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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 1, 1994
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Class coursework keeps students on their toes
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Debbie Zetik, Tula, Okla., sophomore, and Alex Winder, Denver senior, practice two-stepping for the class Square and Ballroom Dancing.
Country music's popularity raises class enrollment
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer
More than thirty students and their partners gather in a circle. Some give their friends bewildered glances as three students demonstrate the "ten-step polka."
Heel. Toe. Ri-i-j-i-light, le-e-e-eft,
right-left.
Now it's the group's turn. One student mumbles an apology as she bumps another. A pair laughs as they attempt to keep up with a fast-paced Garth Brooks song.
The "ten-step polka" is just one of the many dances learned in one of the fastest-growing physical education classes on campus — Square and Ballroom Dancing.
Some sections of the class folded a few years ago because of lack of enrollment, said Leon Greene, associate professor of health, physical education and research.
"There were six or seven in each class," Greene said. "You can't conduct a class like that."
Greene said the class had gained
"I've learned something about Midwest American culture."
Fiona Nicholson Sydney,Australia,junior
popularity over the past year. The class now has more than 60 students in each of its three sections.
Colleen Fletcher, graduate teaching assistant in health, physical education and research, said the popularity of the class was due to the recent successes of country music and line dancing.
"The class used to be one-third country line dancing, then square and ballroom dancing," she said. "Now it's closer to one-half country line dancing."
Fletcher said she hoped line dancing would be a 90's dance trend.
'50s," she said. "If it is, fine, at least it has real rhythm."
Fletcher allows students to help teach the dances for credit. Jeremy Bezdek, Dodge City sophomore, is one of those students. He said he was taking the course to brush up on the dances he had learned at home.
"It might be like the decades of real dances — the '30s, '40s and
Bezdek said that country dancing was popular in his hometown and that he practiced the dances on weekends at the Cadillac Ranch, 2515 W. Sixth St., and at various bars in Kansas City.
Some students said they were taking the course for possible employment opportunities.
Jennifer Blase, Stillwell freshman,
said she had enrolled originally for
fun but found that the class could
help her land a summer job. She
said she would like to teach dance
at a Christian camp near Branson,
Mo.
"Ive learned something about Midwest American culture," said Fiona Nicholson, Sydney, Australia, junior.
Others said they were taking the class simply for fun.
Nicole Weigand, Wellington sophomore, said she took the class to relax.
"It's a very different class than any I've taken before," Weigand said.
Students at wit's end find buyback period extremely frustrating
A matching service could be the answer
By Heather Moore Kansan staff writer
Every semester KU students play the book buyback game. It's a race to the bookstore to get the most money back for a textbook.
William Loats, Overland Park senior, is one of those players.
"I bought the book and was told it was being revised," he said. "It's not even a book. They knew they'd get money from it. They could have made arrangements with the publisher to have it ready on time. I knew I had to have it and hoped it would be bought back."
Robert Brown, professor of mathematics, said that the reason the rough draft book was used was because the department wanted to introduce calculators into the class, and they needed a text that reflected this.
Loats also said that he didn't think it was right to pay $100 for a calculator that he would never use again.
"Texas Instruments is making money by knowing the stores don't buy back their product," he said. "Texas Instruments needs to be student-minded."
When Loats went to the bookstore, he paid $60 for a rough draft version of a book for pre-calculus 104 that no one would buy back.
Angela Sapp, employee in the art department at the Kansas Union Bookstore, said that they did not buy calculators back because they did not know what shape they would be in.
Julie Johnson, Wamego junior and industrial design major, said that there were solutions to the problem.
Teachers send title of book and
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number of students to bookstore.
Bookstore analyzes what they need through computer records and what other stores have.
Distributor receives orders from bookstores after buyback.
"The departments could buy the calculators back and assign them or have students check them out," she said. "The help room could have them available. If students don't return them, the price can go on their tuition bill."
"You can buy a little book for $7 and sell it back for 25 cents," he said. "Too many people—the bookstore, the University, the distributor—have to get their 2 cents' worth in, and the student gets the shaft."
The amount that a student gets back from buyback isn't enough, Loats said.
A student organization or private company could offer a variation to the buyback process, Johnson said.
"They could match students that need books with those that have them," she said. "The organization could make $2 a book, and students would still make more money."
Bill Getz, assistant manager for books at the Kansas Union Bookstore, said there were three factors that influenced how much a student will get back.
Students sell back books based on amount needed by bookstore.
"If a book is assigned for a KU class, based on a requisition, then the amount you get back is half of the new price," he said. "If a book is not adopted for a course, it would have a price
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of less than 50 percent off the new price. If the book is an old edition, then we can't buy the book back."
Getz said that there were advantages to selling back books.
"It acts on behalf of paper conservation, and the money that we pay for books stays in the community," he said.
The type of book also influences its price, Getz said.
Getz said that students should look at bushwalk over a long period of time.
"Books for professional schools and upper level classes aren't back sold and are often worth more," he said.
at buyback over a long period of time.
"If you're dissatisfied, you have to look at the considerable savings made over the years, not just one semester," he said. "On the whole, you get a significant percentage of what you paid."
Mike Lammers, general manager of University Book Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St., said if the store received late book orders from teachers, the book wouldn't be on the list of books to buy back.
"Students have a shot to get money back, but professors have to get orders in," he said.
Lammers said that the store also must take into account what the other two stores will sell.
Watkins finance bill hangs in balance
Kansan staff writer
By Ashley Schultz Kansan staff writer
Health Center expansion plan awaits approval of full Senate
The bill asking for a separate student fee that would finance the expansion of Watkins Student Health Center may take another step toward approval at tomorrow night's full Senate meeting — or it may not.
The ice storm forecast for Wednesday and the Kansas- Oklahoma State basketball game cut into attendance, Russell said.
The Finance Committee approved the bill last Wednesday without objection and sent an amended form on for the full Senate to hear.
hear it beforehand.
Prior to that meeting, however, it went to the Rights Committee, which heard the bill for about 40 minutes, said Jeff Russell, chair of the committee. Fewer than 15 members attended the meeting, so the committee was unable to call a quorum.
He said that in order for the full Senate to hear the bill tomorrow, a vote would have to be called to pull the bill off the floor, circumventing the Rights Committee's claim to
'the bill also could be heard if StudEx decides to put it on the Senate's agenda, said Travis Harrod, StudEx committee chair.
Harrod said that although it was put on the Rights Committee's agenda Wednesday, Article 7 bills concerning restricted student fees were the sole jurisdiction of the Finance Committee.
If the bill is not presented, it will be stalled until the next Rights Committee meeting Feb. 9. The next full Senate meeting will be Feb. 16.
Watkins gets no state funding. It is supported by the $71 health fee paid by each student and by charges for services.
The expansion project cost now stands at $5,650,000.
The original bill proposed a flat fee, which would expire when the bonds are paid off in about 20 to 25 years, depending on fluctuations in the financial market.
The bill called for an additional $11 a semester fee to begin in the fall. The summer fee would have been $5.50.
Chad Taylor, Finance Committee member ad honorariums sub-committee chair, proposed changing the fee to $15 each for spring and fall and $7.50 for summer.
Savings on interest could factor into the millions, said Chad Browning, administrative assistant to Senate.
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