WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.81
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TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
He's got the hot hand
Kansas junior guard Jacque Vaughn has improved his shooting, something that has his opponents scared. Page1B
CAMPUS
Virtual racism?
Entertainment and education are not the only things one can find on the Internet. Page 6A
FEATURES
Noodle doodles
Pasta is a cheap and easy part of students' lives and diets. Page 8A
NATION
Clinton speaks to nation
State of the Union speech included an appeal to Republicans to balance budget. Page 7A
WEATHER
MOSTLYCLOUDY
High 35° Low 11°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 7A
Features ... 8A
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 6B
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Meyen to leave administration
Executive vice chancellor plans to teach at KU
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
Edward Meyen announced yesterday that he would leave the position of executive vice chancellor to return to teaching July 1.
Meyen, who has served as executive vice chancellor since April 1992, will assume a teaching and research role in the School of Education and will serve as a special adviser to Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
Meyen's announcement comes amidst speculation about the future of the position of executive vice chancellor. Last month, the campuswide fask force on administration and re-engineering recommended creating a provost position and eliminating the position of executive vice chancellor.
Meyen, 58, said that he had been contemplating a return to teaching for some time and that he realized making the change now was a logical decision.
"I had seriously considered returning to teaching on more than one occasion," Meyen said. "I realized that if I were going to do this, it would make the most sense to do it now."
Sometimes in the next few weeks, Hemenway is expected to announce changes to the administrative structure that would be effective July 1.
Meyen said that his announcement was not in response to the task force's recommendations but that it was
Edward Meyen
best for him to decide his career plans before administrative reorganization began
Joe Collins, task force member and editor for the Natural History Museum, said the task force had no individuals in mind when it made its recommendations.
"We were looking strictly at the structure of the administration and not at the people," Collins said. "If a provost position were adopted, I assumed that Dr. Meyen would be a candidate for that position."
Meyen hasn't ruled out returning to an administrative role in the future, but he said he would be happiest returning to
teaching at this time.
"The important thing is for me to continue to contribute to the University, and I want to do that in a research and teaching role right now," he said.
During his 23 years at the University of Kansas, Meyen always has had an administrative position, including department chairman; associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service; dean of education; and now executive vice chancellor. Meyen has continued to teach, even since becoming executive vice chancellor, but he said he looked forward to having only a teaching and research role for the first time in his career at the University.
Hemenway said in a
Meyen had been an effective executive vice chancellor and that he was happy Meyen would remain at the University. Shankel became KU's first executive vice chancellor
statement that Meyen had made a significant contribution to the University for more than 20 years and that he was confident that Meyen would do the same in his new role.
"I realized that if I were going to do this,it would make the most sense to do it now."
Former Chancellor Del Shankel said that
when the position was created in 1974 and served in the role three times during his administrative career.
"There is a tremendous amount of responsibility in the executive vice chancellor position," Shankel said. "You can do it for a certain number of years, and then you begin to think about other ways to spend your time."
As executive vice chancellor, Meyen directed a campuswide planning initiative, instituted a review of all academic and nonacademic programs and banned smoking in campus
buildings. But soon Meyen's time will be
seen in the classroom and doing research.
"Right now I have a feeling of moving ahead and feeling good about the decision I made," Meyen said.
Ierel Harris / KANSAN
Richard Whittington uses urea, a fertilizer good for neutralizing slippery surfaces, on the steps and sidewalks across campus. Whittington and the rest of the staff of facilities operations work to clear safe paths for students when it snows.
Snow keeps office busy
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
Because of recent budget cuts and the University's hiring freeze, employees at facilities operations have been called away from their desks and computer terminals to shovel snow.
Maximum effort is required at KU's facilities operations when the temperature drops and the snow begins to fall.
Steven Green, associate director of facilities operations, was one of these workers yesterday outside of Wescoe Hall.
Green said that his office was assigned to help clear snow from around Wescoe Hall and Watson Library, he said.
