CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 30, 1994
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On-line enrollment set to plug in
Valerie Bontrager/KANSAM
Ra Willits, academic assistant for the School of Social Welfare, takes notes at a seminar demonstrating the computerized enrollment system. Willits said she thought that the wording of the system was complicated and would confuse students.
Computer access ready for Fall 1994
By Jamie Munn and David Stewart Kansan staff writers
By October, students will have to get "aKUSTIMed" to a new method of enrollment.
For the 1995 spring semester, the University will require students to enroll through computer using the KU Student Information Manager, or KUSTIM.
In its effort to get student, staff and faculty comments on the system, the Office of the University Registrar demonstrated the process yesterday at the Computer Center auditorium.
While about 25 viewers looked on, Richard Morrell, University Registrar, and Pamela Keller, programmer analyst for systems development, shuffled through the menu choices available in the computerized system.
"This system will allow much more flexibility of where you enroll and when you can enroll," Morrell said. "Students will be able to access the enrollment system through any terminal or PC."
Students will be able to use their own personal computers if they are connected to the University's mainframe computer by a modem.
Morrall said the current system of giving each student a five-minute window for enrollment had been problematic for many students. Because of busy schedules, they often arrive late and have to be worked into the established schedule.
He said he had visited the University of Iowa several times to study a similar program that had been in place there for several years.
"We've basically modeled this system after that one." he said.
In addition to the enrollment center's 27 computers, about 175 more computers will be on the system throughout campus.
During the demonstration, Morrell answered questions such as how easily international students and computer-illiterate students could access the system.
"I deal with a lot of international students," said Lora Zimmer, director of the Student Assistance Center. "It's a lot of words for them to understand the first time out.
"The more simplified you make the language, the easier it will be for students to use."
Morrell said that the system's two goals — allowing extensive choices and providing easy instruction — sometimes worked against each other.
"There is a fine line," he said. "Anytime you want a lot of choices on the screen, it gets involved.
What we found out about this process is that it's a question of trade-offs."
The only student in attendance, Jenny Haile, Lawrence graduate student, said she thought that most students would appreciate the new system. Though she agreed that some students unfamiliar with computers initially might have problems enrolling, Haile said the end result would be an easier time for students.
"It seems like it's going to be a lot easier overall," she said. "But the University has to be sure it has a way of getting a large number of students through enrollment with only 200 terminals overall."
"Otherwise, they'll have backed-up lines other than at the enrollment center."
Gearing up for computer enrollment
All students enrolling for Spring 1995 will be required to self-enroll using the distributive computer enrollment process. Though the staff at the enrollment center will remain available to answer questions, students will be responsible for enrolling correctly.
In test groups studied by the Office of the University Registrar, most students said they liked the idea of self-enrollment and found the system user-friendly. Only
two of about 100 students surveyed said they wanted to retain the current enrollment system.
Students with limited computer skills may not be comfortable enrolling without help, which will be available at the enrollment center. If they do not complete their computer enrollment within 30 minutes, students will have to wait another two hours before they can log on the system to continue working.
Sources: Brenda Selman, assistant registrar for enrollment services, and Richard Morrell, University Registr
Lawrence teens voice concerns on variety of topics
By Cheryl Cadue
Kansan staff writer
Tony Wisdom, 16, said Lawrence's youth would have to unite to be heard.
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Wisdom and about 20 other Lawrence teen-agers met last night at the Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., to voice their concerns as members of the youth task force for Project Freedom of Lawrence, an anti-drug and anti-violence community group. The task force members raised concerns ranging from racism in the community to the need for a second high school.
"I don't think there's any other way that we'll get listened to," he said. "Every time they make a decision, we are not heard. This time we have a say."
Jolene Andersen, Lawrence city commissioner, said the Lawrence City Commission needed more input from the community's youth.
"Lawrence is not doing all that it can to support its young people," she said. "I hope this is just the start of meetings like this."
If she is elected mayor next week by the commission, Andersen said, she will develop a youth advisory council to the commission.
Dustin Browning, 13, said the task force needed to hear more teen concerns and solutions.
