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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday December 7,1987 Vol.98,No.73
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
KU seniors surveyed Most are satisfied with their education
By NOEL GERDES Staff writer
Most graduating seniors are satisfied with their KU education, according to a senior survey released Friday by the KU office of institutional research and planning.
The survey was mailed in March to 1,913 seniors who expected to graduate in May, 1987. About 1,115 responded.
Students were more satisfied with their major courses, overall education and recreational services than they were with advising, food and job placement.
Del Brinkman, vice cancellor for academic affairs, said that he was pleased with the overall results.
About 82 percent of the 1987 respondents said that their overall education was satisfactory or very satisfactory. About 88 percent of responding seniors said that they would probably or definitely choose to attend KU again.
About 65 percent of respondents said that they were satisfied with the ease of obtaining classes in their major, and 63 percent said that they were satisfied with the ease of enrolling in general requirement classes.
Only 52 percent of respondents thought that their faculty advisers helped them resolve academic questions, and only 38 percent said that their advisors helped them with vocational plans.
Brinkman said, "Students have to work a little harder at finding their way through, but the educational opportunities are still there."
About 82 percent said that they thought the library holdings were adequate or very adequate.
The seniors surveyed also were asked what would improve the quality of education at KU. Students said that they wanted easier access to classes and smaller classes.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said each division of student services used the surveys to make changes in services and to determine budget requests.
About 59 percent of respondents said that they used financial aid services. Of that 59 percent, more than half said that the financial aid office had helped them.
About 32 percent of respondents said that they used the student employment services. Of the 32 percent, about half said that they found the services helpful.
About 68 percent of respondents said that they had not used writing, math and study skills workshops offered by KU. About 16 percent said that they did not know the workshops existed.
About 44 percent of respondents said that they had used KU's job placement services, and half of those said that the services helped them.
About 84 percent of respondents said that they used Robinson recreational services, and 81 percent of those said that they were satisfied.
At graduation, 31 percent of seniors responding had accepted or been offered a full-time job.
About 34 percent were looking for jobs and and 26 percent had applied for admission to another degree program.
About 68 percent of respondents had eaten residence or scholarship hall meals. Only 21 percent of those said that they were satisfied with food service.
Closing the door
Kansas guard Lincoln Minor slam the final two points for the Jayhawks in Saturday night's game against St. John's, KU defeated the Redmen 63-54.
KU task force divided about safer-sex kits
By BRAD ADDINGTON Staff writer
The University of Kansas' primary response to the AIDS epidemic should be educating the community about it, according to a preliminary report developed last month by the Lawrence campus AIDS Task Force.
The report states that the task force was split whether to distribute safer-sex kits, which can include condoms and safer-sex guidelines. Some members think it is not the administration's role to distribute the means of practicing safer sex. Others think the controversial kits will draw attention to AIDS in addition to educating the campus community.
Although the campus task force is divided on the issue of safer-sex kits, the report does recommend that Kansas Union concessions install condom vending machines in men's and women's restrooms in all campus buildings.
he students did the right thing. They've got the courage and the guts to take the issue of AIDS seriously.'
— Dennis Dailev
professor of social welfare
professor of social welfare
The report's recommendations, which are subject to final approval by the task force, include: expanding education at organized living groups; educating students in off-campus housing through the Student Health Services mailings that go out four times a year; and appointing an individual or group to coordinate and promote educational goals.
The task force hasn't officially released the preliminary report, but it's now tomorrow to review the proposals on apps on Facebook.
and try to agree in a deal
Last week, Student Senate allocated $1,400 to its own
AIDS task force for the distribution in January of safer-
sex kits to students.
Ruth Lichtwardt, Lawrence sophomore, is a member of both the campus and Senate task forces. She said that although some campus task force members had opposed the administration distributing the kits, those same members had voiced approval of the Senate distributing them.
"I think when they said that, it removed a roadblock for the students." Lightwardt said.
Campus task force member Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, said, "The students did the right thing. They've got the courage and the guts to take the issue of AIDS seriously."
In October, Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, appointed the task force's members and assigned them the following charges:
- Review the procedures for protecting the confidentiality of faculty, staff and student medical, academic and personnel records as they relate to AIDS.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of existing campus educational programs that deal with AIDS and recommend efforts to promote education.
- Review the existing campus procedures that relate to the treatment, care and participation in campus activities of people with AIDS.
The report states that current KU policies and state and federal laws adequately address the issues of treatment of people with AIDS and the confidentiality of their records.
But the report does recommend that KU state the importance of protecting the lives and rights of people with AIDS and those who may come into contact with it.
Local merchants fear suburban mall
Bv BRIAN BARESCH
Staff writer
More than a third of downtown business owners who responded last month to a Kansan survey said they might close or leave downtown if a suburban shopping mall were built.
Of the 119 out of 194 shop owners or managers who responded to the survey, 43 said they might leave downtown. Of those, 15 said they might close, and 28 said they probably would move. All but two of the 28 said they would move into the mall. Most cited loss of pedestrian traffic and the accompanying loss of sales as the reason for their responses.
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Eighteen of the 43 who said they might leave downtown are clothing or jewelry shops, 10 are specialty stores, five serve food, six sell general merchandise and three are service businesses such as beauty shops.
Forty of those who said they would remain downtown, or 35 percent of the total, said the mall would hurt their sales.
chusetts St., said he thought he would lose up to half of his business if a suburban mall were built. This would force him to shut down, move or drastically scale back.
He said Whitenight's could thrive in a mall and might move if one were built, but he might not be able to get out of the current lease on his shop. He said the lease would not expire for a long time.
Johnson said she recognized a need for compromise on both sides of the city-developer bargain table. "I hope people realize the seriousness of the situation," she said. "We have to start giving or we'll lose it all."
