CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, April 27, 1984
Page 7
Full-time policeman is part-time student
By JILL CASEY Staff Reporter
People stare as the sounds of rock 'n' roll waft from the windows of the patrol car making its midnight rounds.
A few KU students may recognize the young Lawrence police officer who sometimes stops at clubs and taverns for routine checks.
Jim Akagi, a 22-year-old Lawrence junior, is a rookie officer with the Lawrence police force who is also doing classroom time on the hill.
"It's hard for me to see people I know. I can't give the girls a hug or slap the guys' hands because you've got to contain a professional attitude," he said.
AFTER FINISHING A 15-week training program last summer, Akagi began patrolling the streets of Lawan and night and going to classes in the day.
When he first took on his duties as a law enforcement officer during Country Club Week, Akagi said he still felt like a student than a police officer.
"I remember that vividly, I thought,
"This time last year I would've been
doing the same thing." All of the sudden
I was the bad guy," he said.
His dual role as a student and a police officer has put him in uncomfortable situations, including seeing students on campus that he had arrested or showing up for class in full uniform after giving testimony in court.
"Gradually I'm beginning to feel like a cop who goes to school on the side," he said.
AS HE ADJUSTS to his new role as a police officer, he signs the new he has made to the department.
Some of his old friends no longer feel comfortable talking to him, he said.
"Police officers cling together," he said. "You hang around people who are on the phone."
Being one of the two youngest officers on the force has given the job an important role.
Cp) Dan McAlister said that members of the department often kidded George Wheeler, Akagi's partner, about taking the training wheels off their natrol car.
"I am the scapegoat of the department," he said with a laugh "I tend to have a personality that is full of energy. I am especially odd at finding the holes."
But the joking is good for morale, Akagi said, because "you can't take yourself too seriously."
Because Akagi works about 45 hours a week, he has carried light loads the last two semesters, and he needs 18 more hours to graduate.
SLEEP IS SOMETHING hard to squeeze in between work and classes, he said, so he usually sleeps a few hours or five days. He could sleep four of five hours every 24 hours.
Akagi, who has he said to want to be a police officer all of his life, grew up in Lawrence. His father, James Akagi, is a professor of microbiology at KU.
Academic warning system flags failing freshmen
Certain danger signals among college freshmen trigger professors into sounding the academic alarm each semester.
Although the signals may vary, students who have been failing coursework or skipping classes are frequently the subjects of the Academic Early Warning System, said Randa Dubnick, coordinator of advising.
The Academic Early Warning System, which is in its fourth semester of operation, is designed to encourage freshmen who may be having problems in basic math and English classes to seek help. Dubnick said recently.
LAST SEMESTER, the academic warning flag was raised on 20 percent of freshmen in basic math and English classes, according to a report released this week by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
The warning system goes into action after the fourth week of classes each
semester. Math and English instructors are asked to indicate the students that are having academic or attendance problems.
Students and their advisers are then notified that they have been flagged as a problem.
"We want students to talk to instructors, to talk to advisers," she said.
The program monitors only introductory English and math courses, which most students are required to take. The school also offers math and English, Dubnick said, they
By GRETCHEN DAY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
"An adviser isn't someone who just sees the card," she said. "There is help available."
"If students who are flagged are withdrawn," Dubnick said, "that's not normal."
might be having problems in other courses and an adviser may be able to help.
Students might benefit from dropping to a lower-level course for more preparation rather than struggling through a more difficult course, she
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