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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1995
VOL.104,N0.151
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CAMPUS
KU mathematics promotes exodus
Math students prefer the attention of a junior college to being taught by their peers. Page 3A
KU LIFE
Hot summer wax
New
modern rock reviews of the up-and-coming and the established.
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KU Med Center under scrutiny
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and A.L. Chapman, acting University of Kansas Medical Center executive vice chancellor, announced Friday that they have formed a committee to
KU Medical Center
investigate allegations about the Med Center's heart transplant program.
The 14-member committee, which includes people from inside and outside the Med Center, will complete its work in 60 days and then recommend any needed changes. The first scheduled meeting is June 23.
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The heart transplant program was suspended after Kansas City Star articles alleged that the Med Center failed to perform any heart transplants in a 10-month period, despite continuing to accept patients on a waiting list.
Kansas coach sues Dick Vitale
Compiled from Kansan staff reports and The Associated Press.
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington is preparing to hold court.
But this time, the action will not take place at Allen Field House, but in a U.S. District Court in Washington, DC.
Washington filed a $10 million defamation suit in October 1994 against Dick Vitale, basketball announcer and writer, as well as a publisher, editor, and writer of the preseason basketball magazine, Dick Vitale's Basketball.
A paragraph previewing the Jayhawks in the magazine's 1993-94 edition is the basis of the suit. Joe Smith, director of the Women's Basketball News Service, wrote, "The Jayhawks are loaded with talent with swingman Angela Aycock and guard Charisse Sampson heading the list
No court date has been set. Washington said yesterday that she could not comment on the case.
"But coach Marian Washington usually finds a way to screw things up. This season will be no different."
Student awareness lowers crime risk
Crime on Campus
Arrests on campus 1992 1993 1994
Drug violations 10 28 17
Weapons violations 0 0 1
Alcohol violations 12 17 3
Operating under the influence 233 136 37
Reported campus crime 1992 1993 1994
Murder 0 0 0
Statutory rape 0 0 0
Sodomy 0 0 2
Sexual battery 4 3 2
Rape 1 0 4
Robbery 3 4 2
Aggravated assault 4 7 5
Burglar 115 209 287
Motor vehicle theft 11 5 7
Theft 477 614 632
By Angle Dasbach Kansan staff writer
Noah Musser / KANSAN
Students' chances of being violent crime victims has decreased over the past two years at the University of Kansas.
Sgt. Rose Rozmirek of the KU Police Department told Awareness, an annual publication for KU faculty, staff members and students, that in 1994, a KU student had a one-in-226 chance of being a crime victim.
That's down from a one-in-212 chance in 1993, she said.
The reason for the decline was difficult to determine, said Cindy Alliss, KU police officer. She said it was possible that students were becoming more aware of the potential crime situations.
"We would like to think that students are listening to our programs that concern crime prevention," Alliss said.
Although the chance of a student becoming a crime victim has dropped, crimes against property, such as burglary and theft, are rising.
Alliss said that theft usually involved someone leaving their backpack unattended while in the library or other buildings.
Campus burglaries occur most when faculty or staff members leave their rooms and offices unlocked, she said.
"Students may leave their belongings on a table in the library," she said. "All it takes for your property to be stolen is for you to get up and walk away for a few seconds."
There were 1,065 crime victims last year, she said, and 554 of those victims were students. Visitors, faculty, staff and the state of Kansas account for the rest.
Even though most of the statistics are accurate, the number of rapes doesn't reflect reality, said Barbara
Ballard, director of Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
"Rape is one of the most under-reported crimes in the nation," Ballard said.
"The accurate statistic is much higher than anyone could ever quote," she said.
There were many reasons rape went unreported, Ballard said, but the prime reason was that rape was a crime of embarrassment and shame.
Another statistic that has decreased is the amount of arrests for operating under the influence.
Alliss said that last year there was a police department reorganization in addition to budget cuts, which changed the time left for officers to check for drunk drivers.
"Some officers have to investigate their own work," she said. "That doesn't leave much time for us to do self-initiative work which includes OUIs."
BELOW: A construction worker's lunch sits on piping material. Currently, construction is progressing and on schedule.
ABOVE: Construction workers continue work on the second underground level of Budig Hall. Three underground levels will be left empty until funds are raised for their completion.
Brian Flink / KANBAR
Hoch for tomorrow
By Trine Nygaard
Kansan staff writer
Budig Hall rising from Hoch hole in time for 1996 summer opening
What was once the back of one of the oldest campus buildings, formerly known as Hoch Auditorium, is now a big hole in the ground.
The construction on what will become Budig Hall is progressing and on schedule, said David Schaecher. KUarchitect.
The building was so severely damaged that the sides and the facade facing Jayhawk Boulevard are the only parts of the original
Brian Flink / KANSAN
Hoch Auditorium, which burned after it was struck by lightning on June 15, 1991, was renamed Budig Hall last spring in honor of former Chancellor Gene Budig.
structure that can be preserved.