"The Project Freedom idea is really good because it's a chance to tell adults how teen-agers feel and what they want to do," he said. "The more people that show up, the more we can do."
Becky Smith, 13, said Lawrence needed more recreation centers to accommodate teen-agers who did not have the driver's licenses needed to drive across town to Lawrence's centers.
Heather Williams, 16, said one of her concerns was the student overcrowding at Lawrence High School.
More teen involvement would show the adult community that the teens care about making things better, Williams said.
"We need to include young people in the process that affects their lives," he said. "We can let them speak before the City Commission, or they can spray paint graffiti."
Patrick Sumner, Project Freedom youth organizer, said that through involvement in community decisions, teens would strengthen their sense of self-esteem.
Rudy Hilliard, Wisdom's stepfather, said Project Freedom needed more teen and parent involvement.
"A lot of the time, parents don't know what their kids are doing," he said. "We need some sort of foundation, and then we can build on it. We're talking about our future."
Jo Jones of Lawrence said she wanted her three foster children to care about themselves and their community.
"I want the kids to be drug-free, alcohol-free, and have a conscience about their lives today and tomorrow," she said.
Election forum tomorrow
Kansan staff report
Filipino group fosters ethnic fellowship
The Third Millennium and the League of Women Voters will sponsor a forum for the Kansas gubernatorial candidates at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
David Stevens, president of the Third Millennium, said that all the Republican, Democratic and Independent candidates, excluding Jim Slattery and Fred Phelps, would answer five preset questions from the two organizations. They also will answer questions written by KU students and Lawrence residents prior to the forum. Students and residents can write their questions on note cards that will be given out before the forum.
Stevens said the purpose of the forum was to bring young people closer to politics.
"We want to bring college students and politicians together," he said. "We figured the campus would be the best place."
By Denise Neil
Kansan staff writer
"My girlfriend is only 20, and she has 15 to 20 pair of shoes already," said Lim, founder of the Philippine International Student Organization, a group helping Filipino students adjust to the differences between American culture and their own.
Samuel Lim, Makati, Philippines, junior, said that he thought that Imelda Marcos' infamous shoe collection was not unusual.
Ridiculed by the media in the 1980s for her possession of hundreds of pairs of shoes, Imelda Marcos was married to Ferdinand Marcos, the former president of the Philippines.
One trait that sets Filipinos apart from Americans is their ability to laugh at their
UNITING TO BE HEARD
sometimes chaotic government, Lim said.
"Here in the states, everyone wants to know what the government is doing," he said. "In the Philippines, everybody talks about the government, but it becomes humorous more often than not, especially six or seven years ago with President Marcos."
Lim said he had begun the organization in October as a way to unite the nearly dozen students who came from the Philippines to attend the University of Kansas.
"The main reason was to form a base for Filipino students," he said. "When I first came here, I didn't know any other FIlipinos. I wanted to make the transition for others easier and to help people from our country become more accustomed to the way of life here."
Catherine Changho, Laguna, Philippines,
junior, is a new member in the group. She
said her membership helped her meet people
with whom she had things in common.
"For me, I had a hard time looking for friends," she said. "It's a lot easier in the Philippines because we all speak the same language."
Lim said the group was in the beginning stages. Members have gathered for parties, he said, but will not plan events until they apply for funds from Student Senate.
in the meantime. Lim said, the group will try to gain more members, particularly Filipino Americans. The students who come
to the University directly from the Philippines can teach Filipino Americans about their ethnic heritage. Lim said.
"One of the agendas we talked about was how we are going to promote our culture, especially to other Filipinos who are supposed to know about their own heritage," he said.
Joe Perez, St. Louis junior and member of the group, also is one of the few Filipino-American students involved in the group. Perez, who is also a member of the Asian American Student Union, said he and a friend from the group had been excited to hear about its formation.
"We're the only two Filipinos in the group, so when we heard about a Filipino group starting, we were pretty anxious about it," he said.
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B.O.C.O.Elections
Informational meeting for all those interested in running for a class officer for the upcoming school year.
Thurs., March 31 at 5:30 pm at the Kansas Union in the cafeteria.
Call Benji Schwartz 832-2274 for questions.