VOL.100,NO.96
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1990
KU sets enrollment record
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By Buck Taylor Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas has reported its highest Spring enrollment ever, according to statistics released Friday by the department of educational services.
Enrollment at the Lawrence campus and the University of Kansas Medical Center was a record 27,182 on Wednesday, the 20th day of classes. That is an increase of 378 from Spring 1989, the only spring semester since 1986 that KU enrollment declined.
"Demand remains high for the academic programs at the University of Kansas," Chancellor Gene A. Budig said in a prepared statement. "These challenging programs represent opportunity for our students and pride for our alumni and citizens, KU continues to attract and retain large numbers of superior students."
Budig said that enrollment had stabilized and that the increase of
KU is starting the decade with 94 more students than in Spring 1988, the previous peak.
94 students was a continuation of the administration's enrollment plan.
Enrollment on the Lawrence campus was 23,392, an increase of 545 from 1899 and greater than the previous high of 22,999 set in 1898. Med Center enrollment was 2,356, an increase of 66 from 1899.
Bruce Lindvall, director of admissions, said the rise could be attributed partly to a University-wide effort to raise the level of quality of undergraduate students. By raising the quality, University
officials expect to retain more students who will graduate.
"We've seen a slight increase in new students, and we've been trying to keep more students in school," Lindvall said. "The world is a competitive place, and two years ago we embarked on a mission to improve the quality of our students."
The 20th-day head count figures are released each semester and calculated after compiling the figures for each school within the University.
Journalism, liberal arts show significant increases
By Buck Taylor
By Buck Taylor
Kansan staff writer
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences showed the largest enrollment increase of KU's schools this semester.
Kathy Hall, assistant director of the undergraduate center in the
The college had 12,458 students enrolled Wednesday, the 20th day of classes. That represents an increase of 238 students, or 1.9 percent, from Spring 1989.
"The University has started to retain better students now," she said. "This factor reduces the number that drop out or are kicked out, and therefore we have more students."
The School of Journalism had an increase of 129 students, or 15.8 percent, the highest percent in all University of Kansas schools.
Mike Kautsch, dean of journalism, said the school's enrollment
ceive quality in the programs within the school." he said.
Kautsch said the school's advertising, business communications and magazine sequences were attracting the most students.
"The students appear to be enrolling in those areas because they be interested in business or entrepreneurship." Kautsch said.
The School of Social Welfare had the largest enrollment decrease.
social welfare, said the decrease was part of a plan by the administration to lower the school's enrollment.
"Since 1982, our school has grown by 30 percent," she said. "Our faculty had more than they could deal with, so we have been reducing students each semester to balance out the sizes."
Statistics for the enrollment in each school were included in the 20th-day head count figures. The
Spring enrollment climbs to new heights
Enrollment totals for this semester are the highest ever for a spring semester at KU.
According to the official 20th-day enrollment figures 27,182 students are enrolled at KU. Listed are the enrollment figures for spring semesters since 1986.
However there are 1,591 fewer students enrolled at KU than at this time last semester.
*1986 - 25,932
*1987 - 26,786
*1988 - 27,088
*1989 - 26,804
*1990 - 27,182
Although the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had the largest increase from last spring semester, its enrollment decreased by 929 students. The schools of Business, Journalism and Medicine all increased their enrollment from the fall semester.
Day has bloody past
By Christine Reinoids
Kansan staff writer
St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers, was murdered February 14, 270, outside the gates of Rome. His future mission as the saint of lovers was the result of a merger of paganism and Christianity.
The holiday of cupids, hearts and lovers,
better known as St. Valentine's Day,
sprung from bloody origins.
Valentine's Day started as the Roman festival of Lupercalia, a spring festival involving fertility rites associated with young people.
First, goats and dogs were sacrificed. Then young boys dipped their knives in the blood. The boys then ran naked through the city while girls offered themselves to them for purposes of reproduction.
