University Daily Kansan, November 8. 1982
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J-school changes language requirement
By VERONICA JONGENELEN Staff Reporter
The School of Journalism has approved a change in the foreign language requirement that will make the actual study of foreign language the only option available to reach graduation.
The change will not affect students presently enrolled in the school. It will take effect beginning with freshmen who enter the school in the fall of 1983.
Faculty and student representatives of the School of Journalism recently approved a recommendation from the school committee to remove the possibility of fulfilling the requirement with computer science or statistic research. Bremner, Oscar S. Stauffer distinguished professor of journalism.
Before the change, students enter
ing the school could fulfill the foreign language requirement in one of three ways.
STUDENTS COULD obtain the equivalent of 16 hours of college work in one foreign language, or the equivalent of 10 hours in each of two languages, or successfully complete two courses in either computer science or statistics, including a basic and an advanced class.
Now, students who enter the school in the fall of 1983 and thereafter will be able to choose only from the first two options.
Bremner, who heads the committee that recommended the change, said yesterday the change was made because the faculty wanted all students who graduated in the school to have some exposure to a foreign language.
"Also, we thought that the study of a foreign language would help them with the study of their own language," Bremner said.
Computer science and statistics, as important and vital as they are, do not meet the intent of exposure to a foreign language. he said.
PROBLEMS HAVE arisen from the number of journalism students taking courses in computer science who have little interest or ability in it, said Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Journalism.
"Once all the interest in computer science developed, then these students who really wanted to dodge the foreign language requirement filled those classes and created problems for classes and instructors." he said.
Bremner said, "Some journalism students who undertook the computer science option were not well enough
prepared mathematically to tackle the second course, and possibly even the first course."
Brinkman and Bremner both said the school would not discourage journalism students from taking computer science.
"Quite to the contrary, we're encouraging students who we think can handle computer science to take courses in it because computer science would be so important to them in the future," Bremer said.
Victor Wallace, chairman of the department of computer science, said he hoped the effect of the requirement change would be an increase in interested journalism students enrolling in computer science classes and less who are not interested but want to take the courses to avoid languages.
SenEx discusses program slashing
By DEBORAH BAER Staff Reporter
KU faculty and administrators admit that the state's financial condition is such that Regents institutions could move in state allocations this fiscal year.
The possibility of eliminating some academic programs surfaced Friday at a meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee.
The committee has been asked to develop a method for eliminating programs and to define "program," by determining whether they are, for example, units that grant degrees or units that represent emphases in departments, said James Carothers, SenEx member.
Although it could be a difficult task,
he said, the reason for doing it seems clear.
"Some universities have approached financial difficulties by eliminating programs," Carothers said. "In the event of a very stringent budget situation, it's one of the things you have to consider."
HE SAID SenEx members agreed, however, that programs should be eliminated only for academic, not financial, reasons.
If the Regents decided to discontinue an academic program, all people working in that program, including teachers, said Angert Ingney, SepEk member.
Tenured faculty generally can be fired only for moral turpitude or if the University declares financial exigency. But according to the guidelines of the
American Association of University Professors, a university can legally eliminate an entire academic program,授予 tenured faculty and administrators.
Angino said, “It’s the kind of thing that probably always comes up during times of financial shortages. We went through these issues later the last financial crunch.”
Angino said several programs had been phased out in the past, including home economics, mortuary science and nuclear engineering.
"What bothers me is the notion that a particular administrator could form a committee and say, 'Review this unit.' he said.
Other members agreed and decided to draft a program elimination method that would not allow a single administrator to cancel a program, he said.
But Carothers said he did not expect any programs to be discontinued this year and did not sense any need for them. The method for eliminating programs
He said some people thought the act of preparing such a method would increase the likelihood of programs failing. He said he, when asked, would be
"But I don't think that's an option," be said.
THE BOARD of Regents has planned a five-year review of all academic programs in its institutions, which officials say would be used for evaluation of programs and not for their elimination.
Pell supplements coming, aid office says
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Donna Kempin, assistant director of the office, said paperwork had been completed for almost all students eligible for the award.
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Fraser quits Chrysler to keep workers' trust
Spokesman Bill Stempien said Chrysler regretted but understood Fraser's action and called him "a valuable member of the board."
By United Press International
"The question in my mind is whether or not the membership on the board would be conceived in a conflict situation." Fraser said.
In a letter hand-delivered to Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca on Friday, seven hours after 10,000 Canadian workers went on strike against Chrysler, Fraser said he would suspend his board membership until after contracts were settled in Canada and the United States.
DETROIT—United Auto Workers President Douglas Fraser said yesterday that he had resigned temporarily from the Chrysler Corp. board to keep workers from questioning his loyalty after heception is more important than reality."
Fraser told reporters he was trying to convince Chrysler to pay supplemental unemployment benefits to American workers for their jobs because of a walkout in Canada.
Some workers have questioned Fraser's commitment to the UAW but backed him.
American UAW members last month resoundingly rejected a pact that they supported to raise the minimum wage.
Fraser joined the board in June 1980 under an agreement in which UAW concessions helped Chrysler get federal loans to avoid bankruptcy. He was the first union official on the board of a major American company.
HE SAID he wanted the UAW to keep its seat on the Chrysler board.
Fraser said U.S. talks could begin before January but there would be no early return to the bargaining table unless he agreed to raise that no money was available for raising.
"I WOULD doubt if they would have parts that would take them that far down the road." Fraser said, adding a "long, long strike weakens the compa-
The strike has idied six Chrysle,
Canada plants. Another 16 plants in
four states will be affected by the
business that is this week, iding
2,500 American workers.
They have agreed to work under the old contract until negotiations resume in January.
Canadian employees of Ford Motor Co. agreed yesterday to pay $40,000 a month to help 9,600 striking Canadian Chrysler workers.
"THEY HAVE agreed to raise their dues $10 a month per person," said Ray Lebert, secretary treasurer of Chrysler local 444 in Windsor. "If the strike goes on more than a month, they'll pay $20 more a month."
The 4,000-member Windsor, Ontario local 200 of the UAW approved dues increases to help workers from three other Ontario Chrysler plants, who struck Friday to give wage parity with the General Motors of Canada workers.
Fraser said he was surprised by Chrysler statements that it would not settle with Canadian workers until a pact was negotiated for U.S. workers.
Union officials said Chrysler Canada workers were $3-an-hour behind their counterparts at Ford and GM of Canada because of wage and benefit concessions made to the No.3 automaker in 1979.
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