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Mondav, October 31, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Fire results from faulty wiring
By Matt Irwin
John McMillan was about to take a nap when he smelled something strange.
Firefighters prepare to enter an apartment located at 1514 Tennessee St. The apartment was damaged by fire and smoke. No injuries were reported.
"I smelled something coming from the adjacent apartment," said McMillan, 34, a Lawrence electrical firm worker. "I saw smoke, and it smelled like trash was burning."
McMillan, who lives in one of three apartments in a house at 1514 Tennessee St. called 911 at 3:51 p.m. Friday. The Lawrence Fire Department responded and was able to confine the fire to one bedroom of the two-bedroom apartment, said Jerry Karr, Lawrence Fire Department battalion chief. The occupants of the apartment were not home at the time of the fire, and no one was injured.
One of the occupants, Darwin Anderson, Winter Park, Fla., junior, was notified at work by McMillan's roommate.
Anderson said that he thought that an electrical problem might have caused the fire. He said that when he moved in to the apartment, he told his landlord that most of the electrical outlets didn't work. His landlord, Goodwin Garfield, said he had fixed the fuse box, but still only three of the 10 outlets worked. Anderson said.
"Darwin said it might be an electrical problem," said Jonathan Stong, Wichita junior and Anderson's neighbor. "He said he had problems before."
Dan Morrow, another battalion chief at the Lawrence Fire Department, said that
the fire was caused by a short circuit and
that $4,000 in damage was done.
Anderson said he thought his insurance would cover the damage done to what he owned.
Like McMillan and his roommate. Stong
also was in his apartment when he found out about the fire.
By about 4:30 p.m. the occupants of the apartments still were not allowed back in.
"I'm kind of hungry, and I can't get back in to my food." Stong said.
By David Wilson Kansan staff writer
Kassebaum wants parents involved
Otherwise, federal government will make policy, Senator warns
Parents must take a more active role in setting policies for their children's schools, Sen. Nancy Kassebaum told a group of KU administrators and local educators Friday morning at the Adams Alumni Center.
If parents don't take the initiative, Kassebaum warned, the federal government will step in and set its own policies — policies which may not be in the best interest of the community.
Kassbeau's address to the group was part of the School of Education Weekend, which included an open house for students, faculty and alumni at Bailey Hall on Saturday.
"I'm becoming increasingly concerned about the need for teachers and parents to become involved with policy issues," Kassebaum told the group. "If we shut parents out, we are going to find massive problems ahead in public education."
Kassebaum spoke about the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which recently was signed into law.
Kassebaum said she supported the legislation but with some reservations. Too much of the legislation addressed eliminating racial and gender bias, she said.
"It seems to me that this drains away energy and vitality from education," she said.
The racial and gender bias policies were one example of what Kassebaum called a policy pile-on.
"We need to change the mentality that new
programs help," she said. "We need to work to improve what we have. It doesn't capture headlines, but it is the work of government."
The government's bureaucratic bumbling already has begun to light fires under some parents, who are pulling their children out of public schools and teaching them at home.
Kassebaum said the number of home schools had grown from 12,500 in the late 1970s to 500,000 today.
But Kassebaum, who was once a member of the Maize school board, said public education didn't deserve all the criticism it received.
"Teachers are blamed far too much today for things that shouldn't even be their responsibility," she said.
Kassebaum also briefly talked about the federal government's direct lending program for college students, which began this fall. The program involved about 100 colleges and universities — but not the University of Kansas. Kassebaum opposed the program, which she said would saddle colleges and universities with administrative costs now handled by banks and credit companies.
Kassebaum said the government would forgive loans that were not paid back in 25 years.
"We are encouraging irresponsibility," she said.
Also at the open house Saturday, Kansas University Endowment President Jim Martin announced the Gene A. Budig professorship for the School of Education. The professorship would provide $12,500 above the chosen professor's regular salary*
Jerry Bailey, associate dean of education administration, said Budig was a supporter of the School of Education.
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