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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 28, 1993
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Students need to tell KU of move
Lack of address could lead to University mail losses
By David Steward
Kansan staff writer
Students may have noticed they are losing touch with the University — and their new campus addresses may be the reason.
Next Monday, about 25,000 permits to enroll for Spring 1994 will be sent to students, Morrell said.
Rich Morrell, university registrar, said he expected that many new students had not realized that they had to notify the registrar's office about their new Lawrence addresses and phone numbers.
Students who submitted a change-of-address card to the post office would receive their permits a few days later than normal delivery. Morrell said.
If students have not notified the registrar's office of their new addresses, the letters may be delayed or even returned to the University.
But students who did not notify either the post office or the registrar's office will have their permits returned, Morrell said.
By allowing students to pay by mail for Fall 1993, the University eliminated having all students verify their current school addresses during the original fee payment process.
"Prior to the pay-by-mail process, students were asked to verify their address before they paid their fees," Morrell said. "Now, if they decide to send a correct address, they do. But many students don't."
By Fall 1994, students once again would need to verify their school and home addresses during the proposed computerized enrollment process. Morrell said.
The registrar's office also had used the on-file student addresses and phone numbers to produce the 1993-94 campus directory, said Tom Hutton, associate director of news and public issues.
Hutton said he was unaware of any problems with the apparent increase in the number of outdated phone numbers and addresses.
"We haven't had any problems of major note," Hutton said. "Most of the time these corrections go to the telecommunications department."
Gail Schaplowsky, office supervisor for the telecommunications department, said students who had found errors in their campus directory listing should inform the registrar's office or call the telecommunications department to make corrections.
Hillel promotes Jewish unity
By Carlos Tejada Kansan staff writer
As an undergraduate in 1989, Steve Jacobson remembers when somebody spray-painted a swastika on a Hillel booth in front of Wescoda Hall during the day.
"It's tremendously disturbing when things like this happen, but it's more disturbing when decent people who are standing around don't stop it," he said.
Now, four years later, Jacobson is the director of KU Hillel, the University's only Jewish student organization. He said Hillel was a national student organization that had chapters in universities around the country.
"We give students confidence to show their Jewishness," he said.
Jacobson said the organization existed to provide care and counseling for KT's estimated 1,500 Jewish students.
Hillel was formed by a Christian minister in the early part of this century, Jacobson said. The minister sympathized with Jewish students at the University of Illinois, who had special dietary needs and had no place to go for their holidays, and founded the first Hillel House. KU's Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St., houses some Hillel members and
serves those same needs as the first house, Jacobson said. The organization is named after the rabbi who helped form the Talmud, the Jewish law, during biblical times, he said.
Jacobson said the organization was bound by more than religious ties. Hillel members have social and political bonds that include the nation of Israel.
"My involvement in Israel actually started my involvement in Hillel," he said. "It evolved from my interest in Israel and blossomed into all aspects of Jewish life."
Jeff Katz, New Orleans junior and Hillel vice president,
agreed with Jacobson.
"I feel a very close attachment to Israel," he said. "I've been there, and everybody who goes there falls in love with the land because it's so beautiful."
Katz said that because of these bonds, the leaders of Hilli'l wanted the organization to be more than just a body to turn to for help with problems. He said they wanted it to be more inclusive and positive.
"We're trying to stop the old stereotype of Hillel being solely a religious group," Katz said. "We do appeal to Jewish students, but we're trying to reach out to other interests as well."
Caryn Silver, Memphis senior and sports chair for Hillel. said meeting Jewish students on campus would be difficult without Hillel.
"Through Hilile, it a lot easier," she said. "Not many people have signs on their backs that say, 'I'm Jewish.'"
Silver, who coordinates Hillel's intramural sports teams, said athletics was a large part of the social aspect of Hillel. She said, however, that the teams rarely won.
"We're out there for fun," she said. "We're playing volleyball next month, and we'll win that."
Problem affects many U.S. schools
KU experiences dean shortage
By Shan Schwartz
Kansan staff writer
Four of the nine schools at KU's Lawrence campus — Architecture, Education, Law and Pharmacy — are lacking a permanent dean or are anticipating their dean's departure within a year.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, a weekly nationwide newspaper that covers college news, indicates that schools
However, KU does not appear to be the only university with this problem.
throughout the country are searching for administrators to fill their upper level academic positions. The Chronicle's Sept. 24 edition contains advertisements for nearly 200 position vacancies of chancellors, presidents and deans.
Hammond-Paludan said that significant university growth in the late 1960s and early 1970s prompted a lot of faculty hiring and that those faculty members were now reaching retirement age.
Martine Hammond-Paludan, director of academic affairs for the Kansas Board of Regents, said the openings at KU were not unusual.
Job stress is another reason for the short tenures of academic deans, Hammond-Paludan said.
"We have an aging faculty and an agng administration, and a lot of the upper level administrators are just ready to step down," she said.
"These administrators' jobs are quite complicated," she said. "There are so many constituencies with a lot of voices, and they want a lot of different things. For someone in a position to serve all of these constituencies, it can be really difficult."
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said an academic dean's tenure was usually less than ten years. Shulenburger said the 13-year tenure of Max Lucas, the dean of architecture who recently announced he would be stepping down June 30, was the longest of any KU dean.
Shulenburger said the search for an academic dean usually took at least a year.
"The main reason is because most of the people we'd want to fill the positions have obligations to other universities," he said.
Usually a committee is formed to find candidates for a dean position. The committee then reviews the applications and selects five for personal interviews. The final choice goes to Chancellor Gene Budig for approval.