Stephan Kline / KANSAN
After the Roman invasion of Britain, the festival and its customs took root. However, British religious leaders, appalled at the paganism, changed the celebration to honor the martyred priest.
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Parlement of Bryddes" was among the first literature to mention Valentine's Day:
On Valentine's Day.
"For this was on St. Valentine's Day
"For this was on St. Valentine's Day
When every fowl cometh to choose his
Of every kind that men think may."
Lovers' holiday
The theme of young love, founded in the annual mating of birds in February, transformed Valentine's Day into a lovers' holiday.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, asking someone to be your valentine was the same as asking someone to be your boss.
It was customary for a woman to peep through the keyhole of her door on Valentine's Day. If she saw a rooster and hen together, it was a good omen that she would be married that year.
Sentimental thoughts
As the holiday changed from a religious day to a lovers' holiday, the customs of sending gifts and writing valentines became tradition.
Feb. 16, 1867, was the date of the earliest recorded hand-made valentine. Sentimental thoughts of love were written on heavy paper with lace trim, adorned with cupids, stars and doves.
Serious valentines soon received competition from humorous valentines. The brash, flippant messages quickly gained popularity, with lines such as:
"Whenever I get romantic
And plan a wedding trip.
I think of you and of Niagara Falls . . .
Because you're such a dripp!
Flowers, cards and chocolates have risen to the forefront as standard valentine gifts for lovers.
Red roes rank first in choice, just ahead of yellow and pink, said Marvelve Crabb, a spokesman for the Society of American Florists.
The traditional red means "I Love You," pink signifies friendship and caring, and yellow means friendship and jealousy.
Giving gifts
The custom of men and women giving gifts to each other wilted in the 18th and 19th centuries, making the man responsible for all gifts on Valentine's Day.
But women today buy flowers for men more often than in the past, according to the florists' society.
In fact, 70 million roses will be sold on Valentine's Day. 80 percent of those red.
Lovers also will have their fill of chocolates if this year's figures are comparable last year's sales of $611 million, according to the National Confectioners Association.
Retailers offer card variety for Valentine's Day giving
The American Greeting Card Corp. one billion more than one billion valentine cards this time.
Students like light-hearted words, design on special day
The volume of valentines sold ranks second only to Christmas cards, said Barbara Milla, spokesman for Hallmark Cards Inc. Hallmark, based in Kansas City, Mo., is the largest greeting-card manufacturer in the United States.
Greeting card manufacturers and retailers have been preparing for St. Valentine's Dav since the winter holidays
By Chris Siron
Kansan staff writer
Miller said Hallmark made more than 2,000 styles of valentines this year. Only about 40 percent of the cards sold this year targeted romantic couples. Family members, such as children and grandparents, receive about half of all valentines bought.
The trend in cards has moved away from traditional valentines toward more varied styles, she said. Now there are cards for birthdays, anniversaries and marriages that also makes several cards for pets.
She said more than 900 million valentines would be sent this year.
She said that 10 percent of Halmark's
Miller said although men made up only 10 percent of the card market during the rest of the year, they accounted for about 20 percent of Valentine's Day sales.
Jacki Eckert, manager of the Palace, 8 W. Eighth St., said the7 store stocked more than 800 valentine designs. The Palace does not carry Hallmark products
designs were humorous but that humorous cards constituted a disproportionately large share of sales.
Eckert said that women made most card purchases at the Palace but that men bought about as many valentines as women did.
The Lawrence Hallmark production plant, 101 McDonald Drive, makes no valentines, but it does make Valentine's Day gifts. Miller said
She said KU students bought about half of the valentines sold at the Palace. Most students prefer contemporary and light-hearted designs, she said. Because of this, only half of its valentines are traditional
The plant produces valentine ribbons, bows and stickers. The plant also packages gifts made at other plants, Miller said. The plant adds fuzzy texture to some valentines, but it does not manufacture the cards.
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