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Thursday, September 13, 1990/ University Daily Kansan
New KU engineering chairperson hired
James Roberts addresses engineering faculty members at KU.
By Amy Zamierowsk
Kansan staff writer
James Roberts always said he would be a college professor. When a position become available at KU, he enjoyed the opportunity was too good to pass up.
Roberts, the new chairperson of the department of electrical and computer engineering, has worked for TRW Denver Operation, Aurora, Colo., since 1989 TRW designs, operates and maintains data processing systems for the Department of Defense.
Roberts earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calif. Chara University, Santa Clara, Calif. TRW's Summalev, Calif., subsidiary
Carl Locke, dean of the School of Engineering, said Roberts was hired because of his experience as a manager in the engineering industry.
Roberts earned an engineering degree from KU in 1968. He earned his masters degree from the Massa Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., in 1968.
Roberts said he thought it was the department's responsibility to provide engineers for the future.
"People are predicting a shortage of engineers, and it is an important issue." Roberts said.
He said that the supply of engineers was decreasing, and that the department needed to focus on recruiting minorities and women.
Roberts said he was proud that 33 percent of the engineers at TRW were women.
Roberts said that any company would welcome as many good engineers as it was offered.
Locke said that undergraduate enrollment in the engineering school had decreased by 2 percent this year.
"The school had more people than they knew what to do with," he said. "But now we need to shift gears and start promoting engineering. We teach them their high school and tell students that math and science are not so bad."
Roberts said that a few years ago, engineering students were plentiful.
Roberts said that students could compensate for low grade point averages by being involved in outside projects. He said at TRW, they also noted whether the student worked to pay for his education.
Roberts said KU was nationally known for its research in telecommunications, radar and remote sensing.
He said the University also needed to develop an area of computer engineering that would attract national attention.
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Task force seeks various ways to collect discrimination reports
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
The first step in assessing racial problems in Lawrence is to gather information from people who have experienced discrimination, members of a local task force said last night.
Anne Weick, chairperson of the Community Task Force on Racism, Discrimination and Human Diversity, said, "We've got to get people to talk to them about problems and then have them suggest a solution."
In order to do that, the task force needs to create a variety of ways for people to share their
Task force member Jackie McClain said, "We need different (little) ways to persons in the community work together."
Members of the task force agreed that not all people were comfortable sharing personal stories in a public forum, and that they wanted to give people other options to express themselves
Don Abshapanek, task force member, said, "I am concerned about making them more comfortable in their own setting.
Members discussed alternative methods of gathering information, including visiting minority groups and establishing a phone number for people who were not comfortable speaking publicly.
The group will meet Sept. 24 to set dates for specific programs and activities
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Weck said "We want to find out people's concerns and use their suggestions for making decisions."
Weck said the role of the task force was not to solve the racial problems of Lawrence, but to compile all of the information they gathered into a report and submit it in March to the Lawrence City Commission.
Andrea Kalman, Lawrence Erudite said, "This is a chance for minority groups to get to tell us their stories."
Car hits pole; stops electricity
Kansan staff report
Charlotte V. Byrd, 3310 W. Eighth St., was driven westbound on Ninth Street when she drove on the right side of the road, damaged a tree, and ran into a tree, according to Lawrence police reports.
Power service was disrupted for about an hour and a half Tuesday morning after a car broke a utility pole in half and downed guide wires, said Bill Seidel, east region superintendent of the Kansas Power and Light gas service.
The accident occurred 184 feet west of Missouri Street at 12:35 a.m. Power was knocked out in an area bounded by Sixth, Tenth, Iowa and Louisiana streets.
Emergency crews restored power Tuesday, and the pole was replaced yesterday.
Byrd让Kamona F.Harden,929Alabama St.,out of the accident and continued to drive down Ninth Street. She was stopped later by Lawrence police and arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, driving without a license, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to render aid.
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