University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 21, 1989
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Blacks seek stronger minority recruitment
By Jennifer Metz Kansan staff writer
Members of the Black Male Forum gained support last night from the Black Student Union to initiate a stronger minority recruitment program at the University of Kansas.
"There are a whole bunch of Black groups on campus, and we need to all work together to be a strong collective force," said Frenchette Garth, BSU president.
Mark McCormick, forum member, said the group wanted to bring all of the University's efforts in line.
"I'm impatient with what the University is doing," he said.
The subject of minority recruitment is an emotionally charged subject, McCormick said, because if it weren't for recruitment efforts, he wouldn't be in college.
Darren Fulcher, forum member,
said the goal of the forum was to
establish a minority recruitment
office that would recruit full time in
areas where large numbers of Blacks
and minorities live.
"We are not just a renegade group going off on a tangent, he said."
Members from the forum agreed that one person was needed to coordinate all of the University's efforts. Recently the group selected Sam
Adams, associate professor of journalism, to head the program.
Fulcher said a coordinator would be in charge of all the new programs and would examine all the existing programs. He would have direct contact with the students and the faculty, and have the power to direct recruitment.
McCormick said that although BSU would hold a conference for minority high school students this year, it was only a one-time event.
"We need something in place that would be here when we're gone," he呼了.
Angela Newman, BSU member,
said the forum could begin with a
good start if it had more cooperation from the University.
She said when she came to KU, many more Black faculty members and Black upperclassmen were visible.
"The University needs to listen a little more closely to what the minority students want," she said. "We need more funding for programs, such as the peer-counseling program, where minority students can work with other minority students."
John Lewis, forum member, said it was the administration's responsibility to carry out recruitment plans.
"We need to take it directly to the system," he said. "You can be sensitive to cultural diversity, but sensitivity does not bring about change. We need someone whose direct priority is that."
McCormick said that many committees were formed to examine a problem that has been often examined.
"Setting up committees just dilutes the problem," he said.
Ben Ward, forum member, said that the continual decline in enrollment even after the minority affairs task force report reflected the University's attitude toward Black enrollment.
Task force picks River City Recycling for program
Bv Chris Evans
Kansan staff writer
The owners of River City Recycling Co. will start a pilot program at the University of Kansas next semester, members of the KU recycling task force decided last night.
The owners of two companies, United Recycling of Lawrence and River City Recycling, had submitted proposals for the job. All attendees received the task force voted for River City Recycling.
"River City has shown more interest than anyone, and they seem to have the credibility," said Mary Jane McCool, task force chairman of the River City Environmental-awareness group.
Eight of 16 task force members attended the meeting, which was the first meeting since Student Senate created the task force. The group primarily consists of Enviroms members and student senators but includes representatives from Student Union Activities, KU faculty and city government.
The group will monitor and organize a recycling pilot program scheduled to start at the beginning of spring semester.
Under the pilot program 32 aluminum can containers will be placed in eight buildings on campus. Senate members recently allocated $560 to purchase the containers.
Jeff Morris, student body vice president, said the owners of River City Recycling would not necessarily recycle at KU after the pilot program ended.
"Once the pilot project is over, this contract is over," he said. "We can change companies. We've got a safety valve."
The pilot program will operate until the end of the spring semester, McCool said. After that time, task force members will give compiled information to University administrators.
Task force members will then ask that
officials at facilities operations consider taking over the program.
Patricia Marvin, city recycling coordinator, said task force members should consider involving workers at facilities operations before that time.
"If you want the University to do it, you should include them in how you're getting River City set up," she said. "Find out what they're willing to do."
"As a pilot program, it's fine, but I'm saying look into the future."
Marvin said that any delaying involvement of University officials could cause problems during the changeover period. If not involved now, facilities operations workers would have to either learn the recyclers' procedures or change them.
She said it was important that University administrators, not just students, took part in forming the program because the administrators would be here after the students had
graduated.
