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University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 13, 1989
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Cadet 2nd Lt. Randy Mehling prays for veterans.
Vietnam vet asks for MIAs' return
By Rich Cornell Kansan staff writer
About 40 people gathered Friday evening at the Vietnam Memorial to remember 46 KU students who were killed in nine still missing in action there.
Tom Berger asked them to do more.
Berger, Vietnam veteran and assistant director of affirmative action, spoke for about 10 minutes, requesting that the group work for the return of 2,331 U.S. soldiers in action in southeast Asia.
"The longer the delay, the greater the tragedy," he said. "The war is not over until those people are returned."
He said there had been unconfirmed reports of U.S. prisoners of war in Vietnam as recent as 1986, giving him hope that there were still soldiers alive there.
Before his speech Berger said that today's youth did not understand what happened during Vietnam because they had not experienced anything similar. Yet, people now want to learn more about that time.
History books do not adequately describe the conflict; he said, but veterans have started to talk about their experiences, offering expert perspectives.
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—Tom Berger assistant director of affirmative action
"Time doesn't heal all wounds," Berger said. "It makes us more aware of them."
University of Kansas military personnel as well as a handful of Vietnam veterans and other Lawrence residents attended the third annual ceremony. The event ended the prisoner of war/missing in action week here.
David Smith, Air Force ROTC member, said he believed there were still U.S. soldiers held captive in Vietnam.
The U.S. government should try harder to force the Vietnamese to return them, as well as: any remains. Smith said.
"I think more should be done," he said. "As long as there's any reasonable doubts, we should be doing as much as we can."
Smith said he would not hesitate to do what the soldiers he remembered did.
"I'm here to serve," he said. "We have no questions."
Black enrollment decreasing
By Cory S. Anderson Kansan staff writer
Although minority student enrollment in graduate and law studies at the University of Kansas has risen this semester by 55 students, Black enrollment has decreased by four.
This is indicative of a national trend in which the number of Blacks in higher education is slowly falling.
"The explanations for the trends are not simple," said Bob Sanders, associate dean of graduate schools. "The reasons we are a lot of things that go into it."
Student debt and a lack of financial support were two of the reasons he
Statistics released by the National Research Council show the gradual change of financial aid from grants and fellowships to loans and family support.
From 1976 to 1986, the percentage of Black doctoral candidates receiving federal fellowships or traineesal from 30.2 percent to 20.5 percent
▶ The percentage receiving Guaranteed Student Loans rose from 16.9 percent to 35.5 percent.
The percentage receiving national fellowships fell from 25.3 percent to 7.6 percent.
"One of the problems has to do with resources to go to graduate school." Sanders said. "The other has to do with graduation rates from the different units that lead to graduate school."
The high school graduation rate
From 1976 to 1986, the percentage of Black doctoral candidates receiving federal fellowships or traineeships fell from 30.2 percent to 20.5 percent.
among Blacks is almost equal to whites, but college is quite different, Sanders said. The college graduation rate of white students is about 25 percent in five or six years, while Blacks graduate at a rate of only 12 to 15 percent in the same time.
A disparity in the income level is one reason there is such a great need for financial aid among minority students, he said.
According to statistics released by the Census Bureau and the Labor Department, the median family income in the Midwest for Blacks was $16,755 in 1987, and for whites it was $32,149. Also, the total personal wealth of Blacks in the United States was $2.11 billion, while for whites it was $5.0 trillion, more than 2,000 times more.
"The key thing, I think, is having a financial aid package available to students who come to the University," Sanders said.
foreign students are a separate category and are not included in
Fall Black Amer. Indian Asian Hispanic
1985 112 84 51 48
1986 109 114 47 47
1987 95 26 64 55
1988 107 70 59 69
1989 103 112 68 77
The Graduate Minority Opportunity fund is one attempt to increase minority enrollment. This program is sponsored by the Mid-American State Universities Association Consortium, which includes schools in
Source: Board of Regents Enrollment Component, Educational Services
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas; Missouri and Oklahoma. The program provides up to $10,000 annually to minority students who have achieved bachelors or masters degrees.
The office of graduate studies also has a minority graduate student recruiting program and several other fellowship programs.
Sanders said one of the ways his office identified promising undergraduates was through a network of individuals throughout the University, the state and the nation. Referrals were made through these individuals.
In order to raise the number of minorities attending graduate school, a continuing concern must be held in reality and administrators, Sanders said.
Jackie Dorsey, Overland Park graduate student, said she thought the lack of minorities in undergradu
ate programs had a direct effect on the number of minorities in graduate school.
Dorssey received her undergraduate degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia and chose the University to complete graduate studies in communications.
"In the communications studies department I think that there is an awareness and an effort to make the department diverse," she said. "That's something in the department's favor."
Dorsey said that educating undergraduates about graduate school was one of the ways to increase minority enrollment.
Jurors hear arguments in William trial
"You have to let them know that there is a graduate program here and at other universities," Dorsey said. "This gives them an option and lets them know that there are things they can do with a graduate degree."
Rv. Jim Petterson
Kansan staff writer
Jurors selected for the trial of John William got a hint Friday of the evidence and testimony attorneys plan to present during the trial.
