WEDNESDAY,APRIL17,1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.135
SPORTS
More than just an athlete
CAMPUS
Kansas senior Kristi Kloster spends part of her time as a volunteer. Page 1B
Global opportunities
A new co-major program offers a concentration in European Studies. Page 5A
ADVERTISING 864-4358
WORLD
The warfare in Lebanon may be part of a larger scheme to stunt the peace process. Page 6A
Israel blames Iran
NATION
Ebola virus harmless
The disease that struck monkeys in Texas is not the killer strand. Page 7A
WEATHER
WARM
High 77° Low 53°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
World News...6A
National News...7A
Features...8A
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes...6B
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Art on the go
KU students' art attracts bystanders during the Arts on the Boulevard
hooked here yesterday near Wesco Hall. Brandon Parkinson, Scott City
Flip of the coin picks senate spots
Kansan staff report
The results of the official Student Senate elections coin toss are in.
Rod Barleen, Clay Center junior, won a School of Education seat. Brad Spickert, Columbia, Mo. junior, won a School of Engineering seat.
Both Barleen and his opponent, Dena Aucoin, Shawnee junior, received 61 votes for the Education seat in the Senate elections last week.
junior, attracted many spectators with his self-portrait titled Halfway to Infinity.
Shawn Heneesse, elections commissioner, tossed a coin at 3 p.m. yesterday in 133 Strong Hall to break the tie.
Aucoin and Barleen ran on the Vision coalition ticket.
Barleen said that he was happy about winning the seat but that it was difficult to tie with another member of his coalition.
Spickert and Valerie Flood, Weir sophomore, tied with 118 votes for the Engineering seat.
"I wish we had both been elected, but I'm happy that I got elected," he said.
A coin was also tossed to determine the winner.
"It was disappointing," Flood said. "I ran a great race and he did, too, so I congratulate him."
Flood said she wasn't upset about losing to Snickert.
"After all that work,it's quite a surprise to them. It's because of the number of candidates running."
Shawn Honosooo elections commissioner
This isn't the first time students have tied in a race for a Senate seat.
"After all that work, it's quite a surprise to them," Hensesee said. "it's because of the number of candidates running."
Spickert did not attend the coin toss.
Henessee said he thought it had happened last year.
Henesesae said that in election years when only two coalitions run for office, students often vote only for members of one coalition or the other, so ties are probable.
Dean candidate withdraws name
Search for new dean narrowed down to four administrators
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, has one less finalist to choose from in the search for a new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
Leslie Flemming, dean of the college of arts and humanities at the University of Maine, accepted a public information job at Ohio University.
"The major reason I chose this job over Kansas was because Ohio University offered me the job and Kansas was still in the process of looking at candidates," Flemming said.
Kim Wilcox, professor in speech/language/hearing and chairman of the search committee, said he knew during the interview process that Fleming had been offered another job. He said Fleming told the University she was dropping out of the search
shortly after all the candidates were interviewed on campus.
Minus one candidate, the search for a dean continues.
The search committee met with Shulenburger Monday night to go over the committee's written recommendation that was submitted to Shulenburger last week.
Wilcox said Shulenburger asked for clarification on some of the committee's recommendations as well as some follow-up questions on what the committee thought about each candidate.
"It's basically out of the committee's hands now." Wilcox said.
Wilcox said he did not know when the new dean would be announced and that Shulenburger likely would seek input from other sources before making a final decision.
The remaining candidates are:
The remaining candidates are:
Paul Armstrong, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon;
Sally Frost-Mason, acting dean of the college at the University of Kansas; Charles Johnson, department head of political science at Texas A&M; and Peter Spear, associate dean of the college of letters and science at the University of Wisconsin.
Survey draws little results
Seniors return few evaluations
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
KU seniors have a chance to tell administrators what they love and loathe about the University of Kansas. But few have taken the opportunity to evaluate everything from advising to professors to campus food services.
Last month, the Office of Institutional Research and Planning sent about 2,000 surveys to graduating seniors. So far, only about 650 students have returned the surveys, which asked them to rate their experiences at the University and to offer suggestions for improvement.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said he was interested in what improvements seniors would suggest.
"The value of doing this is that it gives us an indication of what is going well and what we can improve on," Hemenway said. "We want to know how seniors now view their experience, and the greater number of responses we receive, the more useful it will be."
This is the fourth time the senior survey has been conducted, said Carrie Towns, survey analyst for the office.
The last two times the survey was conducted — in 1992 and 1987 — about 1,000 surveys, or 50 percent, were returned. Towns said she was hoping for a comparable response this year.
"I'm not sure why the response has not been as good, but this is a way for students to give direct feedback to the administration," Towns said. "I guess some students don't understand that this carries some weight."
The survey includes questions about the availability of University services and resources, students' academic development at the University and whether they would choose to attend KU again.
The survey results, which will be available this fall, will be seen by deans, faculty and administrators.
The survey will be used in planning future program changes, Towns said. Towns said the survey would take about 15 minutes to complete.
Seniors should return the surveys to the office using the postage-paid envelopes they received with the surveys.
Daisy Hill lighting problems have solutions coming soon
By Nicole Kennedy
Kansan staff writer
Some students who plan to live on Daisy Hill this fall say the parking lots need better lighting, and they're willing to pay for it.
"Right now it's really bad," said Amy Schmidt, Whitehouse, N.J., freshman. "An increase in fees is justified."
Schmidt, who plans to live in Ellsworth Hall next year, said she was willing to pay more money for a safer place to park.
Campus housing parking permits for next year will cost students $50,
a $15 increase from this year's price.
Parking department officials and student senators Stevie Case and Ward Cook said plans that were made last year to relight residence hall parking lots should alleviate
these concerns.
Case said Kearns had verbally agreed to spend $100,000 next year to improve lighting in residence hall lots, beginning with the Ellsworth lot.
In addition, Case said Kearns had agreed to spend $100,000 each year for about the next five years until the lighting was improved in other on-campus housing areas.
Case said that the previous reluctance of the parking department to address the lighting issue had ended.
About $30,000 of the money Kearns committed will come from increased parking prices. The parking department will provide rest.
"I don't think the parking department understood how serious of a problem we had in campus housing," she said.
Donna Hultine. parking services
assistant director, said the department had already contracted with KU's design and construction management office to do the work.
Cook, Shawnee sophomore, member of the parking board and Nunemaker senator, said he wanted students to know exactly why their parking permit costs were increasing.
"It's something that they're going to pay for, and they're going to see the results immediately," he said.
Cook said he and other student members of the board would make sure the improvements were made.
Ryan Nolterieke, Houston junior and Ellsworth resident, said he was less concerned about lighting than he was about the low number of spaces available.
"It's hard enough to park here any way," he said.
Ellsworth Hall
Now that's a bright idea!
buildings parking lots
Proposed lighting improvements near Elsworth Hall would cost the University about $100,000 and are expected to begin this summer. New lighting for Stouffer Place and Jayhawker Towers lots may be discussed in the future, but no definite plans to improve lighting in those areas exist now.
Noah Musser/KANSAN