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Thursday, April 11. 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON CAMPUS
KU Libraries and Mount Oread Bookshop will sponsor a reception and a Snyder Book Collection Contest from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the Summerfield Room in the Adams Alumni Center. For more information, call Cindy Pierard at 864-3366.
KU Fencing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call John Hendrix at 864-1529.
KJHK FM 90.7 will broadcast Student Senate election results at 7 tonight. For more information, call the KJHK newsroom at 864-4746.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Ravi Hirekat at 832-8789.
InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will sponsor a Bible study at 7 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Becky at 864-8039.
KU VASA will meet at 6 p.m. today in 2023 Wearth Hall. For more information, call Samantha Ho at 749-3007.
Native-American Student
Association will meet at 7 tonight at the auditorium in the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Lori Hauwell at 864-1799.
The Christian Science Organization will sponsor a lecture on "Individuality: The Powerlessness of Stereotypes
Icthus Christian Outreach will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Scott Nissen at 838-9719.
Sexual, Cultural and Physical" at 8 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Tracy Schmeziz at 843-6049.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will sponsor CARE, Catholics Actively Reaching Elderly, at 8 tonight at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. For more information, call the center at 843-0357.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway will answer questions about KU issues in the Legislature at noon tomorrow at the auditorium in Dyche Hall. For more information, call Jon Josserand at 864-4186.
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there. She said that many students would not show up or would leave if they saw someone else teaching the class.
Of 10 students from the class who were questioned, all said that the class had not been covered by another instructor.
Joseph Hickey, Houston, Texas, junior, said someone had come a couple of times to cancel the class, but he had never seen Cotten-Spreckelmeyer or anyone else there. "The only face we saw teaching the class was Beth Gregg's," Hickey said.
Gregg had no comment and said all questions about the situation were to be directed to Cotten-Spreckelmeyer.
Students in the class said they sympathized with her situation, but they didn't understand why the classes weren't covered.
"Since they knew, they should have had the classes covered," Hickey said.
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Students substitute freedom for lectures
By R. Adam Ward
Students who can't stand another boring lecture are enrolling in correspondence classes.
Kansan staff writer
Nancy Coyler, the director of the academic outreach program, said about 2,200 people were enrolled in courses with the University's independent study program. About one-half of those people are University students.
"We function as a college within the college," she said.
She said correspondence classes offered students who were sick a chance to get credit during their recovery. People who are on academic probation could also use correspondence classes to raise their grade point average, she said.
But she said people who dropped or flunked out of classes were sometimes disappointed when there were essay questions on the tests they took. It's probably not easier to take a correspondence course, she said, but students with good reading and writing skills were usually successful.
"If you don't have the skills to take a class on campus, it might be harder to teach yourself the material," she said.
She said the most common complaint she heard from students was
that it was much harder to learn the course material themselves than in the classroom.
But she said good students sailed through the material and sometimes finished classes in a couple weeks.
Spencer Schelp, Quincy, Ill., freshman, said when he dropped a class he decided to take a correspondence class.
He said he was able to complete his first correspondence course during winter break.
But he said it was difficult to be disciplined enough to get the work finished. He was able to do it, but he knew many people who procrastinated until the end of the ninemonth time limit.
Another complaint he had with the independent study classes was the cost. The classes cost $79 per credit hour, plus a postage and handling fee of $25. There is also an $18 charge for instructional materials.
Wesley Stinson, Prairie Village senior, said he took correspondence classes because he was going out of town for the summer and he wanted to pick up a few credit hours for graduation.
He said he did most of the assignments in the month before the deadline. The fact that there was no instructor made it harder than regular classes, he said.
ON THE RECORD
- Twenty-three compact discs and five items of clothing were stolen between 10:40 and 10:50 a.m. April 2 in the Kansas Union. The compact discs and clothing were valued at $890, KU police reported.
A green Jansen backpack and contents, two skirts, one pair of jeans, a Sony Discman and compact discs were stolen between 3:25 and 4:20 p.m. Monday in Robinson Center. The items were valued at $330, KU police reported.
4:25 p.m. Monday in Robinson Center. The bike and lock were valued at $210, KU police reported.
A Schwinn bicycle and lock were stolen between 3 and 4
A Trek mountain bike and lock were stolen between 7 and 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in lot 21 west of Anschutz Science Library. The bike and lock were valued at $320, KU police reported.
A Trek mountain bike and lock were stolen between 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in lot 35 south of the Military Science Building. The bike and lock were valued at $520, KU police reported.
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Court date set for students
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
Three KU students have been scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court at 3 p.m. April 24 for allegedly beating up the man accused of attacking one of their friends.
Mark D. Dwyer, Fort Collins, Colo.
junior; Gregory A. Hackney, Overland Park junior; and Brian Curtis,
Lawrence freshman, are accused of assaulting Jeffery Ballman, a 21-year-old Johnson County Community College student. Ballman was arrested Friday for allegedly raping a 20-year-old KU student Thursday morning.
Dwyer, Hackney and Curtis were arrested Friday night on charges of battery and were released Saturday afternoon.
Justin Kliewer, Lawrence junior, also was arrested in connection with the battery. Kliewer did not have to
appear in court because charges were not filed against him.
The victim said her friends were not violent people and felt that the charges against them should be dropped.
"I never expected a reaction like the one that happened," she said. "It has escalated to the point where it's a very big legal issue."
Chuck Droege, an Overland Park attorney representing Ballman, said Ballman suffered extensive injuries during the attack.
"He had 18 stitches in his ear," Droege said. "And he had 12 to 15 stitches on his face."
Droege said Ballman's doctor told Ballman that he might lose use of an eye because of the vision loss he experienced.
Ballman's court appearance is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday.
"He protests his innocence adamantly," Droege said.
Board of Class Officers is now taking Applications for 1996-97 Senior, Junior, Sophomore Class Officers
Applications can be picked up in the OAC in Kansas Union Due: Monday, April 22nd at Mandatory Info Meeting 4:30 p.m. International Room Kansas Union w/$5 election fee
Elections: April 30th &May 1st 9:30a.m.-2p.m.
Any Questions: call Scott Williams 749-3936