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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 140
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2005
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School names new dean
School of education hires dean to uphold school's reputation
BY TY BEAVER
tbeaver@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The director of the School of Education at Colorado State University was named the 15th dean of education at the University of Kansas yesterday.
Rick Ginsberg will take his position in August after he moves here from Fort
Collins. Colo.
While unable to recall the number who applied for the position, Ed Meyen, professor of education and chairman of the search committee, said the committee was pleased by its efforts.
"We had a very good response and had candidates with strengths, but different strengths." he said.
News of the opening spread early in the semester and ended in visits with three candidates. Meyen said Ginsberg was chosen because of his experiences
Ginsberg
and scholarship.
A strong background in policy development applied toward teacher education was another strong point, and an ability to address the
diversity of the school also made Ginsberg an attractive choice, Meyen said.
"We're not asking him to come and fix things, but to provide us leadership into the future." he said.
Ginsberg was attracted to the position by the school's national ranking and the quality of students and faculty. Lawrence's reputation as a good place to raise a family also played into his decision.
"My wife and I thought we had another good career move in us, and this is an ideal institution." he said.
The new dean even learned about the recruiting process for educators when he toured the University, and plans to use that
"We're not
asking him to come and fix things, but to provide us leadership into the future."
Ed Meyen
Ed Meyen chairman of the search committee
knowledge during his tenure.
Because the school is known
for its prominence, Ginsberg says he will focus on getting to know the faculty and students of the school, but maintaining research productivity and teaching standards are his primary goal.
The former dean of education, Angela Lumpkin, resigned in October. Fred Rodriguez, associate dean and associate professor of education, was named interim dean.
Rodriguez did not apply to keep the position.
Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
SPEAKER
Stephanie Farley/KANSAN
"To me, Rwanda was really an education," Anderson Cooper said last night as he spoke to a crowd at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Cooper, who anchors CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," covers the genocide in Rwanda. Cooper has also covered the Columbia Space Shuttle explosion and the D.C.-area snipter story.
Anchormant tells hazards of reporting CNN's Cooper dodges bullets, delivers news
BY NELF MULKA
nmulka@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Sometimes you need a little help to get the job done.
For Anderson Cooper, CNN anchorman, that meant paying AK-47 wielding 15-year-olds for protection while covering famine in Somalia.
That tale, along with dodging bullets in South Africa and stealth maneuvering from a Baghdad airport to his hotel are just some of the reporting experiences Cooper told last night to an audience at the Kansas Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The Iraqi tale was a surprise due to the images of victory after the war, said Angela Carlon, Shawnee junior.
"I was surprised that we didn't have complete control," Carlon said.
All of Cooper's stories weren't about guns and bullets.
He met a Sri Lankan boy who had thrown stones into the sea because the tsunami took away his brothers, sisters and friends.
It's an image that stays with you, Cooper said. Cooper is very inspiring, Hannah Love, Dodge City freshman, said.
He couldn't express his pain in words.
Besides answering questions about his travels, he fielded questions from the audience that ranged from his prematurely gray hair to the corporate influence on media.
"He has a great outlook," Love said. "I was really impressed by the fact that he cries about his news stories."
SEE ANCHORMAN ON PAGE 6A
PROFILE
Humble beginnings shape American icon
BY Jason Shaad
lshaad@kansan.com
"For somebody from Russell, it was a big change," Dole said in a phone interview in early April. "That was the farthest east I had ever been before."
He never had enough time for school, what with sports, his fraternity and a college social life. Not to mention the two jobs he was busy working to nav for it all.
He was a sports buff, played football and track,
but basketball was his favorite. He was a huge fan of legendary KU basketball coach Forrest "Phog"
Allen and tried out for his team two years in a row. Never made varsity, though.
He never had enough cash or clean clothes and he wrote home often to ask for more of both.
Dole still remembers the classes he took, the parties he went to and the girls he dated. He
Back in 1941, the Russell native decided the University was his best choice for a successful future. He borrowed $300 from a local banker to pay for tuition and snagged a ride to Lawrence.
As a kid from a small town in western Kansas, Robert Joseph Dole came to the University of Kansas in the fall of 1941. He wanted to become an athlete and a doctor.
Today, as a political leader and elder statesman, Dole, 81, is back at the University and will speak at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. He will talk about his new book, "One Soldier's Story," a memoir about his life, including his two-year stint at the University before he joined the Army to fight in World War II.
He remembers how big of a change it was to come to a campus with as many students as the population of his home town, about 4,000.
But what Dole remembers most about his two years here is how positive of an impression the University had on his life.
"You appreciate it more as you get older and look back at the good times and the bad times and the little things." Dole said. "KU is one of the bright spots that I remember."
remembers the variety of jobs he worked to put himself through college too.
Athletic enthusiast
If it wasn't for KU basketball, Dole never may have come to the University in the first place.
In Russell, Wildcat purple covered one side of the drugstore where Dole worked and crimson and blue covered the other.
"You were either KU or K-State, and loyalties were very fierce," said Andy Galyardt, 73, a Russell native who grew up with Dole and lived three houses away from him. Dole had always loved basketball more than any other sport. That meant he was a lavihawk fan.
During his freshman year Dole tried out for football, basketball and track.
But it wasn't until coach Allen walked into the Russell drugstore and told him to try out at KU that Dole set his heart on the University.
"I was in high-cotton, as they say in the South, when Phog Allen walked in and told me to come to KU." Dole said.
Allen had heard about Dole through his son Milton, who played amateur league basketball in Russell.
SEE DOLE ON PAGE 4A
DOLE SPEECH TODAY
Former Senator Bob Dole will speak today for the second annual Dole Lecture at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
Dole will discuss his new book, "One Soldier's Story," which tells the story of his service in Italy during World War II, the wounds he sustained there and his eventual recovery before entering politics.
The epilogue of the book also recounts the similarities between Dole's war injuries and the serious injury he sustained earlier this year. In January Dole fell and spent 40 days at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. for treatment of internal bleeding.
Today is the first time Dole will address the public inside the institute, which holds his personal and political papers, Bill Lacy, Institute director, said.
Dole will sign copies of his book before and after the event, which will be followed by an outdoor picnic with free hot dogs, beverages and music.
The lecture begins at 4 p.m. in the Institute, located west of the Lied Center on West Campus.
tickets are free and can be obtained at the Dole Institute or by calling 840-4900.
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Statues stolen
Statues stolen Visually impaired students often touched the statues at the Audio- Reader Sensory Garden. Now, the garden is empty of the statues. The KU Public Safety Office is investigating the theft. PAGE 5A
Interest leads to internship
Kickin' back
A student who plays in a band that specializes in Klezmer music will spend eight weeks in Amherst, Mass., studying Yiddish. PAGE 8A
These students have discovered a new way to conquer weekend campus boredom: resurrecting an old playground pastime. But this time, they're kicking it off the parking garage roof. PAGE 5A
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