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SPORTS: Former Kansas Baskteball player Alonzo Jamison looks to the NBA draft, which begins tonight.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.101,NO.149
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1992
(USPS 650-640)
Stephen Pinyr / KANSAN
Boris buckles up
Russian President Boris Yeltsin receives a Kansas-made belt buckle from Gov. Joan Finney. Yeltsin, who visited Wichita Thursday, spoke at Wichita State University and then ate barbecue sandwiches at the Rau family farm where he received gifts from Finney President Yeltsin ended his day by donating $25,000 in scholarships to Wichita State for students to attend school in Russia.
Man convicted
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Donald Bruce, who was convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse Monday in Douglas County District Court, will be sentenced July 30. Bruce was convicted in the beating death of 23-month-old Eric Brewer, who was found Feb. 5 in a mobile home in Lawrence. An autopsy revealed that Brewer's body had 182 bruises at the time of death. Defense attorney Harry Warren said Monday that he would seek a new trial in the case. If that motion is not granted, he will appeal the decision.
WEATHER
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High: mid 90s
Low: 58-65
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The historic changes that carved new nations out of the former Soviet Union have forged a new graduate program at KU
Soviet demise forges KU graduate program
By Chris Moeser Kansan staff writer
next fall, the KU Russian and East European studies department will offer the only complete Ukrainian studies program in the United States.
George Woodyard, dean of international studies and programs, said that the program would be the first in the country to combine study in Ukrainian literature, history, politics, philosophy, religion, economics, business and geography.
Woodyard and Maria Carlson, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, traveled to Ivan Franko University in Lviv, Ukraine, earlier this month to complete the details of the program, which will be administered from the Russian and East European studies department.
Three professors from the Ukrainian university will teach at KU beginning next fall. Graduate students from KU will begin study in the fall, and the first exchange students will travel to Ivan Franko University next summer.
Woodyard said a program in Ukrainian studies made sense at KU because of the strong Russian and Polish programs that already existed.
Last year, the Russian and East European studies department at KU was ranked second in the United States by the U.S. Department of Education.
With more than 50 million people, Ukraine is an emerging power in Europe, Woodyard said. He said that the nation was trying to increase its ties to the West and that an exchange between the breadbasket of the former Soviet Union and the breadbasket of the United States seemed natural.
"The people we met were genuinely interested in working with us," he said.
Woodyard said that officials at Ivan Franko University were working to cope with the administrative problems posed by the rapid changes and economic difficulties in the nation.
He added that administrators at Ivan were trying to reform the notoriously inefficient Soviet educational system.
"It is reassuring to know people in the institution we are connected with are committed to making changes," he said.
Carlson agreed that Ukrainian officials were working as fast as possible to eliminate all traces of Soviet bureaucracy.
That effort is representative of the mood of the nation that bitterly resented Soviet domination in the 20th Century.
"Ukraine wants very much to be a part of Western Europe," she said. "Eventually it will be an important world area, and the University is building for the future."
The first class of students in the program will finish by the fall of 1993, producing Ukrainian specialists for business, government, education and the military. Carlson said.
Lawrence shelters feed poor
Daron J. Bennett / KANSAI
Don Addis waits for lunch at the Salvation Army, 946 New Hampshire St. The Salvation Army serves lunch every Monday, Wednesday and Friday as close to 12:30 as possible. Delays are not uncommon because the kitchen's staff is small.
Reactor interior to be removed
Final stage to be finished by 1993
By Richard Mancinelli
On June 24, 1961, the anxious eyes of the Kansas scientific community were on Burt Hall, on the campus of the University of Kansas At 3:49 p.m., 31 years ago today, the University's 10-kilowatt reactor started up.
This summer the remains of the upgraded 125-kilowatt reactor, which few students even know exists, are going through the last phase of being shut down.
The final stage costs $750,000 and consists of removing and disposing of the radioactive interior portion of the cement tower that housed the reactor. When no more radiation can be detected, the rest of the cement can be hauled off.
level nuclear waste disposal. In 1993, the Richland, Wash., disposal site KU has contracted for disposition of the Burt Hall waste will no longer be required to accept out-of-state radioactive material.
"The they're treating it as if it was the most powerful reactor in the world," said Thomas Muli-nazzi, professor of civil engineering and new associate dean of engineering. "Before we even throw away a dust rug, we have to check it out."
He and others on the deconstruction staff are working against a 1993 deadline that resulted from alaw governing interstate low-
Though KU's nuclear engineering and radiation-biophysics majors were dropped in the 1960s and 1978, the reactor was not shut down until June 1984. Before it was shut down, it was used for demonstration, instruction and to irradiate materials which were used primarily for biological experiments, Harold Rosson, project consultant, said.
A plan for finishing the deconstruction was prepared in 1990 and approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mulinazzi said. The contractor who will be chosen to do the work must remove all of the radioactive cement from Burt Hall and haul it to the Washington disposal site.
Though he is new to the radiation side of the deconstruction process, Mulinazzi said he is learning quickly. He is, however, confident about and familiar with the structural and design considerations of the process, he said
"Can I look down there?" Mulinazzi asked Rosson while on top of the stairs next to the reactor. Rosson, on the other hand, frequently goes inside the blue, cement, 20-foot rocket that remains in the bay area of Burt Hall. The hottest radiation spot is less harmful
than an X-ray, Mulinazzi said.
