CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday. April 16. 1993
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Bailey Annex up for razing
Regents approve plan to demolish rusting building
Kansanstaff writer
EMPORIA — The Board of Regents gave its permission to the University of Kansas to raze Bailey Hall Annex yesterday.
"The building is basically worn out," Wiechert said.
Alien Wiechert, University director,
said the annex would have to be demolished because of its poor condition.
Wiechert said the building, which was built during World War II, had a metal covering that was rusted and full of holes.
The annex is located behind Bailey Hall and resembles a pale yellow greenhouse. It houses the Instructional Technology Laboratory, which is designed to teach education students how to use the latest technologies in teaching.
Wiechtrecommended to Chancellor Gene Budig that the laboratory be relocated in 2021 Dole Human Development Center. He said the new location was connected with the Learning Resources Center, which is overseen by the director of the technology laboratory, Ron Aust.
Moving the lab to Dole also would save the University money because no construction is needed. Wiechert said. Another option would have included putting the laboratory in
Board of Regents
Bailey Hall, which would have required building an addition onto Bailey.
Aust said he thought Dole would be a good location for the laboratory.
"The Dole location would certainly help us make sure we get the same amount of space we have in annex." Aust said.
But Dick Tracy, professor of educational psychology and research, said the new location would make it inconvenient for faculty in Bailey who use the laboratory for their research.
"I think it's a very poor location."
Tracy said. "They are moving it halfway across campus from the people who probably use it most."
Tracy said he understood that the University needed to save costs but that he wished the University could find a location other than Dole.
"If they move there, I hope it's only temporary," he said.
No date for demolition is set,
Wheatfield said.
He said he had not decided how the building was going to be razed.
The building can be taken down in two ways, he said. Prison labor could be hired to dismantle it piece by piece, or a scrap metal company could tear it down and salvage the metal.
The destruction of the building will not disrupt Bailey Hall activity because the building is far enough away from Bailey, Wiechert said.
Five degrees get OK for elimination
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
The University has approved the elimination of five academic degrees, David Shulenburger, acting vice censorlor for academic affairs, said yesterday.
Shulenburger did not say when the University made the decision, which stemmed from the University's long-running program review. The move sends the proposal to the Kansas Board of Regents for its approval.
The degrees eliminated were
B. A. in history and philosophy of science;
B. S. in toxicology;
Ph.D. in visual arts education;
B. S. in geophysics B.S. in recreation
However, the University decided to keep the B.S. in engineering physics, provided that the department shows how it is going to solve three problems by September, Shulenburger said.
The department must show how it will increase students enrolled in the program from its enrollment of 30 students to 50. The Regents recommended level for enrollment in a program.
It must show how it will increase the number of graduating students. Three or four graduate from the program each year. Shulenburger said.
The department also should solve its need for new equipment, he said.
The University decided to eliminate the degrees after reviewing recommendations from University Council Standing Committee. The University accepted every recommendation from the Council.
FDA imposes labeling rules on contraceptive producers
By Vicki Bode
Kansan staff writer
Henry Buck, gynecologist at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said he thought the rules were needed.
The Food and Drug Administration last week imposed labeling rules on contraceptive manufacturers in an attempt to prevent confusion about which products protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
"Some people still are misled about contraceptives," Buck said. "Some misunderstanding comes from the college-age group, but it's not as great a misunderstanding for them as it is for the general population."
The new FDA rules require some contraceptives to state on the package that the products do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. The rule will apply to oral contraceptives, implants, injectable contraceptives, nonlatex condoms and intranet devices.
Latex condoms will have to state that the
product can help protect users if the condoms are used properly.
He said some people did not realize that many contraceptives protected against pregnancy but not against STDs.
Only latex condoms specifically protect against the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
The best protection against AIDS and other STDs is a condom used in combination with a spermicide, said Candyce Waitley, student health educator at Watkins. However, the contraceptives must be used correctly.
"Most failures in contraceptives are caused by incorrect use," she said.
Waitley stressed that protection also must be used during oral intercourse. A rubber dam, a square piece of latex, may be used for protection.
The Watkins' pharmacy has many forms of contraceptives, but most do not protect against STDs.
John Baughman, chief pharmacist at Watkins, said 10 different brands of oral contraceptives were available at Watkins' pharmacy.
Accidental pregnancy due to contraceptive failure in the United States usually can be blamed on women who use rather than product defects.
Contraceptive failure
Percentage of accidental pregnancy in first year of contraceptive use:
Lowest Typical expected results with under provider realistic use conditions
Spermicides 3 21
Sponge 9 28
Diaphragm 6 18
Condom 2 12
Pill 0.1 3
Depo-Provera 0.3 0.3
Norpant 0.04 0.04
Source: Watkins health report
Dan Carver / KANSAN
"The difference between the pills is the estrogen and progesterone content," Baughman said. "Which contraceptive a person should use is based on their individual needs."
IRS means it's ready to send
William Lawrence, customer service manager at the Lawrence post office, 645 Vermont St.,
stamps last-minute income tax returns. Lawrence post office employees worked overtime
yesterday as bands played and tax filers celebrated in the post office lobby.
Tonkovich says University tried to force resignation
By Brady Prauser
Kansan staff writer
School of Law professor Emil Tonkovich said yesterday that various measures taken by law faculty and University administrators after Tonkovich was accused of sexual harassment were attempts to force him to resign.
During the 25th week of dismissal hearings for the tenured professor, Tonkovich questioned Sidney Shapiro, Rounds professor of law administration, and Robert Jerry, dean of law, about events in the law school related to Tonkovich's dismissal.
Most of Shapiro's testimony dealt with an Oct. 31, 1991, letter to law students signed by Shapiro and five other law professors encouraging students to report any sexual harassment they had experienced from law faculty.
Both Shapiro and Jerry testified that Shapiro discussed with Jerry the possibility of hiring an independent law firm to investigate sexual harassment allegations in the school prior to graduation.
Shapiro denied having made the comment.
Tonkovich asked Shapiro whether he made a comment in 1991 about the unlikelihood that Tonkovich would contest his dismissal with a hearing.
"Did you say that I would not go to a hearing because if I lost the hearing I'd be pumping gas?" Tonkovich asked.
Skype denied having made the contribution. He sent an email to the Office of Academic Affairs with allegations against Tonkovich, but Berry said he did not know the students' identity at the time.
Jerry said he thought the complainants did not want him to know their identity or for him to try to find out.
ty administrators, who contend they represent a "pattern of conduct." Tonkovich chastised Jerry for not interviewing the students prior to their contact with academic affairs.
Those allegations later were given to Universi-
At the end of Jerry's testimony, Tonkovich said Jerry and the administration attempted to force him to resign by removing him from classroom teaching, dismissing him with pay and charging him with moral turpitude.
"I would have welcomed your resignation," jerry said in response.
Tonkovich called two former students as defense witnesses, third-year law student Jack Epps and 1992 graduate Chris Wilson, who were used in an attempt to establish Tonkovich's credibility as a professor and his good rapport with students.
Both of their testimonies were interrupted by Tonkovich's repeated objections to questions asked by Associate General Counsel Rose Marino.
Marino asked Epss whether he ever had told a classmate that Tonkovich had "overactive hormones." Tonkovich objected, calling Marino's questioning "back-door, offensive and unethical."
Chancellor Gene Budig moved to dismiss Tonkovich in August 1982, saying Tonkovich violated the faculty code of conduct. Tonkovich asked for a public hearing before the Tenure and Related Problems Committee to determine whether he had violated the faculty code.
Final arguments before the committee are scheduled for May 12.
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