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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 24, 1991
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'Call me Ishmael'
'Moby Dick' read to honor Melville
By Jonathan Plummer
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Today may be the first time that a whale has appeared on Wescoe Beach.
A 24-hour reading of "Moby Dick" will take place today in front of Wescoke Hall, to commemorate the death of the death of Herman Melville.
Elizabeth Schultz, professor of English and the event's organizer, said 70 people would read from the novel for 20 minutes at a time.
Schultz told the readers were KU students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Lawrence community.
'There are more people interested in this than I ever anticipated. I hope those who are not reading come by just to listen.'
- Elizabeth Schultz professor of English
Among those reading, she said, will be a KU English professor who is returning from his leave in Chicago and a former member of KU's English department who now teaches at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Schultz said the number of people who asked to join the reading was so great that she had had to shorten the reading segments to fit in more readers.
"There are more people inter in this than I ever anticipated, " said I hope those who are reading come by just to listen." Though the event is meal coincide with a speech toun about Melville by Richard B head, Yale University visiting fessor, Schultz she welcome chance to read the novel aloud.
"It takes on new meanings read aloud," she said. "Meh language is so rich, and the st based on the epic, the drama lyric poetry, all of which are r to be heard."
Schultz's passion for the no reflected in the decoration o Wescoe office.
It is decorated with Melville
cartoons about the great
whale, and a hanging moose
and a horse. The guests can
navigate past to sit by her desk
"The novel has come into a can culture," she said, "Ever knows the name, the great whale, 'Call me Imahmael.' B those who have read the book care, it resonates with meaning Charlie Kim, Kansas City, senior, his passion for the was what lead him to sign up f reading at 2 a.m.
As Kim spoke of the love fb book he found last semesth Schultz's honors class on the he inadvertently used Mebl words to express his emotions. "I hope this sparks an interpersonal bond," I said and searched for a whale, it is remetaphysical voyage. It is s for the 'ungramaspable phantoe life.'"
KU is seeking tuition relief
Budig says endowment programs will provide scholarship money
By Eric Nelson
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
KU officials are looking to the Kansas University Endowment Association for relief from tuition increases.
Last week the Board of Regents increased tuition by 8 percent for residents and by 15 percent for non-residents for the 1991-92 academic year.
This increase will be followed by a proposed increase for 1992-93 of 8 percent for resident students in smaller regional schools, 10 percent for residents in research schools such as the University, 12% percent for all non-residents.
Along with approving increases, the Regents tabled a proposal by the student advisory committee for new scholarships.
After the Regents action, Chancellor Gene Bugid said, "I don't expect the state to increase student scholarships in the way in the immediate years ahead."
Budig said the University would rely on programs such as Campaign Kansas to carry the burden of finding scholarship money.
"We must be sensitive to the magnitude of these increases," he said. This action places great pressure on the private sector, so it is important to more private funding for a job
tunities at KU."
Todd Seymour, president of the endowment association, said the association had already received $250 million this year for student scholarships.
"Scholarships are one of the main things we're raising money for all the time," he said.
He said that small amounts donated may go directly to scholarships, while some larger amounts go to special funds. The income generated from funds' investments go to scholarships.
John Scarfire, director of public relations for the association, said that when endowment funds began counting toward Campaign Kansas on July 1, 1987, the goal for scholarships was set at $20 million.
Marriage trends show longer wait
"it's a popular item to give for."
Scarfie said of the scholarships.
He said the association always had worked hard to help students meet financial needs.
As of January 1991, $30.9 million had been pledged or committed to scholarship funds, he said. Money will continue to count toward the campaign伞月 30, 1992, even ifassistance has already exceeded its total.
- "That has always been one of our natural needs."
By Leona Dalavai
"John and Mary sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. First comes love then comes a career?"
It used to be that college couples married right after the love part. But, trends show that couples are waiting longer to get married because of the pursuit of higher education and careers.
In 1989, the median first-time marriage age for women was about 24 years old as compared to 20 years old in 1960, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The median marriage age for men in 1989 was about 26 years old as compared to 23 years old in 1960.
Shirley Hill, assistant professor of sociology, said that since people were going into higher education, they were waiting until after college before getting married.
"It ited to be that men got out of high school and they could get a decent job," Hill said. "But now the industrial jobs are drying out and so you have to get a better education."
