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Friday, December 9, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Opinion
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Environs sets a precedent with recycling move at KU
Finally a group on campus has made efforts to deal with a messy problem: Trash.
The group. Environs, has planned a pilot project for next semester to place containers in Wescoe Hall for recycleable containers. Environs has even scheduled a benefit concert in January at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., to raise money for the containers.
Members of Environs collected recyclable paper and aluminum cans and sat at an information table last week to enlighten students on how much of their money is being thrown away in the form of recyclable trash. The group displayed how much recyclable trash could be collected from Wescoe cafeteria in just one day — all 210 pounds.
The Environs plan will be an important and much-needed service for the University. If the plan to have containers at Wesco works out, the University should sure that containers are provided elsewhere on campus. Having such containers all over campus for recycleable could make students more aware of how much is wasted by not recycling
If that amount could be collected every day, the group said, the University could make $2,049.80 by recycling the trash. Also, $148 each ton of trash would be saved from the fee to haul the trash to the Lawrence landfill, the group said.
Environs, made up of students who care about our environment and our University, should be congratulated for initiating a service on their own that will be beneficial to KU. The University administration and Student Senate should encourage Environs to achieve its goals. And everyone else, students, faculty, staff and administrators, should help make KU a cleaner, more environmentally aware place.
Christine Martin for the editorial board
The K-State football team takes enough hard knocks. But the way the athletic department handled the hiring of a new coach has brought a little more mockery to the Wildcat gridiron.
Other Voices
It's not enough that K-State's team often is called the "Mildcats" or that Nebraska fans bought more tickets for the game in Manhattan that K-State fans did, but the athletic department couldn't even conduct a search for a new coach without making a faux pas.
Hiring a bad start to rebuilding
due a search for a new coach at the University of Iowa, was named head football coach Wednesday at a news conference, but the announcement was no surprise.
The athletic department should have kept the decision secret or made an announcement — not let it leak through official channels.
On Monday, the Kansas City Star and the Manhattan Mercury identified Snyder as the fearless leader who might pull the football program out of the woods. There was no official announcement by the athletic department of Snyder's selection.
The search was conducted as if K-State was looking for a scapegoat who likes to wear purple, not a football coach. They handled the announcement as if the public didn't care who was chosen.
This is a crucial time for the football program, and the authorities have already decided that the new coach should start with a disadvantage.
K-State's football program has to win respect before it can win games, and the hiring of a new coach can put the program on the right track. If publicity surrounding the search were treated more seriously, next season's fans might have more respect for the team, on and off the field.
The Kansas State Collegian Kansas State University Manhattan
Athletes' study habits not surprising
College jocks spend more time on the job than they do on class work. This, ahem, startling bit of news was delivered to the nation by a commission of presidents of the nation's largest colleges and universities.
The research showed jocks spend an average of 30 hours a week on football and basketball while they spend only 12 hours studying and 14 hours attending classes.
College presidents need to find something to do to fill out their idle days, obviously.
The only differences between college jocks and college students is that the students are preparing for a later job. The jocks already have one, although the pay is convoluted because of the hypocrisy surrounding the job.
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Grading those who grade finals Evaluations a great opportunity that shouldn't be taken lightly
It is that time of the *s*-question again — time to open up the textbooks that have been collecting dust since August; time to get high on caffeine; time to watch the breaking of the dawn; time to see instructors on a frequent basis, appealing for make-up exams and extensions of deadlines. It is also the time to bang one's head against the wall for not doing a 10-page term paper earlier than a few hours before deadline; time to realize how backward in civilization you are when you only know how to stare at the comforter and time to curse yourself with knowing how to type faster five words per minute. But most of all, it is time to grade the people who will be grading the finals.
I must admit I reish the thought of grading the instructor after seeing that person doing that to me for the entire semester. This, to me, is one of the most wonderful and shocking aspects of the U.S educational system.
But I feel a chill running up and down my spine every time I make a sweeping view across the class.
The devilish exultation expressed on some students' faces can make even Hitler blush. When the evaluation forms are passed out, these students spring to life, and with a slight tilt of the mouth, begin working on them. The sinister smile across the face, the evil glint in the eye, sparkling with intense hatred and joy in the act of getting even
Janet Neo Staff columnist
They write furiously, showing a sharp surge in their literary abilities as the limited space forths with criticisms.
Then there are students on the other extreme who don't give two hoots about what they write on the forms. To them, the procedure is a big hassle that soaks up valuable time. Knitted browls and all, they doubble on the forms or zip through the questions. It never fails to amaze me as to how these people can fill out the forms faster than it takes Flo-Jo to run the 100 meters.
