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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
VOL.101.NO.154
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1993
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Sorting problems delay local postal service
By Carlos Tejada
For two weeks, an empty mailbox greeted Sandra Van Rooch, Stockholm, Sweden, junior, every morning when she checked her mail.
She said she waited and even called the post office in Kansas City, Mo., to track down her mail, which included financial support from her family.
"Suddenly, one day, I got a bunch of mail," she said.
Mail also has been inconsistent for Tracy Rasmussen, Lawrence graduate student.
"We just never know when it comes," she said.
Problems like these have been common during the past few weeks in the 6046 and 6044 ZIP codes, said Bill Reynolds, Lawrence postmaster.
He said that although equipment trouble and changes of address have created problems, the mail now should be moving more efficiently.
Reynolds said one of the major problems
had involved sorting equipment at the post office in Kansas City, Mo., where Lawrence mail first goes to be sorted.
But because the Kansas City, Mo., post office received the wrong sorting equipment about two months ago, it takes Lawrence's mail carriers longer than the usual two hours to sort the mail, he said.
Hand sorting has forced the post office to adjust routes to speed up mail distribution, he said. Lawrence residents have encountered further delays as mail carriers try to become accustomed to their new routes.
Another problem is the large number of change-of-address cards the post office received at the end of the spring semester, he said. About 37,000 change of address cards were submitted, outnumbering the total number of addresses in Lawrence by 7,000.
"It really can snowball." Reynolds said.
He said the number was inflated by students, who tend to live together under one address but leave multiple addresses when they leave for the summer.
The changes of address have made delivering to neighborhoods with many students difficult, said Sherry Williams, a mail carrier.
The routes that have a lot of students are delivering at different times," she said.
Williams said the mail would probably become more consistent within the next few days.
"I hope everybody is a little patient," she said.
However, she said, complications will not disappear for good.
"Once the fall starts," she said, "it'll get hicc tie again."
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Beat the heat
Olivia Catloth, 3, and her brother Grant, 5, both from Lawrence, watch as Grant's friend, Evan Stuit, 5, also from Lawrence, plunges into the water of the Chicago Omega fountain. The three were cooling off yesterday while Evan's mother, Mary, waited for her brother to get out of class. Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid-to-high 80s for the next several days.
Brinkman leaves KU
Former dean, vice chancellor accepts position with foundation
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
Del Brinkman, former vice chancellor for academic affairs, has accepted the position of journalism program officer with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Brinkman took leave from the University in December to edit the papers of William Allen White, late editor of the Emporia Daily Gazette, at the Library of Congress.
Brinkman said he was excited about working with the foundation. In his new position, which he will begin August 2, Brinkman will coordinate grant programs for professional journalists and journalism education.
Mike Kautsch, dean of the School of Journalism, said that he would miss having Brinkman as a professor of journalism but that he was thrilled that someone from KU would be holding such an influential position in one of the nation's leading foundations.
"I expect Del Brinkman will have an extremely positive national impact on education in journalism and related fields." Kautsch said.
Brinkman began his career in journalism on the Emporia Daily
Gazette. He taught high school journalism for three years, and served as president for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the Association
Del Brinkman
Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Brinkman was dean of the School of Journalism from 1975 until 1986, when he began serving as vice chancellor for academic affairs.
John Ginn, Knight distinguished professor of journalism, said that he would miss the opportunity to have Brinkman as a colleague, but that the foundation was fortunate to have Brinkman join its ranks.
"He brings a very special perspective of a journalism educator, a practicing journalist and a university administrator to that job," Ginn said.
The Knight Foundation was established in 1950 by John and James Knight, brothers who founded a newspaper publishing company. The foundation supports programs in journalism, education, and arts and culture.
Ginn said the foundation has given KU $1 million to establish the Knight chair in journalism, which Ginn occupies.
Tom Leininger / KANSAN
Kansans react to the Supreme Court's decision upholding the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., case. Paul Wilson, distinguished professor emeritus, discusses his role in defending the state in 1954.
