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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 113 (USPS 650-640)
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Computer role can be too big, some profs say
Special to the Kansan
By Robert Rebein
When Jan Roskam was working toward his doctorate, you could always tell an engineering student by the slide rule that swung from his hip. Today, the giveaway is more likely to be a hand-held computer.
Although there is little doubt in Learned Hall that times have changed, some professors wonder if the changes are for the better.
The concern is whether dependence on computer equipment could lead to inferior engineers. Roskam, Ackers distinguished professor of aerospace engineering, said today's engineering students used their minds too little and their computers too much.
"Engineers never make absolute statements," he said, "but I'm going to make one now: It is impossible, even with an expert system, to build a computer program that can design an airplane.
"It takes an expert to decide whether a computer design will really work."
Students with access to computers tend to do better in class than those who do not, Roskam said. But hand-held computers can be used to cheat on exams, he said, "I can't only cheat." he said
"It's not only cheating," he said.
"It's downright unnatural."
Students are tempted to use the
computers on exams because they look like ordinary calculators, Roskam said. But unlike calculators, they can be used to store equations. A student can type equations into the computer's memory, then call them up during an exam, making the memory bank a sort of high-tech crib sheet.
Students caught using a handheld computer during one of Roskam's exams receive an F. They are second time, they are expelled.
"In the real world you do not memorize equations; you look them up," said Charlie George. "You know more in 'electrical engineering.'"
But some students and professors say computers should be allowed in an academic setting.
The main reason for buying a hand-held computer is convenience. George said.
The most popular hand-held computer is the Hewlett-Packard HP-41, known among engineering students as a "Hweille." Other brands, such as Casio and Tandy, also are popular. Hand-held computers range in price from $70 to $300.
"Normally, you will have two things to learn to pass a test," he said. "Eighty percent is how to work the problems. The other 20
See COMPUTER, p. 5, col. 1
Javhawks move closer to Final Four goal
Sports writer
By Matt Tidwell
to Dallas and the Final Four.
DAYTON, Ohio — By the end of the Jayhawks' 65-43 win over Temple University on Saturday, a few hundred die-hard KU fans were left in the half-empty, 13,260-seat Dayton Arena.
After most of the local fans had gone home near the end of the Jayhawks' blowout win, the University of Kansas contingent, congregated in a section behind the Jayhawk bench, remained to celebrate.
And for good reason — the Jayhawks had moved one step closer
KU, for the first time since head men's basketball coach Larry Brown and seniors Calvin Thompson, Ron Kellogg, and Greg Deiling arrived, had made it past the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
The team's next stop will be Kansas City, Mo., and what has become their second home court — Kemper Arena. On Friday, they will play Michigan State University in the Midwest Regional semi-finals.
"Needless to say, we're all pleased we're moving on," Brown said.
"That hasn't been the case in the last couple of years."
Brown was referring to what had become known as KU's second-round jinx. In the last two NCAA tournaments, the Jayhawks were eliminated in the second round.
Monday Morning
Returning to Kansas City, Mo., where the Jayhawks won the Big Eight Tournament earlier this month, gives KU an advantage over the other three Midwest teams — Michigan State. Iowa State University, and North Carolina State University.
The Jayhawks have a 26-8 record in Kemper Arena and enjoy the advantage of extra crowd support there.
"When you consider we're one of 16 teams left, that's a tremendous feeling." Brown said.
He said the chance for KU fans to get another look at the Jayhawks was what pleased him the most.
against the tough Michigan State Spartans, who advanced to Kansas City by beating Washington and Georgetown.
"It's nice to know our travel schedule will be easier."
The Spartans are led by one of the country's premier guards, senior Scott Skiles. Skiles scored 24 points in win over Georgetown University.
But Brown pointed out that the celebrating could be cut short if the Jayhawks don't play their best
Jayhawk guard Cedric Hunter said he was happy KU was advancing to the semi-finals, but that his job to stop Skiles would be a hard one.
"He's a great player," Hunter said. "He'll be real tough to stop. They do lots of things to get him open."
Revolts spur U.S. changes
J. K. Rutherford, 4, son of April and John Rutherford, 737 Maine St., swings and misses. He played in front of Fraser Hall recently.
Spring training
By Sandra Crider
Staff writer
The downfall of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos' regime has been a learning experience for President Reagan that has significantly
See related story, p. 9.
Carl Lande, professor of political science, said the president's public statement Friday that the United States would oppose all dictatorships was prompted by the depositions of Marcos and Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier.
changed the administration's policy toward dictatorships, a KU professor said yesterday.
Lande returned recently from the Philippines where he had been a member of a study mission sponsored by the New York-based Asia Society.
"The president has learned a lot in the last month or so," he said. "The regimes of Marcos and Duvalier have been replaced by more attractive democratic governments."
The Reagan administration has received praise from liberal critics at home for how it handled the situations in the Philippines and Haiti.
The government has already shown signs of a new attitude. A congressional committee on African affairs recently came out in favor of majority rule in South Africa, and the Reagan administration has been expressing its disapproval of the oppressive South Korean government.
The positive outcomes of such stances against oppression may pave the way for long-term opposition to oppressive regimes, Lande said.
