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NEWS
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY APRIL 2 2009
FINE ARTS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
many in the department of music and dance. Christopher Johnson, professor of music and associate dean of the School of Fine Arts, said KU had one of the largest music departments in the country.
Alyssa Boone, Wichita senior and music performance major; said a new School of Music would help give professors and students adequate recognition for their work.
"Just in name alone, the department of music being elevated to a school of music makes us a little more lucrative to people who would come and teach here," said Boone, who also served on the task force to help plan the reorganization.
'CHANGE IS HARD'
Sam Schlageck. Manhattan senior, expressed confusion about the reorganization. Schlageck said he did not feel informed about the changes because of poor communication between administrators and students.
"I don't think they really went around and asked for much input regarding what we would like to see in the departments," said Schlagech, an industrial design major and the Student Senator for the School of Fine Arts.
One primary factor motivating changes to the School of Fine Arts was the need to modernize the school's organization, said Dawn Marie Guernsey, chair of the art department.
The outdated model made it difficult to find a new dean for the school, said Johnson, the associate dean of the School of Fine Arts. Steven Hedden, the previous dean, stepped down last year to return to his teaching position in the department of music and dance.
Johnson said students might not notice some of the changes because faculty and courses would be in the same offices and buildings as before. He said students would still have access to the same degrees and programs, just offered under different schools.
"In the long run, all the programs are going to flourish," Johnson said. "In the short run, change is hard."
inspiration for the reorganization
Dawn Marie Guernsey, chair of the department of art, said the new School of the Arts was being modeled after institutions such as the University of Indiana, Bloomington, which has a prestigious art program located within the College of Arts and Science.
undergraduates convenient access to arts courses and the option to easily switch among departments.
"They get a well-rounded education on top of their arts degree," Klausing said.
Stephanie Klausing, graduate services coordinator for Indiana's Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, said that Indiana's organization gave
Guernsey said the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had other resources, including financial resources, that could also benefit the School of the Arts.
OPENING THE ARTS
In the School of the Arts,organizational changes could include opening first- and second-year art classes to all KU students, Guernsey said.
The change would allow nonart major students to take art courses as elective credit within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Currently, non-art majors must have faculty permission to take an art class. Changing the requirements could also help recruit students to the School of the Arts and provide graduate student teaching opportunities.
"It goes both ways," Gronbeck-Tedesco said. "Students outside the arts have more access to art training and those in art will have more access outside the arts."
'PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS'
But the plan is not without criticism.
Tim Hamill, a Lawrence resident and former chairman of the School of Fine Arts Advisory Board, said he was worried that the reorganization would not prepare students for the real world, where art and design are integrated.
"Dividing the school into different disciplines makes sense academically," said Hamill, who received his undergraduate and graduate design degrees from the University.
"But to those of us who have
spent 30 to 40 years making our living in art and design, the idea of separating art and design doesn't make any sense at all."
May Tveit, associate professor of industrial design, said she wasn't unhappy with the new plan, but would have preferred to see art, design and architecture merged, rather than moved to different schools.
"The current contemporary world tells me that all of our disciplines are merging and hybridizing." Tweit said. "I had hoped that the structural alignment would have supported that."
Caroline Curtin, Leawood senior, a graphic design and painting major, has a unique perspective on the reorganization because her majors will no longer be in the same school.
"It is a bit of a shame that people cannot see that, out in the real world, art and design work hand in hand," Curtin said. "Without knowledge of one or the other it would be hard to be successful in either discipline."
Aside from the criticism, John Hachmeister, associate professor of art, said he was not worried because artistic thinkers could creatively change quickly.
"It would really behoove us to rally on top of this and accept that change." Hachmeister said. "Yeah, there will be some things that will be a little messy, but that's part of the creative process. If anybody can do this, we can do this."
Edited by Carly Halvorson
INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pakistani people from the Mehshu tribe rally to condemn reported U.S. missile attacks in their area along the Afghanistan border, in Tank 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Dera Ismail Khan, in Pakistan, on Wednesday. A suspected U.S. S. drone fired two missiles at an alleged hide-out connected to a Taliban leader who has threatened to attack Washington, killing 14 people and wounding several others, official said.
U.S. launches missiles in Pakistan
Missiles intended to reach hide-out of militant Pakistani leader
KATHY GANNON Associated Press
In a move that addressed those concerns, the U.S. fired two drone missiles Wednesday at the alleged hide-out of one Mehsud's commanders in a remote area of the Orakai tizal region near the Afghan border in northwest
ISLAMABAD — The son of a poor potato farmer who once worked as a fitness instructor has grown into one of the most pow-
T a l i b a n chief Baitullah Mehsud, who
erruil militant leaders along the Pakistan-Afghan border, his rise fueled by alliances with al-Qaida and fellow Pakistani militants.
"Mehsud poses a very real threat to stability and security in Pakistan and Afghanistan."
Pakistan, killing 14 people, intelligence and local officials said.
vowed Tuesday to attack the White House, poses one of the greatest threats to President Barack Obama's push to stem Pakistan's slide toward instability and turn around the war in Afghanistan, analysts and officials said Wednesday.
ERIC ROSENBACH Terrorism expert
For years, the U.S. considered Mehsud a lesser threat than some of the other Pakistani Taliban, their Afghan counterparts and al-Qaida, because most of
Pakistani officials said the U.S. has changed its view in recent months as Mehsud's power has grown and concerns mounted that increasing violence in Pakistan
could destabilize the nuclear armed ally.
"Mehshu poses a very real threat to stability and security in Pakistan and Afghanistan," said Eric Rosenbach, a terrorist expert at Harvard's Kennedy School.
The FBI said it was not aware of any imminent or specific threat to Washington, and Mehsud has not carried out any attacks outside the region. Even so, Pakistani officials said the U.S. has stepped up strikes targeting the Pakistani Taliban leader and his supporters in recent weeks.
The State Department authorized a reward of up to $5 million for Mehsud on March 25, the same day a suspected U.S. missile strike killed eight militants near his hometown in South Waziristan.
Pakistan has publicly criticized the U.S. missile attacks, saying they violate the country's sovereignty and kill innocent civilians.
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