University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 17, 1988
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Law club plans directory to list agencies worldwide
By Katy Monk
Kansan staff writer
Law students interested in working in Spain or Sri Lanka, Ireland or Indonesia will have a unique resource for job hunting next year.
The KU International Law Society is compiling a placement名单 listing law firms and agencies worldwide that would hire students with a background in international law. Society members will meet with placement officials today to discuss development of the directory.
"I kept getting besieged with requests from students who wanted an international law job," said Dario Robertson, associate professor of law and the society's faculty adviser. "And confronted with the limited resources available, I decided it (the directory) would be a good idea.
"It's a common question, and there's no source for it now. It'll be a first."
Robertson said the directory would be marketed to law schools, placement offices and law firms for $15 to $20. and to law students for about half that cost.
the proceeds will help develop a new project for the society; sending students overseas to study law or perform public interest work for organizations such as Amnesty International.
Anilies Internet Robertson expects the directory to be complete by next fall.
"We want to make it as completely comprehensive as possible," he said. "We want to list every international law firm on the globe."
Placement center workers have already compiled listings from two dozen countries, Robertson said. 500
listings from two dozen countries. The directory is expected to list a minimum of 400-500 firms and organizations. It will also list study programs in the field, both in the United States and overseas, and will include articles by international law practitioners and scholars.
The manual will list information about the size of firms, the percentage of international work, examples of representative transactions or cases, and contacts at the firms. It also may include advertising.
forms. It also may include a degree from Logan, Gaillard, a first-year law student from Sydney, Australia, said he and the two other editors of the directory would begin work during Christmas break.
directory wielded. Logically his position as treasurer of the Interna-
tional Society led to his involvement in the project.
"We anticipate that it's going to be a money-making event," he said.
Robertson, who teaches international law, said he developed the idea about mid-semester when he realized students searching for opportunities in the field were given incomplete direction.
complete direction. The University of Virginia markets an international law manual, he said, but it lists only U.S. law firms and does not include articles.
KJHK to interview applicants for station manager position
Bv Jeremy Kohn
By Jeremy Rom Kansan staff writer
The governing board for KJHK, KU's student radio station, decided yesterday to interview applicants for next semester's station manager position and hire someone on Nov. 29.
Sam Elliott, KJHK general manager, said eight people had applied for the position. Usually, two to three people apply.
apply.
Although the board declined to name the applicants, Jerry Howard, station manager, said Tuesday that he was a candidate. The board will elect an applicant who will keep the station on the same track it is now, he said. Howard is a board member, but will not vote for station manager.
"I'm getting feedback that people like what they are hearing" he said.
hearing," he said.
The station manager overseees the station's operation, does all of the and is responsible to the board. The station manager must be a KU student and must have one year's experience in radio.
Elliott said before the meeting that the station's goals to increase the number of student listeners
journalism majors on staff and professionalism on the job.
job. KJHK's faculty board decided in January 1988 that disc jockeys should play popular songs in addition to alternative style music.
Some staff members and listeners said Tuesday that they were angry about those decisions and Howard's leadership.
Jeff Morrow, Lawrence graduate student and KJHK staff member, said Tuesday that all the candidates he knew were eager to lead the station differently than Howard had.
Howard had told him. He said free communication between staff and his managers was needed.
Morrow, owner of Yello Shin and Glass Onion restaurants, 624 W.12th St., founded The Committee Representing Students That KJHK Serves, which sponsored forums about the station on Sept. 12 and Tuesday.
adopt the board comprises Mike Kautsch, chairman and dean of journalism; John Katic, faculty representative and assistant professor of journalism; Max Utsler, chairman of radio and television; Janet Cineli, broadcast students' representative; Dawn Abrahamson, Student Senate representative; and Howard.
United Way drive totals unclear
By a Kansan reporter
The Douglas County United Way drive ended Tuesday, but it left participants guessing whether the drive met the 1988 county goal of $696,640 and the KU goal of $100,000.
