UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 30, 1997
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Candidate search comes to an end
Vice chancellor interviews cease
By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
The fifth and final candidate to be considered for the position of vice chancellor for research and public service will complete his interviews with University of Kansas officials today.
Michael Cataldo, vice president for the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Md., met yesterday with faculty and graduate student representatives in two open meetings.
The Kennedy Ketter Institute is a national nonprofit program that develops and provides medical, educational, and community interventions for children with disorders of the brain.
While working at Kennedy Krieger, Cataldo is also a professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Cataldo received a master's and doctoral degrees in child development from the University of Kansas.
The vice chancellor position became available because the current interim vice chancellor for research and public service, Howard Mossberg, will be taking a phased retirement, upon the appointment of his replacement.
Mossberg said that he would remain at the University for a short time in order to assist in the transition.
The responsibilities of the new vice chancellor will include working with University researchers to locate and assist in the funding of projects, coordinating research activities in the academic center and working with the academic deans.
As an additional responsibility, the new vice chancellor also will be the chief operating officer of the University's Center for Research Inc. The center, or CRINC, will be responsible for organizing and
The Cataldo File
Name: Michael Cataldo
Current Jobs: Vice president for the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a national nonprofit organization that works with children who have disorders of the brain, Baltimore, Md.; professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Degrees: Master's and Ph.D. from University of Kansas
locating funds for all types of research conducted on campus.
CRINC has traditionally been tailored to scientific and engineering research, in July it will expand to University-wide research.
Richard Givens, assistant provost and co-chair of the selection committee, said that the committee hoped that the new vice chancellor would be able to report for duty July 1, or shortly there after.
"It's a very rigorous process, and hopefully, when we're all done, a decision will be made," Givens said.
Givens said that the 15-member committee will soon begin deliberating on their recommendation to Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provest David Shulenburger, following today's final interview.
The final committee recommendation should be made in the next two weeks, Givens said.
To make its decision, the committee will evaluate what it learned about the five candidates throughout the interview process and additional follow-up research.
During the next few weeks, the committee will also take into account written feedback given to them by faculty, staff, students and administrators who have spent time with each of the candidates during the interviewing process.
"Some of the candidates will be more acceptable to some members than others," Givens said.
Photos, addresses of violators posted by KBI first in nation
New sex offender site on Net
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Victims of sexual assault have a new way to arm themselves against their attackers — with knowledge.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation unveiled its Internet site last week, aimed at helping Kansans protect themselves against crime.
Visitors to the webpage at http://www.ink.org/public/kbl can peruse the list of the state's most wanted or they can look at the registered sex offenders in the state.
According to KBI Director Larry Welch, it appears that the state's Internet posting of the whereabouts of registered sex offenders is the first in the nation.
"Kansas, we believe, is the first state to put this on the Internet," he said. "We hope that our example will encourage other states to follow our lead."
The site contains photos and
addresses of 297 registered sex offenders in Kansas, Welch said that there are actually 573 registered sex offenders in the state, but those convicted before April 14, 1994, were exempted from the Internet posting.
Creators of the page originally wanted to include all convicted offenders, but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in State v. Myers that persons convicted before the KBI announced its initiative in 1994 would be exempt.
Attorney General Carla Stovall plans to appeal the decision to try to include all offenders. She will face opposition from many civil-rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, in the process.
Presence on the page is not permanent, however. If a convicted criminal does not commit another sex-related crime for 10 years, his or her name will be removed from the web page. But if a person commits two crimes within 10 years, he
or she will be on the page as long as they are a resident of Kansas, Welch said.
Sarah Jane Russell, executive director of Rape Victim-Survivor Services, said that the information would help survivors of sexual assault in many ways.
"It's very empowering," she said. "Having access to that information is pretty powerful. Our role is to give control back to a survivor of rape or sexual assault. This is a way we can find out what happened to them."
Russell also said that the posting demonstrated Stovall's commitment to victims' rights.
Stovall could not be reached for comment.
But Welch emphasized that although the page would benefit victims of sexual crimes, it would benefit the law enforcement community and the general public as well.
He said that persons convicted of sexual crimes had a higher rate of recidivism, or committing similar crimes when released from state custody. This page, Welch said, offered law enforcement officials an additional way to track offenders.
Sex Offenders on the Internet
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation's homepage address is http://www.ink.org/public/kbi
Visitors to the site may search for offenders by name, city, county or zip code
Offenders convicted before April 14, 1994, are not listed on the site, but still are registered with the KBI
"This would be beneficial to citizens out there, knowing that someone is in their neighborhood who is a sexual offender, but it's also good for law enforcement officials to be able to track offenders," Welch said.
Welch said that the KBI had broad plans for the web page in the future. Starting next month, the page will begin to feature pictures of unidentified deceased bodies, profiles of major court cases around the state, and automatic press releases with updated crime statistics.
Stovall takes stand for victims' rights
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall has taken her campaign for victims' rights to the national level.
Stovall recently testified before a U.S. Senate judiciary committee that the rights of victims in crimes should not be superseded by those of the criminals.
Stovall was out of town yesterday, but her press secretary, Mary Horsch, said that the attorney general had been a leader in the nationwide effort to adopt a national constitutional amendment for victims' rights.
"Right now, the defendants have constitutional rights in terms of facing their accuser and not being tried twice for the same crime," Horsch said. "Attorney General Stovall believes that victims should have rights on the same level as the defenders."
Although the measure still is
Kansas has a constitutional amendment for victims' rights, which was enacted in 1994.
Horsch said that Stovall was contacted by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., to testify in favor of a national amendment. The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
before the judiciary committee, it appears to have bipartisan support.
Earlier this month, Sen. Lauch Fairclair, R-N.C., took the Senate floor to condemn what he called the pitiful state of our legal system.
"I think we need a victim's-rights amendment to our Constitution," he said on the floor. "The purpose of the last 40 years is to make sure that every criminal is coddled, pampered and looked after in a very proper manner. It is time for it to stop, and the Constitution has to protect victims as well."
According to Horsch, the amendment in Kansas has provided for
victims to be notified when their assailant or suspected assailant is in preliminary hearings, on trial or eligible for parole review. Victims may also have the opportunity to testify against their attackers at those times.
Sarah Jane Russell, executive director of Rape Victim-Survivor Service, 1419 Massachusetts St., said that Stovall was an excellent leader in the fight for victims' rights.
"Attorney General Carla Stovall has taken a strong stance to support victims' rights," Russell said. "We're supportive of whatever measures it takes."
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