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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday September 29,1987 Vol. 98,No.27
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Lobbyist chosen to fill job
Staff writer
By NOEL GERDES
University of Kansas officials announced yesterday that they had hired a lobbyist from the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce to perform some of the duties vacated by Richard von Ende, former University executive secretary.
Von Ende resigned in September 1986 after pleading guilty to two federal cocaine charges.
Jon Josserand, who will have the title of governmental affairs specialist, will start his $38,500-a-year job in mid-October and will report to Marlin Rein, associate director of the budget office. Rein has overall responsibility for legislative relations at the University,
"It's a continuing challenge to educate and inform the citizens of the state as well as the legislators to the role of higher education and the critical needs it faces." Josserand said.
Josserand will coordinate the University's lobbying effort with the Kansas Legislature in Topeka. Issues he will deal with this academic year include his plan toUniversity's budget proposals and selective admissions proposals.
He graduated from KU in 1976 with degrees in business administration and political science, and he earned a degree from the KU law school in 1979.
Josserand has been vice president for government relations of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce since last year. For eight years, beginning in 1979, he held several positions in the Kansas secretary of state's office, including assistant secretary of state.
Vickie Thomas, University general counsel, said that although Jossen-and would assume many of von Ende's duties, the two positions were not the same. She said that the executive secretary position had been vacant since von Ende resigned and that Chancellor Gene A. Budig would decide whether to hire a new executive secretary. Several people have been handling the University's lobbying since von Ende resigned.
"The University is much larger than any single individual," he said. "I will be less of a lobbyist than a participant in a team of people."
Josserman said he didn't think the circumstances surrounding von Ende's departure would handicap his own lobbying efforts.
A man for fall seasons
Marvin Kasson, a Lawrence resident who describes himself as "very much a farmer," unloads some squash Kasson has been providing area stores with fresh vegetables for 50 years. He was delivering goods yesterday to Community Mercantile Co-op, 700 Maine St.
Colorado Democrat says she won't run
By VIRGINIA McGRATH
Staff writer
Some local Democrats and supporters expressed disappointment yesterday after U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado announced that she would not seek the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
"I was a little disappointed to hear she's not running, but I'm glad she made the decision early," said Jim Parrish. Kansas state chairman of the RNC said on an ego trip; she's in it in earnest because that's the way she is."
Schroeder made the announcement yesterday in Denver. Tearfully, she said that her son had been a great friend.
about America, and I learned a lot about Pat Schroeder (this summer). That's why I will not be a candidate to win. I could not figure out how to run.
"There must be a way, but I haven't figured it out. I could not bear to turn every human contact into a photo opportunity."
"I assumed she wasn't going to run because she hadn't announced yet," Williams said. "I think it's still too early for me to conclude I wish she could run and win."
Milicent Williams, Olathe junior and president of the KU Democrats, said she wasn't surprised that Schroeder decided not to run.
State Treasurer Joan Finney, who said she was disappointed by Schroeder's decision, said, "I have been closely observing this. I would like to see a woman on the national ticket before this century is out. I think we will see that and that we'll see a woman elected president."
Parrish said that difficulties in raising the necessary money and the prospect of being one of the first to accept her offer had affected Schroder's decision.
He said that Schroeder's power and influence as senior woman in the House of Representatives were subservient to him. The force to give up that seat to run her
campaign.
"Having met her and watched her over the years, I know she is making a tremendous contribution there." Parrish said. "No doubt there will be careers to pursue a career as a presidential nominee or vice-presidential nominee."
Jean Rosenthal, assistant state coordinator for the Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Schroeder had been a strong backer of Schroeder.
"I'm very sorry and disappointed that she won't be running. She was definitely the candidate of choice for
See SCHROEDER, p. 6, col. 1
Officials to study admission policy
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writer
University of Kansas officials are beginning to evaluate the possible effects of a selective admissions Board of Regents earlier this month.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday that she would study what impact the plan would have on the University and would present her findings to Chancellor Gene A. Budig in November.
Officials at other Regents schools are conducting similar studies.
Ramaley's report will deal with the academic preparedness of incoming freshmen; the opinions of alumni, faculty and students on selective admission; and a policy change would have on the number of students who enter KU.
"Iinside this seemingly simple question of open and selective admissions are important issues that everyone needs to think about." Ramaley said. "There isn't a person on the state that won't be affected by it."
Selective admissions for KU, Kansas State University and Wichita State University were formally propounded by the executive director, Stanley Konik.
Koplik's plan would limit in-state admission at the state's three largest universities to students who meet test-score or class-rank requirements.
Four regents schools, Fort Hays State University, Emporia State University, Pittsburgh State University and the Kansas Technical Institute, would remain open to all Kansas high school graduates.
Ramaley said she thought it was important to answer key questions such as why the change was proposed now and whether the state really wants the change before tinkering with the law. The 73-year-old open admissions policy.
