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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 17, 1996
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Dole attack tries to narrow gap
Knight-Ridder Tribune
In last night's "town meeting" debate in San Diego, President Clinton and Senator Dole went head to head in the issues. Although pundits claim Clinton as the victor, but say that Dole gained ground on the character issue.
Clinton charged of being unethical in final debate
By Neal Shulenburger
Kansan Staff Writer
In an attempt to narrow the gap in the election polls, Bobby Dole went on the attack in the final presidential debate last night. Student opinion on whether that strategy worked seemed to split along party lines.
Three national polls released
Tuesday put Clinton's lead at 13 to 18 points, and all showed Dole below 40 percent.
After the debate, students' opinions varied on whether Dole gained any ground.
Chris Gentry Alma junior and treasurer of the KU Democrats, said that he didn't expect a big change in the poll.
Clinton tried to remain above the fray, leaving several attacks unanswered. He did not immediately respond directly to Dole's criticisms on ethical problems, but protested Dole's claim that he was trying to cut too deeply into the defense budget.
"You have to keep that public trust," Dole said. "I think now that trust is being violated."
ground files — many of them on prominent Republicans.
"I think we might see one or two percentage points more for Clinton," he said. "I don't think there will be much of a change."
However, Ryan Kauffman,
Lawrence junior and chairman of
the College Republicans, disagreed.
Another confrontation between the two candidates came when a member of the audience asked whether Dole thought his age mattered.
Kaufman said that Clinton's lead would decrease and that the debate might be one reason.
"I think it is also a strength, an
"At this point, debates cannot hurt Bob Dole," he said. "I think that he comes across as being much more honest and direct than Clinton."
One example of Dole's attack on Clinton's ethics came when he was asked about voter apathy.
"Many Americans have lost faith in government," Dole said. "They see scandals on an almost daily basis — they see ethical problems in the White House today."
Dole specifically mentioned the Clinton White House's collection of more than 900 sensitive FBI back-
advantage,
Dole said
Clinton said he wouldn't
make Dole's age an issue,
but said it was the age of his ideas
he objected to. He cited supply side economics chief among them.
"We tried this before," Clinton said. Dole shot when "Hook."
you don't have any ideas, I guess you say the other person's ideas are old."
Kauffman said that he thought Dole's debate strategy worked and Dole was able to win the debate.
"I think overall his aggressive strategy was good because he didn't go overboard with it," Kauffman said. "He didn't attack the president personally, while he pointed out some of the problems with the Clinton administration."
Gentry said Dole's attack on Clinton didn't succeed.
"His aggressive strategy made him come up a little better than the last debate," Gentry saff. "But I think that he was undermined by Clinton's platform. Clinton seemed to focus more on the issues, while Dole spent most of his time attacking the President."
The Associated Press contributed to this story
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's back pack, calculator and two textbooks were stolen between 12 and 1 p.m. from
Ekdahl Dining Commons in Lewis Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $157.
ON CAMPUS
KU Study Abroad will have an information session about French-speaking countries at 2:30 p.m. today at 4047 Wescoe. For more information, call the Office of Study Abroad at 864-3742.
New Student Orientation will have reorientation from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call 864-4270.
Rec. Services will have KU Fencing from 5 to 7 p.m. today at 212 Robinson. For more information, call John Hendrix at 832-9963.
KU KI Alikido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today in 207 Robinson. For more information, call Jill Woodworth at 864-1798.
Rec. Services will have KU Fencing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson. For more information, call John Hendrix at 832-9963.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Pannir at 864-7736.
KU Champions will have meeting and gaming from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. today in the
Kansas Union Paralors. For more information, call Erik Lindsley at 841-4585.
New Student Orientation will have reorientation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today in Ellsworth Hall. For more information, call 844-4247.
Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will have bible study at 7 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Becky at 864-8039.
lcthus will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Bunge Union. For more information, call Scott Nissen at 839-9179.
Intervarity Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Alderson Auditorium. For more information, call Jason Brown at 749-2408.
KU Meditation Club and Kansas Zen Center will host "Public Talk: What is Zen?" at 7:30 tonight in 1204 Dear. For more information, call Panner at 864-7736.
Latest indecent exposure perpetrator on the run
KU Queers and Allies will meet at 8 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call the KU Queers and Allies Office at 864-3091.
A man jogging on the nature trails near West Campus Road dropped more than a few pounds on Sunday night. He dropped his pants.
