University Daily Kansan / Thursday. April 28, 1988 9 Residence halls to improve security By Mary Neubauer Special to the Kansan The fall semester will bring changes for residence hall security programs, said the KU coordinator for training security personnel. Mike White, resident director for McColm Hall, said that KU police would be incorporated into a two-room training program for security personnel. "The police will advise monitors as to what they can and cannot do in dealing with residents," White said. "Students also will learn what KU police can do and when the monitors are on alert, in case of an assault, a fight or theft." White said he hoped to expand the current security monitor training from a few hours to three or four days. He said the program would help monitors deal with problems more professionally and would allow them to have more job satisfaction they would make fewer mistakes. White said he wanted to allow the monitors more diversity in their work. "I'm working hard to do away with 'security sitting at the front doors.' White said. "I'd like to see monitors focus more on doing rounds and what to look for on rounds. This will let the residents be treated more as adults." White said he hoped to adopt a universal security system for the school. "We have the same security procedures instead of individual hall systems. To help with this, he has looked into surveillance systems for residence hall front doors that automatically unlock when a student with a KUID access. The system also would lock the doors after the student entered. "Residents generally don't like the fact that they have to check in, especially when they have a guest, and it's a personal thing," White said of the surveillance system would make security more convenient for residents. "The system would allow security personnel to be used elsewhere instead of at the front doors. They will probably just have rooms, kitchens and the building's Gina Balandron, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said she thought security people did a good job monitoring students with some monitors gave her trouble. exterior." "A monitor asked to see my KUID in the hall one time and gave me some trouble for no reason," she said. "I don't like being checked in and out. One night, a friend of mine was coming over to study. It was maybe two minutes after security hours started, and someone new was working on the system, cards weren't there, so we had to wait for security to get them. It was kind of a pain." Janet Bearly, assistant hall director at McColum Hall, is in charge of staffing the monitor positions, developing procedures for the monitoring working out the payroll for the monitors. By getting a head start and hiring next year's monitors this spring, Bearly hopes to have an efficiently trained staff prepared by fall. "It's recently been made possible to give the security monitors raises." Bearly said. "These are based on longevity and merit from log sheets and evaluation forms used by all assistant hall directors. This will give monitors incentive to work hard." Bearly said she looked for an assertive rather than aggressive person for the security position. She said she searched for someone who would take charge of a situation and use reason rather than physical strength in dealing with the situation. "It's a learning experience because we've had monitors prevent a couple of suicides and help with seizures." Bearly said. "It's also a fun job because monitors need lots of screens to track them, and they are different from regular jobs." Kelle Kainakares, Lenexa junior, is a security monitor at Mccollum. She said her duties included checking residents into the hall, locking all security doors, watering the trash can, cleaning the kitchen and fire, turning off all hallway lights except those used for security and handling noise complaints. Getty art grant to fund cross-disciplinary course By Michael Carolan Kansan staff writer Students of art, art history, art education, philosophy and visual arts will get a taste of their related fields next semester as a cross-disciplinary course is being developed to bring the five departments together. "The course, "Cross-disciplinary studies: The tradition of the human form," was developed after the University of Kansas' recent receipt of a $2,600 contract from the Getty Centrals to stop a new cross-disciplinary course. "The design of the course will be devoted to instructing students how to look at art, talk about art, write Ihe design of the course will be devoted to instructing students how to look at art, talk about art, write about art and how to make art. — Anne El-Omiani Spencer Art Museum project coordinator will be instructed in methodology and tradition of art history, art criticism, art production and aesthetics." about art and how to make art," said Anne El-Oami. project coordinator and curator of education at the Spencer Museum of Art." Students El-Omiami said that the first course, offered to seniors and graduate students in any of the disciplines, was a pilot course concentrating on the theme of the human figure. Other courses would be structured similarly but would have different themes. El-Omami said that the course would lecture, discuss and debate in art history and aesthetics and would explore different media in the studio as it related to a major theme. 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