University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 22, 1988
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Senate to studv KU parking, financial aid
By Craig Welch
Kansan staff writer
A 300 percent increase in Student Senate committee membership has allowed the Senate to develop a new office of a spoken spokesman said Tuesday.
Brook Menezes, student body president, said that the increase in Senate members had been a year last year to 430 this year had made some of the Senate's newer projects
"I'm excited and optimistic," Menees said. "We actually have the manpower to approach a lot of issues intelligently this year."
Jane Hutchinson, Student Senate
Executive Committee chairman, credits the increase to a strong application drive early in the year.
"We set up tables in all the organized living quarters, residence halls and fraternity and sorority houses," it says, and tables set in front of Wesecue.
The six committees, cultural,
financial, financial, minority
affairs, staff affairs and
affairy affairs — met and elected
committee chairmen at an orientation
The effect the membership increase will have already is apparent with the creation of new task forces on parking, financial aid and
community issues. Mennes said these task forces must not have been possible without the growth in student participation.
"All we need is a little time and some manpower, and we can make things happen." Menees said.
Pam Holley, student body vice
task force was developed during
the summer. The purpose is to get
student perspective and to examine
Parking at KU, she said, is being re-evaluated. University faculty, staff and students are assessing the situation separately, but the results
of their findings eventually will be compiled. The parking task force would help in the student evaluation.
The financial aid task force will set up a scholarship search program and work to develop financial aid for the institution. The university will be by the present system, Hollay said.
The community issues task force, she said, plans to work closely with the Lawrence City Commission on projects such as improving off-camp lighting and involving students in volunteer programs.
Menees said he was pleased with the growth of student participation
but not satisfied.
"The more students who go involved, the better off our University will be," he said.
To continue student involvement,
Senate plans to hold a 10- to 15-minute
open forum before every meeting,
including a few minutes of different
together. Anyone may attend.
Wednesday's meeting will feature Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, on assessment and campus planning.
"I hope students will take this as their opportunity to have their voices heard." Holley said.
New computers help engineering students
For first time, computers will link all of KU's engineering departments
By Katy Monk
Kansan staff writer
The KU School of Engineering has taken a $280,000 step toward improving its students' marketability.
A portion of that money will put students at the keyboards of 16 Apollo work stations, some of the most advanced computer technology in engineering.
And, for the first time, all engineering departments will be linked by a computer network, aiding both faculty and students.
Jan Roskum, Deane E. Ackers of aerospaces engineering company, industry equipment would give students stage with potential employers. Students have not had that advantage and old Harris 600 and 1000 computers.
The Apolies are not open yet for use by students, but students in two classes already are operating them under test conditions.
"It's going to make a huge difference," Roksaam said. "I would see 96 percent of all engineering work is on the job, and help of engineering work stations."
Roskam said that beginning in January, all engineering students would have to take a course to learn the software.
Carl Loeke, dean of engineering,
the Apollo would be used mainly by aerospace, mechanical and engineering faculty and students.
Locke said that through a computer network, all engineering departments will be connected to each other, to Nichols Hall and the Computer Center, and to a supercomputer at the University of Illinois. The university has its own supercomputer and internet buys time on the Illinois computer.
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Despite the advantages, not every one is happy about the addition of the
Through a computer network, all engineering departments will be connected to each other, to Nichols Hall and the Computer Center, and to a supercomputer at the University of Illinois.
Apollos.
Carla Rocha, Mar del Plata,
Argentina, graduate student, uses
the old computers for his work in
the school. He makes room for the Apollos has squeezed Hermann terminals out of their old room and into one with less
Rocha said he and other students were having trouble finding open terminals because of the switch.
But Nancy Siker, who manages the school's computer facility, said the crowding was intentional to keep the old computers to the new ones.
The Apolos are only a part of the school's computer purchase. The real mission is to help Campaign Kansas funds, bought 28 Hewlett-Packard Vector computers.
Locke said the Vectors would be used mainly in civil, architectural and chemical and petroleum engineering.
The school also bought six Macintosh SE computers and was allotted 15 of the 150 SE's bought by the University.
