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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 22, 1996
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University structure discussion continues
Restructuring KU administration
The administrative structure at the University of Kansas is about to undergo major changes. A simplified view of the old and new systems:
Hemenway answers questions in meeting
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
Although Chancellor Robert Hemenway revealed the new organizational structure of KU's administration last month, several questions remained unanswered as to where particular offices would fit into the new structure and how the transition would be accomplished.
Hemenway kept the meeting low-key — no elaborate charts or diagrams — and fielded questions about how advising, facilities operations, research and other aspects of the University would be integrated into the new structure. Hemenway also clarified the job descriptions of the newly created positions of provost and vice chancellor of information services and dean of libraries.
Hemenway discussed some of those questions yesterday as he met with about 30 members of the Unclassified Professional Staff Association at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
have become clogged," Hemenway said. "Sometimes the academic mission ends up as just one of the many things that we're doing instead of the core of what we're doing. The academic mission should be at the core of what we do."
Hemenway admitted that he didn't have all the answers to questions about the new organizational structure but said that he and the implementation team would be filling in the details of the structure and would be seeking input from many sources before the new structure was implemented July 1.
"With the structure we have now, some of our communication channels and administrative lines
Sandra Wick, former president of the association and assistant director of KU's College Honors Program, asked Hemenway whether student voices would be heard as the new structure was finalized.
"I don't have any illusions that this isn't going to be hard work," Hemenway said. "I ask for your help in making this new structure work."
Hemenay said that the implementation team would seek student input as it made decisions that directly affected students.
But after the meeting Wick said she remained concerned that no students were serving on the implementation team. Members of the implementation team are: Richard Mann, director of University administration; David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs; Lindy Eakin, associate executive vice chancellor; Sally Frost-
Mason, acting dean of liberal arts and sciences; and Del Shankel, former chancellor and special counselor to the chancellor.
"The lack of students is a troubling aspect of the team because I think that students are interested in this and do want to be involved," Wick said. "I know that Hemenway wants to get as many perspectives as possible, but we're not told how they're doing that or who they're talking to."
Hemenway also discussed concerns about where advising would fit into the new structure. Now, advising primarily is handled within the individual schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In the new structure, the associate provost for academic services oversees advising.
"I don't think we have sufficient resources going into advising, especially human resources," Hemenway said. "I want some kind of a focus on advising, and I am deliberately elevating the attention that is paid to advising."
Barbara Meador, president of the association and administrative assistant at Animal Care Unit, said the meeting with the chancellor was useful for members of the association.
"People were not sure where some things were in the new structure, and this gave us a chance to ask questions and voice our concerns," Meador said.
Buttons to help protest violence
Feminist group begins its efforts to raise awareness
By Nicholas Charalambous Kansan correspondent
Some students will wear buttons bearing the slogan "Don't Tolerate Sexist Violence" beginning today and every Thursday through the end of the semester to protest rape and domestic violence against women.
Members of the Feminist Collective Force are distributing the buttons and informational fliers to men and women to raise awareness and encourage action against sexist violence, said Amy Turnbull, Lawrence junior and collective force member
"This isn't one day of action and then it's over," Turnbull said. "We want to integrate this into our lives."
Each year 572,000 women report incidents of assault, according to Department of Justice figures. Of these, 170,000 assaults are serious enough to require emergency-room care or the attention of a doctor.
"We're dealing with situations where systematic use of power and control is going on by means of emotional, economic, physical or sexual abuse," said Loretta Pyres, community-service coordinator for Women's Transitional Care Services of Lawrence.
Assaults go unreported because of fear of the batterer and a social stigma, Pyres said.
"It's a matter of educating our neighbors so that they call police if they hear screaming, shouting, pushing or fighting," she said. "It's a matter of educating every single person in society. Every person has a responsibility."
State law requires police officers to attend two hours of domestic-violence training each year to help them deal with situations of violence against women.
Women's shelters have presented talks to KU police officers, said Sgt. Chris Keary of KU police.
But the training isn't enough, Pyres said.
police officers."
The incidents did not involve KU police officers, she said.
Doug Slaughter, Overland Park sophomore, agreed with the symbolic value of the anti-violence campaign but questioned its effectiveness.
"Any effort to combat violence has good intention," he said. "Unfortunately, people don't have the mindset where reminders alone affect positive change."
