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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Sports: The Kansas football team tries to find positives after its seventurnover performance in Oklahoma on Saturday.
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Inside: Controversial reporter John Stossel speaks to students.
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Number of minority students drops
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Lack of peers adds to decline in many groups
By Laita Schultes writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The student body of the University of Kansas is becoming less diverse racially.
A report released by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning show that the percentage of non-international minority students at the University has declined in the last year, continuing a decline since 1998.
According to the report, the number of Native-American students on campus is down 5.1 percent since last fall, and the number of African-American students showed a 3 percent drop.
Courtney Bates, Chicago sophomore and president of the Black Student Union, said she knew African-American students who entered KU last year and were disappointed.
"Many students felt like there weren't enough Black students," she said, adding that some of her friends left the Midwest bound for Texas or Florida.
As Bates suggested, the problem with minority numbers seems to stem from retention rather than recruitment. The number of minority freshmen this year was up 13.9 percent from last fall.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway agreed and said retention was one of the keys to improving minority numbers.
The University would like to see those freshmen stay through graduation. Season Titus, Newton senior, is the student coordinator for HAWKLink, a recruitment and retention program for minority students. She said this year's freshmen could impact future minority recruitment.
"We have to be concerned about
retention, and we have to do a better job with retention," Hemenway said. He also said that minority students needed to better utilize the services available to them.
Few people would like to see the numbers go up more than Hemenway, who came to KU in 1995 when minorities constituted 8 percent of the freshman class. The number is now up to 9.7 percent of the freshman class, but Hemenway said he still was not happy.
"We want to have a university that is reflective of the population of the state and the population of the country," he said.
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Minority enrollment
The percentage of different classes of minority students, as self-reported by the student body during the past six years.
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Residence halls to enter Revue
Asian
Black
Hispanic
American Indian
By J.D. McKee writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Residents of Templin, Hashinger and Lewis halls are teaming up to enter the traditionally all-greek Rock Chalk Revue, but they'll be facing some additional challenges.
Ann Foltz, Abeline sophomore and one of the project's directors, said she attended last year's show with her roommates and they decided they wanted to participate.
The most daunting obstacle the halls must overcome seems to be history. No non-greek living organization has performed in the show in about 10 years.
"The scholarship halls and residence halls usually don't even try because of the lack of knowledge and funds." McNeil said.
Stephanie McNeil, executive producer of the Revue, said it wasn't common for nongreks to enter the competition.
try because of the lack of knowledge and funds." McNeil said. However, recruiting enough people from the residence halls also has been difficult.
"We haven't openly advertised yet," Foltz said. "It's been word of mouth, but people we've talked to have been really excited about it."
"I would like to have as many as possible," she said. "Even if we had a hundred people, there wouldn't be a cutoff."
Ashley Meagher, Golden, Colo., sophomore and a Templin project director, said about 20 people had volunteered, but she was hoping for more.
Communication among the residence halls has been another problem. Meagher said.
"It's hard because you don't know anybody," she said. "The greek system has chapter meetings and we don't have anything like that. There's never a time when I can say, 'I need somebody to do that.'"
To help this, Meagher said there would be an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday on the seventh floor of Templin Hall for anybody interested in participating.
Money is also an issue for the halls.
"This is something new the halls are doing so there's no money set aside." Poltz said.
Meagher said they planned on keeping costs down as much as possible.
"It's hard going against a living organization with a set thousands of dollars," she said.
"It's something we know we can do a good job at," she said. The show will run March 8 to 10.
- Edited by Kimberly Thompson
Qualified donors share their time and blood for the KU Blood Drive at the Kansas Union Ballroom. The drive will continue at the Ballroom through Wednesday, although prospective donors can contribute to the 765-unit goal at various locations around campus until Friday. Photo by Jamie Roper /KANSAN
Drive entices with burritos, doughnuts
By Melissa Davis
Kansan staff writer
This year's Lawrence Community Blood Center blood drive is giving students that donate some serious incentives.
Those contributing to the drive, which will be today through Friday, will receive a free goody bag with a T-shirt and coupons for a free Chipotle Mexican Grille burrito and a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
Kendra Knight, Baldwin freshmen, said she thought the free snacks were a clever way to attract college students to donate their blood
This year's theme, "We Need You to Bleed Crimson and Blue," is in memory of Laura
"I think it would act as an incentive," she said. "It's good because students don't realize that they're doing a great favor."
Leftwich, the KU student who died in a car
wreck on Interstate 70 in August.
