WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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SECTION A VOL.102, NO.5
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TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Newbern flies the coop
Kansas assistant softball coach Kim Newbern left KU last week to become the head coach at Washburn University. Page 6A
Culture shock
CAMPUS
For some foreign students, coming to the University of Kansas can be quite an adjustment. Page 3A
NATION
Lights out!
Power and phone service was knocked out for customers from Canada to the Southwest. Page 4B.
WORLD
Russian election
the runoffs for the presidential elections begin today. Page 4B.
WEATHER SUNNY
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High 94° pw 72°
Weather: Page 2A.
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Shulenburger named provost
Nationwide search ends on campus
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
After a five-month, nationwide search to find a provost for the University of Kansas, Chancellor Robert Hemenway chose someone close to home.
day. Shulenburger has been at the University for 22 years and has been the vice chancellor of academic affairs since 1993.
The University named David E. Shulenburg provost last thurs
"I am very pleased to be able to hold this position," Shulenburger said. "I have been at this University for a long time, and as provost I now have the chance to make more of a difference."
Shulenburger, chosen by Hemenway from a pool of five finalists, is now the No. 2 administrator on campus.
"I personally reviewed the assessments of more than 200 people who took part in the interviews of the candidates," Hemenway said. "Through this process it became
clear that David Shulenburger was the best candidate."
The provost combines the duties of vice chancellor for academic affairs and executive vice chancellor. The position was created in January as part of Hemenway's new administrative structure.
Wil Linkugel, chairman of the search committee and professor of communication studies, said Shulenburger stood out from the rest of the candidates; he was pleased with the choice.
"He knows the University, and he knows the situation," Linkugel said. "That gives him a slight advantage."
Shulenburger took over the $130.00-a-year position on Monday. He said his first priority is to complete Hemenway's reorganization plan of the campus and then to focus on problems he sees at the University.
"I want to work on a freshmansophomore advising program, I want to ensure that students graduate in a timely manner, and I want to review graduate programs," Shulenburger said. "These are some of the items that need to be addressed."
Shulenburger said he would also work to create a new faculty evaluation system.
Despite a national search by the University to find a provost, some faculty and administrators said they assumed Shulenburger would get
the job because he was already a University administrator.
Shulenburger said he ignored that talk.
"I assumed my probability was 20 percent," Shulenburger said. "I very easily could have not gotten this job. I suppose that had Hemenway known he was going to pick me before the search started, then we would not have had a search at all."
Kansas has not had a provost since the early 1970s.
Shulenburger recognized that people will be paying close attention to him in his new post but said he was not worried about it.
"I feel no pressure." Shulenburger said. "I have been delighted with the reorganization plan, and I want to be optimistic."
The sounds of summer
Edmée Rodriguez / KANSAN
Above:Jon Harrison and Steve Naron of the band What Gives? performed at the Campanile hill on Friday night during a free concert sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Right: Matt Sugges sings lead for the concert's headlining act, Butterglory. Both bands performed for students for a crowd of about 70 for a little more than an hour.
Regents want tuition hike of 4 percent
By Tom Moore
Kansan staff writer
A proposal by the Board of Regents would increase tuition by 4 percent for the 1997-98 school year. But the Regents scrapped a plan to charge students $1 a credit hour to improve technology.
The original plan would have brought $611,273 to the University each year. Instead, the Regents accepted a plan to increase tuition by 4 percent, which would include a 0.5 percent allocation of $341,421 for technology in fiscal year 1998.
Gloria Timmer, state budget director, said she advised the Regents against the original set-aside plan.
"If you diminish the tuition revenue by making a setaside for specific plans, if you dedicate money in any way, that leaves a hole in the general funding portion of the universities' budgets," Timmer said. Technology improvements should be part of the general budget.
Either way, students are going to end up paying for technology said Stephen Jordan, executive director of the Board of Regents.
"Institutions are struggling. There's just not any money. Look at the University of Kansas' staff reductions and vacancies. That's largely how they are finding money for technology improvement." Jordan said.
Denise Musser, director of communications for the Board of Regents, said the money for such improvements had to come from somewhere.
"Options are limited right now," Musser said. "Revenue in the legislature is short. Also, there's a feeling in the Legislature that users should pay for services. Students benefit and should pay for these benefits."
Lindy Eakin, associate provost, said that there was a need for a permanent solution on the technology issue.
"In the current political environment, things can change. The real issue is how do you get the state to accept its responsibility? Tuition is 40 percent of our general budget, so students are already paying a big chunk," he said.
Eakin said the University will need to find a long-term solution. If the state did not change its current funding philosophy, increased investments for technology would come from tuition increases or cuts in existing programs, he said.
Student body president Grey Montgomery is unhappy with the plan.
"I'm upset we lost the first deal. The state should pay for these things ideally, but now this is all in the hands of the Legislature, which is sometimes a very long process."
KU grad serves for Bosnian peace
By Andrea Albright Kansan staff writer
Philip Mein didn't take an average trip after graduating from the University of Kansas last summer.
He served in the NATO peace-keeping force in Bosnia as a member of the Army Reserve.
"His aptitude tests showed an ability to adjust to change," Clemons said. "That evidently proved to be true."
Army recruiter Sgt. John Clemons, said Mein was an outgoing, energetic person who liked challenges.
Mein trained at Fort Bragg, N.C., before leaving for Bosnia. The training familiarized him with the history of the conflict in Bosnia, the country's terrain, sniper and mine awareness, and survival training for extremely cold weather.
Mein's battalion of Psychological Operations Specialists traveled throughout Bosnia in four-man
teams. The teams kept civilians aware of evacuations and land redistribution plans, and gathered information about potentially volatile areas and situations.
"Every radio tower they had was gone." Mein said.
As they traveled through mostly vacant cities, Mein and his team went in some of the deserted homes. The evacuated civilians had taken only what they could carry.
While in Sarajevo, Mein stayed in the Olympic ice-skating arena. Across from his barracks were the destroyed suburbs that had been part of the scenic, historic city.
Land mines surround inhabitants that remain in the cities of Bosnia.
The children are so familiar with land mines, they use them to frighten soldiers.
"They think it's funny because the Americans are really nervous about that stuff," Mein said. "They'll disarm a mine, pick it up, and come over and give it to you."
Mein graduated from the University with a degree in computer science. He was able to use his education and his military training in Bosnia.
Clemons said, "The key is to take civilian training and apply it to a military career."
In March, Mein began working full time setting up a computer network at the Joint Operation Command Center.
With three other men, Mein set up internet communications for military units in Bosnia. Mein was sent home last month, a month early, after completing the command post's network
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Philip Mein, a 1995 KU graduate, returned home last month after serving for six months in Bosnia as part of the NATO peace-keeping force. He was able to use his computer science degree to set up Internet connections for military units.