UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 5,1994
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Night game doesn't change plans for police
Alcohol, traffic flow policies not flexible
By Manny Lopez'
Kansan staff writer
Campus rules and policies have not changed just because the Wildcats and ESPN will be in town for Thursday night's football game, KU police said.
"One thing people need to remember is that alcohol is illegal on campus," said Off...
Cindy Alliss of the KU police. "There are no exceptions to that law."
That also included nonalcoholic beer, Alliss said. People who are caught with alcohol first would be asked to take it off campus. If they are caught a second or third time, they could be given a ticket for possession, she said.
"Taking someone into custody would be the extreme, and I hope we don't have to do that," she said.
Alliss said the KU and Lawrence police would not change any procedures because of the game.
"We could have a problem at any game," she
said. "The officers are probably better prepared since we have already had one night game."
KU defeated Michigan State University Sept. 10, and there were no major problems or incidents after that night game, Alliss said.
More than 70 officers from the KU police department, Kansas Highway Patrol and the Douglas County Sheriff's office will patrol the area.
"Shortly after dinner, there will be a steady flow of cars coming into Lawrence," said Sgt. Don Cackler of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol will be beefing up its
numbers in and around Lawrence. Cackler said there would be seven or eight officers in Lawrence, compared to the usual two or three. He said he had heard that about 150 cars, trucks and vans would be traveling together into Lawrence tomorrow afternoon, but there would not be any special escort from the patrol.
KU police will be setting up for the game about 4:30, and all streets will be open before the game. Alliss said that after the game, police would stop cars more frequently than usual to allow for sporadic groups of pedestrians.
"Once again, we are giving the pedestrians some priority," she said. "So people who are in their cars after the game should expect to sit in their cars a little longer while we let people cross the streets."
The traffic flow after the game will be directed according to the same schedule as all other games. Getting most of the cars out of the area should take between 35 and 45 minutes, she said.
Alliss said police officers would be walking around the hill, riding around campus on bicycles and roaming through the stadium to increase their overall visibility.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Calendar alters move-in date
Changes in the University of Kansas calendar forced student housing to announce date changes last week in the residence hall calendar.
Students will not be able to move into the halls second semester until Jan. 8 rather than Jan. 5.
The changes in housing dates were made to coincide with other changes on the University calendar, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing.
Stoner said student housing waited to announce the changes until students had settled into the residence halls and into their classes. All students living in the residence halls should be aware of the changes by the end of the week.
He said student housing also would close the residence halls one day later second semester because of the changes. Halls will close on May 12, which also is the last day of finals.
A free adult CPR class taught by the Douglas County Ambulance Service will be offered tonight at Ellena Buick Jeep Eagle Subaru, 2112 W.29 Terrace.
Free CPR class offered tonight
There are still openings for the class this evening and one scheduled Oct. 12, said Pat Mayo, Project Director for Douglas County Ambulance Services. To sign up to take either class, people must call the ambulance service at 843-7777. Both classes will begin at 6 p.m. and last until 8:30 p.m., Mayo said.
Mayo said the classes offered were adult CPR classes or Course A with the American Heart Association. Two more sessions, both on infant CPR, will be conducted later in the month but have already been filled by participants.
Mayo said the course was important for KU students for two reasons.
"Some jobs require that you have some sort of CPR training," he said. "And some students could simply end up in an emergency situation where they might need CPR."
Ellena sponsors the CPR training because of an accident that happened to Jack Ellena, Jim Ellena's father, who is owner of Ellena Buick Jeep Eagle Subaru.
three years ago, Jack had a heart attack and was saved by a man who performed CPR," Charlene Compton, Jack Ellena Honda office manager said. "Ever since, Jack and Jim have offered the free training twice a year."
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ROTC dedicates classroom to Jayhawk general
By James Evans
Kansan staff writer
Every day, four-star Air Force Gen. Charles G. Boyd oversees the activities of the U.S. Air Force in 82 countries, including the war-ridden countries of Bosnia and Iraq.
But yesterday, Boyd, the highest ranked Kansas graduate, left his command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, to come to Lawrence.
followence
Boyd flew 11 1/2 hours from Germany to have Room 105 of the Military Science Building dedicated in his name and that of his late wife, Millicent Boyd.
"I can't tell you how meaningful it is to be here," Boyd said. He said he was pleased to be back in a place where the people meant a lot to him.
