MONDAY. AUGUST 21. 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SPORTS
Setting the pace
Kansas cross country runner Colleen McClimon readies herself for the coming season. Page 8B
CAMPUS
Getting involved
Student Senate will be taking applications for its five committees beginning today. Page 5A
NATION
Severed leg identified
An Oklahoma City woman says that a leg found in the rubble of the bombing may belong to her missing son. Page 12A
WORLD
Iraq denies build-up
The United States is waging a propaganda war against Iraq, an Iraqi newspaper says. Page 12A
INDEX
On Campus ... 2A
KU Dateline ... 2A
Campus ... 3A
Opinion ... 4A
World ... 11A
Nation ... 12A
KU Sports ... 1B
Scoreboard ... 2B
National Sports ... 4B
Hemenway kicks off school year
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By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway admits to a special kinship with his new school's newest students.
"This is the first time I have ever been here and done this," he said of the University. "I too am a freshman. I am a bit apprehensive. Not a lot, not enough to be uncool, but a bit uncertain."
Hemenway's audience, a mixture of KU faculty, parents and students, joined him at the Lied Center last night for the University's 130th Convocation, a cere-
"Contrary to what you may have heard," he said, "attending class is required. Don't believe anything else.
loud at the Chancellor's familiar allusions to myths and realities about college life.
mony to introduce University officials and kick off the school year.
The audience, with dressed-up upperclassmen and freshmen in yet-to-be-washed KU t-shirts, laughed out
Robert Hemenway KU Chancellor
Get help when you don't understand. Pay attention. Take notes."
Hemenway even implored students to fight University red tape.
you."
Convocation speakers included Kim Cocks, student body president; Jack Davidson, University Senate Executive Committee chairman; and Ed
"Don't let me, as a faculty member, brush you off. Don't let yourself get bounced from one office to another." Hemenay said.
"Don't let a University official tell you one has time for
Meyen, executive vice chancellor, who introduced the deans of the University's individual schools.
But it was Hemenway's delivery, peppered with humorous references to hair loss and disruptive students, that evoked laughter and a lengthy ovation.
"Live up to a standard of personal integrity that you know will live with you for a lifetime in the memory of your fellow students," he said. "Demand from your University an environment that gives you the opportunity to display these Javahawk principles.
"The faculty surrounding you tonight went through what you are experiencing 30 to 35 years ago," Hemenway said. "We'd really like to go through it again with the knowledge we've garnered in living this long—but with your energy, muscle tone and hair. Especially your hair."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway speaks at Convocation, giving his welcome to students and faculty.
In closing, Hemenay reaffirmed his hopes and expectations for what he called his "first graduating class."
"You are the reason the University exists. If there were no students, there would be no University."
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
summertime, and the living is...hot
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
School has started,but students still can't beat the heat
Although summer vacation is over for students, the summer heat is still going strong.
Steve Lee, meteorologist at Weather or Not Forecasting Service in Kansas City, Kan., said the jet stream was located farther north than usual at this time of year.
"That allows a lot of high pressure and heat to build up down here," he said.
Although plenty of cold air is lingering in the northwest portion of the country, Lee said it was fizzing out as it headed to the Midwest.
Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the vice chancellor, said the heat would not
cause the administration to cancel classes.
"I don't recall in the 20 years I've been here that we have ever canceled classes because of the heat" she said.
Johnson said the University of Kansas did not have a heat policy like the ones in the Lawrence public schools because KU had enough air-conditioned buildings to keep classes going. If a student had a class in a room that is not air condi-
department planned to keep the air conditioning on until the extended forecasts said temperatures were cooling down and forestcasters indicated that temperatures remained cool.
Lee said the best advice for people who had to be outside sometime during the day would be to try to avoid being out during the peak hours of the day, which are from 1 or 2 p.m. until the early evening hours of 5 or 6 p.m.
Long said that during hot days like these, students living in the residence halls needed to report any problems to the front desk if air conditioning in their rooms were not working correctly.
"Basically, if you do outdoor work, do it in the morning or evening," he said.
Temperatures are coolest during the
Sterling, Battale, 13, and Jeffery Stromberg, 13, both of Lawrence, fish at Potter Lake, even though the heat index has been above 100 degrees.
tioned, Johnson said that student would only stay there for 50 minutes, as opposed to students in public schools, who stay in the same building all day.
"Most students might be uncomfortable, but there are no risks," she said.
Jonathan Long, assistant director of student housing, said the housing
last during the first couple of hours before sunrise. Lee said the most comfortable time to work or exercise was right around sunrise when the daytime air has not had enough time to heat up.
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
Lee said if someone had to be outside during the hottest hours of the day, the best advice would be to wear light-colored clothing and drink a lot of water. People also must look for signs of heat
exhaustion. Those signs include feeling nauseated, dizzy or tired.
"If people are feeling bad because of the heat, they need to stay inside and take it easy," Lee said.
Although people still need to be sure to protect their skin from ultraviolet rays, Lee said the sun's rays were not as harmful at this time of year as they were in June and July, when the sun was closer to the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, Lee said the risk of sunburn and skin cancer was not as high now as they were in the earlier months of summer.
KU professor takes leave to await sentence for stalking
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
A KU professor convicted of stalking a Lawrence woman has taken a leave of absence amid allegations that he is still stalking her.
Effective last Thursday, Hobart Jackson, a tenured associate professor of architecture, went on paid sick leave as he awaits his September sentencing for stalking his former therapist.
gent on my healing process and the outcome of the legal proceedings," Jackson said.
"The leave is indefinite and contin-
But the victim, who asked not to be identified, wonders whether it's good or bad that Jackson will have more time on his hands.
"I hope he's not sitting at home concocting more things to come at me with." she said.
In May 1994, Jackson was charged with misdemeanor stalking. The victim alleged that Jackson's actions included nasty telephone messages,
hang-up calls, window peeping, vandalism and letters claiming that guests to the victim's residence were her lovers.
The woman said that she put off pressing charges until one morning when she and her 10-year-old son saw Jackson videotaping them as they left their home.
"My son said, 'Mommy, that man could try and kill me,'" she said. "He then gave me a lecture all the way to school about how I needed to do something."
But that didn't happen.
Last March the victim observed Jackson driving by her house, and in April, her caller ID showed that a hang-up call had been placed to her home from Jackson's office at KU.
Jackson entered a no-contest plea and last November was sentenced to six months in jail. His sentence was suspended, however, contingent upon his participation in a community corrections program and his refraining from further contact with the woman.
Jackson was arrested a second time and was charged with violating his corrections program. He pleaded guilty to the charges, and his sentencing is scheduled for the end of September.
"The judge's ruling could run the gamut from additional probation conditions to incarceration," said Mark Knight, Douglas County District Attorney.
Since the June court hearing, the woman has continued to receive hang-up telephone calls. But
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