University Daily Kansan / Thursday. November 16, 1989
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15 groups apply for financial aid
About $800,000 has been requested; proposals to be heard today
By Lara Weber
Kansan staff writer
The Educational Opportunity Fund committee will hear proposals today from KU departments seeking money to develop new programs.
The committee, which is chaired by B. Jake White, student body president, and consists of seven other faculty and student members, is responsible for distributing approximately $85,000 to departments, units and organizations of the University to establish new programs to help students financially and academically.
More than $800,000 has been requested by the 15 groups that met the initial criteria for the money.
The fund was developed in 1988 in response to Margin of Excellence tuition increases, which will total about $20 million during three years. The Board of Regents agreed to provide tuition increases to help finance the Margin program.
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The committee is responsible for distributing about $265,000 to departments, units and organizations of the University for new programs to help students.
Each Regents school receives 1 percent of the tuition increase imposed on students at the school for its fund. In Fall 1988, KU received $256,000 for the fund. This year, White said KU would receive about $265,000.
The Margin is the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
White said the committee would sew presentations to 15 groups seeking money from the fund,including 10 groups that received money last year.
To be considered for money from the fund, each proposal had to meet one of four qualifications:
Academic scholarships and fellowships for graduate and undergraduate students.
Need-based grants to students with special expenses such as child care or to groups of students who have been historically under-represented in higher education.
Salaries or grants for students participating in public and community service programs.
Salaries for students employed in campus student services programs, such as tutoring, day care and peer counseling.
Each group that has met this criteria will give a five-minute presentation of its goals and then will answer questions from the committee for 10 minutes.
White said the committee would discuss the merits of 84 the proposals before deciding how much money to allocate to each group that is approved.
"A lot of the programs have great merits," he said. "But we simply don't have the money to grant all their requests. There's going to be a lot of deliberation to prioritize the requests."
Sara Martin, assistant director of foreign student services, said she would present a plan to the committee to continue a scholarship program begun this year with money from the fund.
Her department received $15,000 last year, which she said was divided into $1,000 and $500 scholarships for foreign students who have been at the University for at least one semester.
"The program helped us meet a real need that we hadn't been able to meet before," Martin said.
By Jennifer Metz Kansan staff writer
Exhibit shows Middle Eastern conflict Attempt to show two sides of issue is questioned by some
Nearly 40 books, on display through Nov. 20, show material on Palestine and Israel, Sammy Ayyad, a member of the Palestinian and Americans for a Fair Solution of the Palestinian-Israeli Issue, said the group sponsored the exhibit.
Through a textbook exhibit in Watson Library, one KU group hopes to inform students of the current Middle East situation.
"The exhibit gives a chance for Americans to read the Palestinian side." Ayyad said. "And in order to be fair, you show both sides."
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He said the purpose was to encourage students to be informed.
she saw some books written by Jewish authors.
The way I saw it, it made me think that both sides were looking for peace. It made me think they were trying to do it in a just manner.'
— Deb Pokres
Hillel member
Deb Pokres, Hillel member, said that when she first saw the exhibit, she thought it was one-sided. Then
"The way I saw it, it made me think that both sides were looking for peace," she said. "It made me think that I was trying to do it in a just manner."
The exhibit was more positive than previous exhibits by the Palestini-
tani.
"When I saw this, it made me feel a little more at ease." Pokres said.
Ayayd said the exhibit was dedicated for the first anniversary of the declaration of independence of the state of Palestine.
Mark Jennison, Brookfield, Wis., graduate student, doesn't have to write a thesis to earn a master's degree.
By Anita Meyer Kansan staff writer
He may write or direct a play, produce a film, perform a major role in a production or do another project in his area of study. He is the last student in theater or film at the University of Kansas to have this option.
Aaron Rittmaster, Hillel member,
said, "I don't really have a problem
with the exhibit itself, but I do have a problem with calling it balanced."
On Nov. 7, the College Assembly approved the cancellation of the nonthesis option for a master's degree following the decision made by the department of theater and film.
The Middle East problem is not a two-sided issue, but a multi-sided issue, he said.
Non-thesis no longer film option
"When it's painted as a black and white issue, then it makes it appear that there is a simple solution," Rittmaster said.
