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Have your say about pay
Want to express your opinion about a proposed Kansas House bill that would change the way classified employees are compensated?

State Rep. Deena Horst, vice chairman for the Kansas 2000 Select Committee, emphasized in an on-campus meeting last week for classified state employees that the committee is seeking ideas and solutions to the proposed bill. (See related story in the March 5 Inside WSU exclusive online issue.)

Horst can be contacted by e-mail at horst@house.state.ks.us or deena@informatics.net; phone at 800-432-3924; or mail: Deena Horst, State Capitol - 181-W, Topeka, KS 66612-1504.

Classified Senate President Sally Fiscus also will relay your concerns. Contact her at sally@engr.twsu.edu.

The bill can be found online www.ink.org/public/legislative/1999/bills/2522.html.

Give the gift of life
The Heskett Center is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Call ext. 3082 for an appointment; walk-ins are welcome, too.

President Beggs has authorized administrative leave for WSU employees who want to participate.

Talking trash
Bill Rathje from the University of Arizona has been digging through trash for more than 25 years in the name of research. He’ll talk about garbology, the term coined to describe his research, during a Watkins Visiting Professorship lecture at 5 p.m. March 15 in 209 Hubbard Hall. What he’s found by studying contemporary garbage is that what people say they do and what they actually do are often very different.

Cather scholar visiting WSU
Susan Rosowski, one of the world’s leading scholars on American author Willa Cather, will give a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 17 in 208 Hubbard Hall.

Rosowski, who has studied and written about Cather for more than two decades, will talk about “The Unexpected Cather.” Rosowski is the Adele Hall Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cather’s alma mater.

Rosowski’s lecture is sponsored by the English department. She also will talk with students of WSU associate professor of English Diane Quantic, who specializes in Plains literature.

Tell us about Inside
The Inside WSU staff want to hear from you, the readers. In order to gauge the newsletter’s effectiveness, surveys have been mailed to the campus community, retirees and others on the mailing list. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey and return to Inside WSU, box 62, by March 19.

Inside schedule for March
Inside WSU will have one more issue this month, an exclusive online issue March 19. There will be no issue March 26 due to spring break. It will resume publishing with a print issue April 2. Any items for the April 2 issue should be submitted by March 23.

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Have your say about pay Want to express your opinion about a proposed Kansas House bill that would change the way classified employees are compensated? State Rep. Deena Horst, vice chairman for the Kansas 2000 Select Committee, emphasized in an on-campus meeting last week for classified state employees that the committee is seeking ideas and solutions to the proposed bill. (See related story in the March 5 Inside WSU exclusive online issue.) Horst can be contacted by e-mail at horst@house.state.ks.us or deena@informatics.net; phone at 800-432-3924; or mail: Deena Horst, State Capitol - 181-W, Topeka, KS 66612-1504. Classified Senate President Sally Fiscus also will relay your concerns. Contact her at sally@engr.twsu.edu. The bill can be found online www.ink.org/public/legislative/1999/bills/2522.html. Give the gift of life The Heskett Center is sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Call ext. 3082 for an appointment; walk-ins are welcome, too. President Beggs has authorized administrative leave for WSU employees who want to participate. Talking trash Bill Rathje from the University of Arizona has been digging through trash for more than 25 years in the name of research. He’ll talk about garbology, the term coined to describe his research, during a Watkins Visiting Professorship lecture at 5 p.m. March 15 in 209 Hubbard Hall. What he’s found by studying contemporary garbage is that what people say they do and what they actually do are often very different. Cather scholar visiting WSU Susan Rosowski, one of the world’s leading scholars on American author Willa Cather, will give a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 17 in 208 Hubbard Hall. Rosowski, who has studied and written about Cather for more than two decades, will talk about “The Unexpected Cather.” Rosowski is the Adele Hall Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cather’s alma mater. Rosowski’s lecture is sponsored by the English department. She also will talk with students of WSU associate professor of English Diane Quantic, who specializes in Plains literature. Tell us about Inside The Inside WSU staff want to hear from you, the readers. In order to gauge the newsletter’s effectiveness, surveys have been mailed to the campus community, retirees and others on the mailing list. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey and return to Inside WSU, box 62, by March 19. Inside schedule for March Inside WSU will have one more issue this month, an exclusive online issue March 19. There will be no issue March 26 due to spring break. It will resume publishing with a print issue April 2. Any items for the April 2 issue should be submitted by March 23.
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