Jerry Niebaum, director of Academic Computing Services, said he is developing six and 100 computers. The engineering school paid $2,200 for each of the six computers.
Locke said the Vectors and the Macintosh SEs would be ready in four to six weeks.
Human Monopoly
Andie Kuhn, Mahattan freshman, and Audrey Castillo, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, die the roll during a game of human monopoly, and Castillo and Castillo were participating in Greek week activities in front of
Transfer hours rule may change
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
"Personally, I feel that was quite enough," said Palmquist, Concordia senior.
Lisa Palmquist was required to take 30 hours of distribution classes when she was a student at Cloud Community College in Concordia.
But under a new Board of Regents proposal, schools like Palmquist would have to take more distribution from the governor to transfer to Regents schools as a junior.
The proposal would raise the requirement from 30 to 45.
"This was a staff recommendation based on experience with students transgender, and we learned to universities and贷 credits and not being able to complete their schooling in four years," said Richard Dodgebridge, Girgensohn chair.
Distribution classes cover subjects such as English, communications, history, political science, biology and psychology.
Ferman Marsh, associate commissioner of education for Kansas state colleges and universities, said that a compromise between 36 and 45 hours must be
"The community colleges agree that it should be raised, but raised to 35 hours." Marsh said.
Marsh said that a 45-hour requirement would be unfit to community schools. The schools did not require students to complete distribution classes within
The president of Butler Community College in El Dorado agreed with Marsh.
Cox said that raising the requirement would drive community college students to out-of-state universities.
"I know that I have a daughter who is a senior at a Regents school." Rodney Cox said. "And I know that she has come using all of her distribution classes."
"What the Regents are going to do is shoot themselves in the foot," Cox said. "They're with the two-year colleges. The Regents just don't understand or care."
"We really just want to make sure that they're prepared," he said.
Doddridge idea that the proposal's purpose was to make the transfer from a community college to a Regents school smoother.
The transfer requirement has been in place since 1975.
The Regents are expected to take action on the proposal in October. If passed, it would be implemented in fall 1989.
Denying controversial speakers forum obstructs critical thinking, prof says
Kansan staff writer
By Grace Hobson
Controversial speakers must be allowed to speak on university campuses to ensure that students learn to think critically, an association of universities said at a free speech forum yesterday.
"The primary commitment of the University is a need to produce people with good critical-thinking skills," said Don Marquis, the associate professor
In the third of a four-part series on the university and free speech, Marquis spoke to a student about how his work
and Academic Freedom " The forum, at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1294 Oread Ave. was prompted by the Ku Klux Klan's spring and the controversy it provoked
Speaking to an audience of 75 people, Marquis used the rhetoric of John Stuart Mil, 19th century author of "On Liberty," To support his view that the decision to invite Skau served an educational purpose. Marquis used and then responded to opposing arguments.
Marqus responded to the idea that potentially harmful, offensive views should be
"Society has a duty to allow free expression of views we are sure are quite false, he added."
baned by saying that the idea itself was indicative of the inability to think issues
Students need a clearer vision of racism in order to discern why it is immoral. Marquis
"It is a sad day for the University when the quality of education is such that we need to be concerned that students are going to buy into things that are not only false, but absurd" he said.
truth, but to understand why truth is true. Marquis said that students need to hear examples of truth.
The Klan can play a role in the University, he said. "If forces people to think different ways," she said.
Marquis responded to questions from the audience for about 25 minutes.
Dung Bahrh, De Soto freshman and one of the new students in the audience, said she
"I could see his point of view," she said. "I think the Klinn should have been allowed to move on." Mr. Chau said he was
Marcé Francesco, assistant director of faculties planning, reflected the views of
"It will be interesting to hear the discuss when the panel comes together," she said.
proportion."
The series will conclude Wednesday with a panel discussion, Judith Ramallay, executive vice chancellor, Barbara Ballard, associate dean of student life, and Marquis will participate in "A Dialogue on Free Speech: Bob Shelby's Response to the Trump administration" the discussion at the ECM building.
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