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Senate resumes semester's plans
Reviews budget for 3-year funding
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
While waiting for relocation of Student Senate offices to the Kansas Union, committee members and senators are eager to resume work on various projects this semester.
"It's never uneventful around here," said Pam Holley, student body vice president. "There are many issues that we would like to attack. We need interested students who are willing to give time to an issue."
Various projects are under way.
The Student Senate budget process will begin with revenue code status hearings Jan. 30 and 31, said Chris Shirling, student body treasurer.
Revenue code status hearings identify groups that have been funded continuously for at least three years, according to the Senate rules and regulations. Such groups include KU Bands, Associated Students of Kansas and KJHK. Budget hearings for those groups are scheduled for early February.
Other student organization budget hearings will be held in early March. Lobby Day in the Kansas Legislature is scheduled for Feb. 6, said Kelly Milligan, ASK director. More than 100 KU students are expected to attend.
The Celebration of Diversity is a series of activities planned by the Minority Affairs Committee and the Student Diversity Task Force. The celebration, which is based on a similar program at the University of Wisconsin, is designed to decrease racial tensions by cooperative interaction of students with different ethnic backgrounds, said Aaron Ritmaster, chairman of the committee.
■ Members of the Financial Aid Advisory Board handed out financial aid packets and conducted a survey about financial aid at Hoch Auditorium during fee payment. The board will advise and assist University Affairs in establishing a scholarship search, said Mary Ann Kolich, cochairman of the board.
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Jayhawk Course Source Board plans to have a meeting in the next two weeks to look at options for a new format for the Course Source.
"The Course Source has been criticized for being too much like the Undergraduate Catalog. "Warren, chairman of board."We need to give a student course evaluation guide, but it all depends on teacher cooperation."
Warren said he hoped to have a decision on the format by the end of February. The Course Source will be distributed in early October for use with Spring 1990 enrollment.
with Spring 1980 edition
*The Student Senate Community Issues Task Force is working on a proposal to present to city and county administrators the establishment of an on-going University-city forum, said Marc LeBeau, the University's Lawrence City Commission representative, a non-voting position. This will provide an opportunity for student leaders to talk to community leaders and representatives about city issues that affect the University, such as off-campus lighting and the noise ordinance.
The Off Campus Board is compiling a comprehensive list of apartments in Lawrence, which will include information about landlords, rent and facilities, said Michael Diggs, chairman of the board. The list will eventually be computerized, updated regularly and made available to students.
Digs said the board also was planning a Housing Fair for February or March at which landlords, legal representatives and students could discuss problems and possibility of renting in Iaurure.
The Student Senate election process is scheduled to begin in March
Former State Sen. Wint Winter Sr. leads the cheers for Milt Newton, Colorado Saturday night. Winter is the president of the Alfreeka fan those nickname is "Alfreeka," at the KU basketball game against club.
Milt's fan club
Man seeks local Rainbow Coalition
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Patrick Slick, state parliamentarian of the Rainbow Coalition, hopes to build a patchwork guilt of people in the Lawrence community.
quilt of people in the past. After holding a preliminary meeting to establish a local chapter of the Rainbow Coalition, Slick Lawrence resident, may have the support to build one.
one. About 25 people attended the meeting yesterday at the Lawrence Public Library. They addressed several political and social issues the group would be interested in pursuing.
"We are seeking to attract people concerned with traditional liberal concerns," Slick said. "And Use the term 'liberal' proud. The Rainbow
Coalition was more or less put together by Jesse Jackson. If we can speak as one voice, we could exercise more influence over the powers to be."
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A second meeting is scheduled for Feb. 26 in the Lawrence Public Library to determine whether there will be enough public support to establish a local group.
local group. Slick used Jackson's analogy of creating a quilt of different interests, banded together into a single coalition.
coalition.
"Through the Rainbow Coalition, we're trying to allow people access to the political system." Slick said. "We can make a big difference in this state, but first we must build a common ground of interest."
interest. The group discussed several topics they would
be interested in pursuing, including mental health. low-income housing, voter registration and environmental issues.
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The team also discussed the issue of creating a school breakfast program in Lawrence, including a brief presentation by Tess Banion, Lawrence resident.
Banton said studies had shown that school breakfast programs had improved students' test scores, reduced tardiness and increased the overall learning atmosphere.
"This is not just a program for poor people, but for all people," Bannon said. "They (the Lawrence school board) realize that there are a lot of poor people in the city, and they know that something has to be done about it."
Officials want discussion if family delays tenure
by Rias Mohamed
Kansan staff writer
If family obligations such as raising children keep professors from getting tenure, then the problem ought to be discussed, some KU officials say.
then it should be talked about."
name say.
Bob Jerry, chairman of University Senate Executive Committee and professor of law, said that the current seven-year probationary was enough for professors to demonstrate their abilities but that if faculty members found that period insufficient because of family commitments, the problem would have to be addressed.
to be addressed.
