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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 13, 1993
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Kassebaum asks for involvement
Senator addresses students' concerns about budget, taxes
By Jess DeHaver Kansan staff writer
President Clinton's emergency supplemental budget, a flat tax rate and foreign policy were topics of discussion when Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum visited the KU campus yesterday.
Kassebaum, who spoke at the Kansas Union and Green Hall, said that it was important for people to become involved in government and care about issues concerning them.
One issue that has been on the minds of many is the budget, she said.
Kassebaum said the major concern about this year's budget related to Clinton's emergency supplemental budget. It is separate from the regular budget and sets aside funds for programs such as unemployment, summer jobs and Pell grants.
She said that the emergency plan included many unnecessary appropriations and that it would add $20 billion to the national deficit.
"We always need to question emergency supplementals," she said. "To me, the only thing in here that's an emergency is unemployment. The rest can be dealt with in other ways."
Kassebaina said she thought a national sales tax could help solve the nation's
deficit problems. She said the public might accept the tax if it was specifically designed to reduce the deficit.
designs for travelers.
When discussing foreign policy issues, Kassebaum said that every trouble spot was different and that the United States should analyze each situation before jumping into a battle.
"We can't be the world's policeman or the world's nanny, but we do have a leadership role." she said.
Kassebaum said she thought the United States had done the right thing by sending troops to Somalia, but she said ground forces should not be used in Bosnia.
"With Somalia, we really needed to be there because it was complete anarchy, and there was no government," she said. "In Bosnia, the Serbs have taken over, so
Students' response to Kassebaum's visit was generally positive.
we just need to enforce the no-fly zone and strengthen the embargo."
Claudia Coleman, Kansas City, Kan. graduate student, said she was impressed with the senator.
"I feel she is a strong person, and she doesn't apologize for her positions," Coleman said. "I admire her even if I don't agree with all her ideas."
Tricia Pierron, Lawrence graduate student, said that listening to Kassebaum bad made issues more understandable for her.
"I learned a lot about what's happening." Pierron said. "I'm always skeptical about what's going on, and when you hear it from someone who's actually involved, it's more reliable."
Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum addresses students at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. She talked about key issues yesterday and opened the floor for questions.
Academic Probation and Dismissal for Liberal Arts
Current Procedure
The current policy is based upon the number of hours a student has taken. For each level of hours taken the student needs to have a minimum cumulative grade point average. This policy is in effect until the student's junior year, when the minimum grade point average becomes a 2.0 for the rest of the students academic career.
Guidelines
Proposed Procedure
Minimum G.P.A.
Credit hours taken Minimum G.
14 or fewer 1.0
15 - 29 1.4
30 - 44 1.6
45 - 59 1.8
Junior status 2.0
Senior status 2.0
The proposed policy is based upon the student maintaining a minimum of, or the equivalent to, a 2.0 grade point average. Instead of using the grade point average for grades below the number of grade points accumulated would be used.
Application
If students do not meet the minimum required for the number of cumulative hours they have taken, they are placed on academic probation. They have one semester in which to raise their grade point average to the appropriate level. If their grade point average does not meet that requirement, they are suspended from the University for one semester.
Number of hours taken multiplied by two gives the minimum number of cradle points necessary.
Total hours Current hours G.P.A. Cumulative G.P.A. Status
24 12 1.5 1.5 D.K.
38 12 1.5 1.5 Probation
48 12 2.33 1.78 Suspended
Guidelines number of grade points necessary
■ if, at the end of a semester, the student's grade points are below this number, the student is considered to be on academic probation.
Example
A student does not meet the minimum number of grade points required, the student is placed on academic probation. A student whose grade points are 1 to 12 below the minimum number are considered to be on academic probation. If a student must reduce the grade point deficit to zero, if a student's grade point deficit is above 12, 13-25, the student has one semester to raise the grade point deficit to 12 or be suspended from the University for one semester. Students who have a grade from the University are dismissed regardless of their status from the previous semester.
