University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 25, 1990
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Livestock leader questioned
State commissioner attacked for dealings with puppy mills
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Three animal protection groups have asked Gov. Mike Hayden to fire the state livestock commissioner because of what they call his failure to aggressively attack the state's sunny milp problem.
"He is 100 percent personally responsible for the failure of the puppy mill program," wrote Fran Stuekle, vice president of the Johnson County Humane Society, "He started off with adequate funding and staff and sabotaged the program so that it would not work."
The commissioner, Allan T. Kimmell, did not return calls made to his
office yesterday.
The other two groups writing letters to Hayden they the Kansas Company Animal Association of Olista and the Humane Society of
The Kansas Animal Health Board appoints the livestock commissioner; But Kathy McKee, president of the Kansas Companion Animal Association, said Hayden, who selects the seven-member board, has the clout to see that the board removes Kimmell.
Rich Epp, a spokesman for Hayden, said he did not know whether the governor, who was traveling, had
Stuke and McKee said the last straw was Attorney General. Bob Stephan's announcement Friday that Kimmell had barred his inspectors from speaking to Stephan's or Hayden's offices without his permission.
seen the letters. He said that the animal health board would decide Kimmel's fate and the groups should address their concerns to that board.
Jerry Bohm, chairman of the Animal Health Board, said the dispute was the result of a misunderstanding. Kimmel had established the committee to give his inspections more time to do on-site investigative work, he said.
By Deron Graul
Kansan staff writer
Recycling program created
The Student Senate recycling task force will initiate a newspaper recycling program on campus this fall.
After Sept. 7, the dumpster probably will be relocated closer to
Almee Hall, student body vice president, said Monday, that between Aug. 27 and Sept. 7 a large trash dumpster would be located on the lawn in front of Stauffer Flint Hall. The dumpster, which would be used only for newspaper, will be painted blue and decorated in an eye-catching manner, she said.
Wescoe Hall, she said. The dumpster most likely would stay in the Wescoe Hall area because it would be highly visible.
Hall said the dumpster may be rotated to residence halls early in the fall.
She said the main goal of the program was to increase recycling awareness but that she did not lot of newspaper to be collected
The Staufer-Flint location was chosen because of the large number of newspapers thrown away in and near that building. Hall said.
A study conducted by Steve Hamburg, assistant professor of
environmental studies, and members of the KU recycling task force showed that about 65 percent of all campus may stay on campus could be recycled.
If the program is successful, the dumper will be replaced with something "more in tune with the metaphysics, like a small shed." Hall said.
The dumpster was donated by the facilities operations department, said Mike Richardson, acti- director of facilities operati-
He said the dumpster, capable of holding 12 cubic yards of refuse, was the largest KU had.
Grants allow undergrads experience
By Bryan Reben
Vonner staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Ashlev Spoles. Wichita senior. experiments to understand the mechanics of protein structures
Keith Thorpe/KANSAN
During the summer Jason Coleman has been asking questions and tabulating data.
He has been reading research reports in academic journals and conducting psychological research.
Coenman is one of 20 undergraduates selected to receive an Undergraduate Research Award. The grants provide each recipient with $1,000 for supervised research during the summer.
"It's a very good opportunity to get an idea how to apply what you're learning in class," said Coleman, Manhattan senior.
The awards are administered by the College Honors Program but are open to all full-time undergraduates at the University of Kansas. Students apply by submitting letters of recommendation, a college transcript and a research proposal.
Coleman is working under the supervision of Nyla Branscombe, assistant professor of psychology.
Branscombe said the program allowed Coleman to learn how to do research based on an earlier body of research. His study is based on previous discoveries made by Branscombe.
Branscombe found in her study that the more a victim of rape resists the rapist, the more a jury is likely to sympathize with the rapist. Coleman is conducting research to discover how the effects found by Branscombe can occur.
Coleman said that he thought what a student was willing to put into the program was what he would get out of the experience. "The motivation is more internal than external, unlike a regular class, and is very rewarding from that standpoint." he said.
Branscombe said Coleman was getting what her graduate students normally receive.
"I think it's fairly rare for an undergraduate to interact in this way with professors." she said.
Rose Greaves, professor of Soviet and East European studies, has supervised undergraduate students for three consecutive summers.
"I've been very impressed with what this program has enabled these students to do," Greaves said.
She said the student she supervised two years ago was now studying at the University of Texas on a Mellon Fellowship. The student she supervised last summer received a law fellowship to Washington University in St. Louis.
