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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, January 23, 1990
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Senate raises money limits
By Matt Taylor
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate last night gave permission to candidates in the spring elections to spend more money on their campaigns.
Senate approved a bill submitted by B. Jake White, student body president, and Jeff Morris, student body vice president, that allows executive candidates to increase their combined expenditure limits from $400 to $700.
White said the increases made KU more equal to other schools.
The bill also allows coalitions and independent candidates for a Senate seat to spend $70 a school, an increase of $25
"This makes it as simple and plain as possible," Morris said.
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- B. Jake White
these increases catch us up to the modern times. Based on reports from other schools, this seems like an appropriate amount.'
"These increases catch us up to the modern times," White said. "Based on reports from other schools, this seems like an appropriate amount."
He compared KU's campaign spending regulations to Kansas State University's, whose presidential candidates are allowed to spend the same amount as tuition and fees paid by an in-state student.
Michael Diggs, minority affairs chairman, said the bill would nerdit more people to compete.
Bill Haldeman, law school senator who supports abolition of spending limits, voiced opposition to the bill.
"If we don't have any spending limits, the election will become so expensive it will leave some people out," Diggs said.
"Let the people spend what they want,
not how much they can be simple, and nothing is simpler than a avoidable imitation."
wuam Sanders, student executive committee chairman, said the bill was a stop-gap measure intended for this spring's elections. He said Senate would act later this year for a more complete answer to the expenditure
Aaron Rittmaster, rights committee chairman, said that Senate should have considered a better solution before adjourning.
"I'm dismayed that they adjourned," Rittmaster said. "Overall, the system needs to be changed."
Rittmatter attempted to present more amendments to Article 6 of Senate Rules and Regulations, which establishes elections policy, but his bills were tabled until the next meeting, scheduled for Jan. 30.
Before last night's meeting, some committees had recommended setting up an election commission to monitor future elections.
Last night, White said that no commission would be appointed for the spring elections.
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And one, two, three . . .
Muriel Cohan (front), assistant professor of dance, shows University Dance Company hopefuls how it's done.
First enrollment figures are up from last Spring
Bv Pam Solliner
Kansan staff writer
Preliminary first-day enrollment figures showed an increase of 583 students, or 2.3 percent, attending the University of Kansas' Lawrence, Medical Center and off-campus locations, compared to Spring 1989 figures.
Greater retention of students and an influx of new and transferring students could be reasons for the need of a Lindvall, director of admissions.
Thursday, the Office of Educational Services reported 25,697 students enrolled at the University, and another 1989 showed 25,114 enrolled.
Lawrence campus enrollment showed an increase of 502 students. At the same time last spring, 21,610 were enrolled on the Lawrence campus. This spring, 112 were, enrolled on the first day.
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Official enrollment figures will
Our numbers again reflect stability. We continue to employ enrollment planning measures to maintain consistency in enrollment at KU.'
— Judith Ramaley Executive vice chancellor
be available on the 20th day of classes, Feb.14.
"Our numbers again reflect stability," said Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, in a prepared statement. "We continue to employ enrollment planning measures to maintain consistency in enrollment at KU."
stability has been achieved through admission application deadlines and stricter requirements for out-of-state and transfer student admissions.
Lindvall said enrollment had fluctuated 10 percent during the last two semesters. He said the
Lawrence campus enrollment increased from 21,610 to 22,112.
Off-campus enrollment increased by 133 students, from 1,186 to 1,319.
- Combined Lawrence campus and off-campus enrollment increased from 22,926 to 23,431.
Since 1981, KU enrollment from all three campuses has increased 9.4 percent. In 1981, KU campuses had 23,492 students on the first day of the spring semester. This year's count was 25,697.
Med Center enrollment was up 78 students, from 2,188 to 2,266.
Lawrence firms listed in report of air polluters
By Eric Gorski
Kansan staff writer
Two Lawrence companies last week were named as sources of ozone-depleting emissions in a study by an environmental group.
Twenty-one Kansas companies were among the more than 3,000 on the list of companies that emitted at least 2,000 pounds of one of three ozone-destroying chemicals in 1867.
Packer Plastics Inc. and Aeroquip Corp. of Lawrence made the list compiled by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The list was compiled from emissions reported by the companies in 1987. Aeroquip, however, reported drops in emissions in 1988.
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Jean Whalen, council spokesman, said it took the council more than a year to collect all the information needed to compile the list. The council is a non-governmental, non-regulatory environmental watchdog organization with a national membership of 125,000.
Packer Plastics, 2330 Packer Road, released 48,604 pounds of methyl chloroform into the atmosphere in 1987. Whalen said. The company ranked 1,375th nationally in emissions of the ozone-eating chemical.
Whalen said Packer Plastics had not yet reported 1988 emissions figures.
Henry Holmes, Packer Plastics manager, declined to discuss the emissions report.
Aeroquip Corp., 2901 Lakeview Rd., released 13,370 pounds of methyl chloroform in 1987, ranking 2,392 nationally in emissions of the chemical, Whalen said.
