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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103,NO.60
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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In memory
Air force ROTC cadets Brenda Keemer, Little Rock, Ark., junior, and David Evans, Osawatomi senior, guard the University's Vietnam Memorial. The two stood guard for an hour by the memorial yesterday during a 24-hour vigil in honor of Veteran's Day and POW/MIA Awareness Week.
Eventstoday
An informal discussion on linguistics and philosophy of language — 3 p.m. at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union Tickets are free and available through the departments of linguistics and philosophy. Those without departmental tickets will be admitted at 3 p.m. until the room is filled.
Manufacturing Consent: Media Manipulation in
Noam Chomsky
p. m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom Tickets are free and will be available on the Kansas Union 's fifth floor beginning at 7 p.m.
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Chomsky to speak on linguistics, media
By Donella Hearne Kansan staff writer
Kansanstaffwriter
Noam Chomsky, considered one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars, will speak today on linguistics and media manipulation in America.
Chomsky is a world-renowned scholar in linguistics, philosophy and history and the author of numerous books on topics ranging from linguistics to politics. As a speaker, Chomsky has addressed audiences across the United States and around the world.
Sara Rosen, professor of linguistics, said Chomsky's presentation was important for the linguistics department.
"Chomsky is clearly the most influential figure in the field of linguistics," she said. "He is solely responsible for the modern theory of linguistics as we know it today."
Rosen said Chomsky's speech tonight also would be beneficial for people outside of the linguistics department.
"People who know nothing about language will have a chance to get a feel for what language is," she said.
The cost of bringing Chomsky to KU, including his fee, is $8,205, according to figures from Student Union Activities. David Stevens, SUA forums coordinator, said that SUA would not have been able to bring a speaker of Chomsky's magnitude to KU without the help of many co-sponsors, which include Student Senate and nine university departments.
"Ironically, it's his magnitude that allows us to bring him here," Stevens said "Most departments I spoke with jumped to help us out."
Misunderstandings
The line of culture Arab-American women draw because of their unwillingness to integrate with American society is the root of the discrimination they face,Lelia Diab,a
Muslim journalist, said last night.
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Open bidding can fill houses
KU Panhellenic assists sororities with rush process
By Shan Schwartz
Kansan staff writer
The KU Panhellenic Association wants students to know that there is more than one way to join a sorority.
Besides fall formal rush in August each year, students can join throughout the year by participating in continuous open bidding, said Carrie Neiner, St. Louis senior and vice president for membership in Panhellenic.
The Panhellenic Association sets each chapter's membership total at 140. Neiner said. Chapters with less than 140 members after rush can participate in continuous open bidding throughout the year.
In past years, the open bidding was left up to the individual chapters, Neiner said. The only role Panhelenic played was to take names from
Six chapters are participating in open bidding this year. Neiner said.
those students interested in joining and pass them on to the chapters.
The chapters then contact the interested students and invite them to chapter events, such as meals or social functions, to get acquainted with the students, Neiner said. The chapter may then choose to make a bid if the student wants one.
"There's really no regulation over it." Neiner said. "Basically, when a chapter decides to make a bid to a member, they just let us know."
This year, Neiner said, Panhellenic created a new officer position, assistant for membership, that will work primarily to coordinate, publicize and assist chapters with continuous open bidding.
"It is kind of difficult for chapters to do their bidding during the year," Neiner said. "It takes a lot of time and energy that they could be spending on something else."
graduate student and Panhellenic adviser, said the open bidding helped make up for difficulties chapters encountered during fall formal rush.
Neiner said that Panhellenic could also assist those who may join by answering questions about the chapters in a nonbased manner, similar to what rush counselors do for participants in fall formal rush.
"There's a negative connotation that if a chapter has to open bid, they must be a bad chapter, and that's not the case," Degner said. "With the number of participants in rush, it's hard for all the chapters to reach quota."
This year, Degner said, more than 800 students participated in formal rush but only about 650 completed rush and pledged to a chapter. That left some chapters with less than the total 140 members allowed.
Randy Degner, San Marcos, Texas.
Although continuous open bidding did not offer as much choice as formal rush did, Degner said, it was still a good way for someone to join a sorority.
"There's pros and cons," Degner said. "A disadvantage is that you don't get to see all the chapters. But on the upside, you don't have to go through all the stress of formal rush."
Degner said so far this fall, more than 30 students had pledged sororities through continuous open bidding and more could pledge throughout the year.
Council vote asks to save two degrees
Decision may spare computer atmospheric science degrees
By David Stewart Kansan staff writer
The University Council voted to save two degrees from elimination but unanimously decided to discontinue two others at yesterday's Council meeting.
Only two of the seven degrees under consideration for elimination received extensive debate from the Council: the B.A. in computer science and the M.S. in atmospheric science.
University Council is a governing body of students and
University Coun faculty who make recommendations on policy and academic changes that are eventually considered by Chancellor Gene Budig.
The council followed the recommendations from the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee and the Senate Executive Committee and unanimously voted to change the B.A. in comparative literature to a concentration in the English department as well as make the
What happened
Of the seven degrees under consideration for elimination, University Council voted:
B.G.S. in computer science
B.A. in atmospheric science
To make into a concentration:
B.A. in comparative literature
Tokeep:
B.A. in computer science
B.A. in humanities
M.S. in atmospheric science
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B. A. in Italian a concentration in the Department of Italian and French.
When the Council considered the computer science degrees, Earl Schweppe, professor of computer science, said that he agreed with eliminating the bachelor of general studies but wanted to maintain the B.A. in the department.
Schweppe said many students combine the B.A. in computer science with other concentrations or degrees, including biology or foreign languages.
"The B.A. is a nice, clean way of giving recognition to students who have done something significant," Schwepe said. "Computer science is a discipline that mixes well with everything, and that's much easier to do with a B.A. than a B.S."
The Council decided by a split vote to keep the B.A. in computer science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences but to move advising for the degree to the School of Engineering, where computer science courses are taught.
Joe Eagleman, professor of meteorology, said that he wanted to keep both the B.A. and the M.S. but that he had stronger arguments for keeping the master's program than the bachelor's program.
"We have the only graduate program in the state," Eagleman said. "If we eliminate the master's degree, we would be one of the few states to not have something going for atmospheric science."
Eliminating the degree would also eliminate training in a growing career field, he said.
"The field of meteorology has been chosen as the number-one career opportunity in science careers for the next few years," Eagleman said. "For us to pull back from a program that is thriving is a big mistake."
That voice.
A rich, warm baritone cutting through the darkness, into the minds and souls of students.
Professor Tim Mitchell breathed life into the history of art with his wit, knowledge and his engaging style and that melodic, entrancing voice.
A week before the fall semester began, Mitchell, 49.
of his students — lives on.
died. But his legacy — the enlightenment
Jay Van Buren sat dazed, stung by the graded blue book before him. Leering at
By Kathleen Stolle
mal score crawled in red ink. After two semesters at the University of Kansas, including an honors art history course, Van Buren had just received his first D, compli-
man Expressionism and a professor named Tim Mitchell.
"I remember when he handed those tests back, and everybody was just groaning and
talking about dropping the course," said Van Buren, Topeka senior.
"Then he explained his policy, and everybody was like, 'Oh, OK,' because there was hope then." The policy, characteristic of Mitchell himself, rewarded those who worked increasingly harder, adapting to the cumulative nature of an art history course.
See ART, Page 7.
a profile of Tim Mitchell