University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 90, No. 153
Thursday, July 10, 1980
The sky filled with turbulence Wednesday following an early morning
thunderstorm which brought water to parched grass and shrubbery and a paddle to a parking lot near 31st and Louisiana streets.
KU watering thwarts wilting
RV MARI IN RARRV
Staff Reporter
The thunderstorm that shook Lawrence sleepsers from their slumber Wednesday morning gave Tom Lee a chance to rest a little easier in the afternoon.
Lee, physical plant supervisor for the KU campus, said yesterday that the inch of rain was a welcome relief for him and his crew, who grasped tightly to keep the campus greenery alive.
"It helped us a bunch," he said. "Every drop of rain we get from heaven is a whole lot of help. It didn't it to it where we could shoot, or it wouldn't keep the wate in the ground a little longer."
Lee said this was the second worst summer he could remember in the 17 years he has been playing.
"The worst summer was back in 1976 when the city cut off our water because of a shortage," he said. "That was before Clinton Lake."
THOUGH THE NEW reservoir has provided Lawrence with an abundance of water, Lee said the plants would prefer nourishment from the skv.
"Citty water keeps plants alive, but it doesn't give them what Mother Nature does," he said. "Nature gives them cool weather and moisture." But if there are a lot of natural minerals and
vitamins that the rain has in it that city water doesn't have."
Lee estimated that the campus trees, and grass were worth millions of dollars.
"It might hit billions. You can never tell," he said. "We've got a thousand acres of grass, flowers and trees . . . millions of dollars worth of growing things."
Landscape crews at the University have been working around the clock to keep young shrubs and trees alive, according to Jim assistant director of facilities operations.
MATTHES SAID the constant watering of the campus was more for the trees and shrubs than for irrigation.
"People are always thinking that we're watering spots much too long," he said, "but we have to let it run at least several hours to try to soak the roots."
Mathes said some members of his crew were coming back at night on their own to retrieve the body.
"Some workers are stopping by and starting water while they run errands," he said. They know that we lose something before the heat, we're right back where we started.
The grounds crew of more than 60 has limited its mowing this summer to new grass and mulch.
About two-thirds of the summer crew is concentrating on watering.
HE SAID that most work in direct sunlight was done during the morning hours when it was somewhat cooler. Workers usually find work in the shade during hot afternoons.
"when the crews are watering during the day, they don't hesitate to run through the space," she said.
He said the creewaters the main campus is early morning hours so students are not affected.
Still, some people complain about getting wet.
"We get calls from people complaining that we're watering the sidewalk or that they're getting wet," he said, "the hot sidewalks are so waterlogged." So, so, it doesn't hurt to let water hit concrete.
If the extremely hot weather continues, he,
said, crews will continue the heavy watering.
"The beauty and tradition of a well-landscaped campus is something we can't afford to lose." Mathes said. "People realize that the campus is a selling point for the University."
Lee was optimistic about the remainder of what is becoming a long, hot summer.
"We'll make it, baby; we'll make it," he said. "We might not pull every plant through, but as far as this heat we we're doing just about as good as you could expect."
Yearbook loss to be avoided
Rv TAMMI HARBERT
Staff Reporter
The struggling 1981 Jayhawker yearbook will be receiving $5,000 as a "performance bond" from the company scheduled to take next year's senior pictures, but seniors will have no assurance they will have their orders for prints filled.
Members of the yearbook board chose Carol Studios, a New York firm, to take 1891 student offers offered to give the Jayhawk $5,000 in September to be protection from a recurrence of the loss the Jayhawk suffered to Rapport Studio last spring. Tom Yoe, adviser to the Jayhawk, said
photography was better than two other firms that bid on the job, he said.
The firm's bid was lower and the quality of its
THE YEARBOOK LOST about $8,000 to Rappaport last spring when the company went bankrupt and did not pay the Jayhawk. It owed the yearbook five dollars each for the 1,300 books they pictured taken, and about $1,000 for advertising and clerical help involved with taking the pictures.
About 75 students who ordered and paid for prints of their pictures from Rappaport have not received prints or a refund, according to Pam Anderson, the Kansas Attorney General's Office. Division of the Kansas Attorney General's Office.
That contract was solely between the company and the student, he said. The company made its own decisions.
ALTHOUGH THEY DID not check the company's record with any agency such as the Better Business Bureau, You said, they contacted other companies that had dealt successfully with the studio.
Yoe said the yearbook board could not know if a company was going to go broke.
"If they have been in business for a while, you expect them to remain in business," he said.
He said he was aware that seniors might be skeptical of his purchasing prints next year because they are more expensive.
Yoe said there was no way the yearbook could get a contractual agreement from any company that would guarantee that the company would fulfill its obligation to students who order prints.
"I expect the sale of extra pictures won't be so great this year," he said.
See BOOK page five
Weather
The weather will remain hot with temperatures climbing over the 100 mark through the weekend. Today the temperature will reach 102 with clear skies and winds from the southeast at 5-15 mph. Tonight the skies will remain clear with the low temperature expected to be 78. Tomorrow skies will again be clear with the temperature expected to be the low temperature tomorrow and in the upper 70s. There is little chance of rain this weekend and temperatures on Saturday and Sunday are expected to be in the low 100s. The nighttime low temperatures are expected to be in the upper 70s again and skies should be clear.