However, Aerogroup dropped methyl chloroform emissions to 3.539 pounds in 1988. Whalen said.
The Lawrence Aeroquip plant manufactures brake parts and various types of cargo control products. The plant was bought in December by Kinedyn and Midland Brake Corp.
Dick Martin, manufacturing engineer with Aeropow, said ex-Aeropow workers were being employed until the new corporation completed its move to the new plant in late spring.
The company used methyl chloroform to wash manufactured parts, but looked for other chemical cleaning options when it learned of the potential environmental danger of methyl chloroform, Martin said.
"If we as a corporation find that we are doing something to destroy our world, we have to do something about it," Martin said. "We didn't know that there was an dancer in it until a couple years ago."
Although Aeroquip did not eliminate the use of the chemical entirely, it began using alkaline as a substitute when possible. Martin said.
He said that along with being beneficial to the environment, the switch from methyl chloroform to alkaline proved to be more economical to the company.
Methyl chloroform sometimes escaped the cleaning process and was exhaled by Aeroupip's stacks, Martin said. The company had to replace the chemicals, which otherwise would have been reprocessed.
KU officials may reduce final exam period
Bv Pam Soliner
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas students have mixed reactions about attending classes an extra six days and possibly squeezing the final exam period to five days.
Starting in the 1992-93 academic year, the Board of Regents will require all state universities to have at least 150 instructional days. KU, which now has 144 days, and Wichita State University, which has 148, are the only Regents schools that must add days to their academic calendars.
Instructional days are class days running Monday through Friday. They exclude holiday breaks and final exam days.
By adding three days to each semester, KU administrators may reduce the final exam week from eight to five days.
Some KU students approve of this possible solution.
Kyle Tayler, Hoxie senior, said his Kansas State University friends did not have problems with their five-day finals schedule. K-State has 151 instructional days.
"I believe right now that the 10-day finals is too much and should go down to five." Taylor said.
"Finals is too crowded as it is," said Scott Douglas, St. Louis junior. "Usually it's good to
have a few days off between tests to study."
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said she did not know to what extent an additional hour of class time would further students' educations
Cari Larson, Omaha sophomore, said, "It wouldn't bother me as long as the final period stays the same. Shortening the final schedule just makes every more crammed."
"I have not been able to follow what the Regents concerns were, but we can accommodate the change." Ramaley said.
Warren Armstrong, president of Wichita State, said, "I don't think it's a problem for us. It was kind of a novelty for us. For two years of the last decade, we've had 151 days."
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said that last fall he had reviewed the academic calendars of the state's universities dating back 30 years.
The cost each day of instruction will decrease by $19,742 because faculty members will teach for six more days without salary adjustments. This results in an increase in faculty productivity, Koplik said. For Wichita State, the difference is $2,900 a day.
"I took a look at what the trend was over time, and in my opinion, we were going the wrong way," he said. "I think it will help. It will increase the amount of time between the student and faculty."
The Regents staff report indicated that KU had lost six instructional days since 1960, when it had 150.
Koplik said that KU had an exceptionally long final exam period compared with other universities that have five days.
Pittsburgh State University has 154 instructional days, the most of any state university. It has a five-day week of two-hour finals, making it easier to fit the finals into a one-week period, said Robert Ratzlaff, vice president for academic affairs at Pittsburgh State.
Ramaley said that the University Senate Committee on the Calendar had not decided how the days would be added, but she said each semester would probably increase by three days with either a five- or six-day final exam week. The final exam times also may be adjusted for a mixture of two- and three-hour exams.
Joyce Scott, executive vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State, said that the decision gave them the opportunity to solve the multiple problems with their academic calendar.
Wichita State's spring semester started yesterday. In addition to adding the required two instructional days, Scott said that the university would eliminate the "dead days" before final exams each semester and reduce the week-long registration period by one day each semester.
Kansan staff writer
Decision about professor could be kept from public
The fate of KU professor Dorothy Willner could be kept under wraps, depending on how the Faculty Executive Committee chooses to discuss the decision in her tenure revocation hearing.
Bv Pam Solliner
At yesterday's FacEx meeting, Chairman William Scott said there was a disagreement about whether the Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Related Problems will be recommended, with the eventual decision to be made by University Senate Executive Committee.
Originally, the committee's decision was thought to be final, with Wilmer having the option of appealing it to the Board of Trustees. But the board proclaimed that the decision would be presented to the chancellor.
No matter how it is finally made,
Scoot said FacEx might release the information at one of its weekly meetings unless committee members decided to announce it in closed session.
Scott said the decision might not be available to the public. He said four copies of the decision would be distributed — one each to Willner, FacEx, Chancellor Gene A. Budig and the American Association of University Professors.
Willner, who became a full professor of anthropology in 1970, is the first KU faculty member to undergo dismissal proceedings. The charges brought against her by Chancellor Gene A. Budig are for unethical behavior and failure to perform academic duties.
Dismissal bears heard Oct. 16, 1890 and ended Dec. 18. After a month of deliberations, committee members are reviewing the evidence individually.
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