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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, December 12, 2000
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Karin Rexroad, Lawrence Public Transit administrator, surveys a few of the buses of the Lawrence Transit System has leased. The new transportation organization will start running buses Saturday in Lawrence. Photo by Joanna Fewins/KANSAN
Students may take electives, Western Civ at Haskell
By Mark Hansen
Special to the Kansan
KU students can take electives and fulfill the Western Civilization requirement at Haskell Indian Nations University -but only two at a time.
An agreement between Haskell and the University of Kansas allows students from each school to take classes not offered at their school at the other institution and receive credit.
other instructor in Western Civilization, although taught at both schools, is an exception because the KU department of
Western Civilization decided the content is different yet similar enough to fulfill the KU requirement, said Carol Prentice, assistant to the provost.
Prentice said two students from each school were allowed to take the same class at the same time so all the spots would not be taken. The KU Spring 2001 timetable does not have the correct course offerings at Haskell, and students can contact the provost's office at 864-4904 with questions.
George Godfrey, vice president of academic affairs at Haskell, said the
goal was to over Hasken students classes they didn't have at their school and vice versa.
Dan Wildcat, professor of humanities at Haskell has taught Western Civilization at both universities. He said the Western Civilization program at Haskell covered more history and emphasized the environment and the tradition of indigenous people.
Brett Ramey, Springfield, Mo., junior, took a history class at Haskell and said it taught some topics covered the KU program.
Ramey, who is part Native American, has been a part of Native American and non-native communities. He said because he did not grow up on a reservation, he was able to see the advantages and disadvantages of both. Ramey said he benefited from the environment at Haskell.
"There are more presentations and projects related to your tribe," he said. "It lays resources out for me. The environment is real accepting. It doesn't matter how much blood you have; there's no cliques or factions." — Edited by Warisa Cholinda
Administrator juggles varied duties, interests
Bv Katie Teske
Special to the Kansan
Diana Carlin is the type of person who could give a great interview without being asked a question. Maybe it's because she's been interviewed so many times
by major newspapers and media mavens such as as C-SPAN and National Public Radio.
Atong with being a teacher and administrator at the University of Kansas, she maintains an interest in politics and is dean of the graduate school and international studies. Carlin teaches a political debate class from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and an honors tutorial class on elections for one hour on Thursdays.
The media is interested in Carlin because of her political knowledge. Her research has helped transform the way presidential debates are run.
Provost David Shulenburger said students could learn the value of being prepared from her.
"She gets into the issues, examines them thoroughly, examines the multiple courses of action, consults a lot with people to make sure that she's got the right analysis and that her decisions are good ones, and she's not afraid to go ahead and take action," he said. "Just exactly the way you'd want someone to carry out a job."
While teaching at the University of Maryland in Washington, Carlin researched the presidential debates. With the experience gained from this research, she organized DebateWatch 2000. This was her second election year to do so.
"She's handled that national debate project so well," Shulenburger said.
Carlin said she saw some good in this year's election dispute. She said it proved that a single vote did matter and that the election said a lot about our system; that it eventually works. If another country was going through the same situation, it would experience chaos, Carlin said. But in the
United States, the problem would work itself out. She said that proved institutions were bigger than individuals.
Carlin also has a love of the performing arts, which she shares with Kansas kids through ARTS, a program that brings live theater productions to Kansas communities for kids who would not otherwise see them. The performances, which are for elementary, middle and high school students, are free. Many of the students don't have access to performing arts and have never seen a live performance. They get to be crew members and meet the performers, and each performance tends to have a moral.
She said the performances awoke something in kids, and she enjoyed watching their faces.
"This is truly larger than life to them," she said.
In 1998, Carlin was named an "Outstanding Educator" by KU Mortar Board, a national senior honorary society. This year, she received the W.T. Kemper teaching fellowship award.
Jo Anne Kready, administrative officer in charge of Carlin's schedule, said Carlin was very energetic.
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On Carlin's list of offices is the advisory board for the Commission on Presidential Debates, president and vice chair of the Advisory Committee on the ARTS for the Kennedy Center in Washington, chair of the board of Kids Voting Kansas and member of the National Board of Directors for Kids Voting USA.
"I get tired just watching her go all the time." Kready said.
Kready said Carlin worked more than 40 hours during the workweek, usually had something to go on Saturday or Sunday and tried to get paperwork completed during the weekends as well.
"She could be working day and night all week and still not be caught up." Kready said. "I know that she doesn't need a lot of sleep, because she doesn't get it."
— Edited by Casey Franklin
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