There is a perception that if one side can convince the other, then the issue will be solved, he said.
Any effort to work together is good though, Ritmater said.
Pokres said, "I think they want peace. Everybody wants peace."
John Gronbeck-Tedesco, graduate program coordinator for theatre and film, said the non-thesis option was discontinued two or three years ago by the department because it was no longer needed.
"Once upon a time," he said, "this option served as a substitute for a conservatory degree. There was no school in the country that offered a conservatory degree. Now there are more than 400 schools in the country that offer a conservatory degree," he said.
Gronbeck-Tedesco said a conservatory degree mostly involved production.
He said a student choosing the non-thesis major had' to write a paper about the creative processes involved in the project.
"This option gave a taste of the conservatory and academic degrees," he said.
Gronbeck-Tedesco said he didn't think many students were affected by the elimination of the non-thesis option.
"Only one student is left in this program," he said. "I don't think the interest was all that great in the past few years."
Kansas Geological Survey looks to next 100 years
Kansan staff writer
By Travis Butler
Kenyon staff writer
As the Kansas Geological Survey celebrates its 100th year of existence at the University of Kansas, survey members are looking at what role the survey will play in the next 100 years.
"Clearly, areas we are involved in will become more important in the coming years," said Rex Buchanan, assistant director of public affairs for the survey.
These include questions of oil and gas exploration, as well as environmental considerations such as water quality and water availability, he said. The survey has been looking at these issues throughout the 20th century.
Several events have been held to celebrate the survey's birthday, he said. The annual meeting of the survey's advisory council held a field trip and a banquet Oct. 13. Several
"The way we do a lot of these things will change," Buchanan said. "There will be a much higher concern about environmental problems in the next 20 to 30 years."
commemorative posters have been made, and a bulletin tracing the history of the survey was published during the last two weeks.
The survey first came into being as a state agency in 1864-65. Buchanan said. That first survey died in 1865 because of a lack of funds. The idea made a comeback in 1889 when the Kansas Legislature authorized the University to start its own survey. In a one-line statement, the legislature gave the University permission to pay for geological research that would benefit science or Kansas.
Nothing much was done at the University for the first few years, Buchanan said. But by 1895, three
researchers had been hired to turn the line in the 1889 budget into a working survey. Its original home is Snow Hall, north of Watson Library.
"From then until 1907, it was called the University Geological Survey," he said. "Then the name was changed to the State Geological Survey of Kansas."
The title change highlights the dual role the survey has played since its founding. The original 1864-65 survey was a state service organization, Buchanan said. When the survey returned, becoming part of the University, it became a more research-oriented group. Today, the survey fills both roles.
"That sort of dichotomy is something everyone here lives with and has grown accustomed to," he said.
"It's like a pendulum, shifting between service and research," he said. "Right now, we're much more involved in research."
Lee Gerhard, director of the
The relative amount of time spent between the two roles has shifted through the years. Buchanan said.
survey, said the leadership of the survey could be seen across campus.
"五ive of the campus buildings are named after former geologists, such as Snow, Foley and Haworth Halls," he said. "When you look back over the last 100 years at the survey, you see some very great scientists."
Buchanan said that the survey had made significant contributions in several areas. In the late 19th century, it did some paleontology research, publishing a key work on the subject. In the 20th century, it has contributed to both oil and gas exploration and groundwater research.
Recently, the survey has been increasingly involved in less traditional issues. These have included the development of the survey's computer-based mapping system and research on potential radioactive waste disposal sites, he said.
Gerhard said, "Our major contribution is in advancing the application of technology to the solution of geologic problems, including the application of computers to the study of geology."
Buchanan said that only the perspective of time would tell how important these achievements would be in the long run.
The changing nature of the state has changed the direction of the survey's research, he said. For example, 100 years ago Kansas farmers did not use irrigation to water their crops. Now irrigation has become a significant industry, and concern about the drying up of current sources of irrigation water has led the survey to study possible new sources.
Gerhard said that irrigation had led to problems, as the original fish and game uses of water resources had conflicted with irrigation use. These are issues that require a neutral viewpoint to discover an answer.
"We have to take a totally unbiased, clinical view of the subject, not biased by a prime need for an answer in one area," he said. "That's a role we can play."
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