduate or leave school, and the federal government guarantees the loans in case borrowers fail to repay them.
PELL GRANTS ARE monetary awards from the federal government that don't have to be repaid.
This year, about 7,000 guaranteed student loans and Pell Grants have been distributed to KU students.
Rogers said he did not fully understand Reagan's proposal.
earlier this week, Jerry Rogers, director of financial aid, said of Reagan, "I think his proposal will be overridden by legislative leaders. Maybe some compromises will be worked out. There is enough opposition of leading educators and leaders in the Senate and House that it won't be as drastic as it seems."
Reagan's proposal.
"If it's a straight cutoff, it would be a
disaster that would affect a considerable amount of students." he said.
in a statement released earlier this week.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said, "I have very real concerns about the president's proposals in the area of student financial assistance. Therefore, I have asked the vice chancellor for student affairs to analyze carefully the possible impact on students at the University of Kansas."
Budig said in his statement, "I fear that many able and deserving young people could be prized out of the educational market. This would also could be a waste of needed human resources."
BUDIG SAID THE results of the analysis would be presented to members of the Kansas congressional delegation.
Robin Eversole, director of University Relations, said Budig was asking Ambler to determine the number of KU students that would be affected if the president's guidelines were approved.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, was out of town this week and could not be reached for comment.
Reagan's proposal would deny guaranteed student loans to college students with family incomes of more than $32,500 and would restrict eligibility for Fell Grants by limiting them to students from families with incomes of $25,000 or less.
HIS FISCAL 1988 budget also would seek to make $4,000 the maximum federal financial aid that any student could receive in a year. Graduate students also would be restricted
See LOANS, p. 5, col. 1
Decline in KU financial aid