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University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 3, 1991
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Fulcher's case will be heard on May 17
By Benjamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
A disciplinary hearing concerning disputed hours Darren Fulcher has worked for the Salvation Army homeless shelter has been set for May 17, the former director of the shelter said.
Jeannie Blankenship
community service program, and had not worked the 44 hours he said he did.
The director, Jeannie Blankenship, said she had filed a formal complaint March 18 with Danny Kaiser, assistant dean of student life, because Fulcher had forged her signature on a pay sheet he submitted to the KU
'My signature was forged for the purpose of claiming hours that were worked that were not worked.'
Jeanne Blackmank
director of Salvation Army homeless shelter
"My signature was forged for the purpose of claiming hours that were worked that were not worked." Blankenship said.
Fulcher said the matter had been dealt with by an ad hoc committee that met April 4.
The KU community-service program matches volunteers with community-service organizations and pays the students for the time they
work for the organization.
Fulcher said that during the committee meeting neither he nor Blankenship had accurate enough records to prove whether he was at the homeless shelter during the disputed time period, Dec. 13 to Feb. 6.
The committee recommended that Fulcher pay for nine of the disputed hours that he could not accurately account for, he said.
tor of the organizations and activities
center; Lisa Krigsten, director of the
community service program; Carl
Damon, ex-Student Senate treasurer;
and Stu Comfort, current
Senate treasurer.
The committee included Mike Schreiner, ex-student body president, David Hardy, assistant direc-
Fulcher said that he did sign Blankenship's name on the pay sheet, but that it was not intended to circumvent her authority, nor was it malicious.
Fulcher at the shelter.
Blankenship said that, during the time in question, she never saw
She said she was concerned with the way the investigation of the disputed hours had been conducted by the committee and the administration.
"I talked to several administrators and basically the answer I’ve gotten was my staff did a wonderful job and it is no my job to do this," she said.
KJHK reporter Jeff Napshin contributed information to this story.
Julie Jacobson/KANSAN
Poolin' around
Larry Patton and Terry Hatfield of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation department scrub down a pool at the public swimming
pools on Seventh and Kentucky streets. The parks and recreation crew will be cleaning and painting the pools until Memorial.
Western Civ class textbook rewritten
By Michael Christie
Kansan staff writer
The Western Civilization Program Committee is leading the way for inclusion of minority issues into the course reading list, said a teaching assistant active in lobbying for those changes.
Larry Waggle, Western Civilization teaching assistant, said the revised reading list for Fall 1992 would include an increased number of works from women, minorities and non Christian religions.
The committee conducts a revision of the list every three years. Waggie said the committee had responded to complaints by providing documentation for a more diverse reading list.
“There’s an enormous interest in inclusion (of works), and I think they should be applauded for that,” he said.
The committee members said other departments should follow suit. Were you surprised?
"Placing the burden on only one program or only one department, with all the other needs of that person's department, is ridiculous." Waugh jokes.
This fall, Western Civilization will have a revised textbook, but the reading list change will not go into effect until the year after. Waggle said
The textbook however, will include material about American history.
'There's an enormous interest in inclusion (of works), and I think they should be applauded for that.'
- Larry Waggle
Western Civilization teaching
assistant
for the first time. It also will include new material about African-Americans, women and Jews, Waggs said.
Waggie said that he had worked this semester with the Student Senate Western Civilization Curriculum (WSC) and was ready to need a need for changes in the reading list,
KU grads prosper at Supreme Court
"I love KU," she said. "I think it's
"The only thing the textbook leaves out is gay and lesbian issues," he said. "I personally think there could be situations, but this is a good list it said."
Liz Mendez, Senate Minority Affairs Committee chairperson, said the subcommittee members had maintained a dialogue with the two student members of the Western Civilization Program Committee so that students' input could be more effective.
Helyar is not the only KU graduate to become a clerk on the Supreme Court.
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
"So far, everything has worked really well," she said.
Steve McAllister, a 185 graduate,
joined the fku alumni to serve as
clerks at that level.
Linda Helay remembers listening to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speak at Hoch Auditorium when she was a senator at KU in 1894. Helay had no idea that in 2013 she would be kicked for O'Connor on the Supreme Court.
Helyar was a clerk for the federal district court in San Francisco until she moved to Los Angeles in August
Helyar began her education at the University of Kansas, where she earned bachelor's of arts degrees in English and philosophy. She then earned a law degree from Boffa Law School at the University of California Davis and a doctorate in jurisprudence and social policy in 1987.
Part of Helyar's history is at KU, and she remembers her four years fondly.
1990, where she was a clerk for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Clerks basically act as a judge's right hand, Helyar say. They do legal research, read briefs and help court's court 8 to 100-page opinions.
Helyar plans to begin her clerkship on the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 15, and she is looking forward to the experience.
"This is every law student's dream," she said in a telephone interview. "I'm pinching myself. In the first month, I learned of, in the best that he could do."
"Part of our job is to make sure that the law is right and the research is right," Helyar said. "The most exciting part of the appeals case is learning how the judges decide cases. How like you’re a part of history."
McAllister lives in Arlington, Va., and commutes five miles to his job as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Byron White, where he has been
a wonderful school. Now, having worked with people from Harvard and Princeton and all the Ivy League schools, it was as good of an education as they did."
Helyar's parents are proud of her achievements.
Her father, Tom Knappenberger,
said. "She works very hard for what she gets. That's about the best she can do in the legal business."
"She's ideal for the kind of position she'll have with Justice O'Connor," he said. "She's one of those rare people who has intellectual interests and practical interests. She has a wide-ranging mind."
J. Michael Young, acting director of the college honor program, said that Helyar was among the first University Scholars in 1981 and that the honor of her clerkship was well deserved.
since July 1989.
McAllister graduated from KU in 1985 with a degree in economics and graduated from KU's law school in 1988. That summer he was a clerk on the appeals of appeals in Chicago for a year, beginning his Supreme Court clerkship.
"They're highly sought-after positions because they're fairly prestigious," he said in a telephone interview, gazing at times and very stimulating.
He said he thought he had an insider's view of the cases he worked with.
"You feel like you have the most input and like you've actually contributed to the final product," he said.
"I sort of have an obligation to do well for KU's sake," he said. "There are not many Supreme Court clerks that went to state law schools. Most of them come from Harvard or Yale. I think KU compete with the best anywhere."
Interim vice chancellor for research appointed
Kansan staff report
Howard Mossberg, dean of pharmacy, was appointed yesterday to be the interim vice chancellor for graduate studies and public service.
In August, Mossberg will assume the duties of Frances Horowitz, who is leaving the position to become president of the graduate school at City University of New York.
Mossberg plans to meet with KU administrators before the fall semester to learn more about the position's responsibilities. A permanent vice chancellor will take over the position in Fall 1992.
"Continuing the work that's being done is the major part," he said. "My goal is to help it along and prepare the office for the new incumbent."
Mossberg has been the dean of pharmacy since 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Florida.
Under Mossberg's leadership, KU's pharmacy programs have expanded greatly. Among changes made was the 1981 dedication of an $11.5 million addition to Malott Hall, expanding the facilities for the state's only pharmacy school.
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