THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.10
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Bearcats on the prowl
Cincinnati football coach Rick Minter says his team will be ready to tackle Kansas. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Working to stop a decline
Black Panhellenic strives to increase its membership after years of low numbers. Page 3A
NATION
New abortion drug discovery
Researchers discovered that two existing drugs induce abortions when used together. Page 6A
WORLD
NATO bombs Serb targets
NATO launched its biggest assault ever in retaliation to Serb shelling of a Sarajevo market. Page 7A
WEATHER
COOLER & CLOUDY
High 87° Low 69°
AAAAAHHH
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion . . . . . . . 4A
National News . . . . 6A
World News. . . . . 7A
Scoreboard. . . . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . . 4B
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Town hall meeting yields answers
By Josh Yancey
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway is doing his best to make sure he is seen as a stand-up guy at the University of Kansas.
Instead, he got down to business.
Hemenway ignored the easy chair and pitcher of water that had been set up on stage for him as he spoke in a University Town Hall Meeting last night at the Kansas Union.
instead, he got down to business. Hemenway spoke briefly about KU's commitment to undergraduate education and then fielded questions from the group of more than 250 students, faculty and Lawrence residents.
During the meeting, which was sponsored by Student Union Activities, Hemenway said KU needed to
"I do not believe that the taxpayers of the state of Kansas will want to support KU unless their children, their grandchildren, their friends or their neighbors can come to Lawrence and receive a first-rate undergraduate education." he said.
remain a top-notch research and educational university.
Sam Pierron, Olathe freshman,
asked whether some of the faculty
at KU had too many time
constraints to do all of the research
they wanted.
Hemenway then welcomed questions from the audience.
"If you're in the major leagues, you have to do many things," Hemenway said. "In a major league university, which is what KU is, you must be of the same caliber. You
must teach well, you must be a good scholar and you must be a good citizen.
"Do you want to be taught by faculty who just read the text?" he asked. "Or, do you want the faculty that write the text?"
Other questions addressed recurring topics at the University; class size, parking and problems with financial aid.
Hemenway agreed that the University needed to evaluate whether its large classes were alienating freshmen.
Chancellor Robert Hemen-way speaks to a group of about 250 people at a town hall meeting last night in the Kansas Union.
"Even if you have a 300-person class, you need to make sure that someone in that room knows your name," he said. "Whether it's the instructor, a teaching assistant or a student, that is necessary to keep
the classes exciting and educational."
The suggestion to close off Jayhawk Boulevard to traffic was raised, causing a scattered applause from the audience.
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One student raised his concerns about potential cuts in federal
financial aid for needy students.
Hemenway agreed.
"That is unacceptable, he said. Talk to anyone and everyone connected with financial aid, and they will agree. It is unfair to be placed into a situation where you can't afford a college education."
Old World opens new doors
By Novelda Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Students who enroll in the program take Western Civilization I and II, Art History 305 and History 401. The program's cost is $8,750, which covers everything except airfare, passports, most meals, books, personal expenses and insurance.
James Woolefel, director of the Western Civilization program and professor of philosophy, was one of four instructors who went on the trip last spring. Woolefel said the study abroad program would be offered every spring. Students can get applications in the Western Civilization office or the Office of Study Abroad, which coordinates the program.
Justin Clements tries to picture himself standing in front of Michelangelo's David, but he says he can't.
Clements, a Wichita junior majoring in art history, will spend next semester in Paris and Florence on the Western Civilization study abroad program. Twenty-six students participated in the program that commenced last spring semester. Next semester's trio still has room for 10 more students.
"The study of Western Civilization is to a great extent the study of European history," Woelfel said. "The students are right there in the countries where so many of the things happened that we study."
Jeff Gardner, graduate teaching assistant in history, taught the history course last spring and will return to Europe with the group this spring.
Gardner said the study abroad experience could be a life-changing one for students and instructors.
"The opportunity to teach on site is not something most graduates or even professors ever get," he said.
Gardner said he was an undergraduate pre-med student the first time he went to Europe. The experience made him decide to change his major to history.
"I want to be a part of that for other students," said Gardner, now a doctoral candidate in history.
Andree DeBauge, Emporia junior, went on the trip last spring. She said the time she spent in Europe made her want to pursue a degree in international business.
There are some places that students traveling abroad just should not go. Andy Mills, a McPherson junior who also went on the trip last spring, said he was traveling from Greece to Hungary when his train was rerouted through Serbia. He was detained in Belgrade.
"You get used to being a foreigner, and you get used to being lost," she said. "You realize that you are a capable person."
"I was there for six or seven hours, and they were asking me, 'Why is your country imposing sanctions?'" he said.
By Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway wants to get students out of the University of Kansas and into other countries — and the Office of Study Abroad is hanvow to cooperate.
"OK, I say, we'll get you to Burma," said Mary Elizabeth Debicki, director of study abroad.
Hemenway issued a challenge to the Office of Study Abroad in his Aug. 20 convocation speech to put 2,000 students in overseas programs by the year 2000.
The Office of Study Abroad has put 750 students in more than 65 countries in the last five years.
Study abroad also is working with faculty at foreign universities to provide courses that complement those at KU, Debicki said.
Now Debicki is busy trying to fill the chancellor's request. She said study abroad was doing several things to expand the program.
The office is working with faculty to publicize opportunities abroad. Debicki said she tried to get instructors to promote the programs in their
She said that the office was making sure that students had somewhere to go when they arrived at the country of their choice.
See STUDY ABROAD, Page 2A.
Bad Brains frontman pleads guilty in district court
Bad Brains' lead singer, HR, has been in jail since July 21. He will face sentencing today.
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Paul Hudson, the lead singer for the California-based band Bad Brains, will be sentenced today at 1:30 p.m. in Douglas County District Court. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery stemming from an incident at a Lawrence court.
HR's stay in Lawrence appears to be almost over.
Hudson's attorney, Richard Krogh, has said he expects Hudson to get two years probation.
Hudson, who goes by the name HR and
"Based on what I've observed, he'd be unlikely to be back with Bad Brains."
Richard Krogh
Paul Hudson's attorney
lives in Santa Monica, Calif., has been in the Douglas County jail since the early morning of July 21, when Lawrence police arrested him on two counts of aggravated battery after he allegedly struck two people with a microphone stand during a show at the Bottleneck,
727 New Hampshire St. One count was later dropped.
Krogh said Hudson was not released on ball because of concerns for his safety.
According to the police report, members of the audience described by police as skinheads were overheard saying that
they would kill a member of the band.
Hudson became angry during the concert when someone allegedly spit on him. Then, witnesses said, he jumped into the crowd and started swinging a microphone stand.
One audience member received a deep cut on the head that required five stitches. Another received minor cuts and bruises.
The other members of Bad Brains, an alternative reggae band, left Lawrence last month.
"Based on what I've observed, he'd be unlittely to be back with Bad Brains," Krogh has said.