VOL.101, NO.7
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Students here from Soviet Union
Exchange students arrive from Leningrad University as the first two participants
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By Christine Groody
Kansan staff writer
Yankovskya and Kuvkin are Soviet students.
Yelena Yankovskaya returned to her room in McColm Hall on Friday morning and found two notes on her door. One was written in Russian, the other in English. Both were printed as a message: "Welcome to the 10th floor of McColm Hall."
This friendly gesture by the women on her floor made home seem a little less far away, said 21-year-old
Yankovskya and Vladimir Kuykin are the first Soviet undergraduate students to participate in a student exchange program between Lennengrad State University and St. Petersburg State University, and Dusheb Debicki, director of the KU study abroad program.
'I have never left my house for such a long time. I am both sad and happy to be here — sad because I leave my family, happy because I get to meet people and learn more about the United States.'
"They called me in the late afternoon and asked if I wanted to go and I had to tell my answer in the same evening."
— Yelena Yankovskya Soviet exchange student
Yankovskya, who will study English literature, and Kuykin, who will study sociology, arrived Thursday.
Yankovskya said she knew nothing about KU because she did not have anyone to ask for information. The only information she had about Kansas was what she had read in a history book
"I went to the consulate to get my papers, and I did not
Loss of Margin worries officials
By Yvonne Guzman Kansan staff writer
The Legislature's failure to finance the Margin of Excellence resulted in lower faculty salaries compared to KU's five peer institutions, said Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor.
"With the first couple of years we were gaining again." Shankel said. "With this year's failure to fund the Margin we dropped back again."
Faculty Salary Comparisons
Average Salary (in dollars)
Salaries Relative to Peers (in percent)
the division of biological sciences, said that before the Margin passed, the biology department lost several researchers to other schools and private industry.
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"Salary was a big factor in all those decisions;" he said.
175 to 300 students.
Sometimes departments do not have the problem of attracting and maintaining talented faculty because they are often offered to fill
Don Stull, associate chairperson of the department of anthropology, said that last year the department hired a new faculty member in 13 years.
Although faculty salaries are are a concern, they are not the only place where lack of Margin financing will have an impact.
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Speed and strength coordinator coach, Fred Roll, gives an on-field pep talk to fire up his players before a practice scrimmage.
Heavyweights beef-up line
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
As the Jayhawks enter their third season under coach Glen Mason, the team sports 18 players who weigh more than 260 pounds for each year, only six players topped that mark.
Experts agree: The greatest strength of both sides of Kansas' lise is size.
Growing a Defense
"Over the past couple of years, we've
played four guys on the defensive line with none of them over 250 pounds, "defensive coordinator JJ Hills said Tuesday." "This is a tough job," he added. "250 pounds, and the others are 290 and 365."
Sophomore noseguard Dana Stubblefield and sophomore tackle Gilbert Brown anchor a Jayhawk defensive line whose members average almost 289 pounds.
Stubblefield, 6-foot3 and 305 pounds, is
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