UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. October 5. 1993
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Foreign service positions available
Bv Kathleen Stolle
Kansan staff writer
KU students thinking about a career abroad need to think fast. Applications are due by Friday for the U.S. government's Foreign Service Officer Program.
Jim Henry, associate director of the University Placement Center, said that the foreign service applications arrived at the center later than usual this year because KU was missed in the initial distribution earlier this fall.
"I think it would be an excellent experience for someone interested in working abroad," Henry said.
An applicant must be between 20 and 59 years old and a U.S. citizen who is willing to go abroad, according to information from the U.S. State Department. A half-day written exam, given at KU on Nov. 13, will screen candidates. Those who pass will then be invited to a personal interview. Only 250 of the estimated 100,000 applicants from across the country are expected to make this year's cut
Depending on previous work exe-
rience, language skills and education,
an entry level officer may earn from
$25,700 to $42,200 a year. Officers
may be placed at any of the 250 U.S.
consulates and embassies throughout
the world.
Leonardo Villalon, assistant professor of political science, said he had several friends who were foreign service officers.
"It's like any career, it has its advantages and its disadvantages," he said.
Villalon, who recently returned from studying democratization in the African nation of Niger, said that officers at consulates in small, poor countries often enjoyed comfortable living standards, high levels of responsibility and exposure to government officials.
"You may have access to very important people," he said.
On the downside, Villalon said officers who dream of immersing themselves in the new culture may be surprised to discover that the U.S. government does not necessarily encourage such behavior.
schools, supply stores and social settings often prevented officers from "going native."
He said the convenience of U.S.
"You're not supposed to integrate yourself in the culture there," Villalon said. "You're supposed to stay an American."
Phil Huxtable, Prairie Village graduate student, interned at the U.S. embassy in Liberia this summer. During his stay, Liberia was still in the throes of a civil war, and a 7 p.m. curfew was enforced. Huxtable said.
Huxtable, an honors fellowship recipient, said his responsibilities, not unlike that of a foreign service officer, included analyzing the political situation and submitting reports to Washington, D.C.
Huxtable said he was drawn to the position because it offered him experience in African politics and an opportunity to see the implementation of U.S. policies.
Foreign-service applications, which are available at the placement center and at the political science department office, should be sent directly to Washington. D.C.
Sample questions from the 1993 foreign service officer exam:
1. Who said, "In the future, everyone will be famous for at least 15 minutes"
A) Mike Wallace
B) Andy Warhol
C) Barbara Walters
D) Marshall McLuhan
Test me...
2. The precipitous decline of the New World's indigenous population in the first century after its initial contact with Europeans was largely due to:
A) disease
B) enslavement
C) warfare
D) famine
3. in the United States, campaigns for major public offices are increasingly being controlled by:
A) political action committees
B) media consultants
C) candidates' press agents
D) local political party chairpersons (ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. A; 3. B)
Last-minute landscaping spruces Union
By David Stewart
Kenyon staff writer
"Things pretty much worked out as
Kansan staff writer
Late Thursday night, as the hours ticked away toward the Friday morning redication of the Kansas Union, landscape workers planted trees, bulldozed dirt and spread mulch.
Because of the bidding process and pressed time constraints of the land-scaping company, the work at the Union plaza could not be completed any sooner, said Pat Beard, manager for the Union building services.
planned," Beard said. "They got as much done before the rededication ceremony as possible with their schedule."
The grand opening of the Union will be Oct. 15. Beard said workers would complete the second half of the landscaping job by the end of the week.
Hoffman said he did not see anything unusual about the night work Thursday.
Double Bar Nursery still has three days of work to complete, said Kip Hoffman, president of Double Bar Pine Nursery. He said he expected that his staff would return by Wednesday to plant more shrubs and ley sod.
"Actually, this wasn't so bad," Hoffman said. "I don't think what happened at KU is terribly unusual. Landscaping is usually the last thing that's done."
Jim Long, director of the Union, said his office considered several factors
Hoffman's company worked 11 hours on Thursday to get the initial planting done. he said.
"You do this to get along with your employer," Hoffman said. "That's the way you do business."
to determine the best time to land scape the Union plaza, including weather constraints, the rededication program and the optimal time for planting.
Long said there was no request by his office for the landscape company to do the work the night before the Union rededication ceremony.
"We wanted to have as much completed by the rededication as possible," Long said. "But it was somewhat coincidental that work was done the night before the Union rededication."
Ginsburg highlights Supreme Court return
By Donella Hearne
Kansan staffwriter
Issues that will be addressed this term include voting rights, drug laws and several gender issues.
The U.S. Supreme Court justices returned to the bench yesterday, preparing to face more than 100 cases this term.
"The most directly relevant case to the average college student is cable regulation," said Richard Levy, professor of law. "In terms of day-to-day lives, that will be the most evident thing."
"One case the Supreme Court has pending is whether you can exclude men or women from a jury on the basis of gender alone," he said.
"One of the questions being asked is what influence Justice Ginsburg will have on the court," he said.
There is nothing particularly earth shattering that the court wants to do that it has not already done, Levy said, and there are not any indications of significant cases that will result in constitutional changes.
The appointment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is historic because it will be the first time that two women have served on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg is also the first justice to be appointed by a Democratic president in 26 years.
Levy said Ginsburg was expected to lean toward moderately liberal decisions. This may affect the overall decisions of the court by providing a
stronger division between those with liberal views and those with more conservative views, he said.
"But I don't believe that in judicial matters gender translates automatically into political views," he said.
Francis Heller, Roberts professor emeritus of law and political science, said that Ginsburg's gender would not affect the court's decisions.
"I don't think it made any difference that Sandra Day O'Connor was on the Supreme Court," Heller said.
One case will review policies concerning state reimbursement for the education of learning disabled students in private schools. Another case, which will be heard this week, will concern the possession and sale of items that may be used as drug paraphernalia but are not intended for that use.
Except for a possible change in the Supreme Court's political views, the term is not expected to be monumental. The cases that will be heard this term will not be important to the whole population, Heller said. The cases will only be of interest to particular professions or groups of people.
Heller said that last term there were 7,245 petitions to have cases heard by the Supreme Court. The court handed down 107 decisions.
Most of the petitions come from prison inmates who wanted their convictions overturned, he said. Many of those inmates are on death row. The Supreme Court rarely hears any of these cases because it has already ruled on similar cases.
Melissa Lacey/ KANSAN
School daze
Destiny Riggs, Hutchinson freshman, foreground, and Kimberly Slaven. Overland Park sophomore, basked in the sun on Campanile Hill yesterday.
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