CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, January 16, 1997
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Small classes force adjustments
Classes dropped or reorganized
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
During spring enrollment, some professors and administrators voiced concern that guidelines for minimum class sizes would eliminate beneficial courses. Although in some cases their fears have been confirmed, most departments have found ways to offer classes that were in jeopardy.
Although no official policy exists, Chancellor Robert Henemay advocated that
undergraduate classes have a minimum of 12 students while graduate courses have at least six. Schools began to follow these guidelines last semester.
Donald Stull, chairman of the department of anthropology, said his department had canceled Anthropology 512. Ethnobiology, because too few students enrolled in the class. Instead, an additional section of a more popular course was offered.
But not all courses with low enrollments were canceled. Stull said.
"Sometimes we have carried courses that didn't meet the six-12 guidelines because they were new courses, and we want to introduce our students and faculty to new experiences," Stull said. "Some people have said that if it's not six
or 12, it gets axed. That's simply not true."
William Keel, chairman of the department of German languages and literatures, said that trying to keep a minimum number of students in foreign language classes was difficult. Some upper-level classes are less popular because of their difficulty and therefore cannot be offered as frequently.
"I'd say that it really hasn't affected the number of courses available, but it does affect the frequency they are offered," Keel said. "It affects the flexibility with which students can take courses to complete their degrees."
Only one class within the government division, Political Science 635, Public Organizations and Citizenship, was canceled because of low enrollment.
John Nalbandian, professor of public administration, said he was disappointed he could not teach the class.
"What we've done instead of offering the course — splitting a larger class into two — is probably better for the students in that class," he said. "I wish I could have taught the other class, but I understand the reasons for the decision."
Ron Francisco, chairman of the department of political science, agreed that reducing underenrolled classes was logical.
"There's a lot of pressure from the Legislature and the Board of Regents for efficiency on campus," he said. "This is one way to achieve it."
Thieves target Lawrence bookstores
Lisa Logan, Kansas Union Bookstore security guard, observes shoppers. She has been hired for the beginning weeks of the semester to help decrease theft during the book-buying season.
Security increased for semester rush
Brian Flink / KANSAN
By Nicholas C. Charalambous
Kansan staff writer
Checking in book bags at Lawrence bookstores may irritate some students, but it's the first line of defense against shoplifters who declare open season during the first weeks of the semester when bookstores are busiest.
"The amount of customers makes it difficult for staff to watch everyone," said Mike Swalm, assistant manager of Jayhawk Bookstore. "It does present a prime opportunity for those who do that sort of thing."
When merchandise is stolen, store managers agreed that the cost, including security, is passed on to the customer.
"The money has to be found somewhere," Swalm said.
The Jayhawk Bookstore has hired 15 additional staff, and Union bookstores have employed members of the Navy ROTC to check in book bags as part of the ROTC's fundraising drive. The store managers refused to disclose the type or extent of pre-existing security measures.
Mike Reid, store manager of the Union bookstores said that to minimize theft, preventive measures such as staff training, product placement and bag drops had to be combined with deterrents such as security turnstiles.
Reid said that books were popular items for thieves because the books could be resold — hurting the store which had the book stolen and the store that then paid for the same book.
The University Book Shop, Jayhawk Bookstore and Union bookstores work together to inform each other of books that have been stolen, he said. Store managers are especially vigilant in looking for students who try to sell back multiple copies of new books.
Reid said he could not estimate the value of merchandise stolen each year because the figure would be difficult to isolate and would require a manual inventory be taken. But he said he thought that theft had increased since he arrived in 1978.
"I think it's just the nature of society," he said.
Reid said the National Association of College Stores 1996 Annual Financial Survey showed that 1.1 percent of net sales were due to "shrinkage" — the difference between the cost of stock acquired and the projected resale return — but he declined to comment about whether the Union bookstores' level of shrinkage was above or below the national average.
According to the 1996 National Retail Security Survey compiled by the University of Florida, shoplifting accounted for 36 percent of shrinkage, employee theft for 38 percent, administrative errors for 19 percent and fraud for 6 percent.
Reid said the percentage of shrinkage caused by employee theft at the Union bookstores was similar to the national trend.
"That's probably a pretty good figure, yes," he said.
Swalm said that shoplifters were not easy to catch because, by law, they had to leave the premises for a crime to occur. By that point, he said, it would be too late because the thief could not be relied upon
"The amount of customers makes it difficult for staff to watch everyone."
Assistant manager of Jayhawk Bookstore
to cooperate with store staff.
Mike Swalm
"We have not for several years apprehended anyone for shoplifting," he said.
Dial-in users must pay up or lose access
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
Students, staff and faculty using dial-in computer accounts at the University of Kansas may need to renew their accounts this week or they might lose their Internet access.
Jerree Catlin, supervisor of training for the Computer Center, said that students, staff and faculty using computers at home with modems must pay fees to connect to the Internet through the University.
Computer accounts
Users had the option of paying $50 for the full academic year or
Computer fees:
■ $50 per year
■ $20 for fall semester
■ $30 for spring semester
Termination of unpaid accounts:
Jan. 20
To renew accounts:
■ www.ukans.edu/
account.htm
If users do not pay the fee before Monday, their account will be terminated, Catlin said.
$20 for the fall semester. Users who only paid for the fall semester need to pay $30 to continue their accounts through the spring semester, Catlin said. The spring semester fee is more expensive than the fall fee because it includes access through July 30.
' Users who paid for the full year do not need to pay additional fees, she said.
Catlin estimated that about 5,200 students, staff and faculty used the service, which only is available to KU students, staff and faculty.
She said that most people used the service due to its low price and fast speed.
Dave Schmitz, Topeka sophomore, said that although he had paid fees to have Internet and e-mail access through the University, he did not feel he got his money's worth last semester.
"Without really looking at it, I assumed that it was the cheapest service," he said. "But now that I look back on it and see how little I use it, I would rather be charged by the hour."
Schmitz said he used on-campus computers more often than his home computer to access the Internet.
Catlin said that students wishing to access e-mail accounts or the Internet through on-campus computers did not have to pay fees.
Catlin said students could renew their accounts at the Computer Center or at www.ukans.edu/account.htm
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