Tuesday, December 6. 1977
University Daily Kansan
5
Computers to help keep track of alumni records, whereabouts
The addition by March of a new computer system in the University of Kansas Alumni Association office will allow information on any of the more than 100,000 KU alumni to be updated within seconds.
"Today if you told me your address was changing, it might not be in our records for 30 days," Dick Wintermite, director of the Alumni Association said. "After about March, if you told me it was going to be in the there in the next few minutes."
Wormtermite said the new system would enable the Alumni Association to correct alumn information daily. The information, such as addresses, marital status and contributions to the Kansas University association is currently corrected monthly.
"With our old system, we've been making anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 changes a month in our records, almost all by hand," he said.
The new system would keep the information on computer tape, he said. Four video display terminals would be displayed in the Alumni Association of
These terminals, hooked to a computer
at Haworth Hall, would be similar to typewriters with a viewing screen. Alumni information could be updated continuously on the terminals, he said.
THE NEW SYSTEM, Wintermorte said,
also would let office personnel spend more time with other work and less time with routine corrections of alumni
The Alumni Association's records of KU alumni essentially are the University's records, Wintermute said, and are used by many departments on campus.
The School of Law, for example, has developed a mailing list to lawyers from records the association furnishes them, Winternote said.
The law school has an active alumnin group called the Law Society, which sends newsletters and solicits money for students to loan to benefit KU law students, he said.
However, most of the people who use the records are former KU students who want current names or addresses of those they knew at KU.
Most of those using the records have a sorority sister, a fraternity brother or a classmate they have lost track of. with
whom they want to renew the friendship, he said.
HOWEVER, THE ALUMNI Association has denied many commercial requests for the use of the lists, Wintermote said.
"There's a great business in the country of selling mail lists," he said. Business interested in mailing list companies and insurance companies, he said.
He said that the list of alumni would be beneficial to any company because it would contain names of college students, and probably were in a high income range.
The money for the new system will come from alumni dues, which also pay for the operation of the Alumni Association, he said.
"Our annual computing budget for keeping records will be $15,000 a year," he said. "That's not much more than the cost of the old system."
"As a mailing list grows, it gets harder to manage," he said. "We don't see that it's going to be that much more expensive to manage with the new system."
AMA exhorted to harden stand on pot smoking
CHICAGO (UPI)—An American Medical Association council, collecting new evidence that marjuama may be damaging to health, and a request from AMA to harden its position on the drug.
Members of the policy-making arm of the AMA, the House of Delegates, were scheduled to vote on policy resolutions today tomorrow during its meeting in Chicago.
The AMA's current stand on marjaniq advocates a policy of discouragement because of possible bad effects on the user. The position was approved five years ago.
Flashbacks, the term used for experiencing the drug's intoxicating effects at a later date without further use, also have been employed in the treatment and侵入性 users, the council said.
But the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs said recent research had shown some marjuania users have suffered lung impairment, rapid heartbeat and psychiatric disturbances of various types. I urged the Delegates to harden its stand on the issue.
British reports of brain damage have not been confirmed, the council said, but the negative findings do not rule out that they are unrelated. It also enough to detect little impairment, it said.
It has also been demonstrated that marijuana could alter chromosomes and thus have a detrimental effect on the offspring of users, the council said.
Due to the growing popularity of skiing, lodging provisions are very tight; therefore to be guaranteed a spot you must sign up by Jan. 13.
Brubaker made his conclusion after inspecting five of McCollium's 10 floors. The new building has a new floor number.
Fire code deficiencies mar McCollum
Clark Brubaker, deputy state fire mural, said yesterday that minor deficiencies in McColluHall prevented it from complying with the state fire prevention code.
Staff Writer
BRUAKER SAID yesterday that except for room 863, where the fire began, the south wing of the eighth floor appeared to have been cleaned up.
A fire Nov. 11 on McCollum's eight floor caused an estimated $10,000 damage to the building.
Brubaker said that after finishing the inspection of Mccollum, he would inspect Hashinger Hall. Hashinger will be the last University living group to be inspected in an effort to promote educational buildings, residence and scholarship halls and Stouffer Place An apartments.
Bv LINDA FINESTONE
George Rogge, state artonom investigator, said yesterday in Topeka that polygraph tests had been given to Edwards and his team. The tests were fused to comment on the results of the tests.
Some rooms on the wing also sustained heat, smoke and water damage during the fire. Those rooms have been repaired, the owner said, and residents are living in them.
Brubaker inspected McColburn's eight, ninth and ten-floor, which each have three wings of residents' rooms, and the first floor, which includes kitchen, cateria and laundry areas. He also inspected two wings rooms and the main lobby on the second floor.
Harry Warren, assistant county attorney,
said yesterday that investigators had rued
out everything but arson or negligence
as possible causes.
He said the deficiencies were burned-out exit lights on some floors and glass panes in some doors that did not meet code requirements.
"There's nothing there that's out of line," Bruker said.
"There really wasn't too much wrong with the building." Brubaker said.
Inspectors also found that Ellsworth, Tempin and Joseph R. Pearson residence halls, Grace Pearson and Pearson residence halls, Jodie Couffer Place complied with the state code.
He said all information about the investigation was turned over to the county sheriff.
Russell Collins, chief deputy fire marshal, said yesterday in Topeka that Dibbern still was reviewing reports of inspection's of KU educational buildings made during the two weeks before Thanksgiving vacation. Dibbern could not be reached for comment.
Except for minor faults, inspectors said, Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall and Douthart, Sellards, Battenfeld and Stephenson scholarship halls met the satte
Watkins and Miller scholarship halls last week.
Brubaker and four other inspectors from the state fire marshal's office found major damage to a building in the Bronx.
Reports of the inspections completed last week and recommendations for corrections in the department are being presented to Floyd Dibborn, district fire marshal. Dibborn will review the reports and decide what actions should be taken.
Kaaberger said investigators had found no evidence yet to indicate that the cause of the attack was.
Money stolen from local firm
John Kasberger, Lawrence fire chief, said yesterday that investigators from the Fire Department were at the scene.
KASBERGER SAID HIS department and the KU police had been considering all possible causes of the fire, including electrical and accident causes and arson.
Kasberger said investigators last week questioned Cliffon J. Edwards, Aurora, Colo., freshman, and Gerald F. Feagles, Basebor sophomore, the residents of the house where they residents who live on the hall and persons who work at McCollian also were questioned.
determined the cause of the blaze, which began in the closet of room 863.
A black male carrying a handgun stole an undetermined amount of cash from Board's Liquor Store, 808 Vermont St., just before 10 p.m. last night. Lawrence police said.
The man was described by police as a Frenchman, wearing an antique jacket. A scarf was covering his face.
Police are investigating the robbery.