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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103,NO.146
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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KU's 10 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE
Positions and personalities decide who calls the shots at the University of Kansas Stories by Stephen Martino
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1. Gene Budig
Chancellor
21 of 21 votes
salary> $145,980
Nobody wears more hats at the University of Kansas than Gene Budig and no one has more power.
An administrator, a lobbyist and a fund-raiser—Budig does it all. And from it all he has built a concrete base of power and respect at the University.
The only unanimous choice in the Kansan survey of power at the University, most people agree that Budig has more power than his predecessors did. That power, in part, comes from his tenure as chancellor. He has been here since 1881. And the power also comes from the kind of person he his.
"He has been in the position for a fairly long time, and he gets stronger and stronger," said Del Brinkman, former vice chancellor for academic affairs. "But, most importantly, he uses those powers well."
Budig's key to success is that he is willing to delegate authority to those beneath him and then let them do their jobs. Although he sometimes reads the fine print, he is a man who focuses on the big picture.
"He has a good ability to assess strengths and weaknesses," said Tom Hutton, director of University Relations. "He understands the power of praise and uses it effectively."
Budig's McCook, Neb., roots have branded him with values of hard work and determination. He expects the same from the people around him.
"He tends to keep you on your toes," said Ray Moore, professor of civil engineering. "He doesn't have time be on top of everything, so he expects people around him to be."
The chancellor, Moore said, has three primary responsibilities: maintain relations with the Legislature, raise money from outside sources and make major budget decisions. Many say that Budiexcels at all three.
The top10
1. Gene Budig, chancellor
2. Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor
3. David Shuenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs
4. David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs
5. Jim Martin, president of the KU Endowment Association
6. Kansan editor
7. Andrew Debicki, dean of the graduate school
8. Richard Mann, university director of administration
9. Joan Finney, governor of Kansas
10. Roy Williams, KU basketball coach
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"The chancellor is a hands-on person when it comes to the Legislature," Moore said. "He is the best I've ever seen. That is a skill and an understanding he has."
Budig led Campaign Kansas, the Endowment Association's fund-raising drive that eventually raised more than $265 million. It was the single largest fund-raising drive in the history of the University.
And, at the behest of the Board of Regents, Budig organized a program review, determining which academic programs fit in the University's mission and which did not. The review resulted in the elimination of several programs.
His key function, Budig said, is to find the best people for the University and then let them do their job.
"A chancellor can make a difference by getting excellent people to important positions," he said.
As a diplomat for the University, events across the state and country often take Budig away from KU. It is all part of the job, he said.
"A chancellor can advance the campus by developing strong ties with the Regents, legislators and governors," Budig said. "Without strength at the University, the future of the state is bleak indeed."
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
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Survey shows where power is at University
To many, the University of Kansas is a bureaucratic, monolithic organization that is run by many instead of a few officials.
That may be true — to a certain extent. However, according to a power survey done by the Kansan, it is clear that to get anything done at the University you need to have the support of certain people. These people understand the University how it works and what needs to be done to make change. But most importantly, these people have the power and position to influence change.
The Kansan asked people with a longstanding perspective of the University to respond to our survey; 21 did. Each participant was asked to submit a list of 10
ANALYSIS
people who could influence change at the University. The people listed did not have to work at KU. They just had to be in a position to make change. Based on the participants' responses, the Kansan developed a list of KU's movers and shakers, of people who could make things happen.
The top 10 have been profiled. Above the articles, their names, positions, annual salaries and the number of votes each received from the 21 survey participants.
The survey is not scientific, but it did follow procedures some political scientists use to determine power. People's
individual biases and perspectives play a role in determining who is important. Students who were interviewed might not always know the powerful within the administration and across the state. Conversely, administrators may not recognize which students are able to affect their peers and to rally them behind certain causes.
Perhaps the most interesting result in the power survey is that every person in the top 10 is there because of the position they have and not who they are. The list reads like a KU organizational chart. From the chancellor to the head basketball coach to vice chancellor for student affairs, each of these positions change from time to time. When they do, it
changes the faces of the most powerful people on campus.
people.
In fact, by this time next year at least two of the faces on the list will be different. And it is possible that the person at the top of the list, Chancellor Gene Budig, could be gone, visiting American League baseball parks instead of the Jayhawk basketball games. Three new Kansan editors already will have been selected, and a new governor will have been elected.
Students may not even recognize most of the faces and names on the list. But they should. They are the people who ultimately run Mount Oread, and what they want affects all those who work, live and learn here.
Problems still evident after Brown
40th anniversary symposium of court decision re-examines segregation in today's society
By Denise Nell Kansan staff writer
The Rev. William Dulin never forgot what he overheard one of his elementary teachers tells his grandmother.
