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Wednesday, August 18, 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ADMINISTRATION
University names new administrator
Kansan staff report
The KU administration received some unusual attention during the usually quiet month of June.
David Shulenburger was named vice chancellor for academic affairs June 7 after serving as acting director since January and after a
national search to fill the pleted.
Shulenburger joined the KU faculty in 1974 as an assistant professor in the School of Business, where he held several administrative positions, including associate dean and undergraduate program director.
He was associate vice chancellor for academic affairs from January 1988 to January 1993.
Shulenburger replaced Del Brinkman, who resigned from the position in Fall 1992.
Chancellor Gene Budg made front page headlines in Kansas City, Mo., when he was one of five new members named to the Kansas City Royals Board of Directors.
D. Shulenburger
It was the first step in a plan by the late Royals owner Ewing Kaufman to keep the team in Kansas City well into the future.
Gene Budig
Kauffman released the complex plan April 19. The board will form a limited partnership and take over Kauffman's control of the baseball team Kauffman died of bone cancer Aug. 1.
Del Brinkman
Del Brinkman, former vice chancellor for academic affairs, changed his plans to become an instructor in the School of Journalism when he accepted the position of Journalism Program Officer with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation on June 21.
In his new position, which he began Aug. 2,
Brinkman will coordinate grant programs for professional journalists and journalism education.
Brinkman was dean of the School of Journalism from 1975 to 1986, when he began serving as vice chancellor for academic affairs.
A Summary of Summer Events
BASEBALL
'Hawks make history advancing to world series for first time
Kansan staff report
The Kansas baseball team made history this summer when it advanced to the College World Series for the first time.
The World Series appearance means Kansas was the first university to win a bowl game, advance to the Final Four, have a women's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament and have a baseball team in the College World Series in a single year.
Kansas, seeded eighth out of the eight teams in the Series, quickly exited the double-elimination tournament with losses to Texas A&M and Long Beach State, and finished the season with a 45-18 record.
In the first game, Texas A&M All-American pitcher Jeff Granger pitched against the Jayhawks, who countered with junior pitcher Chris Corn. Corn gave up three earned runs in six innings, but Granger yielded only one run in eight innings, to give Texas A&M a 5-1 victory.
the next game against Long Beach State was advertised as a great pitching match-up between Jayhawks freshman pitcher Jamie Solitttorr and 49er star Mike Fontana.
the first few innings lived up to the billing.
Splittorff shut out the 48ers for five innings,
and Jeff Niemeier's home run was the only hit
Fontana yielded.
In the sixth inning, however, the 49ers scored three times, even though only one of the runs were earned. Long Beach State added one run in the seventh inning and two more in the ninth.
The Jayhawks could not match that offensive outburst, as Fontana gave up only one more hit, and pitched a complete game for the 49ers. The final score was 6-1.
On June 7, the team was welcomed back home by a crowd of approximately 300 fans cheering "Go KU!" and performing the Rock Chalk chant.
POLICY
Kansan staff report
Administration bans smoking in many University buildings
KU's administration extinguished smokers' cigarettes when a no-smoking policy went into effect July 1.
As a result of the policy, smoking is now banned in all campus buildings excluding student housing, the Kansas Union, the Adams Alumni Center and the Kansas University Endowment Association building. But even those buildings, with the exception of student housing, recently developed policies that will ban smoking.
For the last 10 years, about 10 percent of the student population has been smokers, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said that although no penalties have been set for violators of the policy, action would be taken on the basis of complaints.
KU buildings do not have proper ventilation and can not separate people to allow for smoking, Meyen said. The increasing risk of secondhand smoke to non-smokers convinced him that the ban was needed.
Smokers, who have decided that the new policy is a sign to quit smoking, but are having trouble quitting, can enroll in smoking cessation classes this fall. The classes are free of charge to faculty and staff and $5 for students at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Policies that ban smoking are now being developed on campuses across the country, including Northeastern University in Boston.
the classes offered are based on a system taken from a book called "The No-Nag, No-Guilt, Do-It-Your-Own-Way Guide To Quitting Smoking" by Tom Ferguson. Students must pay $5 for the book.
BUSINESS
Lawrence gets new businesses despite weak national economy
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence had several new businesses open during the summer months.
Despite a weak national economy, restaurants and discount clothing stores were among the new businesses that have appeared in Lawrence since the spring semester.
