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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tuesday, September 29, 1992
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Southwest Kansans want regional institution
Faculty would teach by video
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
Southwest Kansas community leaders are creating a plan for a regional educational institution that would use faculty from Regents universities to teach upper-level and post-gradu
ate classes in that area.
The plan, being developed by officials at community colleges and chambers of commerce, calls for an institution called WestKan Educational Services, which in part would bring classes to southwest Kansas communities through interactive video.
degrees, partly because of the May closing of St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City, which was the region's only four-year college.
David Stephens, a Garden City attorney who is head of WestKan, said southwest Kansans had little access to courses that could help them earn
"There is a fourth of the state that has no four-year institution," Stephens said. "Unlike in eastern Kansas, people here can't drive 30 to 50 miles to complete a degree, advance a career or just participate in lifelong learning."
Fort Hays State University sponsors some classes in the area, but the availability of upper-level courses is restricted by what Fort Hays State can afford to teach, Stephens said.
Stephens said WestKan could coordinate courses from different universities to provide non-traditional students a chance to earn degrees.
Thomas Gamble, president of Dodge City Community College, said WestKan could draw from the best programs Kansas universities had to offer, such as KU's medical programs and Kansas State University's agriculture programs.
"The intent of WestKan is not limit what kind of programs we can bring in," Gamble said. "We want to invite the best in to do what they do best."
WestKan will seek a commitment from Regents schools for their participation at a meeting in November.
One of the components of the plan involves using an interactive video system to connect teachers at Regents universities with southwest Kansans. The system, called Codex,
compresses video images so they can be transmitted over phone lines, a cheaper alternative to satellite technology.
Ray Davis, head of health services administration at KU, said that his program this semester had begun broadcasting a course to Hays and that aside from some glitches, the system had worked well.
Wescoe Terrace serves hot breakfast
Kathleen Driscoll /Special to the KANSAN
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Gloria Ward, an employee at Wesco Terrace Cafeteria, serves breakfast to an early morning customer. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. each weekday at Wesco Terrace
By Christine Laue
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The central campus cafeteria began serving breakfast Aug. 24, the first day of classes. Since then, morning business there has doubled, said Denise Svaglic, supervisor at Wescoe Terrace.
Scrambled eggs and biscuits and gravy are replacing candy bars for many KU students who rely on Wescoe Terrace Cafeteria for their breakfast pit stops.
Svaglic and other officials at KU Concessions and the Kansas and Burge Unions decided this summer to offer hot meals in addition to the breakfast-type foods it already served, such as danishes, bagels and fruit. She said that because the deli counter was not used in the morning, using it to serve breakfast was an ideal way to help students.
"These kids don't have time to cook something in the morning," she said.
The central location helps students like Nathalie Godeau, Chambery, France, freshman. Godeau grabs an orange, milk or coffee and a hot biscuit every morning at Wescoe Terrace, rather than trekking out of her way to the Kansas Union or Templin Hall cafeterias.
Godeau's regular biscuit-buying has helped biscuits become one of the most popular breakfast items.
"Our best sellers are biscuits and gravy," Svaglic said.
Wescoe Terrace also serves muffins, waffles, doughnuts, cereal and breakfast sandwiches and has a breakfast bar.
Sylvagic said feedback about the new breakfast had been positive. Because students at the beginning of the semester were unaware of the added
feature, it took several weeks for people to start eating breakfast there.
But once people found out about the breakfast, it became so popular it had to be expanded by an hour, Svaglic said. Breakfast now is served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Yet, some students, like Mary Lou Stika, would rather eat at the Union. Stika, a Lincolnville graduate student, said that at the Union, prices were not
as high, and the atmosphere was no as noisy.
Any price differences between Wesco Terrace and the Kansas Union, which serves breakfast items made from scratch, are because the ready-made food that Wesco Terrace serves costs more, said Anne Munsterman, food buyer for KU Concessions.
from scratch," Munsterman said.
"We don't have the facilities to bake
the breakfast foods served at Wescoe Terrace are ready to-serve once they are heated up in the microwave.
Munsterman said that because KU Concessions, which operates Wescoe Terrace, was a department of the Kansas and Burge Unions, there was no need for competitive pricing.
Lawrence police to conduct Citizens' Academy
By Tiffany Lasha Hurl Kansan staff writer
Lawrence citizens have one last chance to act like police officers.
Today is the application deadline for the Lawrence police department's Citizens' Academy.
The academy is designed to teach interested citizens about the Kansas law enforcement and criminal justice programs, to be brought to the one that police recruits attend.
Ron Olin, Lawrence police chief, said the program was created to increase the community's understanding of the Lawrence Police Department.
"The most important point is that most people have little or no perception about what police agencies do," he said. "Most people's perceptions of law enforcement are based upon television. Law enforcement has very little if anything to do with current television portrayals."
The academy's two-week classes will include legal issues, law enforcement responsibilities, police procedures and other training. Participants also will learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation from an American
Heart Association instructor and receive a certification card. The classes will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. from Oct. 12 to 23.
Applications can be obtained at the Lawrence Police Department training office, 111E, 11th St.
Rod Bremby, assistant city manager, said that class space was not limited.
Irene Lanier /KANSAN
"We allow for as many as possible," he said. "The academy is something that the chief of police has been interested in doing for quite some time. We support the citizens' academy because it allows for a greater awareness for police service by the people in the community."
Olin said the academy was one of the many programs that the department had implemented since it received more money as a result of a 1991 city tax increase. He said the programs were designed to expand the police department so it would be more community oriented.
"I believe that if we do this we'll have a much better interaction in the community and a better understanding of what the Lawrence police department is and what it is all about," Olin said.
Gloria O'Dell, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, center, speaks with Grace Heider, professor emeritus of psychology, and Matt All, president of KU Young Democrats.
Candidate pledges to work for education, AIDS research
By Mark Martin Kansan staff writer
Gloria O'Dell, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, pledged to increase funding for higher education during a speech yesterday at the Kansas Union.
O'Dell delivered a short speech and then answered questions from about 50 people. Most were students enrolled in a social welfare policy class taught by Forrest Swall, assistant professor of social welfare.
Saying that the government had decreased education funds by 40 percent in the last decade, ODell stressed that education needed more federal support.
"I believe education is not an end in itself," she said. "It is the most important tool for us to understand ourselves and the world."
O'Dell, who is running against Sen. Bob Dole, said she supported the plan of Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton that would allow students to pay back college loans through community service. She said there were many areas of higher education that needed more funds.
"We fail as a nation any time one good teacher leaves the field to seek more money, or safer work, or less stressful conditions," she said. "The rate of teacher attrition is alarming. You, the students, deserve better."
During the question and answer period, O'Dell said she would propose cutting the nation's defense budget by $25 billion.
"Our task is difficult, but we have to make the transition from a military economy to an industrial service economy," she said. "The savings from military cuts then need to be re-invested into public infrastructure and the reduction of the deficit."
Other questions ranged from AIDS financing to health care. O'Dell criticized the current lack of money for AIDS research and preventive education. She said she supported a universal health-care system similar to Canada's.
"The last place the federal government should be is interfering with reproductive rights." the said.
When asked about government intervention in private lives, O'Dell said she strongly supported abortion rights.
In a poll conducted last week by the Topeka Capital-Journal, Dole, who is the minority leader in the Senate, led o'Dell 58 percent to 33 percent with 9 percent undecided. The poll, conducted by telephone, interviewed 500 eligible voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent.
Dole, seeking a fifth term, is considered unbeatable by many people who are following the 1992 campaign.