TUESDAY, APRIL 30,1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.144
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY
KANSAN
SPORTS
Back in action
With its Big Eight Conference season complete, the Kansas baseball team will play Emporia State tonight. Page1B
CAMPUS
Transcript fee questioned
KU students are miffed at the $5 cost of getting their transcripts. Page 3A
NATION
Former CIA director missing
William Colby is presumed dead after an apparent boating accident. Page 5A
WORLD
Lebanese ready their dead
91 refugees killed by Israeli attacks will be buried today in Qana. Page 7A
WEATHER SUNNY AND CHILLY
High 65° Low 38°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion . . . 4A
National News . . 5A
World News. . . 6A
Scoreboard. . 2B
Horoscopes. . 3B
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New dean chosen for CLAS
Frost-Mason first woman to fill position
At 9 a.m. yesterday, Sally Frost-Mason became the 10th dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Frost-Mason signed a five-year contract, which is effective immediately, making her the first woman to be dean of the college.
"I am pleased to be number 10 and
feel especially privileged to be the first woman appointed to the position," she said.
The college is the largest school at the University and handles a $40 million budget with more than 12,000 students. Frost-Mason has been acting dean since James Muyksens left in 1995 for a position with the Georgia Board of Regents.
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Frost-Mason had demonstrated her ability by successfully leading the college during her time as acting dean.
"I am confident that her deanship will be one in which the intellectual tradition of the college grows," he said.
Shulenburger said Frost-Mason's salary would not be determined
until next year's budget.
Muys kens e arn d $103,185 in his last year as dean.
Of the five finalists for the position, Frost-Mason and Peter Spear, associate dean
Sally Frost-Mason
"I went through an exhaustive search process with some very qualified people," Frost-Mason said. "It's nice to get that interim or acting off
at the University of Wisconsin, were interviewed a second time before a final decision was made, Shulen-burgersaid.
my title."
Even though Frost-Mason was an internal candidate that cost the University no money in the interview process, Shulenburger estimated the interview process cost about $1,000 each for the other applicants
Frost-Mason, whose contract will come up for re-appointment in five years, said there would be no drastic change in her job because she had been doing it for the past nine months.
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"It just legitimizes it," she said. "I will continue to teach at all levels, in particular at the freshman level in introductory biology."
Frost-Mason, 45, came to the University in 1980 as an assistant professor in the department of physiology and cell biology. She became
Chris Reedy, Topeka senior and search committee student representative, said student concerns were a key issue in recommending a finalist.
associate professor in 1986 and was acting chair of her department from 1986 to 1989. She became associate dean of the college in 1990 and was promoted to professor in 1991.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Frost-Mason had excelled throughout her academic career.
"I think she will really stress to the faculty the importance of undergraduate and graduate education," he said.
"She is an exemplary teacher and scholar,"he said."She has the ability to lead others to meet the high standards she sets."
All in a day's work
Lawrence firefighters gather equipment after controlling a blaze yesterday in the 2000 block of Riverridge Road in West Lawrence. The fire started about 4:30 p.m., and firefighters contained the blaze about 5:30 and began investigating its cause. See story, page 3A.
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
Charities, shelters ask for donations
Unwanted clothes, furniture welcomed
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Each May, Lawrence trash dumpsters overflow with clothes, furniture and other items that students would rather throw out than pack into moving boxes.
But workers at local shelters and charity organizations are hoping students will donate their unwanted goods instead of just trashing them.
Linda Lassen, director of Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St., said the organization has not traditionally seen an increase in donations during May despite the large number of students who want to get rid of furniture, clothes and food on move-out day.
"I have not normally seen that many donations. When students move out, they usually just put stuff in the dumpster." Lassen said.
Penn House accepts donations of almost anything, Lassen said, ranging from shower curtains to coats.
"There is always a need for furniture for people starting new, like people who have lost everything in a fire," Lassen said. "We will take anything that is usable from any part of your house."
Penn House also will take perishable food items that are difficult for students to pack and move, like frozen dinners or fruit, Lassen said.
The shelter also accepts donations of towels and cleaning supplies, but because of space limitations, they can't accept clothes, Burke said.
