Tomorrow's weather THE UNIVERSITY DAILY Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Kansan Inside today Wednesday December 1, 1999 Section: A Since its construction in 1910, Potter Lake has been the site of swimming, bathing, fishing, ice skating, starryeyed lovers, pranks and even death. SEE PAGE 7A Vol. 110 No.71 Sports today Depth has been the buzz word for the Kansas men's basketball team, but Coach Roy Williams has had plenty of deep teams in his tenure. SEE PAGE 8A Contact the Kansan WWW.KANSAN.COM THE STUDENT-NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS News: (785) 864-4810 Advertising: (785) 864-4358 Fax: (785) 864-0391 Opinion e-mail: opinionekansan.com Sports e-mail: sports@kansan.com Editor e-mail: editorekansan.com Worldwide AIDS epidemic hits close to home (USPS 650-640) Disease touches lives of many students By Amber Stuever writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer To Tionna Pitner AIDS isn't a distant dis ease she read about in a biology book. To Pitner, the AIDS epidemic has been real and personally devastating. HIV infected her father's body, and AIDS complications caused her to watch him take his last breath. Today is the 12th annual World AIDS Day, an event established to create a spirit of social tolerance and a greater exchange of information about HIV and AIDS. "It can happen to anyone, and it can touch you in ways you wouldn't imagine," said Pitner. Atwood sohomore. The silence that surrounds AIDS is very real to Pitner, who volunteers for the Douglas County AIDS Project. The theme of today's World AIDS Day, "AIDS — End the Silence (Listen, Learn, Live!)" aims to open communication about HIV and AIDS in efforts to dispel myths and reduce stigmas that surround HIV and AIDS. See WORLD on page 3A World AIDS Day events Douglas County AIDS Project will have an information booth from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kansas Union today. DCAP will hold a World AIDS Day program and reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Spencer Museum of Art. The Lawrence High School Chorale will perform and the DCAP AIDS quilt, which will continue to be on display through Dec. 12, will be showcased. Watkins Memorial Health Center will have information booths from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Kansas Union and on Wesco Beach. Health educators and volunteers will hand out packets with ribbons, HIV testing information and condoms. TheCampanile and five area churches will toll their bells 1.9 times at 1 p.m. today to represent the number of years AIDS has been a worldwide epidemic. The First Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St., is offering an interfaith Service on Rememberance candelight vigil at 7:45 p.m. today. Jason Williams/KANSAN Scott Schwartz, Chicago senior, holds his bicycle over his head in jubilation after completing a 500-mile course, stretching from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Schwartz rode with the course with 2,000 others to raise money for people with AIDS. Next year, Schwartz plans to ride again to raise money for AIDS patients, this time riding from Minneapolis to Chicago. Contributed photo The Names Project AIDS quilt is on display at Spencer Museum of Art. The quilt is part of the University's participation in the 12th annual World AIDS Day. This year's theme is AIDS End the Silence (Listen, Learn, Livel); participants are encouraging the world to discuss topics concerning HIV/AIDS. Photo by Joseph Griffin/KANSAN. Student goes the distance for patients Bv Amber Stuever writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Scott Schwartz, Chicago senior, rode his bicycle more than 500 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles the summer of 1998. In seven days he rode through small towns, cities and finally through a finish line. He was embraced and cheered by thousands of people in support of him and his cause — care for AIDS patients. Schwartz and 2,000 other bikers each raised $2,500 that summer in the California AIDS Ride, one of five Tanqueray's American AIDS rides held nationwide. Tanqueray is a national distributor of gin liquor. "It's just an amazing group of people and a great work for humanity," Schwartz said. "Across the nation in all five rides, we are spreading awareness of the battle and of acceptance." This summer, Schwartz will ride again, this time from Minneapolis to Chicago in the Twin City Ride, another Tanqueray's American AIDS ride. His goal is to again raise $2,500 for the 500-mile, six-day ride. The money is raised through personal and commercial donations to each rider. Schwartz's roommate, Tah Lambeck, Overland Park senior, will be riding with him this time. "I did it for personal reasons, to participate in something as noble as it is," Lambeck said. "It looked like something that would be really special, something to walk away with and feel a lot of pride." The money raised from the rides will go to care clinics, where HIV-positive patients receive housing, counseling, prescriptions and more. Schwartz was inspired to participate in the AIDS rides by his friend, Susan Silverman of San Diego. Silverman was training for the California ride when she was hit by a drunken driver, which caused "The government gives a lot of money to AIDS, but it all goes to research," Schwartz said. "There are care clinics around the country that need to support HIV-positive people in their community." "Whether one's gay, straight HIV positive or negative everybody will have to battle it at some point in their life." Scott Schwartz Chicago senior Schwartz said the cause also had motivated him. her left leg to be amputated from the knee down. However, even with a prosthetic foot. she completed the ride a year later. "It's our generation's biggest