"I don't believe either one of
This summer she is serving as supervisor for Elizabeth Horst, Lawrence senior, who is doing historical research in the United Kingdom, England. Horst is researching original documents and periodicals on British India.
them would have been the clear-cut choice for the fellowships without their participation in the summer program," Greaves said.
Ashley Spies, Wichita senior, is
Mark Richter, assistant professor of biochemistry and Spies' supervisor, said Spies was attempting to determine how the protein adenosine triphosphate synthase functions.
spending the summer doing laboratory research in biochemistry.
Richter said that he previously had undergraduate students working during the summer through National Science Foundation
grants. Those opportunities have become fewer in recent years.
Spies said he was not doing the research for the money involved.
He said it was a chance to focus on his skills and develop them during a concentrated time frame. Richter said, "The importance of this program is that it's one of the few ways to get funding for undergraduate research."
Administrators recruit more minority faculty
By Bryan Reber
Kansan staff writer
Among the 44 new tenure-track faculty at KU this fall, seven are members of minority groups.
Dave Shulenburger, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that although the number of minority faculty at the University of Kansas is not where he would like it to be, he thinks the seven new faculty, which comprise a percent of the new tenure-track faculty, is a move in the right direction.
"The deans and recruiting committees understand this is a high priority." Shulenburger said.
"Part of an education for success in the world is understanding diversity," he said. "Cultural diversity is valued and is communicated in subtle ways. One of the subtle messages we give students is by the race and ethnicity of the person standing at the front of the class."
In Fall 1989, 10 percent of the new tenure-track faculty were minorities; in 1988, 16 percent were minorities; in 1987 minorities accounted for 4 percent and in 1986, 10 percent of the new faculty were minorities, according to the KU Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
Sulenburger said KU was not alone in its attempt to add qualified minority members to its faculty. He has achieved a high priority for many universities.
The number of minorities who have doctorates, especially Hispanic, Blacks and American Indians, is growing. For those people, Shuileun burial said.
"We really have a social obligation to get minorities into the doctoral pipeline," he said.
The number minority faculty at KU has increased from 88 in 1985 to 100 in Fall 1989. Shulenburg said.
Sulenburger said it was difficult to use state dollars for recruiting minority faculty but that $40,000 from the Kansas University Endowment Association was available. The endowment dollars may be used to help defray moving expenses, purchase housing and other faculty and in other ways that may be beneficial in the recruiting process, he said.
Melissa Nuckolls, associate director of affirmative action, said she thought that the University was doing better in hiring minority faculty but that it was not where it should be.
Campaign Kansas earnings are on the rise this summer
Kansan staff writer
By Melissa Bulgren
Although a new grand total for Campaign Kansas will not be announced until the middle of August, contributions have been good this summer. John Scarffe, director of public relations for the campaign, said.
The last grand total, announced in the spring. was $162.2 million.
Campaign Kansas is the University's five-year, $177 million fund-raising drive. The campaign will end June 30, 1992.
Scarfe said campaign workers had conducted regional campaigns this summer. The regional cam-
munity and alumni gifts of $10,000 or more.
This summer's regional campaign emphasized seven regions. Core sites were: New York City, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, London, Houston and Kansas.
Scarife said campaign officials were preparing for a general gifts campaign, which consists of direct mail and telephone calls to solicit gifts from alumni. No contribution amount will be specified.
"We're going to continue to try to meet all objectives of the campaign," Scarffe said.
A $500 pledge from John and Linda Bliss Stewart of Wellington. The pledge will be divided among scholarships for the School of Business, the Lied Center, athletic building expansion, the School of Fine Arts, the KU Alumni Association and the Stewart Children's Center. Stewart earned his bachelor's degree in business from KU in 1985. Linda Stewart attended KU with the class of 1900.
A $250,000 pledge from Arthur and Catherine Wolf of Lawrence. The Wolfs specified that the pledge be used for unrestricted areas of need at the University, with a preference for the radio-television sequence of the New York Journalism. Wolf earned his bachelor's degree from KU in 1983.
Ellen A $150,000 pledge from Dan and Ellen Stolzer Bolen of Alexandria, Va., and Edward M. Bolen of Washington, D.C. The pledge will establish the Daniel A. Bolen Memorial Fund, named for Dan and Ellen Stolzer, which will provide unrestricted resource for the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the Chancellors' Club.
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