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Friday, November 15, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
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Board of Regents postpones action on mission statement
By Alexander Bloemhof Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - Student representatives surprised university officials and the Board of Regents yesterday by not endorsing a mission statement proposal by the Council of Chief Academic Officers
The heads of the academic affairs offices at the Regents universities submitted their draft two weeks ago for approval at yesterday's Board of Regents meeting.
However, the Regents decided yesterday to postpone approval until they had examined the document more thoroughly.
The council had been asked to prepare its statement after a draft of a mission statement by the Regents staff in September drew sharp criticism from all Regents schools.
The staff's document was criticized because it would give the Regents more power to manage the project.
The council's proposal would leave the power on the individual campuses.
Regent Donald Slawson said the Regents and the universities needed to compromise
"The difference of opinion seems to be how much autonomy some of us are willing to give," Slawson said. "But I can't imagine that that can't be worked out."
Sara Scribner, student body president at Pittsburg State University who heads the Student Advisory Council, said the student representatives opposed the philosophy of the CoCAO document.
"The Student Advisory Council has endorsed neither the staff mission proposal nor the CoCAO proposal." Scribner said. "We have considered the need for meritis, and we see benefits and flaws in each."
The heads of the seven Regents schools and the top faculty representatives earlier in the meeting held on June 28, 2016.
But Scribner said she thought that the statement was reactionary.
"In general, we are unsupportive of the philosophy behind the proposal," she said. "It seems intent on perpetuating the status quo, providing little incentive for significant and necessary change."
Scri伯er's remarks caused confusion about the students' position.
"I was a little bit surprised because I've not heard these concerns on the KU campus," said Frances Ingemann, head of the KU Faculty Senate.
"In terms of what was discussed, I did not hear that kind of a response."
Scribner said that the advisory council had met Friday to discuss its response and that time was too short to take its concerns back to the campuses.
Bob Ratzlaff, head of CoCAO, said he sympathized with the students.
*Some of their concerns are legitimate, quite frankly.* "he said."
He said he was disappointed with the decision of the Regents to postpone approval.
"The inaction took me by surprise," Ratzlaff said. "It's a process that needs resolution. They've had it in their hands for two weeks, but the board quite obviously is deeply divided on what action it wants to take."
Regent Shirley Palmer said she did not want to postpone approval.
However, Jack Sampson, who heads the Regents, said the Regents needed more time.
*This needs to be acted upon quickly because the campuses have other things to do,* she said.
"We need to analyze this, he said. "This is going to be with us for a long time. I do not feel as chair that we are properly ready to make a decision on this."
He said the two statements would be discussed at a special meeting in the first week of December.
Wax works
Jennifer Hoeffner/KANSAN
Canada is mainly City, Klm, sophistication and employee or waxman candies inc., 4405 Massachusetts St., peets a layer of colored wax to create a Christmas design. A Lawrence company ordered 1,800 of the candies to give to employees as holiday gifts.
Flu-like virus hitting many students
Physicians say outbreak is atypical for fall
Kansan staff report
A viral, flu-like illness appears to be spreading on the KU campus, Watkins Memorial Health Center physicians said yesterday.
About 250 students sought treatment Wednesday at Watkins, about $ more
The center began treating several students Tuesday for the illness, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins.
than the average number of students the center treats daily.
Yesterday's figures at Watkins were not available.
Yockey said many of those students were seeking treatment for the viral illness.
"This kind of outbreak is atypical for this time of year." he said.
Regular influenza outbreaks typically occur in January and February, Yockey said.
Lawrence Magee, Watkins physician, said he saw about a dozen students Wednesday with the flu-like symptoms.
Sore throat, nasal congestion,
headaches, muscle aches and a fever
of 102 to 103 degrees are the common
symptoms of this virus, Magee said.
He said symptoms occurred during a course of six to 12 hours.
He said students who had the viral symptoms should rest, drink plenty of fluids and take ibuprofen or Tylolen to
Yockey also said students who had the virus might be able to reduce their symptoms if they sought treatment for the illness within the first 48 hours of the illness.
However, a student should see a physician if a fever persists, Magee and Yockey said.
Magee said students who wanted to avoid the illness should get plenty of rest, eat a regular diet and dress appropriately in chilly weather.
