University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, November 1, 1988
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Honor code proposed for School of Business Program could be in place for next semester
By Katy Monk
Kansan staff writer
A KU School of Business honor code in the works since September has reached students for a vote, and an honor code committee member hopes the code will be approved quickly.
"We want to have it implemented and ready to go at the
McCloud, Oyceeland Park graduate student"
Before it can be enacted, the code must obtain a simple majority of votes for approval from business students. A ballot box in the advising center, 206 Summerfield, is available for students when they obtain dean's stamps for spring enrollment. Undergraduate voting will continue through Friday.
The honor code would specify action to be taken in case of academic misconduct by teachers or students.
If students approve the code, faculty will then vote on it. Steve Hillerman, professor of business and chairman of the business school executive committee, said his comments were in line with what he either makes a recommendation or list the pros and cons.
Then, he said, the code would probably go before the school assembly for a vote. The assembly includes all business faculty members and several students. If both faculty and students approve, the code will be enacted.
Scott Schueta, Horton junior and honor code committee member, explained the code's intent.
Dave Shulenburger, associate dean of business, said an honor code clearly was needed.
There's academic misconduct that goes on all the time," he said. "We're not trying to get everybody who's cheating. We're trying to get the values across to the student that says, 'If you cheat now, what are you going to do in 10 years?'
honor code clearly was received.
"The concern exists because of the business ethics problems that have been so prominent in the newspapers in recent years," he said.
Shulenburger said students needed to build a foundation of ethical behavior if they were to act ethically in the
business world.
Jody Brown, Wichita senior who serves on the honor code committee, said the code would be good for the school.
business world.
"A lot of companies are concerned with ethics," she said. "If people leave here with good attitudes about that, then companies are going to be more excited about KU graduates."
The code, drawn up by a committee of one graduate and seven undergraduate business students, closely follows the academic misconduct section of the University Senate rules and regulations.
The following points are included:
- instructors would be required at the beginning of each course to explain classroom rules related to academic conduct;
■ definition of academic misconduct, which includes disruption of classes, giving or receiving of unauthorized aid on tests or other class assignments, or knowingly misrepresenting the source of any academic work. Academic misconduct by an instructor includes grading student work by criteria other than academic performance or "repeated and willful neglect in the discharge of duly assigned teaching duties."
■ explanation of how to file a charge of academic misconduct:
misconduct:
procedures following a charge, and the rights of those
elected with academic misconduct;
■ sanctions for students ranging from oral admittion to expulsion from the school; for instructors, recommendation of suspension or dismissal;
- publication of actions taken against violators, not including names or other identifying references;
including names of order denoting the honor code
yearly formation of a committee to review the honor code. Any code revisions would require majority vote of the school's students and faculty.
McCloud said committee members had visited several classes to hear students' opinions about what the code should include. Students seemed to favor having a code, she said.
"At this point in time, the indications are that it's being strongly supported," she said.
Halloween faces
RIGHT:During the Halloween pumpkin carving contest sponsored by Student Union Activities, Chad Coker, Olathe junior, takes his turn with the knife. ABOVE: Members of the Non-Traditional Students Organization painted faces for a small fee to celebrate Halloween. Diana Garrison, Wichita sophomore, has "pink pussycat" makeup painted on her face by Kaye Miller, Lawrence graduate student.
ACLU concerned about drug tests May challenge the constitutionality of Hayden plan in court
By Barbara Joseph Kansan staff writer
A civil rights group and a state employees' union have expressed reservations about Gov. Mike Hayden's new drug-screening and testing program, which went into effect today.
"We testified against it last spring when it came before the Legislature," said Dick Kurtenbach, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri. "It started out with much broader coverage than it ended up with. But we still have substantial concerns and would be open to considering a lawsuit if approached by someone."
Kurtenbach said drug testing violated Fourth Amendment guarantees against invasion of privacy without probable cause. Although the governor's program provides that current employees cannot be asked to test for drugs unless there is reasonable suspicion they are using drugs, Kurtenbach pointed out that the governor would be tested.
"What probable cause is there to suspect him of using drugs?" Kurtenbach said.
Drug test procedures are monitored closely
Hayden, his cabinet and his staff,
the lieutenant governor and the attorney
general and his staff will be tested first to set an example.
Kurtchenbaud said people shouldn't have to prove they are free of drugs.
"You should be assured of your innocence until the government comes up with specific proof of illegal action," he said.