Mark Green, senior project manager for diCarlo Construction, said 90 percent of the interior demolition had been completed. And if the weather stays dry, workers could remove the roof and begin construction of a new one.
In order to coordinate the installation of technical equipment - such as cameras, projectors and podiums - with the opening of the new hall, KU is soliciting bids for audiovisual equipment this summer.
Schaecher said workers would complete the second underground level next month. Three underground floors will fill the hole behind Hoch.
Schaecher estimated that the equipment needed for the building will cost about $900,000.
when finished, Budig Hall will be home to 2,000-seat Hoch Auditorium and two smaller auditoriums with 500 seats each.
The three underground levels will accommodate a library and technology storage space. They will be completed when KU is able to raise the funds.
The rest of the Budig Hall reconstruction is scheduled for completion in late summer 1996. Schaecher said.
No time limit has been set for this part of the project.
Scientists and their rocks to roll into town
By Mark Luce Kansan staff writer
Fossils and professors add prestige to KU
Two tractor-trailers rolling into Lawrence in the next few weeks will contain about 200,000 fossils, which will give the University of Kansas the second-largest collection of paleobotanic fossils in the country.
The fossils, many from Antarctica, are the collection of Thomas Taylor, a widely published paleobotanist and only the second member of the National Academy of Sciences that KU has employed.
Taylor, along with Edith Taylor, his wife, recently received joint appointments in the department of
The National Academy of Sciences, with its 12,13 members, elects 60 U.S. scientists and 15 foreign associates each year. The academy was founded in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln to create a pool of scientific leaders who could provide consultation for the government. Members of the academy are widely recognized as some of the finest scientists in the world.
botany and at KU's Natural History Museum.
Taylor, who was elected to the academy in 1994, said that care for his fossil collection was a major factor in making the move from Ohio State University, where he had taught since 1974.
He complemented the history museum's collection.
"The people there have a commitment to paleobotany, and I knew
Taylor's scientific interests lead him around the globe.
In late June, he will travel to Germany to study 400-million-year-old moths as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. In November he'll return to Antarctica, minus 30-degree temperatures, high winds and 24-hour sunshine.
"Not many people know that Antarctica is 5 percent exposed rock," he said, "But it is treacherous work."
Edith Taylor, has been working as an adjunct professor of plant biology and geological sciences at Ohio State and as a research scientist at the Byrd Polar Research Center. She said she and her husband were excited about the move to Lawrence.
"We really liked the strong museum, and Kansas is well known for its strength in systematic biology," she said. "After the interviews, we realized how nice the people are."
Christopher Hauffer, chairman of the botany department, said that Thomas Taylor contacted him in February to inquire about any positions. The next day Hauffer started putting together an offer.
"He was interested in coming here," Hauler said. "They were willing to negotiate a multiple-year package we could offer. If he were simply fishing along, I am sure he could have gotten more money."
See SCIENTIST, Page 2A
The hiring of the Taylors, Haufler said, will help the University tremendously.
Chancellor puts his principles on paper Hemenway answers budget blitz with 15-point program
By Kimberly Crabtree Kansan staff writer
Hemenway's letter includes a list of 15 principles he said his administration would use as a guide when making final budget reductions.
In one of his first official acts since taking office, Chancellor Robert Hemenway issued a statement to the University community last week concerning budget cuts.
According to the 15 principles included with the chancellor's statement, academic programs, student education and research missions will be sheltered from cuts.
Administrators will be forced to reduce the University of Kansas' operating budget by $3 million after the state legislature cut the amount of money available to KU.
On June 1, before the statement was issued, faculty salary deferrals and a hiring freeze were enacted. The salary deferrals mean that raises for the 1995-96 school year will not be available until Dec. 18.
"The deferrals hurt faculty because we've been asked to donate a chunk of money, and nobody likes being in that position," said Steven Maynard-ny, professor of public administration. "But the ability not to be able to get books from the library is a much worse option."
The hiring freeze means any job that is unfilled or becomes vacant will remain so until further notice.
However, the cuts will force the administration to scrutinize even those areas for efficiency. Research programs will be forced to seek external funding, and faculty and staff will be forced to take on greater responsibilities, perhaps teaching more classes and doing more administrative work with fewer staff.
Students, too, are concerned about how their education will be affected as a result of the cuts. The statement included class-size requirements, setting undergraduate classes to a minimum of 12 students. Graduate classes must enroll at least six students. The policy took effect at the start of the summer session.
"Coming from out-of-state, I chose KU because of its high quality of educational programs," said Cassandra Curry, Zionsville, Ind., sophomore. "After all the cuts — cutting here and skimming there — who's to say if I would make the same choice."
Hemenway and his administration are seeking suggestions from the University community as to where the budget reductions can be made effectively. Changing KU's open admissions policy is one suggestion.
"I had never heard of open admissions before coming to KU," Curry said. "Limiting the number of students would lower class numbers, decrease the needed numbers of GTAs and allow more attention to be given to students who worked to be here."