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October 27, 1998
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Vol. 109 · No. 47
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Vol.109·No.47
Kansas linebacker Steve Bratten might be done playing football. The senior rarely practices but has continued to play despite knee injuries.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Open class withdrawal will end on Thursday
Liberal arts majors will need to petition in order to drop
(USPS 650-640)
By Carolyn Mollett
Kansan staff writer
For students trying to decide whether to withdraw from a course, Houston said a W on a transcript was better than an F.
Thursday is the last day students will be able to withdraw from College of Liberal Arts and Sciences courses without petitioning a special committee.
Friday is the beginning of the last third of the semester. Pam Houston, director of program coordination for the CLAS undergraduate program, said students have had ample time to withdraw from courses by now.
Houston said students who wished to drop a course after Thursday had to petition the Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising. A group of students and faculty then would determine whether a student could withdraw from the course.
"Not doing well in a class isn't sufficient evidence to get a petition approved." Houston said.
She said when unexpected problems arose, the committee generally allowed students to withdraw. Those circumstances could include a serious illness late in the semester or a family emergency, she said.
Dropping penalties
Undergraduate courses
Thursday is the last day students can withdraw from most classes without petitioning. Below is a list of what will appear on transcripts now and after Thursday, from the Fall 1998 Timetable.
School Until Thursday
Applied English Center Graded W
Architecture Graded W
Allied Health Graded W or F
Business Graded W or F
Liberal Arts and Sciences Graded W
Education Graded W
Engineering Graded W or F
Fine Arts Graded W or F
Journalism Graded W or F
Nursing Graded W or F
Pharmacy Graded W or F
R.O.T.C. Graded W
Social Welfare Graded W
Graduate courses
Until Thursday
Until Thursday
Graduate M.S.W. level Graded W
Graduate School Graded W
Law School Canceled
Friday-Dec. 8
Petition required; Graded W, if approved
Graded W or F
Petition required; Graded W, if approved
Graded W or F
Petition required; Graded W, if approved
Petition required; Graded W, if approved
Petition required; Graded W or F, if approved
Graded W or F
Graded W or F
Petition required; Graded W or F, if approved
Petition required; Graded W or F, if approved
Petition required; Graded W, if approved
Graded W or F
Friday-Dec.8
Graded W or F
Petition required; Graded W or F, if approved
Course canceled through Dec. 3
Kristi Elliott/KANSAN
Death of abortion provider resonates
Murder unites groups to speak against violence
By Jason Pearce Kansan staff writer
In reaction to last week's killing of a New York abortion doctor, local anti-abortion and abortion rights advocates took similar views — that violence as retribution is wrong
Andrea VanDyke, president of Students For Life-KU, said most anti-abortion advocates did not condone the killing.
"I don't think anyone understands why this person killed the doctor," VanDyke said. "But those types of actions are not the way to get your views across."
Barnett Slepian, a northern New York physician, died Friday after he was shot in his home by a sniper. This was the fifth attack on an abortion doctor in the area during the last four years, but the first one to result in a death
Liz Meittl, San Francisco senior, said she was concerned with the extreme views of some anti-abortion advocates.
"I don't understand how someone who is supposedly pro-life could justify killing someone." Meitl said.
Paul Farran, Wichita freshman, said it was unfair for people to view all anti-abortion people as the "bad guys."
He said students witnessed the opposite effect when a KU student drove his car into an anti-abortion display on Daisy Hill.
"A lot of people were offended by the display, but it made students realize what happens with abortions," he said. "It is wrong to kill an abortion doctor or commit other acts of violence."
Farran said the key to ending the violence would be to educate people fully on the issue and to allow for safe and open dialogues between the conflicting sides.
VanDyke agreed that further education would lead to a more peaceful debate.
"Education and healthy debate are the ways to go,not extremism and violence," she said.
Meitl said the abortion debate would eventually simmer down.
"Someday people will just agree to disagree, but that could be a long time coming if people keep killing," she said.
B. Reep Khuung, "she said.
Shelly Rogers, manager coordinator of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, said it was unfortunate that abortion clinics needed to protect the rights of women.
"Dr. Slepian was definitely one of the brave warriors that went above the sinister activities of so-called pro-life fanatics," Rogers said.
She said the government should work to strengthen laws on hate crimes.
More information The FBI is searching for more information about the shooting that killed Slepian Friday. See page 6B
Basketball fans swipe parking from students
Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
Finding a place to park on campus this season might be easier for fans of Kansas men's basketball. Students who attend night classes might not have as much luck.
