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THURSDAY
DECEMBER 6,2001
ISSUE 68 VOLUME 112
Online permits may replace snail mail by spring
Electronic delivery method meant to eliminate costs, provide better service
By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer
Permits to enroll could be available on the Internet next March — at least for those who have KU e-mail addresses.
The Registrar's office is developing an electronic format for permits to enroll that would allow them to be sent across the Web for use during the Fall 2002 enrollment session.
Electronic delivery is intended to eliminate costs in addition to problems associated with sending permits through the mail — particularly those instances where the permit is sent to students' permanent addresses rather than their Lawrence addresses.
"Only the delivery method is going to be different," said Cindy Derritt, associate registrar for enrollment services.
Derritt said the most likely scenario would involve sending out an email to students with a link to their online permits, which then could be printed from any locale.
services.
Access to the online permits will be governed by the same program that secures online grade information:
Students must submit their KU e-mail account log-on name and password or their online ID and password
Students would still be required to obtain stamps and pay any holds.
Mark Pickeler, systems specialist for academic technology services, said the KU e-mail log-on and password would be the best way to authenticate whether online users were actually KU students.
"The authentication process is necessary to protect students from each other or outside users,"Pickerel said.
suit. Kathryn Huxtable, applications programming supervisor for academic computing, said students without a KU e-mail account would be able to access their electronic permit with an online ID — which can be obtained online through academic computing services.
Students will still be able receive a print-out of their permits from the Registrar's office.
Regist. in school "We hope that strategy will be used by a minority of students," Huxtable said.
She said there are only 2,230 students on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses who don't have a KU email account or online ID.
"It's not universal, but we have pretty good coverage." Huxtable said.
Marshall Murphy, Andover freshman, said that electronic permits would not make much difference, but "It would be nice to have it available online so you can have it readily available if you lose it."
Pam Houston, director of undergraduate services for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the college also would be converting its advising forms into an electronic format.
The CLAS advising forms are a separate project from the Registrar's electronic permits, though they will both use the same authentication system.
"We're hoping this will save a lot of money for the departments in terms of mailings," Pickerel said.
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Campus bus system turns 30
KU on Wheels to offer students free rides today in celebration of birthday
By Lauren Brandenburg Kansan senior staff writer
KU on Wheels is offering free rides today in honor of its 30th birthday.
For Rachel Wedel, a Leavenworth senior who has never ridden the bus, that's enough incentive for her to try it.
"I've always lived off campus, and it's been easier to drive," Wedel said. "But I've always been curious about it, and I'm looking forward to to trying it out."
school year.
looking for a coach. Mike Appleby, campus transportation coordinator and Lawrence sophomore, said KU on Wheels gave about 2.6 million rides per year. He said 13,000 students had purchased bus passes for this
Since KU on Wheels began, the buses have always been student-funded and student-run, a setup that Appleby and Holly Krebs, former transportation coordinator, said was unique. Krebs, who graduated last spring, said some other universities funded their campus' transportation systems and let students run them, but neither she nor Appleby were aware of another university with a system matching KU on Wheels.
The buses are owned by the Lawrence Bus Company, and KU on Wheels has a contract with the company for the campus service. Appleby said that about 40 percent of the KU on Wheels budget came from the student transportation fee. The other 60 percent was from bus pass sales. Appleby said sales had remained the same despite the beginning of the Lawrence public transportation system.
A KU on Wheels bus spews out exhaust in a cyclist's face at the corner of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road. The antiquated buses are known for depositing their odoriferous fumes around campus.
Krebs said KU on Wheels began 30 years ago when Student Senate contracted with the Lawrence Bus Company to provide the service for students.
provide the service for students When the program started, the buses
ran on eight routes. Today, Appleby said there are 17. The routes have changed as students' needs have changed.
Images of U.S. troops in Afghanistan remind a former KU sprinter of when his Olympic dreams became a...
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Lost Legacy
STORY BY MATT NORTON
When President Bush announced on television that the United States would begin bombing Afghanistan, former University of Kansas track star Cliff Wiley's thoughts returned to 1980, when another presidential declaration destroyed his dream of an Olympic medal.
dream of an Olympic medal.
Wiley earned his spot on the U.S. team by finishing second in the 200 meters at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. He also would have run a leg on the heavily-favored 4x100 relay team.
However, at the request of President Jimmy Carter, the U.S. Olympic Committee boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics, because the Soviet Union had sent troops to Afghanistan.
because the Soviets one year later, Salt Lake City is preparing to host the Winter Olympics and U.S. troops are fighting in Afghanistan, not to annex it, but to destroy terrorist cells and the extremist Taliban regime that filled the vacuum left when the Soviets retreated in the late 1980s.
Wiley is convinced that the boycott was pointless, and that Carter drafted the 1980 team to be soldiers on a Cold War battlefield.
"But the U.S. Olympic team is not part of the military," Wiley said.
Buttne U.S. Olympic team is not part of the military, Wiley said. Although Cliff Wiley doesn't have an Olympic medal, his place in KU and U.S. track history is secure, and his success didn't end at the finish-line tape. One of 10 children raised by a single mother in inner-city Baltimore, Wiley overcame tuberculosis as a child, won three U.S. track championships and became a world-class runner, an advocate for student-athletes from low-income homes and later an attorney in practice.
Pulling the plug on a dream
As the Winter Olympics were taking place in Lake Placid, N.Y., President Carter announced on Jan. 20, 1980, he would
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Cliff Wiley takes a runner's starting position in front of the sculpture on the Green Hall lawn. Wiley, a 1978 KU graduate, now works as an attorney in Kansas City, Kan. Wiley was a KU runner and had an opportunity to go to the 1980 Olympics until the United States boycotted the games.
Senate seeks inclusion regarding tuition debate
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
Some members of Student Senate are displeased that the University of Kansas administration has not asked for their input about a possible increase in tuition.
Kyle Browning, student body vice president, said he thought it was ridiculous that Senate had not been asked its opinion regarding options for tuition increases.
"I want the administration to do what it should have done a month ago and ask for our suggestions," Browning said.
Senators held an emergency meeting last night and attempted to formulate a
strategy to get the administration to ask for their recommendations.
Provost David Schulenburger said Senate had the same budget information as the University of Kansas.
"I've indicated my willingness to meet with Student Senate at any time they'd like." Schulenburger said.
Browning said he wasn't sure how the tuition increase would be avoided. However, he said he thought the Board of Regents came up with the increased tuition idea to avoid researching other options that didn't cause students to compensate for the lack of additional state funding.
"I think it's a good thing our tuition
is low," Browning said. "I think that makes us look better than a lot of our peer institutions."
Some Senate members want to organize meetings with Schulenburger, create a petition demanding the inclusion of Senate input and if nothing else works, protesting.
Browning said any protests directed toward the administration for lack of student feedback would be a last resort, and that demonstrations wouldn't start until at least next semester.
Browning said he wanted to wait and see if the administration would include Senate during the last few weeks of the semester before protests would be organized.
Ben Burton, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, said he wanted students to feel like they had a say in the decision to raise tuition, but the administration and the Board of Regents had not given the students any chances to voice their concerns.
characteres it "it seems like they had this all mapped out in advance," Burton said. "They've kind of insulted the students and the whole governance procedure by not asking for our input."
Kansan staff writer Paul Smith contributed
to this story.
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