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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday September 28,1987 Vol. 98,No.26
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Figures reflect change
Enrollment fluctuations vary between schools
by MICHAEL MERSCHEL and MARK TILFORD
Staff writers
Although the University of Kansas' total enrollment increased for the fourth straight year, KU's professional schools experienced a wide variety of enrollment change, according to figures released last week.
Some of the changes were delivered out to others were a surprise, official announcement.
Changing job markets, new admissions requirements and other reasons resulted in drops in three schools, increases in two others and generally steady enrollment in the rest.
A lack of professors forced the School of Social Welfare to limit the number of students in some classes, from 734 to 624, on campus from 713 to 624, a 7.2 percent decrease.
Ann Weick, acting dean, said the school had several faculty positions open that it planned to fill by next year. Without the limits brought on by the faculty shortage, Weick said, the school would have continued as a traditional college, caused enrollment to increase 42 percent between 1981 and 1986.
But Weick said that even when the positions were filled next year, the school probably would not expire as the same increases it had in the past.
"We are not prepared for that rate of growth to continue," she said.
The School of Business and the School of Engineering dropped 66 students each.
The drop represented a 6.6 percent decline in business enrollment. But, according to John Tollefson, dean of business, those figures were expected with the school's new competitive admissions policy.
The policy began this fall for students who applied in the spring for admission to the school.
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Enrollment in the school had grown from 807 in 1983 to 1,150 in 1985. Last year's enrollment was 993.
"Clearly our faculty have been overwhelmed," Tollson said. "But rather than complaining, they have been doing their work."
The School of Engineering had a 3.5 percent decline.
Mulinazzi said the problem with varying enrollments came through financing for the school's departments.
"It really doesn't surprise me that we're down a little bit," said Tom Mulinazzi, associate dean of engineering and director of graduate studies. "I think it follows a trend of schools around the nation."
"We have a problem of internal allocation." Mulinazzi said.
"The demand for computer and electrical engineers has been tremendous, while the demand for petroleum chemical engineers has been down."
It is difficult to allocate money to the school's departments according to the number of students wanting to enroll in those departments, he said.
We try to do some reallocation of course throughout the school; Mulnazaft and
For example, introductory courses that can be assigned to any department are assigned to departments with less demand, he said.
The School of Education posted its first enrollment increase in several years, jumping 54 students to 822, a 7 percent increase.
Ed Meyen, dean of education, said the increase was because of public concern about teaching and changes in school policies. He made it more attractive as a career.
Top, high school band students crowd the field at Memorial Stadium for a special KU Band Day presentation. Five thousand high school musicians participated. Bottom, Kathlene Schmidt, left, band director at Wathena High School, and Sherry Deaton, the band's bus driver, watch bands clear the field after their halftime performance.
See ENROLLMENT, p. 6, col. 1
KU for Band Day High schools join
Jim Larson/KANSAN
Staff writer
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writer
"Score," explained a trumpet player as she lifted her instrument out of its black case, "isn't the number of points we make, it's the music we have to play at half-time."
For about 5,000 people at Saturday's football game, the only score that mattered was the one clipped to the end of their instruments.
Monday Morning
Many of these musicians, from the more than 75 Kansas and Missouri high school bands that participated in KU Band Day, had never played in front of a crowd as large as that in Memorial Stadium.
As the minutes ticked away, their tension grew.
this many people before.
Few of the band members clapped when KU blocked a punt and scored two points midway through the second half, and no one paid attention when a saxophonist in the middle of the Junction City band rendered a version of his school's fight song.
"I'm nervous, and I'm scared I'll mess up," said Heidi Schowalter, a Halstead clarinetist in the ninth grade. "I've never played for
The scoreboard served an important function for many of the band members who squeezed into the north bowl of the stadium — it let them know how long they had to run. The same fielded the field for the halftime show.
Everyone was waiting for the announcement that came a minute later from a short man with an official-sounding voice.
