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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday. April 15. 1993
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College approves probation policy
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Assembly Tuesday approved an academic probation and dismissal policy and an academic forgiveness policy.
The academic probation policy will put students on probation as soon as their grade point averages fall below a 2.0. The policy will keep students from getting too far behind before they reach their junior year, said Don Bushell, head of the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising.
The old policy allowed freshmen and sophomores to have a GPA below a 2.0 and not be on probation.
"This will allow students to stay out of a deficit situation at an early stage," he said.
The approved policy will dismiss students immediately if they fail all the classes in which they are enrolled.
The academic forgiveness policy will allow students to return to KU after not attending for eight or more years and not have three of the previous semesters figured into their GPA.
Both policies will go into effect Fall 1993
Parade to honor Final Four team
A parade to celebrate the Kansas men's basketball team's Final Four appearance will be held at 4:30 p.m. today in downtown Lawrence.
The parade, sponsored by Downtown Lawrence Inc., will start at Seventh and Massachusetts streets and continue down Massachusetts Street to South Park.
Coach Roy Williams and the members of the basketball team will participate in the parade.
The team made it to the semifinal game of the NCAA tournament in New Orleans before being defeated by North Carolina, which went on to win the national championship.
Three alumni to kick off Lied series
Peggy Johnson, parade organizer, said the reason the parade was scheduled so long after the end of the tournament was because it was the first time Coach Williams and the whole team were available.
Three. University of Kansas alumni will kick off the 1963-94 Lied Center Series on October 23 in the soon-to-be-completed Ernst F. Lied Center, the University announced Tuesday.
KU- alumni Joyce Castle, David Holloway and Patricia Wise all have sung with major opera companies around the world. They will be the first in a series of concert performances that will include singer Bobby McFerrin, the San Francisco Symphony and the New York City Opera National Company.
In addition to the concert series, the New Directions Series and the Chamber Music Series also will be held at Lied Center.
The center will officially open Sept. 28 with a performance of the Broadway show "The Secret Garden."
Tickets can be purchased starting June 7 at the Lied Center box office for series events and performances. Tickets for "The Secret Garden" will go on sale July 1.
Art department awards scholarships
The art department awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships Sunday in its annual scholarship competitions for KU art students.
Student entries of paintings, sculptures or prints, were judged by the Art Department Scholarship Committee, headed by Norman Gee, professor of art. Scholarships of $6,000 each went to Rick Henerey, Warson Woods, Mo., senior, Molly Toberer, Omaha, Neb., senior and Stewart Wright, Bulkinton Warwickshire, Great Britain, graduate student.
Scholarships of $4,000 each went to Lisa Bulawsky, Lawrence graduate student, and Jenny Weatherford, Lawrence graduate student.
The rest of the money, awarded in scholarships or cash prizes, went to 36 other students.
Scholarship-winning art will be displayed Sunday through April 23 in the main floor gallery of the Art and Design Building.
Compiled by Jess DelHaven, James J. Reece, Terrill McCormick and Kathleen Stolle.
Salaries to increase with tuition
Faculty pay to reach peer schools' level with student funds
By Dan England
Kansan staff writer
EMPORIA — A committee of the Kansas Board of Regents decided yesterday to recommend a 9 percent student tuition increase for residents and a 13 percent increase for nonresidents beginning Fall 1994.
The Tuition and Fees Committee, a subcommittee of the Regents, voted for the increases as part of a three-year plan to raise Regents university faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers' level.
Board of Regents
The full Board of Regents will consider
the proposal in May
Ray Hauke, Regents budget planner, saio that if the plan was implemented, faculty salaries at KU would be at 100 percent of their peers' level by 1997.
"We are shooting a moving target when we try to level ourselves with our peers, but I feel this plan is my best guess on how to do that." Hauke said.
KU's peer institutions include the University of North Carolina, the University of Colorado and the University of Oregon. KU is at 89 percent of its peer institutions' average faculty salary.
If implemented, the increases would raise Fall 1994 tuition for residents to $857, $71 more than Fall 1993 tuition, Hauke said. Tuition for nonresidents would be raised to $3,497, $402 more than non-resident tuition for Fall 1993.
Tuition for graduate students also would be raised by 20 percent under the plan, from $66 a credit hour to 88. Hauke said.
Hauke said that 4 percent of the resident tuition increase and 5 percent of the non-resident tuition increase would go directly to faculty salary increases.
Hauke said that for the plan to work, Regents schools would have to receive at least a 3 percent increase in its funding from the state, freeing up the 4 percent increase to be used for faculty salary increases.
