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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, January 26, 1995
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Transportation earns Senate block funding
SUA is denied special funding despite protests
By Ian Ritter
Kansan staff writer
After a long debate on Tuesday night about the merits of Campus Transportation, the Student Senate Finance Committee approved a two-year-block funding for the group.
But not without the disapproval of some committee members.
"If transportation gets any money from the students, it'll be over my objection," said committee member Derek Ward. "I think there's a lot of different things that different bodies can do for transportation on campus."
Campus Transportation finances KU on Wheels and Saferide.
Other committee members said the buses were too beat-up to to use for student transportation.
Ward suggested that a trolley system on campus would be more practical.
"Why are we keeping things that aren't working?" said committee member Lindsay Sander. "It doesn't make sense. If Campus Transportation is so overwhelmed with their duties, then why don't we get some new members?"
Committee member Gustavo Alvarado and Amy Trainer, president of KU Environs, distributed copies of an editorial Trainer wrote for last
Friday's University Daily Kansan.
The editorial reads: "... the quality of this system leaves something to be desired. If city and campus planners pooled their resources, Lawrence could apply for federal grants to get new buses."
Alvarado said the committee shouldn't feel pressured by Senate.
Campus Transportation was one of the four groups initially denied two year-block funding by the committee. Student Senate rejected that decision and sent the groups back to the committee.
But the fourth group, Student Union Activities, was not approved.
Two other groups, University Dance Company and the Elections Commission, also were approved for a two-year-block allocation funding.
SUA president Paul Wolfers wasn't happy with the committee's decision.
"We kind of expected that to happen," he said. "But it's just disappointing that we can't get more Senate support for activities."
Wolters said that if Senate would allocate SUA money, the caliber and volume of events would increase.
"They showed absolutely no need of money from us," committee member Alan Pierce said.
Wolters disagreed.
"They say, 'You don't need the money,'" he said. "That's really not the case."
Amounts being allocated to the University Dance Company, the Elections Commission and the Campus Transportation will be decided later.
'Hot rod' fire earns jail trip for one Lawrence resident
Kansan steffreport
Dale Arthur Mayhew, Lawrence resident, tried yesterday to get rid of the broken-down car in his front yard with a book of matches, Lawrence police reported.
Mayhew, 62, was arrested yesterday after allegedly setting fire to a car that belonged to his former roommate's girlfriend.
Sara E. Gray, Lawrence freshman, owned the 1978 Dodge Aspen that Mayhew allegedly burned. Her vehicle had been parked in the yard at Mayhew's house. Gray said the car was wrecked and couldn't be driven. The car had been in the yard since Thanksgiving.
Gray told police her boyfriend had moved out before Charlie. According to police, a slightly-intoxicated Mayhew began lighting matches and throwing them into the car at about 1 a.m. The car and some brush around it caught fire.
Gray told police her boyfriend had moved out before Christmas.
The Lawrence Fire Department put out the flames, which had severely damaged the car.
Police arrested Mayhew for arson and transported him to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center. Mayhew was released on bond.
Paulo Eskitch / KANSAN
Catch o' the day
Frank Ortega, Topeka resident, examines the fossils of Cretaceous xiphiacton, a prehistoric fish, with his sons, Matthew and Jacob, at the Natural History Museum. Ortega took his family to Lawrence yesterday to see the museum and other sights.
Committee works to relieve advising problems
By Virginia Marghelm
Kansan staff writer
The advising process at KU is not always effective, said Kathy Hall, director of the advising support center for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The committee was formed by James Muyskens, dean of the college, last fall and consists of six professors and two students. Its task is to examine the advising process and make recommendations on how it could be improved.
"In some cases, neither students nor faculty know what it is they supposed to be doing." Hall said.
The committee, which will meet for the first time this semester on Friday, probably will make recommendations to Muyskens by late this spring, Hall said. The recommendations will include suggestions about restructuring the advising process.
Last semester, the committee met twice a month from September to December and spent most of the time examining advising and setting goals, Hall said.
"We spent quite a bit of time trying to assess where the University stands right now," Hall said. "We tried to set goals that are attainable and to prioritize."
The committee also visited with other groups that deal with advising, such as the office of new student orientation, to see what other areas of the University were doing. Hall said.
Carey Storey, Leavenworth sophomore and committee member, became involved in the committee after hearing about its formation.
"I don't know much about advising, but I'd heard a lot of complaints." Storev said.
Last semester the committee set objectives related to specific advising problems it identified, Storey said.
One problem was the lack of student awareness about advising, said Robert Anderson, committee member and associate professor of French and Italian. Even if students understand the advising process, Anderson said, they may not have taken advantage of it
"We're trying to help students understand advising is an ongoing process," Anderson said.
Hall said that after enrollment, most students forget about their advisers.
"What happens is we tend to let advising slide for about 48 weeks out of the year," Hall said.
Last semester, the committee implemented a program targeting students they identified as being most in need of advising, Hall said.
A group of new students with undeclared majors and low college entrance examination scores were targeted. The students received letters inviting them to be advised by one of the professors on the committee. Of those invited, Hall said that nearly 70 percent came to the center for advising.
"The response from students was quite positive," Hall said.
Of the invited students who came in, 13 percent did not enroll for the spring semester. In comparison, 46 percent of the invited students who did not come in did not enroll this spring.
Muyskens said that he formed the committee because he felt the college's advising needed to be re-examined.
"I felt that we needed something more focused in the college," he said.
If the trial advising group is successful, Muyskens said, the program might be expanded gradually to involve all freshmen.
Five KU students arrested over weekend for drunk driving
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
KU students considering drinking and driving this weekend should be warned. They may end up like the five students who did it last weekend. In all.
The unlucky five are:
Paul D. Hayward, Topeka freshman, was arrested Friday in the 1000 block of Kentucky Street on a charge of operating under the influence, according to police. He was given a field sobriety test and taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
Troy G. Guzzo, Leawood freshman, was arrested Saturday in the parking lot of Colony Woods Apartments, 1301 West 24th St., according to police. Initially, Guzzo was stopped because his vehicle and its occupants matched the description of suspects involved in a battery earlier in that area. He was taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center and charged with operating under the influence.
Anne B. McFarland, St. Louis junior, was stopped by police yesterday in the 900 block of Indiana for speeding. She was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence and taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
Keith Harrington, Lawrence junior, was arrested Jan. 19 and charged with operating under the influence after crashing into a street
sign on campus. He was taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
Aaron P. Russell, Lawrence junior, was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated. He was taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
All five students were released on bond.
Roselle Orr, assistant district attorney for Douglas County, said the charge a student receives for drunk driving depends on who does the arresting.
If a student is arrested by a Lawrence police officer, the charge would be operating under the influence, or OUI, because the student violated a city ordinance.
If a student is arrested by a highway patrolman or a Douglas County sheriff, the charge would be either driving while intoxicated, DWI, or driving under the influence, DUI — a violation of a state law. The only difference between DWI and DUI is the way the charge is worded. Orr said.
"It does not take that much alcohol to be under the influence," said Sgt. Rose Rozmiark of the KU police department.
Rozmiarek recommended designating a driver or using the bus system.
Saferide will be running this weekend and is free to students with a valid KUID, Rozmirak said. Saferide will transport students anywhere inside city limits from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. To reach Saferide, call 864-SAFE.
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