"Let's suit up, it's time to get going." he said twice.
A metamorphosis took place. Band members pulled uniform jacketts — blue and white, green and purple, red and black — out from under their seats and tapped them over T-shirts and tape sleeves using plastic polyester pants covered blue jeans and khaki shorts.
Glittery, red-feathered cowboy hats, floppy blue berets and fuzzy black hats like those worn by English Parliament guards replaced Royals caps and sun visors.
In only five minutes, the north bowl had become a spectacle of color. The greens were separated from the blues by the reds. The yellows and the purple sat beside
each other
And then a few off-key musicians joined the Junction City saxophone player in warming up for the half-time show.
The next announcement came over the loudspeaker like a command given to bird dogs: "Bands, take your positions."
It took only five minutes for the musicians to comply. They spilled out of the stands like ants escaping from a hole.
"The only thing that goes through your mind now is don't
screw up," said Scott Seirer, a Halstead trombone player.
Then a silence fell over the musicians, and drums from the KU band began to beat. The time on the scoreboard had ticked down to zero and KU was ahead by 3 points.
But that didn't matter to the band members. The only score that went through their minds before the phrase, "I'm a Jayhawk."
And then about 5,000 musicians began to play.
Automatic tellers moved off campus
Bv IULIE McMAHON
Staff writer
The man at the automated teller machine outside the Kansas Union uttered an expletive and repunched the keys of the machine, but it still wouldn't return his card.
As he stormed off, the next person in line moved forward. That person, Lori Swan, Blue Springs, Mo., freshman, said, "hope it不会 keep my card. This is the first time I've used it, and I don't know what I'm doing."
She studied the instructions, paused some keys and received her money.
three local banks have taken their teller machines off campus.
"That was easy," Swan said.
Automated teller machines are convenient and sometimes frustrating. But some of their convenience has led to problems at the University of Kansas because two of
"We moved ours to Checkers because Checkers doesn't have restricted access," said Ruby Froels. President of Lawrence National Bank.
The teller machine at the Kansas Union was difficult for Lawrence residents to get to because of restricted driving on campus, she said. The teller machine at the Lawrence National Bank has three other teller machines in Lawrence.
Bank officials said that not enough people were using the teller machines to justify leaving them on campus.
the machine had to be changed, said Susan Garlow, marketing officer at Firstbank.
"We would have been required to pay several thousand dollars to modify the machine or buy a new one," she said. "Analysis of the teller message couldn't justify the money; there wasn't enough volume of activity."
Firstbank of Lawrence had a teller machine at the Burge Union until Jan. 30. But the bank's teller machine system was modified, and
She said the bank notified its customers of the change and received two payments.
"但 those that got upset, got really upset," Garlow said. "For students and faculty, it just happened to be part of their daily routine."
Garlow said the bank told unhappy customers that they could use their cards at FirstBank's two remaining branches. The Bank is the first National Bank of Lawrence's
four teller machines, which include one at the Kansas Union, because both banks use the Plus System. The teller machine at the Kansas Union is the only remaining machine on campus.
The Plus System is an international system that allows a bank customer to complete a transaction on another bank's teller machines if they have the Plus System. It patches the transaction directly to the customer's bank.
Nursing numbers decline
By AMBER STENGER
Staff writer
Enrollment at the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center decreased slightly this year, with the School of Nursing accounting for most of the decrease.
Total enrollment decreased from 2,597 last fall to 2,586 this year. In the school of nursing, enrollment fell from 2,641 this year to 231 students this year.
Within the nursing school, the number of people entering the program shows the greatest decrease. Rita Clifford, assistant dean and director of student affairs of the school of nursing, said the school had received enough applications to fill its first-year class of 150 although only 141 people were accepted. However, she said she was concerned about the decrease in the number of applications.
In the fall of 1984, 260 people applied to the school and 160 were accepted. The class enrollment was limited. This fall 201 people applied.
