THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Royals 1/2-game behind Angels
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Thursday, August 30, 1979
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BILL FRAKES/Kansan staff
Leecomprepaires to scrum and yaitre another tutee. Hatch, a handyman, says he enjoys the simple life. See story and photos page 9.
Singing Strings
With a look reflecting more than 40 years of playing the fiddle, 55-year-old Leroy Hatch of
Fund cuts hinder particle studies
By JEFF SJERVEN Staff Reporter
The fact that the most recent breakthrough in atomic particle research occurred in Hamburg, West Germany, gives credence to fears that the United States is at a loss for answers to this research. Doug McKay, associate professor of physics and astronomy, said yesterday.
The breakthrough in Hamburg occurred recently when an international team of 300 scientists detected the elusive gluon plumper in physicists' theories, holds together.
McKay said although no short-term application for the particle, there has been speculation that the force required for such a collision could be used someday as an energy source.
McKay said that American scientists would benefit from the gluon findings, but that he had noticed that the center of atomic fusion is shifting from the United States to Europe.
McKay also said Stanford University would conduct an experiment similar to the one in Hamburg, but the project would have waited to one two years because of tight regulations.
"FIVE YEARS AGO, Stanford was the first institution in ourgetting fund for this project, they have had to cut several other programs and spread funding over a five-year period to meet their needs."
"They just have to tread water with Energy Department funds and cannibalize other roarrans."
Glenn McGonagle, director of laboratories in the army, and the air force, and that, although he did not have exact figures available, the University of Kansas had suffered "rather drastic damage."
"We receive less money than we used to," he said, "and the money we get doesn't go as far because of inflation."
McGonagle said scientific research had suffered in recent years because of the increased emphasis placed on humanities.
"THE PENDULUM seems to swing back and forth between funding for science and the humanities," he said. "As we need more scientists in the future, research could get
McKay said the Hamburg experiment's findings caused much relief among physicists because they confirmed existing theories about atomic structure.
Scientists theorize that major atomic particles such as protons, electrons and neutrons are composed of particles called quarks, which are bound together by the newly-detected gluons. The existence of gluons was first theorized in 1972. McKay
Giants were detected in the Hamburg experiment by causing collisions between antimatter positrons and electron positrons. A positron has properties identical to those of an electron, except it has a mass of $1.6 \times 10^{-27} \mathrm{~kg}$.
WHEN THE COLLISIONS occurred, McKay said, several jets of particles were released. By analyzing the jets, scientists determined that one was composed of
Mickay said some theorists think the energy released by dividing gluons and quarks someday could be harnessed as a power source.
However, he said, such theories are untested and more research is needed before definite plans for exploiting the energy are made.
"Care must be taken to keep any reactions under control," he said.
Counseling course now required for new KU resident assistants
Staff Reporter
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Friend, counselor, referee, and watchful guardian are roles that resident assistants in KU's residence halls must assume in the course of their jobs.
In order to deal with situations, the office of residential programs requires resident assistants to take a counseling course titled "The Skills Skill Enhancement and Administration."
The course, a product of the School of Education and the office of residential counselor, assists communication skills and will make them more competent counselors, Ruth Mikkelson, associate director of education, and course coordinator, said yesterday.
Mikkelsen said she considered it an obligation to residence hall tenants to provide a staff skilled in counseling.
"We expect our staff to respond to a number of different situations," she said, "and we need to give the resident assistants
more information and skills, so they can be more responsive to the needs of the residents."
THE RESIDENT ASSISTANTS need to be able to deal with students suffering from HIV and other diseases, drug abuse, Mikelsen said. Homestead, roommate conflicts and problems with teachers were a concern.
The course, which is open to all KU student-users, will be taught by non-resident assistants. It will be taught by instructors from various departments, including speech and communications, and art.
Mike Johnston, resident director at MCollium Hall, said the program had been needed for a long time.
Sections of the course will deal with human sexuality, career development, leisure activities, and working with international and minority students.
One of the course instructors, Mary Louise Johnson, said she would like to improve the student's interaction with other people so they can meet residents' needs.
. "The resident assistants were not getting enough training until now," he said.
Wise said that across the country universities were putting more emphasis on training their residence hall staff members.
"STUDENTS ARE GOING to have paris staffed by students and receives most of its calls from students. Browder said.
Resident directors are required to have a
passport and a current social security
personnel. The mandatory counseling class for RAs is another step in trying to meet the needs of students in residence halls. Wise
Some resident assistants agreed the program would be beneficial.
"TAKING THE CLASS was not something I had planned on." Mark Jensen, Omaha, Neb., senior, said, "but we were only a few. The girls who the class I hope can deal with people better."
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Information Center answers calls on trivial and serious questions
By DAWN SHARP
Staff Reporter
You wake up in the middle of the night with a question mercilessly gnawing at your brain. Until you get an answer, you will remain a hopeless insomniac.
But you have no reference materials.
Before you panic, before you start tearing
your hair out, give the KU Information
Center a call. They might be able to help
The information center answers questions ranging from "Where is my class?" to "Is it possible to burn water?" Judy Browder, director of the office, said yesterday.
