THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPEKA. KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
WEATHER CHANCE OF RAIN
OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1995
SECTION VOL.104,NO.153
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FEATURES
Working the graveyard
Late-night jobs put students on a different schedule. Page 1R
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CAMPUS
A one-of-a-kind Hispanic on-line system has made its way to KU.
Students get HAPI at Watson
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KINGMAN, Ariz. — A rare rife that federal authorities believe might have been stolen by the Oklahoma City bombing suspects has turned up in a pawnbench
Gun may link bomb suspects
The rifle, a Winchester Model 43
.22-caliber Hornet, is believed to be one of 66 weapons taken from Royal, Ark., gun collector Roger Moore in a $60,000 heist last November.
NEWS
BRIEFS
Jim Fuller, the owner of A&P Pawn, mentioned to FBI agents that he had recently purchased the unusual rife.
"I guess they made the connection and said, 'Jim, don't sell that gun, we'll be right back," Fuller said.
He said he bought the Winchester on May 26 from James Rosencrans, the next-door neighbor of Michael Fortier. Fortier is an Army buddy and close friend of bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh.
Compiled from The Associated Press.
A dozen of the stolen guns were similar to weapons the FBI said it had found at the Herington home of bombing suspect Terry Nichols. Agents said they could not make an exact match because the weapons' serial numbers had not been recorded.
Woman, Citadel continue battle
A federal appeals court ruled that Faulkner must be admitted to The Citadel next month — unless the state develops an acceptable alternative.
On Monday, Faulkner toured the women's college where the state wants to establish a leadership program that would keep her out of the all-male Citadel. After the 90-minute tour, she reiterated her desire to attend the Charleston military school as a cadet.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Shannon Falkner had seen most of Converse College before and knew she wouldn't like it any better this time.
"I will not come to Converse," Faulkner said. "It's not The Citadel, and there's no way they can duplicate The Citadel here in just a couple of months because that's not their goal."
U. S. District Judge C. Weston Houck joined Faulkner. He will decide whether to admit her to The Citadel or accept South Carolina's proposal to set up the Institute of Leadership for Women.
Classes may be billed by the hour
Students to pay increased tuition starting Fall 1996
By Kimberly Crabtree
Kansan staff writer
In fall 1996, students not only will be paying more tuition but also will do so in a different fashion.
The Board of Regents voted Thursday in its monthly meeting to convert the University of Kansas and Kansas State University to a linear tuition structure, whereby students will pay by credit hour. Now, fulltime students at both institutions pay a fixed tuition rate.
"This is important because some students will end up paying more while some will pay less," said Kim Cocks, KU student body president.
The Regents also approved a 6 percent tuition increase at KU and K-State and a 3 percent increase at all other Regents institutions beginning in the fall 1996. The additional increase at KU and K-State will cover expected losses from the conversion to linear tuition.
"We tried to keep all students in mind when determining tuition increases," said Stephen Jordan, executive director of the Board of Regents.
The School of Business will increase tuition for its masters of business administration program by $55 a credit hour in fall 1996 to finance expansion of the program by as many as 75 students.
Additionally, the Regents adopted fee increases for the School of Business and the School of Engineering classes at the Regents Center.
Similarly, School of Engineering courses at the Regents Center will cost $30 more a credit hour to meet the growing demand for the program.
The Regents also passed a proposal for KU, K-State and Wichita State University to seek legislative approval to restructure tuition accountability. Tuition accountability is a program designed to give the individual institutions more control over tuition.
Under the program, the three schools would retain all tuition revenue from enrollment growth but no longer would request money to make up for enrollment shortfalls
In other action, the Regents agreed to honor tuition waivers granted for ROTC and National-Guard programs. Students in the program previously have been granted waivers, but it was discovered in a 1994 Legislative Post Audit that the program expired in 1991.
As a result, the Regents approved the honoring of all previously made commitments of tuition waivers but refrained from making any further commitments until the program is acted upon by the legislature.
"The issue here was whether to include WSU," Jordan said. "It passed with WSU included, but there will be more discussion on it."
The Regents passed a policy-manual revision that toughened the spoken English-competency requirements of faculty and graduate teaching assistants,
KU reported on its progress toward meeting school goals. The Regents approved the report.
In other Regents action:
The Regents considered campus plans to respond to a new policy statement concerning academic dishonesty.
RIGHT: Aaron, 12; B.J.,8; Bob, associate professor of history; and Bryn Dekosky,7, look at "The Net Result" exhibit at the Natural History museum. The exhibit is about commercial fishing in Minnesota lakes.
BELLOW: Laura, B; Jill, and Sarah Cline, 5, create cut-out art at the Museum of Anthropology as part of the "Polish Papercuts" exhibit. The exhibit runs until July 9.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Beyond the museum door
Art exhibits showcase local treasures
By Gwen Olson
Kansan staff writer
The KU museums offer a variety of sights for people. With four large museums and several smaller museums, visitors have many ways to spend their days at the University of Kansas.
