Business school has plans for empty space
BvSUSAN WOODARD
Staff Writer
When the Computation Center moves out of Summerfield Hall this summer, the School of Business and department of economics will be left with 9,382 students who will empty space is not a problem for Summerfield Hall.
According to Joseph Pichier, dean of the School of Business, the school's enrollment has increased 72 percent in the past four years and, as a consequence, classroom and office space has become scarce.
In addition, he said, the business and economies reading room and the business placement center
there's a scramble for space," Pichler said.
THE UNIVERSITY has requested $250,000 in its budget to remodel the space vacated by the center,
repair and reinsulate the roof and replace the glass windows on the building's side south with solar-activated panels.
With melting winter snows, the Summerfield roof has developed leaks in several classrooms and offices. According to Pichler, the roof has been repaired several times before.
Max Lucas, director of facilities planning, said extra insulation would be added to the roof.
"Everybody has leaks from time to time," Pichler said. "This year it has gotten intolerable and we need
Sunlight coming through the glass panels on the building's south side makes the hallways almost unearbly hot on sunny days, Pichler said. In the winter, the windows make the hallways cold.
"It's an uncomfortable building," Pichler said.
According to Lucas, KU plans to replace the glass with solar-reflective glass that also should help lower heat and glare.
ALTHOUGH THE School of Business does not have any definite plans on how to remodel the space left by the center, John Tollefson, associate dean of the school, wrote in a letter that the matter and come to some preliminary conclusions.
According to Tollison, about half the space would be converted into classrooms and offices. He said that because of the current space problem, some business classes were being taught in Strong, Dyche, Malott and Wescoe halls and that some teaching assistants would be moving to move to offices on the third floor of Strong Hall.
Pichler said that every year some classrooms in the
building must be converted into offices, further reducing the amount of available classroom space.
Tolleson said the two rooms adjacent to the business and economics reading room probably would be added to the reading room, which would double its size. According to Pichler, the reading room now has seating for only 44 of the 1,450 students enrolled in the school.
FOUR TO SIX small rooms also may be built for the business placement center, Tolleson said. According to Fred Madura, director of the placement center, reviewing rooms are not adequate for the center's needs.
Madaua said 128 companies interviewed at the school last year and 89 this fall.
"Generally at peak times I don't have an office," he
said. "We have four rooms. If a fifth company wants to come, they take my office. If a sixth comes, they usually take Professor Pinet's office or we find a room any place we can."
If the Kansas Legislature approves KU's budget request, money for the project would be available in July, according to Lucas. He said the roof probably would be replaced as soon as the funds were received.
Lucas said KU would have to get a building consultant to plan the remodeling of the computer center in his office.
Tollefson said the school wanted to make the best use of their new space.
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*arm weather provided an opportunity for Rosemary Row, Lawrence freshman, to spend a little time in the sun and play Frisbee in front of霍斯密 Hall late yesterday.*
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Lawrence, Kansas
Recourse limited on unpaid fines
By ALLEN HOLDER
Staff Writer
Spring fling
The University of Kansas currently cannot deduct parking fees from faculty paychecks, despite $36,000 in delinquent faculty payments.
Mike Davis, University general counsel, said yesterday that unless a bill was passed by the Kansas Legislature, KU did not have to deduct unpaid fines from paychecks.
Andrew Torres, chairman of the parking and traffic board, said he hoped that a bill would be introduced in the Legislature that would keep KU the authority to dock paychecks.
In a report two weeks ago, Torres told members of the University Senate Executive Committee that students were upset because the only action KU could take against faculty was a denial of parking privileges.
ALTOHUG KU cannot force faculty members to pay parking fines, it can make students pay fines. If students do not pay tuition withhold grades, transcripts and diplomas.
HE SAID THE traffic board was sympathetic to the students' views and recommended that the University Council support any legislation requiring the withholding of unpaid fines from faculty paychecks.
However, Davis said KU had other methods it could use to collect the fines.
"It appears that a parking violation could be considered a misdemeanor." he said.
considered a misdemeanor," he said. Ku probably could proceed students, faculty or staff members who owed Ku a lot of money to the school. But to be considered by the Douglas County
Court the action would have to be approved by Douglas County Attorney Mike Malone
Malone said that he thought the action could be taken but that it would occur in a different way.
But Torres said he thought KU should take court action to collect the fines.
HOWEVER, TORRES said he did not know what other members of the parking and traffic board thought about taking court action to collect fines.
