Volume 124 Issue 43
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Monday, October 24, 2011
FEATURE
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lacks record accessibility
SARA SNEATH
ssneath@kansan.com
In the last 10 months, there have been four public censures of University of Kansas faculty. The first of the recent public notices occurred in December of 2010,
prior to which the University
had not censured a faculty
member since 1993.
David Guth,
an associ-
Guth
Lushington
ate professor of journalism, was censured last December for engaging in unprofessional, threatening and abusive behavior toward an
other faculty member. Following Guth's censure, Dennis Sander, an associate professor of architecture, was censured in July on similar premises. Mahesh Visvanathan, a courtesy assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, was
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censured for plagiarism in October along with Gerald Lushington, a courtesy associate professor in the department of medicinal chemistry.
Hummert said the University's public censures have always been published in the University's newsletter. All four censures were an-
"The events that precipitated the cureses are rare occurrences that simply happened to occur within a short time frame," said Mary Lee Hummert, University vice provost.
Index
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Whether it's the threat of eviction from an apartment or securing a copyright for a work of art, the office of Legal Services for Students offers critical advice, representation and education for many legal challenges students may encounter while at the University.
MARSHALL SCHMIDT
mschmidt@kansan.com
"We try to do preventative education, and when something does occur, we are here to help students make good choices," said Jo Hardesty, a managing attorney and the office's director since 1987.
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The office began in 1979 as a campaign promise by then student body president Steve Leben, who now serves as a judge on the state's
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Funded through a student fee of less than $11 per person, the office does not charge additional fees for its services, which are provided by attorneys and law students under attorney supervision. The office assists many students in setting disputes with their landlords.
"A lot of people don't know what landlords are required to provide," Hardesty said. The office sees cases in which students are living with perpetual health and safety code violations, such as electrical problems and malfunctioning fire extinguishers, that go unattended by landlords. The office helps students report any violations to the city and represents them in court if needed. Oftentimes these issues
Court of Appeals.
Alyssa Boone, a third-year law student from Wichita, works as an intern in the office and has first-hand experience with the advice that the office gives. Two years ago, an apartment leak caused property damage and she disputed the lease she had signed.
create security deposit refund disputes between tenant and landlord, which the office also deals with.
"I came and talked to one of the attorneys here, and he showed me how I can hold the landlord accountable for sub-standard conditions," Boone said. "He gave me an objective perspective about the legal context of what I was going
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Don't forget
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SUA is hosting Open Mic Night in the Hawk's Nest on level 1 of the Kansas Union from 7 to 9 p.m.
Today's Weather
Forecasts done by
University students. For
a more detailed forecast,
see page 24.
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HI: 81
LO: 59
A sunny start to the week