THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
DREARY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Vol.88,No.77
Tuesday
January 24,1978
Lawrence. Kansas
Graduation plans remain uncertain
By MARY HOENK
Staff Writer
a brainstorming session to develop an alternate plan for spring graduation produced ideas but no final plans, L.J. Heeb, commissioned committee, gave yesterday.
The traditional Memorial Stadium graduation ceremony may be impossible because of the current stadium renovation construction project.
Heeb said the committee needed more information concerning the timetable relative to construction before final plans could be made.
Heeb said that the committee was dedicated to making every effort to have graduation "as near as normal as practically possible."
He said the committee would gather information during the next two weeks and meet again to determine the next stage for planning commencement.
CONSTRUCTION began on the project in mid-December, and it is under contract to be completed in September 1978, Lynn Richards, manager of the Kansas City, Kan. branch of Western Waterproofing, the contractor for the renovations, said last
Richards said an earlier completion date was hard to estimate because of factors that
could affect construction, including bad weather, delivery of materials and strikes
Floyd Temple, KU coordinator between the contractor and the athletic department, said that to date, the bleachers had been completely renovated and that the expansion joints had been clean.
Max Lucas, director of facilities planning, said last week that if the concrete work was completed in the stadium it would be possible the ceremony could be held in the stadium, even if new seats had not been
LUCAS SAID the contractor had been asked to work on the north part of the stadium first because it was where the graduates would sit.
However, the final recommendation on whether the stadium could be used in the season was that it would not.
The renovations involve concrete restoration, waterproofing, new seating, replacement of the artificial playing surface, expansion of the press box and remodeling the dressing rooms and restrooms.
Temple said the remodeling of the dressing rooms and restrooms were under separate contract and would have no bearing on commencement.
The $1.1 million renovation plan increased the cost of a student season football ticket
Apathy hits election; few file for president
Staff Writer
By MELISSA THOMPSON
Because the filing deadline is Wednesday and only one team is running, the race for student body president and vice president in the Democratic Senate elections could be short and longly.
And the lack of political ballyhoo that usually accompanies hotly contested races may not pique student voting interests. In some cases Senate leaders said, could hit a new low.
Mike 'Harpen, Student Senate executive committee chairman, said interest in the Senate was down because there was nothing essential to catch the students' attention.
Jill Grubaugh, Senate elections committee chairman, said although the filing deadline for the presidential race was Jan. 25, she thought there still might be a race.
Harper, so far the only declared candidate for the presidential spot, said he would be disappointed if no one opposed him this spring.
Three reasons for the uncontested race were offered last week by Senate leaders and former senators. Some said there was no interest among students. Others have said the current team was unbeatable. One was the only talent in the field of possible candidates.
"I THINK an independent would have a chance in the election," Grabiah said.
`WHEN YOU'RE not controversial,`
`you're not popular. When`
`you are not popular, you lose interest.`
She said one of the factors contributing to the lack of candidates this spring was the
growing undesirability of the presidential position.
"They've seen what it's done to Steve," she said. "He's had a very hard year." Steve Leben, El Dorado senior, is the current Senate president.
Grubbaugh said the lack of interest in the office also could be attributed to a lack of training.
But Ed Duckers, Nunemaker senator, said lack of interest was a bigger factor in the Senate's decision.
Leben said some prospective candidates might consider Harper unbeatable.
"I just don't think people care about it any more," he said.
"I would not have run for student body president last year if I thought I had no chance of winning," Leben said. No canoeist, no unopposed for the last four elections, he said.
Duckers disagree with the idea that prospective candidates for president had been scared by Harper and his running mate, Johnson, Salma Junior, who was a separatist.
"I DON'T think it could be done!"
"Do it!"
"I don't think anyone would
want to do it."
Leben said he thought anyone beginning a campaign must would have to have a name.
Realistically, if I wanted to run a
"I don't think there any such thing in a Student Senate election as too formidable an opponent," she said.
However, he said he thought the chances of anyone starting a campaign now were low.
