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The Kansan Sports Extra debuts today with a second-day look at college football games and expanded photo coverage of the KU game. The new section will appear in each Monday's Kansan.
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During Alcohol Awareness Week, Oct. 20-24, several campus groups will focus on Hollywood's presentation of drinking in the movies.
Just like in the movies
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Finally, fair weather should grace the Lawrence area with a high temperature of about 70 degrees and light winds. Tomorrow should bring more of the same.
Reign ends
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 31 (USPS 650-640)
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
October 6,1986
More minorities enrolled at KU
By TONY BALANDRAN
Staff writer
More U.S. minority students are enrolled at the University of Kansas than ever before.
The 20th-day enrollment figures for minority students reached an all-time high of 1,806 this year, increasing 9.3 percent from 1,653 last year. This semester 153 more U.S. minority students are enrolled.
The figures, which are voluntarily reported on admission applications, were broken down into four sections of ethnic background: black, Hispanic, American Indian and Asian.
Although three of these groups experienced small increases in enrollment, one, black students, decreased slightly, from 833 to 826 students, said Marshall Jackson, assistant director of schools.
The number of Asian students this semester increased 26.8 percent, from 338 last year to 428. Hispanic students increased 12.8 percent, from 313 to 353.
perienced a 17.5 percent increase, when 30 more students enrolled. This year, 201 students are enrolled, compared with 171 last year.
although the overall increase was small, some University officials attributed the rise in minority enrollment to the many KU programs that were specifically designed to attract minority students. One such program is the Minority Outreach Program in Kansas City, Kan., an extension of the KU office of minority affairs.
In the outreach program, the University works with high school students in the Kansas City area to help familiarize them with higher educational schools, said Vernell Spearman, director of minority affairs.
"Recruitment is not the appropriate term," she said. "We are working with the student in the pre-collegiate level. We emphasize to them the skills they need to succeed in higher education."
Last spring, during the outreach program's six-week enrichment session, 51 students visited KU's
Spearman also said students who were reintroduced to the campus through other programs were more likely to enroll at KU because they developed a natural attachment to the University.
"That is one of the things we are trying to work on — building that data base. I think we demonstrate success," she said.
Another program is the Kansas University Endowment Association's Merit Award program, which Jackson coordinates.
The program is designed to give academically talented minority high school seniors opportunities to tour campus, to stay over night, to visit with advisers and to meet with faculty and KU students.
In addition, the overnight stay is a requirement for a possible merit award ranging from $300 to $1,000. The Endowment Association gives the awards
Forty-eight of the 82 students who went through the program last spring ended up enrolling at the University this fall, Jackson said.
By TONY BALANDRAN
Enrollment climbs with record growth of foreign students
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In a year of KU enrollment records, foreign students were not left out.
Staff writer
The foreign student population increased by almost 8 percent this fall, said Clark Coan, director of the office of foreign student services.
This year, a record 1,777 foreign students enrolled, compared with 1,646 enrolled last year — an increase of 131 students.
Coan said the University's reputa
The reputation sometimes is created when students return home with positive comments about the University, he said.
He also said that through U.S. and foreign academic journals, students see the works of many KU students and faculty members.
But two other factors, economics and the quality of schools at home, help determine the number of foreign students who enroll. Coan said
For example, the number of Venezuelan students on campus
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The chancellor said he delivered about five key speeches during the average school year — all of which underscored the needs of the University.
"The state won't experience economic recovery if we don't have strong, viable education," the mouth of Chancellor Gene A. Budij said recently.
But it would be difficult to photograph every ear on campus and in the city.
residents are affected by the words spoken by elected and self-appointed leaders.
"I fear we are on the verge of losing a number of able people if there are not adequate levels of compensation for faculty," he said.
Whether painted with paint or adorned with whiskers, these six mouths have something in common; they all have an emphatic message that compels people to listen.
BY BETH COPELAND
Budig devotes his mouth and his message to the University of Kansas, saying that the quality of education rests with the teachers.
So this is a story about mouths
In addition to the chancellor, Robin Eversole, director of University Relations, also serves as a mouthpiece for KU.
"I don't speak publicly." Eversole said. "I find faculty members and students to talk about issues facing the University."
Eversole defined University Relations as an agency helping others.
Her office represents all departments on campus through announcements of events and lectures in the form of news releases to the media.
Eversole said University Relations wrote about 1,000 news releases in a given year, resulting in about 7,000 newspaper articles - not including stories in the Kansan and the Lawrence Daily Journal World.
"We're responsible for making KU's reputation known to others," Eversole said. "KU is a public institution, and it's our responsibility to keep the public informed."
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"You can make sure that when the media says something, they're leaving something out," said Victor Goodpasture, Teopka men, licking his lips.
Goodpasture, by way of the pen, considered himself a representative of the conservative voice. He lamented that journalism, in its effort to cover events and issues, oversimplified complex stories.
"They're not telling the whole story," he said. "My biggest concern is South Africa...
Minutes later he revealed his mission.
"I don't see the conservative philosophy being equally spoken on campus," he said. "No one else is doing it, so I am."
Another student's cause was not as well defined.
"I don't speak for anybody speak for Boog," said the mouth of Dennis "Boog" Highberger.
The former student body vice president, who considered his term in office a failure because people took his role too seriously, now is involved with a group of Lawrence anarchists.
Highberger, Lawrence special graduate student, said he worked on behalf of groups that were interested in making the world a better place.
The Leonard Peltier Support Group, Highberger said, seeks the release of a Native American who is "now the guest of Leavenworth Penitentiary." Peltier was convicted for shooting two FBI agents in South Dakota.
"We'd like to protect groups that are exploited for someone else's profit." Highberger said.
The present student body president, David Epstein, advocates student involvement on campus.
He cited a group of Hopi and Navaho Indians in northwest Arizona that may lose some of its lands to allow coal and uranium mining on the reservation.
While the students' spokesman dwells on the positive aspects of campus, the city's spokeswoman, Mayor Sandra Praeger, emphasizes the strong points of the city.
Epstein said he had addressed between 40 and 50 groups during his term. His message urges students to experience the campus involvement that he has enjoyed.
"We view the students in Lawrence as a strength to the city," she said. "Their vitality and energy are contagious.
"I tell students that while they're in Lawrence, they should take an active part in community organizations and projects."
"When people hear the title 'student body president,' their ears immediately perk up." Epstein said. "Just because of that, people think I can give them feedback on any topic."
As mayor, Praeger's mouth most often sings the praises of the city.
"When I welcome groups to the city, I like to talk about the positive aspects of the community," she said. "Our beautiful downtown reflects the early history of Lawrence."
Epstein said he represented KU's student population — simply because of his title.
"We'll never again have the opportunity to be involved in such a diverse group of people," he said.
Praeger said the title often made the mouth — the message important
So did Epstein. And Budig too
Others, such as Goodpasture and Highberger, personally are compelled to speak.
"College is more than just academics," said Epstein, Prairie Village senior. "I encourage students to become active in organizations.
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