University Daily Kansan / Friday March 25,1988
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Tuition prices go up for fall
Non-residents are hit hardest
By Joel Zeff
Kansan staff writer
Tuition fees for the 1988 fall semester will go up again, but KU officials say a KU education is still the best bargain around.
Non-resident graduate and law students will pay the highest tuition, which could be $2,012.50, an increase of $205 from last year. That price includes the campus-privilege fee, which is estimated at $127.50 for all students.
An exact figure for the privilege fee must be approved by the Board of Regents in May. Tuition fees will not be final until the privilege fee is approved.
Non-resident undergraduate fees could rise by $145, resident graduate and law fees could rise by $75 and resident undergraduate fees could
"By national standards, it is still a small increase and a small tuition fee," said Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor. "It is still a bargain."
Gary Thompson, director of student records, said the campus privilege fee was made up of six segments and had to be approved by the Regents. The Kansas Union renovation, student health services and the Student Senate activity fee are examples of what the privilege fee pays for. He said he expected the fee to increase modestly this year.
Ramaley said that because part of the increase would pay for the Margin of Excellence plan, students would understand the increase.
Ray Hauke, Regents director of planning and budget, said tuition fees had increased annually since 1982. He said the Legislature expected Regents institutions to pay for 25 percent of their budget through tuition
"If the institution spends more money, then the institution has to raise more money," Hauke said. "It's as simple as that. Anytime costs increase, somebody is going to complain. But there has not been a large scale of complaints."
Jason Krakaw, student body president, said he was working on a project that would affect tuition increases for the 1989 fall semester.
in a joint project with the student body presidents of the other Regents schools, Krakow has asked for 1 percent of the fee increase for the 1989 fall semester. The project would have to be approved by the Regents.
The money, which would total about $780,000, would be put into the Educational Opportunity Fund. The fund would be divided between each Regents school and be used for different financial aid programs.
Krakow said a committee would be formed later to decide where the KU money would go.
"It's a great way to insure that KU students get financial aid money," Krakow said. "It's a strange twist with all the tuition increases, but people are pretty happy about it."
Special turtle killed for KU research
By Gretchen Pippenger
special to the Kansan
The second largest Missouri River Cooter turtle reported in the state now is at the KU Museum of Natural History, after a journey from Bourbon County.
The turtle was discovered last June by two Fort Scott teen-agers, Kirby Ham and Matt Perry, near a highway south of Fort Scott.
Ham said they were driving and he saw the turtle and pointed it out to Perrv, who thought it was a tire.
and finally, I got mad and turned the car around to prove that it was a turtle." Ham said.
What Ham and Perry found was a $12.1-\mathrm{inch}$ Missouri River Cooter, a relatively new race of turtle found in southeast Kansas, south of the Kansas River and east of the Flint Hills.
They decided to put the turtle in the trunk of the car, where it stayed for a couple of days because they forgot about it, Ham said.
At the time, Ham said, they
didn't know it was a record-setting turtle and had planned to put it in someone's swimming pool or play some other, joke with it.
However, they gave the turtle to a Fort Scott High School biology teacher, John Culvahouse.
"Everybody we showed it to said. 'That's the biggest turtle I've ever seen.' " Ham said.
Culvahoun brought the turtle to the Museum of Natural History where it was killed with painless drugs to preserve it for research, said Joseph Collins, a zoologist at
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Putting record-setting animals to sleep is standard policy, and the museum has more than a half million specimens, including 275,000 in the amphibian and reptile collection that the turtle is a part of.
Measuring $12_{1/2}$ inches, this Missouri River Cooter turtle is the second largest caught in the state.
- Joseph Collins
the museum who took the turtle's measurements.
He said that putting record-setting animals to sleep was standard policy, and the museum had more than a half million specimens, including 275,000 in the amphibian and reptile collection that the turtle is a part of.
The policy is necessary because records must be backed up by specimens, although photographs may be used for endangered species, and because animals must be dead to study them scientifically, Collins said.
"You can't do it while they're moving." be said.
The Missouri River Cooter turtle fell short of the 1984 state record of 133/8 inches, set by a turtle from Chase County, Collins said. But it was bigger than the previous record of $11\frac{1}{2}$ inches, set by a turtle from Elk County.
The average length of Missouri River Cooters is seven to 10 inches and the turtles are cautious, shy animals. Collins said.
The turtle probably was disturbed by bridge work being done on the highway, Culvahouse said.
"They are not rare, just very difficult to catch," he said.
Study finds that men, women respond differently to lighting
Kansan staff writer
By Michael Carolan
A few weeks later, Hakey, Lawrence senior, under bright lights, entered the same room and entered another doctor. He made his decision quickly.
Bradley Hake walked into a dimly lit room in the Art and Design Building and sat down at a computer terminal and chose one of six cars displayed on his screen. His decision took some time.
Hake was one of 21 students who participated in an experiment to determine the effects of lighting on mood and decision-making.
"I probably made a slower decision under less light," Hake said. "They were two very different lighting conditions."
The study, conducted by Marc Beleher, assistant professor of architectural engineering, was presented in January to the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
At the society's convention in Minneapolis, Belcher said he discovered that men made faster, simpler decisions under bright lighting than under dim lighting.
