FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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said Arthur Jones, Student Executive Committee chairman. Freshmen voted online from their dorm rooms this year. Also, the election was closer to the beginning of the school year and the elections received more publicity. Jones, who coordinated the election, said he considered the election a success, especially compared to last year's.
The freshmen will be full members of Senate and will have voting rights after the Student Executive Committee approves the results. Love said freshmen would have a different view of the needs of the University than older students.
"Freshmen are a valuable tool to Senate," she said.
THE FAB FIVE FRESHMEN
The following is the breakdown of the results of the freshman candidates and the vote count.
Hannah Love .174
Dennis Chanay .140
Jonathan Doerr .126
Alex Treaster .116
Selena Self .97
Grant Huang .95
Erin Gregory .88
Anthony M. Kreis .85
Tutu Lee .84
Christy Steinbrueck .73
Whitney Huffman .71
Jessica Fleming .69
Lance Mall .69
Kelli Stout .67
Ray Wittlinger .62
Kelli Munsterman .61
Tricia McGhee .58
Daniel Amoako .54
Tom Cox .52
Mary Melton .51
Darin Olivarez .50
Dusty Johnson .40
Kathryn Istas .35
Sotoria Butler .35
Write-In Candidates .210
- Edited by Bill Cross
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CHANCELLOR: Details plan
Hemenway also addressed the issue of tuition increases within the University's five-year plan. The University would once again have the highest enrollment in University history despite increasing tuition, he said. Official enrollment numbers will be released in two weeks.
He said the University was lacking in its visual identity. The University has a barrage of identities including the official seal and the Jayhawk mascot. He said one of the goals of the new plan would be to combine both images as well as other University images into a central identity for the University. He said the plan would include significant changes to the University's Web site to improve ease of use, content and overall appearance.
The tuition hikes have provided many benefits to faculty and students, Hemenway said.
Jeff Olafsen, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, said Hemenway did a good job explaining the positive effects of the tuition hike.
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Other faculty members came away excited by the chancellor's animated address.
JUGGLING Open to all
SELF
"I hope his energy extends to the whole staff and the University," said Marilyn Stokstad, professor emeritus of art history.
One hundred new faculty members will be hired by the end of the five-year plan. Online registration and enrollment has arrived. Many faculty members' salaries have been raised. The University's tuition rate places it below the average of other public universities and the University's quality ranks consistently above average, Hemenway said..
Some faculty members were pleased with Hemenway's explanation of tuition benefits.
members. They performed outside of Wescoe Hall on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon for anyone who wanted to watch. After a photo in a 1994 Kansan, there were no records of the club.
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The club plans to meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 11 p.m. on the Allen Fieldhouse lawn, but locations could vary. The KU Juggling Club is open to all students, and there is no experience required.
Gramarye set up a booth during Hawk Week and put out a sign-up sheet for anyone interested. He received 78 signatures that week and now has 90 people interested in the club. Currently, the club has 11 members.
"Coordination is not a prerequisite for juggling," said Gramarye.
9/11: Tragedy affected students
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But the situation was different in Kansas. Alharbi said.
The then freshman found himself, with a limited English vocabulary, acting as a liaison between his Muslim faith and Middle Eastern culture and curious classmates.
"A lot of people started asking me questions and wanted to know about Islam and what happened on Sept. 11," he said. "Everyone, newspapers and TV, kept saying Sept. 11 was caused by Muslims and there were terrorists and all those kinds of things. It was totally annoying to me."
But when Alharbi spoke up, he said his classmates were open to his ideas and perspectives. Effects on International Enrollment
International student enrollment did not see the effects of Sept. 11 until Spring 2002, Joe Potts, director of international
student scholar services, said Enrollment numbers had been up in years past because of recruitment efforts funded by the provost. But numbers dropped 96 students from 1744 students in Spring 2002 to 1648 students in Fall 2002.
Numbers have been stagnant since then, Potts said, and he would consider a sustained enrollment a good thing.
"We felt fortunate that it wasn't worse," he said.
Potts said other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are using low enrollment numbers in the United States as a window of opportunity.
"They realize the importance of international students," Potts said. "International students are natural benefits and a matter of national security. They make good future relationships between countries."
Potts couldn't attribute the
"The perception overseas is that the U.S. doesn't
the U.S. doesn't welcome international students."
Joe Potts director of international student scholar services
decline to a single factor, but said ill-American sentiment, fears of additional terrorists attacks and the additional hassle of obtaining a student visa played a role in the nation-wide international student enrollment trend.
He said it was harder for students to get visas and the $200 application fee alone deters students from applying.
Sometimes students don't hear about visas for weeks and Potts said the denial rate had increased as well.
"The perception overseas is
that the U.S. doesn't welcome international students," Potts said.
The problem won't be fixed soon, either, he said.
Short-term, universities should act individually to counter the problem. Potts said. Aggressive recruitment was one idea he suggested. Current students are also a concern of the international student scholar services. The student service is available for students to seek support if they feel they need to return home, or to discuss concerns and serves as a place to go if they've been discriminated against.
Potts said he realized how students from certain parts of the world have been affected by the attacks. Some have had travel restricted, some have had student visa renewals rejected and others have been interviewed by law enforcement.
"Most students condemn the attacks but they're still frustrated how the country has handled
certain things," he said. "In a lot of ways they made problems worse than better." Kept from home
While the third anniversary of the attacks may act as further healing for Americans, the pressures and annoyances for Alharbi continue.
Trips back to Jeddah City became less likely with the possibility of conflicts with his student visa.
He said he heard of people being denied return to the U.S.; many of whom were not given a reason for the action.
Alharbi has been home to see his six brothers, four sisters and parents only once in the past year and he won't go home until after he graduates in May.
Any trip is further complicated with long waits in customs. The longest he has had to wait was two hours, which is short compared to the 10 hour delays he has heard of.
Phone conversations back home are limited too.
"Me and my family, seriously we avoid talking on the phone about what is going on. After Sept. 11," he said. "I know a lot of people, the FBI came to their houses and started asking them questions — even my roommate. I always try to avoid that. In general, we never talk about politics".
Explaining America
Tomorrow is the third commemoration of Sept. 11. Alharbi said he will remember the attacks, but would not be doing anything out of the ordinary.
He is eager to go home without worrying about whether he would be able to come back and he wants to be able to discuss politics openly with his family. He will continue his role of listening and explaining as he answers more questions.
And when he's home, he'll have different explaining to do: Instead of Islam, he'll be explaining the Americans.
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