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Professor leaves legacy of good will
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Larry Havlicek liked to travel to foreign countries, and friends said he was a good ambassador for the University of Kansas.
Havicek, professor of educational psychology and research, died Monday after she was hit by a truck while bicycling to the University that morning. He is survived in the home by his wife of three years, Laurel Havicek.
Glen Fisher, his father-in-law, said
Havlicek, it. walked or rode his bicycle
from his scith Lawrence home to KU
every morning for exercist.
Because of his interest | foreign countries, faculty members s. id many international students at KU came to Havicek for help.
Havlicek was given Fulbright award to lecture in South America and was a visiting professor in 1884 at the University of Missouri, equated on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf.
because of Haylicek
Susana Gulla, Montevideo, Uruguay,
graduate student, said she came to KU
Larrv Havlicek
She said she first met him when he was lecturing in 1986 at a private research institution in Uruguay. He brought information about KU to show students in Montevideo, she said.
"I got to know the University through him," Gulla said.
When she arrived at KU, Havlick helped her choose classes and answered her questions about the University system, she said.
Gulla, who has been at KU for three years working on a graduate degree in education, said she knew classmates who had gone to him for help.
"They say he is always helping the students," she said. "They say he will explain them."
psychology and research, said Havlicek he had a special interest for working in foreign
Robert Hohn, professor of educational
He said he remembered Havlicek always looking for books to take with him to give to students and to libraries in South America.
Those were the kinds of little things he did. Hohn said.
"I think people in those countries think, because of the fact that they associate us with it," she said.
Havlicek received a bachelor's degree in 1955 and a master's degree in 1959, both in music education, and a doctoral degree in 1965 in education, all from KU. He returned to the University as an associate professor in 1967.
School of Education officials said yesterday that Havlica's classes would be extended.
Specializing in statistics and evaluations, he was teaching two graduate-level courses.
Edward Meyen, dean of education, said the faculty had lost a good colleague.
"He was a solid teacher." Meyen said.
"He was one of the faculty who worked
closely in the aspect of service (with local schools)."
Rose Marino, associate University general counsel, said Havlicke was cheerful during the class she was taking from him and that Rose Marino is working on a master's degree.
Even though the class met at night for three hours and everyone was tired after having worked all day. Havlicek made it interesting, she said.
"He was funny," Marino said. "He made little wry comments and jokes. It was his personality that was so engaging."
Havlicek also had interests and talents outside of teaching
Bill Kelly, alumni band director, said
she was the group's lead band for as long as Kelly could remember.
The group of about 100 alum play once a year on Homecoming Day, Kei xi said.
If someone lost a reed or a pad for an instrument, Havilee was right there in the room.
"If you needed something done, he was the first one to take his hand and say, 'I'll do it.' He did."
Funeral services will be Friday for psychology professor killed in bicycle accident on Monday
Kansanstaffreport
Funeral services for a KU professor will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Lake City, FL.
Larry Havlicek, professor of educational psychology and research, was fatally injured at 10:14 a.m. Monday when the s-8 speed bike he was riding was struck by a truck at 23rd street and Ousdahl路, Layreville police said.
Havlicek, 59, was proceeding northbound on Ousahal Road through a green light when he was struck by a 23-footlong truck belonging to Frito Lay Co. The truck was traveling westbound on 23rd Street.
The driver of the truck was Jeralid Berroth, 24, of St. Marys.
Havicek was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:54 a.m. He died of chest and head injuries sustained during the accident.
Sgt. Mark Warren of Lawrence police said Berroth was not cited. The case will be reviewed by the Douglas County district attorney.
Speaker explains definition of harassment
Court rulings expand sexual harassment's scope, KU official says
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
Sexual harassment is behavior that creates a hostile classroom or work environment, the acting director of the office of affirmative action said last night.
"That is what Anita Hill was talking about, "Tom Berger said to about 15 people at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union.
He said that most people viewed sexual harassment as demands for sexual favors. But recent court rulings have expanded that definition
Sexual harassment now includes ogling,
teasing and unwelcome touching, Berger
The expanded definition of sexual harassment includes:
Unwelcome contact as a condition of continued employment or academic standing.
Rejection or submission to unwanted behavior used as a basis for employment or employment status.
- Conduct that unreasonably interferes with work or creates hostile or offensive environment.
Those who sexually harass others do so to sexual favors or abuses their power, Benin.
"We must remember that these two elements are not mutually exclusive," he said.
Sexual harassment cuts across gender and ethnic boundaries, but the power relation is often more difficult to dismantle.
Victims of harassment go through similar stages of the indifference Respond
He said victims initially ignored the harassment. The second stage: initial.
After they accept that the patient has occurred, victims go into shock. Berger said the shock was not unlike medical shock.
Next, victims pass through stages of an-
xigen, guilt, self-consciousness and anger, he
guilt.
"From this point on, the impact of sexual harassment varies considerably on the spectrum," he said. "But it's always negative."
But women who are sexually harassed also should contact the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center to talk about their feelings, he said.
Berger said people who thought they had been sexually harassed should contact the office of affirmative action.
Barbara Ballard, director of the center.
It is important to talk to someone who understands, she said
said communication was the key to dealing with sexual harassment.
"We need to learn to speak up for ourselves," Ballard said.
Some people may apologize and say they did not mean to be offensive, she said.
She also suggested confronting the harasser, if possible.
But she said many victims kept silent for a long time about sexual harassment.
"Never ignore it. "Ballard said, "People dig (ignore it). I understand exactly why they do."
Even though it may not be possible to go public, there are things that can be done, like getting a job.
Fulcher says draft of mission statement slights importance of undergraduates
By Alexander Bloemhof Kansan staff writer
A draft of the KU mission statement neglects undergraduate education, student body president Darren Fulcher said yesterday.
Fulcher said that Student Senate had discussed the draft at its meeting last week and that graduate and undergraduate senators thought there was not enough emphasis on undergraduates.
"This is not a struggle against research," Fulcher said at yesterday's meeting of the University Senate as part of the meeting.
"In my discussions with the committee, I was assured that undergraduate education would be emphasized somewhere. The undergraduates feel they have not been included."
Hommad El-Hodiri, a professor of economics who serves on the committee, has compared the statement to the U.S. Constitution because it outlines the purpose of KU in broad terms.
Fulcher is a member of the Mission 2001 steering committee, which drafted the mission statement for the mission.
Andrew Debicki, director of the Hall Center for the Humanities and also committee member, said the committee had tried to combine all aspects of the University in one statement. It would serve as a preamble to a larger document that would identify the kinds of different schools and departments at KU.
Debiaki had an important purpose of the statement was to set KU apart from other Regents universities.
Three of the seven paragraphs characterize KUAs a research institution and emphasize graduate education.
"KU's key point is to identify itself as a unique institution, different from the other institutions in some way," Debekiki said. "KU is one of the few that does not have a degree and has a thesis on graduate work is expressed in the statement."
*My perception is that the committee for research must be emphasized." he said.
"They ought to realize that under-graduates are the majority here. In order for us to be, part of the University, part of the mission statement shouldress undergraduate education and the quality of it."
Fusan Groenbek-Tedesco, assistant to the vice chancellor for academic affairs and a member of the committee, said the committee had discussed undergraduate education before drafting the statement.
"I think that the committee understands that we need strong programs in undergraduate education," she said. "So there is support for it. But the question is whether it has been highlighted or not.
*Personally*, I don't think it has been subverted.
*My perspective is that there is balance of balance.*