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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSA
VOL.103,NO.16
( v+v+v+v )
MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 13,1993
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CLAS programs setting standards
Requirements replace guarantees in four departments
NEWS:864-4810
Kansan staff writer
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Before Fall 1901, students in any of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' 80 departments just completed a form to declare a major.
But times have changed.
In the past two years, four majors in the college communication studies,political science, environmental studies and English have implemented admissions requirements.
Now, psychology department officials are considering setting their own standards.
James Muyskens, dean of the college.
"It would be much easier if we could count on more rigorous preparation," he said.
said that the University's open admissions policy prompted some departments to implement their own standards
Muyskens said the basic goals of the m admission policies were to boost the quality of the majors and, in some cases, to reduce the overwhelming number of incoming students.
or at least one department, the results have been mixed so far.
"I'm not sure we've seen or felt as much as we thought we would," said Howard Sypher, head of the department of communication studies.
To become a communication studies major, a student now must complete 30 hours of general course work, have an overall GPA of 2.0 and earn a 2.5 in two introductory communication studies classes and one mid-level class.
Sypher said the average GPA of commu
nication studies majors had increased since the new policy was implemented, but student numbers were still a problem.
Before the communication studies department implemented its admission policy, the student-to-faculty ratio in the major was 45:1.
major was 64.7.
"We had the highest major-to-faculty ratio in liberal arts and sciences, possibly in the University," Sypher said.
Since implementation, the number of communication studies majors has dropped from about 740 to just less than 500.
"Officially, on paper we may look like we're down some, but classes are still closing," he said.
But the numbers are deceiving. Syphen said.
ng, he said.
In fact, classroom size has not changed much at all. Sypher said. Many communication studies classes still have about five students per section over the maximum capacity. Sypher's class, Introduction to
mara, it should have been. Despite the admissions policy, classroom size has not decreased. All of the college's other departments and some of the professional schools still require courses from the communication studies department. An estimated 200 pre-majors also enroll in the classes.
Behavioral Research Methods in Communication, has 52 students. Ideally, as a seminar, it should have 15 students, he said.
Muyskens said it was too early to judge the success of the new admissions requirements.
Pam Houston, director of the liberal arts and sciences undergraduate center, said that she thought the admission standards would not only increase the quality of majors in the various programs but also help other students find direction.
help other students be ready.
"I think it's a good idea to tell students,
You have to do well in introductory classes,
If you don't, you need to be looking for a major you can be more successful in," she said.
The theme is out for Revue's 1994 edition Move to Lied Center brings new promise for fund-raiser
By Shan Schwartz
By Shan Schwar
Kansan staff writer
For this year's Rock Chalk Revue, "The Word is Out." That is the theme for this year's Revue, a campus-wide variety show and philanthropy project benefiting the Douglas Counts United Way.
The theme was announced Thursday evening and marked the official kickoff for KU living groups competing for a spot in the show, said Tad Gomez, executive producer of Rock Chalk Revue.
er of Rock Clark reveal
Each group competing for the show creates an original musical and theatrical script, Gomez said. The groups then assemble notebooks including the scripts, musical numbers, characters and stage set descriptions. Notebooks are due Nov. 5.
A panel of judges will review the notebooks and select five groups for the show, Gomez said. Selections will be announced Nov. 22.
announced NOV. 22
The selected performers then have three months to prepare the show, which will be presented Feb. 23-26 in the Lied Center.
fourteen groups are competing for five spots in the show this year. Gomez said, including 12 fraternity-sorority pairs, a group from the residence halls and one from the scholarship halls.
scholarship hints
Individuals also can perform in the show as in-between acts, Gomez said. Auditions for in-between acts will be in December.
Last year's Revue raised $26,500, Gomez said, and organizers hope to surpass that total this year. In addition, the Revue chalked up 16,000 hours of community service from all the living groups competing for the show.
artist living group. This year, any living group can participate in community service activities to contribute to the Revue's total and compete for the "Most Charitable" award, Gomez said. Rock Chalk Revue traditionally took place in Hoch Auditorium but was moved to Lawrence High School two years ago after Hoch was destroyed by fire. The move to the Lied Center, Gomez said, promised a new and exciting show.
Center, Golzhie Zakit "The quality of the show is definitely going to improve," he said. "Lied it much larger, the acoustics are much better, and overall it will be a much higher quality performance."
Thursday's theme announcement also kicked off a contest for this year's Rock Chalk Revue poster design, Gomez said. Any student may submit entries for the contest, and the winner will receive $100. Gomez said pamphlets with details of the contest were available at the Organizations and Activities Center, 400 Kansas Union. On rock Chalk Revue, call the
For more information on Rock Chalk Revue, call the Revue office at 864-4033.
