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Wednesday, July 3, 1991
OPINION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VIEWPOINT
University searched nation for most qualified provost
Last week, the nationwide search for a provost ended at Strong Hall when Chancellor Robert Hemenway retained the services of David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs since 1993. Perhaps Shulenburger's administrative experience at the University made him a shoo-in for the position, but incumbency doesn't merit job security. By conducting a nationwide search for the provost, the University ensured that it chose the best candidate for the job.
The provost, which combines the positions of executive vice chancellor and vice chancellor for academic affairs will carry out the chancellor's plan for restructuring administration. By combining those two positions, administrative red tape is reduced, and responsibilities of
Shulenburger's administrative experience will be an asset, as he takes on the chancellor's plan for restructuring.
THE ISSUE:
Provost selection
two of the top administrative positions are consolidated into one.
Although it was recognized that Shulenburger, who has worked for the University for 22 years, was a good internal candidate, the University acted in the best interest of faculty and students by exploring its options beyond Jayhawk Boulevard, then choosing the most qualified candidate. Shulenburger's knowledge of the University will be an asset to him and the University, as he faces the challenges of his new position.
KIM BECKA FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
Dole chokes on statements about regulation of cigarettes
Last week, Bob Dole said that the Food and Drug Administration should not be too involved in the tobacco business and that cigarettes are not necessarily addictive. These statements reveal inconsistencies.
Dole said he supports proposals banning cigarette vending machines to keep children away from tobacco. Then he announced that the FDA should otherwise stay out of the tobacco business. Who does Dole think will protect the same children from the irresponsible advertisements aimed at them? The tobacco industry certainly hasn't taken much initiative.
Then Dole claims cigarettes are not necessarily addictive. He reasons that people can choose whether to smoke. If they choose to smoke, then cigarettes are addictive. The studies on the dangers of nicotine are endless. Either Dole is in denial of the Surgeon General's warnings or he is willfully ignorant of them.
Dole said he wished the FDA would spend a little more time on medical'
Dole's recent statements about cigarette smoking reveal inconsistency.
devices and approving new drugs to help people. If the FDA regulates the industry, there will be less need to spend millions of dollars finding cures for tobacco-related illnesses.
The FDA has the authority to regulate the industry because tobacco is harmful and addictive when put to its intended use. Furthermore, the misinformed children of today will be the lung cancer patients of tomorrow. FDA regulation could encourage education from the tobacco industry instead of fine-print labels that children won't read. If the tobacco industry is so profit-driven that it chooses to expand its market at the expense of health care, then it deserves to bear the FDA's imposed restraints.
Dole should re-evaluate his arguments before he speaks.
DEBBIE STAINE FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Shawn Trimble / KANSAN
Lawrence streets less safe at the bottom of the Hill
At the beginning of summer, my mother made me buy a can of Mace. I doubted its necessity; for heaven's sake, I live in Lawrence.
But rather than argue with my mother, I bought some and put it in my desk drawer.
Lately I've been thinking about using it.
Until this summer I had been living in one of the scholarship halls behind Fraser Hall. Now I live at 12th and Kentucky streets.
As last week's paper pointed out, even though it's only a couple of blocks away, things are worse at the bottom of the Hill.
After spending a semester in New York, I have always thought of Lawrence as a harmless little town. In the year and a half I have gone to school here, I have never felt threatened on my midnight walks home from the library or 4 a.m. grocery runs.
And nothing did until this summer.
Maybe I was being naive, but it seemed that nothing bad could happen here.
I haven't been assaulted or robbed, but I had been leading a
STAFF COLUMNIST
sheltered, campus-centered life. According to a story in the Kansan last week, crimes such as rape, assault and robbery were much more likely to happen off campus than on, a fact that students on campus might not
have known
For example, on campus I felt safe walking or jogging any time of the day or night, but after a couple of evening runs to the leeve, enough people had honked and hey-babyed me that I became more than a little nervous.
The other night my roommate came home frightened and disgusted after being followed by two men calling her derogatory names two blocks from our house.