Lindy Eakin, associate vice chancellor of administration and finance, said that a 3 percent increase for KU was realistic.
"Three percent is the rate of inflation for the state money every year," Eakin said. "Our argument is that we should receive an increase equal to that inflation."
For the years 1987-90, KU received an average budget increase of 9 percent from the state. However, during the last three years, KU only has received an average yearly increase of 1.7 percent.
Eakin said the state's added emphasis on secondary education in the 1980s had forced it to cut funding for higher education, and that student tuition increases were the only way to raise faculty salaries.
"Our salaries have to be competitive so we can recruit and retain the best faculty," he said.
Fencers stab classmates for credit
Bv Terrilvn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
In three quick moves and a sword jab to the lower chest, David Paul, Smithers, Canada, senior, kills David Chan, Overland park senior.
But Chan does not scream or fall to the ground. He does not even bleed.
In fact, both Chan and Paul are stabbed regularly in their Fencing I class. HPER 108. And they both have lived to tell about it.
Fencing I was created to introduce students to the martial art of dueling, said Alex Baker, class instructor.
"The class teaches students to learn balance and distance, like any other marital art," he said. "They also learn how to fight without killing anyone."
Paul said he took the class because he wanted to learn how to duel.
The students fence with a rubber-tipped foil — a lightweight practice sword. The foil is one of three swords used in fencing. It does not have any sharpened edges, unlike the other fencing swords—the ene and saber.
The sport dates back to the 15th century and has evolved throughout the years from a deadly duel over honor to a safe, competitive sport.
"I've always had an interest in fencing," he said. "I guess I think that I'm Cyrano de BERERAC."
Taking a hit is a regular experience in the class. Paul said.
Chan said he enjoyed outwitting his opponent.
"Iget hit couple times a day," he said. "I hope to hit other people more times than I get hit myself."
"It has been interesting to take a class that challenges my skills and tests me every time I come to class," he said.Chan said that fencing becomes a mental sport for students after they learn the basic physical skills.
Baker said that in his three years of teaching the class, the only injuries had been two sprained ankles.
Students provide their own foils and leather gloves for the class. The glove protects the hand holding the sword. The glove is a pocket basket and wire mesh mask are provided.
Students duel during a Fencing I class at Robinson Center. Fencing is offered by the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department as a one-hour elective course.
Office seeks to bridge gap between cultures
More non-minority involvement is goal of Minority Affairs
By Jess DeHaven Kansan staff writer
Getting members of the KU community to come out and participate in culturally diverse programs is a struggle faced by the Office of Minority Affairs.
The office, located in Strong Hall, was established to recruit and retain minority students at KU, but it also sponsors several programs on campus to promote cultural diversity.
Sherwood Thompson, director of the office, said he would like to see more non-minority students attending programs and lectures offered by the office and campus minority groups.
not just a specific group of students.
"When you go to an event that is sponsored by a particular group like Black Student Union and all you see is African Americans, you realize you're not getting through to a large group of people," he said. "The point of the programs is to expand the awareness of everyone on campus,
"When we have ethnic events, we want to encourage more than just those groups to participate."
Thompson said the office had been trying to get non-minority students more involved in cultural programs and celebrations through speaking to various groups on campus such as the Greek community, residence halls and facour community that can have an appeal to a wide range of people."
"We're just really trying to impress on everyone that these programs are for all people and that they can benefit from what the speakers have to offer," he said.
James Baucom, president of Black Student Union, said he thought BSU programs were attended fairly well by students of other ethnic backgrounds.
"Sometimes I feel like there should be more African-American students there," he said. "I don't really see it as a problem when an organization has a few activities a year where only students from their ethnic group come."
Lori Lin Robinson, president of Asian-American Student Union, said her group had tried to bring in speakers that
"I think it's more a problem of getting any students and faculty involved, not just those from other cultures," she said. "I think it is possible for us to bring in speakers from
Edward Canda, assistant professor of social welfare and member of Lawrence's Coalition on Racism and Diversity, said he thought people from the community were making an effort to attend programs outside their cultures, but he agreed there was room for improvement.
"It would be interesting to get groups together that would bring in all types of people from the community," he said. "An idea would be to have the international students have an event that brings out all the different cultures."
Thompson said that although several of the programs offered by the office were geared toward enhancing the success of minority students on campus, any student was invited to use the office's resources and programs.
The Office of Minority Affairs, within the Office of Student Affairs, has a resource room that contains materials concentrating on minority issues as well as textbooks for various courses at KU. It also provides tutoring and advising on a variety of issues, Thompson said.
"We're trying to bridge the gap of cultural diversity," he said. "We encourage all students to seek out and use our services."
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