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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103.NO.1
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1993
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Academic chief is a quiet leader
David Shulenburger welcomes the challenges of fatherhood and his new administrative position as vice chancellor for academic affairs.
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By Lisa Cosmillo Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, wants to have an interesting and varied life, and he does.
From his dark tousled hair and rolled-up sleeves to his subdued necktie, he is a study in contrasts.
When he leaves his office he prefers to be in his garden or camping with his sons.
Shulenburger spends his days behind a desk as chief academic officer at KU.
his great love of chapening.
"It may all go back to being a farm kid," said Shulenburger, who was raised on a 100-acre farm in North Carolina.
Although Shulenburger has been a leader in many aspects of his life, he said that being a good leader is the most difficult part of his job.
"I hope the people I deal with think I'm fair. Shulenburger said."
As chief academic officer for the University he is responsible for seeing that the University maintains its level of academic excellence and for leading it in new directions.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he thought Shulenburger was a good choice for vice chancellor.
snutenburger, who considers himself a 47-year-old Boy Scout, said he subscribed to the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau, who
"Some people, upon first meeting, would have called him aloof or some other adjective, arrogant or something like that," said Amber. "But he is, I think, in his own personal demeanor quiet and reserved. I think there might be a little shyness as well. He doesn't impose himself on other people."
originated the idea of the social contract.
He said he tried to live by this precept.
"My moral precept is really the notion of a social contract — that we are all in this together," Shulenburger said. "We can't tromp all over one another, and when we do that, we're violating the social contract, and we ultimately make it much more difficult for society to work. So I think my ethical and moral precepts come from the notion of a social contract."
"Anyone who is still a boy Scout has it to have something special going." Ambler said. Until recently the Amblers were neighbors of the Shulenburgers, who have invited them to attend Boy Scout ceremonies over the
See CHIEF, Page 11A.
David Shulenburger became vice chancellor for academic affairs June 7. Shu
lenburger was the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs last year.
Sporting scene
Apreview of fall sports, including a look at the changing perception of KU Football a review of last
year's successful teams
Section B
Get a KU life
Lawrence and the University have much to offer in entertainment -bands, theaters,a state-of-the-art performing arts
center and the newest in the bar scene and recreation.
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Around campus
Learn how to avoid boredom this weekend and how to survive the rest of the semester.
Section D
KU offers a wide variety of activities, such as club sports, minority organizations and religious groups.
Beyond academics
Section E
Also inside:
KU students visit pope
**KANSAS CITY:** The Plaza and Royals baseball are only a few of this nearby city's attractions.
A GUIDE TO THE PALATE: From barbecue to fine dining. Lawrence has many restaurants to satis fv almost every craving.
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Jay Hyland (left), St. Louis graduate student, and Marshall Maude, Topeka sophomore, play with a hacky sack during a break from Youth Day activities. About 120 students from the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center stayed six days in Denver at the gathering that attracted about 350,000 people.
Youth Day draws Lawrence Catholics
By Donella Hearne
Kansan staff writer
About 120 KU students and chaperones from the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center braved extreme heat and huge crowds to sing for and worship with Pope John Paul II.
But two recent KU graduates had to overcome anxiety as well. One was asked to sing solo, and the other was asked to speak before the large crowd and the pope.
The pope's visit was the highlight of World Youth Day, held August 10-15 at Cherry Creek State Park outside of Denver. On World Youth Day, Catholic youths come together to worship and celebrate their religion.
The Center's choir, which has 88 members, was selected to be one of three Midwestern choirs that performed for the pope. The Center also sent a group of about 33 that took part in the ceremony but did not sing with the choir.
The event was attended by about 350,000 Catholics from as many as 80 different nations.
The two groups have been planning the trip since Christmas of 1902.
"We've had prayer meetings and have been basically getting to know one another," said Father Jerry Volz.
Despite the long preparations, Anne Weist was not quite ready for the role she played in the celebration. Weist, a 1983 graduate, represented the St. Lawrence Center and KU Catholic students when she spoke to the pope and the crowd.
"I was extremely nervous. I had to pretend like the pope was not there." Weist said. "I focused on what I had to do and what I wanted to say."
Youth Day directors asked the Center to send a speaker. Weist was selected from a group of frequent participants at the Center.