Because of the vast resources the information center has on hand, it is usually able to answer a potpouri of questions, she said.
The office uses standard reference books, such as a dictionary on anatomy; local libraries have access to these and also refer to some not-so-standard resources; including roadmaps, trips
The not-so-standard resources help them answer questions such as the one Scott Jarus, staff member, has information about. What money do you need to use in place of sugar?
THE PHONE DIRECTORIES came in bandy one day when Jane Nichols, also a lawyer who wanted to know if there were a psychic in town who might help her find her
If the staff receives a question it can't answer through its own resources, it sometimes tries to call other sources.
Nichols said she talked to a press secretary there who acted concerned that he was being used as the secretary asked for her name and number so he could call her back with more information.
One day Nichols received a call asking the age of President Carter's son, Chip. Because she couldn't find the answer in any of her resources, she decided to call White House.
Jarus said the office received some questions that would make one think the team was unhappy. He said employees had talked to several callers wanting to know where it was located.
Browder said that was the only time the White House number had been called from the information center, but she said she had been given out to individuals requesting it.
RESOURCES CONCERNING the campus are kept in the office, too. Jaras said the center had information on buildings—even those that cannot anger exist—status and hidden landmarks.
So when someone called the center and asked how many trees were on campus, staff member Liam Plesch went to find the answer. There were 1,178 trees on campus
The office, funded under Student Affairs.
Jarus described the information center as "quasi-administrative, quasi-student." As part of the KU administration, the center could direct students through bureaucratic
THE CENTER currently receives about $57,000 a year as part of the University budget.
Questions pertaining to the first hectic days of school, particularly enrollment, caused a record 1,127 calls to the office last Monday.
One student called in and admitted he had written in the space on the enrollment permit that says, "do not write in this space." He wanted what he could know
Jarus said some students got so wrapped up and confused about rules during enrolment, that even simple requests stiymed them.
JARUS DID his best to help. He asked the student if he had tried erasing it.
The staff agreed that most incoming calls this week dealt with student confusion about enrollment and classes. What is odd hat for one student was frightening for others, they
Another problem solved.
Some foreign students new to the country have no conception of the size of the United States, Jarsus said. He once received a call from a foreign student in a New York air-
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By ANN LANGENFELD
American Indians fascinate prof
Some people never are quite sure what they want for a career. But Donald Stull, assistant professor of anthropology, has always known.
By ANN LANGENFEL
Staff Reporter
"Ever since I very small I have
been in the world of American
indians. "Stull said yester
"I really can't say what it was that
stimulated my interest. It has always
This attraction has led to two recent projects: a book about the Kickapoo tribe of Kansas and a film about the Potawatomi tribe of Kansas.
The book, "Kikapapa: the Kansas Kickapoo," and the film, "Neshnake: The People," are scheduled for release in mid-October, he said.
Members of the Kickapoo tribe ask Sikh students of field of study is contemporary, and ask them to read the book, which contains about one-third picture, one-third linguistic, and one-third musical.
"Except for a brief introduction, I did not actually write the book," Stull said. "It is a collection of recipes, childhood histories, history and stories and jokes."
The book was modeled after the Foxfire books, he said.
Stuill said he worked primarily as an editor and transcribed tapes of the older tribe members' reminiscences.
The Foxfire series was edited by Eliot Wigginton and contains old people's reminiscences and information on their spawning and weaving to building a still.
He said that KU linguistic graduate students worked with tribe members on the language portion of the book.
The tribe is developing a bilingual and bicultural program at its reservation school, and the book will serve as one of educational tools for the program, he said.
The Kickapoo tribe in Kansas is a very active group, Stull said. Since 1976, when he began working with it, ti tribe members have built a gymnasium, a grocery, care and laundry, houses, a print shop and a restaurant, offering six miles west of Horton.
The book is being printed in their print shop, which was funded by a federal grant. The grant was designed to help students with learning dropout of school—learned to trade.
"Printing the book has been coming
along slowly because they the students at ..., learning as they do. Right now it's working as their manager, training them, so that they can eventually run the shop
Sull's second project, the film of traditional Potawatomi activities, originally was shot during the 1930s and became Schaltz, an independent filmmaker.
The film had been gathering dust in Fraser Hall when Stull found it, he said.
The film contains 75 minutes of footage of the tribe building a bark lodge, harvesting, beadworking, weaving and attending religious ceremonies.
The film has been edited to 30 minutes and now includes a soundtrack, which was made from taped interviews with the people or relatives of people in the film.
When the plans to edit and use the film began, there was some dissension among tribe members. Stull said. The original film contains some religious ceremonies that tribe members did not want shown. But they have not been included in the new film.
"in some parts of the edited film we do not even know what is going on and the soundtrack does not reveal what is going on," Stull said.
Indian expert
Donald Stull, assistant professor of anthropology, displays three of the photographs used in his book, "Kikapao: The Kansas
CHRIS TODDI/Kansan staff
Kickapoo" Stull, whose field of study is Indians, also has produced a film on the Potawatomi tribe of Kansas.