"To move quickly beyond that tradition without asking important questions would not be good for Kansas." Ramaley said.
In the impact study, Ramaley will be looking at whether new freshmen are prepared when they come to KU!
"The concerns I'm hearing seem to focus on how well-prepared are students for college and should the state play a role in state play different roles," she said.
Under Koplik's plan, community colleges would be used more for remedial courses KU, KState and other schools would eliminate all such programs.
To aid Ramaley, KU's office of institutional research and planning will randomly select [freshman transcripts to see how many wouldn't have been admitted under the provisions of Kolikl's plan, she said.
Time permitting, alumni, key KU supporters, faculty and students will be polled on their views about selective admissions.
So far, views about Kopik's plan have been mixed. Ramalye said.
"I've talked to some people deeply committed to the philosophy of open admissions and equal opportunity for all, but there are also those who feel that closing admissions would increase the quality of education we give."
Over the next month, faculty and students will have opportunities to voice their views on the plan. On Oct. 1, the University Council will sponsor a faculty debate on selective admissions. That debate will be at 3:30 p.m. at 108 Blake Hall. Ramaley said there would be other times in October when students and faculty could comment on the plan.
The Regents are expected to take a position on selective admissions before the Kansas Legislature convenes in January. Because admission law is the only legal law, any change would have to be approved by the Senate and the House.
ASK kicks off plan to improve schools
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - Associated Students of Kansas announced yesterday a campaign to improve the quality of education at state universities while maintaining an open admissions policy.
Called "Higher Education Rescue Operation" — HERO — the program was unveiled at the Statehouse by spokesmen for ASK, which represents student governments at the six state universities.
Under its HERO program, ASK is supporting three things:
It endorses the state Board of Regents "Margin of Excellence" program that is designed to increase financing for Kansas universities to 95 percent of their peer institutions and to boost faculty salaries to the same level as their colleagues at peer institutions.
The three-year cost of the program is $47 million, of which $20 million would come from tuition increases and the rest from increased appropriations from the Kansas Legislature.
It wants the amount of money available for student salaries and the off-campus Kansas Career Work
Martie Aaron, KU campus director of ASK, said that performance in a required high school preparatory curriculum, not test scores, should be used to determine whether students could succeed at a university.
The HERO campaign kickoff on the KU campus will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Students witness court in action
"A student can decide to take preparatory courses, but a student can't decide what his ACT score is going to be." Aaron said.
Kansan reporter Brad Addington contributed information to this story.
10th U.S. Court of Appeals hears cases at School of Law
It wants to see stricter requirements for students admitted to state universities, without denying Kansas' own students the opportunity to get a college education. ASK advocates a required core high school curriculum for college-bound students and remedial programs at the local level for those who lack those courses.
By MICHAEL MERSCHEL
There are plenty of ways for students to up end going to court. Bringing a court to students usually a little harder, but it happened yesterday at the KU School of Law, when the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals began three days of hearing cases at Green Hall.
Study program increased by $300,000 over the next three years, a goal that seeks to offset student tuition 'increases.'
Staff writer
A three-judge panel, including former KU dean of law James Logan and former KU vice-chancellor for academic affairs Deanall Tacha, spent yesterday morning hearing cases from its regular in office counsel who could attorneys and law clerks and in equal number of law students.
Logan said the court had come to the University of Kansas for the benefit of the students.
"The school wanted to do it, Judge Tacha and I had previous association with it. It was agreeable and thought it would be interesting for the students."
Logan, who was dean of law from 1961 to 1968, said the court traveled away from its usual seat in Denver about once a year to bring some variety to its proceedings.
Logan said.
The school wanted to do it, Judge Tacha and I had previous associations with the school and the court was agreeable and thought it would be interesting for the students'
— James Logan
judge 10th US Circuit of
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Appeals
The 10th circuit court's area of jurisdiction includes Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah
Davis said the appearance by the court gave law students a chance to see the real version of what they studied in their classes.
In each of the six cases the judges heard yesterday, attorneys from each side had 15 minutes to argue whether a lower-court ruling should be overturned. All six cases were from New Mexico.
The last time the court was at KU in 1981, said Michael Dean, dear of
and Wyoming. There are 11 U.S. Courts of Appeals, which are the highest federal courts below the Supreme Court.
The attorneys' presentations were frequently halted in mid-sentence by questions from the judges. The judges sometimes nodded in agreement as the lawyers argued their cases and sometimes asked follow-up questions. Occasionally, they chided the lawyers for poor reasoning; but
See COURT, p. 6, col. 3
After a long morning of hearing appeals, U.S. Circuit Judges Deanell Tacha, left, and James Logan, retire for lunch. Tacha, former vice-chancellor for academic affairs, and Logan, former KU dean of law, are two-thirds of the 10th U.S. Court of Appeals panel that met yesterday at Green Hall.