University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 28, 1988
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Last Senate meeting Krakow, Quincy offer challenges
By Jeff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
At their final Student Senate meeting, Jason Krakow and Stephanie Quincy challenged all new senators to do a better job than the ones before them.
Senate held its annual turnover meeting for all newly elected officers and senators last night in the Kansas Union and the outgoing student body president and vice president said their goodbyes and thank yous to the old Senate and urged the new Senate to be creative and energetic.
"I'm going to challenge each new senator to take on an issue," Krakow said. "Look at something you think you can do better and tackle it. There is nothing lost if you don't succeed, but a hell of a lot gained if you do. What takes from student government two things: creativity and energy enough to find a solution and be energetic enough to implement it."
In closing, Krakow left Brook Menees, new student body president, two presents: a bottle of extra-strength aspirin and a piece of white cardboard with one word in black written on it — No.
"This is the most important word you'll have to say but also the most difficult," Krakow said. "It's unfortunate sometimes that you have to say it, but it will cause people a lot less pain. Use it well, because in student
Quincy told the new Senate that it had the ability to be the best or worst ever.
government a lot of times you are going to have to say po."
the best of your work.
"By being such a large majority, you can do whatever you want to do," she said. "If you set your goals high enough you can really make a difference on this campus. If you achieve every goal that you set, then you'll be a failure (because) you did not set your goals high enough. Student Senate cannot accomplish everything that needs to be changed on this campus in a one-year term."
Senate also approved Mark Flannagan, Jon Gregor and Sherri Sweirs to be holdover senators for next year.
"I really believe that with a lot of the people on this Senate, they may not be such a tough act to follow because there are a lot of new quality people," he said.
to be changed on this call. Menees congratulated Krakow, Quincy and the Senate for their achievements and said they would be a tough act to follow, but he said he was ready for the challenge.
sonate also approved the following people for officer positions next year: Elaine Woodford, executive secretary; Craig Citron, student body treasurer; Chris Shirling, administrative assistant; Jane Hutchinson, student committee chairman; Kelly Milligan, campus director for the Associated Students of Kansas; and Kevin Fossell, Jayhawk Source Director.
Brook Menezes, new student body president, accepts some friendly advice from his predecessor, Jason Krakow. Last night was the final meeting for this year's Student Senate.
History department tries to replace staff members
By Stacy Foster
Kansan staff writer
In the past month, the history department has felt the crunch of a rapidly decreasing staff and the inability to replace those already gone.
Norman Saul, chairman of the department, said that it would take about a year to recover from the recent loss of faculty.
Earlier in the semester, Robert Oppenheimer, associate professor of history, died, forcing the department to shuffle faculty around in order to finish his courses for the rest of the semester.
The department also will lose two more professors at the end of this
semester. Stitt Robinson, who teaches courses in colonial U.S. history, is retiring. And Karl Morrison, who teaches junior/senior level history courses, is leaving for a job at a university in New Brunswick, N.J.
James Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said that a lack of funds in the college had prevented some departments, such as history, from replacing faculty. He noted that the history department for next fall would be to hire temporary instructors or cancel some courses.
"What has happened to them in the last month has been devastating," Carothers said.
Since 1972, the history department has lost 20 faculty positions. They have been able to replace 11 of them.
for example, Saul said that the department usually had about 11 full-time U.S. history teachers. But because of the number of professors on leaves and sabbaticals, the department will have the equivalent of only five full-time positions for next fall.
Saul said that the search for new faculty positions was a complicated procedure. The department is continuing a search for a chairman for U.S. history, a position which was authorized this year.
There is a lot of competition, a lot of national competition for history
professors," Saul said.
In addition to the loss of faculty members, the department has had one of the largest enrollment increases in the past few years. Fall enrolment in 1987 increased by more than 500 students from fall 1996. Unsurprisingly, those students would mean that fewer courses would be available to the students.
Junior and senior level courses would be affected most by the loss of professors. Saul said that next fall the department probably would not be able to offer all the courses taught by Robinson. But he could not comment on which specific courses would be canceled.
"It disturbs us that the continu..."
will be broken, "Saual said. "The fact that we are filling in with temporaries really won't help the junior/ senior level courses."
Elizabeth Kuzesof, professor of history, was supposed to be on leave to do research this semester. Oppenheimer's death, however, caused her to put her research on hold. Kuzesof took over Oppenheimer's teaching and committee responsibilities for the rest of the semester. She said that it had been important to replace Oppenheimer immediately because he also had been an adviser for graduate students.
One of Oppenheimer's junior/senior level courses will be taught by a graduate assistant next fall. This causes problems for students taking those classes for graduate credit because courses taught by graduate assistants are required of graduating Graduates who had previously taken courses under Oppenheimer will have to choose a course taught by another professor.
said.
graduate students.
