Friday, April 28, 1978
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Students pay price for late orders
By SAM VAN LEEUWEN
Staff Writer
University Daily Kansan
Faculty members who turn in textbook orders late risk causing higher book prices for their students. Steve Jewett, textbook instructor, the Kansas Union Bookstore, said tussle
Jewett said about 90 percent of the text
book orders for the summer semester and about 30 percent of the textbook orders for fall had been received. The two deadlines were March 10 and April 7.
The bookstore tries to fill faculty textbook orders with used books to save students money, Jewett又用了. Used books are purchased from students during the buay-back
Malpractice suit filed
Rv DENISE RUPP
Staff Writer
An abortion malpractice suit was filed Tuesday against the University of Kansas Medical Center by a woman who said that she had received failed to remove the fetus.
The woman, Rosebud Miller, Topeka, is asking $10,000 in damages from the Med Center Hospital and from Glenn Hara, the doctor who performed the abortion.
David Dysart, legal counsel for the Med Center, said yesterday that although he did not think the lawsuit posed much of a threat to the Med Center, he said it might raise questions about the Med Center's abortion policies.
he said he expected dismissal of the suit against the hospital because it, as state law required, had been in use.
HER SUIT SAYS that she left the hospital after being informed that the abortion was complete, but that after two days of bleeding she discharged the fetus.
Miller's abortion was performed last September between the 10th and 12th weeks.
She took the material she had passed to the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka where it was analyzed by the pathology department. The pathology report said no fetal tissue or embryonic tissue of any kind was found.
The suit alleges that the doctor and the hospital were negligent in one of two ways.
Either that the abortion was not complete or that they were negligent in failing to inform her of the possibility of post-abortion bleeding.
Hara is being represented by a private attorney provided by his insurance company. He could not be reached for comment yesterday.
DYSART SAID that Miller's attorney had asked for a copy of the Med Center's written guidelines regulating abortions and for information on abortion, was given to women who had abortions.
Following the examination, Krantz must make a recommendation to allow the abortion. However, this policy would not apply if the woman had aborted the abortion was performed before the 22nd week.
The only written policy covering abortions at the Med Center is a statement that says that no pregnancy may be terminated after the 22nd week unless the woman is admitted by Kernit Krantz, chairman of the department of gynecology and obstetrics.
Dysart said that he had met with members of the obstetrics and gynecology department and had recommended that they adopt more restrictive guidelines. But that the staff said stricter regulations were unnecessary at this time.
The suit was originally filed last February in Shawnee County District Court but was later dismissed because it was filed in the improper county.
period at the end of a semester or from wholesale used-book dealers.
Jewett said the problem of finding used books was severest when a teacher waited until after the buy-back period to tell the bookstore that a book would be re-used in
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"IF WE don't have an order from a professor for a book, we can't buy it from the student," he said. "We may have to buy new ones when we could have had used books."
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On larger orders, the bookstore compares the number of students that the professor estimates will buy the book with how many students bought the book last year, Jewett said.
Although Jewett said he would prefer to have more textbook orders turned in on time, he said he looked at the deadlines realistically.
Last year, the bookstore ordered about $1.346,000 worth of new and used books.
Although a faculty member can order a textbook through the bookstore at any time without penalty, Jewett said he preferred to have from eight to 10 weeks to order a textbook because of the process he had to go through before ordering it.
But, Neil Jones, professor of computer science, said he thought the bookstore asked him to review "the book."
"THEY ASK for book orders before teaching assignments are made," Jones said. "I think they are unrealistically early."
If a textbook is going to be used again, Jewett said, the bookstore will buy it from students at the current selling price. But if a student wants an e-book, the student can sell it to a used bookseller.
Before an order can be sent to a publisher the bookstore lists alphabetically the names of the books. Then the bookstore checks the names and other information on the book to make sure
Don Panton, associate professor of
textbooks and not ordered his text-
books for next fall.
After that, the bookstore inventory is checked to see whether any of the ordered books are in stock. Then Jewett decides how many books to order.
"I know some of the schools don't know what is going to be taught or even who is going to teach," he said. "We don't expect in order of the orders that be turned in on time."
"I haven't got all my courses organized yet to select my books," Smith said, adding that he had a lot of work to do in preparation for final exams.
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There are many good books to choose from, he said, and he has not had time to describe them.
Thomas R. Smith, professor of East Asian studies, said he had not ordered his books.
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Revised sign ordinance aims at reducing litter
By JAKE THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Anybody who puts up handbills, leaflets or posters on the KU campus will soon be in violation of Lawrence's revised surname ordinance.
The ordinance states, "no placards, leaflets, handbills or other similar signs shall be placed on the exterior wall or window of any building in any district."
After the bill is approved by the Lawrence City Commission and is legally published, the ordinance immediately will go into effect.
According to the ordinance, signs on campus newspaper boxes, telephone poles and waste paper baskets would be in violation.
Brent McFail, city management analyst, said yesterday that although the ordinance would apply to the campus, it would be difficult to enforce because notices were often put up quickly and at night.
THE ORDINANCE also says that all
people placing such signs, and owners of buildings upon which sign were placed would be responsible for violations.
If convicted, the defendant could be fined up to $100, be imprisoned up to 30 days or both.
The city building inspector, McFall said, would make random checks around the city and could file a complaint against a group or a person in municipal court.
But, McFall said, the city is not interested in taking people to court.
A handbill or poster would comply with the sign ordinance if it were placed inside a window or on a designated information board, McFall said.
"Our attempt is to get voluntary compliance," he said. "It's basically a littering problem."
A warning letter would first be sent to the violator by the city. Then, if the violation was repeated a complaint would be filed, McFall said.
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