Connie Burke of Women's Transitional Care Services said the shelter was always in need of furniture, especially twin beds or twin-sized sheets and blankets.
Women and children who arrive at the shelter in need of clothing are taken to Penn House to pick up what they need, Burke said.
Amy Inger, employee of Bert Nash Community Support Services, 714 Vermont St, said
Trash or treasure?
Bert Nash Community Support Services
714 Vermont St.; 843-1774
Call if you want to make a donation.
Accepts donations of furniture, clothing or other household items for a fund-raising garage sale.
Call if you want to make a donation.
■ Women's Transitional Care Services
P.O. Box 633, Lawrence, KS 66044; 843-3333
Accepts donations of furniture, bedding,
towels and cleaning supplies.
Call or write to the center if you want to.
Call or write to the center if you want to make a donation.
The Salvation Armv
1818 Massachusetts St.; 749-4208 Accepts donations of clothing, furniture and other items.
Donations accepted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Penn House
1035 Pennsylvania St : 842-0440
1035 Pennsylvania St.; 842-0440
Accepts donations of clothing, furniture,
household items and food.
Donations accepted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday though Friday.
Disabled American Veterans' Thrift Store Southern Hills Mall; 749-4900
Accepts donations of clothing, furniture and household items.
Donations accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
seven days a week.
people in immediate need of clothing or furniture were referred to Penn House. Inger said Penn House was a good place for students to donate unwanted items because, instead of selling donations, the organization gave furniture and clothing to people in need.
Bert Nash Community Support Services accepts donations of clothing and furniture for their fund-raising garage sale that is held each summer. Proceeds from the sale go to support community services that the center provides, Inger said.
Representatives from Bert Nash Community Support Services and Women's Transitional Care Services suggested that students contact the organization ahead of time to coordinate the organization's needs with what students have to donate.
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
Kissinger speaks to 4,000 at K-State
U. S. role in new world order focus of lecture
MANHATTAN — Henry Kissinger told an audience at Kansas State University yesterday that although the Cold War may be over, the new world order has yet to clearly emerge.
Kissinger spoke to an audience of 4,000 on the United States' role in the post-Cold War era. He said peace would exist only if the nations of the world with the capacity to make or break peace were satisfied with the world as it is.
"People talk about the new world order as if it were already here," said Kissinger, who gave the 106th Landon Lecture at Bramlage Coliseum.
To make his point,
Kissinger offered contem-
tary examples
such as Russia, China,
Bosnia and North
Korea.
"Such a condition does not now exist," Kissinger said.
Kissinger said that for years, the United States had relaxed, protected by two oceans. Consequently, he said, Americans didn't think they needed to get involved in foreign policy.
Henry Klassinger
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"Americans thought whether they participated in international affairs was entirely their choice." he said.
World War II changed all that, Kissinger said, and since then Americans have felt they could meet any challenge with both their economic and military power. But since the end of that war, Kissinger said,
America has seen its share of the world's gross national product shrink from 50 percent to 22 percent. With that shift, Kissinger said, Americans needed to understand that their nation can't take on all the world's problems.
"We cannot become fire brigade of the world," he said. "We have to be selective." Kissinger drew on experiences both as national security adviser and secretary of state for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. For a brief period, Kissinger held both positions simultaneously.
"Never before and never since have relations between the White House and the State Department been so harmonious," he said.
During his involvement with the Nixon administration, Kissinger helped negotiate relations with China and peace in Vietnam.
Kissinger was born in Fuerth, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1938. After he earned a doctorate from Harvard, Kissinger taught there from 1954-1969.
He shared the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a cease-fire with North Vietnam.
Kissinger spoke at K-State as a guest lecturer in the Landon Lecture series on Public Issues.
Established in 1966 and named in honor of Alfred Landon, governor of Kansas from 1933-1937, the lecture series has brought many national figures to Manhattan. Previous speakers have included Landon, television journalist Tom Brokaw and businessman-turned-politician Ross Perot.
The lecture generated enough interest that some students were released from class to attend.
"The teacher let me out of class — they don't do that everyday," said Kitti Skahan, Kansas State senior. Skahan said she looked forward to the lecture because it gave her the chance to see and listen to someone who helped shape history.
"I think it's a chance of a lifetime," she said. "And he's part of history."