Richardson said housing had a 24-percent staff cut, a 38-percent cut in landscaping and an eight-percent cut in construction.
"We've had staff cuts in housing, landscaping and construction," he said.
The hiring freeze affected several areas of facilities operations, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations.
"With the budget cuts and hiring freeze in effect, we have to get people from somewhere," Richardson said.
When snow falls, facilities operations has several materials it can use to break up snow and ice. These include calcium chlorate for extremely cold weather, salt and sand, or urea, for warmer temperatures, and fertilizer.
For now, when the snow falls, facilities operations employees will be found outside clearing the campus.
Green said that one benefit of using urea was that it was better for plants and grass when it melted and ran off.
Green said he had been outside about four or five times so far this winter.
"There's been a lot of it," he said.
Cold days will hit the hatless harder
By Teresa Veazey
Kansan staff writer
Wearing a cap could protect students from losing body heat
It is no myth that wearing a hat keeps the body warmer, said Charles Yockey, Watkins physician. And KU students who go out without a hat could be doing themselves more harm than good.
Mom was right when she warned against going out into the cold without a hat.
"It's practical experience and common sense," Yockey said. "When people don't have their heads covered, they get colder."
"The head is one of the few areas that's well insulated," said Steven Bruner, Lawrence physician. "That's because we have hair up there that holds warmth."
About 60 percent of the body's heat is lost from the neck and head, he said. What keeps more heat from being lost is the hair on top.
But other parts of the body are not as fortunate. Hands and feet get cold because the
Sara Brooks / KANSAN
"The way you lose heat is through skin," he said. "You lose lots of heat through your hands and feet because you have a lot of surface skin."
body knows it's losing a lot of heat and restricts blood flow to those areas, Bruner said.
Some students think they are more susceptible to colds and infection if they don't dress warmly, Yockey said. But getting cold alone doesn't cause a cold. The outside temperature is only an indirect cause of illness.
Because heat loss is due to constricted blood flow, and so much of it goes to the head, people feel colder when they're not wearing a hat. Yockeva said.
If humans had more hair on their bodies, staying outside in the cold would be easier, Bruner said.
Yockey said students should wear hats and gloves, especially if they were going to be outside for long periods of time.
"The old saying is to dress warm and dress in layers," Bruner said. "The layers allow you to adapt to different environments."
Mike Wade, Overland Park senior, wears a stocking cap when it is cold outside. Wearing a hat helps the body retain heat.
said that when she was younger, her mother always reminded her to wear a hat.
Amy Carpenter. Overland Park freshman
Although she wears hats most of the time, Carpenter said she definitely needed one on cold days.
"I just know that if my head's cold, then my whole body's cold." she said.
Instructor evaluations could be released to campus
Student Senate bill requests that information be available to students
By Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
Student Senator Scott Sullivan is sponsoring a resolution that would encourage the administration to release information gathered through instructor evaluations to the student body.
Students soon may have the opportunity to read what their peers say about University of Kansas instructors.
The resolution states that students have a right to high-quality teaching and the knowledge of their teachers' past performance. It also states that the release of instructor evaluations would aid the student body and the administration in providing accountability regarding instructors.
"A big buzzword in education today is accountability," Sullivan said. "This is just one more way that students can provide accountability information."
Kim Cocks, student body president, said that she didn't expect the resolution to face much opposition in Student Senate but that it might not be as widely accepted by faculty members.
The resolution states that several universities, including Harvard, Michigan State and the University of Texas, practice the policy successfully and find it advantageous to both students and faculty.
Sullivan said that students could examine statistical data about their instructor's performances on-line at the University of Texas. However, the resolution does not include plans for a specific method of releasing the evaluation information to students here.
The resolution will go before the University Affairs committee at 6 p.m. today at Alderson auditorium in the Kansas Union. It also will be examined by the Student Rights committee at 6:30 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Union.
If the resolution is approved by both committees, it will be presented to the full Student Senate at the Jan. 31 meeting.
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