"You guys are not as stable as the University," she told the task force members.
Facilities operations should be involved soon, Morris said, but first the students need to prove that recycling can work at KU.
Facilities operations wants to do this, Morris said, "But they don't want to take a risk. Right now, they see this as a risk.
"The way I see the project is that we've got a semester to show F and O where it's at."
Task force members said that in addition to monitoring recycling efforts, increasing awareness was one of the group's main goals.
"The best way to go is to go out into the public," Morris said. "You generate the ideas, I'll find the people."
He said he wanted the recycling project to be visible, with booths set up on campus and representatives sent to every University living group.
Oread tour will feature five homes Two city blocks boast city history
By Steve Buckner Kansan staff writer
Five Lawrence homes will be highlighted in the second annual Holiday Tour of Historic Homes on Dec. 9 and 10.
The homes, all located in a twoblock area of the Oread neighborhood, are part of the tour sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society, the Lawrence University Oread Neighborhood Association. The tour will benefit the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum.
"I think it's going to be a real success," said Gall Towle, coowner of the Halcyon House Bed and Breakfast, 1000 Ohio St. "The Oread is a very popular neighborhood with a lot of history. People always want to see the inside of the homes."
In addition to the Halcyon House, other homes on the tour include a stone cottage, 1008 Ohio St., which is on the National Register of Historic Places; the purple Queen Anne, 1041 Tennessee St., which has been nominated for the National Register; another Queen Anne, 923 Tennessee St., which is on the Register of Historic Kansas Places and is being renovated by the Lawrence Preservation Alliance; and the house at 1045 Tennessee St. All of the houses
The Halcyon House, a local bed and breakfast home, will be part of the 2nd annual Holiday Tour of Historic Homes.
were built in the 19th century and will be decorated for the holidays. The Watkins Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., will have a rooftop
The Watkins Museum, 1965. sachusetts St., will have a recep
tion during the tour on the third floor. A quilt exhibit and enlarged photographs from the book "Nineteenth Century Homes in
Lawrence" will be on display.
The times for the tour are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10.
Tickets can be purchased at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, 209 W. Eighth St., the Watkins Museum and other businesses.
KU attains aerospace agreement Wichita State to provide site for lab testing
By Kate Lee Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas and Wichita State University last week announced a new collaborative research for aerospace-related research.
Martine Hammond, director of academic affairs for the Board of Regents, said the two would collaborate on research in flight testing, engine testing, wind tunnels and crash dynamics.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig, who spoke at the Regents meeting inopena, said the University had been successful in laboratory observations between the two institutions.
"Researchers from the two universities have been collaborating on research projects for several years," he said. "The new agreement will help us to be more competitive in obtaining sponsored funding for aerospace research."
The new agreement will help us to be more competitive in obtaining sponsored funding for aerospace research.'
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- Gene A. Budig
— Gene A. Budge
Chancellor of the University of Kansas
Budig said the joint project showed the commitment that each had made to aerospace research and to engineering research and education.
"We will soon be able to turn our initial investment into significant community sponsored research," he said.
Warren Anderson, president of Wichita State, said the agreement was important not only to the universities but to the entire state because of the large size of the aerospace industry in Kansas.
He said the program would provide an opportunity for a collaborative effort that had not been customary in the United States in the past.
"You really begin to have a feel for the advantages when you begin to try to put one together," he said. "I don't know how much it would cost. It gives us a lot more at our disposal."
"For the state of Kansas taxpayers, it is an advantage because they don't have to worry about paying for two programs."
Locke said Wichita State had a test site that would be used by researchers at the universities to test crash worthiness of airplane seats. The facility in Wichita uses a slid-like device to simulate crashes. The effects on the seats would be studied by Locke and the effects on passengers by researchers in Wichita.
Locke said the new agreement also would help the universities continue to receive project money from companies such as Boeing, Lear and Beechcraft.
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