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Wednesday, October 7, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
State/Local
Assembly tables proposal
New architecture degree would emphasize liberal arts
By MARK TILFORD
Staff writer
An architecture degree with a liberal arts concentration could become a reality under a new proposal by the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
The degree, a bachelor of arts in architecture and urban design, would be for students who want to study architecture, but who shy away from a professional degree. The degree is offered by the department of architecture.
Comparable programs are offered at all Ivy League schools, Theis said.
"Their basic philosophy is that before they get a professional degree, they need to have a hard ground in liberal arts." Thesis said.
Two new architecture courses would have to be designed for the
degree, and students would have to satisfy requirements similar to those of students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The college would have to approve the degree, said Frances Ingemann, chairman of the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising. The degree would be billed by the school of architecture.
The College Assembly, a governing body of the college, tabled the new degree proposal yesterday at Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The Assembly also announced it would consider at its next meeting a plan to establish a holding pool of out-of-state students who wanted to be admitted to the college, Ingemann said.
The college currently requires out-of-state students to have a
grade point average above 3.0, an ACT score of 23 or higher have successfully completed a high school curriculum approved by the Kansas Board of Regents for automatic admission.
Exceptions can be made to these requirements.
Under the Assembly proposal, out-of-state students who don't meet at least one of the criteria and who have a GPA between 2.0 and 2.9 would be placed in a holding pool, Ingemann said. They would be admitted to a rate consistent with the number of in-state student applications.
the proposal is being considered. Ingemann said, because the college wants to control increasing enrollment to make sure it has enough faculty and money for the students who are admitted.
Regents will discuss admissions changes
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - Possible changes in the state's policy of open admissions for its universities will be discussed next week by the State Board of Regents.
Martine Hammond, Regents director of academic affairs, said the Regents staff would give the board three options for changes; restricting admissions to the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, or North Carolina University; restricting admissions at KU and K-State; or restricting admissions at KU.
Hammond said Regents staff would recommend three requirements for admission, one of which a
student would have to meet.
She said the recommended requirements for graduates of Kansas high schools would be: a 2.0 grade point average in a suggested college preparatory curriculum, a ranking in the top third of a graduating class, or an ACT score of 23 or greater on a scale of 36.
The requirements would be the same for students who graduate from out-of-state high schools, except that they could have to maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Students at non-Regents universities or community colleges would have to maintain as 2.5 GPA in at least 24 credit hours.
Youth pricked by needles tests negative for hepatitis
By a Kansan reporter
The 6-year-old Lawrence boy who was pricked by hypodermic needles that he found Sept. 6 in the dumpster behind Lawrence Memorial Hospital tested negative for hepatitis, his mother said yesterday.
The boy and a 7-year-old friend crawled into the dumpster at the hospital and played with disposed hypodermic needles. They were pretending the needles were darts.
The dumpster did not have a lid.
Since the incident, the hospital has
made plans to repair its incinerator,
which broke in June. The repairs will cost $25,000, said Judith Hefley, hospital community relations director. She said that once the repairs were made waste would be incinerated. Hefley did not know when the incinerator would be operating again, but did say it would be fixed within six months.
The mother of the 6-year-old did not know whether the other boy had been tested or had received the results.
Man injured in accident improving
By a Kansan reporter
A Topeka man's condition has been upgraded from critical to serious at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., after he was injured in a three-car accident Monday afternoon at Clinton Parkway and Atchinson Avenue.
Kevin D. Heckathorn, 33, suffered a fractured left leg, collapsed lung and facial lacerations. A passenger in his car, 21-year-old Debra Y. Nurnberg, Grandview, Mo., resident was transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka. She was released yesterday after being treated for a head injury and a fractured hand. The others involved in the accident were treated on the scene.
According to police report, Kazuki Kaneko, 42, 200 Heatherwood Drive, was driving south on Atchinson Avenue as she began to turn east onto Clinton Parkway. She was stopping in the middle of the intersection to let a man pass, when she hit a westbound car that swerved to avoid hitting her car.
The westbound car belonged to Randy C, Guenther, 32, 3201 W. 24th Terrace. The impact from the crash forced Guenther into the eastbound lane, colliding with the eastbound car driven by Heckathorn.
The police reported that Kaneko was inattentive and failed to yield the right of way, but no citation was issued.
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