Plenty of parking is available for fans on game night, they only have to decide on location and parking costs. But students in lots reserved for those with yellow permits could face parking tickets if their vehicles aren't moved by 5:30 p.m.
Lot 91, south of Memorial Stadium, will be open for basketball parking, said Donna Hultine, assistant parking director.
Three hundred spaces in lot 90, south of Robinson Center, and 176 spaces in lot 34, near the Computer Center, will be used for toll parking at $6 per car. The 750 spaces left in lot 90, 395 spaces in lot 72, east of the Burge Union, and 760 spaces in the parking facility are reserved for Williams Fund ticket holders.
Lots 72, 90 and 91 are reserved to students with yellow parking permits. Students in these lots must move their vehicles by 5:30 p.m. on weekday game nights to avoid a parking ticket.
Most red and blue permit lots are not restricted after 5 or 7:30 p.m., making these spots prime for basketball fans and students with night classes.
Some students who have night classes, such as Maureen Ray, park in permit lots close to campus buildings.
Ray, Overland Park senior, said she had not thought that men's basketball fans might be taking her spot on upcoming game nights.
The number of men's basketball games and neighborhood complaints did not warrant an exception here, Wildgen said.
Hultine said that just about any lot along Jayhawk Boulevard was available for basketball fans or students with night classes.
The Memorial Stadium lot was opened for basketball parking to reduce parking problems south of the Allen Field House, Hutline said.
Lawrence residents south and east of the field house complained last year about parking problems on game nights. At the time, the Lawrence City Commission was debating whether to allow homeowners to sell parking on their front lawns.
City Hall sent out a flier two weeks ago reminding residents south and east of the field house that yard parking was illegal.
Mike Wildgen, Lawrence city manager, said a city ordinance prohibiting yard parking had been in effect since the mid-1990s. Residents near Memorial Stadium were exempt from this ordinance on KU football game days.
PCs slice into Apple's popularity
More PCs than Macintoshes are used in University's labs
By Liz Wristen Kansan staff writer
Wes Hubert, associate director of Academic Computing Services, said he thought Macintosh-computer usage was declining. He said that last year the University chose to purchase more PCs for the Budig Computer Lab. The lab offers 98 PCs and 20 Macintosh systems for student use.
When it comes to computer preferences on campus, a line divides those who prefer Macintosh computers from those who stick by their PCs.
"My general impression is that there are two PC users per Macintosh system," Hubert said. "Macs are still used but the ratio seems to be that there is heavier PC use."
Jan Grzymala-Busse, student programmer/consultant for the Academic Computing Center, said he thought more students were using PCs because those computers were more user-friendly.
"I think people have veered away from Macintoshes because they have lost their advantage, which involved the use of graphic icons on the screen," Grzymalz-Busse said. "Before, people didn't like PCs, because you had to use keyboard commands, and with the Macs all you had to do was click on a graphic icon.
"Today PCs are easier to use, because you can do anything you want using your mouse because of the Windows 95 software."
Kara Donohoe, Harrisonville, Mo., junior, said the reason she liked Macintosh computers was because they were more user-friendly
Students choose the type of computer they use mostly based on personal preference, said Chris Ulmer, supervisor for the Union Technology Center.
Keeli Scheer, Norfolk, Neb., junior said she enjoyed the benefits of using a PC computer.
"I like my PC, because it's not very complicated, and it's easy for me to use." Sheeran said.
Lydia Ash, Budig lab supervisor, compiled the number of students who had used the lab computers since January 1 to determine the amount of use the two systems were receiving.
The compilation showed that PC use throughout the day was about 30 percent, and Macintosh use averaged about eight percent.
Makes them overweight about eight per cent.
Ash said the outcomes seemed a bit misleading, because the labs would sometimes be completely full between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., but at other times of the day may be close to empty.
Nowadays, Ash said she did not think many differences existed between the two systems.
"I think that some people have a personal bias toward the type of computer they want to use, but I honestly don't see many differences," Ash said. "I think that if you just picked a generic person off the street, 60 to 70 percent of people wouldn't know what they were using anyway."
Many locations on campus are still using Macintosh systems. The labs at the Academic Computing Center have about the same number of Macintosh computers as PCs, Hubert said.
The schools of Fine Arts, Journalism and Education and Robinson Center use primarily Macintosh systems.
Through the eyes of an artist
Kate Lindstrom,
Omaha, Neb., junior, sketches out the lines for her painting. Lindstrom was in front of Wescoe Hall yesterday at a painting station sponsored by the Fine Arts Committee of Student Union Activities. Photo by Graham K.
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