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Monday, August 21, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Architecture faculty loses six professors
Illness, death force dean to hire interim local professionals
By Phillip Brownlee
Kansan staff writer
When John Gaunt, KU dean of architecture, asks his faculty how they are doing, he really means it.
"It has been an enormous hit," Gaunt said. "But life goes on."
During the course of the summer, six of the 25 faculty members in the architecture program had to be replaced because of illness or death.
Hobart Jackson, associate professor of architecture, is the latest professor to leave. Jackson announced last Thursday that he would be on indefinite sick leave while he awaits court sentencing for stalking a Lawrence woman.
"We have a duty to him to honor his request for medical treatment," said Kent Spreckelmeyer, department chairman of the architecture program.
Other faculty members on extended sick leave are professor Victor Papanek and associate professors Judith Major and Dennis Sander.
Two faculty members, Harris Stone and Rebecca James, died this summer. Stone died from cancer, and James died from complications from a horseback-riding accident.
Together, the six faculty members taught 30 percent of the architecture courses. As a result, Gaunt and Spreckelmeyer had to scramble to reassign teaching duties.
Working professionals from Lawrence and Kansas City were hired to teach primarily studio courses, and the schedules of nearly all the full-time faculty were rearranged. In addition, both Gaunt and Spreckelmeyer will be teaching classes.
"We have a high degree of confidence in our new people," Gaunt said. "All of them have teaching experience, and most are alumni of the school."
Spreckelmeyer said that he was pleased with the new adjunct professors — professors who teach on a per-course basis — but was concerned about whether the hiring freeze would allow them to hire full-time replacements.
"We've experienced difficult times," he said. "But we are very optimistic. The character of the school should be dynamic because of the influx of new people."
Architecture student David Cook, Columbia, Mo., senior, said that he was confident that the administration would bring in good people but that it would be difficult to replace the professors.
"I looked up to all of them," he said. "The school is going to miss their talent."
Convicted stalker to receive salary
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because all the calls have been made from area pay phones, she can't prove who has been placing them.
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Jackson denied responsibility.
"I have not contacted her, but basically I can't comment on that," he said.
Although Jackson admits to stalking the woman in the past, he attributes his behavior to "a therapy relationship gone bad."
Hobart Jackson
he redirected feelings and desires toward the woman.
Jackson blamed the therapist for this occurrence, claiming that she had contributed to the transference. He also said he was considering suing her because of his therapy experience.
The woman countered that Jackson's response was typical of someone with his condition and was an indication that he was not healing.
"He can't sit on my curb anymore, so his next step is to harass me in the courts," she said.
Khabira Gruber agreed. Gruber, a friend of the victim who also received harassing letters from Jackson, said that stalkers were delusionary and had long-term mental health problems.
"This behavior is not caused by someone else," she said. "It is a pathology that has nothing to do with the victim. It is based on frustration with power and control in a
Jackson's sick leave was arranged with John Gaunt, dean of architecture. During the indefinite leave, Jackson will continue to receive his $45,407 annual salary, in accordance with University policy.
relationship."
"It is important that he has an appropriate support base in dealing with his problem," Gaunt said. "We want to see him fully recover."
Gaunt also said that although Jackson's actions were of great concern, the University was not responsible for what a professor did outside the classroom.
Jackson's photography and design courses have been covered temporarily by existing faculty members, and replacement instructors are expected to be hired by the end of the week, said Kent Spreckelmeyer, department chairman of the architecture program.
Architecture students expressed shock in learning of the charges against Jackson.
"It was a surprise to me," said Steven Bowling, Burlington senior. "He's my adviser, and he was always quiet and well-respected."
In announcing his leave of absence Jackson issued a written statement expressing his "heartfelt sorrow and regret to the many members of the community to whom this news comes as a shock and a disappointment."
The statement failed to reassure Gruber, however.
"Mr. Jackson's apology was to the community that didn't know about it," Gruber said. "I would rather have seen an apology to those who he was harassing and stalking."
And in the meantime, the victim is left wondering whether the stalking will end or whether it could escalate into something more serious.
"I'd like to think that he's not dangerous," she said. "But I don't want those to be my famous last words."
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at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call JoAnn Berner at 864-4481.
KU Kempo Karate will meet at 7:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mark Hurt at 842-47131.
Office of Study Abroad will sponsor an informational meeting at 4 p.m. tomorrow at 4076 Wescoe Hall.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student reported lewd and lascivious behavior at a 26th Street apartment complex Tuesday evening. The suspect reportedly exposed and fondled his gentilla as the victim entered her apartment. the suspect was last seen running west on 26th Street.
A KU student's mountain bike valued at $200 was taken from the patio of his apartment in the 2500 block of Sixth Street.
A man working the door at Louise's Bar Downtown, 1009 Massachusetts St., reported a battery after he was struck by a 20-year-old Lawrence woman for refusing to let her in the bar.
A KU student found out last week that although Lawrence now has a clothingoptional nightclub, it's not Strong Hall. The 19-year-old Kansas City, Mo., student was arrested for indecent exposure late last Tuesday when he was found walking around naked on the third floor of Strong Hall. The student was reportedly looking for friends and his fraternity house room, police said. Police suspected he was under the influence of alcohol. He was booked into Douglas County Jail and released on bail.
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