"Personally, I would not oppose that action for people who owe large amounts of money to the city."
In addition to court action, Davis said KU could deny a faculty member's parking permit.
Torres also said a car could be towed if its owner owed money on five or more tickets. He said the car then could be towed any time he was parked on campus, even if it was parked legally.
denied to faculty who owed money from a previous year.
THE OWNER CANNOT retrieve his car until he pays his parking fines.
Torres said the $30,000 figure could be an exaggeration because some money was owed by faculty members who no longer were at KU.
He said that because the $3,000 was a current figure, some of the money might be in the bank.
Torres said he was not interested in trying to prosecute people who had left KU.
Some people, he said, pay all their parking fines at the end of the year.
Sachem decides to accept women
By SARAH TOEVS
Staff Writer
Sachem Circle, a senior men's honorary group, voted last night to accept women for the first time in its 68-year history at the University of Kansas.
The decision to accept women will allow Sachem to regain recognition as a University group, Jeff Rhoads, Sachem president, said last night.
In 1975 Sachen was dissociated from KU because it decided to retain its all-male membership, rejecting the Title IX laws and allowing university groups on the basis of sex.
SINCE THAT time Sachem members have voted several times, including in September, to stay all-male rather than comply with Title IX.
Last night's decision was made in a closed meeting and Rhoads would not release voting results or details of the group's debate on the motion.
Rhoads said he expected the group to gain recognition within the next week. The recognition would allow it the use of office space and advisory service that honor societies normally get through the dean of men's office.
IN DECIDING to accept women, the group also decided to change its name to Omromc Delta Kappa, the name of the Omromc society of which Sachen is the KU klanter.
The purpose of changing its name was to advertise the change in membership and to recognize women's leadership qualities, Rhaeds said.
Sachem members also decided to change the membership guidelines to require candidates to be second semester juniors. The group previously accepted seniors as
Omicron Delta Kappa accepts members who display a high excellence in leadership,
Staff Writer
Senate opposes move of statue
Despite opposition from student body President Mike Harper, the Student Senate suspended its rules last night and passed a bill that planned move of the Jimmy Green statue.
The unexpected action came in response to a plea from David Parris, Manhattan junior, who is a member of a student-faculty committee that opposes the statute's move.
By MELISSA THOMPSON
Parris said he thought student opinion was not being considered, despite a two-tone vote against moving the statue registered in last month's elections.
"It's been determined that it's the University's property," Parris said, "but another question is 'who is the University?'"
HE ASKED the Senate to take action to officially express student sentiment.
Harper said he was opposed to the Senate's taking action on Parris' suggestion last night because of unwritten Senate policy. According to policy, all legislation must go through a committee before being discussed on the floor.
Job program limited
ONE SENATOR disagreed with Harper.
"I was in hope that the Senate would wait before passing any legislation," Harper
Recent changes in eligibility guidelines for the College Work-Study Program at the University of Kansas will mean fewer students will qualify for the program, but the changes could mean that 95 percent of those who do qualification will find jobs.
Bv MARY ERNST
Staff Writer
Joan Sherwood, assistant director of student financial aid, said yesterday that the changes announced last week were made because so many students had already been treated that it was impossible to guarantee payment for students who most needed jobs.
"Before, a student could always come in at any time during the year and request help with homework."
"BUT TO BE eligible for it next year, only those students who have the greatest need and get their financial aid forms in by Feb. 15 will be awarded eligibility."
She said that students who did not file before the deadline would be hurt most
because few late applications would be considered.
Department of Health, Education and Welfare auditors made several recommendations to the office of student financial aid this fall. Sherwood said. The recommendations included a change that would increase the annual dollar amount of work, much like a loan.
Between 600 and 700 students at KU have worked in work-study jobs during the year, that number should remain about the same next year because of an expected increase
Students currently are not assured of a definite amount of work, although there is
Sherwood also said she had sent cards to all students in the program reminding them of what they were doing.
Besides the federal funds, KU adds 20 percent of the federal grant to the percent of the program grants that the percent
The senator said that action taken in "spontaneous outrage" would be more effective than a resolution that had been considered over a period of time.
Garry Kessler, law school senator, said he thought alumni sentiment was a strong factor in the decision to move the statue, although he said he had no specific information upon which to base his impression.
He said alumni influence seemed to be an "unseen force." The only instances of public reference to the move that Kessler knew of, be said, were comments made by a speaker at the School of Law dedication banquet last month.