"It was an honor," she said. "But I don't think I was anything special. There were about 120 of us in the group. I just said what all of us felt."
Lynnette Valencia, a 1993 KU graduate, was selected to perform the duty of cantor during the Mass on Sunday. The cantors are responsible for leading the crowd in song. Valencia said the crowd did not bother her.
"I just pretended I was only singing for the pope," she said. "When I was little I was told that singing was twice praying, so I just
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Pope John Paul II at Stapleton Airport in Denver for a stop at World Youth Day. thought of it as praying.
Valgueron was chosen to sing partly because of her knowledge of the Filipino language. She was asked to sing in Filipino, Vietnamese and Korean to help pilgrims from many countries feel welcome.
FLOOD OF '93
Damages from flood ever-rising
By Carlos Telada
Kansan staff writer
Douglas County damage estimates for the flood of 193 have hit $4.5 million and will keep rising, said Paula Phillips, director of emergency preparedness for the county.
The flood, which the KU Weather Service said dumped 18.3 inches of rain on Lawrence in July, huri resiriver rose to 24.5 feet at the Lecompton measuring station 10 miles upstream from town, more than seven feet above flood level. The rising river submerged Burcham Park and threatened the Lawrence River front Plaza, both of which are on the south bank of the river.
Service san- rain on Lawrence dents and businesses. Backed up sewer lines in North Lawrence filled North Second and North Third streets with water that was 13 inches deep at the North Second Street underpass. The flooding closed businesses and drove out residents.
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FLOODED FROGS: Rising waters confused wildlife in Lawrence.
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Although the waters have since receded, damage reports have not. Phillips said the emergency preparedness office still was calculating damage to the county's residential and agricultural areas.
"It's going to take years for the recovery to bring things back to their conditions before the flood," she said. She said one of the office's primary concerns had been helping residents left homeless by the flood. The rising river destroyed houses on the eastern ends of 11th and 15th streets and east of Eudora, leaving about 50 people homeless.
Fred DeVictor, director of parks and recreation for Lawrence, said the flood caused $210,000 worth of damage to the city's trees. He said the trees were both an aesthetic and economic loss.
"It's difficult to put a dollar value on those trees," he said. "There is a dollar value, but those big trees can't be replaced."
See FLOOD, Page 12A
Policy bans student-faculty romance
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
A policy prohibiting consensual relationships between faculty members and their students will go into effect Aug 20.
The policy was written after a task force made recommendations on sexual harassment, said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor.
The new policy applies to all faculty, including nontenure-track professors and graduate teaching assistants.
In its final form, the policy exceeded the recommendations of the committee, said Robert Shelton, University Ombudsman.
"I can see that there will be some obvious areas of controversy as well as avenues that will have to be explored in actual
TONKOVICH: Law professor will appeal
TORKOVICH: Law professor will appeal a University's decision to
uphold his firing. Page 4A.
implementation of this policy," Shelton said. "I would assume the Ombudsman's office will be involved."
Meyen said that his office had circulated the original proposal to other University officials and that they had expressed a great desire for the KU administration to take a stronger stand on consensual relationships.
"There was a strong recommendation for the policie." Meyer said.
The policy states that faculty members involved in consensual relationships with students over whom they have authority
The definition of such a relationship includes faculty members who have authority over students' grades, employment, theses or dissertations.
Tom Berger, former acting director of
A gratience may be pursued confidentially through the University Ombudsman's office. Shelton said.
If students or faculty have grievances about consensual relationships or sexual harassment, they can pursue University grievance procedures through the academic or administrative department involved or through the Office of Affirmative Action. 313 Strong Hall.
must report the relationships to their departments heads. The faculty members will be expected to remove themselves from the position of authority.
affirmative action, was involved in the formation of the consensual relationships policy and said it was similar to policies at other state universities.
The new policy was announced the same day as the outcome of Emil Tonkovich's dismissal hearings. Chancellor Gene Budig had recommended in Fall 1992 that Tonkovich, professor of law, be dismissed after allegations that Tonkovich pressured a female student into having sex with him. The recommendation was upheld July 30 after a series of hearings.
Tonkovich said that a relationship between a student and faculty member generally was not a good idea, but he also said that it was demeaning to women to implement a rule stating that students could not date faculty members.