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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Student jewelry to be sold
Susan Futrell, Louisville, Ky., senior, models jewelry that she and other jewelry students created for sale. The jewelry sale will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow in the Art and Design Building. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
Proceeds will go to finance trip to art conference
By Mariana Paiva
Kansan staff writer
Sasanqua Link cannot even remember how many pieces of jewelry she has created since school started.
Tomorrow, Link and several other seniors and graduate students majoring in jewelry will sell their pieces from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Art and Design Building.
Link, Fitzwilliam, N. H., graduate student, said the money raised would help them to attend the Sculpture Object and Function Art Conference in Chicago.
Emily Hash, Overland Park senior, said all seniors and graduate students who wanted to participate in the creative process had a chance to express opinions about the type of jewelry to be made.
"I've seen these people in pictures for so long, and there I will have a chance to pick up something they made, try something on." Link said.
"First, we sat down and had discussions about what kind of things we wanted to sell," Hash said. "We did different sketches and later made samples and talked about how we could change them and create variations."
Link said the group used different techniques to decorate the jewelry, including using powder glass, heat and colors to create a material similar to ceramics.
Variety was key for the group, which manufactured rings, beads, necklaces and bracelets with materials ranging from plastic to silver.
Bracelets range from $9 to $150, depending on the material or the time spent producing it. Link said.
"If you are comparing to something that you can get downtown in a boutique, your jewelry may seem expensive," Link said. "But these are not things that you can buy anywhere else. They are hand-done and unique."
The students worked eight hours a day for the past few weeks to prepare for the sale.
ate student, said the time he spent preparing for the sale with other jewelry students was valuable. He said he learned things from them that couldn't be learned in a classroom.
Taweesak Molsawat, Thailand gradu-
Alpha Rho Gamma sponsored the sale by purchasing the materials used to
produce the jewelry. Alpha Rho Gamma is a student organization that supplies material and tools and organizes lectures for art students.
This sale is the first time students majoring in jewelry have produced pieces as a fund-raiser.
Online registration ready in three years at $2.3 million cost
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
The idea of registering online for classes at the University of Kansas always has been just that: an idea.
But the University purchased $2.3 million worth of software last year that would allow students to register online for classes in 2001.
The University recently put together seven teams that will be in charge of implementing the project. These consist of a leadership team and a project team led by Rich Morrell, university registrar
"This project is just so large that we aren't exactly sure of the implementation date," Morrell said. "It has to be a quality product once it is implemented."
Northampton, Pa..
Kristen Edelman,
senior, said she
thought it was time
students were given
the opportunity to
register online.
"Each month, they pay 30 people to do the same job at the registration office that a computer could do," she said.
"They have been wasting our time, and they have wasted some of their time since we should have had this choice a long time ago."
The University began looking into new software in 1992. After choosing
Online class registration
■ Should be in place by 2001
■ Rich Morrell, university registrar, is heading up the team to allow students to use the self-enrollment systems, such as online or telephone.
■ Will be available through PeopleSoft, the University's new $2.3 million software package
the system PeopleSoft in 1996, the University spent two years budgeting money for the project.
The finances came from a funding budget, said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost. This included the purchases of PeopleSoft for the financial aid and billing offices at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Regents Center.
"Each month, they pay 30 people to do the same job at the registration office that a computer could do. They have been wasting our time, and they have wasted some of their own time since we should have had this choice a long time ago."
Kristen Edelman Northampton, Pa., senior
Morrell said PeopleSoft is organized into seven parts: admissions, student records, advising, campus community, student financial and student financial aid. Morrell said he hoped the entire project would be complete sometime in 2001.
"It is going to take the University a while to finish this project because we have several University systems, and all the data on those systems must be converted to PeopleSoft," McCluskey-Fawcett said. "We must make sure that all the policies and procedures are compatible with the new system."
Of the Big 12 schools, only the University of Missouri offers online registration. Of the six regents schools, only Pittsburg State University offers online registration, which has been available since last summer.
The offices of human resources and payroll, finance and student administration will convert to the PeopleSoft, Morrell said. The software will replace the Student Records Information System.
"I think it is a good idea because it will reduce the headaches of add/drop," said Joe Dix, St. Louis, Mo., junior. "Then we will be able to see online what classes are open, choose our classes and then see if they work with our schedule."
Morrell said that about 60 to 80 institutions-nationwide were using PeopleSoft
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