Friday, September 29, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
Honor society may be scam. University officials say
By J.D. McKeen
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
University of Kansas honors students may be the targets of what one University official called a "highly suspicious" honors society.
In the past few weeks, five or six honors students have called the University Honors Program with questions about the legitimacy of the American Scholars National Honor Society, which has asked for a $50 membership fee, said Mark Neslitt-Daly, assistant director of the honors program.
"They're asking us if we've heard of it before or if it's worthwhile," he said. "We're telling them no on both."
Nebitb-Daly said he became suspicious of the organization after seeing fliers the company had mailed to students and viewing the Web site of the company, which is the only contact information the filer gives.
Though the Web site did list an e-mail address, the honor society did not respond to questions.
The Web page says that if a student agrees to the "Oath of Integrity" the company has written, no further verification of academic achievements is necessary.
Branden Bell, Tulsa, Okla,
sophomore, said after filling out an application online, he was accepted immediately and asked to send $50 to complete his enrollment.
"I didn't see any tangible benefit from joining other than putting this on my resume," Bell said. "And it didn't say where the $50 went."
Bell declined to pay.
Nesshit-Daly said he had informed the provost's office about the honors society and had sent out e-mails to honors students warning them about a possible scam.
— Edited by John Audieholm
KU ACT scores lag behind peer universities
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The University of Kansas has reported a larger enrollment increase than Kansas State for the first time in three years, although the University reports a slightly lower average ACT score than some of its peer universities.
KU's average ACT score for incoming freshman, 24.4, came in slightly lower than scores reported for two of its peer universities. Oklahoma reported an average score of 24.8, and the University of Iowa reported a score of 24.6. Peer universities are established by the Kansas Board of Regents based on total credit hours and expenditures at each university.
Emil Rinderspacher, associate director of admissions at Iowa, said the average score could be skewed.
"Some schools don't count students that are in certain special programs," he said. "It gets kind of
messv."
Kansas State is not expected to report its mean score until November. Last year, Kansas State freshmen had an average of 23.5 on the entrance test.
Missouri reports an average score of 25.8.
Kathryn Tuttle, director of KU's Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, said admission to the University was open to anyone with a diploma from a Kansas high school, while peer universities had minimum GPA and ACT or SAT requirements for admission.
"As far as I know, we're still the only state in the country that still has that criteria," she said. "I think that it's a credit to the University that even with this open admissions policy our scores are this high."
KU's average rose about half a point from 24.04 last year. The national average for all students who took the test is 21.7.
But enrollment at KU is up 514 stu
dents from last year, more than any other university in the state. Kansas State's enrollment increased by 379, according to official enrollment counts taken on the 20th day of classes.
In fall 1999, Kansas State tallied the state's largest increase at 612, while the KU total jumped by just 251. However, the increases represented about two percent of the entire student body at each school.
Much of the growth at KU can be attributed to rising out-of-state enrollment. KU reported an increase of 283 out-of-state students, the largest of any state university in Kansas, compared to 231 in-state students.
KU's numbers reflect its efforts in recruiting out-of-state students, said Marvin Burris, director of fiscal affairs for the Kansas Board of Regents.
"KU has areas of the country, for example Illinois, where they do recruit out-of-state students fairly
Average freshmen ACT scores
heavily," he said. "I think Kansas State tends to attract Kansas students who want to enroll in their agriculture-related programs and stay in Kansas."
The University of Kansas Medical Center was one of two universities to report a decrease in enrollment with a total count of 2,409,23 less than the
The average ACT score for KU freshmen compared with scores of other Midwestern universities. The Kansas State average shown is from 1999. The university is expected to release its scores until November.
Jason Elliott / KANSAN
1999 figure. Fort Hays State reported a decrease of 27 at 5,506.
Overall, KU reported that 25,920 students are enrolled, while Kansas State counted 20,603. Total enrollment at all nine Kansas Board of Regents universities rose 1,182, or 1.5 percent.
- Edited by Erin McDaniel
Eliza Bennett, Marion senior, right, and Emilie Hagen, McPherson senior, eat vegetarian pasta for dinner at Miller Scholarship Hall. Both are vegetarians, and are among many who struggle to maintain the lifestyle they choose while attending school. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Meatless options available to students living in halls
By J.D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Vegetarians who live on campus have many meatless alternatives available to them.
Nona Golledge, assistant director of dining services, said there were always several options every day for vegetarians in the dining halls.
"We always have at least one all-vegan choice," she said. "Other than that we have things with no meat available but with things like eggs in them."
Vegans don't believe in eating anything that comes from an animal.
Golledge said some of the alternatives were spaghetti with a meatless sauce, vegetarian soup and garden burgers. She said that dining service representatives often went to food shows to look for new ideas for vegetarian meals.
Emilie Hagen,
Golledge estimated that 10 to 15 percent of KU students were vegetarians.
"We're able to decide what kind of kitchen we want to be in and what kind of food we want to eat," she said.
The main purpose of the vegetarian meals was for them to be healthy, Hagen said.
"The most important thing is food quality, like organically grown vegetables and low-fat food," she said.
McPherson senior, lives in Miller Scholarship Hall and is a vegetarian. She said that there were seven kitchens designed for groups of seven people to use together. Each person takes a turn cooking dinner for the group.
Hagen said that although she was a vegetarian, not everyone in her cooking group was. Every meal prepared for the group, however, is made without meat.
Jennifer Wamelink, assistant director of student housing, said that in other scholarship halls, students were appointed to a food board.
"The most important thing is food quality, like organically grown vegetables and low-fat food. It's a way to eat healthier."
Emilie Hagen McPherson senior
Individuals with special needs, such as vegetarians, collaborated with their food board and house director to come up with food alternatives, she said.
Wamelink said the house directors went through a training session on meal preparation, including vegetarian meals.
She also said the number of options available for vegetarians depended on how many there were in the hall.
— Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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