You may be thinking, "Well then, don't go out alone at night." It's not that simple. These things happened about 9 p.m. And
things aren't exactly peachy during the day.
Last Sunday afternoon my friend and I were walking to our car when some men in a truck honked and whistled at us. If this is happening to not-especially alluring me, its probably happening to others.
Honking and jeering is not a crime, but it's rude, obnoxious and startling. It freightens victims and makes them feel vulnerable. And being followed down the street at night is a foreboding prelude to assault.
It's inconceivable that such things could happen on the nice streets of what I believed to be a nice little town.
All these instances have made me ask, "What has become of Lawrence?"
But maybe Lawrence is what it always has been, and I have been lucky enough to avoid it by living on campus.
So from now on, I'm carry my can of Mace on my keychain.
Rachel Wiese is a Stanley sophomore in Japanese and political science.
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
"I don't know what it is, but every city I'm in I always end up sitting and drinking on someone's roof."
"I said, 'Did you get washed away by the flood?' and he said, 'Dad, I owe you a car.'"
-Chuck Pullen to his son, Mark Pullen, Overland Park sophomore, who nearly drowned when his car was swept into a drainage ditch.
"I liken it to a slow fire. These books are literally eating themselves."
-William Crowe, director of libraries, referring to books that were printed on acidic paper.
"Why should I care what happens to me when I'm 50 or 60? All I care about is looking good now."
How to submit letters
-Brian Keller, Andover junior, about the danger of skin cancer from using tanning beds.
- Robert Weinberg, a marketing researcher who advises major brewers, who also said 90 percent of Americans don't like full-bodied beer.
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For any questions, call Kim Becka, editorial page editor, at 864-4810.
The Kansas Board of Regents last week proposed a 4 percent tuition increase. The increase would apply to everyone: undergraduates, graduate students, residents and nonresidents. It also affects all six Regents universities, University of Kansas Medical Center, K-State Veterinary Medical Center, and K-State's Soling
State's Sigma College of Technology.
ing the ever-increasing cost of a college education. Before you join the ranks of the chronic complainers, consider some of the challenges already facing the University.
Included in the 4 percent is a one-year, 5 percent increase for technology. Simply stated, this means that we will see our tuition increase from $63 to $65 a credit hour. Some students may grumble about this increase lament-
Qualified admissions will take affect in a few short years. While the standards are lenient enough to allow anyone with even a slight potential for college success to enter the University, there is a chance that enrollment will decrease. Fewer students mean less total dollars.
These are just some of the problems that the University faces. These problems aren't going to go away on their own, and they aren't going to be resolved without an infusion of cash. Nothing in life is free. While it may not be pleasant to think about shelling out extra bucks for the privilege of taking notes, writing papers and studying for exams, we must be willing to think about the long-term return on this invaluable investment.
Budget cuts are the mantra of government officials, and the University has had its share of belt-tightening exercises. The taxpayers of Kansas should not be expected to shoulder the entire burden of our education.
KANSAN STAFF
A recent Kansan story had Cancellor Robert Hemenway acknowledging the fact that underpaid faculty are being lured away by other institutions. Who can blame those who choose to leave? We all have to make a living. These institutions are able to pay fair-market value for excellence. While this exodus has not yet become a crisis situation, we must find a way to keep the talented and passionate teachers and researchers that are the foundation of our learning experience.
The Regents should not be chastised but congratulated for the courage demonstrated by making a proposal that will allow us, as students, to become partners with the state in preserving the legacy of our educational institutions.
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While technology resources at the University exist, they are in short supply. The radical decrease in the student population during the summer masks the frustrating task of trying to find an available computer to use for class work that the regular school year brings. We have more than 20,000 students vying for a few hundred computers. Even the most expert mathematician would be hard-pressed to come up with a formula that results in a workable solution to this sad situation. Sometimes students must wait in line for an hour or longer before a computer is available to complete an assignment.
SARAH WIESE Editor
Shannon Tauscher is a Lawrence senior in social welfare.
CRAIG LANG Managing editor
TOM EBLEN General manager, news adviser
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