Mud bath
Above, Audra Theis,
Shawnee sophomore,
gets a face full of water
from Chris Lake, Hinds-
dale, ill., junior, during a
mud volleyball tournamen-
 sponsored by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta
sorority. At right, Matt
Leonard, Prainie Village
sophomore, retrieves a
ball. Event proceeds go to
Camp Sechelt, a Kansas
City camp for underprivi-
leged girls, and to the
Ronald McDonald House
Rising to the challenge
Yesterday, the amounts raised by paceetter companies and Rock Chalk Reve for the United Way were announced. Current progress is listed below.
Goal for Douglas County Goal for University of Kansas
Source: C. Carl Kain, Dr. Cheman James Frederick. **KANEN**
Students help in United Way work fund drive
By Traci Carl
Kansan staff writer
His child psychology class requires that each student spend 50 hours at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, 1520 Haskell Ave.
At first Andy Margolis, Northbrook, Ill., senior, was not very excited about fitting 50 hours of volunteer work into his 18-hour class schedule.
"Iactually have out like it," Margolis said. "I just means I have to work that much harder in school."
Margolis is one of many KU students who donate their time and money for United Way agencies, which includes the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.
United Way of Douglas County kicked off their 1993-94 fund-raising campaign, "Rising to the Challenge," with ice cream, clowns and horseback rides from 3 to 5 p.m. yesterday at Broken Arrow Park The campaign ends Oct. 29.
The United Way goal for Douglas County is $1,112,230, which is about 3.3 percent more than was raised in 1992. The University's campaign goal is $140,000.
Headquarters, 1419 Massachusetts St., is an organization that offers listening and counseling services.
Marcia Epstein, director of Headquarters, Inc., said that the $60,680 it has asked for from United Way is almost two-thirds of its budget. The rest of its budget comes from KU student activity fees.
It has received funds from United Way since 1972, Epstein said.
About 60 percent of Headquarters' 90 member staff are KU students, Epstein said. Volunteers have to complete a two-month training program that costs $30 and requires almost 300 hours, she said. After the training, they are asked to work eight hours a week for at least six months.
KU students also use Headquarters, Epstein said. Of 16,000 people who turned to the agency for help last year, she said she estimated that almost half were KU students.
Connie Burk, coordinator of the child advocacy program, said she started as a volunteer four years ago when she was a student at KU. Two years ago she became an employee.
were KU students. Another United Way organization where KU students play a direct part is Lawrence Women's Transitional Care Services, Inc. The organization is the only house for battered and abused women and children in Douglas and Franklin counties.
The organization has asked for $37,449 from United Way, which will provide about one-fourth of its budget. Burk said.
The set-up of the organization is similar to United Way's set-up, she said.
"What we are about is community helping itself," Burk said.
Burk said. Along with the shelter, Transitional Care Services offers a 24-hour hot line, emergency transportation and community referrals.
KU students are part of the more than 50-member volunteer staff, Burk said, and many also use the house as a safe haven.
Storytellers, artists and dancers from Haskell Indian Nations University and around the country performed at the Fifth Annual Indian Market this weekend.
Traditional step
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Former KU student brings experience to job
Enrique Torres, new assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs, has firsthand knowledge of discrimination.
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
A photograph of an older man and woman, squinting in the sun and holding bunches of grapes, hangs in Enrique Torres' office.
"They were like other farm workers in their time, in the '50s and early '60s," said Torres, the new assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs. "They were discriminated against because they were Mexican-American."
Torres
The workers are his parents
Torres, who graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law last spring, said his education had been emphasized throughout his life. But other family members spent their days picking fruit for rich farmers near his home in Brownsville, Texas.
"The situation was horrible," Torres said. "No bathrooms, less than minimum wage — because they could get with it, and they still can."
away with it, and they started working Torres said he began working with minority issues as an undergraduate majoring in history at the University of Texas in Austin. He founded a Hispanic-oriented newspaper with a few friends to protest negative stereotypes of Hispanics in the Daily Texan, the university's student newspaper, he said.
paper, he said.
By working with such issues, Torres said, he spoke with and understood other minority groups.
Sherwon Thompson, director of the office, said Torres' work in minority affairs made him the best choice for the job.
Torres work with minorities was necessary for KU's welfare.
All students can benefit from working with issues of multiculturalism, Torres said. Those who protest multifor the job.
"His qualifications were very unique to the job description," he said. "He had the background that related to the specific area that this position would cover."
"In order to have a well-rounded society we need all kinds of people," he said. "And if you exclude one, you exclude them all."
"I worked with African-American students and gay and lesbian students," he said. "You saw the differences and the beauty and appreciated them instead of making stereotypes."
"In order to have a well-rounded society we need all kinds of people."
Enrique Torres Minority affairs assistant director
culturalism at KU and other universities did not realize that.
But multiculturalism does not need to be enforced, Torres said.
"It is not something that should be forced down their throats," he said. It's just something that should be opened up for everybody."