Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
Monday, Aug. 26, 1985
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News Briefs
Kansas City law firm provides $25,000 gift
A Kansas City area law firm has donated $25,000 to the University of Kansas Endowment Association to benefit the School of Law. The donation is the largest single gift to the school from a law firm.
The firm, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, donated the money to provide merit scholarships for first-year law students from Kansas or Missouri and for articles editors or note-and comment editors of the KU Law Review.
'Students interested in applying for Rhodes and Marshall scholarships for the 1985-1986 school year may attend an informational meeting at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Nunemaker Center.
A book edited by a University of Kansas administrator and a faculty member received a national award Thursday at the American Psychological Association's annual convention in Los Angeles.
Book wins award
Rhodes scholarship allow students to study for two years at Oxford University in England. In exceptional cases, a Rhodes scholarship may be extended for a third year.
"The Gifted and the Talented: A developmental Perspective," which was edited by Frances Degen Horewitz, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service and professor of psychology and Marion O'Brien, assistant professor of human development, won the Mensa Meritorious Publication Award for 1985.
Rhodes meeting seu
Chairman named
Joseph C. Meek Jr. has been appointed chairman of the department of internal medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita.
Marshall scholarships allow students to study for two years in the United Kingdom.
Meek, a physician currently serving as vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and director of Health Care Outreach and Continuing Education at the University of Kansas Medical Center, will take over as chairman Sept. 1.
Weather
Today's forecast calls for a mostly sunny sky and warmer temperatures. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s, with light and variable winds. Tonight will be clear, with temperatures in low 60s.
Where to call
Readers who have ideas for stories or photographs can call the Kansas newsroom at 864-4810.
For ideas about campus and area coverage, ask for Lauretta McMillen, campus editor. For features page and magazine ideas or On Campus items, ask for Nancy Haney or Peggy Heisel, feature page editors.
for sports, ask for Chris Lazarino, sports editor. For photographs, ask for John Orber or Bryan Graves, photo editors.
For questions or complaints, ask for Rob Karwath, editor, or John Hanna, managing editor.
To reach the Kansan business of fire, which handles advertising, call 864-4358.
Accreditation receives 10-year renewal
By Jill Waldman Of the Kansan staff
The University of Kansas' accreditation was renewed this summer for 10 years, the maximum period for which accreditation is awarded, after an evaluation team visited the University last October.
KU was called a "fine university" in the 50-page report, which was prepared by a nine-member evaluation team representing the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
However, state "under-funding" of the University may make it "increasingly difficult to maintain the quality of the institution's programs at the present high levels," the report said.
The team based its findings on information supplied by the University through consultation with adminis-
tration, faculty, and students,
or collected during a three-day visit to
the campus.
KU met fully each of the 13 general institutional requirements stated in the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education's 1984-85 Handbook of Accreditation.
The evaluation team found that KU had clearly and publicly stated purposes which were understood throughout the University and which corresponded with the emphases of its programs.
The evaluation team identified an "emphasis on quality throughout the institution" as one of the University's chief strengths.
They also praised the University's effort to reserve a central position for the humanities and the liberal arts
Another strength listed was the priority KU assigned to the improvement of library resources and the support of art facilities and museums which enrich the campus culturally.
during an "era of professionalism and careerism."
The team expressed concern that continued "budgetary shortfalls" could limit the University's ability to manage its resources. This could lead to increasingly noncompetitive salaries, insufficient resources to attract outstanding graduate students, slow progress in the development of computing systems campuswide, and limited purchases of scientific equipment, the report said.
The team, however, commended KU for its initiatives to attract
additional financial support, such as a drive to raise $2 million in private funds to purchase equipment.
KU's educational and other programs were found "almost always highly satisfactory." The following strengths were identified: Sound educational programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, high student satisfaction with educational programs, and open and participatory governance at all levels.
The team found that despite renewed effort, KU was having "inadequate success" in recruiting training minority faculty and students.
at competing institutions, according to the report.
Concern was also expressed for faculty salaries and fringe benefits and financial support for graduate students, which are lower at KU than
General institutional strengths identified in the report were an ability to address problems in a timely manner, a diverse range of programs to maintain faculty vitality and productivity, and financial support for the University from the Kansas University Endowment Association higher than at most public universities.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig, in his State of the University Address last May, said that this year's accreditation visit had resulted in a unanimous recommendation from the evaluators that KU receive a full 10-year accreditation. Ten years ago, KU received a mixed evaluation from the Association.
John Lechliter/KANSAN
Picnic jam
Don Schmidt, lead singer for the rock music group, The Clique, strums to "Burning Down the House" at Saturday night's residence hall picnic. About 4,000 hall residents attended the picnic.
Senate chasing many goals
By David Silverman Of the Kansan staff
Time is running out for Student Senate. With two months left in their current terms, senators have a long list of unfulfilled legislative goals.
A new angle on divestment, an increase in off-campus involvement and a set of requirements for Universities are at the top of the Senate's list.
William Easley, student body president, and Jeff Polack, student body vice president, said they hoped the Senate could move quickly on several key proposals.
Polack said that some action by the Senate against the Kansas University Endowment Association's investments in companies that do business with South Africa was probable.
However, he was pessimistic about the impact of a Senate resolution passed last spring that condemned the Endowment Association's investments and demanded divestment from companies that deal with South Africa.
Polack said the Endowment Association was required by law to get the best possible return on the money it invested. These laws preclude moral or political evaluation of investments.
