KU recruiting begins with film, speeches
Bv DEB RIECHMANN
Staff Renorter
In a dark auditorium at Shawnee Mission East high school more than 100 high school students and their families attended.
The crowd is solemn and as the movie begins, the audience listens to chimes coming from Campanile at the University of Kansas, shown as a silhouette against a sunset.
The film's narrator introduces KU to prospective freshmen who have come to a districtwide college matriculation.
The University of Kansas is a marketplace for offers only the best to students in every department.
"You can find a stimulating community at KU, well suited to your interests and your needs."
KU, HOWEVER, was not the only university that was represented at this year's college night recently for students in the Shawnee Mission school district. More than 150 colleges and universities from across the nation attended and brought their "wares" for admission and distribution to the prospective college student.
Members of KU's admissions staff talked to more than 1,000 people that night. The admissions staff
assisted the students in making decisions about college by answering questions that ranged from, "Is KU better than Kansas State University?" to "How much contract for a residence hall room in GISM."
Reactions to KU's presentation were varied.
"1k kind of gave an up-front view with the showing of the film," a Shawnee Mission North High School teacher said.
"It was like we were right in the middle of the amphitheatre. I thought the film was good, but it wasn't as good."
SUCH REACTIONS to KU's presentation are seen as important because of a predicted decline in the market.
Although the number of high school graduates coped last year, KU attracted more freshmen this year.
Efforts to maintain enrolment at universities across the nation are producing a more competitive workforce.
KU's efforts at attracting students from the KU Mission District, in particular, are seen as such.
More than 19 percent of new KU freshmen who
JOHNSON COUNTY alone, where the Shawnee Mission district is, produced about 32 percent of new freshmen from Kansas. More than 660 students of the new freshmen from Kansas last fall were from 210 counties.
were 1978 high school graduates came from the five Shawnee Mission district high schools.
As college night at Shawnee Mission East progressed, RU showed its film three times to three students.
The 20-minute film was followed by a brief talk by Linda Thompson, assistant director of admissions at Sydney University, who presented scholarships, student organizations and extracurricular activities that students could participate in.
Members of the admissions staff also travel individually to high schools in Kansas and other states giving presentations and answering questions from smaller groups.
RECENTLY, JOHN MYERS, director of ad-
ministration, will present to about 30 seniors at Topeka High School.
He told them that the best way to decide on a university was to visit the campus, and he encouraged them to make appointments with the admissions office for a tour of the campus.
"How many of you have heard of Bullwinkle's or Shenanigan's?" Myers asked.
Many raised their hands and he replied, "Oh, now I know where you're coming from. We won't give you a tour of these places, but we will give you an idea of a plan of a day at KU is like."
Myers explained the importance of making a decision by the beginning of January about which course to take.
"As director of admissions, I would not be happier at midnight when you’re at your New Year's Eve party, you throw up a handful of confetti and said, 'I've decided to go to KU.'"
ALTHOUGH MYERS said the admissions office was like a counseling program to help new students learn about KU, he used many terms that a businessman might use to sell a product.
"It's not a sales thing. I compare it often, but it's a more sensitive thing than." Mr. Meyers said.
"Current students are our best salesman. We encourage and appreciate students who are willing to take materials out and tell their friends about the University."
The goal of the admissions staff is to reach as many
students as possible during recruitment's prime
time," which is from mid-October to mid-December.
"At many of the programs we're at, we have very little time and can only give general information," he said. "The students are our students. College admission personnel are strong support for education and they tend to believe in the product."
THE PRODUCT is a college experience at KU
Ways to achieve the product are through informational booklets, correspondence, and basic rapport with students contacted by the admissions staff.
"We just try to be warm and caring and let them know we're interested." Myers said, "What emerges from our work isn't just running around throwing out catalogs. For a certain period of time we are the only contact that prospective students have with the University."
The catalog, however, is a very important part of KU's recruiting effort and much time is spent on its data.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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KU printed more than 35,000 general information catalogs this year, costing about 60 cents a piece.
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DEL SHANKEI, executive vice chancellor, said,
"Several years ago we made a major effort to
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, October 31, 1978
County departments on the wav home
Fans losing 'fanatic' zeal
By BILL HIGGINS Staff Reporter
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Don Gordon stood in his new office on the third floor of the Douglas County Courthouse yesterday, gazing out of the window at his new view.
brown um to the north, the black and red roofs of downtown Lawrence stretched away to the hazy hills north of the Kansas River.
