Monday, December 8, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Exams not to be canceled — that's final
Shulenburger reminds staff about policies
By Daniel E. Thompson
dthompson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Regardless of procrastinators' possible plots, no fire, bomb threat or chemical spill will stop a final exam. A University-wide plan tries to ensure that final exams are finished on schedule.
The only circumstance that may postpone a final is weather conditions
KU on Wheels buses are usually the measuring stick for calling snow days. If buses can't get up the hill, a snow day is called, but such weather probably won't cancel final examinations.
that are so severe that it is unsafe for students to come to campus.
"We would try to continue exams in bad weather if we could," said Provost David Shulenburger.
Shulenburger said he wrote the memorandum as a reminder of the University's policy never to cancel or postpone an exam, final or not.
Shulenburger issued a memorandum to vice chancellors, provosts, deans, directors and chairpersons last week and underscored part of the exam cancellation policy.
"No final examination will be canceled or postponed to a later date because of a building evacuation," he said.
If a building had to be evacuated, students would leave the building, and the faculty member would contact the police for an alternate location. The class then would proceed to that location and finish the exam.
David Dinneen, professor and chairman of the French and Italian
department, said it had been about eight or 10 years since an exam was moved or delayed because of a bomb threat.
"There was a period when there were a number of problems," he said. "Now it's settled down."
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One of the important goals, Shulenburger wrote, was that all exams were given on the day that they are scheduled. If exams must be delayed, finals would continue until all had been completed.
"Under no circumstances will we cancel a final examination," he said.
Some art with that?
Karen Larson, Scandia senior, shows one of her paintings at Papa Keno's, 1035 Massachusetts St. Four of Larson's paintings will be displayed at the restaurant through January. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazzo/KANSAN
Despite noise, trafficway building permit extended
By Ann Premer
agreemer@kansan.com
Kansas Staff Writer
Douglas County will not lose its permit to build a section of the South Lawrence Trafficway at the end of this month.
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted a one-year extension to the county for its wetland fill permit. The permit allows the county to construct a one-mile section of the trafficway that goes through the Baker Haskell wetlands south of 31st Street.
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"That has always been something we needed," said Commissioner Mark Buhler.
The corps has asked the county to complete a noise-impact study for that section of the eastern leg to determine whether a sound wall or additional trees were needed to help block traffic noise. Native Americans who use the wetlands north of 31st Street for spiritual practices have said that the noise would be harmful to their practices.
Buhler said the wetland fill permit was issued to the county approximately five years ago. The corps has been reviewing the permit for the past year and could revoke, renew or modify the permit. Attempts to reach the corps were unsuccessful.
Judge Tom Van Bebber ordered that the county not spend money on the eastern leg of the trafficway until a supplemental environmental impact statement was completed.
In the meantime, the county has asked Van Bebber for permission to complete the noise impact study, but the judge has not released a statement.
The county, however, is unable to complete the noise impact study because of an injunction placed on the trafficway. This summer. U.S. District
"We can't do it because we don't think we have the authority to do it." Buhler said about completing a noise impact statement. "We think if we went ahead and did it, we would probably get in trouble."
Opponents of the South Lawrence Trafficway oppose allowing the county to complete a noise impact statement.
Van Bebber's ruling is being appealed by the county and the Kansas Department of Transportation in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"While it may not be a buldozer, it is still a step in the process that they would have to go through," said Jason Daniels, Colby junior. "We'll still have the same position not of letting the county spend any money on a noise study even though they got an extension."
Daniels and other members of KU Environs, along with members of the Wetland Preservation Organization and Haskell Indian Nations University representatives, discussed their objections to the study Saturday at Haskell.
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