UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Mondav. August 18. 1997
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New faces, places grace the Hill
University alterations spruce up aesthetics academics for students
By Crystal Honores
Kansan staff writer
Returning students may notice several transformations in the faculty, graduate programs and Lawrence campus this fall.
The physical changes to the campus are part of the $44 million that the Kansas Legislature allocated the University as part of the Crumbling Classrooms Project, said Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
"We want to preserve the beauty of Mount Oread and have a physical environment that shows respect for learning and scholarship," he said.
The money has spurred a series of projects that will be announced this fall as a part of the University's physical plan for the future.
The completion of Budig Hall, repainted classrooms and new curbs were portions of the plan finished this summer.
Hemenway said that Budig Hall would offer students an additional computer lab with 125 new computers.
Joseph R. Pearson Hall will also be renovated to house the School of Education, which was formerly located in Bailey Hall.
We want to preserve the beauty of Mount Oread and have a physical environment that shows respect for
learning and scholarship."
Robert Hemenway
KUchancellor
Sports fans will watch football games under new lights, which are part of Memorial Stadium's renovation plans.
But updating the campus isn't the only thing on Hemenway's mind. He said he was also concerned with future of the University's faculty.
"A university is always defined by its faculty," he said. "They recreate the university."
Andrew Debicki, dean of graduate and international programs, said there would be new faculty faces on campus, as many of the faculty members hired before 1975 are retiring.
New faces on campus will be 150 to 200 international visiting scholars and,1,600 international undergraduate and graduate students, Debicki said.
In an effort to internationalize the KU curriculum, the Office of International Programs offered $1,000 stipends to professors who would create a new international course or add international content to an existing course.
Though these courses may not be offered in the fall, they will be offered within the next two academic years.
Some departments have been evaluated by reviewers from other institutions, but he said that not all departments would be reviewed externally.
The department of graduate programs coordinated with other KU departments by refocusing programs to better meet students' needs, Debicki said.
Some of the strongest departments were those at a crossroad, he said.
These crossroads include changes in directors, faculty demographics, or research and discipline.
Debicki said that departments such as history and English produced many Ph.D. graduates, but that the job market for the graduates was scarce. The solution, he said, was to downsize the graduate programs.
The biggest concern for the office of graduate programs was that departments and faculty be aware of trends, give good advice and monitor and mentor so that students are prepared, Debicki said.
Change interrupts sense of community
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I had some bad news the other day when I learned that a part of my life was gone, probably lost forever. Joel, who has worked at the Kwik Shop on Ninth Street since I was a sophomore, has graduated and gotten a real job.
Certainly, as tragedies go, this isn't going to rank up there with such doozies as death,
administration. But for my life, a major element of my sense of community has been lost.
I came to Lawrence to go to school after a summer internship away from home. I had left Liberal, my hometown in western Kansas, about 15 minutes after high school graduation. I lived on my own in southwest Missouri for that summer, working at
a small newspaper. With my real home so far away, it was important for me to forge a new home in Lawrence, not just a temporary place to live while I was in school.
Along those lines, I made an effort to get to know the town and its faces. I found I liked living in Lawrence, and I liked the people here. I met Joel in my sophomore year when I got my first apartment. I would walk to Kwik Shop to get a soda or a snack or a tankful of gas. Their ATM was my satellite bank. If I was hungry in the middle of the night, a Strawberry Shortcake Roll was always available. Kwik Shop, as silly as it sounds, became a part of my community.
I don't remember introducing myself to Joel; he may have just noticed the name on my check or maybe I told him. But after he learned it, I never walked into Kwik Shop when he was working without him giving me a hearty greeting that included my name. I would get whatever I needed and talk to Joel
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for a few minutes before I left. We would talk about little things: how business was, his interesting customers, our classes, how much we liked Lawrence in the summertime, or our weekend plans.
I never met Joel's family, I never ate a meal in his home or grabbed a beer with him after work. I never even asked his last name, but he was a key part of my daily routine. I liked the fact that he knew my name. I looked forward to buying gas and refilling my 64-ounce cup.
Most people make their lifelong friends in college, but few students seem to be aware of the community outside of M. Oread or Massachusetts Street. The turnaround in restaurants, bars, the grocery store and the bank is so quick that as soon as you know their employees, they tend to be gone. It's hard for students who try to cultivate a sense of their community to do so, because very few relationships outlast a lease.
Joel was an exception. He always seemed to be at work, even though I probably knew his schedule subconsciously. I would glance in the window at Kwik Shop some nights as I drove by with a slight hankering for gummi worms or a hot jalapeno sausage, but more often than not I would drive home if Joel was not there. I always felt like a stranger going into Kwik Shop when he wasn't there, and I felt like a traitor if I stopped at another convenience store. Aside from being a good friend, Joel was an asset to Kwik Shop's business.
It never occurred to me that he would leave one day, and I suppose I never thought of how much I enjoyed talking to him at the cash register. I expected Joel to be a static part of my life, of my community. I'm saddened by his career advance and wish him luck.
I moved on to bigger and better things. As for me, I think I'll go to Jayhawk Food Mart.
Life after politics Bob Dole's career takes a new turn
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Bob Dole now is pitching a debit card, an airline, doughnuts and even a Target store in his home state. "Paper or plastic?" Dole asks Kansas residents in his newest TV commercial.
The grinning, self-deprecating former Kansas senator and Republican presidential candidate has found a new celebrity outside of politics.
He's doing most of the commercials for laughs and donating much of the money he's earned to charity, including his spiel for the big, new Target store that opened in Olathe, Kan.
Bob Dole
"Now my career in politics is over, but I remain committed to providing you, the people of Kansas, with better opportunities, better resources and better choices," Dole says in the TV spot for the department store chain.
"With all this in mind I would like to ask all of you one question: Paper or plastic?"
Dole, in an interview July 29 with The Associated Press, said he's careful about which commercial offers he accepts.
"If they're not any fun, I don't want to do them," he said. "I've turned down things I didn't think were appropriate, or dignified, or funny."
Dole says he's not just a salesman; he has a message to convey: "I just want people to know there's life after losing an election, and I think you can be a winner even sometimes when you lose, and you can set an example for other people.
"That's been my message: Don't let it get you down. I've made it a point not to go out after the election and start jumping on Clinton or blaming anybody else for my defeat. That chapter's closed, so let's move on."
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