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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI.
VOL. 101.NO.34
THE STUDENT NET NESSA PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KARANAS SAS
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 eightth 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 are underrepresented in 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
All of 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 similar demographically, economically and in the manner that their systems of higher education are organized.
Phil Reid, adviser and admissions officer at the University of Oregon, said new minority programs were being formed at the university.
In Fall 1989, 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 graduate," he 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 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 citizens at lowa, because there are not as many urban areas to draw from." Lawrence said. "It is hard to find the people you don't have the capacity for. 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 minictias as it should be." he said. "It is not just an issue of privacy that it is also based on sexual persuasion."
Hergman said that hate crimes now increased in the community and at the university but that he hoped it was soaking into roads, to change that.
Gary Smith, director of admissions and the registrar at the University of
<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. ISU (89)</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>11. NJ</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>
Minority enrollment at Big 8 and Peer Institutions*
source: Kansan reporter
Missouri at Columbia, said the university was making stronger attempts to attract minorities to campus
"We feel like our results are gratifying but are still not satisfying," Smith said.
*includes undergraduate and graduate students
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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 let their concerns
be known. The numbers are growing, but not at a rate satisfying to them or us."
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Smith said the university stepped up recruitment to try to attract more Black role models to the campus.
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Southwestern motifs, washable silks and earth tones define '90s style
by Susan Brinkman
think globally, shop locally* might be a challenge for the nation to achieve.
Designers have been influenced by Earth Day and are incorporating earth tones into their fall lines, said Kathy Swanson, owner of Spectator's, the 710 Massachusetts St. Brown, gold, auburn and teal are all hot colors for fall.
Along with the earth tones, clothes are being influenced by a Southwestern or Navajo theme. Blouses, skirts, sweaters and jackets are all showing Navajo prints.
One of the biggest sellers this fall at Spectator's has been Melon wool blanket coats. Swanson said. They are three-quarter-length, with a stadium blanket covered in a Navajo print.
Other popular items at Spectator's have been sarong wrap skirts in all colors and fabrics and walking shoes, to be worn with sarong or black tights. Sarongs blouses and skirts have also been popular.
Jeremy Furse, owner of Britches Corner,
843 Massachusetts St., agrees that spice tones,
the equivalent of earth tones, are big this fall.
"The whole Southwest were brought in by Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein." Furse said. "If Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein do something well, then everyone else
popular because they go well with denim, which continues to be a favorite.
in toot. Furse also said that the spice tones are
Suede and washable silk are also hot items at Britches Corner. Suede pants, vests and collars on chambray shirts have all been big sellers.
The suede craze has even hit The Gap. said Amy Collar, sales clerk. This fall they are carrying suede book books, pants, headbands and shirts with suede collars. Collar also said that hunter green was the most popular color in the store.
Greens of all different shades are popular with the more expensive designer lines such as Ellen Tracy and Ann Klein II, according to a Dillard's spokesperson. Every shade of green from olive to sage to hunter green is represented this fall.
other trends of the designers' fall lines are detachable fur collars, skirt splits and tuxedo shirts.
When accessorizing your fall wardrobe, Cyniadi Hogg, manager at Saffres, 922 Massachusetts St., said that the most popular items have been gold, pearls and big earrings.
As for the perennial question of what skirt length to wear this fall, store owners and clerks agree that for 1990, anything goes. Designers aren't making the same mistake as two years ago when everything was short, says a Dillard's spokesperson. This year there are both long and short lengths to accommodate all types of figures.
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are gay,
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