Gordon, county appraiser, is the first of the county department heads to be able to look out the windows of the remodeled courthouse.
"It's been a busy day," he said with a sigh. "We'll be moved in by today, but we won't be organized."
The final phase of the remodeling of the 75-year-old courthouse began yesterday, when Gordon's office, including furniture and files, across the walkway between the Lawrence-Douglas County Judicial and Justice Department Center and the courthouse.
"It's really going to be nice when we finally get moved in and organized," Gordon said.
THE MOVERS brought more boxes, and Gordon's new office buzzed as his 11 employees sorted through the stacks of boxes and files.
Rita Westerhaus, secretary for the Douglas County Commission, several weeks ago circled Oct. 31 in red ink. The date is scheduled to move into the courthouse.
The rest of the county department directors were also eager to get back into the courthouse after spending a year and a half in the basement of the Law Enforcement Center while the courthouse was being remodeled.
"I'd go crazy if I had to stay in this basement much longer." Westerhaus says. "I can't wait until I get out the window or office with a window to the real world."
DARLENE HILL, budget director,
also is happy about moving into
the courthouse again. Her current office,
Westhausen's office, has no window.
"It'll be nice to move back into the courthouse because I'll have windows on two sides and there won't be so much commotion," she said. "Down here it too is nice. The phones and notices from the other offices come right over the walls."
The walls were built to house the county departments temporarily, and they do not reach the ceiling. Plumbing
heating ducts hang overhead and the walls are plain concrete blocks.
Late yesterday afternoon, the three county commissioners walked over to the courthouse for an inspection of the new room, formerly the district courtroom.
SWEATY WORKERS were struggling with doilies and file cabinets as the commissioners made their rounds.
The commissioners seemed to be impressed with the remodeled courtroom, with its nine stained glass windows and large clear windows.
Peter Whitenight, chairman of the commission, said facetiously, '1 especially like to be able to look out the windows and see the sky and the trees around us.'
The emergency communications lower, a 180-foot bare gray metal structure, looms into the view south of the new commission room.
Beverly Bradley, commissioner, agreed. "Yes, I especially like the tower."
On their way out, the commissioners again passed the movers, who must transfer 70,000 to 90,000 pounds of materials to the courthouse.
ORVILLE EMREY, president and general manager of Ethan A. Smith Moving & Storage Inc., 721 E. Ninth St, the firm responsible for the move, said the eight men working on the move probably would be finished in five days.
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The contract between the county and Smith, which is for $4,588, allows seven days for the move.
Embryre, who supervised the move of the county offices from the courthouse into the Law Enforcement Center in May 1977, said this move would be easier.
"During the move into the judicial building we found junk that had been built in and smashed with our whisky bottles and old canceled checks and even some checks that hadn't been
The rotary files, which weigh about a
Banks to offer checking option
"IT SHOULD also be easier this time because all of the department heads have been through a move once before."
"This time it will be a pretty clean move," he said. "There will be lots of old ledger books and tax books, but there will be all the loose junk we had last time."
Embrye said the most difficult items to move would be two rotary files, one in the county clerk's office and one in the office of the register of deeds.
By PHILIP GARCIA Staff Reporter
Students who have large bank deposits can cash in on a new kind of checking account that local banks will begin offering tomorrow.
However, for students whose bank treasure consists of only a few dollars, the new checking account will earn little interest.
Lawrence banks will offer a checking account that automatically transfers money from one account to another, or a checking account. The transfer, in essence, enables the customer to earn interest on savings.
"This account gives the customer a chance to earn interest, or to write checks, as well as assigning president of Lawrence Bank and Trust Co., Seventh and Massachusetts streets, said James L.
By placing money into the bank's transfer account, Watson said, a student can earn money at school by checking in. In addition, the larger the savings balance is, student has, the smaller the bank will accept.
In May, the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve System and the Federal
HOWEVER, WATSON said that of the estimated 1,000 students the bank served, only 250 would earn enough interest from the service charge to transfer account to offset service charges.
Previously, commercial banks were unable to offer the automatic transfer account to depositors because guidelines on deposit accounts prohibit that type of checking account.
Service charges for the new account will be higher, he said, to meet the increased costs.
LILLEOIEN SAID the service charge for his bank's new account would be based on the minimum balance of the savings accrual. Service charges range from $1 to $6 a month.