"It would have given them the impression that there is no professor committed to their fields," Kuznesof
Saul said that it should take about a year to recover from these losses. He said that some of his main priorities were to continue the search for a chairman for U.S. history and to negotiate a replacement for Robinson's colonial courses.
Lineberry leaves KU for Houston
New position offers chance to grow but Lawrence will be remembered
By Brenda Finnell
Kansan staff writer
Robert L. Lineberry, dean of liberal arts and sciences at KU, will become senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Houston on July 1, the UH System Board of Regents announced yester-
Lineberry, who became dean at the University of Kansas in 1981, announced in September that he would resign from that position at the end of this semester.
car of the university.
In a telephone interview from Houston, Lineberry said that he and his wife, Nita, felt very torn about leaving their friends in Lawrence and the University community.
1 think we will always hold a soft spot in our hearts for Lawrence," Lineberry said. "At the same time, this is a fine opportunity to work for a university that has a lot of growth potential."
Lineberry said the UH position would allow him to learn from people he had little contact with as a dean.
"I think it's a chance for me to broaden my horizons," he said. In announcing the appointment, Richard L. Van Horn, UH president, said, "Dr. Lineberry is one of the
country's leading political scientists and a noted educational administrator. His current position has allowed him to work closely with faculties throughout the University of Kansas, both in the liberal arts and the basic sciences.
"I am pleased that he will be joining both our faculty and our administrative team, to help further the University of Houston's growth as a quality academic institution."
Lineberry, who has taught U.S. government for 23 years, said he plans to continue teaching at UH.
"I don't want to break a good record," he said.
Before coming to KU, Lineberry taught for seven years at the University of Texas and for seven years at Northwestern University.
Lineberry received his bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1964 and his doctorate from the University of North Carolina in 1969.
He and his wife are pleased to be returning to Texas, Lineberry said. Nita Lineberry is from Houston.
U.S.-Israeli ties still strong despite troubles, reporter says
By Kathleen Faddis
Kansan staff writer
Wolf Beltzer, Washington bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post, told about 45 people last night in Smith Hall's auditorium that the strong relationship between Israel and strategic support Israel has given the United States
Bilitzer, whose column appears in the New York Times, Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, said the port city of Haifa had become a major U.S. naval facility in the eastern Mediterranean. He added that elaborate agreements had been signed opening up all Israeli medical facilities to treat wounded U.S. military personnel.
Bilitzer, who wrote "Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporter's Notebook," said he felt very strongly that U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz was a good friend of Israel.
Blitzer said that last week, on Israel's 40th anniversary, the two countries signed a memorandum of agreement that formalized the enhanced strategic cooperation.
very good chance of getting some sort of peace process off the ground in the next year," he said.
Blitzer said the Soviets also seemed to be modifying their positions on a few key issues in relation to Israel.
"I think the Soviets will eventually restore relations with Israel," he said.
He said the Soviet position was that they would restore relations on the first day of an international peace conference.
In spite of his optimism, Blitzer said Israel had had its share of problems in the last few months.
"The Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will not allow Israel to go back to the status quo of occupation in the territories," he said. "Certainly, with Israel there is a recognition that only opportunity for peace is a political settlement.
"Shultz, in my opinion, has a
"Irael cannot formally annex these territories because of the demographics."
The population split in Israel is 83 percent Jews and 17 percent non-Jews. If Israel were to annex the territories overnight, the population would become 60 percent Jewish to 40 percent Arab. Because of the high Arab birthrate, he predicted it would soon
become a clear Arab majority.
"The they also will not try to expel the Palestinians from the territories," he said. He added that this would not be an acceptable solution for the overwhelming majority of the Israeli public.
"The majority of the people of Israel want peace. They want good, neighborly relations," he said. But Israel is a very small country with a lot of potential adversaries.
"Iralsis are nervous. They recognize they live in a rough neighborhood," he said.
"If that kind of attitude continues, it would be a prescription for disaster for all concerned," he said.
Boltzer spoke about criticism of U.S. press coverage of Israel and about the proliferation of press covering the Palestinian uprising.
coving I don't think it is fair to say that all this is being hyped up by the news media." he said.
He said that U.S. newsmen were not hostile to Israel and were simply doing their jobs.
Fall semester to start late, end Dec.23
By a Kansan reporter
Classes for the fall semester will begin at the University of Kansas on August 29, which is the latest possible starting date that would allow school to get out before Christmas.
The Board of Regents requires that KU have 80 days of class each semester. With next year's fall schedule, the last day of finals will be on Dec. 23, one day before Christmas Eve.
Because of that, it would be impossible for classes to start any later in the fall, said Jim Drury, chairman of the KU calendar committee.
But he said that starting fall classes as late as possible was not a trend. Classes in the fall of 1987 started August 24.
"To me, it was not a conscious decision to start as late as possible," be said. "You might say that the one who becomes as we are ever likely to have it."
He said that people often requested that KU start classes after Labor Day.
"You can't begin after Labor Day and still get in 80 days of class before Christmas vacation," he said.
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