Snake exhibit shows signs of attempted break-in
By Melissa Rodgers
Kansas staff writer
One man's poison can be another man's passion.
This was the case recently at the Kansas Snake exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Dvche Hall.
Although many consider crawling reptiles repugnant, others like snakes enough to try to steal them.
Barbara McClain, associate director of the Natural History Museum, said the snakes 'caretker, Jeff Whip, noticed on the morning of Nov. 7 that the lock to the snake exhibit was damaged.
The lock was fine the day before, but it had been tampered with, so she reported it to KU police. she said.
The lock was damaged, and screws to the door had been removed, according to KU police records.
be after the albino," he said.
Whipple said he was worried that someone might be after a particular snake in the exhibit — the albino rat snake.
The snake may be sought by people in the pet industry, especially people who live in areas where snakes are known.
In September, an albino snake was stolen from Manhattan's Sunset Zoo. People around the country breed snakes to sell them as pets, Whipple said.
He said the exhibit's wild albino rat snake, which was caught near Easton, was rare and would be a novelty for a collector.
"If someone did break in, they would
"I see the snake as a survivor against all odds," he said. "She sticks out like a sore thumb to her predators."
Jeff Whipple, animal care unit employee, handles a rare albino rat snake.
Whipple said that of the 4 snakes in the exhibit, the milk snake also would be a target for thieves. The milk snakes are black with red and white bands.
Snakes are becoming more popular as pets, especially among college students and city dwellers. Whipple said. They do not require much care and can be kept in the closet, he said.
Whipple also said that 12 snakes in the exhibit were poisonous and that it was not safe to go into the exhibit unscored.
A person could be disfigured or have either a severe or fatal reaction if bitten by any of the venomous snakes, he
said.
Sherry Emerson, owner of Pet World, 711 W. 23rd St., which sells snakes from around the world, said the majority of snakes owners were college-aged men.
Emerson said that an albino rat snake was unusual and that the average rat snake was worth about $30.
Although she sells snakes indigines in Kansas, it is illegal to sell them in Missouri.
Multicultural center proposed for new Hoch
By Blaine Kimrey
Kansan staff writer
The Cultural Affairs Committee of Student Senate unanimously passed a petition Wednesday night requesting the U.S. State Department to provide a cultural center in Hee Audiflorum.
"We want to force the administration to take a stance on the multicultural center," said Scott Rutherford, for federal and liberal arts and science senator.
The petition would be non-binding. Rutherford said that the time was right for construction of the center because a structure and location already existed where the center could be built.
In the past, administrators have been reluctant to build a multicultural center at the University of Kansas and Arizona colleges and the construction cost, be said.
Because the Legislature probably already intends to allocate money to the renovation of Hoch Auditorium, a multicultural center in the building would be of little extra cost, Rutherford said.
Although the University has projected an $18 million cost for Hoch Auditorium renovation, the Legislature has not allocated the money.
The 1992 Legislative session will begin in January.
"We want to get the message out now before it's too late." Rutherford said.
The University already has drafted a proposal for the future use of Hoch Auditorium, but Rutherford said that events still could be made to the proposal.
He said he would contact campus organizations for their support.
"What we're going to do is very aggressively promote this," he said. Rutherford said the multicultural
Rutherford said the multicultural
center would have many possibilities, including a multicultural library anda forum for culturally diverse art shows.
"We don't want to exclude anyone," he said. "When we say multicultural, we mean everything from African-American to JESL to GLOS." he said.
Darren Fulcher, student body president, said that he and Rutherford had been working on the petition for three weeks.
"The multicultural center is something that is both needed and will be a welcome addition to the University," he said.
Fulcher said that Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, had told him that putting a multicultural cen- tern in Hoch Auditorium was a possibility.
Shankel could not be reached yesterday for comment.
"I think the costs at this time would be very minimal considering we already have a space in Hoch," Fulcher said.
He said that a multicultural center would project KU diversity and help to attract minorities to the University.
"Hopefully, it will also benefit the community at large." Fulcher said.
Alan Lowden, student body vice president, said that any time was a good time to build a multicultural center at KU.
"But when the state does not have funding from the educational building fund, they seem to be very strict in giving it up. They want that are for academic use only," he said.
However, Lowden said a multicultural center could be construed as
The petition will go before Senate at Wednesday night's 6 p.m. meeting at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
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