University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 19, 1988
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Social welfare school selects Weick as dean
Acting dean receives appointment
By Michael Carolan
Kansan staff writer
Ann T; Weick, associate professor of social welfare, was named dean of the KU School of Social Welfare yesterday.
Weick has been acting dean since Aug. 1 after former dean Patricia Ewalt resigned to become dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Hawaii. Weick will take the position July 1.
"I'm very pleased with the appointment," said Weick, who will also be promoted to full professorship July 1. "We already have a strong program, a good faculty and a strong student body. Based on those strengths, I look forward to continue building the school."
Jerry Hutchison, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and one of 13 members on the dean search committee, said that Weick was one of five finalists for the position.
"T
1 here were a number of things that added up and made her fit the qualifications the committee agreed upon several months ago.'
Jerry Hutchison associate vice chancellor for academic affair
"I think she is eminently qualified," Hutchison said. "She has a good scholarly record." He said she had administrative experience from managing the doctorate program in social welfare and from duties as acting dean.
"There were a number of things that added up and made her fit the qualifications the committee agreed upon several months ago," he said.
Weick, who joined the social welfare faculty in 1976, graduated from
the university of Oregon in 1963 with a degree in sociology.
She has a master's degree in social work from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate in social policy and planning from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.
Weick, who has also taught at Boston University and the University of Oregon, said that as dean, she would continue encouraging faculty to look at new ways to strengthen the existing programs.
"We hope to design creative, new projects to link the school with professionals and the Lawrence community even more." she said.
Weick teaches courses in social policy, social work theory and professional socialization.
Weick said that the school was a strong asset for the Lawrence community in the areas of mental health, child welfare and aging.
"I hope to see those areas continue to grow stronger." Weck said.
Former congressman speaks on power of Israeli lobbyists
Kansan staff writer
The Israeli lobby is so powerful that it is stifling free speech in the United States, a former U.S. congressman said last night.
By Brenda Finnell
Paul Findley, in a speech to about 100 people in the Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union, said the power and influence of Israeli lobbying organizations weakened criticism of Israeli activities. Findley's visit was paid for by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and the Americans for Palestine Committee.
"Most Americans avoid criticizing Israel out of fear," Findley said. "They're convinced they'll pay a price."
Findley, who was an Illinois congressman from 1961 to 1982, said fear of being called anti-Semitic or losing faith in the party strain from expressing their opinions.
In addition, public officials and presidential candidates are reluctant to comment about current affairs involving Israel, he said.
The approximately 80 pro-Israeli political action committees have also succeeded in redefining anti-Semitism. Findley said.
"On Capitol Hill, criticism of Israel is off-limits," said Findley, who has written three oaks, the most recent, "The Dare to Speak Out." in 1985.
'Now they equate anti-Semitism
Paul Findley
with any criticism of the state or Israel, which, of course, is a far cry from the dictionary definition," Findley said.
Findley met with Palestine Liberation Organization leaser Yasser Arafat in 1973. He said he received a
pledge from Arafat that the PLO would live in peace with Israel if an independent Palestinian state were established on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Some audience members applauded when Findley spoke of Palestinian statehood.
Dana Crow, Topeka senior and Hilzel president, said after Findley's speech that a PLO covenant says that the state of Israel will never be "one of the greatest public statement of the pledge to which Findley referred, she said.
Crow, however, said Findley presented his side fairly and did not take an cheap shots at Israel.
In a question-and-answer period after his speech, Findley responded to Andrea Katzman, Lawrence freshman and member of Hillel. Katzman told Findley that although individual Hillel members might not agree with Findley, Hillel as a group did not oppose his visit.
Findley said he hoped Palestinian and Jewish students would be able to meet and talk in the future. He said they might not agree on all the political issues in the Middle East but would at least be listening to each other.
"On a whole, we support diversity of opinion on our campus," Katzmanman said.
"What an advance that would be," he said.
Graham Chapman
A 'completely different' evening
By Jeff Suggs
Kansan staff writer
When Graham Chapman first walked onto the stage, his antics backed up the self-described title of his performance.
"And Now For Something Completely Different" seemed to be the correct description for the anomaly one of Monty Python's founders performed last night in Hoch Auditorium.
"I'd like to have every person give me 30 seconds of abuse," Chapman said.
The more than 800 people in the audience responded enthusiastically, hurling insults at Chapman. After its 30 seconds were over, Chapman applauded the audience's efforts.
After the bizarre introduction, Chapman, who from time to time was backed up with film clips, went on to talk about his new and old loves: the Dangerous Sports Club and Monty Python.
Something completely different indeed
The Dangerous Sports Club is an organization in which Chapman almost has become a full member. To become a member, one must participate in three dangerous sport activities.
Chapman has done two, including skiing down Switzerland's St. Moritz in a gondola and catapulting from aircraft-carrier elastic bands tied to a crane in London's Hyde Park.
insurance." he said.
Chapman was quite enthustastic about the club and has written a movie script about it.
"I think it will be the first movie made without special effects or
Chapman also spoke and responded to questions from the audience about his association with Monty Python. He talked about the comedy troupe's dealings with the British Broadcasting Corporation and some of the differ-ences personalities within the group itself.
He said the possibility of future Monty Python projects was up to conjecture.
Proposal may allow a 100 percent tuition waiver for GTAs
"We need to think of a topic of which we all think, 'That's going to be easy to write.'" Chapman said.
By loel Zeff
Many in the audience were laughing hysterically as Chapman performed for two hours.
"I think it was great," said Jim Gramling, Olathe senior. "It seemed you had to be a big Monty Python fan to appreciate it."
Kansan staff writer
A Board of Regents proposal to waive 100 percent of tuition for graduate teaching assistants could provide a higher quality of personnel, KU officials said yesterday.
Now, GTAs with at least a 40 percent appointment can waive 75 percent of tuition. The proposal to waive 100 percent of tuition was presented at the Regents meeting in April. A final decision will be made at the May meeting.
Ray Hauke, Regents director of fiscal affairs, said that under the proposal, planned tuition increases would not affect most GTAs.
"An improvement of the total package for GTAs is a continuation of what the Regents sought to do in the past," Hauke said. "If we increase the financial package, we are able to attract a higher quality in graduate teaching assistants."
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said that the waiver increase would help the University of Kansas compete with other schools for the best GTAs.
Regents because of the recent emphasis on program enhancement.
Hauke said that the improvement of the GTAs' financial compensation had been an important issue with the
"A full fee waiver will help recruitment of new GTAs and the retention of the GTAs now," Ramalaye. "When people are making choices about which school they are going to attend, a 75 percent fee waiver says
to them that we are not providing full compensation."
Besides the fee waiver increase, the margin of Excellence also would provide additional assistance for GTAs.
Ramaley said that GTA stipends also would increase depending on the amount the Margin of Excellence was financed.
"With the Margin of Excellence and the fee waiver increase, we should be able to provide better
support for our graduate teaching assistants," Ramaley said.
Although GTAs are pleased with the waiver increase, many feel that more support is still needed.
G. Douglas Atkins, coordinator of graduate studies for the department of English, said that the increase was past due but that it was essential in the recruitment of GTAs.
Atkins said that KU was losin GTAs to other universities becaus
the university was not able to provide sufficient financial incentives
"This is a necessary step, but much more needs to be done to recruit qualified graduate teaching assistants," Atkins said.
Kathleen Beer, a GTA in Spanish, said that the increase could help the shortage of GTAs in the department of Spanish.
"If they pay all of tuition, it would provide a drawing card for new GTAs," Beer said.
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