Segregation in schools
Joan Reiber, surrounded by her students at Hilltop Child Development Center, opens a present given to her at a retirement party last Wednesday in the Big Eight Room. She has been Director of Hilltop for 18 years.
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Hot wheels
Hot wheels Rollerblade enthusiasts have another outlet for their sport.
A new form of hockey has left the rink and hit the pavement.
Head of campus day care center retires
Joan Reiber leaves Hilltop after 18 years
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
A collective "ahhh" burst from an enthusiastic audience of small children holding multicolored balloons when Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor appointed Joan Reiber
The preschoolers were among those attending an open house held in Reiber's honor on Wednesday, June 16. After 18 years of service to families at the University of Kansas and in Lawrence, Reiber is retiring.
Reiber, retiring director of Hilltop Child Development Center, told the group of about 40 children that this bunny would do well with the two real bunnies in her garden.
"We're recognizing a person who has made a very special contribution to not only the University but to many families who have entrusted their children to her," Meyen said. "She has brought Hilltop to a level of quality we all appreciate."
Attending the open house were many past "hilltopers" and their parents. Hilltoper is the nickname given any child who has been or is currently a student at the center.
Bob Marvin, library associate, attended the open house. His daughter attends Hilton.
Hilltop began in 1972 as a result of the demands of a group of women staff and faculty called the February Sisters, who took over the East Asian Studies building with a list of demands. One of their demands was for on-campus child care.
"We love Hilltop," he said. "Joan and the other people there are wonderful."
Reiber has seen many changes since she came to the center in 1975.
"I think the professionalism of child care has really grown." Reiber said. "I think people now see it as more than babysitting. They
see it as a place where children are educated as well as cared for and loved, and there's a good balance there."
The credentials of the teachers also has improved. All of Hilftop's lead teachers have degrees and are certified at the appropriate level. Reeber said.
When Hilton opened in 1972, 54 children attended. Now 169 children attend.
Andi Fishman replaced Reiber on Monday. Fishman has an elementary education degree from KU and a master's degree in early childhood education from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She has directed two other child care centers.
"I am very excited." Fishman said. "The center has a wonderful reputation."
Reiber understands the plight of the nontraditional student as well as the working parent. She earned her bachelor's degree in social welfare from Florida State University in 1964 while raising three children. In 1970
Reiber's children range in age from 27 to 39. She said it was difficult being a working parent, but that it helped her children become independent.
she earned her master's degree from KU in human development and family life while raising five children.
"I really think children should be assertive, be respectful, have empathy for other people," she said.
Anne Müller, head teacher at Hilltop, said she was excited for Reiber.
Reiber plans to remain active. She will take a master gardener class, serve on the board of the Court Appointed Special Advocate board, serve as past president of Douglas County Child Development Association and help with the fall conference of the Kansas Association for the Education of Young Children.
"She's getting a well-deserved rest," she said. "I'll miss her."
Andi Fishman is the new director of Hilltop Center
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
Andi Fishman said she was looking forward to the challenge facing her as the new director of Hilltop Child Development Center.
Fishman, originally from Overland Park, will be replacing Joan Reiber. Reiber had been director of the center since 1975 and retired last week.
Hilltop is a child care center on the KU campus that serves both the campus and the community. The center is always full and often has a waiting list of up to 240 children, Reiber said. The enrollment policy at Hilltop requires that 80 percent of the children who attend be affiliated with KU.
Fishman earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education at KU in 1981 and her master's degree in early childhood education at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
She taught at Hilltop as an undergraduate student from 1979 to 1980. After graduating from KU she became director of the Early Childhood Department of the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. She spent nine years in that position, increasing the number of children served in the program from 40 to 250.
In 1889, Fishman went to Memphis to direct the Early Childhood Department at the Jewish Community Center there.
Fishman recently returned to Lawrence to work as the director of Hilltop.