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Celebration of Chinese New Year to feature traditional foods, crafts
Kansan staff report
A Jan. 24 celebration of the Chinese New Year will feature traditional Chinese foods, customs and crafts.
The event, which will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom, celebrates the Jan. 23 beginning of the Chinese New Year.
A Chinese buffet will be served following the afternoon's events.
The celebration, sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, will include Kung Fu, dancing, traditional costumes and Chinese opera, said Xiaohai Yang, Lawrence graduate student and co-organizer of the celebration.
Yang said that an exhibition of paintings and other crafts would be shown in the evening and that the celebration would close with a social dance.
Tickets are available for $5 at the SUA Box Office through today. They are also available from Panda Garden, 1500 W. Sixth St., Magic Wok, 1700 W.23rd St.; and Plum Tree, 2620 Iowa St., until Jan. 17. The cost includes all events and the buffet.
KU student enrollment increases by 3 percent for spring semester. Kangan staff report
The number of students enrolled for Spring 1993 increased by about 3 percent from last spring's figures, according to figures released yesterday by the Department of Educational Service.
A total of 26,353 students are attending classes at the University, an increase of 788 people from last spring, according to the department.
A second and final student count will be made on the 20th day of classes. Feb.9
The count is expected to drop slightly due to the number of students dropping enrollment, which should bring this spring's enrollment close to last year's.
The new mail-in fee payment is likely to create less of a difference in the two counts, said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs. Procedural changes that have decreased the number of late enrollments will also keep the number of students steady.
Enrollment on the main campus at Lawrence rose by 673 students. The University of Kansas Medical Center saw an increase of 115 students.
Hearing to determine formation of GTA group postponed until April
Kansan staff report
A hearing to determine whether graduate teaching assistants can bargain as a group with the University was postponed Wednesday until April 19.
The Kansas Association of Public Employees, which represents the GTAs, petitioned the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board for the hearing to decide whether the board would authorize GTAs to form their own bargaining unit.
If the formation is approved, those in the bargaining unit will vote on whether to be represented by a union. The board also will decide who could become a member of the unit. The association wants to include both GTAs and graduate research assistants in the unit.
Mary Prewitt, University of Kansas general counsel, said that GTAs and GRAs are too different for them to be involved in the same unit.
Prewitt opposed the decision to delay in the hearing
Six women set to participate in Miss KU-Lawrence Pageant
Kansan staff report
Six Lawrence women will participate in the annual Miss KU-Lawrence Scholarship Pageant at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Liberty Hall.
The winner of the pageant will receive a scholarship, the amount of which is based on ticket sales, said Rebecca Mikolaj-Shirley, an event organizer. It is usually about $1,000, she said.
The number of women participating in the pageant is lower than the usual 10 to 13, Mikolaj-Shirley said. She attributed the drop to the fact that the pageant was moved from November to January this year.
- The winner of the pageant will participate in the Miss Kansas pageant, held in June in Pratt.
Holiday break-in reports down
By Mark Klefer
When the University of Kansas shuts down between semesters, the window of opportunity opens for would-be burglar. Unoccupied apartments become prime targets.
Kansan staff writer
However, much like walking on the ice to class the past two days, Lawrence police said the break in business during the holiday break was slow.
13 cases of break-ins from Dec. 11 through Tuesday that could be attributed to students being away during break. Among the items taken were several compact discs, televisions, a home computer and a tuner, according to the police reports.
"The number of break-ins is much lower than I expected," Lawrence police Lt. Mark Brothers said. "Normally we can expect up to 50 over the break."
The addition of 27 officers to last year's staff enabled police to cover more areas of Lawrence, Brothers said. Police walked the hallways of apartment complexes over the break and were able to patrol specific areas of vacant apartments.
By checking the apartments often, police have a better chance of finding who might be responsible for a break in, he said.
Brothers said that police had identified
glars on the street before break even started
"It's hard to pull off a crime when you're off the street and behind the bars," Brothers said.
Students themselves may have helped reduce the number of burglaries by being better prepared and more aware of protecting their apartments.
Jane Bowers, general manager at Trailridge, 2500 W. Sixth St., said that they informed students going home for the holidays to bar their patio doors, use the dead-bolt locks and have their paper and mail services stopped.
"Having someone check on their place helps immensely." Bowers says.
Trailridge rested to about 300 students. Bowers said. The three years she has been at Trailridge have been break in free Being alert for strangers in the apartment complex can also deter crime.
"I can drive through the property and identify people that don't belong," she said. The homeowners insurance of a student's parents, in most cases, will cover the cost of replacing any stolen items in an apartment for as long as the student remains enrolled, said Steve Weber, a personal insurance agent with Charlton Manley Inc., E11 Eighth St. Students also can purchase renter's insurance for $140 to $210 per year. Weber said.
Degree offers new look at art education
By Terrilyn McCormick Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Understanding art has never been easy.
Beethovenhimself asked, 'Art! Who comprehends her?' With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?*
Twelve University of Kansas graduate students majoring in visual art education may be the answer to his question.
The University's visual art education degree is one of three in the nation that merges aspects of art history and education into a program that trains students for their individual roles as art educators in a museum, said Pat Villeuve, curator of education at the Spencer Museum of Art and originator of the program.
