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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 103, NO.52
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
ADVERTISING: 864-4358
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1993
(USPS 650-640)
NEWS:864-4810
Number of KU students per county
Number of KU students per county
Fall 1993 enrollment statistics
0-10 10-50 50-250 250-750 750-2,000 2,000-6,500
CN RA DC NT PL SM JW RP WS MS NH MR DP SN TH SD GH RO OB MC CD CY PT JA AT WA LG GO TR EL RS LC OT GE WB SN DC JO GL WH SC LE NS RH ST EW SA DK MR LV OS CR SH HM KE FI NG SF RN NV GW CF AN LN ST GT HS GY ED PR KM SG BO WO AL BB MT SV SW ME CA CM BA HP SU CL EK MO LB CK
High - Johnson (JO) 6,200 Low - Lane (LE)1
Average per county: 167
Total: 17,497
Source: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
Dan Schauer / KANGAN
Western Kansas' rare cry: 'Go east, young students'
Other half of state provides University with 4 percent of its in-state enrollment
By Brian James Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas traditionally has not drawn the bulk of its students from the western part of the state. This year is no exception.
Other institutions such as Kansas State, junior colleges in Kansas, and out-of-state universities attract most of the western Kansas high school students away from KU.
This year more than 700 western Kansas students are enrolled at KU, or 4 percent of the total in-state student enrollment. About 17,500 students from Kansas attend KU.
The number of western Kansas students at the University is lower than at Kansas State, which has 1,306 students from that area. Both universities, however, have about the same number of in-state students.
But Kirk Cerry, a KU admissions representative who recruits students in western Kansas, said KU generally attracted more talented high school seniors from the western part of the state than any other college or university in Kansas.
"People recognize KU as the premier academic institution in the state." he said.
Western Kansas is generally defined as those counties west of Great Bend in Barton County. Cermy said.
Students are attracted to schools primarily because of academic programs, he said.
He said that more western Kansas students attended Kansas State, for example, because the university offers more programs that interest them, such as agriculture and ecology.
Cerny said he was responsible for visiting 102 high schools in 43 counties in central and western Kansas.
He said western Kansas students did not necessarily choose K-State over KU because it was closer to home.
"If students are that hung up on the distance, they'll tend to go to a junior college before they go to K-State anyway," Cerny said.
Cerny said that even though KU was an "instate bargain," western Kansas students often opted for junior colleges because they were less expensive and allowed students to live at home.
"And coming to KU, making that big lifestyle change — not everyone is ready for something like that," he said.
Jane Gregg, a guidance counselor at Dodge City High School in Ford County, said that students living in central Kansas, like most high school students, considered academic programs, financial aid and family traditions when choosing a college.
"Some of them don't mind going across the state or even out-of-state, but an increasing number, I think, are staying right here in Dodge City and going to the community college." she said.
Jill Johnson, Dodge City freshman, said KU's strong social welfare program was the most important reason she decided to come to KU. She said she was influenced by the images she had of other universities in Kansas
Dondy Dinh, Liberal freshman, said he wanted to stay in Kansas and study medicine at KU.
"K-State and Wichita State seemed to me like they were, well, farm schools," Johnson said.
"The trip across Kansas seems convenient when you know that you go to the top university in the state," he said.
Supreme Court ruling keeps anti-gay-rights law in limbo
Colorado amendment must get state court's OK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused yesterday to let Colorado enforce its anti-gay-right amendment while state courts judge its legality.
The court, without comment, rejected the argument that Colorado court rulings set a too-high legal standard for judging whether the amendment violates homosexuals' rights.
Eight states and 75 cities and counties provide some sort of civil-rights protection for homosexuals, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. But in some communities, opponents of such measures have mobilized to repeal them.
voters in November 1992 bars any law or ordinance aimed at protecting homosexuals from discrimination.
In the Colorado gay-rights case, the constitutional amendment approved by the state's
It would cancel ordinances in Denver, Boulder and Aspen that outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in employment, housing and public accommodations.
Those cities and a group of people — including tennis star Martina Navratilova — sued in state court, contending the amendment violates homosexuals' constitutional rights of equal protection and free speech and the right to petition the government. Navratilova later dropped out of the suit.
In January, state Judge H. Jeffrey Bayless barred enforcement of the amendment until the case is decided.
He said the amendment likely is unconstitutional because it affects homosexuals' fundamental right "not to have the state endorse and give effect to private blases."
The state must show that the amendment is justified by a compelling government interest, Bayless said. He rejected a more lenient
standard that would require the state to show merely that the amendment is rational.
The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Bayless' ruling, saying the amendment "expressly fences out an independently identifiable group" from equal participation in the political process.
