8 Wednesdav. August 23,1978 University Daily Kansas David Ambler Von Ende important link Richard Von Ende, the executive secretary of the University of Kansas, has been involved with KU politics and governance for almost a decade. He is now one of Chancellor Archie R. Dykes' most important assistants. One of Von Ende's duties is to coordinate the University's public relations and information program, which is directed by the Office of University Relations. Staff Photo by SUZANNE BURDICK Von Ende, who was appointed executive secretary in 1972, is generally responsible for seeing that the decisions made by the Chancellor and his staff are carried out. The Office of University Relations is responsible for gathering and reporting all Von Ende also works with the Kansas Legislature on issues affecting the University. In addition, he assists the Chancellor in maintaining a laison with the Board of Regents, the governor's office, the university's professional delegation and other state agencies. Von Ende's other duties include working with the Alumni Association and other alumni groups, the Endowment Association, Student Affairs officers, and assisting in the development and operation of KU outreach programs. A native of Abilene, Texas, Von Endre received his master's degree in political science. This summer Von Ende headed a four member search committee that was appointed to find a new director of facilities at Max Lucas, professor of architecture. BOONE'S RETAIL LIQUOR EXCELLENT SUPPLY OF AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WINES 711 W. 23rd 843-3339 10 am-11 pm - Cordials and Spirits - Cold Kegs • Chilled Champagnes and Wines Next door to Safety in the Mall's Shopping Center —Caso Lot Pricos— Nakamichi IT WAS A troubling time, Amber said, if the university's tertiary should be a place for likely degree candidates. "That's how I got my start in the whole field," he said. Ambler had been Kent State University's assistant vice president and dean for student resident life for four years when he anti-war violence broke out in the late 1960s. "I like to think of myself as a reasonable person who can tolerate differences and talk them out, rather than shout and scream and pound each other over the head," said Ambler, who is beginning his second year in the KU administration. Almost a decade later he moved from Kent Storm to KU—a different time and a different place, a place very much like his native Indiana. AMBLER THINKS that his best accomplishment during his first year at KU As he worked on his master's degree in political science and his doctorate in education, he was a full-time staff member in the residence halls office at Indiana University. "I was a resident assistant as an undergraduate," Amber said, "but a business major, and it wasn't until the latter part of my career that I realized I really didn't want to go into business." He grew up in Hammond, in the northeastern part of the state, and then attended Harvard. Staff Writer James Michener's description of David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Kansas, in his book What Happened and Why," seems accurate. Ambler prefers calm talk to more forceful decisions The new school year will be a year of implementing what was put into motion last spring, said Ambler, who hopes to have the reorganization fully operational by next week. With coolness and a degree of personal bravery, a tall, athletic, scholarly-looking associate dean of students squeezed open one of the doors, muscled his way through the crowd, and confronted the leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society. ONE SPECIFIC GOAL for 1978-79 is to concentrate on recruitment of new students and to better coordinate their immediate needs in the financial aid and housing, according to Amber. Bv DEBBIE EIFFERT Ambler also hopes to see more attention given to the needs of special groups, including handicapped students, those who have with reading and study skills and alcoholics. Another focus will be on retaining students who are already here and coming up with improved programs to assess their needs, he said. The reorganization made Ambler the director of the deams of admissions and records, student life and student services. He also supervise the director of housing and administrative services, so are not directly responsible to a series of offices as the other three offices are. A fourth goal for this year is to help the 460 student organization on campus, he said. "I think we are organized now so that we can respond to the variety of needs that students have, some of them traditional, some of them student body changes in character," he said. "There's an awful lot that needs to be done to help them be very viable groups, so that the kind of informal learning that goes on is well equipped with a group can go on." Ambler said. He said that a lot of services are made available to students when they become a recognized group. These include the use of the printing service and the ability to set up It was a necessary move, he said, because KU wasn't serving student needs or developing programs as effectively 94 it could. PERSONAL RUBBER STAMPS Order them at the new service area. Level 2 of the main bookstore. was the reorganization of the student affairs division. --an account in the comptroller's office for banking services. We are the only bookstore that shares its profits with K.U. students. --an account in the comptroller's office for banking services. ] AMBLER ALSO HOPES to have some leadership and organizational training programs for students. There are other needs in the classroom that need to be met this year, such as skill with interpersonal relations, how to better understand how to evaluate one's strengths and weaknesses. He said he hoped that the new structure would help students know where to go to get the kind of assistance they needed, because he had a competent staff. Ambler also makes frequent visits to the residence halls and attends student meetings; not necessarily to do anything, he does. He is concerned to what the students are concerned about. He said that it is hard work to maintain student contacts. He has formed an advisory group called the President's Roundtable, consisting of the major campus organizations' presidents. He meets with them monthly. "One of the paradoxes in this profession is that the more experience and training you get, the farther away you are from the students," he said. "It's important for me to know how to can make judgments about what our programs are doing and where they're going." Wednesday, August 23 HERE COMES MR·JORDAN Dir. Alexander Hall, with Robert Montgomery, Claude Raina. This is the film on which Warren Hawke has based his role in *The Lego Man*. FREE 3:30 7:30 pm. Woody Waldruf. AUDIO Thursday, August 24 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1951) 3:30 & 7:30 pm Woodruff Aud. Dir. Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Could be the best musical of all time. "MakeEm Launch" and "GoodMorning," and has some of the best dancing ever seen. Plus: cartoons. Friday & Saturday, August 25 & 26 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Dair, Sam Wood, with the Marx Brothers (Grouch, Harpo, Chicago, *Goehl*, Thisi) (Chuck), James Cagney, the movies, and the cabin sequence in itself is a classic. Plus cartoons from the 1940s such as *Aud*. Aud. Monday, August 28 THE EGYPTIAN 7:30 pm Woodruff Aud. Dir. Michael Curtiz, with Victor Mature, Jean Simmons. Exciting epic/spectacle on a massive scale. $11.00 7:30 pm Woodruff Audt Tuesday, August 29 ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T Dir. Agnes Varda, with Valerie Mairese, Therese Llotier. A joyous movie about two women's friendship over a 14 year period. Frequent appearances. 7:30 pm . Woold Audit. Woodruff Aud. Wednesday, August 30 AMERICA AT THE MOVIEW (1976) Produced by George Stevens, Jr., for the American Film Institute. A "That's Entertainment" of America' non-musical classes, including clips from Citizen Kane, Canal Knowledge, The Matesley Falcon, and many others. FwdWard Woodruff Thursday, August 31 THE GREAT DICTATOR Dir. & written by Charles Chaplin, with Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie. This is Chaplin's spool of and warning material, which is the stuff in his lamps, am, and it has his Little Trap finally growing up. Chapkin plays a double role (a Jewish barber & as Hilter parody) & Oake is hilarious as a pompous animal in an Amish artwork $1.00 - 7:30 pm - Woodruff Aud. Friday & Saturday, September 1 & 2 ROCKY Dir. John G. AVIDISEN, with Sylvester Stallona, Talla Shire, Shirup Meredeschi, and Michele GARCIA to ensemble acting, good editing, and an exciting musical score helped to make this movie win the Academy Award for Best Drama. No. 89. Be sure to see it, or见它 again! 3:30, 7:00 & 9:30 pm Woodruff Aud September 1 & 2 Midnight Movies THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE 1977 Dir. John Landis. Cameos by Donald Sutherland. George Lazenby. Henry Gibb. "Grove Tube" and "Tunnelvision" but much better, "Kentucky Fried" prized television news shows, disaster movies, "The Beverly Hill School" $1.50 12:00 Midnight. Woold Audit.