See RACE page three
Staff Photo by DONALD WALLER
Two skaters glide in the cold, windless calm of Potter Lake yesterday afternoon. Below-freezing temperatures have created ideal conditions for skating, but a slight warming trend yesterday slipped the sledding snow off nearby hills. Light sleet and fog
Ice capades
last night also turned most area streets and sidewalks into huge ice rinks, but warming temperatures through the day should melt the ice. Damp weather should continue with nightly low temperatures near the freezing mark.
Tuition bill for doctors in committee
A bill that would raise tuition for University of Kansas Medical Center students who do not agree to practice in the state would be passed by the Senate Ways and Means committee.
An added incentive is provided for those graduates who agree to practice in areas of the state designated by the state secretary and environment as medically underserved.
The bill, which would raise tuition to 5,000 by 2018, is aimed at encouraging Med Center graduates to practice in Kansas. It was introduced to the Senate during the first week of the legislative session and has been in committee since then.
Under the bill's provisions, tuition would increase in stages over the next two years. The first increase would raise tuition by about 12 percent of the total cost to the state of educating doctors, as of July 1, 1978. This would place tuition at about $2,700.
FURTHER INCREASES of 17 percent by July 1, 1979, and 22 percent by July 1, 1980 would increase tuition to about $3,285 and finally to $4,550.
Out-of-state students attending the MeC Center would pay double tuition unless they agreed to practice in the state after graduation.
State Seen. Norman Gaar, Ways and Means Committee member, said yesterday that the proposed tuition increase was not excessive by national standards, even though it was a much higher amount than has been levied in the past at KU.
Tuition for resident students is now $1,525.
It is $3,025 for non-resident students.
Two types of tuition waivers would be provided to students who agree to practice for a specified period.
The second type also would pay full tuition costs but would not include the additional equipment and materials somewhere in the state, but not necessarily in an underserved area, would be eligible
THE FIRST waiver would pay full tuition costs for the student plus an additional $500 stipend to cover living expenses for students who wish to serve a serve in medically underserved areas.
Under both plans, students must agree to practice in the state one year for each a year.
Students who accept a fee waiver and then do not fulfill their obligation to practice in the state must repay all money in the reduction, as well as in the stipend, plus 10 percent annual interest, figured from the date money was received.
Youth ranch dream comes true
Staff Writer
By CAROL HUNTER
A rural Lawrence woman's dream to
have boys in Dauglas County will soon come true.
Douglas County will soon come true.
The land for the ranch was donated three years ago by Elsie O'Connell, who, with her husband, had dreamed of using their farmland to help troubled youths. O'Connell endorsing the youth ranch That land also will become part of the ranch after her death.
The home, the O'Connell Youth Ranch,
has been completed on a site just east of
Lawrence, Bob Davis, a teaching parent for
the ranch, and Saturday.
Another step toward the realization of O'Connell's dream was taken last week when Bob Davis and his family moved into the house.
Davis, who for two and one-half years was a probation worker for juveniles here, and his wife, who holds a degree in secondary education, will take charge of the day-to-day care of eight to 10 boys between the ages of 12 and 17. who will live in the home.
ALSO LAST WEEK, the ranch board of trustees took steps to secure continued funding for salaries and special programs, Ernest Coleman, ranch administrator, said. The board, through Coleman, asked the Douglas County Commission to sponsor a
A question about conflict of interest arose because Coleman is both a county federal funds consultant and ranch administrator. However, because no county funds were required, the rules ruled that there was no conflict of interest and agreed to sponsor the application.
second federal grant application to the Governor's Committee on Criminal Ad-
"It would cause problem if we didn't get the grant," he said, "but we plan to be in operation, regardless of receipt of the grant."
The grant totals $3,906; $2,160 to be paid by the criminal administration; $700 by the state and $8,200 by local, but not county funds.
Coleman said last year's grant was used for salaries and furnishing for the house,
All that is needed to begin operating the base some boy, Brandy. The first boy comes up and asks.
but no grant money was used for construction. Donations and a $60,000 loan were used to build the house, he said. The house, which is surrounded by ranch property are valued at $135,000.
