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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.19
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1992
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Washburn seeks Regents status
School proposes plan to enter state system
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff write
A Washburn University official yesterday proposed a plan to bring Topela's municipal university into the state Board of Regents system, and University of Kansas officials expressed concern that the plan would create a financial burden on Regents schools.
Hugh Thompson, Washburn president, made the school's renewed pitch for state affiliation before a legislative committee. Washburn has sought admission to the state system for 30 years.
"It is not whether the state can afford Washburn University," Thompson said. "It is whether the
state can afford not to support Wash- burn."
Washburn's tuition for undergraduates is double that of the Regents schools for undergraduates and 2 1/2% are for law students, Thompson said.
"It seems those students who choose or have no option but to attend Washburn are being unduly penalized," he said.
He stressed that the state spent $400 million a year on Kansas' six Regents universities and spent more for each student at some private colleges than at Washburn.
Edward Meyen, KU's executive vice chancellor, said that although he had not seen Washburn's plan, he was concerner how Washburn's accept-
tance might affect KU.
"The basic concern is the state's ability to support another institution and the extent the state needs another public institution." Meven said.
Accepting Washburn as a state school might exacerbate the budget crunch at current Regents schools, said Keith Nitcher, KU's director of business and fiscal affairs.
"You can make a dollar go only so far, and if you admit them into the system, there'd be a real struggle for resources," Nitcher said.
The plan calls for the state to spend $11 million more a year for Wastebury.
"That is a pretty good chunk," said State Rep. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence. "Another $11 million would do things for the University of Kansas."
Praeger said that Washburn has no use to high tuition rates to prop up its budget. That has prevented many part-time and low-income students in Topeka from going to school there.
"I think there are good reasons why Washburn should enter the Regents system," she said. "But that's not as much of an issue as whether we can afford it."
Washburn, located in south-central
Topelica, is the last municipal oper-
er of the city.
All Regents schools currently are reviewing their academic programs. Part of the effort is to find where Kansas universities can eliminate duplication among their academic programs in order to save money.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Washburn's plan to join state system
Washburn would become a Regents school on July 1, 1995.
After taking full financial control, the state would pay $17.2 million a year, about $11 million more a year than it currently pays Washburn.
■ The state would assume full financial control five years after Washburn's 1995 entrance.
- Washburn's tuition would remain where it is until the Regents schools tuitions reach that level.
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Action! ABC begins filming drama in Lawrence
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt Kansan staff writer
Lawrence residents will have a chance to see their town on national television this fall.
Based on a true story, the movie "Dead Before Dawn" will be filmed in Lawrence for the next two weeks. Lawrence jams Jamison Parker and CherylLadd.
Ladd portrays a woman who leaves her abusive husband, Parker, who has been left alone.
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"The house came as close to the original house in the original story,"
Ron Gilbert, executive producer of the television drama, said he chose to film in Lawrence because of the house they are filling at this week.
"We're wondering what the house will be like when we move back in and start living again," she said.
Vickie Newstrom, 1621 Preswich Drive, said she did not know exactly why she and her husband, Cole, decided to let Kansas Film Works work at their house. But she said it had been exciting.
Newstorm said that she and her husband, as well as several parents and children from their neighborhood, are being used as extras in the drama.
"It's definitely livened up the neighborhood," Cole Newstrom said. "It's been a learning experience. It's been stressful."
Gilbert said his production company, Kansas Film Works, would finish filming at the Newstrom house on Saturday and start filming at other areas in Lawrence. Clinton Lake, Warren, 401N, Second St., a couple of houses and a lawrence farm house also will be filming sites for the drama.
This is the second time Gilbert has nixed in Lawrence, and the third time it has nudged.
"I like the hospitality, the film commission and the cooperation and help
Actress Cheryl Ladd gets instructions from a film crew member on how to use it.
from the people " he said
Vicky Henley, director of the Kansas Film Commission, said Gilbert produced "Cross of Fire" in Lawrence in 1989, and "Parade" in Hutchinson in 1983.
Henley said the production company would be shooting six days a week, 12 to 14 hours a day. The company will shoot in New York and Overland Park after leaving Lawrence.
"Dead Before Dawn" is the fourth film to be partially filmed in Lawrence. Other television and cinema films that include scenes filmed in Lawrence are "The Day After," "Kansas," and "Where Pigeons Go to Die."
"We don't have any direct connection with the project, but some students and recent graduates might be involved in the film," he said.
Charles Berg, director of theater and film at the University of Kansas, said the department welcomed "Dead Before Dawn" to the area.
Gilbert said the drama would air in late November or early December.
Film director Charles Correll and his crew preview a shot for the television movie "Dead Before Dawn," which is being filmed in Lawrence this week.
Professor points out discrepancy
By Joe Harder
Kansan staff writer
A University professor who hanged outliers at Tuesday's faculty convocation said that the discrepancy between the numbers of male and female administrators needed to be brought to light.
