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4 University Daily Kansan/Tuesday, September 3, 1991
OPINION
Search for executive vice chancellor begins
Right on time
When former KU executive vice chancellor Judith Ramaley was named president of Portland State University in April1990, Jim Scaly, assistant to Chancellor Gene Budig, said the University would proceed with the selection and appointment of a new executive vice chancellor.
People in the campus community have been wondering if Del Shankel would be the interim executive vice chancellor forever.
The most recent news is that he will not. In fact, Shankel said last Tuesday that the new executive vice chancellor
will be selected during the spring semester and will begin the job in early July.
Even though it seems as if the administration has been dragging its feet during the selection process, that is not necessarily the case. According to administrators, the search is right on schedule.
Past search committees, including the 1987 search to replace executive vice
Shankel said letters had been sent to the appropriate groups throughout the University that would be responsible for nominating people to the search committee.
chancellor Robert Cobb, have taken at least a year. Cobb told the administration about nine months before his retirement that he wanted to go back to teaching, but Shankel served six months as the interim executive vice chancellor after Cobb's retirement.
Shankel's experience and leadership have enhanced the position of executive vice chancellor, Budig said.
The process seems slow, but a nationwide search takes time, and we would rather see the University conduct a careful search than a hasty one.
Karen Park for the editorial board
LETTERS to the EDITOR
Editorialneeds facts for opinions
In this country we pride ourselves on having freedom of the press. I too am thankful for the privilege of living in a country where reporters are free to report the news, and newspapers are free to express their opinions on the various issues of the day without fear of government reprisal.
With this freedom, however, comes responsibility. Holly Neumann's editorial regarding Operation Rescue's tactics in Wichita is an example of a journalist not giving a full account of the facts.
Ms. Neuman obviously made the assumption that the Associated Press report regarding Operation Rescue leader Phil Vollman's verbal "threat" against George Tiller and his family was accurate. It was not because it was a half-truth. Mr. Vollman did say that the Tellers were in danger. However, if Ms. Neuman would have gone beyond one source, she would have found that the statement referred to Tiller being judged by God for his deeds, not to imply a potential attack by Operation Rescue supporters.
Ms. Neuman, when writing an editorial, is entitled to express her opinion. And if she wishes to express her outrage of Operation Rescue's tactics in a public way, she should responsibly by using facts to support her opinions rather than half-truths.
As readers, we are entitled to have a campus paper whose reporters and editorialists report information accrued by students, regardless, regardless of the issue or opinion.
Jim Musser Director, Campus Christians Lawrence graduate student
Fulchertreated unfairly by press
The recent public disclosure of alleged improprieties on the part of student body president Darren Fulcher are serious and deserve a full, umbified and distinctly non-political response. The remote possibility that an elected official who acts as a representative of the University community has
involved himself in a criminal act demands our full attention. While all these allegations make great news, excellent gossip and give ammunition to those who have an ax to grind, the simple truth is that until a credible investigation is completed, Pulcher should and should be treated accordingly.
Resolution of the mystery involves investigation of the roles played by the Kansan this summer, KJHK, other campus student elected representatives and the administration. An impartial committee ought to be formed immediately to investigate, reach appropriate conclusions and only then make recommendations to Student Senate and administration.
Most important, we must avoid sugar-cropping the problem or turning this needed effort into a witch hunt. Far too much is at stake.
John Robertson Lawrence graduate senator
Abortion should be made illegal
Where should a society draw the line between freedom and the law? People in any society should be free to do what they want, provided it doesn't interfere with the rights of others. For instance, stealing would be illegal because it interferes with the right to own property. Smoking marijuana should not be illegal, because it interferes with anyone else's rights.
Pro-choice activists have always clung to the belief that the decision to have an abortion or not should be left to the individual. However, the term "individual" doesn't apply with respect to abortion because there are two human beings involved. In other words, individual No. 1 can kill ill women. No. 2 simply fails to resist the resistance of individual No. 2 is inconvenient.
The question, "What ever became of sin?" applies here. It makes me uncomfortable to know that people should cover up for their irresponsibilities.
That said, pro-death activists say things like, "But what if he can't support the baby?" My answer: She can and should support the baby. If she's got the time and energy for irresponsible sex, she's got the time and energy for a job. And she wasn't 'the only one having irresponsible sex. The same goes for the man, if he was gallant enough to stick around.
