2 Tuesday, February 9, 1988 / University Daily Kansan Weather Forecast LAWRENCE Campus Briefs WATSON FALSE ALARM: The WATSON FALSE ALARM: The Lawrence Fire Department responded to a false alarm yesterday afternoon at Watson Library. Fire department officials said that before they arrived, facilities operations workers already had determined that a fire detector had mal-functioned in an air duct on the first floor. Russell Boholtz, assistant director of facilities operations, said that dust had gotten into the detector, causing the alarm to go off. **SECURE CAB WAITING:** Secure Cab is waiting for bids from the state Division of Purchases before it can resume operation. Charles Bryan, coordinator of KU on Wheels, said bids were expected by Feb. 24. Bryan said that after a company was chosen, the service would resume operation by early March. Videotapes don't make the grade College officials still prefer old-fashioned paper applications NEW HAVEN, Conn. — This may be the video age, but college officials prefer applications to be made the old-fashioned way — on paper. Some college applicants are trying to impress admissions officers by sending videotapes displaying their talents at dancing, karate and training guide dogs. It's not going over well. "Admissions officers have enough to do in reading applications instead of sitting in front of a television set for hours and hours." Laurie Robinson said yesterday. Robinson is the assistant executive director for the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers. Robinson said that she knew of no college where he had been admitted to the admissions process, but "We don't have the facilities or the time to look at videos," Miller said. Admissions officers from some of those schools said they discouraged the use of faux hair. At Yale, about 250 tapes from applicants this year are piled up in the basement of the admissions office's building. There are about 13,000 applicants for the next Yale class. Only about one-tenth of them will be members of the next freshman class. A high school senior from New Jersey produced a music video honoring his school's basketball team. Players, cheerleaders, pep rallies and the jarring sound of a game buzzer were included. ants' backgrounds in theater, music, community service, dance or sports. Burnham, an assistant admissions director. Dwight Miller, a senior admissions officer at Harvard University, said the volume of videotapes from applicants has increased noticeably in the past two years. Yale specifies in its literature that tapes will not be reviewed, "but they send them anyway," said Louise that students were sending them to the more competitive schools anyway. "I don't think it will grow into a trend except for students wanting to get into those top schools," she said in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. In one 12-minute video, a youth in a white martial arts tunic speedily breaks cinderblocks and thick boards with a U.S. flag as a backdrop. One rate applicant used a tape for one of the required essays, a ploy Burnham called "a big mistake" because it doomed the student's chances. Officials will look at a tape if they think it will show a "special ingredient," but tapes usually are ignored, he said. Brown University in Providence, R.I., received about 300 tapes from among its 13,000 applicants this year, said a school admissions officer who did not want her name used. Brown reviews all the tapes as a courtesy, she said. Yale allowed a New Haven Register reporter to look at several tapes as long as applicants' names weren't used. Other tapes demonstrate applic- Corrections On Campus Because of incorrect information supplied to the Kansan, a story in Friday's paper was incorrect. Student Senate allocated $25,000 to the University of Kansas Student Senate Lecture Series Board. Also, the Pearson Lecture Series, which is financed by former Sen. James Pearson, is not in danger of cancellation if the Pearson Lecture Series Board is eliminated by the Senate. Because of incorrect information supplied to the Kansan, a Kansas National Guard unit was incorrectly identified in Monday's Kansan. The unit was the 1st Battalion, 108th Regiment, Aviation Battalion. A mainframe seminar called "Introduction to VAX/VMS" is scheduled for 1 p.m. today. "Intermediate Technology" is scheduled for 3 p.m. today. The seminars are spaced every Tuesday. Computer Computing Services. Call 684-0000 for information. A master class with pianist Claude Frank is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Hill Room. The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is sponsoring a workshop entitled "Black Women: Do They Cope Belt?" at 7 p.m. today in the Kansas Union's Pine Room. As part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program, a lecture called "Learning to Live in an information Age" with Willis H. Ware, RAND Corp. is scheduled for 8 p.m. today in the Kansas University's ■ John Dunworth, Emporia State University, will speak about "The Changing Face of Teacher Education Programs" at 7 p.m. today in the Kansas Union's Jayhawk Room. The lecture is sponsored by the School of Education Student Organization and Phi Delta Kappa. As part of the dance film series sponsored by the department of music and dance and the School of Fine Arts, "Afternoon of a Faun" and "Don Quixote: Pas De Deux and Finale" are scheduled for 4 p.m. today in 155 Robinson Center. ■ "The Biblical Roots: The New Covenant" will be discussed at the seminar "Christian Faith as Simplicity of Lifestyle" at 4:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. 1204 Oread Ave. The Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Burge Union Daisy - The Student Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union's International Room. STORY or PHOTO IDEA? Call 864-4810 Tuesday, February 23, 8 p.m. Kansas Union Ballroom Don't miss this special Lawrence appearance! 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