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Monday, August 18, 1997
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sullivan ready for change
Main issues include release of instructors' evaluations
By Scott Sullivan Student body president
One of the top issues in the campaign was the release of faculty evaluation information to students. At the end of each semester, students fill out instructor evaluations but never benefit from that information. The increasing costs of higher education and the advent of linear tuition make it absolutely necessary that students learn about the instructor before the first day of class. With the opportunity to view instructor and course evaluations, students can find out what their peers have experienced in the class as well as information about the instructor's style. Consumers can research doctors, lawyers and other professionals — it is high time the University allow students to learn about their instructors.
The upcoming year will be an exciting one for student government. During last year's Student Senate campaign, Mike Walden, student body vice president, and I worked to promote our ideas for Student Senate. During that process, we also learned about student ideas with regard to every area of the University. Those ideas provided countless suggestions about how we can make Student Senate more useful to students. When we took office, Walden and I started working to accomplish our goals.
Another concern in the upcoming year will be examining the possibilities for an ethical choice policy with regard to dissection in biology classrooms. Currently, a student who objects to dissecting animals on religious or ethical grounds has no alternative but to participate in this course work. Walden, as student body vice president, will lead a task force this school year to seek acceptable alternatives for students who object to dissection on religious or ethical grounds.
Another goal of this year's administration is to improve transportation. We want to work with the city commission to provide a bus system that would serve on- and off-campus needs at a reasonable price. Working with the city to coordinate KU on Wheels' routes would extend coverage while cutting the cost of the University's system. We also are working to make campus safer by continuing to offer rides home through Saferide.
The condition of Robinson Gymnasium also will be addressed by this administration. Two years ago there was a proposal to build a new recreation center at an increase of $00 per semester for all students. Although that proposal failed, Walden and I understand that students desire an improved recreation complex, but they want it for less money. We are examining financing mechanisms that could increase the funding to recreation services and make Robinson more comfortable and useful.
This year's Student Senate also will make an effort to improve communication between student government and KU students. Unfortunately, students often are not aware of the benefits offered to them through student government. They don't know what Senate is doing or how those programs affect them. We will work with the
Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN
Scott Sullivan, student body president, lists the release of instructor evaluations, an ethical choice policy and improved transportation as Student Senate's main goals.
incoming Senate Communications Board to produce an effective Web page; create an e-mail listserve from which students can learn of upcoming issues and agendas. Coordinate events to inform students of Senate issues and plan meetings in which Senate executives are accessible in a discussion forum. As a result of legislation Walden wrote this summer, the Senate Communications Board will be responsible for meeting with dozens of student organizations to inform them of how Senate can assist them.
These are just some of the issues we will attack. The Student Senate executives and the Student Senate have set lofty goals. It will be difficult for us to accomplish many of them without student help. Students' support of releasing instructor information, producing an ethical choice policy and improving transportation is vital to our efforts. We welcome your suggestions and support. If you have questions or suggestions about any issue, I strongly encourage you to call the Student Senate office at 864-3710 or e-mail Walden or me at:
sullivas@falcon.cc.ukans.edu or Mike Walden at walden@ukans.edu.
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