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The Inside Front
Friday September 24,1999
News
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CAMPUS
Hiring freeze selective layoffs not in the plan
A hiring freeze by the University of Kansas will be selective and will not affect three ongoing dean searches. Lindy Eakin, associate provost, said yesterday.
On Wednesday, Gov. Bill Graves announced an across-the-board budget cut of 1 percent for all state agencies and institutions. For the University, that means a budget cut of about $2 million.
Eakin said that meant the University would have to make budget reductions in personnel. However, this will occur through a hiring freeze instead of layoffs, he said.
"Eighty percent of our money is in personnel," Eakin said. "We're going to have to realize some of the cuts from personnel savings."
He said the task of deciding whether individual positions would be filled or left vacant would be left up to those close to the situation, such as deans, department heads and vice chancellors.
He said what the administration would do was tell departments by how much they must cut their budgets. Other options departments will use to cut their budgets include reduction of services or purchases, he said.
Provost David Shulenburger and Chancellor Robert Hemenway were out of town and unavailable for comment.
— By Nathan Willis
Katie Hollar
Patrons fight with police at Dos Hombres eatery
Closing time at Dos Hombres, 815 New Hampshire St., escalated into a frenzied melee early yesterday morning. Lawrence police said.
obstruction of the legal process and disorderly conduct.
At 1:46 a.m., Dos Hombres employees started guiding customers from the restaurant's courtyard to the parking lot. The crowd resisted, and a series of fights broke out.
Sgt. George Wheeler described the episode as a short but sharp skimish.
Student parents balance school and family life
Lawrence police, already outside on routine patrol, started to intervene.
Sometimes LaShawna Harris,
Lawrence senior, misses class
because of fevers or ear infections.
But Harris is not the one who's sick
—Harris' 4-year-old daughter, yaa,
can be to day care when she is
sick, so Harris stays home to care for her.
When Officer Robert Neff went to break up one fight, he was punched in the face a 25-year-old Lawrence man. Another man interfered with the arrest of the subject.
Jennifer Slote, Lawrence graduate student, missed two weeks of class last spring. She was giving birth to her son, Kiean, now a year old.
Harris and Slote are just two of the students at the University of Kansas who also are parents. Both spoke yesterday on a panel discussion titled "Making It Work: Balancing Roles as a Student Parent." Three students showed up for the event.
At 1:59 a.m., the crowd was dispersed.
In addition to going to class, writing papers and working, they also worry about finding baby sitters and paying doctors'. bills.
Slote credits time management and help from her partner with her success in balancing her busy life.
Resources for student parents are available at the University through the
Student Development Center, 22 Strong Hall, and through OAKS — the Non-Traditional Students Organization.
Lesley Simmons
Additional police called to the scene were greeted with a barrage of beer bottles and cinder block chips from the crowd. A second police officer was injured when he was hit by a chunk of cinder block.
at the conference Saturday. Kassabeum is a former member of the Senate subcommittee on African Affairs.
Both men were arrested. The first subject is charged with disorderly conduct, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. The second subject is charged with
Thiong'o's speech is free and open to the public.
Pipeline promoter throws for-charity birthday bash
LAWRENCE
Everybody has a birthday. Some just choose to celebrate them differently.
Lesley Simmons
Jacki Becker, music promoter for Pipeline Productions, is throwing music-infused birthday parties Friday and Saturday nights at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.. And instead of getting presents for turning 30, she'll be giving them.
"I want to help raise some money for charity and have a good time," Becker said.
All profits from the shows; entuled "Jackie's Big-Ass Birthday Bash," will go to the Women's Transitional Care Services of Lawrence, where Becker volunteers. Also, everyone who attends the shows will receive a grab bag at the end of the night that will include a variety of gift certificates to downtown businesses, tapes, CDs and T-shirts from record companies.
The shows start at 9 p.m. and cost $6 for underage individuals and $5 for those 21 and up.
— Emily Hughey
Nigerian writer to speak about his experiences
A former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience will speak at 1 p.m. today in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Nigerian writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who was detained by the Nigerian government in 1977 for publishing a play critical of the government, is the keynote speaker for the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies conference this weekend.
The play is called "Ngaahika Ndeenda," which means, "I will marry if I want."
Thiong'o was released in December 1978 after being named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
Thiong'o is currently a professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University. His works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have won numerous literary awards.
Many of his novels and plays are critical of the social injustice and political corruption he witnessed in post-independence Kenya.
Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum
Baker will deliver concluding remarks
NATION
Albright asks for U.S. ban on nuclear weapons tests
Speaking at the Association of the City Bar of New York, Albright said the ban helped curb the spread of nuclear weapons by putting explosive tests out of bounds.
"Americans and people around the world do not want to live in a world in which nuclear testing is business as usual," Albright said. "They do not want to make it easy or acceptable for nuclear weapons to spread further."
NEW YORK—On the eve of the third anniversary of President Clinton's signing of a treaty to ban all nuclear weapons tests, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appealed yesterday to the Senate to join the 45 nations that have approved the pact.
Clinton approved the treaty after some debate within the administration about whether there should be an exemption for limited testing to keep the U.S. nuclear arsenal up to date.
The Associated Press
K-State leads Regents schools with biggest student increase
next year," Eakin said. "The real good news is that initial fee collections are up slightly."
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That means the amount of money collected through tuition increased, he said. Provost David Shulenburger said that as a rule of thumb, a 1 percent increase in enrollment gave the University about an additional $800,000.
Overall enrollment for the Regents system increased by 1,065 students. In total, 81,426 students attend the six state universities, this includes an extra 3,757 students who attend KU or K-State branch locations such as KU Medical Center or the K-State School of Technology.
"In looking back over the last few years, it continues a trend we saw starting about three years ago," said Barb Conant, communications director for the board. "A lot of it has to do with the number of high school students graduating."
The board's office said that university enrollments dropped from 1990 to 1996.
Conant said the upward trend was unusual
because college enrollment numbers tended to go down when the economy was strong.
"It says a lot about our university system that even though our economy is good, we're still having an increase in enrollment," she said.
Conant said the 20th day was a convenient time for universities to measure their enrollments.
"By then, I think enrollment has stabilized," she said. "It would be hard to do it on the first day and get an accurate reading."
- Conant said universities were eager to look at the figures.
"It gives them a general feel of the enrollment trends across the state," she said. "Everybody's anxious for them."
"The deans and department heads are so close to the situation that there's no real way to get a perspective from the outside," he said. "It's useful to get overall perspective."
ON THE RECORD
Shulenburger said the numbers provided the University with a new perspective of itself.
— Edited by Brad Hallier
A KU student reported being struck by a water balloon thrown from a window as he walked to his car 1:59 a.m. yesterday near the east side alley of Amini Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
■ A fire alarm was set off 2.02 a.m.yesterday at Amini Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student backed into another KU student's car at 10 p.m. Monday in lot 112 behind Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety office said.
A KU student was arrested for possession of marijuana 2:45 a.m. yesterday at the 3200 block of Irving Hill Road, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's Motorola cellular phone was stolen between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the 2100 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said, the phone was valued at $300.
The hood of a KU student's car was damaged between 12 p.m. Sept. 16 and 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of West Campus Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
A KU student's Kansas license plate was stolen between 9 a.m. Sept. 14 and 2 a.m. Sept. 18 in the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The license plate was valued at $3.
ON CAMPUS
■ Pereregistered tickets for Parents Day/Family Weekend can be picked up between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. today at the New Student Orientation office, 113 Strong Hall or between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday at level 4 Kansas Union. Call Heidi Schrott at 864-5430.
■ KU Badminton is practicing from 6 to 10:30 tonight at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring a lecture about Latin-American Art at 3 p.m. today at the art museum. Call Sally Hayden at 8641035.
United Methodist Campus Ministry is having a chili supper and watching the priest *Friest* at 6:30tonight at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Coll Reil, Heather Henslaring at 841-8661.
- HorrorZontal's Ultimate Frisbee Team and Betty Ultimate Frisbee Team are competing in the West Plains Ultimate Frisbee Tournament from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at Shenk Fields. Call Will Spotts at 841-0671.
The Spencer Museum of Art is showing two films, Art and Revolution in Mexico and My Hands are the Tools of my Soul, 2 p.m. Sunday at the art museum. Call Sally Hayden at 864-0135.
The KU Writing Center will officially open the Writes Roosts Monday. Resources are free. The fall hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at 4005 Wesco Hall and 7 to 10 p.m. Monday at Templin ARC; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays at 4005 Wesco Hall and 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at 4005 Wesco Hall and 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC; and Sundays 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC. Call 864-2393 or visit www.ukans.edu/~writing.
Correction: The Kansan incorrectly listed the phone number about a support group in yesterday's On Campus. A support group is forming for people experiencing distress. The group will meet to help people set goals and meet them. Call Jenn Cheavens at her office at 864-9857 before Tuesday to participate.
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