Application
Source: Don Buntol, head of the committee on undergraduate studies and advising
Paint Houston, director of CLAS undergraduate Administration Center
Example
Total hours Current hours G.P.A. Grade points Grade point deficit Status
24 12 1.5 18 6 Probation
36 12 1.5 18 12 Probation
48 12 2.03 28 8 Suspended
60 12 1.5 18 14 Suspended
Derek Noien/KANSAN
CLAS to consider new academic policies
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is considering two new policies that aim to help students struggling academically
The college will discuss a revised academic probation and dismissal policy at its College Assembly at 4 p.m. today at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
The proposed revision to the academic probation and dismissal policy would place students on probation as soon as their GFA fell below 2.0, regardless of the number of class hours attempted.
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
Students can remain on probation just as long as they stay near the 2.0 average.
Pam Houston, director of College Undergraduate Administration, said the new policy would give students a more realistic view of how they were doing.
"We felt that telling first semester students they were in good standing with a 1.0 gave
them the wrong impression," she said. "We wanted to reinforce the need to have a 2.0 GPA."
College Assembly also will consider the proposed academic forgiveness policy, which would apply to returning students who have not attended the University for eight or more years. Upon returning, those students could keep the grade point average from three previous semesters from being totaled into their overall GPA.
The number of students who would actually benefit from this proposed policy are few, but those few students would be significantly helped from the proposed change, said Joe Van Zandt, coordinator of the college's advising support center.
Fall students able to receive KUID stickers at enrollment
"The goal of the proposal is to provide a mechanism for students who have been out for many years to start their academic career without being penalized for their past performance," he said.
Under a new system that reduces lines and waiting,
Wadel, a Greensburg junior, enrolled and picked up the
sticker in 10 minutes yesterday.
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
For the first time, the office of the University registrar is offering fall enrollment stickers for students as soon as they enroll. The office has set up a table inside the main entrance of Strong Hall on the first floor.
Brian Wadel remembered waiting in line for two hours last semester at Fraser Hall — all for a small sticker to put on his KUID.
After April 27, students may pick up their stickers only at the registrar's office window.
Rich Morrell, University registrar, said this new system had been designed to make picking up the enrollment stickers easier.
"We wanted to make it hassle free for the student," he said.
Morrell estimated that one third of all KU students had not picked up their stickers this semester.
Students who have not obtained their sticker cannot use certain services, such as Robinson Center and campus buses. Students without stickers will not be allowed into football games, Morrell said.
He said his office would evaluate the new system by checking the number of students who pick up their stickers during enrollment. He will decide whether to keep the new system before the fall.
"I have a sense that it is working." Morrell said
Daric Greider, Wichita senior, said she used to hate waiting in line to get her sticker.
"I didn't even get one last semester because it was too much of a pain," she said.
Cheryl Hernandez, Shawnee sophomore, said she would not have to take time out from rush activities for her sorority. Alpha Xi Delta, during Hawk Week.
"Everyone is always so busy for rush," she said. "It will be nice to concentrate on that and not have to worry about picking up my sticker."
By Dan England
Kansan staff writer
Lindy Eakin, associate vice chancellor, is making progress on a computer data-base system that could check students' enrollment using their KUID.
Under the system, which Eakin hopes to have installed by Fall 1993, the KUIDs would work much like a credit card.
A magnetic strip would be placed on the back of students' KUTDs after they pay their fees. This system would allow a computer to read enrollment information, which could be updated daily. Students would have to pick up the strip only once.
Eakin said he had talked with three vendors who sell the data-base systems. He plans to meet today with a vendor who sells equipment that would produce the magnetic strip.
Once the computer equipment is purchased, it would have to be installed in different centers on campus, such as the Kansas Union and the registrar's office.
"It's a big decision, and it's just a matter of getting it all done by August," Eakin said.
He said each University building that would use the system would pay for its own data base. That money would pay for the system, which will cost the University between $350,000 and $500,000 to purchase and install.
Eakin said the system, which must be approved by Cancellor Gene Budig, would be working within the year if it was not ready by fall.
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