"Right now, it is assumed seven years is enough to demonstrate his or her potential."
Jerry said. "If that period is unreasonable,
then it should be taken
a New University of California-Santa Barbara policy recognizes that family obligations sometimes can present obstacles to untenured professors. It allows them to remain on the tenure track for longer than the standard eight-year period. At the University of Kansas, the standard period is seven years.
the standard personnel are usually assistant professors. However, in certain professional schools, such as the School of Law, some professors receive associate status when they begin their teaching careers.
begin their teacher's role When assistant professors earn tenure they rise to the rank of associate professor and have greater job security.
However, associate and assistant professors
at KU have the same seven-year period to get tenure.
The new UC-Santa Barbara policy is based on the belief that because parents cannot devote as much time as non-parents, the probationary period should be extended if professors take time off with their families, according to the Daily Nexus, the UC-Santa Barbara newspaper.
Barbara newspaper.
So far, at least two UC-Santa Barbara professors have been eligible for the program, the Nexus said.
the Nexus said.
Jerry said that he did not know of any KU faculty member who was talking about extension of tenures at KU. He said he hoped any change in the policy would apply to both men and women.
Richard Levy, an untenured associate professor of law, said that some private employers provided leave so that employees could spend more time with their children in the early years of parenthood.
Part of the problem depends on the children, he said; some couples experience difficulty raising their children, but others don't.
raising their children, he obeyed Levy, who has two children and is in his fourth year on the tenure track, said he did not experience any difficulty until recently in doing the necessary research as well as satisfying his family obligations.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that if faculty members wanted to talk about any revision in the tenure policy, he hoped that they would.
Note-taking service creates debate about lecture copyrights
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each semester for $1.91 for each day's class.
For about $28, students can have the notes for
the entire semester, he said.
"If you couldn't attend class and you aske your best friend to attend class, take notes and then type them for you, do you think he would do it for $1.91?" he asked.
do it for $1.91. be asked
Rudolph said note-takers who have turned in notes for each class would be paid the cost of tuition and fees for a full-time resident student.
"I'll be good summer vacation money," he said.
"Last semester we were kicking around ideas for a business to start." Rudolph said. "We saw an article in the Wall Street Journal about this type of business, (and) we thought, 'Hey, we'll give it a shot.'"
said.
Rudolph said that he and Erwin got the idea for Class Notes last semester after reading an article about similar businesses at other colleges.
Doubts voiced
doubt "I don't really know if it'll go over," said Wood, who has taken several large lecture classes. "You can always get notes from someone else for free."
available at Kinka.
"I think it's helpful for students to have a guide, (but) all notes are only outlines." Karpowitz said. "An outline is great if the student is there and hears the context of the speech."
Mark Wood, Pittsburg junior, said he doubted that the business would be a success.
Karpwitz said that even though some students used copies of notes to avoid attending class, providing the notes was helpful to most students.
Dennis Karpowitz, associate professor of psychology, said he made copies of his notes available at Kinko's for his students.
Rudolph said that although some students might abuse the service, many others would benefit from Class Notes.
it's a matter of students recognizing the
values and the dangers," Karpowitz said. "Almost anything valuable can be used negatively."
"You have a product that has legitimate purposes," he said. "Think of all the products out there that are being abused."
Pam Houston, an assistant to the dean of liberal arts and sciences, said the business was not providing a service to students but was preying on their fears.
"Students are afraid they're not going to do good enough in class or take good enough notes, so they'll grasp whatever is available," she said. "I just feel like it's sad that instead of developing relationships with other students, they have to go through a business to get the notes."
Erwin said the notes could be used by students who added a class late, missed a day, or wanted a supplement to their own notes.
"It's an educational aid," Erwin said. "We're providing an opportunity for the students to learn the material. Just because they buy the notes doesn't mean they'll get a good grade.
"We're providing students an opportunity to get paid for doing what they would do anyway; attend class, be attentive and take good notes."
attend Class Notes.
Erwin did that despite the unanticipated need seek professors' permission to operate their business, he thought Class Notes still could be successful.
**"Sure, we would we like to service all the people," he said, "but it's been done at the other universities with restrictions, and there's no reason why it can't be done here."**
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The KU-W. Harold Otter Mtter Scholarships had been the main sponsor of Merit Scholars at the University since 1971.
KU attracts 41 Scholars
The University of Kansas enrolled 41 freshman National Merit Scholars for the 1988-1989 year, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corp.'s annual report.
by a Kansan reporter
At KU, 36 students received KU-W. Harold Otto Merit Scholarships, three received National Merit Scholarships, and two received corporate-sponsored scholarships.
He added that the University was working hard to keep the brightest Kansans from leaving the state.
report.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation offered 6,000 scholarships in 1988, without using federal or state funds. There are three type of scholarships, a one-time National Merit Scholarship, corporate-sponsored scholarships, and also college-sponsored rewards.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said that he was proud of the progress that the University had made to recruit National Merit Scolars.
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