New restaurants include Applebee's, 2520 Iowa St. and the Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St.
the 1/2 Price Store is now in the former Wal-Mart building at 2727 Iowa St. Wal-Mart opened at a new location this summer at 3300 Iowa St.
The Concise Market, a comic book store, is at 711W. 23rd St.
Other businesses that are planning to open
soon are two Walgreens, one at Sixth Street and Kasold Drive and one at 23rd Street and Alabama, and Sidewinders, a saloon. Mike O'Donnell, director of the Small Business Development Center in the business school said Lawrence and the surrounding area had been spared some of the nation's economic problems because of a growing population.
WESCOE
Wescoe suffers minor damage due to expanding foundation
Kansan staff report
A study conducted this spring by a geological firm concluded this summer that the base of Wescow Hall has risen, not sunk as was previously thought by KU officials.
Core samples were drilled from the building to determine the cause of the problem and possible solutions.
James Modig, director of Design and Construction Management of Topeka, said that an expanding shale foundation beneath Wescoe had shifted and warped the first floor of the building, causing the floor to rise up four inches from its original position.
Modig said the release of pressure from removed topsoil and the expansion of the shale's clay particles as they absorbed ground water were the reasons for the problems.
Damage is primarily to the southeast section of the first floor, which has rippled hallways and warped ceiling tiles.
Ground water from the soil around Wescoe and a tunnel below the building that was part of the old Robinson Gymnasium made the clay in the shale act as a sponge. Mogli said
rue study made several recommendations to keep Wescoce's first floor level, such as removing and relieving the floor, replacing the dividing walls and keeping the ceiling separate from the building's foundation.
According to the study, any solutions would be short term because the shifting is expected to continue. Water will continue to saturate the ground around the building and cause the clay shale to expand.
KU MEDICAL CENTER
Med Center receives $500,000 to study Parkinson's disease
Kansan staffreport
The American Parkinson Disease Association gave the University of Kansas Medical Center a $500,000 grant for research of Parkinson's disease July 11.
By giving the research team a $500,000 grant, the association bestowed the Med Center with an honor only three other university medical schools across the nation received.
The grant will be awarded in $100,000 increments during the next five years. The association's board of directors — with more than 20 scientists and doctors renowned for their work in the Parkinson's disease field — votes
on who will receive the grants.
The board bases the decisions on the universities' research and accomplishments in the field, said Kimberly Kirkland Seidman, the association's West Coast director. Other centers financed by the association are Emory University in Atlanta, Robert Wood Johnson University in New Bruswick, N.J., and Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Ore.
William Koller, who directs Parkinson's research at the Med Center, said the grant was not a lot for research. Some grants can total $10 million. But this grant can be used for whatever the team needs, unlike some grants, which require research on one topic.
Parkinson's disease affects more than 1 million Americans. Although it is most common in the elderly, it can strike people in their 20s or 30s.
KE's study has focused for years on issues such as environmental factors that may affect whether people get the illness and what can be done to stop the disease's symptoms, Koller said.
The accomplishments of the research team include a study of Kansas residents. The study revealed that those who live in rural areas and drink well water are twice as likely to get Parkinson's disease.
KU HEALTH INSURANCE Students surprised by increase in KU medical insurance bills
Kansan staff report
Students receiving their KU insurance bills might be surprised to find rates that increased by 31 percent during the summer.
Student Senate approved the increase in March, but many policy holders were unaware of the change until they received their latest bills.
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Policies for KU students are offered by G-M Underwriters Agency Inc., of Rochester, Mich.
Jim Boyle, associate director of Watkins Memorial Health Center, said the increase was long overdue because insurance premiums had been too low since 1991.
soul said that increases during the past four years were more than 2 percent, but this year's increase was necessary because the premiums had not kept pace with inflation.
If the rates had not gone up, Boyle said, reduced coverage would have resulted.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield had provide, insurance coverage for KU, but losses of $1 million in 1982-93 caused them to drop their coverage of students for this year.
Steve Vogelsang, head of Student Senate's health advisory board, said KU's increase was still better than the nation's medical consumer price index of 12 percent and the rates of any other university in Kansas.
The annual premium for a single policy for 1993-94 is $739 and the premium for a family policy is $2,474. In 1991-92 and 1992-93, the premiums were $565 for an individual and $1,800 for a family.
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