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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103, NO.67
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Admission requirements for education to be stiffer
By Kathleen Stolle
Kansan staff writer
For students wanting to become teachers, making the grade just got a little tougher.
Last week the Board of Regents approved recommendations from a task force to raise admissions standards for teacher training programs at KU and other state universities.
Richard Whelan, interim dean of KU's School of Education, said the move was spawned by a statewide reform in education.
"The natural question was, 'Do we need to take a look at teacher education programs to make sure students will receive the best education possible?' he said. "We support that."
The new standards will be first implemented in 1995 and will be reviewed annually thereafter, Whelan said.
The changes will require applying students to have higher cumulative grade point averages, higher scores on the Pre-Professional Skills Test and to have completed 15 hours of specified basic skills courses. A student's previous experience working with children and youths will become a consideration.
Whelan said he thought the skills test was unnecessary because the other requirements would sufficiently prove a student's ability.
Nita Sundbye, head of the department of curriculum and instruction, agreed that the skills test was not a requirement everyone supported.
"I know that some of the people in the School of Education have pretty good data that the PPST test is not a good way of showing qualification," she said.
For the education programs with capped enrollment, such as secondary English and K12, the changes should have little effect because the admission goes to the top students now, Sundbye said.
Making the grade
The toucher admission standards include:
a 2.75 GPA after 35 hours of general course study, instead of a minimum 2.5 GPA after 50 hours.
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45 hours of specified basic skills with a 2.0 GPA included in the 35 hours. The basics include six hours of written composition, three hours of oral communication and six hours of mathematics.
The PPST minimum scores in writing will remain at 172, but the minimum reading score will go from 172 to 173, and the minimum mathematics score will increase from 172 to 174.
"If there is greater rigor in this for us than what we already have in place, then it's the math requirements, which are a little stiffer," she said
The math requirement, which increased from three to six hours, is part of the basic skills courses. The other basic skills required for admission under the new standards are three hours of oral communication and six hours of written composition. Students must finish the 15 hours with a 2.0 GPA.
Amie Kuhn, Topeka senior majoring in elementary education, said she thought the focus on basic courses might be misleading because some basic courses have little to do with teaching.
"There might be some students out there who might be great teachers, but they might not have the grades to show it." she said.
Another recommendation from the task force included at least one mid-program review of students, after which their continuation in the program would be considered. The task force also recommended an annual meeting of educators and administrators to discuss teacher education concerns.
Copy Balsavias, Army ROTC sergeant,
stands at attention with her comrades
during the ROTC halftime show of
the Kansas-Nebraska football game.
One hundred-thirty Army cadets stand at attention on the lawn of Allen Field House. Geoffrey Athey, battalion commander, moves methodically through the ranks
Athye, Sherman, Texas, senior, steps in front of a cadet. The scrutiny begins.
Starting with the hat, Athey examines every detail of the cadet's class A dress uniform. Athey is on guard against nose hairs and dirty ears. His eyes are peeled for loose strings and smudges. Ribbons and name tags must be exactly one-
Facing the future, inspecting
eight of an inch above the breast pockets. Shirt buttons, belt buckle and trousers zipper must line up
zipper must line up exactly. Any imper-
action is called a "gig."
"How far above your
ribbons are your airborne wings supposed to be?" Athey asks the cadet.
"A quarter of an inch, sir," the cadet answers.
Welcome to Army ROTC inspection, an exercise that determines the readiness and morale of a military unit. These cadets, members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, are not playing soldier. They are training to become officers in the United States Armed Forces.
"His airborne wings are too high." Athey tells the company commander who records the gig. Athey turns and paces to the next cadet.
ROTC cadets and midshipmen are inspected one to four times a semester.
See ROTC, Page 7.
After an announcement by their show directors, members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority celebrate at the fraternity. The acts chosen for Rock Chalk Revue were announced last night at the Lied Center.
Five for the show
By Shan Schwartz Kansan staff writer
Representatives from the 14 living groups that submitted show proposals for Rock Chalk Revie 1994 gathered at the Lied Center last night for the announcement of the five shows selected for this year's production.
Each group of directors held hands or stood with their arms wrapped around each other as Julie Thies, executive director of Rock Chalk Revue and Overland Park senior, announced the winning shows.
Directors of the selected shows jumped and screamed with excitement. Some were overwhelmed with the news.
