UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 19, 1996
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engineering students attending yesterday's 18th annual Computer Science Career Fair had an oppor
tunity to meet recruiters from 60 businesses and KU graduate programs in law and business.
Engineering fair attracts recruiters
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
Knowledge is power, and the 700 KU engineering students who packed the Kansas Ballroom were seeking both.
The 18th annual Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair attracted about 60 businesses, a 20 percent increase from last year. Karen Kelm, coordinator of the Engineering Career Services Center, attributed the increase to more national recruiters and the high quality of KU engineering students.
"The number of employers interested in our students really
took off in 1995, and the trend seems to be continuing in 1996," Kelm said.
Businesses like Boeing Commercial Airplane, Frito Lay Inc., and Xerox, and KU graduate programs in business and law recruited students.
Dave Collins, associate director of the graduate program in the business school, said the fair was one way to recruit students for the business program. Twenty-five percent of the business school's recruits have technical backgrounds, and the engineering fair is a way to spread the word about graduate business opportunities, Collins said.
"Engineering graduates have no problem making good graduate students,"Collins said.
The engineering fair returned to campus after five years at the Holiday Inn Holidome. The move was made after engineering students found the location inconvenient.
Jason Funk, McLouth senior, said he liked the ballroom but didn't enjoy the limited space.
"They needed to open up the hallways," he said.
Many students who attended were seniors and graduate students looking for internships, but other students attended to learn what types of jobs and opportunities are available.
Commission bars Perot from coming debates
Neal Shulenburger
Kansan staff writer
The presidential debates probably will have one fewer participant this October.
The Commission on Presidential Debates recommended Reform Party candidate Ross Perot and his running mate Pat Choate not be included in the debates. Panel members said they did not invite Perot because he did not have a realistic chance of winning.
The decision to leave Perot out of the debates caught some students, including Ryan Dambro, Emporia junior, by surprise.
"He was allowed in last time," Dambro said. "I thought that the two parties learned then that he was legitimate. I don't understand what the difference is now."
Jake Smith, Omaha, Neb., freshman, said that Perot should be in the debates, although Smith doesn't support Perot.
"As long as he's serious about
running, he should be allowed," Smith said. "I don't think it should be anyone but the people's decision who has a legitimate chance to win the election."
The commission cited Perot's poor showing in national polls as justification for barring him.
Running as an independent in 1992, Perot won 19 percent of the popular vote.
But this year Perot isn't faring as well. His ticket received only 5 percent of the vote in Monday's ABC News tracking poll. Clinton led the poll with 49 percent, and Dole received 41 percent.
"It's nobody's fault but his own that he's not getting the same support," Dambro said. "People criticize him for not having any real plan, and he hasn't done much to show that he does. He also dropped out of the election in 1992 under weird circumstances, and that hurt his credibility some."
Although the commission consists of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, no independent members were included.
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, said that partisan politics played a big role in the decision.
"Well, they don't call it a two-pass system for nothing," he said.
However, it still is possible that Perot will participate in the debates. He has filed suit in federal court to force the two campaigns to let him speak. If both campaigns agree, they can override the commission's decision.
Carroll Campbell, the lead GOP representative in ongoing negotiations between the two campaigns on the debates said that the two campaigns were not talking much about Perot.
If too many people participate, Campbell said, "you don't have a debate, you have a cattle show. Perot is not something we're discussing."
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
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SUA workers build a movie screen that will float on Potter Lake for tonight's a free double feature, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Abyss. The screen was made with wood and plastic foam and will be tied to the shore. The movies will begin at dusk.
SUA movies make waves
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
To bring the creature from the Black Lagoon to Potter Lake, several KU students created a monster of their own.
For tonight's free double feature of The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Abyss, members of SUA's Spectrum Films Committee built a 12by-15-foot movie screen that will float on Potter Lake.
That is, it will float if everything goes according to plan.
"It if sinks, it's going to be just as entertaining as if it floats," said Brett Generaux, Kansas City, Kan., junior, who helped put the finishing touches on the screen.
The screen's wooden frame will float on two eight-foot pieces of plastic foam and will be tied to the shore with cables from the top and bottom of both sides.
Committee member Randy King, Wichita senior, said the foam could keep a pontoon boat afloat.
"I'm not really worried about it sinking," he said.
Gretchen Hedrick, Manhattan senior and committee chairwoman, found the idea in a book by independent film producer John Piperson.
A committee member's father provided the design for the screen, and 10 members constructed the piece.
Most of the lumber was donated by Consolidated Lumber, 1011 N. Third St., and other materials were purchased by SUA as part of its new programs budget. Hedrick said the cost of the project was less than $200.
"We revamped the design to fit what got donated," she said.
Much of last night's and Tuesday night's work was devoted to making sure the screen would not tip by adding stronger boards and discussing how to properly tie the screen to the shore.
"If it doesn't sink, we'll have to deal with the wind," Hedrick said.
Hedrick said she hoped for a turnout of more than 200 for the movies, which will begin at dusk.
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