THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI.
VOL.101.NO.34
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
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KU's minority percentage eighth among peer schools
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
KU ranks eighth out of 11 Big Eight universities and peer institutions in percentage of minority students enrolled, according to enrollment figures released in the past year by the schools.
According to figures released Oct. 1 by the KU department of educational services, KU minority students comprise about 70% of the enrollment at the University of Kansas
The University of Oklahoma's 12.8 percent minor enrollment in Fall 1990 ranks highest among the 11 universities
The University of Nebraska has the lowest percentage of minority students of the 11 universities at 4.2 percent
on or KU's five peer institutions rank higher than KU in percentage of minority enrollment. Peer institutions are the University of Oregon, the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the university of Iowa, the university of Colorado and the University of Oklahoma
Peer schools are similar to KU in size and mission, with the states being similarly demographically, economically and in the manner that their systems of higher education are organized.
rut Reid, adviser and admissions officer at the University of Oregon, said new minority programs were being formed at the university.
In Fall 1899, Oregon's minority enrollment was 8.3 percent, which ranks (fifth of the 11 schools). Figures for Fall 1990 are not yet available.
"I've watched the number of minorities grow over the seven years I've been here as a student and then a teacher," she said. "We have a promising future."
Jean Lawrence, assistant to the registrar at the University of Iowa, said a program targeted toward minority recruitment called "Opportunity at Iowa" had increased the number of minority students at the university.
Iowa ranks sixth among the 11 schools with 7.5 percent minority enrollment.
"It is hard to recruit very many miniatures at lowa, because there are not as many urban areas to draw from." Lawrence said. "It is hard to find the people if you don't have the city where the closest city we have is Chicago."
Bob Bergman, who works in the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at Iowa State University, said the university was attempting to increase diversity on campus, which is in Ames.
"The Ames community is not as sensitive to minorities as it should be," he said. "It is not just an issue of race." The Ames community is also based on sexual orientation.
Bergman said that hate crimes had increased in the community and at the university but that he hoped it was making inroads to change that.
"We are making a real attempt to make students more receptive to the opportunities available to them concerning diversity," he said.
Gary Smith, director of admissions and the registrar at the University of
Minority enrollment at Big 8 and Peer Institutions*
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Black</th><th>Hispanic</th><th>American Indian</th><th>Asian-American</th><th>Minority enrollment</th><th>Percent minority</th><th>Total enrollment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1. OU</td><td>958</td><td>354</td><td>598</td><td>550</td><td>2,460</td><td>12.8</td><td>19,246</td></tr><tr><td>2. N. Carolina</td><td>2,060</td><td>201</td><td>142</td><td>631</td><td>3,034</td><td>12.7</td><td>23,852</td></tr><tr><td>3. CU</td><td>472</td><td>1,297</td><td>167</td><td>1,196</td><td>3,132</td><td>12.4</td><td>25,176</td></tr><tr><td>4. OSU</td><td>465</td><td>166</td><td>715</td><td>276</td><td>1,622</td><td>9.0</td><td>18,000</td></tr><tr><td>5. Oregon (89)</td><td>217</td><td>294</td><td>143</td><td>820</td><td>1,474</td><td>8.3</td><td>17,818</td></tr><tr><td>6. Iowa</td><td>782</td><td>453</td><td>77</td><td>781</td><td>2,093</td><td>7.5</td><td>28,045</td></tr><tr><td>7. MU</td><td>909</td><td>187</td><td>74</td><td>341</td><td>1,511</td><td>6.1</td><td>24,972</td></tr><tr><td>8. KU</td><td>644</td><td>424</td><td>158</td><td>521</td><td>1,747</td><td>6.0</td><td>28,909</td></tr><tr><td>9. KSU</td><td>519</td><td>308</td><td>63</td><td>210</td><td>1,100</td><td>5.7</td><td>19,367</td></tr><tr><td>10. NU</td><td>640</td><td>268</td><td>30</td><td>353</td><td>1,291</td><td>5.1</td><td>25,489</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>440</td><td>280</td><td>65</td><td>249</td><td>1,034</td><td>4.2</td><td>24,453</td></tr></tbody></table>
source: Kansan reporter
Missouri at Columbia, said the university was making stronger attempts to attract minorities to camps.
"we feel like our results are gratifying but are still not satisfying," Smith said.
*includes undergraduate and graduate students
Smith said that Missouri's primary goal was to attract Black students, faculty and staff to the university.
“At MU, we use the term minority and Black almost interchangeably,” he said. “Occasionally, the Black students and staff tell their concerns
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be known. The numbers are growing, but not at a rate satisfying to them or us."
Smith said the university stepped up recruitment to try to attract more
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WILD! Anything wild will keep even the most avid fashion fiend happy this year when she is buying new fall accessories. Not only are ecological symbols and fashion fiends so fashionable anything that is outrageous big and bold in rich colors of the earth.
Jewelry is popular this year, said Kristi Kirley, jewelry and sportwear buyer for Weaver's Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St. Pins by Trifari and Monet come in big, gold, gemstone and also in a variety of butterties that sell like hotcakes." Kirley said.
Earrings also are popular, especially hoops and shoulder dusters with deep, rich color.
jevery. Dup tones also were shown in quilted shoes in the September issue of Mademoiselle magazine. Fashion is determined by shoes. Whatever look is popular in shoes eventually will appear in everything else.
This season, texture is important in shoes, as are full-bodied colors. Velvet, suede, patterned leather and even "moc-krow" are the body colors to bring to the market of Issue of Self Magazine.
Earthy colors including mustard, emerald and brown are in, said Bill Shirley, manager of Weaver's shoe department. He
sure people were buying brand name shoes for the quality, and that the public was buying designer hand bags for quality also.
The look for the season in handbags also is wild, with an abundance of animal motifs.
An article in the October issue of Accessories magazine affirmed this. Sales for better handbags are up 35 percent in some stores, the article stated. Brands include Dooney & Bourke, Coach, Perry Ellis, Liz Clubborne, Adereon Vittadin and Ralph
Shirley said Claiborne bags always sold well at Weaver's.
The look for the season in handbags also is wild, with an abundance of animal motifs. The "mock-croc" and leather looks are popular.
Nature themes also are apparent in the shape of handbags. Weaver's carries purses in the shapes of cats, elephants and shells.
So go wild this season, but be safe from the unple of fashion faux pas.
Terry Schmidt
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go on its own path and not anything from the West," said. "All these people are ney are brainsthing the But most of them don't t."
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nder said he thought it was; how quickly Glasnost had changes in the Soviet Union. amazing how fast Glasnost met everything up, Alexandra and I were doing. Five or twenty years ago, I think I would see these in my lifetime."
rruit, forums coordinator for Union Activities, said one jokier was chosen to lecture in the City of his city in the Soviet Union.
as surprised that his television was not censored, and he told t he did not receive criticism we government," he said. said he did not think a microficial from the Soviet Union was able to present a active of the Soviet Union as as Notkin.
tion
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or the (1987) march a com-
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gather. GLOSK has come a day in the past decade."
iay, GLOSK members will fill fliers in the Kansas Union
bureau of commerce in Washington. GLOSK will show a historical tentary at its 7:30 p.m. meet-
ars said she would encourage e. to "come out of the closet"
people don't realize how many are gay," she said. rs said she fought every day life for the end of discrimination.
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