"At each location, there will be cards available for students to sign that will go to the Leftwich family, telling them that so many people valued their daughter," said Amanda Storm, donor recruitment representative for the Lawrence Community Blood Center.
Storm also said she thought the drive was a good opportunity for students to see their blood used in the Lawrence community because the community blood center was the only provider for Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Community blood centers supply 99 percent of blood for Kansas City and Topeka hospitals, she said.
Storm said the center collected about 400 pints of blood from about 600 students last year and hoped to collect even more this year.
The sorority, fraternity, residence hall and
BLOOD DRIVE
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Genttude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall lobby
Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday in McCollum Hall
lobby
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Allen Fieldhouse
scholarship hall with the highest participation will each receive a Chipotle and Krispy Kreme party.
Students who don't want to wait in line can preregister online for a specific donation time at www.doantingblood.org. Students must bring their KUID to register.
Edited by Clay McCuistion
Drug and liquor violations rise major crimes fall at University
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By Rob Pazel
writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
Although major crimes have gone down, the report said the number of referrals from University officials for drugs and alcohol had gone up. Referrals to the police for liquor law violations had risen from 226 in 1980 to 257 in 1999. Drug referrals also have jumped from 71 in 1998 to 95 in 1999.
The most notable drop was the number of burglaries, which dropped from 343 in 1997 to 188 in 1999. Rapes on campus also dropped, falling from 7 in 1997 to just one in each 1998 and 1999.
The Clery Act Annual Security Report said crimes such as rapes, burglaries and assaults had declined on campus.
Drug and liquor violations have risen on campus, although reports of many other crimes have declined, according to a report released Friday.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, encouraged students to lock their doors to keep their property sefe. He said he was pleased that the number of burglaries had gone down in the residence halls.
The KU Public Safety Office and the Dean of Students Office annually release the statistics for major crimes and arrests in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which was passed in 1991. President Clinton amended the act in 1988 to include all crimes motivated by hate or bias. The report also includes statistics for the previous three years.
Major Chris Keary of the KU Public Safety Office, said the report gave students, faculty and staff members information they needed to protect themselves on campus.
"The offenses listed in the Clery Act are crimes we are required to report." Keary said. "These numbers are a small amount of what is reported."
Keary said although it was a good resource, the report wasn't complete because it didn't include crimes such as theft or vandalism.
In addition to crime statistics for the Lawrence and Edwards campuses, the report contains information about policies, security procedures and crime prevention services and programs.
University crime statistics
Burglaries 1997 1998 1999
Residential 58 33 28
Total 343 246 188
Alcohol related 1997 1998 1999
Residential 191 226 257
Total 194 226 257
Kyle Ramsew KANSAN
The report is more accessible with
Most crime statistics have fallen at the University during the past three years, but alcohol violations have risen.
the addition of the KU Web site. Jane Tuttle, administrative assistant in the Dean of Students office, said the report was not as easy to find in the past.
"If you wanted information, you would have had to go to lots of different places." Tuttle said. "The University tried hard to make it accessible to people who want the information."
The Clery Act Annual Report is available at the KU Web site, www.ukans.edu/safety.
— Edited by Erin Adamson
Debate to be shown in Kansas Union
Campus groups to discuss issues offer refreshments
Student Union Activities will be televising the presidential debate at 8 tonight at the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union.
Members of the KU Young Democrats, Green Party and College Republicans group will be on hand to discuss issues after the debate ends.
Pizza and drinks will be provided to all students who attend, said Patrick Waters, Leavenworth senior.
Brad Henry, Concordia junior, signs a petition in support of getting the Green Party officially recognized in Kansas. KU Green Party members Sarah Hoskinson, center, Burton junior, and Dalyn Cook, Colorado Springs, Colo., sophomore, wore tape over their mouths yesterday in protest of denying third-party participation in the coming presidential debates. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
"It'll be a different and fun way to watch the debates," he said.
Waters said the SUA wanted to take advantage of the election year and thought it would be of interest to students.
Waters said he expected 30 to 35 people to attend.
Sarah Hoskinson, president of the KU Green Party and Burritt junior, said the Green Party would have an information table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Union. It will also have a
Hoskinson and other Green Party members gathered yester-
table set up during the debate to answer questions about the party's platform because Ralph Nader, the Green Party presidential nominee, has been excluded from the debate.
day in front of the Kansas Union to protest Nader's exclusion, wearing green tape over their mouths.
The Student Legislative Awareness Board also will have a voter-registration table.
— Kansan staff report
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