October 25.1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA
The University Daily KANSAN
Today is deadline to vote for HOPE award finalists
Joe Wilkins III/KANSAN
Today is the last day that seniors can vote for their favorite HOPE award finalist.
Republican Jim Flory, left, and Democrat Mike Glover contrast their experiences during a forum in the Jayhawk Room at the Kansas Union. The two politicians are in a heated race for the Douglas County district attorney.
Seniors can vote from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in deans' offices, in front of Wescott Hall and Dunn Hall.
The HOPE award, the Honor for the most Outstanding Progressive Educator, was originated by the class of 1959 and first given in 1960.
The HOPE winner receives a plaque and a cash award between $200 and $300. The team will be announced during a ceremony before being awarded Oklahoma homecoming game on Saturday.
Forum to interpret insurance
Topics will include taxation, alternatives to guaranty funds and the agency system.
A forum on trends in the insurance
industry at 12:35 p.m. tomorrow in
Aldershot Airport
Speakers will be Jack E. Bob, vice president of the National Association of Life Underwriters, and Lowell B. Beek, vice president of the National Association of Independent insurers.
The forum, which is intended to help students understand insurance, should not be too technical for a general audience, said Harold C. Krogh, professor of business.
Prof to speak on black family
Robert Staples, professor of sociology at the University of California, San Francisco, will speak on "Beyond the Black Auditorium" in the Kansas Union.
Staples is the author and editor of several books and articles on black populations. His books include "The Black Diaspora," "The African Family: Essays and Studies."
Forum to feature candidates
The Lawrence League of Women Voters on Tuesday will sponsor a public forum featuring local candidates in the Nov. 6 election.
Concert to feature court music
County, judicial and legislative candidates will participate in the forum, which begins at 7 p.m. in the City Commission office. A league member will be the moderator.
Cablevision Channel 6 will broadcast the forum.
Bavarian court music from the 16th century will be featured Sunday at the University of Kansas Collegium Musicum's fall concert.
The Collegium Musicum, an ensemble of students dedicated to the performance of early music, will perform at 2 p.m. at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
Weather
Daniel T. Politiske, professor of music history, directs the College Music Museum.
Today and tonight will be cloudy and there will be a 50 percent chance of rain. The high will be in the mid-50s. The low tonight will be in the mid- to upper 40s. Winds will be light and variable. Tomorrow will be partly sunny and warmer. The high will be in the lower 60s and there will be a 40 percent chance for showers.
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Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press international reports.
Candidates images clash for DA race
Opponents debate county experience, views from the past
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ Staff Reporter
"Marijana Mike" Glover is not the radical that people once knew, and his opponent in the district attorney race, Jim Flory, is not the straight and narrow conservative people sometimes view him as, the two candidates say.
Flory, Republican candidate for the Douglas County district attorney, and his Democratic opponent, Glover, spoke Tuesday about the images people sometimes see when they make comparisons between the ones running in one of the hottest local races.
"WHAT WE HAVE in this race," Glover said, "is an inexperienced conservative, that the people in this community don't really know, against a hardened liberal who has proven himself in this county."
Flory, however, doesn't agree with people including Glover — who label him as a conspirator.
"I don't really view myself as a conser-
tant." Fiori said. "I think I'm more of a moder-
ator."
Glover acquired his nickname as a 25-year-old state representative who sponsored bills designed to decriminalize marijuana.
Glover said he had changed from the "bearded boy in the Legislature" but he still was concerned with the issues he had dealt with then.
"I guess I'm really the same person I've always been." Glover said "but experiences" of him.
FLORY AND GLOVER have spent the last few weeks trying to reach KU voters. Both candidates have made appearances at several forums in campus.
"I'm trying to make as much contact on campus as I can." Flory said. "It's an important office for all of the students, and they need to be interested."
Glover said, "I've been well-received on campus. At first I was interested in getting students registered to vote in Doughas County, now I've got to get them to vote for me."
The two men are vying for the position now held by Jerry Harper, who was defeated by Glover in the Democratic primary in August.
Throughout the campaign, Flory and Glover have stressed the issue of experience. Glover usually points out that Flory has no experience prosecuting locally, and Flory countrys that Glover has no experience prosecuting felonies.
"I'm the only candidate that has prosecuted felony crimes. Fiery said. 'That is an amazing accomplishment.'"
GLOVER SAID, "JMH wasn't prosecuted in this community. I know the judges and I've worked with the police. He can't say that."
Fiori is key to the criminal division of the attorney general's office. He first went to New York in 1984.
Flory graduated from Lawrence High in 1966. He then worked as a dispatcher in the Douglas County sheriff's office for two years while he attended KU. After a four year stint in the Air Force, Flory returned to KU and the sheriff's office. He worked as a sherrif patrol officer while completing a double major in political science and psychology.
