THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 101, NO.7
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
TOPERA, KS  46412
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1990
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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
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 addressed as 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 woman.
Yankovskya and Vladimir Kuykin are the first Soviet undergraduate students to participate in a student exchange program between Leningrad State University and the University of Debebi. Debebi, 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.'
— Yelena Yankovskya Soviet exchange student
Yankovskya and Kuykin are Soviet students.
Yankovskya, who will study English literature, and Kuvkim, who will study sociology, arrived Thursday
"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."
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 want to the consulate to get my money and I will...
Loss of Margin worries officials
By Yvonne Guzman Kansan staff writer
The Legislature's failure to transfer 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."
University of Texas
Faculty Salary Comparisons Average Salary (in dollars)
1980 23,973
1981 25,381
1982 27,622
1983 30,018
1984 31,285
1985 33,518
1986 34,917
1987 36,353
1988 37,645
1989 40,672
1990 44,021
1991 45,342 est.
Salaries Relative to Peers (in percent)
the division of biological sciences,
said that before the Margin passed,
the biology department lost several
schools to other schools and
private industry.
Sometimes departments do not have the problem of attracting and maintaining talented faculty because
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"Salary was a big factor in all those decisions," he said.
175 to 300 students.
Don Stull, associate chaperone of the department of anthropology, said that last year the department hired a new faculty member in 13 years.
Although faculty salaries are a concern, they are not the only place where lack of Margin financing will 've an impact.
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loss of the Margin would make less competitive in attractingachers. Schluer said.
Irill Crowe, dean of libraries, said combination of the loss of Margin art and rising publishing prices has reduced spending in books and periodicals.
ight department budgets and an
minimum wage reduce a
number of student jobs, said Julie
of the student
payment center.
budget cuts would affect not only employee but the offices depend on them, Cooper said. my campus services may have to reduc because of understaffed es.
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