BILL BRADLEY, ranch board chairman,
he said thought that the ranch would receive
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN News Capsules
From the Associated Press, United Press International
$500-billion budget now before Congress
WASHINGTON-President Jimmy Carter yesterday sent Congress a 1979 budget calling for $2.5 billion in tax cuts, higher spending on defense, and education, but no big outlays for new programs.
Carter described the $500.2-billion budget as "clean and tight" but sufficient to meet the court's requirements.
Little was said about balancing the budget in 1981, which clearly has become a less likely prospect as time goes by. A budget spokesman said if Carter recommended additional tax cuts in the future it would be impossible to achieve balance in 1981.
The budget causes a deficit of $6.0 billion, the third largest ever. Spending in the new budget would amount to $38 billion more than the 1978 figure.
House bills proposed on deadline
TOPEKA-Bills designed to provide tax reform, lower lower prices and a presidential primary in Kansas were among the 252 measures introduced in the Kansas House yesterday—the deadline for individual legislators to file bills.
Other proposals would raise the legal beer-drinking age from 18 to 19 and prohibit almost all state-funded abortions. See story page two.
Kansas agency eyes ad copyright
TOPEKA—The attorney for the Kansas Department of Economic Development said yesterday that the agency was looking at the possibility of copyrighting its ads in the future to try to avoid a repeat of its recent embarrassment with Screw magazine.
Al Goldstein, the publisher of Screw, recently copied an ad extolling Kansas as a good place to locate a new business and ran it in Screw without authorization.
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The attorney, John Berry, said the department had given up the thought of bringing suit against Goldstein because the ad was not written in a way that would be read by someone else.
And finding the boys won't be a problem,
Susan Zuber, board secretary, said.
Begin says peace talks depend on Cairo attitude
JERUSALEM—Prime Minister Menachem Begin said yesterday that stalled Mideast peace negotiations could resume when Cairo softened what he called its “strident anti-Semitic tone.”
Countering Egypt's charge that Israel sabotages Jerusalem peace talks, Began said that the United States had not supported him.
A. U.S. envoy, meanwhile, held exploratory talks aimed at getting the talks back underway.
Gunmen kidnap nobleman in Paris
PARIS—Masked gun ambushed an automobile carrying Baron Edouard-Jean Empain in central Paris yesterday and abducted the Belgian nobleman, who is one of Europe's richest industrialists and behead a giant conglomerate with interests in the United States.
Hours after the late-morning abduction, the baron's family still had not received a ransom demand, authorities said. Police were mobilized and began arresting 30 men in connection with the attack.
State must reconsider ratification of ERA
Schneider
TOPEKA-Attorney General Curt Schneider said yesterday that the State Congress must determine whether to accept a resolution by an Independence senator that Kansas rescind its ratification of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
Locally...
Schneider said in similar situations, the U.S. attempted to recognize attempted recursion. See story page two.
A federal investigator toured KU athletic facilities yesterday, Marion Washington, director of women's athletics, said yesterday.
Christine Northern, the HEW investigator, would not comment on the procedure.
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Washington said she met with the investigator and with Jacqueline King, women's athletic trainer but would not reveal what they had done.
Mike Davis, University counsel, said that Northern also met with him ar.1 and continued the investigation today.
"I think about 35 boys were sent out of the county last year," she said.
Davis said the ranch's biggest advantage was that the boys would remain in their community. Boys previously were sent to Osawea or Topeka or to Osawatome or Atchison.
"There is a stigma that's attached when a
See RANCH page three
Accident kills Lawrence man, injures students
A 21-year Lawrence man was killed and two KU students and another Lawrence resident were injured in a collision last night. Sheriff Rex Johnson said this morning.
James Carter Jr., 802 Crawford, was killed when his eastbound car collided head-on with a car occupied by Tya Manning and Tompa, Topika graduate Students, Johnson said.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials this morning reported that Manning was in stable condition and Dresser in fairly good condition.
A passenger in Carter's Car, Bryan Callahan, 20, 2911 Belle Haven Dr. was injured but reported in fairly good condition this morning.
The accident occurred about 6:45 last night about a half mile east of the Clinton airport.