Students drawn to KU's little-known crime major
By Lara Gold
Special to the Kansan
Mike Katzenstein, Northbrook, Ill.
senior, always wanted to be a police
officer. He planned to join the police
department of college after he graduated
from college.
But during the second semester of his freshman year, Katzenstein began to wonder whether the Univer- sity of Kansas was the right place for him.
The University lacked a criminology or law enforcement department. He planned to transfer to a school that would better suit his career needs, but a friend told him about the university's emergency studies major at the University.
Tucked away in the sociology department, this major is open only to students who have completed an individual petition from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and have receivedissions for wanting to be in the program.
Katzenstein is one of about 35 students participating in the little-known and little-publicized program.
The petition is reviewed by three members of the crime and delinquency studies committee, which comprises faculty members from the psychology, sociology, communication and family life departments.
in the late 1970s, William Arnold,
associate professor of sociology, proposed the formation of a crime and
police course in order to provide a course schedule and requirements.
Before Arnold's proposal, students were allowed to pursue a crime systems major on an individual basis, but Arnold wanted to open the program to more students interested in crime and deliquency studies.
A KU student interested in the major must submit a petition
because the Board of Regents does not recognize the KU program as a department or major available to all students.
Opposition from Wichita State University, which has a criminal justice program, and the Regents, which did not want to have redundant support for its institutions, prevented Arnold's proposal from being adopted.
Although the crime and delinquency studies major is pursued on an individual basis, there still are other requirements that must be fulfilled.
Katzenstein said the course requirements gave more information about the crime system.
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"I know more about people in general than if I had just a sociology or psychology degree," he said.
Stacey Cook, Fredonia senior agreed with Katzenstein.
Cook also was considering transferring schools until she discovered the crime and delinquency studies major.
Arnold was teaching Cook's sociology course when she expressed her interest in criminal studies to him. She showed her the description of criminal and delinquency studies, and she was hooked.
"It was the most obvious thing to me," Cook said. "I don't know what I would be majoring in now if it wasn't for this program."
Cook said that having a crime and delinquency studies major helped her get her internship during the County district attorney's office.
Cook said that a flaw in the program was that it was not publicized more.
"I would have started in it when I was a freshman instead of waiting a year and a half," she said.
Monday
5:30 p.m. — KU Archaeology Club meeting at 622 Fraser Hall. A movie will be shown.
Wainut Room in the Kansas Union.
6:30 p.m. — KU Tae Kwo Do Club
worked at 207 Robinson Center.
6:30 p.m. — Hispanic-American Leadership Organization meeting at the
7:30 a.m. — Organization of Adult Knowledge Seekers meeting in the non-smoking section of the Kansas Union cafeteria.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Commuters Club meets for lunch at Alcove I in the Kansas Union cafeteria.
3:30 p.m. — Study abroad in Spanish-speaking countries informational meeting at 3040 Wescoe Hall.
6 p.m. — KU Gamers and Role-players meeting at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Also on Wednesdays.
6 p.m. - Golden Key National Honor Society general meeting at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. New officers will be elected
Noon to 1 p.m. — Program on Mauritius sponsors the by African Affairs Student Association, at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.
Tuesday
6 p.m. — KU Students Against Hunger meeting at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
4 p.m. — Women, Work and Family lecture series Louise Lamure, anthropology professor from the University of New Mexico, speaking about "Living with Women in Women in Sunset Industries," at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Bombers at 20th Franklin Center
■ 7:30 p.m. - Sociology Club meeting
at 706 Fraser Hall.
7 p.m. — Lawrence Task Force on racism and discrimination meeting at South Park Center, 1141 Massachusetts St.
7:30 p.m.-- Eating disorders support group meeting at 20 Watkins Memorial Health Center.
8:30 p.m. — KU Fencing Club meeting for fencing workout and instruction at 130 Robinson Center. Also on Thursdays.
11:30 a.m. — Informational meeting about KU study abroad programs at Alcove in the Kansas Union.
Wednesday
3 p.m. - Informational meeting on KU study abroad programs in French-speaking countries at the French Department lounge, 2055 Wescoe Hill
6 p.m. — Amnesty International meeting at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. A panel will discuss issues related to the African continent.
7 p.m. — KU Pro-Choice Coalition meeting at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. — Healthcare management professional development seminar at the Watkins Room in the Kansas Union. Sessions will feature panelists from the health care management industry. Open to all students. For reservations call HSA Department at 421-3121.
6 p.m. — Environs Club meeting at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
3:45 p.m. — Mountain bike ride led by KU Cycling Club, leaving from the front of Wescoe Hall.
7 p.m. — Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction meeting at Alcove C in the Kansas Union
Noon — Eucharist service sponsored by Canterbury House, at Danforth Chapel.
7 p. m. — KJ Latter-day Saint Student Association meeting at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
7 p.m. — KU Chess Club meeting at Alcove A in the Kansas Union.
Thursday
7 p.m. — Program about women as adult children of alcoholics organized by Frances Garner, clinical psychologist at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
6 p.m. — KU American Civil Liberties Union meeting at Alcove B in the Kansas Union
6:30 p.m. — Baptist Student Union meeting for Bible study at the Baptist Student Center.
4 p.m. — Amnesty International letter writing session at Alcove B in the Kansas Union.
7:30 p.m. — Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas meeting at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
Friday
7:30 p.m. — KU International Folk Dance Club meets for folk dancing instruction and practice, at the St John's
School gymnasium. 1288 Vermont St Dance partners are not necessary.
At the sale there will be handmade ALPACA WOOL SWEATERS (Merchant is Hans Hall)
Today through Friday, November 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kansas Union
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