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, and defense attorney Ed Collister Jr. presented opening arguments to the six men and six women on the turv.
One member of the jury is a KU graduate student...
William, 28, is charged with first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the death of Richard Settlemire. 9. of Lawrence.
"On or about the 12th through 14th days of July 1988, a defenseless 9-year-old child was confined and murdered along the banks of the Kansas River just north of Lawrence." Flory said as he began his remarks.
Flory described William's relationship with the boy and his family. He told the jury that on July 12, 1988, William came to Settlemyre home and asked if he could take Settlemyre fishing.
"After that point, Richard Settlemeth was never seen alive again." Flory said.
Flory said the state would present evidence that on July 14, 1988, the day Settlemyre was reported missing, authorities searched the area where the
boy was last seen and discovered Settlemre's body floating in the Kansas River.
Flory said witnesses would testify that the head, feet, breasts, genitals and a large part of the left buttock had been removed and part of the body had no less than 17 stab wounds.
Police officers would testify, Flory said, that William on July 14 told them he had no knowledge of Settlemey's disappearance. They would testify in the second and several versions of his story during questioning.
Flory said witnesses would testify that a final version from William came about 5:30 a.m. July 15, 1888, when he told a police officer, "OK, I killed him."
Collister said he expected jurors to decide what credence they gave to the confession William made after 24 hours of interrogation.
Flory said William had also admitted that morning that he had wanted to have sex with Settlemyre and had attempted to do so after Settlemyre was dead.
"You can't get away from the horrible nature of the facts of this case." Collister said.
Colliester began his remarks by warning jurors that they had a very difficult and distasteful determination to make.
"Look at what is not there and what is there," he said. "All those things will add up so you can make
a judgment based on evidence, not on emotion."
Collister told the jury that he wanted them to look at specific pieces of evidence and then to look for evidence that did not exist in order to decide if there was sufficient evidence to prove that William was guilty.
Frequently referring to William as an 8-year-old in a 28-year-old body, Collister told jurors that he would present testimony from experts classifying William as borderline retarded.
Colllister said the defense would present testimony from Robert Schulman, a Topea psychologist who had examined William several times since his arrest.
Schulman will testify, Collister said, that William experienced a psychotic episode the day Settlemire was killed.
Records from several Texas hospitals where William was confined intermittently between February 1966 and April 1979 will be submitted as evidence of William's mental problems. Collisor said.
Those records, he said, also will show that William was frequently given psychotropic or mind-altering drugs at the hospitals.
The trial was scheduled to resume at 8:45 this morning before Judge James Paddock.
William is being held in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bond.
Professors offered custom publishing
By Anita Meyer
Kansan staff writer
Each professor has his or her own way of directing the classroom, and now each may have a book to match.
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York, is offering professors the chance to order books that will be customized to suit their needs.
"The idea's been around for awhile," said Stewart Trisler, editorial services manager for McGraw-Hill. "We started doing it last month.
We think we can help the professor by leaving out chapters he wouldn't use anyway, and the student wouldn't have to pay for that material."
He said McGraw-Hill was custompublishing only one book, "Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions."
Steve Allen, graduate teaching assistant in English, said he thought the customizing was already happening.
"We are able to put packets together now," he said. "We're able
Allen said, however, that he would not support customization if he felt the student was being cheated of valuable information.
"In English, I really don't think that could happen," he said. "It seems to me at this level, it is not really what is offensive or not offending; it's not the author was trying to achieve? Why is it offensive?"
David Katzman, professor of history, said he thought the student might be harmed if publishers cut textbooks to suit professors.
"I try to teach a comprehensive class," he said. "If you cut some of the material, I don't think students get a clear picture."
Stanley Lombardo, professor of classics, said he thought the student
"I would be upset if my book was being compromised," he said. "I would be absolutely opposed to cussing without the author's consent."
to customize the kind of instruction we have."
might be harmed, but he was more worried about author's rights.
Katzman co-authored the book "A People and a Nation," with six other people. The book is used in History 128 and History 129.
He said that he, as an author,
would be angry if his book was
altered to suit the needs of another
professor.
"We wrote our book according to professional standards, not commercial standards," he said. "Our pub respond to commercial standards."
Katzman said he met the need for customization in his class by using outside materials.
The Rice University Publishing Program
The Rice University Publishing Program, June 18-July 13, is designed to develop talent, skills and career opportunities for persons interested in book and magazine publishing. The program is designed for students who will be entering their senior year in 1990 and for college graduates. Although participants come from all disciplines, the program has been of particular value to students in English and other Humanities, Journalism, Art, Social Sciences and Business.
The roster of guest lecturers includes more than 35 top professionals in editing, graphics, marketing and production from throughout the country.
For more information, contact the Office of Continuing Studies, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892. Telephone (713) 520-6022 or 527-4803.
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KU India Club presents DIWALI NITE 1989
Grand Dinner follows Authentic Indian Dances performed by students from Kansas City.
on Saturday November 18,1989 6.30 pm at South Jr. High Sch Auditorium
27th and Louisiana Lawrence, Kansas
Catered by India Cuisine, Kansas City.
Tickets $8, $6 (members) available al
SUA 913-864-3477, Vishy 913-842-6612