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KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104.NO.44
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994
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Chancellor pool has few women, minorities
Search committee presents Regents with demographics
By David Wilson
Kansan staff writer
There is better than a 50 percent chance that the next chancellor of the University of Kansas will be a white male who currently is the president or vice president of a university.
A demographic breakdown of the 102 applicants and nominees for
chancellor was presented to the Board of Regents at their monthly meeting last week by Stephen Jordan, executive director of the Regents and a member of the search committee.
The breakdown shows that 88 of the 102 applicants and nominees are male.
Among male and female applicants and nominees, nine are minorities.
More than half of the applicants and nominees currently are or were previously high-level administrators at other colleges or universities.
Forty-one were presidents or chancellors, 24 were vice presidents or vice chancellors and 10 were deans.
The remaining 27 were corporate executives or directors of higher education associations, Jordan said.
"It's pretty clear that the quality of applicants is high," he said. "Our next chancellor will likely come from this pool."
The low percentage of women and
minorities in the pool partly is attributable to difficulties women and minorities face reaching top positions at other universities, said Garrett White, a second-year medical student at the University of Kansas Medical Center and one of two minority members on the committee. White said there weren't many women and minorities to choose from who were already presidents or chancellors of smaller universities.
"The committee and I are cognizant of the need for a diverse pool," he said. "But there's a so-called glass ceiling with those positions."
White also cautioned against pushing a minority into the chancellor's position for the sake of diversity.
"There's a problem with pushing a Black or Hispanic person into the position and setting them up for failure," he said.
But White said there should be more women and minorities in the pool.
"That's a social problem we all need to address," he said. "But this committee can't solve it."
Jennifer Ford, Lawrence senior and a member of the committee, agreed.
"The demographics in our pool are a reflection of the demographics of the potential pool," she said.
Ford said qualifications such as
experience and character were more important than race or gender.
"We do want to keep an eye on the demographics, but the most important thing is to find the best chancellor," she said. "We have the strongest pool possible."
At the meeting, Regents chairman Frank Sabatini said the names of the five finalists would most likely be released to the media. He said the search committee had not asked the Regents to keep the names secret.
"To this date that has not been brought to this board," he said. "All indications are that the publication of names is not restricting the process."
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
PETER Lunn, left, and JIM Begley, center, members of the British National Team, listen to RBov Bond, the second member of the Kansas Debate Team.
British, KU debate teams square off
Kansanstaff writer
By James Evans
American sports are boring, over commercialized and lack the true ideals of sports.
More than 350 people watched the debate, which took place at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union. It was the first time the KU Debate Team competed against the British National Team.
So said Jim Begley, a member of the two-man British National Debate Team that debated against the KU Debate Team on Friday. The two teams were debating whether American sports are the equivalent of back alley games in the global village.
The British team started its tour of the United States Sept. 15 in Atlanta. The stop at the University of Kansas was the 16th stop on its 61-dav tour.
"American sports are like your beers," Begley said in his opening six-minute speech. "They are pure imitation."
Begley criticized American sports at the national and collegiate level.
"Jayhaws — that is hardly a name to insipire fear." Beelev said. smiling.
But Begley, who has competed in the World Championships of Debate twice, stuck to the British team's point that Americans should join the global village and play more sports
such as soccer. cricket and rugby.
Rod Phares, a member of the KU team, supported American sports. He said American sports were a reflection on American values such as team work.
"When Neil Smith and Derrick Thomas stop a drive on defense, that's team work," Phares said, referring to the two Kansas City Chiefs players.
He said he didn't see the same unique team work in English soccer.
But when the debate was over, neither team was declared the winner. It was all in the name of argument, said members of both teams.
Peter Lann, the second member of the British team and a graduate student in psychology at New College in Oxford, England, said he became involved with debating to improve on his lecture skills for teaching. Lann said he participated in the World Championships of debate last year in Melbourne, Australia.
"Our style of debate is very intense in preparation," said Boyd, who placed third at the national debate tournament last year. "The British debate style emphasizes more extemporaneous and entertaining debate," he said.
Ryan Boyd, the second member of the KU team, said he enjoyed debating against a different style of debate.
Here we go again
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Kansas senior linebacker Steve Harvey is disappointed by the Jayhawks fourth quarter loss against Oklahoma. The Jayhawks lost to the Sooners Saturday at Memorial Stadium 20-17. For more sports coverage turn to page 1B.
The Kansas soccer club team won an important tournament with a last minute 1-0 victorySaturday, advancing to the national soccer championships.
Candidate would like to represent public's values
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Editor's note: This is the first of two stories profiling the candidates, for the 45th district of the Kansas House of Representatives. The Kansan will be profiling all the candidates and issues on the Nov. 8 ballot.
By Nathan Olson
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
But that has taken a backseat to another dream being elected to the Kansas House of Representatives.
Sloan is running for the 45th District seat, which now is being held by Forrest Swall. Sloan said that he decided to run for several reasons.
Tom Sloan has at least two dreams. One involves going to Paris and enrolling in a cooking school.
"First, the incumbent's voting record doesn't reflect my values." he said.
Swall's objection to last year's Sexual Predator Bill, which toughened laws against convicted rapists, was an example of clashing values.
"I worked at the Department of Corrections for a number of years," Sloan said. "And I learned that there are some benefits to society by restricting the rights of rapists."
Sloan said another reason he was running that he was raised to believe he could make a difference.
"I am offering myself to the public to represent its interest." he said.
Sloan said that his experience would strengthen the legislature. In addition to his work at the Department of Corrections, Sloan was Chief of Staff for Kansas Senate Majority Leader Bob Tockington from 1984 to 1988. He also worked in the corporate communications office of Kansas Power and light until Feb. 1994.
For Sloan, running for the 45th District is more about philosophy than about a specific agenda.
I don't base my agenda in the sense of passing laws," he said. "I try to get agencies to be more effective."
Yumi Chikamori/ KANSAN
See SLOAN, Page 6A.
Tom Sloan is the Republican challenger for the 45th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives.
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