"These are the kinds of issues that need to be brought out in public," said Elizabeth Banks, associate professor of classics.
Banks distributed pink fliers listing the gender of administrators to faculty members attending the convocation, the annual all-faculty meeting.
Under the heading "Waldo is here", 25 upper-administrative positions were listed beside the gender and position categories of 25 positions are filled by white males.
Below a separate heading "Where is Wanda?" the flier listed three upper-administrative positions that were filled by white females.
The low numbers of female administrators is a problem that exists all the way down the administrative career ladder, Banks said.
"Women have got to be coming up through the ranks, because what happens is that when a search committee looks for administrators, they say, "We can't consider her, she doesn't have administrative experience," she said. "You need a good pool of women in administration and women outside that pool moving up through the ranks in faculty."
"We need to tap that pool of expertise and provide role models for students, both for minorities and women," she said.
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare, said she agreed that minority and female representation in the University was a problem that needed attention.
"The administration realizes that and encourages the hiring of minorities and women, but then you see the numbers," she said. "When we see gender or racial imbalances we're biased on gender and facial gender bias. Those who have filled those positions have traditionally been white males."
Attempts like the flippers to shake up the system can only help. Weck said.
You must be good to understand awareness about wees we need to deal with," she said.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said that while the information on the flier was correct, it needed to be put in perspective.
It's accurate as to who holds the
key, but we have to look at it
overtime.
Meyen said that several years ago, there were more women administrators at the University than now.
"At one time, there was a woman in my position," he said. "We are committed to diversity among administrators."
Administration selections are made by faculty committees with good representation from the University community, Meyen said. He also said a conscious effort was made by those committees to select from a diversified candidate pool.
A missing Emporia State University student, Angela Benton, was found last night at the University of Kansas Medical Center where she was trying to refill a prescription for medicine. She was with a 62-year-old custodian who was arrested by police a parole violation.
See story, Page 3.
Missing Emporia woman found
Three Michigan basketball players have been declared ineligible until the NCAA decides whether rules were violated when they were paid $300 each to appear at a charity basketball tournament last month. Sophomore Chris Webber, last season's Big Ten Freshman of the Year, is one of the players. The other players are sophomore Jalen Rose and senior Eric Riley.
Michigan plavers ineligible
See story, Page 11.
Plastic mugs an alternative to wasteful paper
By Christine Laue
Kansas staff writer
They hang from the straps of backpacks and sit on desktops. But they do not lie in trash bags, waiting to be hauled to their burial ground at a landfill.
The white or red refillable, thermal mugs last year saved up to 25 percent of paper cups people otherwise would have used and tossed into the trash, said Jay Glatz, food services manager at the Kansas Union
They are a tree's salvation and many KU students' daily companions.
Since food services introduced the mugs one year ago, the Kansas and Burge Unions and KU Concessions have sold around 16,000 mugs, he said.
"I think our students are becoming more aware about the environment," Glatz said.
The mugs are popular for several reasons among KU students like Julie Dietrich, a Wichita graduate student who bought a 34-ounce mug last year.
"If you drop it, it won't spill," Dietrich said. "My mice don't melt. That's important."
"The biggest part is that it eliminates trash."
If she did not use the mug, Dietrich said she would use and throw away about three paper cups and plastic lids every day. Dietrich said she did not drink from the mug with a straw because the straw would be thrown away also.
"I like to do what I can for the environment," she said.
About 1,000 people at KU refill their mugs every day at the Kansas and Burge Unions, Wescos Terrace Snack Bar, Murphy Hall Snack Bar and the Visual Arts Snack Bar in the Art and Design Building behind Marvin Hall.
Nancy Jadric, Tonganoxie freshman,
refills her mug every day.
"It's cheaper to get this and refill it," she said.
For example, Glatz said that refilling a 10-ounce mug, which is originally bought for $2.25, with a hot drink costs 35 cents, opposed to buying the drink in a paper cup for 50 cents. People can save 40 cents by refilling the 34-ounce mug, which originally cost $2.85, with a cold drink.
Students are not the only ones saving money. Glatz estimated that the Union saved $15,000 every year because of the high cost
of paper cups. He said that 10,000 cups cost about $18,000.
Saving those disposable items also means saving space in landfills, he said.
Having to order fewer cups means saving cardboard boxes in which the cups are shipped.
"It's a lot of inventory, a lot of boxes," he said. "You're saving the cardboard, you're saving the lids and you're saving the cups."
Such environmental concerns are reflected on campuses across the United States.
He got the idea for refillable mugs from other universities, like Kansas State University, where a successful refillable-mug program started five years ago.
KU's program also has been successful. Glatz said.
"It's like a collector's set," he said. "They want a new mug."
In fact, food service plans to order mugs with a new design for next year. Even though some people own last year's white mugs, Glatz said many purchased this year's new red and blue mugs.
Photo Illustration by Holly McQueen / KANSAN