Dulin, a panelist at this weekend's symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Brown vs. Topeka
Dulin, a panelist at this weekend's sym- orating the 40th anniversary of the E Board of Education decision, which ended segregation in public schools, said he and his brother had been the only two African-American children in an all-white school in Lecompton. One day, Dulin talked back to his teacher
"She grabbed me and began to shake me," he said. "Later, she came by my house and told my grandmother 'Now you remember, he can't do like the other boys,' he said. "My grandmother said, 'I know, I know. That always stayed in the back of my mind."
Dulin, who was speaking at the event's final symposium, "Where Do We Go From Here," said that although attitudes had improved since his experience and the Brown decision, problems such as poverty often kept the races segregated. Individuals must look within themselves to find oask within themselves to find answers, he said.
THE HISTORY
The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka overruled the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision of 1896, which said "separate but equal" public facilities — including schools — for whites and African Americans were constitutional.
"It's not so much where do we go from here, but where do I go from here," he said. "Forty years later, this landmark decision has brought many changes. But there are a lot of things we have to first address before we can ever move on. We have to be willing to admit 'Yes, I'm wrong,' and 'Yes, you have a good idea.' Together we can move on."
Jacob Gordon, director of the KU Institute for Black Leadership Development and Research and another panelist, said that he thought the Brown decision had been significant. However, change would not occur until people began cooperating and stopped suing each other.
"I'm suggesting that there is a limit for litigation, and it's very obvious that since 1954, these laws have not changed these variables we're talking about. In getting ready for the 21st century, perhaps we need to re-examine our values because our behaviors are determined by our values."
The event consisted of five panel discussions, beginning Friday at the Spencer Museum of Art and ending Saturday at the First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St. Juan Williams, a columnist for the *Washington Post* and author of the book "Eyes On the Prize — America's Civil Right Years, 1954-1965," also gave a lecture Friday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Williams said at the panel that people who continued to work for civil rights needed to combine their efforts to preserve the movement's moral edge.
"At the moment, what I see is that the moral edge has been eroded by people who say we're out on our own," he said.
Among the many panelists were Linda Brown Thompson, Zelma Henderson and Vivian Scales, original plaintiffs in the Brown case.
William Andrews, director of the Hall Center for the Humanities, which sponsored the event, said that it drew about 200 people.
"I think the panels have been informative and have told us things we hoped to hear about, as far as the inspiration that moved the civil rights movements and Brown," he said. "I think they've pointed us in the right direction, and we have to take it from here."
Music in the mud
Day on the Hill drew 10,000 spectators,five bands,a lot of rain and a lot of moshers.
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Last step in hiring: a check for drugs
Julie Cunningham, director of the School of Engineering placement center, said most employers now required drug testing prior to employment.
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer
Getting and surviving an interview does not always mean the college graduate will get the job.
For many potential employees, one test remains — a check for drug use.
Elinor Schroeder, professor of law, said private, not public, employers can force employees to take a drug-screening test.
"They can fire you as long as the employer is not violating some other law," she said.
Kansas has no law prohibiting mandatory drug tests in the private sector, Schroeder said. Government employees are protected by the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Schroeder said drug testing for those employees was considered unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
Chip Cook, graduate assistant at the School of Business placement center, said many companies only tested before the person was employed.
"Unless they suspect drugs or abuse, it's one shot early on," he said. "But when I was in the military, they randomly tested. People's lives were at stake."
"Also, if you go through a detox program, you'll be frequently retested to see if there's
Cook said he knew of some who attempted to get past the system.
"I have known of people who took someone else's urine to the lab," he said.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that eluding the lab test should not be possible.
"People try to fool the lab," Yockey said. "They dilute it, use someone else's urine or put in something that's not urine, like Gatorade."
minutes to make sure that it is fresh.
At Watkins, the staff verifies who gave the urine sample and tests the urine within five
Hallmark Cards, Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo., is one company that requires drug testing.
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rockey said potential employees are required to inform the lab of medications they are using. He added that if a person was near another using drugs, that drug would not show up in the person's urine.
"If they say they don't want to take it, it's saying you don't want to work for us," he said.
"We did have it for a while, but only a very small amount of people tested positive," he
Mark Garrett, recruiter for Hallmark, said the company required drug testing prior to employment.
Bank IV no longer conducts pre-employment drug testing, said employment manager Rob Southern.
Despite the fact that Watkins receives more requests to test for drugs every year, one local company has dropped the requirement.
The done on done
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said students preparing to take a drug test may want to consider the following:
■ In a urinalysis test, most drugs are removed from the body's system within a month. Alcohol is gone within 48 hours.
■ Though several products claim to cover up traces of drug use in the system, Yockey said these products are often expensive and do not work.
Some legal products will show up as illegal narcotics in a drug test. Poppy seeds could occasionally cause a false positive for heroin. Tylenol-3, containing codeine, also will show up on drug test.
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said, "It wasn't cost-effective. But we reserve the right to test for cause, and we make it very clear that this is a drug-free workplace."