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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.71
(USPS 650-640)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1992
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Sororities' ban faces opposition
Panhellenic bylaw protests sexually demeaning contests
By Dave Smith Special to the Kansan
A ban passed by the Panhellenic Council about two months ago that prohibits sorority women from participating in fraternity-sponsored philanthropies or contests it considers demeaning to women has created some tension in the Greek system.
"We're not trying to be a bad guy," said Jennifer Zucco. Panhellenic vice-president for public relations at the time the ban was passed. "We just feel women should not have fun at the expense of women."
Zucco said there had been a lack of communication between the fraternities and the sororites about the way some events had been held.
"I don't think that they go out and say 'Let's go out and demean the woman.'" she said.
Zucco said she thought fraternity members did not understand the motives behind Panhellenic's action
She said that the ban did not apply to parties, but was made to stop fraternities from holding events where women were judged by their appearance. She said there were some resistance by the Interfraternity Council.
Kevin Olson, Manhattan sophomore, said he was at the IFC meeting when members of Panhellenic
Olson said that some chapters were left with the feeling that their parties could be included in the ban even though Panhellenic's bylaw did not cover them.
"I think it is a good law, but right now there are no parameters." Olson said. "It needs to be defined."
Olson also said that Panhellenic was stopping sororites from participating in certain events but not preventing them from holding them. He said that some of the sororites had held contests for men which were not very different from the ones that were being banned.
Ed Schager, Glencoe, III, senior and fraternity member, said he felt that Paul柴翠的s actions were inappropriate.
Schager said that the events were all voluntary and that Panhellenic did not have the right to tell them not to participate because they thought it was wrong.
Despite the reaction by the fraternities, attitudes toward the ban had been favorable among the sororites, Zucco said. Only a few chapters did not vote in favor of the measure when it was approved, she added.
"I think that the chapters that didn't pass it didn't fully understand" she said.
Zucco said there had not been any problems with the sororites complying with the new rule but that if someone were to break it, that chapter could be fined heavily. She said if a individual woman wanted to participate in that type of event then she should leave her sorority.
Zucco recalled a fraternity-sponsored beauty contest that she had been in. On the second night, there was a large amount of alcohol and the questions she was asked were of a sexually provocative nature. She said she thought that many women in sororities had experienced or knew someone who has experienced degradation at an event.
Amy Isaac, Newton senior, said she recalled two separate occasions in the last year in which women who attended fraternity events were treated in a sexually demeaning manner.
But Isaac said that only happened at a few events, and that most of the functions her sorority had
Regents stiffen education school standards
By Lynne McAdoo
The Board of Regents recently approved a plan to raise admission standards for schools of education at the six Regents universities. Although most educators and administrators agree that raising standards is a positive move, some people disagree about the results of such a plan.
Kansan staff writer
The plan includes requiring students to have a 2.75 grade point average in 38 hours of general education requirements. The University of Kansas currently requires students to have a 2.5 GPA to be admitted to the School of Education. But an education major needs at least a 2.75 GPA to be admitted into the fifth year of the program.
Richard Whelan, interim dean of education, supported the plan.
Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors will perform tonight at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., in support of the band's latest release, "Horry Holidays." Nixon's ranchy and boisterous style puts a comical and twisted spin on some traditional Christmas songs.
Holiday jeer
"We probably will lose few students," he said. "But in the nast students have
Lynn Cornelison, Leawood sophomore, agrees that the minimum GPA should be raised.
responded quite well to something like this."
"It doesn't reflect how good a teacher you are," she said. "But I think it shows a willingness to work hard and motivation."
Hammond emphasized that good grades do not always reflect a person's teaching ability.
Some people thought the decision to raise standards should be left to each university because the need for teachers varies in different parts of the state.
"What produces better teachers is what happens after they are admitted," he said.
Edward Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University, said he believed in raising the minimum test scores on the Pre-professional Skills Test, which was needed for admission to education programs. But he does not want the minimum GPA raised.
"It is almost two different states," said Regent Charles Hostelier of Manhattan. "One half is diminishing and the other is growing."
The possibility of a shortage of teachers in western Kansas also concerns Hammond.
Eighty-seven percent of students who receive their education degrees at Fort Hays State stay in western Kansas, he said. If the number of education majors at Fort Hays State decreases, so does the number of teachers, he said.
Raising standards
Martine Hammond-Paludan, Regents director of academic affairs, said she thought that students in Kansas would benefit from the plan.
"This is one way the Board of Regents can have an impact on the quality of the teachers in the classrooms," she said.
A proposal to raise standards for admission to teacher education programs at Regents schools includes:
See story. Page 9.
