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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 23, 1993
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Renee Knoeber/ KANSAN
Croatian students say life at home is tense but safe
Vedrana Ligutic, front, and Turtko Jakovina are exchange students from the University of Zagreb in Coatia spending the spring semester at the University.
Bullets and bombs don't give full story for war-torn republic
by Jess DeHaven Kansan staff writer
People ducking through the streets, dodging bullets and bombs — that's the scene of Croatia televised on U.S. evening newscasts.
But two students spending the spring semester at the University of Kansas said these images didn't tell the true story.
"You just hope that they don't come too near," Tvtrko Jakovina, Posezd, Croatia, sophomore, said of the Serbs. "For the most part, we are living a normal life."
He and Vedrana Ligutic, Split, Croatia, junior, are studying at KU as part of the Samantha Smith Exchange Program. Both students attend the University of Zagreb in Croatia, a part of the former Yugoslavia.
Croatia, along with Bosnia, has been at war with the former Yugoslavian republic of Serbia since 1991.
Ligutic and Jakovina both said that although the situation in Croatia was tense, the majority of the country was safe.
"Only some parts of the country are occupied.
Where we live and go to school isn't," Ligutic said.
Jakovina said that 25 percent of the country was occupied by either Serbian or U.N. forces. He said that he did not think either he or his family was in direct danger but that fear always was present.
Some governments urge their citizens not to travel there.
Ligotic and Jakovina said that many of the problems in Croatia, such as a sluggish economy, were side effects of the war and not due to the fighting itself.
The economy has been weakened considerably by the lack of tourism, which was once a big draw to the country.
"It's not a safe country, so the tourists won't come," Jakovina said. "Also, so many refugees from Bosnia have come into our country that it makes things difficult. First the war must end before we can start to deal with our economy."
"The Croatian coast is one of the most beautiful in the world, and now no one can visit." Jakivaina said. "Our most historical towns and sites have been destroyed."
The war also has taken a toll on Croatia's infrastructure. Lieutic said.
"Travel is sometimes difficult because the Serbs have destroyed parts of our main highway," Ligutic said. "It makes it hard for people to get from one place to the next."
Jakovina said that many Croats thought the United Nations and the United States should do more to help.
"We are expecting much from your new president because of his promises during the election, but we're still waiting," he said.
Ligutic said Croats also felt that the embargo impasses on the former of the former Gyoslavia was unfair.
"The whole ex-Yugoslavia is under embargo, but this isn't really fair to us because the Serbians have all the weapons," she said. "We aren't getting enough help in dealing with all the refugees."
"We're missing everything a little bit, but we aren't homesick, not in the least," Jakovina said. "Americans are so open, so simple and so honest, it's wonderful."
Jakovina and Ligucia said they were enjoying their stay in Lawrence and would like to stay longer.
Ligutic said the biggest difference between KU and her university at home was the organized atmosphere of the school.
"At home everything is more spread out, but here everything seems so organized," she said. "The whole way of life in the United States is like that, and it's so nice."
Ligutic sad only one thing disappointed them about life at KU.
Supporters criticize cut.
"we have to study a lot," she said. "That's our only complaint."
Alumni, faculty say geophysics degree necessary at KU
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
KU alumni and faculty contested the proposed elimination of the bachelor of science in geophysics last night at a public hearing.
The hearing, conducted by University Council's Committee of Academic Procedures and Policies, gave those concerned a chance to speak out against the degree's elimination, which was proposed after last year's program review.
The program review recommendations cited low student enrollment four students are in the program as one reason the program should be cut.
The report proposed developing a geophysics concentration within the geology program.
One alumnus, Hubert Hall, was graduated with a geology degree in 1949 and had spent 35 years in the
geology business. He said a geology degree was not enough for students who wished to be hired as geophysicists.
"Students get some extra grounding in math and physics that those businesses ask for," Hall said. "Without a degree in geophysics, recruiters will just pass them by."
Anthony Walton, head of the department of geology, said that certain jobs in the market required the instruction from a geophysics degree, including the study of gravity and finding ways of getting the largest amount of oil in a deposit.
"Many of our graduates have gone off to work at oil companies that wouldn't have hired them with a degree in geology," Walton said.
He said judging the program now was unfair because they planned to hire two new faculty members in geophysics in September for a total of six.
"By September we will have a remarkable faculty for a program this size," he said.
When asked about the small number of students in the program, Walton again talked about the faculty. He said Donald Steeple, associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey, was a leading expert in the United States in tracing sources of pollution in water.
"Just because it isn't popular does not mean it is not good." Walton said.
Jim Carothers, associate dean of the liberal arts and sciences, said he was concerned about eliminating a degree with few students.
"What is the possible harm of having a program around with so few people?" Carothers said.
However, David Shulenburger, acting vice chancellor for academic affairs, said this was a way to "clean up the academic folder" without harming the reputation of the University.
"Would you rather cut a program with a lot of faculty members to save costs and lose a lot of students?" Shu-lenburger asked the panel.
Its answer will be in a report due March 19.
Commission to decide on parking proposal
By Todd Selfert
By Todd Seller
Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission will discuss a proposal by a Denver consulting firm regarding parking problems in the downtown area at its weekly meeting tonight.
The firm, Walker Parking Consultants/Engineers Inc., would send a representative to analyze the city's management of parking services if the commission accepts the proposal.
"They would look at everything from the locations of lots in the downtown to the length of time cars can be in lots," said Mike Wildgen, city manager. "They would even look at things like the amount of money that is needed to park at meters."
Wildgen said that if the city chose to accept the proposal, the fees for the $12,000 project would be paid out of the city's parking meter fund.
The same firm conducted a parking study for the city in November, which showed that Lawrence had a surplus of 600 available parking spaces citywide but had a deficit of about 440 spaces along Massachusetts Street between Sixth and Eighth streets.
The firm said in the proposal to Wildgen that its scope of services would include recommending ways the city could persuade long-term parkers to use spaces farther away from downtown businesses and evaluating the possibility of beginning a parking-validation program.
sturley Martin-Smith, a city commissioner, said she was interested in what the other commissioners thought on the matter but that she would not support the proposal because of its cost.
"I do believe that resolving our parking problems in the downtown is worth something," she said. "I'm just not so sure we couldn't do some of the things they suggested by ourselves without paying the $12,000."
Martin-Smith said she would suggest the commission hear opinions from downtown business owners and interested citizens instead of paying for the proposal.
Today
Symposium and Career Fair at Kansas State University, sponsored by the University of Kansas and KSU Minority
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Open to all students majoring in engineering, computer science and business. Contact Florence Boldridge, 864-3620, for information.
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This weekend Film, "Sarafina!"
Sponsored by SUA. Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union, Level 5. All tickets are $2.50.
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"Is 3 years too long to be on the PILL?"
"Is Norplant a birth control option for a college student?" "What is the best birth control available over the counter?" "What about Depo-Provera (the 3 month shot), is it available to college students?"
Find out the answers to these and many more birth control questions during an informal talk
With-Mary Jo Drake, Nurse Practitioner with Planned Parenthood in KC On-Tuesday. February 23, 1993
In-the Frontier Room in the Burge Union (the one by Allen Field House) At 7:30 pm
Learn about the newest forms of birth control and ask those questions you have wanted to ask.
An informed mind is the key to responsible and safe sex
-Sponsored by the KU Pro-Choice Coalition and the KU Now Chapter