Shulenburger said there was tremendous competition for high-level academic positions, and it was very important for a school to carefully select a dean.
"I am committed to make sure we hire a dean that we're entirely comfortable with," Shulenburger said. "Making a mistake in that high of a position can be disastrous to a school or the whole university."
A time of reflection
Susan McSnadden / KANBAN
John Sabraw, Lawrence senior, works on a self portrait in the Art and Design building while using a mirror for accuracy. Sabraw, who was working on the portrait yesterday, said he had put in about 90 hours on the directed study project and expected to put in 60 more before the painting was complete.
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Aggressive magazine sellers annoy KU community
City says salespeople may be breaking law
By Donella Hearne Kansan staff writer
Students and Lawrence residents have been opening their doors recently to find themselves unknowingly face-to-face with smooth-talking magazine salespeople.
The people ringing the doorbell may present themselves as neighbors just stopping by to chat and may try to get through the door before they ever suggest they are selling magazine subscriptions.
Dawn Ridgeway, Lenexa junior, was home alone when a salesman came to her door.
The man who approached Ridgeway started his sales pitch by telling her that he worked for a program that helped children, similar to Big Brothers and Big Sisters, but he later said he was trying to win $1,500 for himself. He also asked questions which
"I opened the door and he looked like he was just going to walk in," she said. "He kept getting too close for comfort."
Ridgeway said she thought were irrelevant to magazine sales.
"He asked me things like where was I from, what my major was, what year I was in school," she said.
What some of these salespeople are doing may not be legitimate.
The city clerk's office said that, according to city records, there should not be anyone selling magazines door-to-door in Lawrence unless they are named James Michael Holt or with a group of teenagers called United Teens.
Door-to-door salespeople are required by a city ordinance to have a license. License applicants are fingerprinted by the Lawrence police, who run a background check to determine if the individual actually is a reputable salesperson.
City Clerk Penny Porter said the clerk's office had received several calls in the past few weeks from residents complaining about extremely aggressive salespeople.
Magazine salespeople also have approached students on campus. Beth Russell, Overland Park graduate student, was walking to her car from Robinson Gymnasium when a man approached her
and asked if she was old enough to vote.
The salesman told her that she must not be from Lawrence, she said. "I asked why, and he said 'because you know how to smile, I've been here for a couple of weeks and nobody here knows how to smile,'" she said.
Russell said she was not impressed by his sales tactics.
"You should've seen this guy," Russell said. "He had a Rick Springfield haircut, very cheeseball."
The Organizations and Activities Center said soliciting on campus was illegal if the salespeople were not registered with the center or sponsored by a registered student group.
One company, Chapel Sales Inc. in Collingswood, N.J., was on a receipt given to a Lawrence resident who had purchased
Russell and Ridway both said the men who approached them said they were accumulating "points" by selling magazines. The men said that if they got enough points they would win cash prizes or trips. They also carried receipt books and unofficial-looking identification cards, Russell and Ridway said.
Knock, knock...
The Better Business Bureau and the city clerk's office suggest a few questions you should ask yourself if approached by salespeople.
Who is ringing your doorbell? Salespeople should tell you their names and the name of the company they work for. Ask for identification.
Do the salespeople have licenses? Licenses from the city of Lawrence would be on 8 1/2 X11 inch pieces of blue paper
embossed with the city seal. They should not be photocopies.
Do you know how to reach the salespeople and their company?
Is the sales contract clear and complete?
What do you do if you want to cancel your
if salespeople refuse to leave when asked, tell them you will call the police.
Source: The Associated Press KANSAN
a magazine subscription from a salesperson. A company spokesperson could not be reached for comment.
Student hurt in bridge fall near turnpike
A KU student was injured Saturday afternoon while rappelling from a bridge north of Lawrence.
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Nils Jergensen, Colorado Springs,
Colo., sophomore, was climbing and rappelling concrete posts under the Kansas river turpike bridge around 5 p.m. Saturday.
Also at the bridge were Jason Loss,
Great Bend senior, and Jergensen's brother, John Jergensen.
Nils Jergensen his rappelling cord slipped off the bridge, causing him to fall
to the ground next to the river and underneath the tumpike. He landed on his feet, but then fell on his back. He was admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and treated for two compressed vertebrae.
Jergensen remained in fair condition at the hospital yesterday evening and said he expected to be released today.
Art celebration underway
Harvest of Arts, a celebration of local artists, began Saturday. Upcoming activities include:
Poetry and storytelling of the earth, animals and sky at 7:30 tonight in the KU Natural History Museum. Local poets Jim
McCray, Mary Klayer, Denise Low, Ken Irby, Caryn Goldberg, Stan Lombardo and Becky McMillan will be featured. Admission is free.
Folk, country and rockmusic at the songwriter's showcase, 8 to 11 p.m. tomorrow. Admission is free.
Renaissance Festival performers will be in Downtown Lawrence from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Admission is free.
The English Alternative Theatre will present "The Abyss Gates Also" at 8 p.m. Friday in Haskingham Hall. Admission is $3.
- "Ships," a play by Sean Demory, will be performed at 2 p.m. Sunday in Locust Gallery, 500 Locust St. Admission is free.
A street dance will be held from noon to midnight in the 800 block of Massachusetts St. Admission is free.
Artists and performers will be in Bufford M. Watson Park, 7th and Vermont streets, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
Hearing set for woman charged in shooting
A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Dec. 15 for Caroline Castleberry, a former KU student who allegedly shot her father.
Castleyberry was charged Sept. 6 with the attempted first-degree murder of her father. She also faces an alternative charge of aggravated battery.
Briefs compiled from Kanaan staff reports