Page 10 University Daily Kansan. November 12, 1982
English, math vital as core classes
By STEVE CUSICK Staff Reporter
Members of a committee studying the feasibility of a core curriculum at the University of Kansas have agreed that English and mathematics requirements should be central to such a curriculum.
"The committee is in some sort of consensus that they should be required. Al Johnson, assistant to the director for academic affairs, said recently."
The committee met earlier this week to review position papers drafted by four subcommittees, and the group will conduct for three hours Nov. 20, Johnson said.
The committee members were picked this summer to study the possibility of a core curriculum for freshmen and sophomores attending KU.
ONE OF THE subcommittees has suggested a 34-hour core. It would include eight hours in mathematics, three of which could be in symbolic logic; nine hours of composition and literature; a three-hour course in public speaking; five hours in a basic math course; two hours in the arts or art appreciation; and a course to acquaint students with "the human situation."
"None of the members of this subcommittee has any serious objection to the core curriculum," one position paper said.
One of the other position papers stressed the importance of writing skills as part of a core.
"The ability to write clearly and effectively is essential, and must be a primary focus for any curricular change," that paper said.
THAT SUBCOMMITTEE ALSO recommended that besides remedial programs, "all students be required ... to complete two semesters of English composition."
"These are the courses that should be taught in the freshman and sophomore years.
Also, "the subcommittee felt strongly that remedial courses should not be included as part of general education. Remediation is necessary for many students and should be given in the freshman year as early and as vigorously as possible."
Another of the subcommittee position papers divided courses into skill courses and core courses.
JOHNSON SAID THE committee was trying to construct a theoretical core curriculum, and would discuss in the fall a series of questions would look like at the Nov. 20 meeting.
The committee is expected to complete its report in April.
"Skill courses include mathematics, English, speech, foreign language and computer science," the paper said.
The Kansan is now accepting applications for the positions of editor and business manager for the spring semester.
Convocation decries use of nuclear arms
Applications are available in the Kansas business office, 118 Flint Hall, the School of Journalism office, 200 Flint Hall, the Student
Senate Office, 105 B Kansas Union;
and the Office of Student Organizations and Activities, 220 Strong Hall.
Pete Rowland, assistant professor of political science, answered a question from the audience yesterday in Woodruff Auditorium during a convocation on the nuclear arms race. Dennis Palumbo, director of the institute and Jaroslaw Plekalkiewicz, also a professor of political science, looked on.
Completed applications must be returned to Mary Wallace, assistant to the dean, 200 Flint Hall, by 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18.
Lawrence and KU law enforcement agencies will sponsor a rape avoidance seminar titled "Lady Stay Alive" on Tuesday in the Kansas Union.
Rv IEANNE FOY
The guest speaker for the seminar will be Carolyn Hukle, crime prevention specialist for the police department in Norwalk, Iowa. Hukle also is chairman of the Crime Alert Program in Des Moines, Iowa.
THAT DAY, formerly known as Armistice Day, is celebrated as Veterans Day. The convocation at KU was attended by many students from college campuses across the country.
Spring staff positions open
The convocation, which focused on alternatives to the nuclear arms race, began on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. These numbers are significant because the treaty that ended World War I was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of November 1918.
Seminar to show rape safety
By JEANNE FOY Staff Reporter
As Americans honored those who had given their lives in war yesterday, about 300 people gathered in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union for a convoction on one of the biggest threats to the world — the nuclear arms
At yesterday's convocation, Jarelswos Pieklaiewicz and Pete Rowland, KU professors of political science, and Dennis Palumbo, director of the Center for Public Affairs, gave their views on the nuclear arms race. Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science, was the mediator.
Topics in the seminar will be rape, sexual assault and hitchhiking. Incest.
KETZEL SAID Piekakiewicz. Rowland and Palumbo were chosen because they were all veterans, and a discussion
The message of the film was that the United States should make a pledge not to be the first country to use nuclear weapons and strengthen conventional weapons in Western Europe.
THE NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization relies on a flexible response policy, which uses a flaw the nation has had in its nuclear weapons several thousand nuclear weapons
"Citizens shouldn't let the military define victory and defeat," he said.
in efforts to prevent a nuclear arms race was an appropriate way to honor
PALUMBO SAID citizens needed to be more active in voicing their opinions on the nuclear arms race, and more involved in yesterday's convoction, were needed.
But the film argued that no nuclear weapon could be used without escalating to a full-scale nuclear war.
Rowland said he hoped that the convocation would be a step toward limiting the arms race.
would be used, if necessary, to fight Soviet forces if they ever attacked Western Europe.
"Nuclear devices are instruments of mass suicide."
Pikalekiewicz said, "It is a mistake to call nuclear warheads weapons. Weapons are used on hopes of winning a victory in order to be a winner in case of a nuclear war."
He said a nuclear war, which would probably last half an hour, would kill at least 200 million Americans and Soviets, making the 55 million people killed in World War II a trifling figure in comparison.
If only one city was left in the United States, but the Soviet Union was totally wiped out, then the military would define that as a victory, Rowland said. The convocation began with the showing of the film *The Unfinished War*. Use *Jacques Clunion War*, which was produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
"In war, each side ains to win. Why should they stop before their resources are depleted?" the film's narrator asked.
indecent exposure, baby-sitting, making acquaintances, and walking and driving safety also will be discussed.
The seminar will begin at 1 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium and continue at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom.
The seminar is sponsored by the KU Police Department, the Lawrence Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of investigation and other local agencies.
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