But Whitenight is optimistic. "I'm glad." He said, his ear I would. I wouldn't be. I would. I wouldn't be.
Pete Whitneight, of Whitehill's Men's Shop at 839 Massa-
Less optimistic is Peggy Johnson, owner of Jennings Do-Nuts, which has been in business for 22 years, the last 17 of those at 729 Massachusetts St.
"The thought of what a suburban mall would do to our downtown scares me to death," she said. "Without a downtown project, a suburban mall is a definite threat."
But some business owners aren't
as glamorous. Joe Scales, part owner of
Stoneback's Appliance, 929 Massachusetts St., agreed that the downtown would suffer if a suburban mall went up, but said he doubted that his business would be affected.
Charlotte Dart, owner of Barb's Vintage Rose, 927 Massachusetts St., said that between 65 percent and 75 percent of her costing business came from students, who would probably continue to seek her out. "People come to me specially anyway for that end of the business," she said.
Scales said the appliance and video market in Lawrence wasn't nearly as competitive as the clothing business, so he thought his business could stand competition from a mall's department stores.
"We've been here 36 years," he said. "We give good service."
Shopping mall proposals have generated controversy in Lawrence since 1977, when Cleveland developer Jacobs, Visconsi and Jacobs first proposed a suburban shopping mall south of town. Opponents of "cornfield" malls raised alarms that the
Dart said that she might lose a little drop-in business, but that she thought it wouldn't prompt her to move or close.
A study done in 1980 at the request of the city by Melaniphy & Associates of Chicago projected that a suburban mall would sap 50 percent of retail sales from downtown, and concluded: "If the downstreet lost this amount of retail sales, and subsequently the merchants, the amount of vacancies and blight that would be caused would be disastrous to the overall downtown posture."
The current suburban rezoning requests are for 55 acres of land northwest of Wakarusa Drive and Sixth Street, submitted by attorney Ed Collisier of Lawrence; 101 acres of Clinton Parkway on both sides of Wakarusa Drive, submitted by Armstrong Ark; and 61.5 acres south of Armstrong Road on the east side of Iowa Street, submitted by JVJ.
Don Jones, vice president of real estate for JVJ, which has been involved in four other mall proposals in Lawrence in the past, asserts that, although the downtown would lose
Downtown Manhattan mall draws crowd
See SURVEY. n. 8. col. 1
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG and
off writers
MANHATTAN — An enclosed shopping mail may not be the thing for downtown Lawrence, but here the downtown mall is a hit.
To this point it's exceeded our fondest dreams," Gene Klingler, mayor of Manhattan, last week. The 300,000-square-foot Manhattan building.
The 360,000-square-foot building will be the time for the peak of the retail shopping sea-
uowntown area would be gutted by empty storefronts after businesses closed or moved out of downtown.
Mickey Thompson, marketing director for the mail, said that during its grand opening week, which began Oct. 26, the mall attracted an estimated 200,000 people. And, he said, crowds have been big every weekend since.
son, Klingler said. It is attracting curious shoppers from Manhattan and beyond, Klingler said, and most are impressed with the city's newest addition.
Klingler said the mall's unique design features, such as its rosette motif, made it attractive. Thompson said the idea for the motif came from cement rosettes on an old building that was torn down to make way for the mall. Now those rosettes are duplicated in a border around the outside of the building and by gold rosettes scattered within.
Other features include fountains, wishing wells and skylights that
illuminate many rows of plants in the center court. One of the skylight's designs imitates the roof of a rural Manhattan dairy barn.
Pianist Ruth Hagstrand plays Christmas carols on a baby grand piano in the center of Picnic Place, where holiday shoppers can take a lunch break from an afternoon of shopping.
See MALL. D. 6. col. 1
Eighteen KU students joined thousands of marchers in Washington, D.C., yesterday to protest on behalf of government permission to emigrate.
Many of the KU students were Jewish, and all were members of Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St., which is run by KU's chapter of Hillel, a national Jewish student organization.
The march from the White House to the Capitol began at noon Central time.
By BRAD ADDINGTON Staff writer
"The streets were so crowded, it was nuts," said Dana Crow, Hillel
About 200,000 people participated in the march, according to Shannon Cockett, a spokesman for the Washington police department.
Crow said several presidential contenders also spoke to the marchers, including Democrat Paul Simon and
Several former refuseniks, including Anatoly Scharsanky, Ida Nudel and Maria and Vladimir Slepak spoke to the marchers. Refuseniks are people denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
David Spizman, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, said of the march, "It was a wonderful, lifetime event that I will remember forever."
Spizman said warm weather helped make the march enjoyable.
"We got a message from Reagan at the end of the day saying, yes, he will present the human rights issue to (Soviet General Secretary Mikhail) and I won't. But that if you get together and unite, you really can make a difference."
In the letter, Reagan said, "I have high hopes for new, forward steps by the Soviets. I shall press for them in my talks with General Secretary Gorbachev in the coming days — for the release of all refusenks, for the immigration and complete freedom of religion and cultural expression."
Crow said a common theme ran through the speeches, that of supporting President Reagan in his desire to end human rights abuses world-wide.
Republicans Bob Dole, George Bush and Jack Kemp.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Last issue of Kansan This is the last issue of the Kansan for the fall semester. Publication will resume Jan. 13, the first day of spring semester classes.
Today is the last day of fall semester classes, and tomorrow is stop day. Final exams will begin Wednesday and end Dec. 18.
Residence halts close Dec. 18 and reopen at noon Jan. 10. Fee payments for spring semester are Jan. 11 and 12. Students with last names beginning with L-Z pay fees Jan.11, and students with last names beginning with A-K pay fees Jan. 12.
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