The Spencer Museum of Art now is holding an exhibit called "Beyond the Drawing Room." The exhibit features the work of Mary Huntoon, a Kansas artist, and includes collections from around the state.
"This is our main exhibition for the summer," said Steve Goddard, curator of prints and drawings at the art museum. "A handful of pieces come from the KU collection and others have been brought here by the Salina Arts Center."
"Mary Huntoune was involved with the Federal Arts Project and was a real pioneer in art therapy," Goddard said. "She is a very significant artist for Kansas."
Goddard said that he thought this exhibit would attract many people because of local interest in Huntoon's work.
This exhibition continues until July 20.
Art museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Wilcox Classical Museum is holding its regular exhibits of Greek and Roman sculpture throughout the summer. The hours for the museum, which is located in Lippincott Hall, are 8:15 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
"When Worlds Collide" is the next show, and it will arrive in late August before fall classes start. A "Moby Dick" exhibition also is scheduled to begin August 20. Other shows will be announced during the fall.
"The exhibit is a case study of the exploitation of the environment," said Julie Johnson, administrative assistant of the museum.
Many people likely will view "The Net Result" as well as a collection of wildlife photographs that will begin its run in late August. That is because summer is the museum's busiest time of the year, Johnson said.
The Natural History Museum is featuring a traveling exhibit this summer called "The Net Result."
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
The Museum of Anthropology also has several exhibitions during the summer. "Polish Papercuts," which runs through Sunday, features the works of Wieslawa Contoski of Lawrence. The artwork is paper that was cut into different shapes and designs and is meant to convey Polish and Polish-American beliefs.
Another show appearing now is "Feathers and Fibers: The Natural and Supernatural in Amazonian Indian Belief." This exhibit shows the life of the people of the Amazon Basin.
The anthropology museum also is showing the "Hmong Artistry: Preserving a Culture on Cloth," which runs through July 30. This is a collection of needlework on cloth which displays the beliefs of Southwest-Asian people.
"Another big event for the museum is the Lawrence Indian Art Show, which will be held Sept. 9 through Oct.22," said Alfred Johnson, director of the Museum of Anthropology. "The museum is holding an American Indian bead work workshop in conjunction with the show."
The Museum of Anthropology is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Watkins expands to serve students
By Billie David Special to the Kansan
New addition cures center's space problem
Students soon will see their health fee dollars at work in the construction of a new addition to Watkins Memorial Health Center.
RMT, an Olathe-based company, received notification to start construction on July 5, said Nancy Trimble, secretary-treasurer of RMT. Recent rainfall is not expected to slow construction.
"We hope it flows smoothly," Trimble said. "To get it done as quickly as possible is our main goal."
The addition is expected to be completed by fall 1997.
Watkins' inadequate size is becoming evident in the longer waiting time required for students to see physicians, said James
Strobl, director of student health services. "We're always trying to continue to upgrade student service." Strobl said.
The new two-story addition will add 20,000 square feet to the existing 60,000 square feet of clinic space. Most of the addition, which is being built on the north side of Watkins, will be used for examining rooms. However, a large conference room will be built on the second floor.
The limited number of examining rooms and the small three-bed urgent-care room motivated Watkins directors to go to the Student Senate two years ago and request the addition. They argued for the addition because there is only one examining room for each of the eight doctors. With more examining rooms, doctors could move quickly between patients, shortening student waiting time.
Students will see the following changes when the addition opens:
An eight-bed urgent care room located across the hall from the present one.
A gynecology clinic on the second floor.
Counseling and Psychological Services expanded to include the area where the
present gynecology clinic is located An expanded physical therapy area.
expanded to include the area where the present gynecology clinic is located.
An X-ray machine that will reduce radiator oxygen by 50 percent
Strobi said KU would have one of the finest student-health care facilities in the nation. He has toured 60 other student health centers and said that KU already had one of the better student health facilities in the nation.
Strobl said that Watkins directors' goal was to offer appropriate services for the student population while keeping costs low. For example, spouses of KU students will be able to obtain health services this fall by paying an $86 health fee each semester, he said.
The new addition will cost about $4 million, an amount lower than the $5.5 million originally anticipated.
GTA talks in jeopardy
Kansan staff report
The first salary negotiations between graduate teaching assistants at the University of Kansas and University officials already have broken down.
Earlier this year, the state Legislature passed a budget amendment not to give GTAs the 3.5 percent raise given to other faculty members at Regents institutions. However, KU GTAs, who unionized this spring, argued that the University still could have given GTAs a raise. "Their position is absolutely contrary to our understanding," said Dan Murtaugh, KU GTA and chief negotiations spokesman for the GTAs. "We are convinced that the amendment placed no such restrictions on university administration."
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