MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
More 'KU First' scholarships announced
By Jenna Goepfert
Kansan staff writer
Wearing blue could score University of Kansas students some green.
The Kansas University Endowment Association is distributing 17,000 blue KU First T-shirts, which will give students free admission to Saturday's Kansas-Southwest Missouri State football game and a chance at one of 25 scholarships worth $1,000.
This is the second consecutive year the association has organized the promotion.
"We hope, through doing this, that we'll make 25 KU students very happy," said John Scarffe, director of communications for the association. "We also hope that we increase awareness among students, faculty and staff
that KU First is doing well."
KU First is the largest fundraising campaign in University history. Its goal is to raise $500 million in private donations for the University by fall 2004.
Students can pick up the free T-shirt from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day this week in front of Stauffer Flint Hall and in front of Wescoe Hall. Shirts also will be distributed at the Edwards campus and at both campuses of the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Officials will randomly select 10 winners entering Memorial Stadium before the game. The other 15 winners will be chosen by preselected seat numbers during the game, Scarftre said. Scholarships will be presented at halftime.
Recipients must be wearing the shirt, be enrolled in the University and have their KUID to win.
"We hope, through doing this, that we'll make 25 KU students very happy. We also hope that we increase awareness among students, faculty and staff that KU First is doing well."
John Scarfe
Kansas University Endowment Association director of communications
Intrust Bank helped fund the T-shirts and the scholarship money was donated by Dick and Jeanne Tinberg of Leawood. The couple also gave $25,000 to the Endowment Association for scholarships awarded at the Kansas- UCLA football game last fall.
"We also hope to increase awareness that one of the primary things that KU First does on campus is award scholarships," Scarffe said.
"I don't think I'll push my luck," Heidebrecht said. "I think I'll spread the wealth and let somebody else win."
Ann Heidebrecht, McPherson sophomore, won a scholarship at last year's game. She said she thought the program was a great deal but didn't think she'd be so fortunate this year.
Heidebrecht said she still wore her KU First T-shirt. "I call it my $1000 T-shirt," she said.
Contact Goopfert at jgoepfert @kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Norton.
Sexuality forum addresses rape, STDs
By Aaron Passman Kansan staff writer
Cucumbers and condoms came together last night at the Sexuality in the Dorms" forum.
Demonstrators at the event used bananas, carrots and cucumbers to show how to correctly put on a condom. About 75 people participated in the forum, which was held at Jayhawker Towers and organized by Ecumenical Christian Ministries' Sexual Education Committee
Informal group discussions and demonstrations were led by Liz Franklin, Cedar Falls, Iowa, sophomore, Hadley Ruggles, Overland Park sophomore, and Megan Carter, Overland Park sophomore. Each spoke on topics including condom use, STDs, rape and body image.
"It's good for both you and your partner to know how to put on a condom," Franklin said during the forum, adding that latex and polyurethane condoms are the safest condoms for protection against STDs and pregnancy.
Carter gave a presentation on rape. She said 70 percent of rapes were acquaintance rapes, 25 percent of women would be assaulted in their lifetimes and 50 percent of college women would be sexually assaulted. The percentages came from a study done by George Mason University.
"You're much more likely to be raped by someone escorting you to your car than by someone hiding in the parking lot," Carter said.
"It's good for both you and your partner to know how to put on a condom."
Liz Franklin
Cedar Falls, Iowa, sophomore
The forum touched on body image as well, and Franklin said store mannequins and celebrities presented an inaccurate image of how a person's body should look.
"We don't really live in the most body image-friendly culture," Franklin said.
One student at the forum said she found the event to be helpful.
"I'm glad they talked about rape, because they had some good information." Shauntae Rozelle.
Lawrence sophomore, said.
The forum's organizers said they were pleased with its results.
"Even just by passing out free condoms I think it's a success because hopefully we'll be able to get more people to use them." Ruggles said.
ECM's Sexuality Education Committee will give a similar presentation at 8 p.m. September 16 in Hashinger Hall.
Students looking for information on sexuality can pick up brochures at Watkins Health Center, along with affordable male and female condoms and birth control.
Contact Passman at apassman
@kansan.com. This story was
edited by Nicole Roche.
By Nathan Dayani
Kansan staff writer
With limited tuition-increase money to spend, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences must sort through competing proposals from potentially all of its 53 departments and programs before Nov.1.
The college has about two months to develop a long-term plan to increase its staff. However, with limited funding, not every department will be granted its requests for expansion of faculty and programs.
"Hopefully, in the next two months, we can work toward an integrated plan," said Kim Wilcox, dean of liberal arts and sciences. "What we do today is going to determine what the college looks like in 2025."
Although Wilcox said he encouraged faculty members to discuss and submit proposals that would benefit many departments and programs,he acknowledged the challenge faculty members might face to find common ground.
"One of my concerns has been, just in the two months I've been here, is that we tend to compartmentalize our discussions too much," he said. "Instead of recognizing excellence, potential and opportunity in the college, we tend to think of opportunities in the humanities and the natural sciences as different kinds of opportunities."
Provost David Shulenburger asked Wilcox and the deans of all other University schools and colleges to propose staff increases for the next four to five years.
Shulenburger said the proposals, due Nov. 1, would assume up to a 15 percent increase in a respective school or college's faculty budget.
"I would assume that not all the requests are going to be funded."
James Orr chair of biological sciences
Wilcox said he asked for preliminary CLAS faculty proposals to be submitted to him by Oct. 1 so the college could have a month to discuss the proposals before making formal recommendations to Shulenburger.
"I would assume that not all the requests are going to be funded," said James Orr, chair of biological sciences. "Anytime you have applications without all of them being approved, you're going to have some competition."
Jim Hartman, chair of the English department, agreed that CLAS departments that advocated for faculty increases would probably compete with each other for limited financial resources. Hartman thought the competition would show the strengths and weaknesses of departmental proposals, leaving only the best to be submitted to Shulenburger.
"It will be challenging, but that's the interesting part," he said. "There will be lots of discussions and disagreements, but people will come together and say 'This is what would make sense.'"
Contact Dayani at indayani@kansan.com. This story was edited by Amanda Sears.
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