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September 25,1998
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Vol. 109 • No.26 Saturday & Sunday
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Protesters challenge display
Student organizations lead march against anti-abortion group
By Pallavi Agarwal Kansan staff writer
About 75 to 80 KU students peacefully marched down Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday to protest the anti-abortion displays organized by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform.
The protest was organized by the KU Pro-Choice Coalition, the Black Student Union and the Hillel Foundation. It started at 12:30 p.m. at the Chi Omega fountain and finished outside Watson library 15 minutes later.
The students marched and collectively chanted, "CBR go away."
After reaching the anti-abortion display in the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall, the marchers clapped their hands and screamed "Shame on you" and "Don't manipulate. Educate."
Sally Puleo, KU Pro-Choice Coalition vice president, equated the anti-abortion display to misogyny.
Dion Jones, Black Student Union president, said the protest brought the three groups together.
"Women who have had abortions are not Hitler," she said. "These displays show fear. A white man's fear. A fear that women would gain ultimate control over their body."
Elizabeth Caldwell, Lawrence junior, said she cut class to participate in the protest.
"For the first time, the Black Student Union is working with other organizations like Hiliel," he said. "I hope this is a message to other organizations who bring us their garbage that we will not tolerate it."
"I want to display my right as a woman," she said.
While pictures of aborted fetuses remained at the display, posters of racial lynchings and the holocaust were removed Wednesday by the organizers. Posters carrying the organization's Web site address were added in their place.
"That had some impact on the toning down of the display," he said.
Sgt. Troy Maileen of the KU Public Safety office said that a meeting had taken place Tuesday where the student organizations and some faculty and staff members had expressed concerns to the Bio-Ethical Center.
Gregg Cunningham, director for the Center, said that the Tuesday meeting had no bearing on the contents of the poster display and that they were rotating the photographs.
Cunningham said that he was not bothered by the protest and that debate on campus was healthy.
Extra security measures were taken by the KU Public Safety Office for yesterday's protest. Mallen said that six additional officers were deployed to the existing fleet of 11 officers.
Pulao said the police advised the groups to confine themselves to the sidewalk, keep entrances to buildings free and not to block the entrance to the anti-abortion display organized by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform.
Starting a protest
Starting a protest
Find out the rules for protesting at the University of Kansas.
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20th Day headcount of Kansas regents institutions Fall 1998
Jason Benavides/KANSAN
SOURCE: g:\headcount\fall98hc.wk4
Enrollment shows little change
Numbers effect Regents funding indicate trends
By Molody Ard Kanson staff writer
The release of the 20th day numbers showed little fluctuation in enrollment at the University of Kansas, with a total increase of only 58 students since last fall.
Total enrollment at the three University campuses this semester was 27,625.
The 20th day enrollment numbers, which were released yesterday by the Kansas Board of Regents, served as a comparison between the populations of the six universities in the Regents system.
The 20th day of classes at the University was last Thursday, but the Board of Regents waited until yesterday to release the data from all of the Regents' schools together.
The enrollment at the Edwards Campus, formerly known as the Regents Center, was calculated with the Lawrence campus enrollment. The total for those two campuses was 25,155 students. No individual total was available for the Edwards Campus. The total enrollment at the University of Kansas Medical Center was 2,470.
The numbers themselves aren't as important to the University as the trends that they represent, said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost.
"The numbers tell us whether we meet enrollment targets and other goals such as ACT scores and minority enrollment," she said.
Total minority enrollment increased 0.2 percent from last fall, with 2,345 students or 9.3 percent of the student body.
The enrollment numbers translate into cash for the University. These numbers are considered by the Board of Regents when money is allotted to each school.
"The numbers are important because it is money," Tom Hutton, director of university relations, said. "It is a funding source and indicative of the quality of students at the University."
Hutton said Regents funding was important because state money supplements the part of the budget that student tuitions don't cover.
"Students often times think their tuition pays the cost of their education, but it doesn't," he said. "It actually only pays about 25 percent."
McCluskey-Fawcett said the actual number of students became less important for the University because of the switch to linear tuition, but student enrollment still played a part in the allotment from the Regents.
"Head count data used to be more important than it is now because the budget is determined by credit hour," she said. "But it gives us a sense of how we compare to other universities."
The University of Kansas had the most students of any Regents university. The second-largest university was Kansas State University which, with its main campus, veterinary school and Salina campus, had a total of 20,885 students.
Kansas State University also had the largest increase in students from last fall with a jump of 579.
Although that looked good on paper, McCluskey-Fawcett said that it was preferable for universities to have only small fluctuations in numbers. She said large changes could cause shortages or surpluses of dorm rooms and space in classes.
"The trouble with big increases or drops is it throws off the budget cycle," she said. "Budgets are done the spring before and are based on stable enrollment. Minimal growth can be handled, but large changes cause problems."
Fort Hays State University was the only Regents school to have a decrease in students. The university population decreased by 215 students.
According to University of Kansas Profiles from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, University enrollment has been increasing since the Fall 1996, with a jump of 160 students last year.
More 20th day numbers
Check out the numbers for each professional school at the University.
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On-the-road blues
The football team hasn't won a game on the road since Nov.2,1996. The Jayhawks hope to snap that streak this weekend when they play the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
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Whatever happened to the stars of the '80s movies that influenced lives but lacked depth?
'80s stars'shine dims
NATO has told its generals to prepare for air strikes against Yugoslavia if President Slobodan Milosevic doesn't cease attacking ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
NATO says NO
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Friends must see TV
Students take time out from hitting the books after rerun season finally comes to an end. New series emerge as old stories submerge avid fans in new season plots.
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