University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 6, 1991
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Choosing a major on deadline isn't as easy as it might seem
By Jennifer Bach Kansan staff writer
The rule of thumb in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is that students should choose their majors duri- pendent semester of their sophomore year.
But out of about 13,500 students in the college, 1,790 still have not chosen a major, according to data gathered by the college.
Data from this fall shows that out of freshman and sophomore students in the college, 1,787 students are undecided about their major. And out of juniors and seniors, 213 juniors and 68 seniors are listed as undecided.
Students should experiment with a variety of classes before deciding on a major, she said.
Pam Houston, director of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences undergraduate center, said that having a large number of undecided freshmen and sophomores in the college was good.
Melissa Windler, Chesterfield, Mo. sophomore, said that she had not chosen a major yet.
But Winder said she thought that it probably was necessary for students.
to declare a major by the second semester of their sophomore year.
Houston said that too often, students felt pressured by parents or friends to declare a major right away.
"I figure that if I don't find a major by then, I'll be here a lot longer than I want to." she said.
"Students think it's a very, very important decision," she said. "Sometimes students put too much emphasis on being out and upright about choosing one."
Houston said the number of students recorded as undecided was not always accurate.
"Sometimes students will choose a major just so they will not appear undecided," she said. "But in fact, they're not sure what they want."
It is not uncommon for students to choose a major but forget to change the interest code of their major on their enrollment form, Houston said.
"Because of this, the data is not very reliable," she said.
Administrators in the college use the interest code to record how many students are majoring in each department, she said.
Students sometimes fail to change
their interest code when they should or they may forget to change it from 000, the code for students who are undecided, to their desired code.
Failing to change interest codes could affect how the Board of Regents and the Legislature view various departments, Houston said.
If the Regents and Legislature recognize that certain departments do not have a large number of majors, they should be reclassified in other classes in the department, she said.
Michael Foulston, Wichita junior, decided two months ago to major in both mathematics and economics.
He said that some people had pressured him to find a major but that he had never let it worry him too much.
"People advised me to figure something out because it was a desperate situation," he said. "But my mother kept me kept me. She told me not to worry and that I'd figure something out."
Foulston said that he had planned on earning a bachelor's degree in four years but that he now would not graduate until 1983.
"That's assuming I don't switch maiors," he said.
Fred MacMurray of 'My Three Sons'dies at 83
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Fred MacMurray, who dispensed fatherly wisdom between puffs of his pipe on television "s My Three Sons" andplayedlovable kools in a string of Disney movies, has died at 48.
double-dealers of various stripes
Although light comedy was his strength, MacMurray played almost any film role with success, including Western hero, high-society figure and
MaeMurray died of pneumonia Tuesday at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., a day after being admitted for cancer.
He was the philandering husband in 1960's "The Apartment." In "The Caine Mutiny" of 1954, he played a deceitful Navy lieutenant.
But a good-guy image served Mac Murray best in the enormously popular film adaptation, and the played widower father Steve Douglas. The comedy ran from 1960 to 1972.
MacMurray also played good guys in several Walt Disney films, including 1960 s 'The Absent-Minded Professor', its "sequel" 'Son of Flubber,' the Shaggy Dog and "The Happiest Millionaire."
Mac Murray's stage, film and television career spanned more than 50 years. He made more than 80 motion pictures before retiring a decade ago. Friends said the kidner image better reflected the real Mac Murray.
"Such a lovely, shy, funny, wonder-
ful man. I miss him," said Beverly
Garland, who played MacMurray's
second wife on "My Three Sons."
He is survived by his wife, actress June Haver, three daughters and a son. His first wife, actress Lillian Lamont, died in 1953.
Funeral services will be private
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