In a statement released yesterday, Howard Hill, chairman of the Douglas County drive, explained that the computer program designed to maintain campaign records was malfunctioning.
"I would like to emphasize that no pledges, checks or records have been lost, and the campaign is not in jeopardy," Hill said.
The records are being updated by hand. Hill predicted that United Way staff members would have accurate figures this week.
"My feeling is that we are not at our goal, but that it is attainable," Hill said.
Him said.
He said that some businesses, which usually gave to the drive.
Carl Locke, chairman of the KU drive, said 'tuesday that he didn't think KU had met its $100,000 goal. However, total donations probably would exceed last year's drive, although not as many people gave. Last year, the KU drive collected more than $86,000.
had not reported their donations yet.
"The people who are giving are giving more," Locke said.
While digging a hole for a new utility pole at 15th Street and Engel Road, Chuck Griffith, Lyndon resident takes time to repair his auger. The Capital Electric Co. was working in the area yesterday afternoon.
Getting drilled
Regents to consider adding Washburn
By a Kansan reporter
The Board of Regents will discuss the possibility of bringing Washburn University into the Regents system at its meeting today in Topeka.
Other items relating to the University of Kansas include:
- plans to build office space for the University Press on West Campus.
office on
■ plans for additions to Spahr Hall, which houses
■ library holding books.
engineering library holdings.
plans to design a new water distribution system
waterline on the east side of campus, near the chancellor's residence. The line would provide water to the fraternities and sororites east of campus.
plans to design a new water distribution system
plans for a new fitness center at the University of Arizona
a review of the programs at the School of Engineering and other Regents engineering programs. The school also will present its request to charge students a $10 equipment fee for each engineering credit they are enrolled in.
Kansas Medical Center:
a request by the city of Lawrence to construct a
- a review of the African and African American Studies program.
The Regents also will consider raising its recommended credits in general education courses from 30 to 45 hours for community college transfer students.
Compromise fills campaign for State Senate Republican leader
by Barbara Joseph
Kansan staff writer
It's a job where the art of compromise reigns supreme. A job where one walks a tightrope between loyalty to party and loyalty to constituency.
alty to constituency.
On Dec. 5, by secret ballot, Republican state senators will decide the next Senate major leader. The contenders are State Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, and State Sen. Jim Allen, R-Ottawa.
en, Jim Ahel, Rovanaa
Others could enter the fray, including the
loser of the Senate presidential race. Contenders in that race are State Sen. Paul "Bud" Burke, R-Leawood, and State Sen. Fred Kerr, R-Pratt. Burke is the current majority leader.
sense assignments try to persuade their colleagues to vote for them by saying, "If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours; if you vote for me, I'll guarantee you a seat on this committee," said Jim Parrish, state Democratic Party chairman.
The compromise begins even before the senator assumes the four-year job.
Once in the job, the compromise continues.
"You have to be a party loyalist and consider the people you represent," Parrish said. "It's a tightrope."
said. It is a fight for
Winter said that he forged compromises
constantly as an attorney, but that he has not
always voted along party lines.
Democrats
"I'm not thought of among Republicans and Democrats as a straight-line party fellow," Winter said. "Some senators look to you to be floor leader for the Party. That's not
a plus for campaigning (among senators)
but it's a plus for representing your district
The job of majority leader is considered the second-most important job in the Senate, second only to the Senate president, Winter said. The majority leader determines which bills will be debated when and runs the floor proceedings.
Winter said he wants the job so that he could be more influential for his constituents on such issues as job development and education. He said he does not intend to
The majority leader will need to heal bad feelings between the parties in the new Senate because of perceived negative campaigning, said Kerr.
"I think there is a lot of bitterness, and it will play a role in the operation of the Senate." Kerr said.
Allen reiterated the need to work with rural and urban and Democratic and Republican interests.
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