Page 14 University Daily Kansan, December 2, 1982
Changes in guidelines won't pass,official says
By VERONICA JONGENELEN
Staff Reporter
Proposed changes in affirmative action guidelines, many stemming form President Reagan's effort to ease corporate regulation, will probably not be the office of federal contract director for the office of federal contract compliance programs said recently.
The director, Betty Robinson, said she doubted that Regan's proposals would be approved unless they were in agreement different from the original proposals.
THE OFCCP is the branch of the federal government responsible for monitoring affirmative action programs and supporting organizations that have federal contracts.
Reagan's proposals include a rise in the cutoff limit for companies that have to meet the affirmative action requirements, from the current 50 employees to 60. The contract limits would be raised from a total of $80,000 in a calendar
year to $1 million in a single contract.
The changes were proposed Aug. 25, 1981, said Juanta Wehrle-Einhorn, director of the KU office of affirmative action. The time span between then and now is so long and the changes were so insensitive that she never heard she said she doubted they would pass.
KU was cited by the OFCCP for several violations in hiring and promotion practices as a result of a review conducted last spring. Administration officials then laid down guidelines for correcting the problems.
A CONCILIATION agreement was signed and KU was found to be in compliance with federal affirmative action guidelines.
That agreement, however, is not without problems, said Robbie Ferron. Ferron will become the KU affirmative action director in January.
Some of the availability figures used to determine that KU was underusing women and minorities were compiled. Women have not yet been updated, Ferron said.
Lake may be open by summer
With a little bit of rain and a lot of sediment removal, Douglas County's Lone Star Lake could be open for swimming and other recreation by this summer, a county official said yesterday.
Dave Green, public works engineer in training, said that Douglas County commissioners received four bids on the removal of more than 24,000 cubic feet of sediment, which is about seven feet deep at places, from the lake.
Of the four bids, N.R. Hamm
Quarries and Construction Inc., Perry,
had the lowest by $3,600 with its bid of
$67,216.
GREEN SAID that whether the lake filled or not would depend upon the
"It all depends on the rainfall," he said. "If it rains enough, the ground will become saturated and more water
will feed into the lake."
Michael Dooley, public works director, said that if the rain started too early, it could thwart the lake's filling.
The company whose bid is accepted will have 120 days to complete the project, the bulk of which was included in the deal to compensate for winter
"IT COULD probably be done in 20 days," he said. "It's to allow them a cushion for rain or snow. It also allows them to fit it into their schedule."
Dooley said he had already made his decision as to which bidder would be chosen, but he would not release the name of the bad informed the county mission.
If all goes relatively well, the
data could start within one or two
weeks.
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NASA officials said Mattingly was returning to Houston from business in the Gulf.
Dan Biehler/KANSAN
HOUSTON—Space agency officials said water on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base probably caused the T38 jei trainer flown by space shuttle pilot Ken Mattingly to skid out of control.
"Approximately 3,000 feet after touching down on runway 35 at Ellington, the aircraft ran off the side of the runway, coming to a stop about 30 feet off the concrete surface." NASA said.
Mattingly, a Navy captain who commanded the fourth Space Shuttle mission, was not injured in yesterday's incident, but the plane was damaged considerably, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported.
Officials said they thought the plane skidded on the surface, which was slickened by rain, as it was traveling between 120 and 135 mph.
THE PLANE*Standing gear col-
lection was broke and the wings
and flippers were broken.
As the end of the semester approaches and finals loom nearer, several KU students sought out the stacks of Watson Library yesterday for a last-minute study session.
He was unhurt in that incident
Shuttle pilot unhurt in crash
By United Press International
A board appointed by NASA was named to investigate the accident.
YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT was the second call for Mattingly in the past seven months. In July, as Mattingly was flying to Cape Canaveral, Fla., his T-38 had a partial flame-out in one of its two engines, causing him to make an unscheduled stop at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Committee considers English skills test
By STEVE CUSICK
Staff Reporter
Student papers dotted with grammar, spelling and punctuation errors have convinced a psychology professor that KU students should have to take an English proficiency examination
She is not alone in her conviction, either. A special committee studying the feasibility of establishing a core curriculum at the University of Karsas has begun discussing the possibility of offering courses to members of the committee said recently.
STUDENTS NOW must take two basic composition courses and a more
advanced English course to meet degree requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Students who had 26 or higher in English on their ACT test can skip the lower level course.
But Margaret Schadler, associate professor of psychology and member of the committee, said the two courses were not enough.
"I am convinced that merely sitting in a class doesn't guarantee that they will master the material," she said. "I would like to see them demonstrate some capability in dealing with the language."
She suggested a proficiency exam that would not necessarily have to be taken at the completion of the two courses.
THE CORE CURRICULUM committee, which is studying the possibility of a core for freshmen and sophomores but will not have the final say on its direction, will be working with such reticently with the idea of such a program, members said.
They also said the committee, which met Nov. 20 in a three-hour meeting, had not discussed the practical application of a curriculum.
"I have students in my classes that butcher their native language, which is English."
Regardless, Schadler said, some type of proficiency exam is necessary.
Students should have learned the mechanics of the language before coming to the University, and class work should be able to focus on communicating ideas, not learning the language, she said.
Lawrence Sherrie, professor of business and math who is a member of the committee, said that students coming to college as well as well prepared as they used to be.
BESIDES SPELLING, punctuation and grammar errors, she said, "I also learned to spell."
*Entrance skills are down considerably from what they were 15 years ago.
complete sentence, let alone write a paragraph "
He said that this applied to both English and math and that the lack of skills was reflected in a drop in ACT scores.