battle, and I feel closely related to many people battling it," he said. "Whether one's gay, straight, HIV positive or negative, everybody will have to battle it at some point in their life." To donate money to Schwartz's cause, you can e-mail him at scotts@eagle.cc.ukans.edu. Edited by Jamie Knodel Faculty salaries vary, but fairly equal By Nathan Willis writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer In other words, the study's results don't mean salary discrimination doesn't happen on an individual basis. A study of faculty salaries that the University of Kansas will give to the Board of Regents today has concluded that institutional discrimination in pay does not exist at the University. The Regents ordered the six Regents universities to conduct studies and report their results by today. Shulenburger said he had seen reports from Kansas State University and Wichita State University and that the results there were similar. "What this shows is that there is no systematic salary discrimination at the University," said Provost David Shulenburger. "Of course, the key word there is systematic." "We still want to look at individual references, just as we have been doing very carefully every year." Shulenburger said. The study found no deviations that were statistically significant when it was controlled for gender, age and race and ethnicity, says the report, which was put together for the provost by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Meanwhile, the Regents have faced their own gender equity complaint. Christine Crenshaw, associate director of fiscal affairs in the Regents office, filed a complaint with the Kansas human rights commission during the summer alleging pay discrimination based on gender. Her complaint is still in mediation. "With the large number of faculty members included in the study, the statistical tests of significance are quite powerful and should detect even small differences between groups," the report says. However, the University doesn't yet have any data on other potential measures of discrimination, said Susan Twomby, professor of teaching and leadership and chairwoman of the Equity Study Committee. The committee plans to distribute a survey in late January to faculty and staff members in order to measure whether minority faculty feel discriminated against in areas outside of salary.
SchoolMenWomenwhiteMinority
%Avg. Salary%Avg. Salary%Avg. Salary%Avg. Salary
Architecture100$65,4980083.3$66,28916.7$61,539
Business100101,5150076.996,34723.1118,740
Education80.666,41910.461,62710064,49200
Engineering10086,3050079.584,79720.592,150
Fine Arts81.158,46118.953,86186.557,33713.559,212
Journalism66.761,92333.364,88010062,90800
CLAS84.270,06215.868,79292.369,6357.772,585
Law82.6108,13617.486,6795.7106,9154.388,767
Pharmacy9085,5251081,40310086,11300
Social Welfare8064,5612072,3118064,5612072,311
Yet none were found. "Our committee is going to be looking at quality of life issues." a breakdown of the number of full professors and their average salaries in each school by gender and race. Some faculty members have sued the University recently, alleging discrimination in working conditions, such as the granting of tenure. Twombly said. The Kansas University Sexism and Racism Victims Coalition Web site lists current discrimination suits filed by five employees of the University. The site's address is www.seekpeace.com/KUISRVC. In addition, Twomblly said a faculty satisfaction survey conducted recently by the University Council found women to be less satisfied in their jobs at the University than men. "There will be all kinds of things, such as, 'Is your teaching assignment fair?' " she said. "One big concern is promotion possibilities." The January survey will be followed up with focus groups, and the University will use the information gained to make reforms, if any are necessary, she said. - Edited by Julia Nicholson Greek houses must improve sprinklers to meet fire code Kansan staff writer Bv Lori O'Toole Matt Arumski, Theta Chi fraternity house manager, said he was concerned about the two fires that occurred at other University of Kansas fraternity houses in the last two weeks — especially because his house does not have a fire sprinkler system. However, the house cannot be without one for much longer. Theta Chi is one of 11 University greek chapters with houses that must add or improve sprinkler systems in order to comply with a city fire code. The code, which the City Commission approved in 1993, requires buildings with 20 or more residents to have sprinkler systems throughout its structure. New buildings were required to include them during construction and existing buildings were given seven years for necessary adjustments. That deadline, April 6, is approaching quickly. Fire awareness at greek houses may be even more of an issue after the Nov. 20 fire at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house, 1941 Stewart LAWRENCE FIRE CODE Those which must install a sprinkler system: Greek houses that must meet the city fire code by April 6: Alpha Omicron Pi sorority Alpha Omicron I Seriously Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity Theta Chi fraternity Those which must improve existing systems; Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity Chi Omega Cit Omega Sorority Gamma Phi Beta sorority Gamina Pfi Bella sorbata Phi Kappa Theta fraternity Phi Kappa Theta fraternity Sigma Nu fraternity Sigma Nu fraternity Triangle fraternity Ave., and the Nov. 23 fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, 1537 Tennessee St. Both fires started from candles that were too close to mattresses. Alpha Tau Omega met the code, but Phi Kappa Theta is one of the seven houses on campus that must add more sprinklers to its existing system. See RECENT on page 3A