David E. Wilson Kansas City, Mo., freshman
Take time to care about pollution From sticky chewing gum to loud-mouthed individuals, pollution is a nuisance that can be remedied on campus
It's your first week of school, and the sun is heating the pavement to a cool 100 degrees. While ensuring your way
At first you're not aware of the little foreign object which you have befriended. It soon becomes evident, from the strings of sticky stuff trailing behind, that you have stepped on a piece of bubble gum.
To think that only a few minutes ago this little piece of gum was being sloshed around in someone's mouth. It probably belonged to that big sweaty fellow who sits next to you in biology. Now you're going to have to peel it from the bottom of your shoe!
This scenario demonstrates that even the smallest scrap of garbage can become a very big nuisance.
We have one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation and it's up to each and every one of us to keep it litter free. The custodians on campus must also be taken into consideration. Surely they would rather spend their time doing things other than scraping gum from the underside of desks or picking up litter that has been carelessly strewn about.
The threat of large-scale pollution has focused attention on smaller events like cigarette smoking. It is obvious that smoking is hazardous to the smoker, and it has become evident that it is a danger to others who inhale passive smoke.
I have touched on a few problems here that we all are aware of, but the one that bothers me most is noise pollution. I'm sure that KU's faculty can attest to this issue. Aren't
Daniel Janousek Staff columnist
you surprised that more students are not kicked out of class for being noisy?
What about noise in their residence halls? There you are trying to study, while the C &C Music Factory is cranking out at full steam in the room next door. You eye the baseball bat in the corner as visions of transistors flying through the air fill your head. But you can't do it, for then you would be guilty of your own brand of pollution.
I guess it all comes down to being considerate of others. When you're done with that pop or box of Milk Duds, please discard the remaining trash in the appropriate container. Pollution is something only we create, and only we can prevent it.
Daniel Janousek is a Dodge City junior majoring in Journalism.
Don't accomplish today what you can procrastinate until tomorrow
Well folks, it's one week into school, and most of us are behind in our class readings. Some of us haven't bought our books yet. Some of you haven't been to class yet. Up and at 'em people. Put "Thu" on the backless umbrella and video cassette recorder and match it when you get home.
For my first column, my editor suggested I write concerning something I'm an expert at. She made this suggestion last week. So at 3:00 this morning, with an hour to go to deadline, I began scripting upon a subject which I am certain to be recognized as an authority. procrastination.
You see, at least for me, this semester is going to be different. Forget that I say that every year. This time the goal is to have Thanksgiving with the family instead of on a paper plate while sitting at my desk attempting to watch football in September. I'm going to watch football instead of my Macintosh. This semester, procrastination will be put off.
To be fair, procrastination does bring out some creative thinking. It
Michael Dick
Staff columnist
challenges us in the field of excuses and rationalizations. "I work better under pressure," is the one I use most frequently. I have even begun to believe it when it isait. This semestral logic, true. I'll complete something early.
In folklore we have been warned of the evils of postponing necessity. The tortoise clipped the hare at the finish line. Two of the three little pigs deferred quality in favor of quick finishes. A hastened finish that lacks in quality can be just as shoddy as a project with a slow start.
History too is loaded with costly delays. When then commander-in-chief of the Union Army George McClellan hesitated to send a force to Capitol of Richmond in 1862, the South was given time to regroup under a new
Asinwar, soit isinlove. Don't hang up after dialing six digits on your touchone. Make that call!! Otherwise you may pine away wondering what might have been. "Shoulda, woulda, coulda" becomes the forlorn cry of the lovesick procrastinator. He who hesitates is most certainly lost in the passion game; always let your partner know how you feel. Playing it cool will you eat eating your Pon-Tars by yourself.
With 10 minutes to spare to deadline, I'll add a final tale of tarry. On the on-line catalog in the KU library system is one title concerning procrastination. I had hoped it might add something memorable to this story. No such luck. It lost. The last day we met the computer out has cut off returning it.
Sountil next time, "Gather ye rose-
bs while ye may," and maybe we'll be able to enjoy Thanksgiving for once.
Michael Dick is a Lawrence senior major- ing in history and religion.
KANSAN STAFF
HOLLY LAWTON
Editor
JENNIFERREYNOLDS Managingeditor
TOM EBLEN General manager, news adviser
Editors
News ... Eric Schutz
Editorial ... Karen Park
Planning ... Sarah Davis
Campus ... Eric Gorsak
Sports ... Mike Andrews
Photo ... Brian Boehner
Features ... Tiffany Harness
Graphics ... Melissa Unterberg
commander, Robert E. Lee. The bloodiest war in American history was allowed to wage three more years.
KATIE STADER Business manager
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