In the appeal acted on yesterday, attorneys for the state said the legal standard set by the state courts applies to challenges brought by certain groups, such as racial minorities, but not to homosexuals.
The anti-gay-rights amendment does not infringe on fundamental rights such as the right to vote, the state lawyers said. "All (it) does is limit state and local governments' ability to act with respect to a certain issue," they added.
The amendment's opponents urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal because state courts have not yet issued a final ruling in the case.
A state trial ended Oct. 22, but the judge has not yet ruled.
Susan McSpadden / KANSAN
Lighting the way
wendy Doyle, outreach minister for the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, lights luminares along the walkway to the chapel. The luminaries, bags containing candles, were lit before Mass last night in celebration of the "Feast of All Saints."
Kansan staff writer
Bv Christoph Fuhrmans
Less than two months before Christmas the University of Kausas already is asking campus organizations to make a wish list.
The steering committee for KU's longrange physical development plan, called the Masterplan, is in the middle of organizing interviews with representatives from student, academic and administrative departments, said Allen Wiechert, University architect and member of the steering committee.
During the interviews, the representatives will have the opportunity to make suggestions on how campus improvements can help each department.
The plan, expected to be completed in July 1995, will chart the future physical and aesthetic growth of the campus and allow University officials to find out how the campus will develop during the next 10 to 15 years.
Wiechert said the committee wanted to make sure all organizations were given a chance to make suggestions on improving the campus.
"What we want to make sure doesn't happen is that people are left out," he said.
Any organization could make suggestions, Wiechert said, but the suggestions should pertain to how the organization's activities could be improved.
He said all organizations should send suggestions as soon as possible to Tom Waechter, planning coordinator for the office of capital programs, 351 Strong Hall.
John Shoemaker, student body president, said he would like KU to improve the aesthetic part of the campus and expand the Hiltop Child Development Center.
He said he was pleased with recent construction on campus but the beauty of the campus had been overlooked.
and director of finance and administration of the Life Span Institute, said the committee would take an inventory of all campus facilities for students to see how the facilities could be improved.
"It's critical that the students tell us what they need." he said.
Edward Zamarripa, a committee member
Zamarripa said the committee was considering mailing a survey to some students in April to get student input.
He said the survey would include every type of student, undergraduate and graduate, traditional and nontraditional.
Sue Morrell, director of Student Union Activities, said SUA needed a performance hall that seated 3,000 people to bring national acts to KU.
Because the Kansas Union holds many conferences and speeches, Morrell said the Union needed more parking.
"We call it over here the parking lottery," she said.
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Senate searching for financing plan for minority groups
Shoemaker seeks to avoid paying twice for services
An increase in multicultural and minority organizations at KU is causing the Student Senate to look at the way it determines how much money each group should get.
By Donella Hearne Kansan staff writer
"I think the Senate has made a concerted effort to not fund duplication of services," said John Shoemaker, student body president.
Recently questions have been raised at Senate meetings about financing different groups that provide the same services for students.
To avoid Senate paying twice for the same service, Shoemaker suggests, similar campus minority groups should form umbrella organizations. Senate would give a block of money to the umbrella organization, which would divide the money among the smaller groups.
Shoemaker used Chinese student organizations as an example.
One association could serve as an umbrella for Asian student organizations such as Asian American Student Union and Taiwanese Students Association.
Shoemaker said he did not think that the Senate could understand the needs of cultural and minority groups and that umbrella groups would be better prepared to allocate money.
In the past, control of student money has been in the hands of a Senate that is predominantly white males, Shoemaker said. The changes in the way groups come to Senate for financing could create a shift in power, he said.
That can be done if groups with similar interests and concerns work together, Shoemakers said.
"Student Senate now has a unique opportunity for multicultural organizations to reclaim some of that power," he said.
Curtis "Cal" Jones, Kansas City, Mo., senior and head of the National Organization of Minority Architectural Students, said he agreed that minority groups should come together to fight for their interests. But he said he was not sure that umbrella organizations would be in the best interest of students.
"The problem I have with that is when you create umbrella organizations it tends to water down the individual cultures," Jones said. "And Student Senate would still be controlling the money."
Jones' group was one that was denied money in the Senate's Finance Committee
last week on the basis that his group provided a duplication of other financed groups.
He said he thought the idea of creating umbrella organizations looked good on paper but would never actually work.
"The up side is that people who know more about the organizations would have a say in where the money goes," Jones said. "The down side is that European male senators will just be handing out the money and won't see what the organizations are doing."
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Senators' participation in events paid for by Senate is low, Jones said, so senators never really have an idea of what they are financing. The main problem, he said, was just that Senate was uninformed and unwilling to give up its power.
"How many senators are truly willing to relinquish control?" Jones asked. "Student Senate is making a step but many more steps have to be made still."