The study also found that women made slower, more complex decisions under bright lighting than under dim lighting.
Beleacher he found that men were in better moods under brighter lights and that women were in better moods under dimmer lights.
"We wanted to see if mood
Marc Belcher
differences caused by lighting were strong enough to see detectable changes in decision-making strategies," he said. "Almost one has looked at light and mood and decision-making and tried to determine scientifically the psycho-physical response of people to specific kinds of light."
But he also discovered that more research had to be done.
know so little about it now that anything we add to the subject at all is helpful."
Ronald Helms, professor of architectural engineering, said that only six or seven people in the country were doing research on the behavioral effects of lighting.
"I definitely want to do more work in the area," he said. "We
"I think the relationship between lighting and decision-making, if it does exist, lends credible evidence to the importance of quality lighting in designed space."
In experiments under low-intensity light, Belcher said, students chose a car for characteristics like fuel economy and roominess.
then, the students were tested several weeks later in the laboratory under lighting similar to that of a room with high-intensity fluorescent lighting. Students were asked to choose a refrigerator, and they looked for characteristics like the amount of noise it emitted and the speed with which it made ice
If Beiler receives a grant from the National Science Foundation, he plans to repeat the experiment using a more diverse sample of students. He plans to test people's response to points of light and walls of light. Also, he intends to consult a psychology professor who has done research in lighting and its effect on mood.
"The evidence is weak because more research needs to be done," Belcher said.
Gown orders begin Monday Some graduates can purchase their regalia for convenience
By Joel Zeff
Kansan staff writer
Purchasing and ordering of caps and gowns for the May 15th commencement ceremonies will begin Monday.
May 15 commencement ceremony.
Caps, gowns and hoods can be purchased at the concessions stand, gates 22-23, on the north end of Memorial Stadium. The stand will be open from 10 a.m. to $ p.m., Monday through Friday, from March 28 to April 29.
April.
Cost for a bachelor's cap, gown and tassel will be $15; a master's cap, gown and tassel will be $16; a master's hood is $14. The rental cost for doctoral and law caps, gowns and tassels is $17. Doctoral and law hoods will be rented for $15 each.
All bachelor's and master's degree recipients can purchase caps, gowns, tassels and hoods this year. The regalia will be the property of the graduate and does not negd to be returned.
Faculty, doctoral and law school regalia will be rented and returned, as in the past.
Robert Derby, concessions manager and a member of the commencement committee, said the committee
decided to sell the regalia this year to make the process easier for the student.
"We can offer the same quality gown, cap and tassel at the same price as the rental," Derby said. "It is very convenient for the graduate because they only have to make one visit."
Bachelor's and master's degree recipients will receive commencement instructions at the time of purchase of the gowns. In case of rain at commencement, admission tickets for Allen Field House will also be provided.
Faculty, doctoral and law school graduates will order their rentals at the same time and location. Faculty members will receive their regalia free of charge.
Pre-ordered rental regalia may be picked up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14 or from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 15 at the concessions stand at the north end of the stadium. Rental regalia must be returned before 10 p.m. May 15 or from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 16.
A $10 late fee will be charged to graduates that do not meet the purchase-order deadline. Those graduates may receive their regalia from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14, or from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 15.
Exhibit showcases women's clubs
By a Kansan reporter
The exhibit, titled "All-Sew to Zodiac: Women's Clubs in Kansas," shows pamphlets, photographs, letters and scrapbooks from various women's clubs from the late 19th and early 20th century.
An exhibit reflecting a century of the changing roles of women and women's clubs is on display in the University of Kansas Spencer Research Library.
Some of the documents were donated by the different religious, social, political and professional women's clubs in Kansas, said Rebecca Schulte, a librarian at the library.
The exhibit, titled "All-Sew to Zodiac: Women's Clubs in Kansas," features women's clubs of the late 19th and early 20th century
Snencer Library
She said some of the groups, such as the Zodiac Club, still met today.
Frances Peterson, a member of the Zodiac Club, said the group recently celebrated its 110th anniversary of activity in the Lawrence area.
Peterson said the members met on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from September to April to discuss the chosen topic for the year.
England.
Other clubs that have records on display are the All-Sew Club of McLouth, the Lawrence Music Club and the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association.
This year's topic was Elizabethan
The exhibit, on the first floor of the library, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday until the end of May.
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) wants
UNDERGRADUATE
REPRESENTATIVES
for the
COLLEGE ASSEMBLY
Interested CLAS undergraduate students should complete nomination forms available at the Undergraduate Services Office, 106 Strong Hall.
Filing deadline-5 p.m. Fri., April 8
Election will be held April 13 & 14 with Student Senate Election
All CLAS undergraduate students are encouraged to become involved in the governance of The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
NEHRU EXHIBITION
A pictoral biography of Nehru: India's first prime minister, a dreamer, planner, and philosopher. Venue: Gallery East, Kansas Union Inauguration: Friday March 25, at 8 pm, by Dr.Shanti Gandhi M.D., followed by reception (open house) hosted by Prof.T.P.Srinivasan Timings: 9 am to 7 pm on Saturday, and Monday, March 26, and 28. 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday March 27
Sponsored by: Air India and K.U. India Club
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