- allowing a portfolio of previous job experiences and letters of recommendations in the admissions process
■ requiring a 2.75 GPA for admission
■ requiring higher scores on the
Dire Professional Skill Test
■ discretion to admit students who fail to meet requirements
■ monitoring the students' progress while in the teacher education program
yearly meetings of the members of the Board of Regents, the Kansas State Board of Education and the deans of the colleges Schools of Education to coordinate efforts
Source: Kansan staff research
AIDS event stresses safe sex
Kate House, Overland Park junior, looks at the AIDS quilt in the exhibition hall at the Spencer Museum of Art. The quilt will be displayed until mid-December.
Program presents STD information condom education
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
More than 40 people practiced condoms on bananas last night in Corbin Hall as part of a presentation on sexually transmitted diseases sponsored by the Student Senate AIDS Task Force.
Patrick Dilley, chairperson of the task force, and Ami Hizer, peer education counselor for the task force, gave an informal presentation about STDs to a group of mostly female students. They presented information about STDs ranging from gonorrhea to AIDS, then had the group practice putting condoms on bananas to promote safe sex. Dilley and Hizer stressed that both women and men should know how to use condoms.
"Women should carry condoms, men should carry condoms, everyone should take the responsibility," Hizer said. "Eighy percent of the KU population is sexually active. Just be safe."
Dilley and Hizer focused much of their talk on the HIV virus and on AIDS
Hizer said it was hard to detect the HIV virus in someone for up to six months because it worked slowly.
"When HIV enters the body, it attacks your white blood cells, which are in the body to fight illness," she said. "But the virus doesn't just attack the cells. It rearranges the DNA. Then these new cells spread slowly over the body, until eventually you have no immune system. AIDS won't kill a person — other things will, like strange tropical diseases or even things you've been vaccinated for."
"On this campus, at least one in 500 have the HIV virus," Dilley said. "And it's probably higher than that because we are close to a large metropolitan area like Kansas City."
Dilley said that before someone was diagnosed as having HIV, six tests were performed to check for symptoms. He said that once someone was diagnosed, the tests were 99 percent accurate.
After the presentation, Dilley said that confidential tests for all STDs including HIV tests were available at Watkins Hospital.
"It's hard to talk about, but you can't just look at someone and think they look nice and they probably don't have anything," he said. "HIV knows no limits. It doesn't matter who you are, what you look like, what your parents make or what color you are. If you have sex or do drugs, you are at risk."
Dilley said that to prevent AIDS and other STDs, people had to ask tough questions of their partners before having sex.
"It's good for the women here to see how to use a condom," she said. "It's important that women know they should be responsible and know how to use one too."
Jennifer Switzer, a resident assistant at Corbin, said that the program was especially helpful for women.
Lewis residents protest early-morning construction
By J.R. Clairborne
Kansan staff writei
Residents at Lewis Hall say they are fed up with the early morning use of jackhammers and drills for the renovation of their old basement.
Yesterday, residents circulated a petition requesting that the student housing department release students from their contracts without cancellation charges or reduce rates for next semester.
The residents said the petition was in response to the vibration and noise from the construction work that has began as early as 6:30 a.m.
"No one ever verbally said that there was going to be disruptive construction under the floors where we live," said Tiffany LaMothe, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, who lives on the second floor. "We pay the same price as everyone else on the hill but we sacrifice our sleep and normal sleeping habits. We, the students should not be the ones inconvenienced."
LaMothe said that 68 signatures had been collected so far.
Lewis residents said that they already dealt with eating at Templin Hall, poor mail service, roaches and expensive rates. Early-morning jackhammer work was the last straw, they said.
Jennifer Hadley, El Paso,Texas, freshman, lives on the fourth floor of the ball.
"It's annoying," she said. "We can stand right by each other and抱怨 just to cheer."
Residents said that they had little choice but to live with the noise.
"We can't get away from here because we live here, we have nowhere else to go," said Karen Larson, Scandia freshman and Hadley's roommate.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said he thought that the latest complaints resulted from the jackhammer removal of the sunshade on the southeast side of the hall. The removal was done from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday.
"That was unfortunate scheduling but we addressed it and I'd like to think that it would not happen again," he
He has a Sept. 23 letter from Facilities Planning that said campus quiet hours were from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. He understood this to mean work started at 8 a.m.
After becoming aware of the students' petition, John Craig, the superintendent for McPherson Contractors, said that the early work hours resulted from a misunderstanding
Craig said there were two days of jackhammer work left that could be postponed to accommodate student final examination schedules.
"I think the jackhammer is the loudest thing we have," he said. "We will just wait and finish that work during winter."
Holly McQueen / KANSAN
Lewis Hall has received complaints from its residents about the construction noise from the renovation and