Since October 1992, Boyd has been the deputy commander in chief of the U.S. European Command of the Air Force. The command encompasses countries in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He said his job kept him busy.
"I get up in the morning and start juggling about 50 balls until I can't juggle them," Boyd said.
Gen. Charles G. Boyd speaks to a group of about 75 people in the Military Science building. The cadets and staff of the Air Force ROTCHonored Boyd yesterday by dedicating a classroom in the Military Science building to him and his late wife, Millicent.
Jav Thornton/ KANSAN
"I think the contact group that is trying to put together a peace agreement is doing a good job," Boyd said. But, he also said that the conflict had been going on for hundreds of years and was not going to resolved over night.
The general said that if a peace agreement was reached it could be enforced.
"If we have a peace proposal that the three warring factions agree to, NATO could reinforce the resolution," he said.
After cutting a ribbon to the room in front of about 75 people, Boyd said room 105 could have been dedicated to any Air Force officer but not any wife.
"You couldn't have picked a better woman," Boyd said with
tears in his eyes. "I think Milc Boyd was the quintessential air force wife," he said.
Milicent Boyd was a 1960 KU graduate in elementary education. She died in Anil.
He also said that his wife was often left for long periods of time with the responsibility of raising their two children, Jessica and Dallas.
One of the biggest things that the general's wife had to deal with
was having her husband being a prisoner of war, he said. Boyd's F-105j fighter was shot down over North Vietnam in April 1966. He spent almost seven years in POW installations, including the infamous "Hanoi Hilton." He was released in February 1973. Captain Dean Wilson of the Air Force ROTC said it was a major
Captain Dean Wilson of the Air Force ROTC told it was a major occasion for General Boyd to come to KU.
"When you have a four-star general come, it's a big deal," he said.
Future psychology majors need to analyze admission requirements
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
Maioring in psychology just got harder.
The College Assembly, the governing body for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, yesterday approved a proposal to create admissions requirements for psychology majors.
Previously, any student in the college could declare psychology as his or her major. Now, psychology majors must meet minimum requirements and apply for admission to the department. Students who already had declared psychology as their major will not be required to apply.
Doug Denney, director of undergraduate studies for the psychology department, said the large increase of psychology majors in recent years necessitated the change.
"We just don't have a large enough faculty to do as good of a job as we would like in training our undergraduates." Denney said. "Also, psychology classes are notorious for closing early in the enrollment period, and our problems seem to be getting worse."
The number of psychology majors has increased from 509 in Fall 1985 to 1,140 this fall, a 124 percent increase. In that same time period, the student-to-faculty ratio changed from 14.5-1 in 1985 to 39.9-1 in 1994.
For example, the cap for Fall 1994 will be set at 1,000, and new majors only will be accepted until that total is reached. Each fall the cap will be lowered until Fall 1998
The straw that broke the camel's back was when some students couldn't graduate on time because they couldn't get into required psychology classes," Denney said.
Making the grade
The newly approved admissions requirements will establish a cap of 600 psychology majors and will be phased in throughout the next five years, Denney said.
to apply to be psychology major,
students must meet the following
minimum requirements:
completed at least 30 hours in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
completed Psychology 104,
General Psychology
have a grade point average of at least 2.0
when the cap will be 600.
"A nice side effect of the cap is that we will have a little higher quality students," Denney said. "That's not our motive for doing this, but if it's an effect, so be it."
Students who meet a minimum grade point average and course work requirements will have the opportunity to apply to the psychology department during a two-week application period each semester. Students then will be selected on a competitive basis within the confines of the cap.
Denney said the admissions requirements were modeled after the requirements adopted by the communication studies department in Fall 1991. The political science and computer science departments also have admissions requirements.
Requirements for Howard Sypher, head of the communication studies department, said the effects of adopting admissions requirements only had been positive. The number of communication studies majors has decreased from 735 in 1991 to about 500 this fall.
"We're very satisfied with the change," Sypher said. "The average grade point average of our major is up, class sizes are down, and we have fewer students sitting on the floor. I don't see any downside."
Psvched up
The College Assembly yesterday approved admissions requirements for students majoring in psychology. The number of psychology majors has increased by 631 students since 1985. The following numbers represent the number of students enrolled in the fall semesters.
Micah Laaker/KANSAN
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