Turnbull said that the Feminist Collective Force created a support group for women who were the victims of sexual violence and that the informational filers provided practical resources for women to take action, such as volunteering for crisis work and donating money to shelters.
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Senate rejects fee bill
Student Rights Committee fails by a narrow margin
By Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
Student Senate rejected a bill last night that would have allowed students to vote on all proposed campus fee increases.
The Student Senate Student Rights Committee voted 16 to 15 against the bill at a meeting at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
The committee voted on the bill without debate. Though some committee members asked questions during the meeting, there were no speeches for or against the bill.
Ami Hizer, holdover senator, sponsored the bill.
"It is irresponsible of the committee not to debate and to limit questions and vote things down," Hizer said. "The negative opinion of the Student Rights Committee that thinks the student body is too apathetic, too uninterested or too pathetic to vote on an issue that hits all of our pocketbooks is outright audacity."
Melanie Zack, liberal arts senator and student rights committee member, said she voted against the bill for several reasons.
"I believe that the monee that goes to the organizations right now is needed, and I'm
afraid that the students might vote against this important funding." Zack said. "We don't even know right now if the students are interested in voting."
Zack said she thought senators needed to conduct more research on the issue and focus primarily on informing students about proposed campus fee increases.
However, Hizer said she disagreed with the argument that students would vote against all proposed campus fee increases if they were given the opportunity to vote in referendums.
Other committee members were concerned that even if referendums on fee increases were held, too few people would vote on the issues to make the results valid.
For a referendum decision to stand, 10 percent of the student body must vote on the issue.
A committee member asked what would happen if a referendum was held on all proposed campus fee increases and 10 percent of the student body failed to vote on the issue.
"I guess you just chalk it up to a learning experience and try again next year," Hizer said.
Normally, if a bill fails in a committee, it is considered a dead issue and is not voted on by the full Senate.
Although this bill is currently considered to be a dead issue, Hizer said she planned to attempt to bring it to the floor in the full Senate meeting next week.
Community volunteers receive Olympic honor
By Amanda Traughber Kansan staff writer
A KU graduate student and a maintenance worker are among six Douglas County "Community Heroes" who will carry the Olympic torch in a nationwide
relay kicking off the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.
Casey Kutte r, Shawnee graduate student in counseling psychology,
and Douglas County 1995 Volunteer of the Year, and Todd Williams, a maintenance worker for the Athletic Department, will each run the torch one-half to one kilometer.
The relay will travel 15,000 miles through 42 states in 84 days. It will begin April 27 in Los Angeles and will end July 19 in Atlanta at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
Kutter said that when she first heard she had been selected as a torchbearer, she didn't believe it and thought it was a joke. But now she is excited about the relay, which will pass through Douglas County on Mav 16.
Kutter said she thought she was nominated by someone at the Douglas County United Way because she was Volunteer of the Year for 1995.
Kutter has been involved in community service since high school, volunteering for medical and psychiatric hospitals, homeless and domestic violence shelters, meal programs, the Special Olympics, nursing homes, Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs and the Humane Society.
She volunteered 1,000 hours in 3/12 years as a crisis counselor at Headquarters Counseling Center, 1419 Massachusetts St.
Williams said he thought his work with Lawrence High School students and the Special Olympics had contributed to his nomination as a community hero. Williams was inducted into the Kansas Special Olympics Hall of Fame in 1981 and was an outfielder on the softball team that won the gold medal in the 1987 International Special Olympics. F or Williams, the greatest
Todd Williams
thrill of being selected as a torchbearer will be the privilege of running with Jim Ryun, former worldrecord holder in the mile run.
Lanaea Heine, coordinator of the Roger H Volunteer Center, 211 E. Eighth St., said the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and United Way organizations nationwide conducted the search for people who have served communities through volunteer work, through service as community leaders or role models, through acts of generosity or kindness or through the achievement of extraordinary accomplishments.
A panel of 16 judges, three from Douglas County, met in Topeka to sift through 500 nominations for the region, which included Topeka, Hiawatha, Eudora and several other cities. The panel narrowed the 500 regional nominations to 29, Heine said. Six were from Douglas County. Nationwide, 147 judging panels selected 5,500 community heroes as torch-bearers.
Other Douglas County torchbearers are Susan Hadn, Lawrence police sergeant; Margaret Haggan, retired physician; Jim Ryun, former world-record holder in the mile run; and Kevin Waite, pharmacist.
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