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University Daily Kansan/Friday, September 13, 1991
OPINION
Student resources
Services turn away interested students
Two of the University's most structured and successful educational services, The Writing Center and the Computer Assisted Instruction in English Program, share exclusivity with who has the privilege of using their services.
The Writing Center serves as a resource center for University faculty and their students from any University school or department. The Center says it not only provides assistance with the planning, organization, and development of essays, but it also focuses on the coherence, sentence structure, vocabulary choice and punctuation
choices of the student.
The Computer Assisted Instruction In English Program (CAI) is formatted in the same manner as the Writing Center. However, it is for exclusive use of students enrolled in English courses. Also, instead of aid from a personal tutor, a Macintosh Computer Writers Workbench Program critiques and assists the student with his assignment.
While both programs provide excellent tutoring, both fail to share their resources and state of the art facilities with the majority of the student population. Instructors are required to enroll in
the programs themselves before the students can have access to them. So when seeking assistance at either the Writing Center or CAI, students are turned away and told that they are not allowed to use the services because their instructors have failed to enroll in the programs.
If the University is committed to providing an uncompromised quality education with integrity and accessibility, as stated in the Kansas Regents System Mission Statement, then why do both programs continue to turn away interested students?
Jose Vasquez for the editorial board
KU football
Jayhawks deserve support against Tulsa
Not since 1985 has the Kansas Jay hawks football team won a road opener, a non-conference road game and two games in a row. But the 'Hawks broke two of those streaks during Saturday's game in Toledo, Ohio.
And they have a chance to end the other streak tomorrow when they play the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Memorial Stadium.
KU Sports Marketing has organized activities to promote increased attendance at tomorrow's game. The first 500 students who pass through the stadium gates will receive a free T-shirt that entitles them to sit in a special section, where they will receive free food and
prizes.
The football players also are doing their part to increase attendance they're playing better.
The 'Hawks had not held an opponent to seven points since September 1986, and for the fifth consecutive game the team has gained more than 400 yards in total offense.
Football coach Glen Mason said it was not only important to the players to have a lot of fans in the stands, but it was important to the program because several high school recruits would be visiting the campus.
In the past, many fans have opted to cheer the team on from the Campanile
Hill. While it is nice to see people enjoying themselves,it would be more beneficial to the team to have all those noisy excited people in the stands.
For the third year, each student who purchased all-sports tickets received a complimentary ticket to the first home game.
The University has taken steps to make sure a large crowd attends the Tulsa game. Now, we as students should do our best to attend.
Come support the Kansas football program tomorrow as it tries to increase its record to 2-0.
Karen Park for the editorial board
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LETTERS to the EDITOR
Fulcher case is a witch-hunt
As an African-American female student, former president of Black Student Union and a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., I am outraged over the recent events on this campus. It appears that through the history of the University of Kansas actions that have been taken against African-American students have been justified as being morally correct instead of looking at them for what they are, racial.
I must say from the onset that I am opposed to the beating of women, but I am also opposed to the trial and judgment of a person without knowing the facts and situations about the case. Just simply knowing that Darren Fulcher was charged and ordered to pay restitution for battery is not enough. I am also opposed to the notion that because Mr. Fulcher did batter a woman it makes him unsympathetic to women's issues. Who better to know the sins of the action but someone who has suffered from the problem, got counseling and is committed to remedying the problems for others. This is what Mr. Fulcher has been put on record as having done.
The University of Kansas and some of its students have for many years hidden behind the facade of being nonracial, which is not true. The way this case has been handled and the way Student Senate has handled itself should not be commended, as University officials have stated. These actions and hearing can be requested to which university our country has to have put those actions behind it. WAKE UP UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Frenchette Garth Topeka senior
Kansan voice silent in past
In the Sept. 6 edition of the Kansan, readers were told that the editorial board had met and is now ready to inform the world that "It is time for Darren Fulcher to resign" and that "The Kansan editorial board will not tolerate a student body president who." Well, well, after six months of hesitation and prevarication, the Kansan has finally found its voice and here you are, full of righteous indignation, pontifacting from your editorial throne. It sits ill with you.
Where was the fervor of the Kansan in calling for the resignation of Gene Budig when he was caught l.y., oops, sorry, inadvertently providing false information to the NCAA over the problems in the basketball program? I recall only the Kansas City Star called for his resignation then. Where was the indignation of the Kansan when Del Shankel and his colleagues were drawing KU into the mire through their eagerness to lend credibility to the Cleopatra's Secret-Ponzi pyramid scheme by conducting "tests" for a fee? Why have you not taken affront that Associate Vice Chancellor Burchill has kept secret files on faculty and circulated them about the University administration? Where was your rightful ie are when Associate Vice Chancellor Research Zerweck claimed the publication of three referred papers that have in fact never appeared in point.
So if Darren Fulcher needs some advice, I give him some: Darren, you just look 'em right in the eye and tell 'em to "fem" straight out. In doing so, you will be following a great KU tradition.
H MET. CLARK
Associate professor of mechanical
engineering
H McI. Clark
"We Are One Community"
We in the Office of Minority Affairs want to welcome you to campus and wish you a fulfilling and enjoyable fall semester at KU. If you are a returning student, you know what lies ahead: making study, studying, more studying and learning — both inside the classroom and out. If this is your freshman year, good luck, hang in there and have fun! It'll be over sooner than you want it to be.
Before you get to settle into your routine, however, do take time to stop and in visit us at our new location, 145 Strong Hall, adjacent to the Enrollment Center. We would enjoy meeting you.
"We Are One Community" is our theme and aspiration for the University of Kansas community. We strive to foster better relations and cultural enrichment between minority and majority populations and to help create an environment conducive to success for everyone. We hope that our students will look to us as a resource center of assistance, support and information.
To achieve the goal of "One Community," we offer several programs that might be of interest to you, such as our stEp program (students together Excelling in Education as Peers). stEp provides peer counseling sessions to help freshmen and transfer students adjunct to college life at KU. We may also be able to assist you with your research paper or project with materials from our resources. Workshops and seminars on the theme "We Are One Community" were conducted by members of our staff for classroom and organizations and we also sponsor various social and cultural events throughout the year, such as Black History Month and the Native American Powwow.
Again, please feel free to stop by our office anytime to introduce yourself or make an appointment to learn more about our programs.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Sherwood Thompson, director, and the staff of the Office of Minority Affairs
violence never acceptable
I attended the special Student Senate meeting called to discuss Darren Fulcher's beating of Audra Glavas. In observing Fulcher's statement and the following question-and-answer period, I saw a great deal of inflexibility on either side. To be fair to Fulcher, he seemed genuinely sincere and candid in his apology and explanation of the events in question. He deserves our forgiveness under such circumstances, unable to accept the fact that he is a batterer. No incident involving a public official, or any person for that matter, perpetrating violence against a woman should be considered private.
Darren Fulcher is not the first batterer who has said, "It will never happen again." He may, in fact, never strike a woman again. He has certainly done more to redeem himself than many batters ever do by seeking professional counseling. He says that this experience has made him more sensitive and concerned about the needs of battered women. However, if he is as sincerely concerned about the issue of domestic violence, he would rather statement against it by stepping down now. By staying in office, he is making the statement that his political career is more important to him than the issue of domestic violence or the opinion of the student body and public.
Fulcher's remaining in office sends a message to the public that sometimes, under certain circumstances, battering a woman is acceptable. Domestic violence is never acceptable under any circumstances. We should never forget that Darren Fulcher should not be allowed to forget it, either.
Chris Sykes KU staff member
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Loco Locals
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by Tom Michaud