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Thursday, April 4, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student guidance under scrutiny
Surveys examine School of Business advising procedures
Heather Kirkwood
Kansan staff writer
Jennifer Hartung wishes she knew her adviser better. But since she didn't need his signature to enroll, she selected her own classes and received advice from professors and the School of Business advising center.
"I found it easier to talk to professors you have in class for career advice," said Hartung, Lenexa senior. "I never thought of that as a use for my adviser."
Now Hartung and other members of the Undergraduate Business Council are using such experiences to generate suggestions for improvement of the school's advising process.
The council surveyed 80 students and 10 professors before spring break about the advising process and is now compiling the results.
The council will meet to evaluate the data and discuss what recommendations it will make to the school at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at 413 Summerfield Hall.
Rhetta Jo Noever, assistant director of the undergraduate program,
said she was pleased to hear that students were working on possible improvements in advising procedures.
"We would welcome input from students on suggestions and improvements to our advising," Noeversaid.
Noever said that faculty advisers now post sign-up sheets on their doors for appointments, but that she knew many students did not consult their advisers.
"We do an awful lot of advising in our office," she said.
Laura Wedel, Chesterfield, Mo., senior, has organized the council surveys. Although the results haven't been determined, she said the students and professors seemed to feel the same way.
"So far the feedback I have gotten is that the professors and the students are dissatisfied, but no one has a solution," she said.
Wedel said many professors and students felt that faculty advisers were great for career advice, or for advice in their areas of expertise, but that the advisers knew little about graduation requirements.
The advising center has done a great job of providing students with requirement information, Wedel said, but the center has gotten bogged down on occasion because so many students have sought assistance.
CORRECTION
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ON CAMPUS
Western Civilization Study Abroad Program in Florence and Paris, Spring 1997 will sponsor an informational meeting at noon today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call John Hendrix at 864-1629.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.
Andrew Tsubaki will sponsor KU Ki-Aikido Club at 6 p.m. today at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Matt Stumpe at 864-6592.
KU Champions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Parlors in the Kansas Union.
InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will sponsor a Bible study at 7 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
Native-American Student Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Multicultural
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will sponsor a Holy Thursday Service at 7 tonight at center, 1631 Crescent Road.
Resource Center.
Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Adams Alumni Center.
Center for Russian and East European Studies and Center for International Programs will sponsor a lecture by Georgi Arbatov at 7:30 tonight at 1006 Haworth Hall.
Icthus Christian Outreach will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
■ LesBiGay Services of Kansas will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
Golden Key National Honor Society will meet at 8 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
COMPUTERS: KU lags behind
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antique compared to what other universities have. Students at Oklahoma switch on either a 486 or a Pentium computer if using PCs. And the Macintoshes are all from the PowerMac line.
Not so at KU. The PCs are computers with built in 386 processors. These are not fast enough to run state-of-the-art software. Some of the oldest machines can be found in the Apple fleet. Computers from the Classic, Plus and SE lines have served several generations of students.
The Computer Center will soon receive 15 new PowerMacs to replace old machines in the openlab area, said Wes Hubert, assistant director of academic computing services.
The biggest enhancement could happen when the remodeling of Budig Hall is finished.
building will include a computer lab with between 100 and 150 machines," Hubert said. "The new lab could open in Fall 1997."
Hubert said a general technology fee was one possible solution. All of KU's peer institutions make their students pay for computer use.
"Schools with technology fees tend to have better equipment," Hubert said. "We see that locally with the engineering school and also nationwide."
Four of KU's peers charge a flat fee. Oklahoma charges by the hour.
KU charges engineering students a $15 per credit hour fee.
Lindy Eakin, associate executive vice chancellor, said that a council of chief academic officers was working on the concept of a fee. A second way to enhance KU's computer equipment would be to set aside a percentage of tuition increases for technology, he said.
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ON THE RECORD
A Trek 820, white 21-speed mountain bike and bike lock were stolen from a KU student between 6 p.m. March 27 and 3 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Eddingham Place. The bike and lock were valued at $285, Lawrence police reported.
A Pro Rail bike carrier was stolen between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. March 21 from a KU student's car in Lot 90 south of Robinson Center. The bike carrier was valued at $75 KI police reported
An electric guitar was stolen from a KU student between 11:15 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of Engel Road. The guitar was valued at $690, KU police
reported.
A 28-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on a charge of domestic battery Tuesday night when he allegedly grabbed his girlfriend around the neck in Watson Library. The girlfriend was working at Watson Library at the time of the battery. The Lawrence man was released the same night and will appear in court April 18.
A Gateway 2000 computer, computer hardware and software were stolen between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday from the Eucumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The equipment was valued at $2,693, Lawrence police reported. Police have no suspects.
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