Marcos is living in Hawaii but said recently he wanted to leave the United States because of the poor conditions. bad press he has received born.
The extravagance of the Marcos regime also has contributed to the tide of international public opinion turning against the former president.
"It's pretty clear that the policy of the government has changed," Lagardier said.
He said the extensive press coverage of Marcos' luxuries had
“He assumed he would be well-treated in the U.S.” Lande said. “And he might have been if his bad behavior hadn't become apparent.”
See LANDE, p. 5, col. 1
Regents want hike in tuition
By Lori Polson
Staff writer
TOPEKA — Although tuition has increased every year since 1979, it must go up again in the fall of 1987 to meet the rising costs of running state schools, Tom Rawson, Regents director of financial planning, said last week.
The Board of Regents Special Committee on Tuition and Fees considered two plans Wednesday to raise fees at the Regents institutions for the fall of 1987.
One plan would increase general fees for all students by 6 percent. The other plan would increase general fees by 3 percent for all students and add another $100 in fees for out-of-state students.
Tuition is divided into general fees and restricted fees. The Regents set general fees and the individual institutions set restricted fees. General fees are now $495 of the $615 resident tuition and $1,397 of the $1,517 non-resident tuition.
Tuition could increase further if the universities decide to increase restricted fees.
Peer institutions are schools with programs similar to the Regents institutions in states similar to Kansas, Rawson said. The Regents chose peer institutions in 1980.
Rawson said the peer institutions were used to gauge the financing of the Regents schools.
Students generate 25 percent of their education costs through tuition. The rest of the cost is provided by the state. Rawson said.
The Regents schools are the six state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
Last May, the Regents approved a
4 percent increase in the cost of de-
fense.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig, who represented the Regents' Council of Presidents at the meeting, said the costs of the Regents universities were an extraordinary educational bargain.
But he warned the Regents against raising tuition costs.
"With the threat of unprecedented federal reductions in student financial assistance, many of our students could face a crisis." Budig said. "They could be priced out of the educational market if tuition and fees were increased dramatically in the years ahead."
Rawson said the Regents began increasing fees every year in the late 1970s. Before then, tuition had increased every two or three years.
"We decided we could not maintain the 25 percent ratio unless we evaluated tuition every year," said Rawson.
Rawson said the Kansas Legislature this year wanted the Regents to consider raising fees.
Budig said that although both plans suggested by the committee would affect all the Regents institutions, the second plan would hit the University of Kansas harder because of the high cost of students who attended the University.
"In the early 1800s we began to get pressure from the governor that we weren't upholding our part of the bargain," he said.
Compared to peer institutions, fees at the University are reasonable, he
Reagan seeks support on contra vote
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Reagan, seeking public pressure on Congress to approve $100 million aid for Nicaraguan rebels, declared yesterday evening that the money was needed to deny the Soviet Union a beachhead in North America.
Beseeching Congress to vote "yes," Reagan emphasized his belief that Nicaragua was not the only threat to U.S. security. In a televised address from the Oval Office, he asked viewers, "Tell them to help the freedom fighters. Help us prevent a Communist takeover of Central America."
In prepared remarks, four days before the House votes on his aid proposal, Reagan urged his countrymen not to ignore what he called the malignancy in Managua.
Sen. James Sasser, leading the Democratic response to Reagan,
agreed with much of the president's view of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, but said it was time for negotiation, not military buildup. Sasser has proposed compromise legislation that would give the Sandinistas time to talk.
Making his case for $70 million in military aid and $30 million in non-lethal funds for the so-called contra forces, Reagan said, "We are asking only to be permitted to switch a small part of our present defense budget — to the defense of our own southern frontier."
A senior administration official, briefing reporters at the White House on the president's speech but insisting he not be identified, said Reagan was about 10 to 12 votes short of victory in the House and would lobby members in search of support.
The official said the administration remained unwilling to compromise on the amount of money Reagan requested or by placing new restrictions on how the money is spent. But he acknowledged the possibility Reagan would agree unilaterally to allow some time between the enactment of the legislation and the actual delivery of military assistance, which could encourage peace talks with the Sandinistas.
Reagan portrayed a dire situation in Central American should the con-
ference be cancelled.
"Using Nicaragua as a base, the Soviets and Cubans can become the dominant power in the crucial corridor between North and South America," he said. "Established there, they will be in a position to threaten the Panama Canal, interdict our vital Caribbean sea lanes, and, ultimately, move against Mexico.
"Should that happen, desperate Latin peoples by the millions would begin fleeing north into the cities
the southern United States, or to wherever some hope of freedom remained."
Displaying a map of the region and an airfield photo from Nicaragua, the president charged members of the ruling Sandinista regime with selling illegal drugs to Americans, using their country as a terrorist command post and threatening the security of the Western alliance by seeking to spread revolution through Central America to the Panama Canal.
In the Democratic Party reply prepared for broadcast following the president's address, Sasser said the Democrats agreed with Reagan that the Sandinista government betrayed the promise of its revolution, suppressed the freedom of its own people, and supported subversion in El Salvador. However, they said that they thought the president was seiz-
See REAGAN, p. 5, col. 1