Kleinberg to head chancellor search
Jacob Kleinberg, professor of chemistry who chaired the 1972 search committee, was elected chairman of the current search committee at the committee's first meeting last week.
The chairman of the 1972-73 search committee for a permanent chancellor, which led to the establishment of the University.
Simpson loan is questioned
Nominations and applications for permanent chancellor should be sent to Richard von Ende, executive secretary of the University, by Oct. 31, Kleinberg said.
BY DANTORCHIA
Although no deadline has been established for the search committee's recommendations for permanent chancellor to the Board of Regents, which will make the final appointment, the committee hopes to make its recommendations by late winter. Kleinberg said.
Staff Reporter
James Maher, U.S. Senate candidate, said yesterday he planned to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over a $100,000 loan taken out by fellow candidate John Simp
Maher and Simpson are among six candidates for the Democratic nomination. The winner of the Aug. 5 primary will challenge incumbent Republican Robert Dole.
Maher charged that Simpson obtained the loan from the Bank of Tesco, Tesco, at lower than normal interest in violation of federal campaign finance laws.
"The loan was taken out at the market rate at which they have been very careful concerning the laws."
Marvin Rau, Simpson's press secretary, denied the charge.
Simpson borrowed the money in installments in his own name to contribute to the campaign. He did not obligate the campaign organization itself, Rau said.
The loan was obtained in September 1979 and began 8-month term with an 11.5 percent interest rate.
Simpson obtained the loan in Tescott because he had previously done business there, Rau said. Sage said he did not have an interest in the loan.
Maher said, "What we're contending is that it is a campaign contribution, which is against the law for a bank to do. Plus the fact that it hasn't been paid back vet."
Michael Lewis, Simpson's treasurer, would not comment specifically on the complaint.
"I feel we have complied with all the laws," he said.
Sharon Snyder, press officer for the FEC, said she could not comment specifically on her experience.
Snyder said that a candidate charged in a complaint would be given 15 days to give reason.
If there is reason to believe there has been a violation, she said the commission would立即调查。
"If a bank loan is conducted in the normal course of business, it is not a campaign contribution," she said. "The deciding factor would be how the bank normally does business and how someone who is not a candidate would fare in getting a loan."
Cobb adapts to new job as second in command
Staff Reporter
By DAVID STIPP Staff Reporter
On Monday, his first day at work as KU's executive vice chancellor, Robert Cobb didn't have time to unpack the boxes he'd brought with him from his old office.
Unperturbed by the clutter, he held his scheduled meetings on time, explaining with a chuckle to visitors that not all the boxes were in order. The belonged to his predecessor, Del Shankel.
Remaining unperturbed by the press of events in something Cobb has been doing for quite a while.
As Jerry Lewis, director of Nunemaker College, who grew up with Cobb in Salina, said, "When a crisis presents itself he simply doesn't get agitated the way most people do.
"He's always able to see the humor in situations his own included."
Lewis said Cobb was a "walking encyclopedia of quotes" and frequently quoted humorous sayings from Mark Twain when in difficult situations.
Another of Cobb's colleagues, James Seaver, director of the Western Civilization program, agreed with Lewis' estimation of Cobb's poise. Seaver said Cobb, in his former position as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, that colleges came under fire from special interest groups.
"He kept his temper very well when criticized by various elements in the College," Seaver said. "He is always extremely even-handed and has a very delicate sense of humor."
The ability to look at a situation with detachment is something Cobb regards as important for the executive vice chancellor. He said detaching himself from his former role as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences would be one of his first goals.
"I don't want to let my biases as dean of the college affect my broader responsibilities as an admissions officer," she says, "and I am dealing with one segment of a set of responsibilities, one naturally thinks the world revolves around that set. I will try to neither minimize or expand our knowledge of liberal arts and sciences in the University."
Cobb said the perspective available from acting was important in helping him maintain his confidence.
"The regular access it gives me to students is one of the best ways I know of to get feedback about the University. And for me, teaching is one of the most important to maintain some sort of equilibrium."
"I regard myself as a faculty member serving as an administrator," he said. "I've always taught some while I've been an administrator and like to maintain some contact with teaching.
Cobb, who came to KU in 1957 as an assistant professor of English, said he would be able to teach the course. Mr. Cobb was one of our fellows.
Robert Cobb
that his first responsibilities would be to learn
what that would be his daily fare as
executive vice chancellor.
"It's going to be sort of on-the-job training for me for a while," he said.
Among the things Cobb said he would be paying special attention to was formula funding, a method used to determine KU's budget based on comparisons with five neer universities.
"I know KU's peer universities, but not much more right now," he said.
But facts and figures are not all Cobb will be pondering as well as 2 administrator. The faculty at University of Alberta is one.
See COBB page three
CHUCK ISAACSONiKan
Linda Hunter, 2833 Wawlde St., and her son Christopher, 2, enjoyed a peaceful fishing outing at Pake Lerry yesterday. The fish weren't biting, however, and they went home emuvi-handed.