"Wow. Wow," said Dave Eagan, Lawrence sophomore and member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, after hearing that his group's show was selected. "We've been waiting for this for a long time. It's been a lot of work, and now it all starts again."
Groups will begin rehearsing their shows immediately and will begin formal rehearsals together on Jan. 12, Thies said. The shows will be performed Feb. 24-26 in the Lied Center.
Overcome with joy, Delta Delta delta sorority members Rebecca Ashbrook, Highland Ranch, Colo., freshman, left, and Anne McFarland, St. Louis sophomore, shed some tears after hearing their act had been chosen as one of the five to be performed during the Rock Chalk Revue in the spring.
Any group can still participate in Rock Chalk Revue by donating community service hours a competing for the Revue's "Most Charitable" award.
The groups submitted their final proposals on Nov. 5 with detailed descriptions of the shows, scripts, music, choreography, costumes, set descriptions and technical cues.
Groups that submitted show proposals have been working on them since the show's theme, "The Word is Out," was announced on Sept. 9. Each group's directors met with directors of Rock Chalk Revue every week to discuss progress on their shows.
The proposals were reviewed by a panel
of 11 judges who also interviewed the directors of each show Saturday and Sunday.
Rock Chalk Revue was performed in Hoch Auditorium from its creation in 1950 until the building was gutted by fire in 1991. The Revue played in Lawrence High School in 1992 and 1993. Now, the Revue has a permanent home in the Lied Center.
The directors said that in the new facility, Rock Chalk Revue will be bigger and better than ever.
"We're really, really excited." Thies said.
"It's going to be a lot of fun."
Rock Chalk Shows
"For whom the will toiled," Delta Gamma and Lambda Chla Alpha
"A play on word." Delta Delta Delta and Phi Delta Theta
"You are what you eat," Kappa Kappa
Command and Signa Chi.
*To bee or not to bee*, *Alpha Chi Omega*
and *Alpha ChiLambda*.
- "Does anybody know?" Kappa Alpha Theta
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Season premiere
The Kansas women's basketball team defeated New Zealand in an exhibition game ravaged by turnovers.
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Money for nothing is not popular among KU students
Many ask to borrow during holiday season
Kansan staffwriter
By Chesley Doh
It is close to Thanksgiving, the season for giving.
But there are people who take advantage of the holiday spirit and borrow money without intending to pay it back.
Many KU students say they do not mind borrowing, but mooching makes their skin crawl.
"There's something about that word moocher. I'd rather die than be called a moocher," Tiffany Poling said. "I don't even like to borrow money."
Poling, Wichita senior, said she had some close friends she would not mind lending
money. But she said she was assertive enough to tell people she did not want to lend them any money.
"A lot of people who know me and know my attitude know better than to even ask me," she said. "I guess I was just brought up to be independent."
There are reasons why certain people are more inclined to borrow than others.
It has a lot to do with the way you were raised, said William Arnold, associate professor of sociology.
"Those who borrow more grew up in a family where there was lots of borrowing going on," he said. "In that type of situation accounts aren't kept. There's the thinking that it will all even out in the end."
learned they had to fend for themselves and that usually happened in college.
In high school peer groups there is the philosophy that whatever you have you will share with the group, Arnold said.
But he said that with time people usually
"If you've been trained to borrow you'll keep it up until you're trained not to," he said.
"Generally, a moocher does not intend to pay back," Arnold said. "With borrowing there's the expectation of reciprocity."
Arnold said there was a difference between mooching and borrowing.
Some people are naturally more giving than others.
Mullaliv said that lending money to people sometimes had its good points.
Mullally said he was brought up in a family with lots of brothers and sisters, so he was used to sharing.
"I usually give money to people when they ask for it," said Jeff Mullally, Fremont, Neb., senior. "I guess I'm just a gullible sap."
"If I ever need a buck then I can use that against them," he said.
An only child, Eric Fellows,
Boulder,Colo., senior, said he had no problem lending money to or sharing food with his roommates. But he said he would be hesitant to lend money to someone he did not know well.
"In Boulder you see transient types walking around harassing you for money, and it's always the same people," Fellows said. "When you see that all the time it gets kind of old."
People who borrow and do not return are committing a major mistake, said Duane Spears, Great Bend, senior.
"I have no problem lending money to people," Spears said. "But if a person borrows money and thinks they're getting away with it once or twice, I won't do it again."
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