University Daily Kansan, November 19, 1982
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New Union director to be named today
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
The associate director of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Union will be the chair.
James Long, 38, today will be named by the office of student affairs as the new director, replacing Frank Burge, who will retire at the end of January.
Long will begin his new duties Feb. 1. Long, who was born in Newton, and went to school at Emporia, has held his current position for 10 years.
he said his first challenge would be to maintain the quality that he said had characterized the Kansas Union in the past.
"The University of Kansas has always been a flagship as a Big Eight school, and I'm looking forward to being a part of that," he said.
Kansas was the reason he decided to accept the position.
Long said the opportunity to return to
LONG SERVED as program director of the Memorial Union at Emporia State University from 1960 to 1971. He received a graduate degree in biology from Emporia State in 1968 and was admitted to education Degree from that school in 1975.
Long's wife, Phyllis, is a KU alumna and native of Pratt.
Burge, 60, announced June 28 that he would retire at the end of December for health reasons. Burge has since agreed to stay until the end of January.
The selection of Long marked the end of a five-month search that started in July. A search committee considered more than 80 applicants for the post.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that Long was the unanimous choice of the search committee.
bier, Caryl Smith, dean of student life. students, faculty and Union staff members.
THE COMMITTEE comprised Am-
The committee narrowed the number of possible directors to five in October. Each of the five was invited to come to campus for an interview
Based on those interviews, the committee recommended hiring Long.
"He stood out head and shoulders above the others," Ambler said.
Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Union, said he thought the committee had made a good choice.
"He was very well qualified." Ferguson said, "He had a good grasp of student union goods and services. I'm forward to working with him, for him."
"I was impressed with the gentleman," said Steve Word, Union
Other Union staff shared his enthusiasm.
Bookstore manager. "Jim Long is such a capable young man."
GERHARD ZUTHER, chairman of the English department and a faculty representative on the search committee, said he hoped Long would have a lengthy tenure with the Kansas Union.
During his time at the Union, Burge, who became the Union's first full-time director in 1932, saw it grow to more than twice its original size. There were three additions in the 1950s and 1960s, and Satellite Union was constructed in 1979.
"I think he will make a good Union director," Zulufer said. "He is, in some sense, the best man for the party."
Burge had the Union rebuilt in less than a year after it was heavily damaged by fire in 1970.
"It will be hard to replace the spirit and dedication that Frank has brought us," he said.
Students to compete for top scholarships
High school scholars will gather on campus Sunday to compete for the Summerfield and Watkins-Berger scholarships for next fall, an official in the office of student affairs said yesterday.
Linda Beville, assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs, said 227 high school seniors would be guests of the University while competing for KU's most prestigious freshmen scholarships.
The students will take a standardized exam, write an essay and interview with a 16-member committee
The students will have an opportunity to visit classes and to talk with faculty members in areas related to their academic interests, she said.
composed of faculty, staff and students,
she said. The six students on the
committee are former recipients of the
scholarships.
High school men compete for the Summerfield scholarship, an endowment by Solon Summerfield, former trustee. Kansas University Annual Meeting.
The Watkins-Berger scholarship for freshmen women is a combined en
dowment by benefactors Elizabeth Watkins and Arthur Berger. Berger's endowment is in memory of his sister, Emily, a former KU student.
The University identifies possible scholars by reviewing the National Merit seminomial list and by working with members of the high school counselors, she said.
Jerry Rogers, director of the office of student financial aid, said the scholarship amount varied, with each student being given a stipend for his freshman year. Students were awarded based on financial need and maintenance of a 5.8 grade point average.
To be considered for the scholarships, students have to be a National Merit semifinalist or National Merit commended, or have to have received a composite score of 30 or more on the ACT test, Beville said.
"It's the highest academic honor for freshmen," he said. "All of the students are top-ranking scholars in the upper 10 percent of their classes."
Rogers said last year's competition yielded 37 Summerfield scholars and 31 Watkins-Berger scholars.
Local women's groups set legislative priorities
"The number one priority now is to establish a new tax mix, with an emphasis on the severance tax," said Mayer, co-chairman of the local chamber.
In a recent press release, the local chapter of the League of Women Voters announced that it would focus its lobbying efforts on solutions to the economic crisis.
After heavy involvement in the November election campaigns, local women's groups are gearing up for some battles in the next legislative
The League wants the state to maintain the current funding level for community corrections and will be watching how the state crisis is affecting health departments and school finances, Meyer said.
"It's not a new thing, we've been supporting a severance tax for twelve years."
Meyer said the League preferred a tax mix that included an increase in the sales tax, with the exception of food items, and an increase in the income tax for those in higher-income brackets. She also said the League had wanted a reassessment of property taxes for years.
At the state level, Meyer said, the League is studying the nuclear waste
The local chapter of the National Organization of Women is focusing its efforts on fund-raising activities so it will be able to finance a full-time job in government compliance in January, said Larry Smith, local NOW president.
The group is strongly supporting changes in the state rape laws, Smith said, which are measures that recently approved by an interim committee.
At the national level, Smith said, NOW is supporting lesbian rights, Social Security benefits and the Equal Rights Amendment.
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