The degree program comes from the recent change of view concerning the
"In the past, museums have some grudgingly admitted that the museum had educational value, but museum education has become important these days," Villeneuve said.
Today, an emphasis has been placed on the ability of a museum to cater to
the average person's needs, she said.
"A lot of people are uncomfortable when they walk into a museum," Villeneuve said. "They feel that they need to know about the art and how to interpret the art. As an art educator, we try to translate the information so it is meaningful to everyone, not just art history majors."
A year and half ago, Ann Rowson,
Lawrence graduate student, was
searching for a way to incorporate her
two undergraduate degrees of
elementary education and art history in
her graduate program.
In the past, students such as Rowson with this interest would have to get a degree in art history, which would help them with knowledge of art but missed some of the important aspects of art education in the museum, Villeneuve said.
"I really wanted to help students learn in a museum setting, and I had a strong interest in developing art programs for schools," Rowson said.
Classes for this major teach students how the museum can function as educator and also some of the practical aspects of museum administration, such as organizational theory, grant writing and resume and interviewing techniques.
Pat Villeneuve, originator of the Visual Art Education degree program at the University of Kansas stands among the exhibits at the Spencer Museum of Art. Villeneuve is the only instructor in the sequence.
Jason Auld / KANSAN
Shankel defends decision to fire Tonkovich
Kansan staff writer
Bv Bradv Prauser
Del Shankel, former executive vice chancellor, spent most of yesterday's Emil Tonkovic dismissal hearings defending his decision to fire the law professor.
During a sometimes-heated cross examination, Tonkovich asked Shankel how he could justify dismissing him from his job when Shankel neither interviewed any of the complainants nor read any of Tonkovich's written responses to their allegations.
Shankel said he trusted the judgment of Del Brinkman, then vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Law School Dean Robert W. Foster. He also harassed complaints against the
tenured professor.
brinkman and Jerry recommended to
shankel and Chancellor Gene Budig that Tonkovich be dismissed for violating the facultycode of conduct and for moral turpitude.
Tonkovich particularly criticized Shankel for never talking to Tammy MeyVey, who contends that Tonkovich pressured her to perform oral sex on him after a party during the summer of 1988.
Del Shankel
"You don't know what happened with Tammy McVey, do you, Dr. Shankel?" Tonkovich said during cross-examination.
"No." Shankel said, "I wasn't there."
McVey gave Brinkman a written statement in August 1991 detailing the allegations, and last April, Budig recommended Tonkovich be dismissed. Tonkovich asked for a public hearing before the faculty committee on tenure and related problems after he received a one-year suspension with pay in Fall 1991.
Shankel said that he could not recall whether he knew McVey's identity at the time the decision was made to dismiss Tonkovich and that he could not recall whether he read Tonkovich's written responses.
"I had extremely high confidence in the judgment and integrity of Vice Chancellor Brinkman," Shankel said. "I know he did not take these matters lightly. I accepted
and believed the information he presented to me, and I laced on that."
Tonkovick spent much of the rest of the cross-examination asking Shankel if he knew that professors at KU Studied students. In addition, Tonkovick asked at what point dating students became unethical and if there was a difference between professors dating students in their class versus those not enrolled in their class.
Shankel said he could recognize when dating students was unethical.
"It becomes a violation of professional ethics when the student is enrolled in the class and there is intimidation involved." Shankel said. "...If the student feels intimidation or exploitation as a result of the relationship, then I would perceive that as a violation of the faculty code of conduct."
Legislative newcomers get used to new desks, chores
By Ben Grove
Kansan staff writer
A few steps outside Forrest Swall's new fifth-floor office at the Kansas Statehouse is a view of the copper green dome soaring stories overhead.
But step off the hallway's marble floor and into his office and the atmosphere
He shares his office and his secretary with several other representatives. Each has his own partitioned cubicle. Tucked in a corner, Swall said his work area was small but adequate.
"The services are really very good, and there are a lot of people on both sides of the
aisle that are here to help new legislators get their feet on the ground," he said.
Swall is an assistant professor of social work on leave of absence for the legislative session. He is one of 41 new representatives in the 125-member House who was
State Rep. Swall, D-Lawrence, said he was already loaded with work after his first week in the Kansas Legislature.
assigned an incumbent mentor.
Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, is one of those mentors.
Charlton shares office 273-West with another newcomer to the Legislature, Barry
Charlton is careful to refer to "freshman" legislators as first-termers.
"Betty Jo is a seasoned legislator, and with her being from Douglas County, and as new as I am, this is terrific," Ballard said.
with her being from Douglas County, and as new as I am, this is terrific," Ballard said. Charlton has been in the House since 1980. When she arrived for the session's opening on Monday, the office had just been decorated with new carpeting.
"I've been here so long, I've had new carpeting twice," Charlton said.
Besides 62 legislators new to the Statehouse, there were over 50 legislators getting used to new offices this session, said Emil Lutz, director of Statehouse Legislative Services.
One of the incumbent legislators who moved into a new office Monday was State Sen. Sandy Prueger, RLawrence. This session, she is the head of a Senate committee, which entitles her to an office and a secretary of her own.
"Believe it or not, this desk was clear earlier this morning," she said.
After some work, it was clear again by noon.
She and her peers had a clean slate.
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