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Kessler said he could not recall the speaker's name nor his specific comment.
Through a series of parliamentary moves, senators wrote a resolution that expressed "unalterable opposition" to the statue's location and set a new state he used at new Green Hall.
He said he had received frequent complaints from administrators about ambiguous Senate legislation. The Jimmy Green issue, he said, did not warrant hasty action that could result in more ambiguous resolutions.
"This is the most asinine thing Ive ever heard of," he muttered as he walked on the deck.
"This body has a history of acting in haste, "Harner said.
Later, Harper explained his anger toward the Senate's action.
Harper said that KU officials already knew student sentiment about the planned move and that a Senate resolution might not make any difference.
"I don't think they give a tinker's damn that the Student Senate does on the job."
The Senate cannot act responsibly,
Harper said, until Chancellor Archie R. Dykes makes a final decision.
"We don't know what he's thinking," Harper said.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT in the statue controversy was a ruling about the legality of the move from the director of the Kansas Historical Society.
Joseph Snell, the director, said in a letter that the statue's removal would not be in the best interest of historical preservation. He said, the society would oppose the move.
University officials have said they intend to proceed with the move but have not yet agreed.
Reggie Robinson, student body vice president, said he did not share Harper's
"When there's that much unanimity, it doesn't bother me." Robinson said.
He said that he thought all Senate legislation should go through committees but that he was not worried about the resolution because the Jimmy Green issue was familiar to senators and because he had not been limited to a few members.
"IT WASN'T A FEW old senators ramming something through," he said.
Last night's resolution also will be sent to the editor of the Kansas in the form of an email.
The resolution did not suffer from hasty writing, Robinson said, because of the skill required to produce it.
In other action, the Senate elected Phil Kaufman, Memphis senior, as StudEx chairman. The job's responsibilities include working with committee representatives to form agendas for Senate meetings and debates between senators and executive officers.
Rhoads said a primary problem with the change was finding an adviser for the group.
In 1947, the organization was granted a charter with Omicron Delta Kappa, which has had a charter allowing women members for several years. Rhoads said.
The Senate also chose representatives to University Council and SenEx, two offices.
the men's Student Council established it to lend an ear of respectability to KU.
"We expect the group to reflect the change," he said. "We will definitely see a group of them."
UNTIL, 1975. Dan Alderson, dean of men and Sachem members, was the group's adviser. The Omicron Delta Kappa charter requires that the chapter have an adviser.
Sachem Circle dates back to 1910, when
He said that applications should be available in living groups and in the dean of men's office within the next week and that applicants would be announced sometime in April.
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Reports say Israel keeps truce
BEIRUT, The first U.N. peacekeeping unit moved into southern Lebanon yesterday, and despite Palestinian guerrilla statements that major violations riddle the Israeli-declared cease-fire, reports indicated that the military is for the first time since crossing into Lebanon March 15. See story page two.
Carter ends Begin talks, urges Israeli withdrawal
WASHINGTON—President Jimmy Carter ended talks yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and urged Begin to rely on U.S. support and to come to terms with the Arabs.
Carter called again for Israel to commit itself to a withdrawal from the West Bank of the Jordan River, in the
Carter said the 1967 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal must apply to all fronts if peace negotiations were to succeed.
withdrawal must apply to all fronts if peace negotiations were to succeed.
On this point, the administration is in sharp conflict with Begin. He has offered to negotiate the West Bank's future but is not committing Israel to a withdrawal.
Aerialist falls 120 feet to death
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Famous aerialist Karl Wallenda fell 120 feet to his death yesterday during a promotional high air winkle appearance for the Pan American circus in San Juan. The accident occurred while Wallenda, 73, was walking, through strong winds on a wire stretched 10 stories high between the towers of a beachfront hotel. He had consistently refused to give up performing, despite accidents through the years that killed four members of his family.
Weather . . .
Rain is in the forecast again today and tomorrow. There is a 70 percent chance of it continuing today and tonight. Temperatures today will be in the upper 40s to low 50s, dropping to the low 40s tonight. Highs tomorrow should be in the mid-to-upper 40s. The rain should end tomorrow.
Winds will be out of the east to northeast at 15 to 25 m.p.h.
Locally...
Simple renovation of Watson Library will not solve the space problems in the library. Jim Kranen, dean of libraries said. The renovation is designed to bring modernity to the library.
However, the space problem of the growing library will not be solved. Therefore, Runs said construction of a new library was imperative for the growth of libraries.