UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 19, 1996
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New honors director announced
Schowen to replace current acting director
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas honors program received a boost this summer when Barbara Schowen, associate professor of chemistry, was appointed director. Schowen replaces acting director James Carothers, who served for one year after the death of director Michael Young in 1995.
"Barbara Schowen continues the tradition of commitment to excellence in undergraduate education that Michael Young exemplified so well." Carothers said. "Her appointment signals a welcome new stability for the program."
versity for 19 years as a lecturer and then as an associate professor
Schowen has been with the Uni.
in the school of pharmacy. Since 1984, she has chaired the KU Health Sciences Committee that advises pre-medical, predental, pre-veterinary and pre-optometry students.
The honors program. a
part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, admits 250 to 300 students a year. It provides challenging classes, advising and social events for its students.
Barbara Schowen
The director is in charge of honors curriculum and administration as well as determining standards for admission and completion of the honors program. Schowen will work directly with associate directors Mary
"Basically, the director gives academic and intellectual guidance." Klavder said.
Klavder and Sandra Wick.
Sally Frost-Mason, dean of liberal arts and sciences, made the appointment this summer. She said Schwen's most notable achievement was her exceptional work in advising.
"She has helped many, many students get into medical school," Frost-Mason said. "This is a logical extension of work she has done here for many years."
The college is divided into three areas: natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Klayder is a doctoral candidate in English, one of the humanities. Wick has a master's degree in religious studies, a social science.
With a professor of chemistry one of the natural sciences — as director, the program will be wellrounded, Wick said.
"It's nice to have people from varying disciplines," Wick said. "Part of our goal is to get students
"Barbara has been a resource for years.Now she can help students even more."
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connected to professors in their disciplines."
Schowen was involved extensively with the program before her appointment as director. Her involvement included advising, teaching honors classes and reviewing scholarship applications, Klaydersaid.
"Barbara has been a resource for years," Klayder said. "Now she can help students even more."
CLAS to reward 4.0s with a T-shirt
Any student with a knack for art and a little creativity will have a chance to pick up extra spending money this fall.
Frost-Mason holds contest for design
Sally Frost-Mason, dean of liberal arts and sciences, announced Aug. 9 that she would offer $250 for a T-shirt design that represents the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Anything relating to the arts and sciences is fair game for the design.
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
Entries should be submitted to the college office at 200 Strong Hall.
The T-shirts will be given to freshmen and sophomores who earn a 4.0 grade point average, Frost-Mason said.
Frost-Mason said that the purpose of the T-shirts was to reward good students and to raise awareness of the college.
"My hope is to see lots of these across campus," she said. "Hopefully, this will be something that students will love to wear."
Ware Flora, Decatur, Ill., sophomore, earned a 4.0 GPA last semester. He said he thought that a feeling of achievement was the best reward for good grades.
"I think it's a nice idea," Flora said. "But I probably wouldn't call home and tell my family I got a T-shirt."
Justin Loburgio, Littleton, Colo. sophomore, said that shirts from the schools of engineering and law are always seen on campus. He said it would be nice to give the college more recognition.
"Also, if I had a 4.0, it would be nice to be recognized for a job welldone," he said.
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Poll says most Americans disapprove of gay wedlock
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Six in 10 Americans disapprove of gay marriages, regardless of whether the couple is male or female, according to a recent poll.
The survey sponsored by the polling company Louis Harris and Associates also found that 61 percent disapprove of a female couple who live together adopting a child, and 65 percent disapprove of two men who live together adopting a child.
Previous polls have made it clear that a majority of Americans, especially older people and men, oppose giving homosexuals a legal right to marry.
The Harris Poll released today approached the question a little differently.
Opposition to homosexual marriage ran 57 percent to 60 percent in an Associated Press poll in June.
It asked separately about male and female same-sex couples and also asking respondents to say if they don't feel strongly about the issue.
On single-sex marriage between two women, 63 percent disapproved, 11 percent approved and 25 percent didn't feel strongly.
Opinions were almost identical about male marriage: 64 percent disapproved, 10 percent approved and 24 percent didn't feel strongly. About 2 percent were unsure.
The poll was taken by phone July 15 to 21 among 1,004 adults.
Results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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