CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday, March 31, 1995 3A Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN Dan Hare, vice-presidential candidate for the United Students coalition, talks with Linda Long, Mission Hills graduate student. Coalition wants to save time By Ian Ritter Kansan staff writer Candidates running with the United Students coalition are calling for better student advising and a more efficient Add/Drop system. United Students is one of the two coalitions running in the Student Senate race. Elections are April 12 and 13. "There's no assured way that students will have a consistent adviser through their college years," said Kim Cocks, Lee's Summit senior and the coalition's presidential candidate. She said that new students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were thrown into advising. If they have not declared a major, a random department is assigned to advise them, she said. Cocks said that because every department advised differently, students who had not declared a major should be advised by an undecided majors advising department. Dan Hare, Olathe junior and the coalition's vice presidential candidate, agreed. "A lot of my friends have been forced into another semester as a direct result of poor advising." Hare said. Cocks stressed that students needed to have a strong mentor relationship with advisers. She said that relationship would make it easier for them to get into needed "Students see a bureaucracy, and it just aggravates them. They don't know where to turn to change things." Dan Hare United Students coalition's vice presidential candidate "Students see a bureaucracy, and it just aggravates them," he said. "They don't know where to turn to change things." The current Add/Drop system of enrollment also needs to be changed. Cocks and Hare said. Rich Morrell, university registrar, said that he was open to new ideas concerning enrollment. assigned to a 15-minute interval in which to add or drop courses, they propose. The more specific times would cut down on the wait. Hare said that the line around the rotunda in Strong Hall would be eliminated. classes. "We would take any suggestions coming from students that are practical," he said. Instead of being assigned to a two-hour block, students would be Morrell said that different Add/Drop plans have been tried in the past. "We've tried both ways, and both ways have had their drawbacks," he said. Cocks and Hare said that their proposed changes would be steps toward making Student Senate more of a policy-making body and less of a money-spending organization. But Cocks stressed that the financial side of Senate still was important. "Student Senate should be the first people students should think of when they have a problem," Cocks said. "That's not happening because it hasn't been as policy focused as we'd like it to be." Lack of wiring stymies University's Internet use By Robert Allen Direct access to the Internet for all campus buildings is coming at a slow pace. Kansan staff writer Bill Klein, assistant director of networking and telecommunications services, said that the University had no formal plan to connect all campus offices to the Internet. Instead, his office wires campus buildings on a case-by-case basis. "The University is now starting to say, 'Gee, we ought to get into these buildings and do them in one fell swoop.'" Klein said. For proper connection to the Internet, campus buildings must use fiber-optic cable. "When campus was rewired seven or eight years ago, copper and fiberoptic cable were put in most buildings but not all," Klein said. Buildings that don't have fiber-optic cable will need to have it installed. Klein said that customers approached his office and asked for access to the network. The office estimates how much it would cost, and the customer decides whether to pay to have the service. Installation in a building that lacks fiber-optic cable costs more than one that already has it. "And of course, it all boils down to money," he said. But many buildings already have access to the Internet. "We've got the athletic complex on the network now," he said. One campus building that doesn't have access is Stauffer-Flint Hall, home to the School of Journalism. "I can only say that, in our case, we have in this building asked for access to the Ethernet," said Mike Kautsch, dean of journalism, about a wiring system that is used to connect to the Internet. "We have been proposing it officially as part of the School of Journalism's needs. We Other deans at KU also are concerned about the lack of campuswide Internet access and ways to pay for it. Kautsch said that they had formed a committee to discuss the issue. To pay for the installation, the school would have to raise money privately, Kautsch said. "We need to accelerate the process," he said. "The University needs to very quickly connect to the information highway. This has been a concern of mine for at least three years now." Faculty recruiting can be affected by the fact that some offices don't have the access, Kautsch said. If prospective faculty members knew that they would not have a direct link, they might choose another institution. hope to have the wiring by the fall." "The administration is rapidly moving toward a solution on this," he said. New leader influencing KU By Virginia Margheim Kansan staff writer Incoming chancellor Robert Hemenway hasn't taken the reins of power yet, but his presence already is felt at the University of Kansas. Although Hemenway will not officially step into the position until June I, he already has be come involved with the University. Hemenway has visited KU several times and is working to familiarize himself with the University, Chancellor Del Shankel said. During those visits, administrators have begun to form a good relationship with Hemenway. Robert Hemenway Shankel said that Hemenway had been consulted about administrative decisions that might affect him. But decisions have not been put off until Hemenway comes. For example, Shankel said that he and Hemenway were working together to appoint an executive vice chancellor for the University of Kansas Medical Center. Both men will interview the candidates, but Hemenway makes the final choice, Shankel said. David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said it was business as usual for administrators. "We're continuing to work on all the problems we see," Shulen- burger said. But even though business has not been slowed down, administrators are waiting to see how Hemenway will affect the University, Shulenburger said. Hemenway's vision of education and his plans for the University will not be known until he becomes chancellor. Administrators want to be sensitive to what Hemenway wants, Muyskens said. This sensitivity has created a kind of holding period where administrators wait to find out what initiatives Hemenway will take, he said. Tom Hutton, director of University Relations, said that Hemenway's approach would probably be different than what KU had seen. Hemenway has strong communication skills and likes to take a personal approach to administration. No break in summer break By Paul Todd