Wednesday, September 8. 1999 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 3 CLAS will offer minors within two years - By Amanda Kaschube writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer University of Kansas' largest academic division, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is undergoing several changes that may allow its students and faculty more opportunities in the future. The College Assembly meetings this semester will focus on minors and budget discussions. College students can join committees to discuss and vote on minors and the budget. The first assembly meeting is 4 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The college has been toying with the idea of offering its students the chance to minor in subjects, instead of the previous option of double majoring. The minor would easily fit into a student's four-year curriculum, said Sally Frost Mason, dean of the college. "Two years ago we did a study, and we found a lot of student interest," she said. "In two years, every department in the college will have minors." Frost Mason said the idea of minors had been proposed to the College Assembly, the governing body for the college, and it had been passed. have minors," she said. Students would take 18 to 24 credit hours in one area of interest to obtain their minor. Frost Mason said. She also said that the next step was to expand the minors outside the college classes. "It's critical that we persuade professional schools to allow outside students to Now, students within the college can obtain a psychology minor because psychology is within college boundaries. However, college students can't get a minor from the school of journalism or school of business. James Gentry, dean of the school of journalism, said the idea of professional schools allowing college students to have minors would be something the faculty would decide. Vernon Richardson, assistant professor of business, said he would support the idea of professional minors. Another challenge facing the college is keeping and hiring more faculty for the college. Frost Mason said. "I think it would be to their advantage," he said. "Liberal arts students could get a taste of professional schools. It could help them get an internship or a job later in." life." Frost Mason said that it had been hard to keep top professors at the University when they were offered more money at other schools. "Since there is a lower cost of living in the Midwest, we tend to pay less for jobs," she said. "We are at a disadvantage with salaries." Frost Mason said the college's 52 programs and professors had solid reputations compared to other top universities. The Spanish and Portuguese department, ecological biology, clinical psychology and the human development and family life departments are well-respected, she said. James Harwood, assistant professor of communication studies, said he thought some teachers would leave if pay were better, but that in some cases the University was on the side of teachers. "The University tries to get pay raises for us," he said. "It's more to convince the state government to value education more and reward faculty members that do well." The college's general use budget is $60 million, almost 30 percent of the University's total general use budget. To pay professors more, the budget needs to be increased. "It would be great if we could be paid more," Harwood said. "In most cases, we're paid as much as the college can give." Lazer format changes under fire By Emily Hughey writer@kanson.com Kansas staff writer The transition from modern rock to Top 40 at KLZR has not been as smooth as Zimmer Broadcasting had anticipated. Protesters gathered yesterday outside of the Lazer and KLWN, 3125 W. Sixth St., with a boom box, some modern rock CDs and a 254 signature petition against the programming change at 105.9 FM. Led by Bianca Babcock, Central Junior High student, the protest attracted 10 area residents objecting to the station's new format. Babcock, 15, said she put filers up. around Lawrence, her school and campus advertising the event, which took place at 11 a.m. yesterday. "We already have five Top 40 stations, and we don't need another one." Babcock said. "The Lazer brought all the good shows to town, and we won't have them anymore. We'll have the Backstreet Boys, and we don't like them." Carrie Lindsey, 34 year-old Lawrence resident, said she was there to protest because she disliked the new music on KLZR and said she thought that the change was reflective of only a small segment of Lawrence and excluded both Kansas City and Topeka. "They took information from a survey that came from the same men that, if you look at the political polls, are still whining about Reagan," Lindsey said. "I think it's just really short-sighted. It was bought by a larger radio market that's used to competing, and they didn't realize it already had a niche market." Although neither the general manager nor the program director were available, the group requested to see Jason Marck, former morning disc jockey and current creative services director. Marck denied rumors of being fired as an on-air personality and said that the decision had been in the works for months. He said he thought the popularity of modern rock in Lawrence would suffer somewhat because of the decreased play time but that he was excited for the changes. Although Chad Elliot, program director, said last week that all the original shows would remain on the air, Markck he said wasn't certain that programs like the Local Lazer Music Show would last. "It's just a situation where the company that owns us spent a lot of money on research and decided these changes needed to be made," he said. "But I'm honestly not even completely sure there will be many changes." Midwest site for NATO conferences Continued from page 1A The conference will be the second time this year NATO officials have gathered in the Midwest. In March, diplomats from multiple nations met in Kansas City, Mo., to celebrate the admission of three former Communist nations — Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic — into NATO. Representatives from those countries and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright signed the official documents of their admission at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo. Paul D'Anieri, assistant professor of political science and a participant in some of the conference's forums, said the conference was particularly relevant to KU students. "NATO is one of the most important issues on the political agenda," he said. "It's at the heart of the security issue. If NATO fails to prevent war, students would end up fighting it." D'Anieri said the alliance also affected the economy because citizens paid taxes to pay for the national defense budget, some of which is used to support NATO. Loomis said Kansas had been prominent in NATO history. Some soldiers and NATO personnel have been trained at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, and NATO's first supreme commander - Dwight D. Eisenhower — was a native Kansan. Businesses such as Boeing Co. have also supplied aircraft for NATO missions. Tomorrow's and Friday's events are open to the public, but registration is required for Saturday's event. WELCOME Lawrence Family Care physicians Steven Bruner, MD, Rod Barnes, MD, and Ned Nixon, MD welcome two new Partners in Community Caring: Pamela Huerter, MD, and Sherri LeRoy, MD Dr. Huerter will begin seeing patients July 19 and Dr. LeRoy starts August 2. 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