Men are not the only ones waiting longer to marry. With more women pursuing higher education than 30 years ago, the marrying age for women has also increased.
In the '60s, women were fairly dependent upon their husbands financially, since they didn't hold
careers of their own. But now, women are college bound as well as career bound.
Randall and Carol Reeves married a little more than a year ago. Randall was 23 and Carol was 24. Randall is now a business graduate student while Carol is finishing up her undergraduate degree. Even though this couple seems to be under the average marrying age, they both said that very few of their friends were married.
"I have a friend who works for IBM," Randall said. "He's 27 and he travels all the time. He just hasn't settles down yet because of his career."
Carol said she saw women marrying at a later age because they were pursuing their own education and eventually their own careers.
"A woman knows she can support herself. She is wising up to getting married and waiting longer." Carol said.
Kelli Lewis, Toppea senior, and Terry Schmidt, a recent KU graduate, are planning for an Oct. 12 marriage because Lewis will have completed college by then. They dated for five years before getting engaged. Lewis said that the stresses that come with higher education was the reason for the wait.
"Being married as students would be too hard," Lewis, 22, said. "We'd be playing too many roles."
Schmidt's parents married while they were in their 30s. Lewis said her parents were 19 years old when they married, but divorced when she was 12. Lewis said that waiting until she and Schmidt were older would be better because she was still afraid of what happened to her parents.
Schmidt, 23, said he felt confident that he and Lewis would be happy after their marriage because they had been going out for five years.
"We know each other so well that we feel comfortable about getting married," he said.
The busy life that comes with education is one reason why Mike Bedell, a graduate student in business, remains a bachelor. He will begin working on his Ph.D in the fall.
"Ph Ds and marriages don't mix." Bedell said. "I think you could make a marriage work if you went into the marriage and then began to work on your Ph.D."
Reverend Virgil Brady of the First United Methodist Church said he viewed the marriage trend toward older marriages as a positive thing. "College is like a womb. When you get out, you start making money and you are more independent," Brady
said. "You change a lot in your 20s, so it is more positive to wait and get married later."
While on the whole older marriages are regarded as positive, Susan Panciera, a graduate teaching assistant in organ/choral music, sees one downside to the marriage trend.
"Some people are getting married later because their careers are becoming more important than their relationships." Panciera said.
"For example, my brother and his girlfriend are both busy and neither one is very flexible with their schedules so they just prolong their relationship and haven't really settled down yet." Panciera agreed with Brady in that they saw older marriage positive thing.
"I'm glad I got married when I did (24). I changed a lot when I was in my 20s," she said.
Hill and Panciera both pointed out that one advantage of older marriages was maturity. Hill said that some young people who are married don't understand what kind of responsibilities they were getting themselves into.
As careers and education become more prominent in people's lives, marriage may be put on hold.The trend toward people getting married at a later age will continue to increase.
Alumni Association wants KU graduates
By Monique Guislain
As KU seniors walk down the hill, the Alumni Association wants them not their money.
Judy Ruedlinger, director of student programs for the Alumni Association, said that students make the common mistake of confusing the Alumni Association with the Endowment Association.
"We raise the friends, and they raise the funds," Duelinger said.
"We are not money makers," she said. "We are in existence for keeping communication with the University of Kansas."
Ruedlinger said the Alumni Association was created because students did not understand their role as alumni. Other than the $35 yearly membership dues, that role does not include giving money, she said.
The membership dues pay for postage and operating costs. Only paying members receive the mailings because it is financially impossible for the association to mail to all graduates.
Mailings inform alumni of class reunions, special events held in their city. Homecoming and pep rallies such as those given during the
NCAA basketball tournament. The association also mails out a UK Bookstore catalog that allows graduates to buy clothes and memorabilia.
"Many students are not aware that when they graduate, they automatically become a member of the professional society of their school." Ruedlinger said.
The Alumni Association coordinates professional society meetings in cities across the United States which allow members to meet people in their field and to network, she said.
But mailings are not the only benefits the association provides to its members.
The association also can provide names and addresses of chapter leaders in most major cities in the United States. This can be helpful to alumni moving to a new city because the leaders can help acquaint them with the city.
"They can't find alumni jobs, but they can help locate a doctor, a babysitter, day care, an apartment and more." Ruedlinger said.
Ruedlinger said that a six-month free membership to the Alumni Association was their gift to seniors.
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