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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, August 26, 1994
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New education dean has open style
Goals include creating better communication
By James Evans
Kansan staff writer
It's all academic to her.
She has lived in six states during the past 23 years. Each of the six states had a purpose in the academic endeavors of Karen Symms Gallagher, the new dean of education at the University of Kansas.
From teaching middle school in western Washington to taking her new position as dean of education July 1, Gallagher said that each experience had helped her gain knowledge about administrating different types of educational institutions.
Prior to taking the position at KU, Gallagher was the associate dean of academic affairs at the University of Cincinnati. During the nine years at Cincinnati, she served as a professor of educational administration at the graduate level.
Gallagher, one of two female deans at KU, said she found the KU position attractive because the school of education is a Holmes Group member. Institutions in the group emphasize a broad liberal arts background that prepares teachers for the classroom.
Students in the school of education have to take two years of classes in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences before applying to the school their junior year.
"I think it's important that our students do go to the college first," Gallagher said. "It emphasizes broad-based learning in liberal arts and an understanding that teaching is more than just the love of kids.
"Secondly, I came to the school because of the involvement of the faculty in different professions," Gallagher said.
She said she was impressed by how many faculty members work in the professional world.
Faculty members also were impressed by Gallagher and her 23 years in education, said Sherry Ann Borgers, professor of counseling psychology and member of the search committee that selected Gallagher from among 50 applicants.
"We were looking for a leader who could listen and communicate and help us achieve the goals we already had," Borgers said.
She said that during the interview process, students and faculty members said they liked Gallagher.
With almost two months of experience at Bailey Hall, Gallagher said she has had time to set some goals for the school and review ongoing projects.
"We're looking for ways to share and create a relationship where it is OK to disagree." she said.
One of Gallagher's main goals is to improve communication between the six programs in the school of education. She said effective communication created a better educational environment.
To initiate the plan, Gallagher said she has started a "lunch with the dean" program, in which seven or eight faculty members are invited to lunch "to help break down artificial
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"We were looking for a leader who could listen and communicate."
Sherry Ann Borgers Professor of counseling psychology
barriers between them and me."
Gallagher said she also would have two hours during the week when students or faculty could come into her office and talk about any problems they may be having. She said she hopes this would create a greater openness between students and faculty.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Karen Symms Gallagher became the new dean of education on July 1.
Daron Bennett / KANSAN
Two days into classes and Ruth Haffield, secretary in the department of Education Policy and Leadership, says this week's pace has been "kinda hard for me to take" and hits the steps east of Bailey Hall for a cigarette and a little solitude. She has been with the department for about a year and said she was used to a slower pace. During the hectic first week, she has had to escape to the steps for a little peace and quiet, as well as a place to smoke.
Careless riding may cost students serious cash
By Manny Lopez Kansan staff writer
Get caught running a stop sign with your bicycle on campus and pay the price.
Thirty-five dollars to be exact.
Always dollar to be exact.
Yesterday afternoon, some KU students who cruised through the stop sign at the corner of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road were met by KU bike patrol police officers Chad Carr and Bob Williams.
"We have had a lot of accidents on campus so we are trying to make people aware," Carr said. "Today we are giving people warnings unless they
give us a hard time."
After stopping people for running the stop sign, the officers checked for identification to see if anyone had any outstanding warrants or if the bicycles they were riding were stolen.
"Another thing is we have had a lot of thefts recently," Williams said. "So we are checking all the bikes we stopped."
"I assumed I could get a ticket for not stopping," Megan Joyce, Lawrence junior said. "I just didn't think it would cost so much."
Everyone the officers stopped were let off with a warning, Carr said.
Joyce, who was on her way to check
on a job opportunity, said she would now be more careful.
Along with being aware of the traffic laws, Carr said students should have their bikes registered. He said getting a bicycle registered costed 25 cents and was good for six years.
Carr said students could register their bike at the SUA office, KU police department or Lawrence police department.
"Actually, the fine for not having a bike license is $21.50." he said.
The bike patrol has been around for three years. Williams and Carr started their one-year term on the bike patrol in January.
After riding away from his post near a tree on Jayhawk Boulevard, Williams said his next assignment would be at night stopping students who did not have the required headlight. He said he would be mostly handing out warnings this week, but would be giving tickets next week.
"Today hasn't been too bad because not too many people have heckled us," Carr said. "Hey, we are getting paid to do our exercise."
"We are also recommending people have flashing lights on the back of their bikes," Carr said. "Most of all people should just use caution, especially when riding on the sidewalks."
Speaker believes aliens are among us
UFO enthusiast to speak tonight at Holidome
By Carlos Tejada
Kansan staff writer
Bill Caulfield believes in UFOs.
And that's not all. The Kansas City, Mo., resident said he believed in alien abduction, transmitter implants and government cover-ups.
But before you pass judgment, think about this. Caulfield said he had more than 45 years of experience investigating UFOs and extraterrestrial phenomenon. He said he had irrefutable evidence to back up his claims.
He also said he was willing to show this evidence at a presentation at 7 tonight at the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Dr.
"I don't ask people to believe me," Caulfield said. "I just ask them to find the truth."
Caulfield, a retired airline executive, said in a telephone interview yesterday that he became interested in UFOs while living near Roswell, N.M., in the late 1940s. In 1949, UFO enthusiasts claim, an alien spacecraft crashed in the desert near Roswell and was hidden by the government.
The subsequent rumors and stories piqued his interest, he said.
"I didn't think much of it at the time," Caulfield said. "But over the years I kept getting into it and started doing research."
Over the years, Cauffelt said, he has acquired a wide body of research and worked with scientists and professors. But the results of the research aren't pleasant, he said.
Caulfield said his research showed that aliens who abducted humans might mean humans harm. He said the current wave of abduction tales, including the bestselling non-fiction book "Communion" by author Whitley Strieber, portrayed alien abduction in an inaccurately positive light.
"Do you think being taken from the dark, poked and prodded and having your memory erased is a good thing?" Caulfield said. "I don'tthinkit'sright."
People who experience extraterrestrial visits should challenge it until the
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Speaker: Bill Caulfield, a UFO investigator.
What: A lecture and slide show on UFOS, alien abductions and government cover-ups.
■ When: 7to 10. tonight.
■ Where: Brazilian Room A in the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Dr.
Admission: Tickets are $5 at Hummingbird Song Bookstore, 10 E.9th St., and $6 at the door. Tickets also will be given away today on radio station KJKH 90.7.
"I don't ask people to believe me.I just ask them to find the truth."
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aliens' motives are discovered, he said.
Caulfield's views aren't necessarily representative of all UFO enthusiasts, said Gil Bavel, president of Third Eye Productions, the Lawrence UFO group sponsoring the presentation. He said because little concrete evidence was available, different theories were welcome in the UFO community.
Bavel also said UFO research should not be confused with UFO claims in tabloid newspapers.
"If you do your homework, you'll find a lot more than three-foot green men from Mars riding saucers with Elvis and Bigfoot," he said.
Interested members of the public should come with an open mind, Bavel said.
"If you're uninterested in being lied to and you have some interest in seeking the truth, this is something you need to come to," he said.
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