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Tuesday, March 6, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Morale .
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the university like a business. They want to show the Legislature 'look how many eggs
"THERE IS A general feeling of being in a corporate system where things are manufactured and produced, rather than created."
Wright said the administration had instilled a corporate atmosphere in the faculty through continual evaluations and competition for benefits.
"The dehumanization of people by audits and evaluations fits a business and commercial world rather than a university," he said.
Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies, supports Wright's research.
"We have an administration concerned more with economic efficiency rather than academic excellence," Leban said. "That is why we are running a supermarket on a university."
T. P. SRINIVASAN, professor of mathematics and a member of FacEx, said that evaluations of faculty by students, and the work they did had the worst effect on faculty morale.
"The faculty are made to evaluate each other constantly," Srinivasan said. "They don't see evaluation leading to anything except to create more friction."
Arno Krapper, professor of business and a member of FacEx, said he thought another negative aspect of the evaluations was that the members were prevented from creative work.
"Because student evaluations are used in teacher evaluations, the instructor has to teach these skills. Students rated too low," Krappner said. "Faculty members have to be careful not to offend them."
LEBAN SAID the evaluations—combined with the bad economics situation—and resulted in an ugly trend. The application and evaluation process for merit salary
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increases awarded by the departments had turned into backstabbing sessions, he said, where faculty tried to out-justify each other for the wage increases.
"Every spring the members of the departments compete for the merit salary money." Leban said. "This is one of the strengths of morale and the cooperative element."
Wright also said that the almost constant demand for documentation of ability through evaluations had made the faculty almost paramedict about demonstrating their competence.
Leban said many faculty members would not apply for the raises because they did not want to do so.
"In a corporate structure this may be legitimate, but not in a University."
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said he agreed that there were increasing bureaucratic controls over the University's ability, but he said there was little he could do.
"YOU HAVE ALMOST constant feedback asking are you good enough." Wright said. "Faculty members, especially those looking at the data, tend to turn out the product demanded of them.
"There are an increasing amount of federal and state regulations that force the University to engage in monitorities tivities and procedures." Dykes said
Dykes said he spends one-third of working on business involving gov regulations. More rules seem to be each day, he said.
"THEY SEEM to be inevitable, be goin to the point where the institit high education no longer control th houses." Dykes said.
"Faculty are legitimately concerte the growing bureaucracy, but a lo faculty don't realize that it's not from us," he said.
Dykes said he knew that educat
been hurt by the growing bureauc
that the only thing that could be done
"Over-regulation threatens the University's existence." Dykes said.
try to prevent more regulations from appearing on the books.
Faculty members said they agreed that over-regulation harmed the University but they offered their own solutions to the faculty morale problem.
Srinivasan and Evelyn Swartz, professor of curriculum instruction and chairman of FacEx, said that more faculty involvement in administrative functions was needed.
Leban said, "You have to think of the academic mission first. We need an administration that can provide academic leadership."
"MANY FACULTY members want more involvement in making the budget," Swartz said. "Having confidence in the budget allocations would boost morale."
But Heller said it no longer was possible for the administrative head of a large corporation to hold such a position.
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Athletics...
"It's not the day any longer where a university president can go around patting people on the back," Heller said. "The role of administrator today is to acquire resources."
Srimavasa said that the faculty needed to be assured by the administration that a student is enrolled.
men's athletic director, who was not responsible for women's athletics.
Tracy Spellman, a board member, said the effectiveness of the merger would depend on the attitudes of the administration.
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KU artist combines electronics, jewelry
The brooches, bolts and pins Gary Nemchock design look more like props for a movie.
“It’s the women who are having to make the biggest changes,” she said. “And I’m afraid if the boards merge, we might lose our philosophy.”
if the two boards merged, women's athletics would lose their emphasis on academics.
Dykes said he wanted to emphasize that the board would advise the athletic director.
Yesterday, subcommittee members met with Marlon Rein, director of legislative research, to refine their recommendations on the KU budget.
IN HIS INITIAL budget proposal, the
GOVNOR recommended that $1,277,590 be
spent on the following programs:
But Nernchock's designs, which incorporate items such as solar cells, magnetic switches, fiber optics and light diodes, may be the jewelry of the future.
"About three years ago, I started thinking about putting some electronics with jewelry," Nernchom, professor of jewelry and silversmithing, said. "I'm just working with materials of new materials. The tools of the artist and designer are just expanding."
BY RHONDA HOLMAN Stuff Reported
Staff Reporter
Nemchock's "bodonic jewelry," as he calls it, combines traditional metals in geometric designs with tiny flashing bulbs and pinpoints of light—all powered by a tiny battery and a sensor that activates the lights when the pieces are worn.
Nemchock said the materials he used came from campus departments and research departments in space, telephone and computer countries. He said because much of the country. He said because much of the
new metal, titanium, which can be changed to any color. He said he also had hopes of making jewelry that could emit sounds and light, and that it could be used by light, temperature and movement.
Among the subcommittee's recommendations were the restoration to the budget of $16,800 for miscellaneous costs and $13,400 for $10,000 for the library security system.
Nernchock, who grew up in Chicago and studied jewelry design in Denmark, said he always had an interest in electronics, physics and metallurgy. He said the work he was doing would be much more difficult away from a university campus.
"I AUDITED SOME courses in the sciences and I hang around the engineering building and Malott Hall a lot," he said. "The research materials are here and I think KU has really been supportive of research in the arts."
