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Tuesday. February 9. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
House receives admissions bill
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - A "half-step" plan for selective admissions at Board of Regents universities was introduced in the House yesterday.
The admissions bill would require high school graduates to complete a college preparatory curriculum to enter a Regents university. The plan would take effect July 1, 1992, but the board would recommend that students complete the curriculum until then.
The Regents have proposed a qualified admissions plan that includes such a requirement, but also would allow students to be admitted if they scored high enough on the ACTs or graduated in the top third of their high school classes. All Kansas high school graduates now can enter a state university.
"It is a half-step," said State Rep. Denise Apt, R-Iola, chairman of the House Education Committee and one of seven sponsors of the bill. "It's the
part of the program that I'm most supportive of."
The Regents already have adopted a suggested preparatory curriculum: four years of English, three years each of math, science and social studies and two years of a foreign language.
Some rural lawmakers have criticized the requirement, mostly because of the foreign language included. They said rural school districts often do not have the resources to offer two years of foreign languages or some upper-level math and science courses.
If rural students can't get the classes, they will be shut out of state universities, they said.
However, under the bill, the foreign language requirement would not take effect until July 1, 1994.
"My point is that we need to prepare the student," Apt said. "If anything, it's more of a rural initiative, so our rural schools offer the same classes our urban schools do."
Dry rush forces quest for new diversion
The dry rush alcohol policy implemented this year by the Interfraternity Council has forced University fraternities to find new ways to entertain potential members.
Rv Kim Lightle
Kansan staff writer
The Interfraternity Council adopted a dry rush policy last spring that eliminated alcohol from activities involving men interested in joining a fraternity, said Scott Russell, chairman of the council's membership committee.
because of high liability insurance costs.
next week the council will consider amendments to the policy that would clarify the definition of a rush party, Russell said.
He said the policy was adopted
Under the current policy, fraternities must notify the Interfraternity Council's dry rush enforcement committee of any activities involving rushes. The committee then will send two representatives to make sure there is no alcohol present.
If the amendments are approved, no liquor could be served any time
one or more fraternity members and three or more rushees meet, Russell said.
Brad Haag, a member of the dry rush committee, said he had monitored a few parties.
Haag said there hadn't been any violations by the fraternities yet.
"We talk to the rush chairman and set up a time," Haag said. "It's really pretty informal."
Russell said violators would be turned over to the Interfraternity Council judiciary committee, which would decide on punishment. Suspension or expulsion from the council would be likely, he said.
Ken Smith, membership chairman at Theta Chi fraternity, 1011 Missouri St., said the policy limited fraternities.
"You need to have some kind of ice breaker," he said, adding that alcoholic beverages are not good.
Joe Risley, membership chairman at Lambda Chi Alpha, 1918 Stewart Ave, said he didn't think rushees really minded the policy.
Workshop to focus on black women's obstacles
By a Kansan reporter
Black women need a positive self-image to cope with the problems of being born both female and black, said Barbara Ballard, associate dean of student life and director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
women have," Ballard said.
Ballard will lead a workshop at 7 p.m. today in the Kansas Union's Pine Room titled "Black Women: Do They Cope Better?" It will deal with effective coping strategies needed to cope with the real pit puts in the way of black women.
"Black women have the added stress of racial discrimination that magnifies the problems that all
The workshop is part of KU's recognition of Black History Month.
They will look not only at the negative side, but also the positive and the humorous, Ballard said.
ty for black women to share their experiences and also tell others what they've done to feel good about themselves, Ballard said.
The workshop will be an opportuni-
"I want people to leave with ideas they can use in the future." Ballard said.
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lack women have the added stress of racial discrimination that magnifies the problems that all women have.
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— Barbara Ballard director, Emily Taylor Women's
Barbara Ballard
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Briscoe said that the campus Apple program was an effort to make micro computers as affordable as possible. Apple, he said, is trying to get as many Macintosh computers into the hands of students as it can.
Computerland was Lawrence's only apple dealer.
"Students more and are accepting the Macintosh as the academic standard for micro computers," Briscoe said.
Students can get aid to purchase computer
truckload sale had just begun.
He said Apple was not the only computer company selling on college campuses at discounted prices.
The KU bookstores recently began an advertising campaign on its Apple computer prices. Mike Reid, manager of the bookstores, said a computer
"We don't yet know how well it's going to go here," Reid said.
"Our sales of computer products are up since we added Apple. That seems to be the make everyone wants." he said.
Jerry Niebaum, director of computing services, said Apple Macintosh computers were popular on campus.
Demand seems to be growing, he said. Students using the Computing Services' Apples often complain that there aren't enough of the machines, Niebaum said. There often are lines of waiting students.
"The competition for Macintosh computers seems to be greater at the
moment than for the MS-DOS (IBM- type) machines," he said.
Rhonda Warnke, computer and electronics warnie for KU bookstores, said she wasn't sure how many Apple computers the bookstores had sold since the sale began. But she said she knew it was a lot. She said total sales were about 300 computers during the sale.
Bookstore officials have estimated that their computer sales have increased more than 100 percent in the last year.
Briscoe said the KU bookstores' truckload sale on Apples was the first in his sales area. He said if the sale was successful at KU, it might be repeated.
By Rebecca J. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
While many students feel the crunch of decreased financial aid to pay for tuition and living expenses, most can qualify for aid to buy a computer.
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid, said that students could apply to three loan programs through his office for money to buy computers and educational supplies.
"In this day and age, many students are interested in computer purchases," he said.
Bill Shunk, director of loan programs at the Endowment Association, said that the current program was different than in the past because students could now borrow the money in a lump sum instead of $700 a semester.
The Kansas University Endowment Association allows students to borrow up to $1,200 at a 6 percent interest rate if one parent co-signs the loan. The loan also requires a 2.0 grade point average.
Interest on the loan accrues while students are in school, and the balance is due four months after graduation. Students have the option of paying in installments, which would increase the interest rate to 12 percent.
Students can also acquire loans for computers through two federal pro-
The Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students and the Supplemental Loan for Students charge an interest rate of about 10 percent, which
accrues while the student is in school.
Repayment usually begins immediately, but special arrangements can sometimes be made through the lending banks. The programs receive a partial federal subsidy and can loan more than $1,200.
All the loan programs require the approval of the office of student financial aid but are not based on need.
Weinberg said that students could fill out application forms at the office and then make an appointment with a financial aid officer.
Students probably would qualify for the loan if they had not borrowed from one of the programs before, he said.
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