TUESDAY,OCT.16,2001 NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A Student find support network in OAKS JAKE TEITELBAUM/KANSAN Oaks President Joan Winston, New Hope, Pa., junior, is working to finish her degree in psychology. OAKS, a campus organization for nontraditional students will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. Health care, day care some of the issues group addresses By J. R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer Sometimes Joan Winston says she feels like she needs to prove herself as a student at the University of Kansas. city of Nassau. "It's been mixed," said Winston, a New Hope, Pa., junior, about her experience as a nontraditional student at the University. "Overall it's been good. It's getting better. We are people like traditional students who have dreams and aspirations. We are people who have seen the world, view education and revere it. We make for very good students. We have so much to offer the classroom." Winston is one of at least 5,000 nontraditional students on campus. Nontraditional students are those who are single with children, married, married with children, commuters or coming back to school after several years, Winston said. "Nontraditional students should be applauded," she said. "These are people who don't come back to school footloose and fancy-free. They have responsibilities." Winston said she didn't finish school because she got married and had a daughter. Her daughter, Mimsa Winston, is now a KU senior. "I had always intended on finishing," Joan Winston said. "When you are away from school for so long, you view it differently. It is a very different type of pressure." Joan Winston arrived in Lawrence in 1999 and had been self-employed. She said this was her second semester here. She said some of her concerns as a nontraditional student were being able to support herself, being accepted by other students and keeping up with the workload. Winston is president of OAKS, the nontraditional students organization on campus. "It's a support network," Winston said. "It's there if you need to come and talk or if you have a problem." She said some of the issues the organization was working on included day care and health care for students. Shara Smith, Lee's Summit, Mo., junior, and vice president of the group, said she started attending the University in 1996 but left when she got married and had a son. She returned this semester. "It's a little strange coming back," Smith said. "Everyone I know is gone." She said one of her concerns as a nontraditional student was finding child care for her son. Smith said she was taking class on Tuesdays and Thursdays because she could not find day care for him. She has a baby sitter watch her son during her classes. The group meets from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. OAKS will also sponsor a Halloween festival at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Strong Farms, 1919 N. 1500. Tickets cost $5 for students, and children younger than 6 get in free. Tickets can be purchased at the Student Union Activities box office or the OAKS office, both located in the Kansas Union, or at the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center in Strong Hall. Contact Mendoza at 864-4810 Drop in enrollment relief to some administrators By Paul Smith Kansan staff writer Space is a premium at the University of Kansas, leaving few administrators disappointed that student enrollment dropped this fall by 138 students “It’s kind of a relief,” said John Gronbeck-Tedesco, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences. “We could take more students, but we choose not to.” Provost David Shulenburger said the University had the capacity to enroll more students, but enrollment growth was not the University's mission. "There's not a great deal of room for growth given our capacity in terms of faculty." Shulenburger said. "Thus, our objective is to maintain relatively stable enrollment and increase the quality of the student body." Lisa Pinamonti, associate director of admissions, said her office recognized the potential strain a sudden influx of students would cause the University, which is why enrollment management policies, such as qualified admissions standards, have been instituted. Gronbeck-Tedesco said the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had enough professors and other teachers to cover classes, but dwindling classroom and laboratory space had caused concern. "There are no desperate issues, but certainly there are challenges," Gronbeck-Tedesco said. Toni-Marie Montgomery, dean of fine arts, reported concerns within the department of dance, which is in Robinson Center. "They are in dire need of adequate classroom and rehearsal space." Montgomery said. Gronbeck-Tedesco said those involved with the KU First fund-raising campaign, who hope to raise $500 million, may provide their departments with the needed space. Both Montgomery and Shulenburger said increasing the University's academic profile was a major goal, which would be accomplished by increasing the average ACT score of the freshman class and by enrolling more National Merit Scholars. While the number of freshman National Merit Scholars declined by 11 this fall to 105, Pinamonti said the average freshman ACT score went up one-tenth of a point to 24.5, which was about three points above the national average. Contact Smith at 864-4810 By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer The size of the KU Marching Jayhawks might be smaller than in previous years, but that doesn't mean their sound is muffled. The band has shown a visible decrease in members in recent years, but it continues to work harder to improve its quality of performance, said Devin Burr, band president. "A lot of people last year decided not to come back," said the Ellinwood senior. Burr, who has been a member of the Marching Jayhawks for seven years, said some members decided not to return because they did not have the time to commit. He said he was pleased with the band's performance so far this year. "We are a little bit louder," Burr said. "We have less people that are playing out of tune." Tim Oliver, director of Marching Jayhawks, said it was common for upperclassmen to leave the band. "In every marching band, there is a larger proportion of freshmen and sophomores than there are juniors and seniors," Oliver said. He said the major reason more freshmen and sophomores were on the team was because of the band's recruiting technique. Oliver said fliers and letters were sent to people who had interest in playing in a college band, and members recruited from their old high schools. "Word of mouth is very powerful in the sense of high schools," he said. Oliver declined to comment about the exact size of this year's band compared to previous years. Alie Farley, Gladstone, Mo., junior, and the drum major, said the band had plenty of trombone and trumpet players, which had helped the quality of the band's performance. Farley said that she looked forward to the next series of home games and that the band was practicing hard in preparation for them. Contact Clarkson at 864-4810 to be kind," Carman said. "It gives them the concept that it's good to be nice and not hurt others." "Every bone in that cat's body was broken," he said. Last spring, Ron Lee performed the autopsy on "Mama Cat," a popular stray in Lawrence who had been found mangled and killed. In his 26 years as a veterinarian, Lee said he had never seen such animal abuse. Brett Rizzo was arrested and scheduled to go to trial in June for the crime. However, Rizzo's lawyer negotiated a plea agreement with the district attorney's office. He was sentenced to a year of supervised probation. Rizzo has since moved back to New Jersey. CONTINUED FROM PAGE1A Animals Cat case prompts scrutiny Grinstead went to the sentencing and was not pleased. She said the public didn't fully realize what had been done to the cat. "It's obvious that he tortured it." Grinstead said. Maintenance workers discovered the remains of the cat at the Meadowbrook Apartment complex last spring. The cat's blood was found all over Rizzo's apartment, and the cat's remains were put into a dumpster. Grinstead said she didn't think the community took animal cruelty seriously. But Ruth Rithaler, assistant district attorney, said Rizzo's probation was not an unusual sentence for a misdemeanor. Rithaler said that because of Kansas sentencing guidelines, it would be highly unusual for a judge to give jail time for a such a crime. "Clearly, this is a kid who had some problems that would not be addressed in jail, even if he were assigned jail time." Ritthaler said. Contact Shaffer and Byarlay at 864-4810 The Hall Center for the Humanities presents War, Morality, and Deception: An Auschwitz Perspective with Rudolf Vrba Tuesday, October 16, 8:00 p.m. Spencer Museum Auditorium Vrba co-wrote the Auschwitz Report with Alfred Wetzler.The report was the earliest account to describe in detail the mass murders in the gas chambers in Auschwitz.Today Vrba is professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. For more information contact the Hall Center at 864-4798. www.hallcenter.ku.edu This event is co-sponsored by the Max Kade Center, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, the Center for European Studies, the Humanities and Western Civilization Program, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Hilkel Foundation. YogiMind.com Let us help you sleep well every night of the week LAWRENCE AUTOMOTIVE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 842-8665 2858 Four Wheel Dr ...because you know you saved money. 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