State Rep. David Heinemann, R-Garden
Nernchow, who came to the University of Kansas in 1972 from the art institute in Cleveland, said he was in contact with English, German and West Coast designers who were working with electronic jewelry. He said the work was too new to be profitable.
However, subcommittee members broke that figure down, allocating $1 million for the renovation of Marvin and $277,500 for the renovation of Lindley.
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"I's just basic research now," he said. There are no guide books on how to do it, but there are many others.
TOPEKA - Funding for women's athletics and libraries will be restored to the KU budget if the recommendations of a Kansas State team and Means subcommittee are approved today.
Approval of funding could aid KU budge
In addition, the three-member subcommittee has made a recommendation to shift $277,500 from an allocation for the Marvin炉 to renovate Lindley Hall.
Under Gov. John Carlin's budget recommendation, the funding for neither the State Department nor the federal system were given. The subcommittee is scheduled to make its entire presentation to Gov. Carlin.
City, subcommittee chairman, s favored splitting the money in orde both construction projects off the next year.
Despite the high cost of renovation is about $50 a square foot, he said rewould still be cheaper than building building.
"We're going to have to finish buildings sooner or later anyway, longer we put off starting on Lind more it will cost in the long run," he said.
Because of the value of the book KU libraries, subcommittee memb# restoration of funding for a security system would pay for itself.
Heinermann said the funds to fin- renovation of both buildings she allocated by the Legislature next; would take about $1,650,000 to finish Hall and about $1,650,000 to finish he said.
"The book detection system is very portant because of all the moving thetas. The book detection system Heinemann said." Besides, the redic book thefts that will happen the system must be aware of.
The $16,660 that would be rested women's athletics is less than half of request by KU. Subcommittee said the money would be used for athletic events and for an athletic room.
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The athletic department, Waugh said, had a contract with the Towers to lease 28 four-person units. The department is in charge of a five year contract, which is prorated.
Even though the 28 units are for the money-maker sports' participants, athletes from the non revenue sports still get funding from the University and athletic department through their scholarships to rent living quarters.
Members of the basketball and football teams, the two revenue producing sports live in Jawahner Towers, Jerry Waugh, assistant men's athletic director said
When they're not on the courts or the fields, student athletes at KU go home.
Besides room, athletes on a full scholarship also get board. At the Towers, a training table is set up for athletes for three meals a day.
But the Towers' arrangements may be changed, Waugh said, because of inflationary costs coupled with a costly implementation of Title IX, designed to equate men's and women's athletic programs across the country.
Bob Marcum, men's athletic director,
echoed Waugh's sentiments.
"I think all types of specialized housing and the training will call for a long, hard look, speaking economically," Marcum said. "It might have to get away from it."
The football team's units soon will be scattered, Marcum said, instead of being grouped together.
For now, the 12 basketball players and most of the 95 football players will continue to live at the Towers while other members stay in housing, still paid by scholarship funding.
Waugh said married athletes usually did not live in the Towers. The 28 units are scattered throughout the four complexes. The team's team units also are spread out.
Both administrators said the main advantage of the Towers was the proximity to the campus. But whether the Towers are in the Towers in the future is uncertain.
Mitchell said he tried to group his classes consecutively so he would not have any time in between them.
the inconvenience of living outside Lawrence.
"Rent is about half of what it would be in Lawrence," she said.
Beutlien said that last semester he had classes every day and had study breaks in between, but that this semester he attended classes only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to try to cut driving costs.
Cindy Kuse, Overland Park junior, said she could not find a place to live in Lawrence at a price she considered reasonable.
Linda Batr, Eudora senior, said she decided to live in Eudora because the rent was much cheaper.
Students who live at home and commute to Lawrence also were concerned about saving money, although they said they felt out of campus activities.
"After classes are over I go home to study," Kuse said. "While other students are socializing, I'm driving."
"It is difficult to borrow someone's notes or help get from other people who have the materials you need," said scholarship hall. Then you can just go down the hall and find someone, "Michel Johnson."
Dave Lutz, Topper senior, committed to Lawrence for his first three years at KU. He said he did not realize how much he had been until he lived on campus a semester.
"Getting to know people was a problem," he said.
Rebecca Stewart, Leavenworth sophomore, said she thought the University should schedule more Tuesday classes to help people who commute.
Bob Mitchell, Baldwin sophomore, said that unless a student had small classes or labs it was hard to meet people.
Living outside Lawrence is a compromise for some students.
"It is a good location for us because one of my roommates goes to Baker University and I have some good here," Tooth Beuthien, Baldwin sophomore, said.
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Beuthen said it seemed as if most of the snow came before the semester started, so he did not have any problems driving to school.
Most students said they tried to arrange their schedules so they would not have to drive to Lawrence every day, but that the semester schedule made it difficult to arrange.
Kuse said, "I missed a couple of classes because of the weather this winter but the professors were understanding.
"I try to get all my classes in the afternoon in case of bad weather," Kuse said.
Mitchell said that he drove on a gravel road to get to school and that a couple of times he had endured up in the middle of a street, that he had not missed any classes.
Bad weather this winter has not kept most commuters from getting to their classes.
"I prefer living out of town because we used to live in Stouffer Place. I don't miss the sirens on 38th Street at all." Aher said.
She said that it was difficult to keep informed about campus activities, but that she had friends in Lawrence who helped her keep in touch.
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