As for the target of the evaluations, especially the teaching assistants, they are in a reactionary class of their own. Most of them try to act nonchalantly, but there are those giveaway signs such as nervous twitching of the fingers, pitched whiskers, the reprimand kind for petting and the hunsee, repetitive phrase of, "I won't get to see these until after the grades have been turned in." Poor things.
and TA's are undoubtedly the hardest hit by this grading circus. Besides having to play second fid
ue to professors in terms of perceived competency, they are also the first to go in line opposite the firing squad and one of the last to receive pay raises or promotions. In fact, their whole teaching career would go down the drain if they received a foul evaluation, in general.
I do not advocate keeping bad instructors. In fact, I think incompetent teachers are pure wastes of limited funds. But students should take a minute or two longer to reflect on the instructor's diligence and dedication. Give them a fair reflection of their performance, regardless of the grade one is going to get. Those who are bitter about their long grades should do some soul-searching before making a causal relation and seeking revenge anonymously on a form.
Coming from a country where teachers are never called by first name but treated with the utmost respect, I really treasure this feedback opportunity. It is sad having to witness, after afternoons of group of students who abuse this attitude and sadden me, to see the spateful attitude of a larger crowd.
The evaluation process is an efficient tool in improving the standard of teaching and in keeping some arrogant or hopeless instructors in check. So it, it, or let the education system have a hold on you.
*Janet Neo is a Johor Bahru, Malaysia, senior majoring in broadcast journalism.
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Who's inhumane?
Tom Wilhelm's column on the deer hunt at Sandpoint Naval station (Dec.1) is a perfect example of sensationalism in journalism. It was obvious to me, a hunter for more than 20 years, that the sole purpose of his column was not to inform and/or educate, but rather to inflame and irritate. It is sad that he chose this path.
His article should have focused on why the hunt was deemed necessary, not on irritating people. Deer populations in most of the continental United States lack any form of predation other than man. This lack of predation often leads to explosive growth of the deer herd. Unfortunately, starvation and/or disease eventually will kill off much of the herd.
Most of the responses to Wilhelm's article have been highly emotional and often irrational, probably much to Wilhelm's delight. For instance, Jane Hogland states "that eating Chicken McNuggets is a heck of a lot more humane than stalking a bird animal whose death causes distress." Why is it more likely to eat a chicken than a deer? Is it because one is cute or is it because someone else killed it for you? How can this be more or less humane?
meat. I do not doubt that this occurs, but most of the people who I know and hunt with do not shoot anything that they do not eat. Granted, one can go to the store and purchase meat, but where can you go to buy deer meat, pheasant or quail? Besides, if I went to the store, it would simply mean someone else had killed it. Is this any more or less humane?
Another argument used against hunting is that most hunters hunt for sport and not the
Larry Hall
Larry Hall Lawrence graduate student Levitate to class
In response to Mike Dupree's suggestion to replace foul, odorous buses with horse-drawn carriages, it is evident that Mr. Dupree has overlooked a clean, inexpensive alternative to even horse-drawn carriages: levitation.
There are forms of yoga that followers claim allow one to levitate using free, non-polluting spiritual energy. This would not only eliminate objectionable exhaust fumes, but would also eliminate any waiting at bus stops. As of yet, not everyone has the ability to levitate, but it would seem simple enough to offer yoga instruction as part of fresh orientation.
Or course, the first year would require classes for non-freshmen as well as faculty, but that would not be a problem. One very welcome side effect of levitation training would be the elimination of KU's ever present parking problem. Let's stomp out campus air pollution once and for all and skip the surly binds of earth and fly to class!
Jason Lackey
Lenexa junior
Protesters ignorant
I am responding to the "Bambi Killer" column written by Tom Wilhelm and also to a couple of responses to this column written by Lisa Monaco and Jane Hoyland.
First of all, I found Tom's article quite imusing and enjoyable to read, and for the most art, truthful in its point of emphasis.
Lisa, I am an avid hunter, not a killer. I do not "destroy any life form for the selfish purpose of pleasing my palate" as you suggest. I hunt for the sport, but yet eat every animal I bag, including Bambis. And as for your suggestion to me to take up chess, I suggest that you call the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and ask them why they allow such a bloody sport as hunting. Surely this protective agency established for our well-being as well as that of animals is not controlled by a bunch of maniacs that seek to destroy the ecological system of our great state.
Don't get me wrong! I don't claim to be doing society a favor by hunting. My point is, assuming that the readers of this are as reasonably educated as Lisa and Jane claim to be, how can they claim to know so much about hunting when they have never hunted, stalked a "duck" through the woods?" My suggestion: Please keep your hypothetical comments to yourself.
Randy Honas Ellis junior
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by Berke Breathed