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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday November 5,1987 Vol. 98, No.54
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Admissions plan supported in poll
By NOEL GERDES Staff writer
Almost 60 percent of KU faculty members support a selective admissions proposal by Board of Regents executive director Stanley Kolplik, according to a survey released yesterday by the University Senate Executive Committee.
SenEx sent about 1,175 forms to faculty members Oct. 23, asking them whether they supported the proposal on selective admissions with few or minor reservations, whether they supported the concept of selective admissions but did not like Koplik's proposal and whether they supported the current open admissions policy.
Koplik's proposal would require in-state students to complete a recommended high school curriculum with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, a score 23 or higher on the ACT composite or rank in the top third of their graduating class to be admitted to the University of Kansas.
Under the current policy, any student who graduates from an accredited Kansas high school automatically is admitted to KU.
About 366, or 31 percent, of the
forms are returned.
Sandra Wick, SenEx administrative assistant, said the survey might not accurately represent faculty opinion, because those who took time to answer the survey probably had the strongest feelings on the issue.
About 125 people wrote additional comments, Wick said. The specific comments were not available yesterday.
Under the present system, the amount of money KU receives from the state depends on the number of students enrolled. Thus, under the current system, if KU admitted fewer students because of selective admissions, it would receive less money.
She said many faculty members would support selective admissions if they thought the state might change the way it allocated money to KU.
Evelyn Swartz, SenEx chairman, said she wasn't surprised that most faculty supported selective admissions in the survey. She said she thought the comments were the most interesting part of the survey.
This Cottage style home, at 723 Louisiana St., was built by Alexander Lewis in 1863.
"Funding is clearly on people's minds." Swartz said.
Burdette Loomis, professor of political science, is restoring his home at 701 Louisiana St.
Junior College. Some of Haskell's most famous designs include Old Fraser Hall, the Douglas County Courthouse and the State Capitol building in Toneka.
Barry Newton, associate professor of architecture and urban design, said that the Italianate and Victorian style homes were often considered the homes of the affluent.
"Many times, a builder would get a design from a pattern book, and he would tell the owner what building he could make," Newton said. "After the railroad, many of the houses were shipped piece by piece from New England."
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Newton said that the Italianate and Victorian style homes were a trend throughout the country, but the influence came from the East coast.
Jansen said the saving grace
Wick said that the survey results would be discussed at the Nov. 12 University Council meeting and that Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, might include the results in a report on selective admissions to the Regents.
Little changed in the way of streets, buildings and economics in Lawrence between the late 1880s and 1940, when Lawrence's population grew by fewer than 500 a decade. The total was only 13,900 by World War II.
for many historical homes in Lawrence was the slow development that occurred in the early 20th Century.
"Lawrence grew so slowly then. It prevented people from moving, preserving the old buildings from destruction," Jansen said.
Finney said that massive rezoning in the 1960s removed many of the homes, especially the landmarks that were in the old Oread district. And some of the houses that remain cannot be reasonably restored.
Today, the citizens of Lawrence are taking care to restore symbols of a rich heritage to their full value. Burdette Loomis, professor of political science, is part of that movement. He recently undertook a restoration of his home at 701 Louisiana St.
"We followed the trend of the nation. We were told that suburbia was the place to be. And we
went through a massive rezoning in the 1960s," Finney said. "That rezoning was, in essence, an act writing condemnation papers for the whole neighborhood.
Lawrence citizens will be reminded of a time when Lawrence knew little development for years, as the perimeters of a fast-growing Lawrence are redefined over and over again in years to come.*
"It's not just the architecture, but it is the spirit of the neighborhood."
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The Regents will consider Kopikik's proposal at their Nov. 19 meeting.
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When a disabled student needs a space. Parking Services usually will reserve the space early in the school year, Turvey said.
Turvey said that disabled students with state handicapped permits who visited Templin could park in the loading area in front of the hall without receiving tickets.
Petty, who is disabled, said he had received several parking tickets at $U. But, he said, he never had to pay any of the tickets because he successfully appealed them to Parking Services.
"All a student has to do is ask for one, and usually it appears pretty quickly," Turvey said. "I can't imagine somebody being here since the beginning of the year without student assistance finding out he needs a space."
Templin has no spaces for disabled students because no students with disabilities live at the hall, Turvey said. Turvey said Parking Services reserved parking spaces for the disabled at a hall only when a student with disabilities lived there. The number of reserved parking spaces would be the same as the number of disabled students living in the hall, he said.
"The spirit of the law is that there be a spot that gives students with disabilities easy access to the building," Turvey said. "As far as I know, the university does have parking for all students with disabilities."
He said that since the University had begun installing spaces for disabled students in 1977 no student living at Templin had requested that a disabled space be reserved.
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