A KU employee who was walking her dogs north of Youngberg Hall just after midnight, told KU police that a jogger passed her on the trail. Police said that minutes later, she saw the same jogger standing next to a tree by the trail.
Sgt. Chris Keary said that the man's had his pants pulled down, but that the man was not
touching himself in any way.
Although he didn't disclose details, Keary did say that the man's behavior indicated that his intent was to be seen by the woman.
Police said the victim described the man as a 50-year-old Caucasian male, five feet 10 inches tall, with a stocky build and gray hair.
Police have no suspects in the case but do not think the man has been involved in previous indecent exposure incidents this semester.
Board of Regents considers revised faculty-review policy
Tenured faculty could be fired under proposed procedures
By Lindsey Henry
Kansan staff writer
The Board of Regents will vote today on whether to approve the six state institutions' proposed policies for faculty evaluations. The policies would allow the termination of tenured faculty members.
"We looked at all of the policies individually, and there really is no cookie-cutter policy," said Regent John Hiebert. "This is not to say that the Board will accept all of the policies."
Hiebert declined to comment on whether the University of Kansas' evaluation policy would be approved during the Regents' meeting today in Wichita, but he said that he liked several aspects of KU's policy.
"There are many strong things in KU's policy," Hiebert said.
In May, the Board of Regents mandated that each university redefine its existing policies on faculty evaluations to include explicit instructions for faculty who continually fail in the classroom, said Laurence Draper, president of the council and professor of microbiology.
Draper said that the council had been working on the policy's revision since May, when the Regents originally rejected all of the plans.
"We've got our fingers crossed," Draper said. "We, the council, and the administration all put in our part. It's obvious the Regents want something to change."
What the Regents want changed are the specifics for faculty assessments, Hiebert said.
"These evaluations should be designed to improve the learning environment in respect to students as well as faculty," Hiebert said. "If there was already an excellent learning environment, we wouldn't have to change things."
Hiebert said that the Regents were concerned with continual failure in the classroom, but he said that he stressed the faculty evaluation policies should focus on the renewal of faculty members, not their dismissal.
"There is no sense to dismiss disengaged faculty," he said. "Discarding the dead wood wouldn't fix the problem, but an effort to make teaching the optimum will hopefully do this."
An effort to excite educators was the focus of the policy the University submitted to the Board in September. The policy stated that if an instructor received a poor evaluation, the chairperson of the department would intervene to create a plan for classroom development, counseling or a change in teaching assignments.
"Some people may be better in researching positions than teaching positions," Hiebert said. "We just want them to use their time the best for the system."
Hiebert said a change in teaching assignments would not be used as an excuse to escape responsibility.
Senate members split about whether increase is necessary
Committee proposes faculty fee to finance new child-care center
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
The implementation of a faculty fee should be considered to help construct a new child-care facility on campus.
That was one recommendation the Student Senate Finance Committee sent last night to Student Senate in a report detailing steps Senate could take to create the new facility.
The recommendation of a faculty fee came from an amendment to the report by committee member Sean Haley.
"We have no way of imposing a faculty fee," Haley said. "But we ought to at least throw it in there. The facility would be used by faculty. They will be here longer than most students, and it is used as a recruiting tool. We ought to at least
"We didn't think when we drafted it that it was a good idea to suggest a faculty fee," Sullivan said. "We don't think that is necessary and that there are two many problems involved with it."
The report came from a subcommittee, which examined the current $2 student campus fee for the facility. The report recommends increasing the fee to $5 or $6 which would help speed up construction.
The fee goes into a bank account, which now has about $250,000.
Scott Sullivan, Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, helped draft the report. He agreed with Case.
"I agree with this in principal, but I can guarantee this would never happen," Case said. "If faculty even heard the two words faculty and fee put together then they would go crazy."
"This has a long way to go, but it is time that we do something," Sullivan said. "Student Senate needs to make sure there are quality child-care facilities on this campus."
Student Senate must take the initiative now. Sullivan said.
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But committee member Stevie Case said the amendment was not good.
The University must pay at least 25 percent of the proposed $4 to $5 million construction budget.
give them the idea that they should help pay to construct this."
If the report passes Student Senate, a Senate committee would begin negotiations with University officials on how to make the construction a reality. The negotiation team would follow the report's recommendations and use them as a guide in determining what is best for students.
Other recommendations include:
■ 50 percent of the facility must be open to students' children.
Hilltop, which provides child care on campus, would operate the facility. The new facility is needed because Hilltop's facility is falling apart, Sullivan said.
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