WEDNESDAY.JUNE 13.2001
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
NEWS
Institute benefits incoming freshmen
By Mark Hansen Kansan staff writer
Not all freshmen start classes in the fall.
As part of the Freshman Summer Institute, a four-week program in which students take classes and live in Hashinger Hall, 45 students have already begun their college careers.
Tammara Durham, institute director, recruits for the program, for which all incoming freshmen are eligible. The institute, which is in its sixth summer, has two four-week sessions for separate groups of students.
"You learn how to navigate the system without 24,000 people," Durham said.
She said the students often said they felt like upperclassmen when other freshmen started classes in the fall. Durham also said the institute participants' four-year graduation rate was higher than the normal rate.
In addition to their classes, 15 of the students in the institute volunteered to work in the kitchen at the Jubilee Café from six to 8:30 yesterday morning.
Photo by Thad Allender/KANSAN
The women's resident assistant, Megan Taylor, is a former participant of the institute, Taylor, Dallas sophomore, went through the program last summer. She said she was thrilled with the Jubilee Café volunteer work.
The Freshman Summer Institute allows incoming freshmen to begin their academic careers early, giving them a head start on college social life and a familiarity with campus. Above, Amy Riss, Leawood freshman, discusses the first week of the institute Monday with Jamie Gibson, Wellsville freshman, in Hashinger Hall.
"We had an amazing turnout," she said. "This group is exceptionally eager—they were all in the lobby at 5:30 by choice."
Amanda Boyer, Amarillo, Texas,
freshman, volunteered at the cafe.
"I'm exhausted but it was worth it," she said. "I'm going back on Friday I want to make it a weekly thing."
Taylor said that the summer atmosphere in Hashinger is conducive for the freshmen to get to know each another and excel in class.
Boyer is taking PRE 101, an introductory course to being a college student, and an introductory anthropology course. Each student takes PRE 101 and another introductory course of his or her choice while taking classes for the institute. Boyer said it was helpful having anthropology with just seven students, all of whom live on her floor.
Valdez Russell received a graduate degree from the University in May but chose to return to Daisy Hill to coordinate the Institute before starting a career.
"I really think they have a better adjustment to KU," he said. Russell said that the group went through the Adams Challenge Campus, a low-ropes course that teaches teamwork, over the weekend. He
said he relished the opportunity to help students one at a time.
"I know FSI has helped a lot of people," he said.
Hansen can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
Computer lab relocates to the Kansas Union
By Mark Hansen
Kansan staff writer
Early morning typists might need a personal computer until the fall semester.
The Herb Harris Computer Lab has moved from the Computer Services Facility on Sunnyside Road to room 452 of the Kansas Union, which is in the corner adjacent to Alderson Auditorium and Commerce Bank.
Jerree Catlin, associate director of academic computing services, said that the new location will be open 24 hours a day after the completion of renovations to the Kansas Union, which will allow limited access to the fourth floor. She expected the renovations to be completed by the fall semester. Until then, the lab is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
weekends. Budig Lab summer hours have been extended and will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight daily.
"The Union is a more central site. Parking is also easier up there," Catin said. "We are anxious to keep it open as long as we can."
Mohammed Alzayed, Egypt junior, e-mailed his mother across the world from the lab. Alzayed said the lab is an improvement, although he had hoped for bigger monitors.
"The one that used to be by Dole was so small, it was really hard to move around. I also like the lighting here more," he said.
The sunlight that comes in through the trees on Jayhawk Boulevard might be the biggest difference in the new lab. The new lab has the same services as the former Harris lab, including Quark
Lab Change
What happened: The Herb Harris Computer Lab has moved from the Computer Services Facility into room 452 of the Kansas Union.
What it means: The new location will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.
What's next: Students will have a 24-hour computer lab again when renovations that will allow limited access to the fourth floor are completed.
XPress, a program not available at the Budig Lab, and 30PCs, 12Macs, two printers and a scanner.
Lab monitor Rachel Merz said the move has caused some confusion.
"Lots of people don't know it has moved yet," she said. "As long as we communicate, it will be all right, but KU has a problem with communication."
The former lab will serve a variety of functions, including an
Internet II project led by Michael Grove, assistant director of academic computing. The multimedia project will allow instructors at separate universities to stream voice, data and images through the Internet.
The old lab will also have a data center where students can make appointments to get help performing statistical analysis for projects. The Computer Services
Facility will continue to house staff training.
Catlin said that although incoming freshmen will be using the new lab during the summer to establish e-mail accounts, it will not be reserved for instruction during the school year.
Announcements pertaining to the lab will be posted at ku.edu/acs/news in upcoming weeks.
Some students miss the 24-hour services. Todd Hippensteel, St. Louis junior, said he walked into the Computer Services Facility unaware of the move and a security guard told him to leave.
"It's a hassle not having a late-night lab," he said. "Thad to find a friend with a computer and a printer."
Hansen can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
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