With the maintenance and license renewal costs, the building of a more powerful reactor at Kansas State University and the dropping of the nuclear engineering and the radiation biophysics degrees added to the decision to stop the reactor. Mulnazai said.
Michael Lemon, assistant radiation officer at Burt Hall and a graduate of the KU radiation biophysics program, said that although some elements of the reactor might be radioactive only for seconds and would decay in watery solutions in gallon jugs, other elements remained radioactive for much longer than peoplelive.
The reason why deconstruction is taking so long is money. Since June 1984, when the reactor was shut down, KU has waited for the Legislature to appropriate the funds needed to complete deconstruction.
In 1990 the Regulatory Commission began to require businesses and colleges with small research reactors to set aside money to cover eventual shutdown costs.
Mulinazzi said he was confident that everything would be finished before the 1993 deadline, despite the fact that he is working on a limited time schedule. He said that creating strict requirements for the contractors should ensure against his biggest worry, which is sticking to the schedule.
poor Hunger is met with donations
By Ana Kostick
Kansan staff writer
Gordon Moore stood in the rain waiting for his favorite meal of macaroni and cheese with ham and peas, but he got noodles in a gravity sauce instead.
"They all try hard but can't please all of us burns at the same time," he said, referring to Lawrence's food kitchens that offer meals to the poor and homeless.
Moore, 50, is one of the poor, hungry and homeless people in Lawrence who rely on the food kitchens instead of garbage cans and dumpsters for a meal every day.
Lt. Mark Brothers of Lawrence police said the number of people looking for food in dumpsters had decreased since the Salvation Army and Lawrence Interdenominational Nutritional Kitchen food kitchens opened in the mid-80s.
"The LINK kitchen, in conjunction with the Salvation Army, has given shelter and sustenance to a fairly substantial group." he said.
Brothers said the Lawrence community was a very understanding and accepting group that was willing to provide door and homeless and their problems.
When Brothers finds a person scavenging meals from garbage cans and dumpsters he directs them to one of their owners. He insists instead of giving them贮果.
"I don't feel comfortable placing my value judgment on someone else's lifestyle," he said.
Moore said that he hadn't to rely on dumpster dining lately but that many of the poor and homeless still went through dumpsters for leftovers.
"The key is all in the timing," Moore said. "You know when the store is closing and wait. But they have to be cautious. It's really easy to get sick."
Barbara Schnikter, director of nurses for the Lawrence/Douglas County Health Department, warned against the dangers of dumpster dining.
"Bacteria growth will occur because the food is not at proper temperatures," Schutker said. "It could be just a matter of hours if it's not kept in the
CAMPUS SNAPSHOT
See related story, Page 8.
In the fiscal year 1991, women were 22.5 percent of the total faculty at the University of Kansas. They were not among the highest paid.
Ten highest-paid KU professors are male
Of the 10 highest-paid professors at the University of Kansas, nine are white, one is Chinese, and all are male, according to the budget for fiscal year 1992. All 10 professors have nine-month contracts with KU. The highest paid is Rue Cromwell, Wright Professor of Psychology. His salary is $78,873. The only minority professor is De-Min Wun, chairperson and professor of economics. His salary is $73,930.
By David Wilson Special to the Kansan
Janet Riley, assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the number of women in the fieldstopping the list—business, law, economics, and computer science were limited to begin with.
"Women haven't traditionally gone into those fields," she said. "Right or wrong, there are more females in humanities."
"When you look at the way children are taught, you see that girls are not going to be encouraged to go into the science-related fields."
Sherril Robinson, acting director of the Emily Taylor Women's
Another reason why female faculty members do not receive comparable
salaries is that there are fewer women teaching at the University.
"The University as a whole doesn't have many women faculty," Robinson said.
Tom Berger, associate director of affirmative action, said that in fiscal year 1991, women comprised 22.5 percent of all faculty. Berger predicted that for 1992 the percentage would rise.
"Since I've been acting director, we've beaten quite a few women for this work."
Berner said that all employees filled out a form that contains race and gender information that is entered into the Human Resource Management System, a computer database, so that the demographic breakdown of KU faculty can be monitored.
Cromwell is the only humanities professor in the group. Four business professors and two law professors are also included.
The "salary market," which determines a professor's initial salary, must include the private sector, Riley said. For fields such as business and law, the professor's salary must compete with a salary that would be available outside the academic world.
Ten largest professor salaries
The ten highest paid professors are all men and nine of them are white.
name salary department
Rue Cromwell $78,873 Psychology
Michael Davis $78,400 Law
Mark Hirschey $77,810 Business
Fred Lovitch $76,850 Law
James Roberts $76,289 Computer Eng.
William Bulgren $75,111 Computer Sci.
George Pinches $74,657 Business
William Beedles $74,146 Business
De-Min Wu $73,930 Economics
Allen Ford $73,924 Business
Source: University of Kansas Budget, 1992 Sean Tevis / KANSAN