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oA the university daily kansan
thursday.march 18.2004
news
Austin Gilmore/Kansan
Staff to work during spring break
By Anna Clovis aclovis@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas students are not the only people on campus counting down the days to spring break.
University administrators are getting a break of their own, but instead of wild beach parties and drinking until dawn, they get a week of work without students.
Administrators do not get a vacation. Some are taking personal time away from their offices, but most, like Chancellor Robert Hemenway, will report to work on Monday.
Lynn Bretz, director for university relations, said spring break for Hemenway wasn't Staff that much of a break.
Bretz said Hemenway's schedule included a full day of work at the University on Monday and then he would travel to the University of Kentucky on Tuesday to deliver a speech on Wednes-
The rest of Hemenway's break depends largely on the KU men's basketball team's success in the NCAA Tournament. If the队 wins its games this weekend in Kansas City, Mo., Hemenway will travel to St. Louis for the next rounds, both as KU's chancellor and as the president of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors.
Danny Kaiser, director of the center for campus life, will be working during the break as well, with the exception of a conference during the last weekend of the break.
Kaiser said most people in his office would be working, though a few might take a day or two off.
"It's a nice time to get a lot of work done while the students aren't here, so we can be ready when they come back," Kaiser said.
Other administrators are taking personal time to enjoy a vacation.
Provost David Shulenburger typically works during the break, said Sandy Patchen, his executive assistant, but this year his plans are different.
"It's the first time in as long as I've worked for him that he's taken a vacation over the break." Patchen said.
Shulenburger is taking personal time to enjoy a vacation away from the office with his wife.
A peaceful week may be what Shulenburger has in mind, but Richard Johnson, dean of students, is looking for an exciting break with friends.
Johnson said he would take personal time in order to travel to Phoenix, Ariz., visit friends and watch the Kansas City Royals play a spring training game in Surprise, Ariz.
From Phoenix, Johnson said he would make a quick trip to Las Vegas before coming home to Lawrence.
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