Clifford said several factors had led to the decrease in applications. Those include increasing career opportunities for women, increasing costs for nurse education and society, that nursing is a woman's occupation.
The medical degree program also had a decrease, but its decrease was decided by the state. The Kansas Board of Regents and the College of Medicine set the first-year class to 175 students. Two years ago, the class size was 200.
However, Clifford said enrollment probably would increase next year because a nationwide nursing shortage has been receiving much publicity.
Una Creditor, associate dean for admissions in the school of medicine, said the limit was related to the cost of medical education.
"We feel our resources would better accommodate 175 students," Creditor said. "We still have more applicants than we can accent."
The number of Kansas residents applying to the medical school has decreased. In 1977, 396 Kansas residents and 472 non-residents applied to the school of medicine. This year, 108 residents and 778 non-residents applied.
Walter Gehbach, director of student admissions and records, said the decline in the number of applicants from Kansans concerned him because the majority of the school's students were residents. He said the costs of medical education were keeping people from applying.
This year, 142 residents and 36 non-residents were accepted.
"An individual with a degree in engineering or computer science is in high demand. That person will average, let's say, about $30,000 per year," Gehlibach said. "That person has earned $210,000, while the med student is probably $100,000 in debt. There is more than a quarter of a million dollars difference at that time."
In 1970, medical school tuition was $500 a year. This year, residents pay $5,770 and non-residents pay $11,740 a year.
Gehilbach said the threat of malfunction suits and litigation also was discouraging students from enrolling in medical school.
The Med Center graduate school's enrollment fell by two students. Last year there were 534 students and this year there were 532 students. Since 1983, graduate school enrollment has dropped by 52 students.
Not all schools in the College of Health Sciences had enrollment decreases, however The School of Health Sciences has the largest increase in enrollment.
Dukakis tied to Biden demise
The Associated Press
However, officials of the Dukaix campaign and the New York Times denied the report. The Des Moines would not confirm or deny the report.
NEW YORK — A videotape containing clips of speeches by Sen Joseph Biden and a British labor leader was given to two newspapers by someone connected to the campaign of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, Time magazine reported.
The tape showed portions of a speech by Biden that used verbatim quotes from a speech by Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock. Did not
attribute the words to Kinnock
The resulting furor over the unattributed words, as well as reports of law school plagiarism, led the Delaware senator to withdraw from the Democratic presidential race last week.
The similarity between the speeches by Biden and Kinnock were noted several weeks ago by the Times and the Register.
Time magazine said in its Oct. 5 issue that the Register implied its source was an "attack video." A Registrar member told colleagues the video was supplied by the Dukakis campaign.
Register editor James P. Gannon said yesterday, "I don't have any comment on our sources."
Time magazine also quoted what it called a reliable source as saying that someone connected with Dukan's campaign gave the video to the Times.
The Times denied that the campaign supplied a video. "Nobody spoon-feed us the story," said Craig Bentley, the Times Washington bureau chief.
Paul Tully, Dakakis' political director, told Time magazine that it was not the campaign that provided the tape.
Dukakis rips Reagan plan
Gov. Michael Dukakis
The Associated Press
WICHTH — The Reagan administration's actions in Central America are "one of the worst flascos in the history of American foreign policy." Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis said yesterday.
"The junta was breaking the law, doing things in secret and (Schulz) and the Secretary of Defenses didn't know a thing about it." Dukis said.
In a speech at a fund raiser for former Lt. Gov. Tom Docking, Dukakis said the Reagan administration had operated a "junita" in the White House, which is now an administration officials such as Secretary of State George Schulz.
"That isn't respecting the rule of law, and it isn't respecting the Constitution."
Dukakis was the principal attraction at two receptions yesterday in Wichita intended to retire much of the last $15,000 in debt Docking has left from his unsuccessful campaign for Kansas governor last year.
Docker endorsed Dukakis for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, calling Dukakis a leader who was a charakter and executive experience."
Docking and his campaign aides said they hoped to raise between 100,000 and 150,000 people.