"I HAVE SEEN THE battered child, the bodies being pulled from cars wrecked by drunk drivers," he said. "If anyone is sensitive to the needs of the crime victim, I
Flory said his experience as a law enforcement officer made him the better
In 1978, he received his degree from the KU school of Law and started work in the department.
Flory also said he didn't like the way Glover depicted him, an as outsider trying to be a good teacher.
"I have lived here all of my life," Flory
"The people in this county know what kind of man, Jim Flory is."
said, "I know these people, and my work in Toooka doesn't make me an outsider.
Flory also said he had made no efforts to bring up Glover's liberal past in this church.
"I'm running a positive campaign," he said. "I want to concentrate on our experience, not get into a personality race.
"I started out nine months ago with that plan, and with only two weeks left, I intend to do it."
GLOVER'S EXPERIENCES IN the political arena began in 1969 when he ran for state representative at the age of 22. He lost that election and then spent two years in the
A 1970 KU graduate and now city prosecutor, Glover won the House election largely because of student support and was a state representative for seven years. During his stay in office, he earned his law degree from Washburn University.
In March 1975, a bill sponsored by Glover, which would have made possession of less than one ounce of marijuana a non-criminal offense, had passed in the House but was defeated in the Senate. At the time the bill was being considered, Glover said he smoked marijuana and was quoted in a Kansas City article as saying he thought of it as "a cocktail."
"OF COURSE IVE changed," he said. "I'm married now, have two kids and responsibility around my home. Things have happened over several years, but I believe in what I did then."
Liberal Arts curriculum may change
By JOHN EGAN Staff Reporter
Students may be faced with competency exams in English and mathematics and stiffer foreign language requirements if recommendations from a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences task force are adopted by the College Assembly.
A final report from the Task Force on General Education, issued this month, recommends a wide range of improvements within the college designed to strengthen standardized testing. The improvements will be made by adding courses and changing requirements.
Most of the recommended changes will be made at the earliest by fall 1987. J. Michael Young, associate dean of the college and chairman of the task force, said yesterday.
THE REPORT STATES, "None of the changes we call for is revolutionary. We believe, nonetheless, that taken together, our recommendations would substantially improve the general education efforts of the college."
Young said the report had been forwarded to the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising (CUSA), which was preparing the report on the report for the College Assembly
The College Assembly probably will consider CUSA's recommendations in February, Young said.
Besides English, mathematics and foreign language, the task force's report contained recommendations concerning Western Civilization, oral communication, distribution requirements and the bachelor of general studies degree.
The report recommends that English requirements — three courses in composition and literature — for the bachelor of arts and BGS degrees remain the same, but that competency in English 101 be tested during the final exam.
IF A STUDENT fails the exam, he would be required to enroll the next semester in English 101 and successfully complete the course.
"The ability to write clearly and articulately is a hallmark of the educated person," she said.
The task force also supported the proposal made by the English department to reduce the number of third level English courses from six to four.
Michael Johnson, chairman of the department of English, said that he welcomed the report's recommendations and that the report would promote discussion among the faculty.
FOR THE MATHEMATICS department, the report suggests an algebra competency exam. Students who take Math 101 or 102 would take the exam as part of their final exam. Any student failing the competency exam would be required to repeat Math 101. Students who enter the college having taken Math 101 or 102 elsewhere would be required to take the competency exam before enrolling in courses.
Charles Fimmelberg, chairman of the department of mathematics, said he was encouraged by the importance the task force placed on mathematics.
"I like the change." he said. "People shear a substantial amount of mathematics."
In addition to English and mathematics, the report addresses:
- Foreign language — The option of taking 10 hours in each of two foreign languages would be discontinued. Students would be required to complete four semesters in one language or demonstrate proficiency in the requirement for a bachelor of arts degree.
- Western Civilization - The task force recommends increased involvement of regular faculty, changes in format and readings, integration of the program with other course work and a non-Western culture requirement, such as a course in African studies.
- Oral communication - The current oral communication requirement would be replaced by a rhetoric/logic requirement.
HALF PRICE FOR KU STUDENTS
"Something almost magical happens when they perform."
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Chamber Music Series Presents
Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 1
String Quartet, Op. 3
Quartet in D major, Op. 11
Program
3:30 p.m. Sunday, October 28, 1984
Painter-Theatre for Murphy Hall
Haydn Berg Tchaikovsky
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office
All seats reserved/For reservations, call 913/864-3982
Public: $8 & $6; Students: $4 & $3; Senior Citizens: $7 & $5
This program is partially funded by the KU Student Activity Fee.
Swartwhate Society and the KU Endowment Association
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for anyone with a Missouri or Illinois driver's license.
841-BREW