Thursday, September 7, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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Administrators look to raise rank
By Karen Lucas
By Karen Lucas
writer@kansas.com
Kansas staff writer
Provost David Shulenburger discusses proposed changes in scholarly publishing. He spoke yesterday at the faculty and staff conference in 110 Budin Hall. Photo by Carrie Julian/KANSAN
Robert
Chancellor Robert Hemenway wants the University of Kansas to become one of the top 25 public universities in the next decade and one of the top 25 public and private universities within 20 years.
Hemenway outlined his plan to boost the University's national ranking yesterday afternoon to about 350 people at the faculty and staff convoction in 110 Budig Hall. His remarks came just days after the University dropped from 38 to 42 in the latest U.S.News and World Report ranking of the top 50 public universities.
To achieve a higher national ranking, Hemenway said the University should serve as a teaching and research university not only for Kansas but also the Kansas City area.
"We are a $1 billion asset for this region," he said.
The chancellor also emphasized the need to:
Seek more federal funds for research.
- Make a commitment to life sciences and information technology.
Spend more in areas such as faculty hiring, faculty salaries, scholarships and building improvements.
He also pointed to other areas in which he said the
University needed to set higher goals.
Although preliminary estimates show that the number of minority freshmen rose this year from 360 to 419. Hemenway said the University could do better.
"We have to work hard on recruiting minority students because we believe in a diverse university," he said.
While women represent about one-third of KU faculty, more need to be hired, particularly in less represented departments and schools, Hemenway said.
Provost David Shulenburger gave ways to deal with the high number and cost of scholarly books and journals. He focused on a proposal made by representatives from
universities and publishers at a conference last spring.
Some of the proposed changes included doing more to preserve print and electronic materials and focusing more on the quality instead of the number of scholarly publications when evaluating faculty.
- Edited by Kimberly Thompson
Resource Center celebrates fifth year
More than 30 people attended an open house at the Multicultural Resource Center yesterday afternoon. The celebration, complete with balloons, cake and door prizes, marked the center's fifth year on campus.
Kansan staff writer
By Leita Schultes
Gloria Flores, assistant director of the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, spoke at the open house. Flores, who was the associate director of the Office of Minority Affairs when the Multicultural Resource Center opened in 1995, said the center was established to offer a different type of support for under-represented organizations at the University of Kansas.
writer@kansan.com
Student Senate was instrumental in getting the center on campus. Senate approved the resolution for a multicultural center in April 1992. By 1995, the
Faculty and students visit the Multicultural Resource Center yesterday during the open house. Angela Nwachukwu, Interim Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs, said an open house was held to introduce students to the resources available. Photo by Tara Kraus/KANSAN
idea was transformed into a resource center, which now serves students, faculty, staff and the Lawrence community.
"I'm just real pleased with development over the years," Flores said. "The foundation is the students."
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said making the building a resource center was an important step in its development.
"If the only place we deal with multicultural issues is a multicultural center, we'll always be a drop in the bucket," he said. "The concept of this center had to be outreach."
Ambler said people were better off if they used that outreach to learn from one another.
"The concept of this center is that we all have a culture to share," he said.
Students from a variety of backgrounds were sharing those cultures yesterday afternoon.
Belinda Hinojos, Kansas City, Kan. senior, said she didn't know what organizations would do without the center.
"A lot of different groups use this building," she said, adding that for many, it serves as a student lounge.
Senate wants student input on Coke cost
By Kursten Phelps writer@kansan.com Kanson staff writer
Concerns about the recent price hike for Coca-Cola's bottled products on campus have prompted Student Senate to push for student involvement in decision-making.
The council is composed of KU administrators and Coca-Cola representatives, and it makes decisions concerning Coca-Cola's contract for exclusive selling rights at the University. The council decided
The University Affairs and Student Rights commissions last night passed a bill that calls for a petition requesting student representation on the KU/Coca-Cola Partnership Council. The issue will be voted on at Wednesday's Senate meeting.
WHAT IT MEANS
Marlon Marshall,
Student Body Vice President and co-sponsor of the bill,
said that student representation was needed so students could be informed and have input in decisions that affected them.
What happened:
The Student Senate University Affairs and Student Rights committees passed a petition requesting students be a part of the KU/Coca-Cola
at the University.
during the summer
to raise the price of
bottled soda to $1,
while keeping the price at 85 cents if
students use KUIDs in campus vending machines.
"We weren't here over the summer to hear about it and discuss with them why they wanted to increase prices," Marshall said.
Marshall said that
if the bill passed
through Senate, he
would work with
— Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
What it means:
The petition, if enacted, would place student representatives on the council, which makes decisions regarding the University's contract with Coke.
What's next:
Student Senate will vote on the petition at its meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union.
"I think it should be open to all people who are interested," Marshall said. "It could be a presidential appointment."
the council to determine how many students would be members and how those students would be selected.
The University Senate Code requires that students constitute 20 percent of the membership of any policy-making committee of the University's schools, departments and programs. Marshall said that he would find out if the council was considered a committee that falls under that requirement.
He added that the price difference between cash and KUID purchases was an unfair way to promote use of the KUID. Grant Butler, Olathe sophomore and Student Rights committee member, said he didn't understand why the University was trying to promote KUID use.
"Are they getting a kickback or something?" he asked.
Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
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