By a Kansan reporter
Procedures for the new drug testing program are followed closely to prevent misidentification or tampering with urine specimens.
specimens.
Employees are tested at one of the 18 collection sites around the state and must produce photo identification and a signed consent form, said Bobbi Mariani, program coordinator for the governor's drug testing program.
Mariani further described the test procedure.
**test procedure**
■ the employeer supplies medical
    prescription including what
    prescription or over-the-counter
    drugs he has taken.
- the attendant opens the test kit in front of the employee, watches until the employee goes into the stall and remains in the room until the specimen is produced.
- the employee removes bulky outer wear and leaves purses or briefcases outside the restroom stall.
Both the employee and the attendant sign a chain of custody form and other verification.
- the attendant examines the specimen to verify proper temperature, color and consistency, seals it with security tape and puts it in a zip-lock bag.
Officials at the Kansas Association of Public Employees, which represents more than 6,000 state employees, also had concerns about the governor's initial proposal and are still skeptical about the program.
Mariani said that if the test was negative, the employee would know the result the next day. If the result was positive, the specimen would go through another overnight screening. The state's medical officer reviews positive results, which may take three or four days.
"We're going to monitor the program as closely as the state monitors its employees," said Bob Redling, KAPE's public information director. "We're not wholeheartedly supporting it."
Redling said the union had questions about the constitutionality of the program. One of those questions was whether a job is considered as property.
"They can't take your house because you failed a drug test," he said.
they test positive for drugs a second time.
Employees can lose their jobs if
The union was instrumental in adding amendments to further protect employees to the governor's original proposal.
The program makes mandatory the testing of all applicants who have been offered jobs in safety-sensitive positions. Safety-sensitive positions are law enforcement and corrections jobs that require officers to carry firearms or authorize them to do so.
State employee now in those positions can be tested only on reasonable suspicion, determined by trained supervisors. The program applies to about 2,300 employees in the KU police department and 39 police officers at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Tests will detect use of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, heroin and phencyclidine (angel dust).
Tim Sotos, executive vice president of Clinical Reference Laboratory in Lenexa, which will test the specimens, said the tests were 99.9 percent accurate.
Sotos said the reliability was largely due to a relatively new technique called gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, or GC/MS. He also said the technique differentiates between over-the-counter drugs and illegal drugs.
"Current drug-testing is extremely accurate," Solos said. "GC/MS is accepted in court if irrefutable evidence of a positive result."
Computer system could access loan information
Kansan staff writer
Jeff Weinberg pictured the future: students walking into the office and instantly accessing from a microcomputer information about their Guaranteed Student Loans.
by early spring, the associate director of financial aid hopes to install a program in a yet-to-be purchased microcomputer that will enable staff to directly access a student's loan file from the Higher Education Assistance Foundation in St. Paul, Minn.
"We are on the leading edge of technology," Weinberg said.
Currently, staff in the financial aid office must call the lending body that has guaranteed a student's loan and request information. With the microcomputer, Weinberg said, much time and money will be saved.
About 40 percent of KU students' GSLs are guaranteed by HEAF. GSLs are low-interest loans given by private lenders, usually a bank, and guaranteed through the federal government.
Last winter, Weinberg went to St. Paul to initiate discussions with HEAF on what could be done to simplify the process of accessing a student's loan file.
During the meeting, they decided to develop a new system.
"We decided we needed an easier way to access a student's account so we could know what was going on with his loan." Weinberg said. "We also decided that we could do a much better job of loan counseling."
Weinberg said that not only would office staff have immediate access to
students' files, but it would be easier to counsel students on their loans. Such a process has been under discussion since last year.
The microcomputer system would have a program to plan a student's loan payments based on where the student planned to live after graduation and the average starting salary of his profession.
we are in the process of developing a second generation of software for computer systems," said Garry Hays, president of HEAF. "We hope to have it completed by the end of February or in March."
Hays said the system would make life much easier for financial aid offices.
"It makes counseling much easier and much more efficient," he said. "The offices will not be as inundated by paperwork."
The system would appeal to larger universities who find themselves overwhelmed with demands on their time.
Hays said HEAF planned to choose one or two schools to test the program.
grum. "I hope that KU will be one of those two." he said.
Weinberg hopes that KU's system eventually will be connected with other repositories for GSLs in addition to HEAF.
Although the first microcomputer will be for staff use only, Weinberg would like to have a second microcomputer by next summer for student use.
The microcomputers are part of a plan to update the financial aid office technologically.
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