A Liliehoe, vice president and cashier for the First National Bank of Lawrence, Ninth and Massachusetts streets, also said that a financial grant would increase check processing costs.
"If students have money sitting in an account, say $1,000, they can gain by using this type of transfer account," Lilleoen said.
For a student to earn enough interest to offset the service charge, the savings must be greater than $150.
THE BANKS will continue to offer small
deposit checking accounts.
Deposit Insurance Corporation approved an amendment to the regulations, enabling banks to offer the automatic transfer account.
Opposition to the amendment was pposed by savings and loans associations, which claimed that depositors would be earning interest on checking dollars, which is illegal. Also, banks now can compete in the savings account market.
The board ruled that the distinction between a savings account and a checking account would be maintained because banks would require a notice from depositers 30 days before withdrawals from savings accounts were made. This requirement does not mean that the money as investable funds, which can be done only with savings accounts dollars.
ALL FOUR local banks will have variations of the automatic transfer account and bankers agree that students will have to visit their individual banks to determine whether the new account would be beneficial for them.
Kennagail Ragan, president of the University State Bank, 555 Iowa St., said depositors at his office have been saving accounts. They must predetermine what the checking account balance will be when they withdraw it.
Transfers from the savings account will be shown on the checking account balance pages to be paid.
Ragland noted that, with a transfer account, the interest would be earned on the savings, and the service charge would be invested in both the checking and savings accounts.
FOR EXAMPLE, the service charge for a combined balance between $400 and $1200 is 20 cents a check. A student who has $300 in savings and a $100 in checking would earn more interest than a person who had $200 in both checking and savings.
HEW to review athletics findings
To discourage depositors of small amounts from using the transfer account, Rogaland said, the service charge for a deposit is $35 and 20 cents a check plus a $5 minimum charge.
Although the service charge rate is the same, the actual service charge depends on the number of checks written. Raid said, which is $16 per check, but the percentage how much money is saved, he said.
FALKENSTIEN SAID customers at Douglas County Bank would have both a checking and savings account with transfers of $100 to cover checks. The service charge will be based on the minimum balance in the checking account, with the
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By BARB KOENIG
Staff Reporter
A representative from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare yesterday concluded an on-campus investigation into two complaints about KU men's and women's athletics departments.
Now KU administrators must await HEW's decision on whether available opportunities in men's and women's sports.
William Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor, said the office of civil rights, the HEW division handling the investigation, would now go back and review all the information. Hogan said he expected a decision soon from HEW.
Anne Levinson, Winchester, Mass., junior, who filed one of the complaints, said recently that HEW had until Jan. 4 to notify the University of its findings and hand down a recommended course of action.
ADMINISTRATORS, Levinson and Elizabeth Banks, who filed the other complaint, then have 90 days from the time
ACCORDING TO Title IX grievance procedures, if KU is found in violation of the guidelines, federal funds could be withdrawn or the case could be turned over to the Department of Justice to force the compliance without a federal funding loss.
the university is notified to decide a course of action that is acceptable to all parties involved.
The complaints, filmed last summer by Banks, a Kansas University Athletic Corporation board member, and Levinson, charged that inequities existed between the two schools, funded scholarship, funding scholarships and administrative staffing.
The complaints are based on a provision in Title IX of the HEW guidelines that says athletic opportunity for men and women is equal.
Lewison also expressed concern about a lack of equitable facilities and training programs, and the elimination of funding for the women's field hockey team which caused Diana Beebe, field hockey coach, to lose her job.
LEVINSON IS a member of the women's field hockey
team, which, has been forced to operate independently of the athletic department by relying on donations and fund raising.
At the conclusion of the two-week investigation, Hogan said he thought the inquiring had gone well.
Individuals who have been meeting with the investigator include Bob Marcum, men's athletics director, Marian Washington, women's athletics director, Banks, Levinson and members of the administration
"We have now provided him with the information he requested," Hogan said of the HEW investigator. "I think he was pleased that we were able to respond so rapidly to his requests."
MARCUM SAID that he personally had met with the investigator only once, but that other athletic department officials had taken the HEW representative on a tour of athletic facilities.
Marcum also said he expected HEW's final decision to be given to the University and not directly to the athletic department because the complaints had been filed against the University.
Indian summer
Staff photo by TRISH LEWIS
With the cold winter months creeping up, Natasha Akbaba enjoyed the mild autumn weather yesterday afternoon.