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Vol.114 Issue No.85
KANSAN
February 4,2004 IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.85
Honor code considered
SenEx asks students' help with policy
By Anna Clovis aclovis@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The University Senate Executive Committee is ready to address academic misconduct, but not on its own.
SenEx decided yesterday at its weekly meeting to charge Student Senate with the research and creation of a University-wide honor code. The code would address specific policies on academic integrity such as plagiarism and other forms of cheating.
Lloyd Sponholtz, president of
"We need to engage in University-wide dialogue. We will see if this is something we want and what it should look like."
Andy Knopp Student body president
University Council, said a good honor code would include student input.
"Support will be more readily forthcoming." Sponholtz said, "if students have a say in the formation."
Feb. 12 meeting of University Council. Now Student Senate can set its own timeline.
The University currently has a statement on academic integrity, but the Academic Policy and Procedures Committee wanted to raise the consciousness of students.
Ray Davis, SenEx chairman, said schools in the University of California system and the University of Virginia were similarly sized schools with university-wide honor codes.
SenEx considered creating its own task force for the honor code but decided Senate would be a better foundation.
"It has to be a part of the culture," said Susan Twombly, professor in the School of Education.
With the SenEx decision, Student Senate will now be given time to research and prepare a proposal.
Andy Knopp, student body president,
said he was familiar with the honor code
employed by the School of Business. Knopp said the honor code was not something that was ignored in the school.
"My impression is that business students take pride in it," Knopp said.
The School of Business, School of Law and School of Medicine have individual school-wide honor codes, according to www.ku.edu.
For the proper effect, the honor code is going to have to go through broad discussion in the student body, said Jeff Dunlap, Leawood junior and student member of SenEx.
Knopp said the next step would be to involve as many people as possible on the ground level.
"We need to engage in University-wide dialogue," Knopp said. "We will see if this is something we want and what it should look like."
Frozen Face
Edited by Danielle Hillix
Brent Carter/Kansan
Marea Judilla, Wichita senior, carefully added the final touches to her untitled piece of artwork yesterday near the Art and Design Building. Judilla said she used aquarium rocks to create a woman's face for an independent study assignment.
Students can't skip jury duty
By Neoley J. Spellmeier
nspellmeier@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students Classes no excuse to miss duty in Douglas County
Students can opt out of jury duty, especially if they are called home for it. Maggie Iacobazzi has been called to serve in her home county twice since she has been at the University of Kansas.
Class and jury duty — for most students, neither have much appeal.
With the correct paperwork, students can be exempt from both.
Her first experience occurred sophomore year. The Arlington Heights, Ill., senior was home for a break, so she went to the courthouse in person.
"I went in and told them I was a student, and before I could even finish my sentence, the lady said 'go home,' Iacobazzi said. "They didn't even ask where I went to school or when I was done."
Because she could not go home, she mailed a note to the court explaining she was a student in Kansas, along with a copy of her KUID and spring schedule.
More recently, Iacobazzi said her parents received another summons for her to appear.
This also excused her from serving.
But failure to notify the court has repercussions, as Iacobazzi's roommate, jeff Brandsted, discovered.
The Topeka senior said he filled out his questionnaire and requested to be excused because he was a student. He left for an internship during break and forgot about it.
Brandsted, a photographer for The University Daily Kansan, was called up for jury duty before winter break.
It said that he was supposed to have reported for duty the day before. He said he tried to see someone at the courthouse about it, but no one was there. Upon returning home, he found a letter stating his request to be excused had been denied, but he could apply for a deferral.
When Brandsted returned, he found a copy he had kept of the original summons.
He eventually did get it worked out, but not before the court had sent a letter citing he could be held in contempt of the court and fined $100. He said because he had a legitimate excuse he was able to avoid being fined, but would be called to serve again in mid-May.
Brandsted said he attempted to contact the jury coordinator to explain the situation.
Potential jurors are chosen from two sources: drivers licenses and voter registration, said Douglas County jury coordinator Karen, who chooses to withhold her last name.
Class alone is not an excuse, Karen said. The courts and the University have an agreement so that students may be excused from class to fulfill their civic duties.
According to the student handbook, if Douglas County jury duty puts the student in academic jeopardy, the student may be excused.
Karen said she tried to work with students who had a conflict, either to excuse them or move their duty to a summer, winter or spring break.
If a student does serve, they cannot be forced to do so again for 24 months in Douglas County, unless they want to, she said.
A student may defer, but that only postpones the summons for six months.
Just as students use class to miss jury duty, jury duty can be an excuse to miss class.
If students do serve and are involved in a time-consuming trial, they may also withdrawal from class without penalty. In this case, a full tuition reimbursement will also be issued.
According to the University's policy, students who choose to serve must show written proof that they have been summoned. The students' instructors or dean, depending on the length of the jury duty, will then determine how to handle missed work.
And as for Brandsted, he plans on serving next time he is summoned.
Edited by Danielle Hillix
By Rupal Gor
rgor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Search for new deans continues
The search for deans continues in the Schools of Journalism and Pharmacy, as committees decide who will replace current deans.
In the School of Pharmacy, three finalists are visiting campus this month to meet with students and faculty, said Jeff Aubé, head of the pharmacy dean search. He said the first finalist would come to the University next week.
Jack E. Fincham, dean of pharmacy, will leave after this academic year after 10 years at the position but will continue teaching and researching at the University.
"Having a strong dean with energy and vision is important." Aubé said.
Susanne Shaw, head of the journalism dean search committee, said the committee was still in the process of deciding on a new dean. With classes under way and William Allen White day, an annual award ceremony for excellence in journalism at the University of Kansas, coming up on Feb.13, Shaw said the group would decide on a new dean sometime this month.
L. A. Mitscher, professor in medicinal chemistry, said the next dean should have an exciting vision for the future and respect for traditions of the past. Fincham has those characteristics, Mitscher said, and the school was fortunate to have a good succession of deans. He said he hoped that tradition would continue.
Aubé said a dean was important to the school because of the position's influence on academics, curriculum, finances and fundraising. The dean represents the University for the public and alumni, he said. Aubé said understanding research and training of graduate students who would become pharmacists was key.
Shaw said leadership was an important quality in a journalism dean.
"Being a dean is rather like being the president of Yugoslavia," Mitscher said. "That's a tall order."
"We need someone with the ability to be a successful fundraiser because we need to raise money," said Shaw, who also is a professor of journalism.
James K. Gentry, dean of journalism, has served as dean for seven years but will leave the position at the end of this academic year. Gentry plans to continue teaching at the University.
Gentry's replacement should embrace other people's ideas, said Carol Holstead, associate professor of journalism. She said a dean should not be afraid of change. The task of being a dean was challenging. Holstead said.
"Anytime you lead an academic program, it's like herding cats." Holst said.
Holstead said in the past five or six years, the school has gone through changes. She said the school was adjusting to a new curriculum and expanding into new areas of journalism. The school needs someone, Holstead said, who will handle the transitional period within the school and who will strive for excellence.
Edited by Henry C. Jackson
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