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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 23, 1993
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Budig asks for tolerance
Bias discussed at Convocation By Carlos Tejada
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
Those who expected nothing but praise for the University of Kansas from its administrators during yesterday afternoon's Opening Convocation may have been surprised.
At the 128th Convocation, held at Lied Center, Chancellor Gene Budig told the audience of about 1,000 students, faculty and alumni that KU was an integrated, renowned institution of higher learning.
But he also said he recently had received reports from the Task Force on African-American Student Concerns, the Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns and the Task Force on Sexual Harassment that said KU did not treat all students equally.
"Each of these groups reported that this campus is not always perceived as a welcoming, respectful, hospitable environment," Budig said. "I must reiterate, therefore, that there can be no place in this community for intolerance or bias."
Budig said that the responsibility for changing that perception belonged to KU's students and faculty.
"Each of us shares in the responsibility for creating a university in which all students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to grow without intimidation or fear," he said.
Reactions after the speech were mixed.
"We've got a long way to go, but we've made a lot of headway," said John Shoemaker, student body president.
He said such complaints against KU were legitimate.
state Rep. Barbara Ballard, D Lawrence and associate dean of student life, agreed with Budig and Shoemaker.
"People in the University and in the community aren't always as sensitive as they could be," she said.
But Hadi Alhassani, Lawrence junior, said KU was more tolerant than other universities he had attended. He said he had expected discrimination when he first came to KU from Yemen, but nobody bothered him because of his ethnic background. Places such as Britain, where he once lived, had to go much further to end discrimination.
"KU is more tolerant compared to other schools I've been to," he said. "I wouldn't say there's a long way to go. Steps have already been made."
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Plat Latnam-Winter-Green, Virgin Islands senior, left, and Sean Holland, Kismet senior, act in "The Inner Circle." The play, which depicts the effects of AIDS on a group of friends, was performed Saturday in Hashinger Hall. An additional performance will be at 8 p.m. Saturday at Inge Theater in Murphy Hall. See story. Page 1B.
The Inner Circle
Melissa Lacev./ KANSAN
More students receive Stafford loans
James Ralston, professor of choral music, leads a crowd of about 1,000 in the alma mater. Ralston was a part of yesterday's Opening Convocation at Lied Center. Next to Ralston, left to right, are Stephen Grabow, university marshal, Chancellor Gene Budig and John Shoemaker, student body president
Kansan staff writer
By David Stewart
Students receiving Stafford loans this year probably saw many new faces in line as they waited to pick up their checks at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Last year's 4,100 students receiving Stafford loans swelled to more than 5,600 recipients under newly revised requirements for getting federal student aid.
federal Higher Education Act allowed more students from families with higher incomes to qualify for federal financial aid, she said. Part of the Higher Education Act establishes the rules by which financial aid is administered. Every five years Congress must reapprove the act and any revisions necessary.
About 5,100 students received subsidized Stafford loans this year, said Diane Del Buono, director of student financial aid. In addition, 500 students received unsubsidized Stafford loans, a newly available type of financial aid. The total financial aid KU received from the Stafford loan program also increased, from $14 million last year to $21 million this year, Del Buono said.
Changes made during the reauthorization of the
Unsubsidized Stafford loans, unlike subsidized Stafford loans, require students to pay interest on the loan amount while in school or deferring the interest until graduation.
"Both the amount of aid and number of students receiving subsidized Stafford loans increased for this fall." Del Buono said.
"Our staff worked literally around the clock because a lot more students had loans coming to them." Del Buono said.
"The Stafford loans will be wired electronically to a KU account," Del Buono said. "Once in the system, the balance of the funds go from our account to the student's account."
Many of the students who waited in line last week would not have to show up in person to get their
Stafford loans in Spring 1994, Del Bouno said. At that time, KU will begin transmitting Stafford loans by computer.
Kathe Munz Shimham, the University comproller, said about 60 percent of the banks that finance Stafford loans for KU students are capable of making electronic fund transfers and that loan recipients using those banks would not have to wait in line to pick up their checks.
Iowa State University and University of Missouri currently accept Stafford funds electronically, she said.
This process will eliminate the need to go through three lines to receive Stafford loan checks, pay University fees and receive refunds, Del Buono said.
OBITUARIES
Leukemia claims life of H.O.P.E. nominee
By Tracl Carl
Kansan staff writer
When Timothy F. Mitchell died Tuesday, the KU department of art history lost a valuable instructor, said Ed Fatkinsky head of the department.
“His mastery of both the material and the audience was right on the button,” Eglisky said. “He was an unusually gifted teacher.”
Mitchell, 49, professor of art history,
died of leukemia.
Eglinsky said Mitchell lectured to school teachers and was able to communicate his topic on many levels.
"It's one thing to talk to graduate students on abstract art," Englsink said. It's another to talk to a kindergarten teacher about abstract art."
Randy Griffey, Norton graduate student, took two of Mitchell's classes.
"He had an amazing command of the material." Griffey said. "He was an incredibly interesting, entertaining lecturer."
his popularity with students.
Linda Stone-Ferrier, associate professor of art history, said the fact that Mitchell was nominated for the H.O.P.E. Award was an example of
"We don't have as many seniors in our classes, being a small department," Stone-Ferrier said. Senior students nominate professors for the H.O.P.E.
Timothy Mitchell
Stone-Ferrier said Mitchell, who worked during the summer on research, maintained a sense of humor throughout his illness.
"It's a tremendous loss for me both personally and professionally." Stone-Ferrier said. "There was tremendous potential there."
Mitchell, who came to KU in 1979, served as head of the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at KU from 1987 to 1992.
Survivors include his wife Nancy, assistant director of Study Abroad, and two daughters, Sarah, a KU junior, and Kristina, a KU graduate student.
Kansan staff write
By Traci Carl
Professor of psychology HDFL dies of cancer
Throne had a simple way of explaining where he was in the photo.
In John M. Throne's office, there is a photo of former President John F. Kennedy signing the Mental Retardation Act.
"He said, 'I'm the Throne behind the power,'" sad Jeanne Tramill, associate scientist at KU's University Affiliated Program. "That's my favorite memory of John."
Throne, 66, worked throughout his career for disability reform.
He was a courtesy professor of psychology and Human Development and Family Life at KU and a senior scientist for the Life Spans Institute.
He died Aug. 15 from multiple myeloma, a form of cancer.
In 1991, throne opened Allegria School, a small, private school in Assunción, Paraguay, that integrated mentally and physically disabled children into a traditional classroom setting. The school, which now has 65
students, was used as a model for other disability programs all across South America, said Steve Schroeder, director of the Life Span Institute
Today, the Alegria Foundaregion is building another school, which will have 175 students, Schroeder said.
John M. Throne
Throne also was a clinical psychologist at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, at the Academy for Counseling and Change in Kansas City, Mo., and at Associates for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Overland Park.
Survivors include his daughter, Julie Throne, Lawrence, who graduated from KU in May; and his stepson, Anthony Lathrop, Nashville. Tenn.
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