"We can pass all the resolutions we want, but we can't force divestment until we change the laws," Polack said.
Polack said that he wanted to integrate the Senate's deviant efforts with those of Associated Students of Kansas, of which he is
chairman of the board. Together, the groups would try to pressure state legislators to change the laws that govern the Endowment Association.
Similar campaigns have been successful in Iowa, Massachusetts. Conversely, the campaign has not been successful in Iowa, Massachusetts.
This semester the Senate also will be working with a task force on standards for student participation and leadership, created last spring by the University.
The task force will continue to evaluate the responsibility of students who have official leadership positions or who represent the University as participants in University-sponsored activities.
The commission was formed last spring after the Senate, during a debate on a proposed $2 increase in the student activity fee criticized the conduct of a KU athlete.
The bill approving the sports fee was attached to a petition calling for the revocation of a football scholarship awarded to Roderick Timmons.
The task force will determine whether there should be minimum standards for students who represent the University.
Representatives from the Senate, faculty, administration and the Athletic Department are taking part in the task force's discussions.
Timmons, who is no longer on the team, was convicted of sexual battery, a misdemeanor charge stemming from an incident at Jayhawker Towers in spring 1984.
The Senate also will begin debate on a new process for grade appeals Now, only the instructor who gives
the grade may change it. The new policy would allow a student to make his appeal to a neutral party. Then, based on the merits of the claim, he would be able to make an appeal to a committee that would make the final decision.
Also coming this fall could be the creation of an off-campus council to help resolve problems of off-campus students. Transportation, housing and other problems common to off-campus students would be brought to the council.
This council also would give these students the representation that other off-campus living groups such as the Panhellenic Association already have, Polack said. Off-campus students are represented now by only one at-large member in the Senate. If established, the council would be represented by a member elected by off-campus students.
Other Senate action may include:
"The Senate is scheduled to sponsor a rape awareness program from Sept. 16 to Oct 4. Classes in self-defense and rape support will be held in residence halls and other organized living groups."
The Senate plans to look for ways to simplify the allocation of money to non-revenue code groups.
The 15 year-old policy that defines student rights and responsibilities is expected to be reviewed. The policy governs everything from academic freedoms to privacy and cheating.
Seven professors to receive awards
By a Kansan reporter
Seven KU professors will receive awards this morning at the 120th opening convocation.
Four professors will receive Higuchi/Endowment Research Achievement Awards, and three will receive Chancellors Club teaching professorships.
Receiving Higuchi awards of $10,000 each are John Clark, professor of history; Curtis Klaassen, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the Medical Center; Stanley Rolfe, Ross H. Forney distinguished professor of engineering and chairman of that department; and Michael Watkins distinguished professor of entomology and of systematics and ecology as well as curator of the Snow Entomological Museum.
Recipients of the endowed Chancellor's Club professorships and annual stipends of $5,000 for as long as they teach at the University are Robert Hudson, associate professor and chairman of the department of history of medicine at the Med Center; James Seaver, professor of history and Fred Van Vleck, professor of mathematics.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, attends the 9:30am. convocation in Hoch Auditorium.
The Higuchi awards are given annually to outstanding KU researchers. The awards were established in 1881 by Taker Higuchi, University Regents distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and chemistry, and his wife, Aya Higuchi.
Chark will receive the Balfour Jeffrey Award for his achievements in the humanities and social sciences.
Klaassen will receive the Dolph Simons Sr. Award for his work in biomedical sciences.
The teaching professorships were established by the executive committee of the KU Endowment Association Board of Trustees in 1881. The professorships are financed by members of the Chancellors Club, to provide substantial unrestricted resources to benefit the University.
Rolfe will receive the Irvin Youngberg Award for Achievement in applied sciences of importance to Kansas.
Professors are selected for their outstanding teaching ability, use of innovative and thorough teaching materials and recognition for excellence by their students and colleagues.
Seaver teaches courses in the ancient Near East and in Hellenistic, Byzantine and Roman history.
Michener will receive the Olin Petefite Award for achievement in the basic sciences.
Hudson teaches several classes including history of medicine, disease and man and ethical issues in biomedicine.
Van Vleck teaches beginning mathematics and advanced courses in multiple-valued functions and their application to generalized differential equations, control theory and stochastic game and decision problems.
Freshman in fair condition after his fall from window
By Gary Duda
Of the Kansan staff
A KU freshman suffered a broken arm Thursday when he fell 20 feet from a window ledge, and his condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center was upgraded yesterday from serious to fair.
Kevin Audley, 20. of Prairie Village, slipped on a wet second-floor window ledge at the Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1045 Emery Road, during a little sister party.
Philip Johnson, president of the house, said Audley's roommate, Richard Poindexter, had warned him not to step onto the ledge.
Poindexter, a Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, said he had been in his room when Audley came in. Because
Audley fell 20 feet to the concrete below. Poindexter said Audley was conscious when he got to him but was having trouble breathing.
"He opened the window and he asked his date if she wanted to go out on the ledge," Poindexter said. "I told him that it was slippery from rain and not to go out. He then went out and immediately slipped off the ledge."
Lawrence police were called to the fraternity. Audley was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Later, Lawrence hospital became the cause of possible head injuries.
A spokesman for the hospital said Audley had been listed in serious condition but he now was listed in fair condition and was conscious.
Audley was smoking. Poindexter asked him to open a window.