UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday.February 26.1993
Student expresses pride in heritage
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campus. She worked as assistant director for Ad-Book, organizing parts of the 16th annual Big Eight Conference on Black Student Government last weekend. She is also vice president of the McCollium Black Caucus, which sponsored a fashion and talent show this week and a Soul Food Dinner earlier this month.
"She is extremely determined," said Norma Norman, associate director of the Office of Minority Affairs, who worked with Blackwell during the Big Eight Conference.
"Karen has overcome many obstacles, not only to become Miss Black Kansas, but to be able to go to the competition in Washington," Norman said.
Kansas does not have a pageant show. Blackwell was selected as Miss Black Kansas through personal interviews with the judges.
Blackwell hopes to teach what she has learned to another of her interests — children. She said she would like to open a pediatrics clinic and volunteer in the community with children's groups such as the Boys and Girls Club.
At the end of the fashion and talent show, which Blackwell organized and encee for the McCollum Black Caucus, she described a vision that had come to her the night before, a vision to remind everyone of the pride and beauty of being Black.
"Look into a paddle of oil. It's black and potent and strong," she said. "And then look into it after it has rained. All of a sudden you see rainbows. A rainbow of different colors. And that's what all of us are. A rainbow of colors coming from one. From each of us shines a variety of colors coming from one atom, one color."
YESTERDAY'S NEWS
Editor's note: Because classes were canceled yesterday, the Kansan reduced its press run. Therefore, some of yesterday's top stories are recapped here.
Senate passes budget fee increase proposal
Student Senate passed early eesday morning a Revenue Code Budget for fiscal 1994 and 1995 that left Senate's unallocated fund nearly empty.
But Senate also passed an activity fee increase that could replenish the fund, which is used to meet its "funds" budget requests during the year.
Senate passed the $1,152,950 a year budget after nearly four hours of debate and several major revisions.
Revenue Code groups request funding every two years. The Senate Finance Committee proposes a budget based on hearings.
Although the committee's proposed budget would have cut funding to Legal Services for Students, the service received $190,479 a year, $49,122 more than the committee had proposed but $22,004 less than the service had requested. Legal Services received $186,781 a year in fiscal 1992 and 1993.
The KU chamber and concert music series received $63,142 a year instead of the $90,000 proposed by the finance committee. The series, which received $70,702 a year for fiscal 1992 and 1993, had requested $102,587.
Senate also passed a $3 activity fee increase, which must be approved by Chancellor Gene
Few speak against merger of psychology departments
Despite expectations of a large crowd, only four faculty members showed up at a public hearing Wednesday night to speak against a proposal that would merge two psychology departments.
The hearing was designed to give students and faculty a chance to speak on a proposed merger of the department of counseling psychology with the department of educational psychology.
Rich Simpson, who heads the committee, said he expected more speakers at the hearing, which began at 7 p.m., after snow had begun to fall.
The merger, a result of program review, was proposed as a way to save money by eliminating a chairperson in one of the departments, said David Shulenburger, acting vice chancellor for academic affairs. That person would be free to teach again, giving both the departments an added instructor.
Robert Hohn, professor of educational psychology and research, said that combining the programs in many future problems in the school.
"Alarge monolithic structure may be slower to respond to a problem than two little divisions," Hohn said.
The committee will hold another hearing from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
Opponents denounce qualified admissions
TOPEKA — Kansas is doing just fine without qualified admissions at its Regents universities, opponents of a state Senate bill said Wednesday.
The qualified admissions bill would require incoming students to meet at least one of three requirements. High school students would need either a 2.0 grade point average, a composite ACT score of 24 or to be in the top third of their high school class.
"What would we find out about the students in our state if they were subjected to the same requirements today?" Chase asked.
A familiar argument against the bill was championed by Phyllis Chase, a Topeka school board representative, as debate over qualified admissions continued in the Senate Education Committee. Chase said qualified admissions would deprive able students of an education.
She cited a 1955 KU study that found that about 20 percent of the University's graduates in that year would not have met any of the qualified admissions standards when they entered the University.
John Koepe, executive director of Kansas Association of School Boards, said the bill's time had not come in Kansas. He reminded the committee that the state does have a qualified admissions standard — a high school diploma.
Compiled by Kansan staff writers Brett Riggs, Dan England and Ben Grove.
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