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Tuesday, August 30, 1988 / University Daily Kansar
Catherine Wheeler/KANSAN
Book hunt
Julie Ellington, Wichita senior, flips through books at the newly remodeled Kannas Bookstore yesterday, looking for a text about one of her favorite subjects.
Unborn babies at risk from drugs, study says
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — An alarming number of unborn babies are exposed to drugs such as cocaine by their mothers, creating "innocent addicts," according officials who tested a nationwide survey yesterday.
The study found that at least 11 percent of women in 36 hospitals participating in the study by the National Association for Perinatal Research and Education had used illegal drugs during pregnancy.
"It isn't not a minority problem and it isn't just an inner city problem." Elaine M. Johnson, director of Substance Abuse Prevention, said.
KU in league with the Ivies
The survey was made of various hospitals around the country that have experienced sizes with patients from varied economic levels. said IJ traj K. K.
"We are producing a new generation of innocent addicts." she said
The study, financed by grants from the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention and the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, showed a gender imbalance of four-tenths of 1 percent to 27 percent, depending on the hospital.
Chasinsoff did the differences often reflected how carefully the hospitals looked for the problem, with those hospitals with an established system of determining drug abuse among pregnant women finding consider-
New college guide rates KU as one of best state universities
By Debbie McMahon
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Step aside Harvard and Yale — an Ivy League education can be found at some state universities, including the University of Iowa, which guide to colleges released this year.
KU is one of 115 state universities, and the only Kansas school, featured in the new book, "How to Get an Ivy University," written by Martin Newman.
Nekmo, professor of applied behavioral science at the University of California at Davis, praised KU's work in developing its undergraduate programs.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, agreed with Nemko's evaluation.
"It was remarkably similar to what I've picked up in the last year," she said.
Nemo labeled the hons program outlstanding, describing it as a college-level course. You can include the 20-student maximum class size and let freshmen keep the class size.
Other KU programs cited as strong include architecture and urban design, computer science, English, journalism and mass communication, Latin American Studies, and theater.
The honors program was called outstanding, described as a college within a college. Its advantages include the 20- student maximum class size and lets freshmen keep the same adviser for four years.
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ish and Portuguese. He said that business also was strong, but that students complained about a lack of courses in international business.
Nenko gave a good evaluation to the Spencer Museum of Art, the Museums of Natural History, Entomology, Anthropology and Paleontology. the Emily Taylor Women's Museum, the Katherine programs and ROTC programs
Another of KU's assets is its campus.
"The campus is beautiful, not so much because of the architecture, but because of the heavy woodgrain, gingerbread and stark modern, but because of the heavily wooded rolling setting, with its open lawns, flowerbeds and mature trees." Words say in a different way.
Despite the book's praise, Nemko said KU still had its problems.
"Kansas's depressed farm-based economy is testing the spirit of its premier university," he said.
Budget limitations have forced some faculty positions to be converted into graduate teaching assistant positions, Nekam said. And he noted that KU paid its GTAs $1,000 to $1,500 less than their institutions.
Bruce Lindwall, director of admissions, said he was thrilled with the gift. "You know what might mention the book descriptions to families and students interested in KU. But he said that measuring how much college guides affect admissions is a challenge."
The second type of guide is usually more narrative in style, going beyond the facts, and might be used once colleges have been narrowed down, he said. Nenko's book is more so, although he cites specificities.
Two types of guides are available, Lindvall said. The first, usually detailed and factual, might be used to explain the requirements a certain college has.
"I think families more and more
are looking at guides to find the best education for their money." Lindvall said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the effect of such good evaluations couldn't be underestimated because more high school students used these guides to help choose a college.
He said that a number of guides gave KU good evaluations, and Nenkei's book was adding to that impression.
"No one guide, in and of itself, necessarily going to make a student's decision." Amber said, "but when you ask questions that say positive things, it has to help
Mike Browning, supervisor for student services at Lawrence High School, agreed that families were using guides more to choose colleges, but said his office used pamphlets from colleges most often.
"I think that the more information you get, the better off you will be." Browning said. "But sometimes you ask the question the validity of such books.
The book, published by Avon
Books, is not in stock in Lawrence but
can be ordered in paperback for
$10.95
University Press plans new warehouse
Bv Barbara Joseph
Kansan staff writer
The University Press of Kansas will build a $400,000 warehouse and retail space on KU's West Campus to accommodate its growth. Fred M. Woodman, chairman of the press, said
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"We beasting at the seams now",
Woodward said. "We're doubling up in offices. We have equipment and furniture in the hallways."
We're busting at the seams now. We're doubling up in offices. We have equipment and furniture in the hallways.'
Fred M. Woodward
Fred M. Woodward University Press of Kansas director
Wooodward said the planned office would allow for 11 additional staffers, some of whom could be selected from KU's pool of applicants. The present room was arranged into quarters on the second and third floors of Carroll O'Leary Hall.
The new warehouse would allow the press to store 650,000 volumes, $325,000 more than it can now store, he said. "We have about $80,000 for steel platforms."
which will allow for four levels of storage, and a lift.
The press now pays $13,000 a year to rent 4,000 square feet of storage space for the college. Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, said the space vacated by the press in Oliver would be used for food for the eight residence hall facilities.
Woodward said that the Board of Regents already had approved plans for the 10,000-square-foot warehouse and that bid solicitations would begin
in early September. The Regents will discuss plans for the new office at their Oct. 20 meeting
The warehouse will share a dock with the KU Printing Service on West 15th Street. Woodward said, and could be completed by April of next year. The plans call for enclosing the dock next summer to create one continuous structure for University of Kansas and printing services.
Dave Schaecher, assistant director of facilities planning and head of the
project, said the exact site for the new office building has not been determined yet. The building will be one or two floors.
Woodward said the building plans were evidence of the press' growth, fiscal soundness and ability to attract students from Regents universities. The buildings will be financed from press sales money and money saved through efficiencies.
"We won't be asking the state for additional funds for the construction, nor will we ask our sponsors, the local groups, to help their annual support to us," he said.
Sales for fiscal year 1988 tipped $900,000, a 36 percent increase over last year. In 1989, the press will announce three times more than six years ago.
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