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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 9
ADMINISTRATION
Endowment finances Hemenway's return
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Former Chancellor Robert Hemenway will take a one-year sabbatical before returning to the University to teach in Fall 2010. The Kansas Board of Regents released details of Hemenway's salary while he's on sabbatical, including when he returns to teach.
BY BRANDON SAYERS
bsayers@kansan.com
Former Chancellor Robert Hemenway has signed a new contract and will begin teaching at the University in the Fall 2010 semester. Until then, he is still being paid the same salary he made as chancellor — $340,352 per year — as he takes a sabbatical to work on writing projects.
Despite his continued six-figure salary, only about a third of it will be paid with public dollars. According to a memo from the Kansas Board of Regents detailing Hemenway's new agreement, public funds will pay him $120,000 per year. Under his new contract, the Kansas University
Endowment Association is paying the other $220,352 of his yearly salary with private donor funds.
Lynn Bretz, director of University Communications, said Hemenway's contract was appropriate given his history with the University.
"A $120,000 salary for a full professor with a national reputation who has written a groundbreaking book is highly appropriate," Bretz said. "And for Chancellor Hemenway, who worked for 14 years, 24-7, never taking a sabbatical, it's absolutely appropriate."
Mason Heilman, student body president, said he also thought the salary was justified. Heilman said he had heard no complaints about Hemenway's agreement.
"Based on the work that Charcellor Hemenway did in his 14 years, I don't think that this is an unreasonable compensation package at all." Heilman said.
Heilman said he thought Hemenway could be valuable to the University as an ambassador to the Regents and other legislative bodies.
The Regents' memo states that Hemenway is currently on a one-year sabbatical until July of next year to "focus on writing projects". Hemenway will then teach one course per semester during the 2010-2011 academic year. After that, Hemenway must sign a new contract if he wishes to remain with the University.
Other benefits Hemenway will receive under this contract for continuing services include four tickets to all coming University athletic events, a graduate research assistant to support book projects, office space, secretarial and computer support, and any moving costs incurred during the position change.
The memo also details agreements the Regents made with former Pittsburg State University President Tom Bryant and former Kansas State University President Jon Wefala. Bryant and Wefala also stepped down recently and will receive benefit packages similar to Hemenway's for the coming
WHEN PIGS FLY: H1N1
Beating swine flu: students speak out
BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
SEE CHANCELLOR ON PAGE 3A
Stephanie Alwood, Topeka junior, said she was doing volunteer work at Centennial Park last Saturday morning when she felt a cough coming on. After volunteering, Atwood returned to her sorority and tried to go for a run. She felt sick and couldn't get very far. By 3 p.m., she got in bed and stayed there for the rest of the day.
Adam Greenhaw, Independence, Kan,
sophomore, woke up last Monday morning with a cough. By Monday night, he was in bed with chills and a fever. Within 24 hours, one of his two roommates became sick, too. His third roommate had complained of similar symptoms two days before.
Bryant Hadley, Wichita sophomore, woke up Tuesday and had a small cough. After his 10 a.m. lecture, his nose was running. During his 3 p.m. engineering
class, he broke into a sweat. When he got back to his MC column room at 4 p.m., he collapsed on his bed. He closed his door and slept unacely through the afternoon and into the night.
Atwood, Hadley and Greenhaw all had the H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu.
Over the weekend, administrators at the University reported a high of 343 suspected HHN1 flu among students. During the first full week of school, sick students isolated themselves from classes and friends to get healthy and control the outbreak.
On Sunday, Alwood said, she went to Watkins Health Center because she suspected she had the virus. She said the center had a designated a waiting room for students with the like symptoms. She said everyone wore protective masks.
"It was kind of weird sitting in a room.
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SUA
Free Ferris wheel, cheap cotton candy are a hit
Thousands take advantage of bargain fun at 3rd annual carnival
BY ALY VAN DYKE avandyke@kansan.com
More surprising even than a chilly, 57-degree night in the middle of a Kansas August was the sight of a Ferris wheel towering next to the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center Saturday night.
Extending across half of the parking lot, the Student Union Activities Carnival offered more than 2,500 students four hours of fun at a bargain price. Students received five free tickets and could purchase another 10 tickets for $5.
An hour after his arrival at the carnival, Strathman sported a green and white Dr. Seuss hat, won from one of the games offered. He carried a Daffy Duck balloon animal in his hand and a pink teddy bear in his back pocket, another trophy from his carnival gaming skills.
Though lines for the attractions could last up to 30 minutes, and some students said they wished for more free tickets, most praised the event.
Samphors Sar, Cambodia graduate student, said she had never been to a carnival before Saturday night.
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Yan Zhang, China sophomore, competes against his friends at a horse racing game Saturday night at the Student Union Activities' annual carnival event. Attendance reached around 2,500 for the event, which was free to KU students with a valid student ID.
While still dizzy and a bit nauseous from the swings, Sar headed to the balloon dart game. Armed with two tickets and practiced skills, Sar took aim. Though she popped two balloons, she earned only one point, thus limiting her prize options to a temporary tattoo set. Despite her disappointment — she had her eyes on a big purple dinosaur — she said the game was her favorite because it reminded her of home.
to be" said Bradley Strathman,
Topeka freshman.
"It's hard to say because I don't have a comparison," she said. "But from what I can see, it's really good. It's just like Worlds of Fun."
lights, fast rides and big prizes. Safely decided to spend her five free tickets on the Musical Chairs swing ride and the balloon dart game — a game she knew from home.
"The carnival was the place
As she walked through the carnival, Sar's eyes roamed from the Ferris wheel in one corner to the horse-racing game in the other. Pulled in every direction by bright
The games also drew Ben Davis, Osawatomi freshman. Davis, however, said he had eyes for only one thing when he walked through the myriad attractions: the big,
plush Batman at Duck Pond.
Pooling the tickets of dedicated friends, Davis made his way to Duck Pond. A table with floating ducks and the woman facilitating the game were now the only
things standing between him and his prize, worth 100 points.
"I'm not very lucky" he said. "If I wasn't given all these free tickets,
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ADMISSIONS
Gov. calls for tougher standards
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
Last Tuesday, Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson suggested changing admission standards for Kansas universities, beginning what he called "a necessary conversation"
about higher education. At the Board of Regents meeting, he discussed changing standards as part of a 10-year plan to improve
Parkinson
"These are things that needed to be talked about that weren't being talked about." Parkinson said.
the national rankings of Kansas' three "national uniiversities:" the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
Currently, US News and World Report ranks the University as 96th out of 260 universities. Kansas State was ranked in a tier between 134th through 196th, and Wichita State in a tier between 197th and 260th.
Parkinson said the success of state universities was vital.
"It's very important to me," Parkinson said. "The state cannot succeed if the Regents institutions don't succeed."
REGENTS CAN NOW SET STANDARDS
"The current policy puts Kansas at a competitive and operational disadvantage," administrators said in the report. "We are required to admit students to KU whom we know will likely fail."
Last year, University of Kansas administrators called some of the current admission requirements "outdated" when commenting to a task force formed by the Regents on admission policies.
Lynn Bretz, director of University Communications, said the current system was not encouraging students to be
SEE PARKINSON ON PAGE 3A
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