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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Thursday, March 27, 1980
Vol. 90, No.117
Senate OKs court representation
By SUSAN SCHOENMAKER
Staff Renorter
Student Legal Services' goal of providing KU students court representation is faced with one more hurdle after gaining Senate approval last night.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of court representation, and accepted the Court's decision to administer its request to provide a user's fex and exclude court representation in its decision.
Legal Services must now go back to the University administration for final approval
before it can establish a court representation program.
Steve Leben, Legal Services Board chairman, said he expected the bill to receive administration approval quickly. If the delay is scheduled to begin before the semester begins,
Senate debate was briefly hung up on the question of a $1$ user's fee. The user's fee was set by the Legal Services Board at the administration's request.
"You are getting a real deal and I hate to see Legal Services tossed around and taken off of our hands because of the user's wrongdoing," said president, said. "For Student Senate to
jeopardize going to court over this matter is insane.
Leben said the administration had not dictated the amount of the user's fee, and that defacing a user's fee would only permit the administration to impose its own.
"We felt it was irresponsible of us not to let the program go forward because of what was a minor issue." Leben said.
He said the administration had earlier suggested the possibility of establishing an hourly rate for court representation.
"You can imagine students not too excited about getting into open-ended fee payments." Leben said.
In addition to a user's fee, students using
court representation services would be required to pay a $35 filing fee. An amendment to wave the $15 user fee for those who could not have their applications be difficult to enforce.
The hottest debate centered on a resolution to develop a consistent budgeting philosophy. The resolution passed but the Senate struck out a provision that said colleges should accept student-identified "support, endorse or oppose" political philosophies or highly controversial issues.
"If you have a highly controversial issue do you just sweep it under the rug?" Steve Cormier, holder, oversee senator, said. "Why
See SENATE page nine
McCollum to discuss unused TVs, videos
By TOM TEDESCHI and ROBERT J. SCHAAD Staff Reporter
The McColum Hall senate has formed a committee to investigate possible uses for $18,000 worth of television and video equipment owned by the KU housing department. The equipment has been sitting in storage at McColum for the past six years.
The equipment—including a $5,000 Shibadan zoom color television camera, an $1,000 Sony video camera with field pack and several television monitors—was used to make McColum the University's residential communications center.
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, devised the plan in the fall of 1973. The $80,000 budget was sufficient as well as computer terminals, a keypunch machine, darkrooms and a drafting-layout
THE PROJECT was dropped after one semester of operation when the McColum senate unanimously voted to discontinue funding for the center because of a lack of resident interest. Funds for operating the center were held by a third party on charge to McColum residents' contracts.
Originally situated on the west wing of the
hall's second floor, the center has since been converted back into living space, except for a darkroom and a computer terminal room.
Mike Munjak, chairman of the McCollim hall improvement committee, said he doubted the equipment had any real use for the housing department.
"I GUESS IT'S like a dead horse on his (Wilson)'s hands, because he can't do anything with it." Munak said yesterday.
I think they just didn't know what to do with the equipment, so I circled circuit TV equipment is beyond me. So sure they knew the equipment was there, but what they would do with it is another question.
According to Wilson, a video tape recorder and a television monitor are being used in Numeraker Center. The rest of the enunit remains in storage, he said.
"I would not be averse to some kind of utilization of the equipment, and I would be encouraged to hear thoughts on how it can be used." he said.
ACCORDING TO Ion Pericval, chairman of the McCollum Hall hall, this was the purpose of the committee—to determine how the equipment could be used.
Typhoid fever basis of lawsuit against Kansas
By JEFF KIOUS Staff Reporter
equipment issue came to the attention See EQUIPMENT page 10
A KU student is among many people who have filed suits against the state of Kansas under a new Tort Claims Act that has been proposed by governments immunity from prosecution.
The student, Haymond Sieradan, asked us using the state for more than $10,000. In a study of Sieradan claimed that negligent laboratory methods caused him to contract typhoid fever.
Siradan claimed that the tphoid fever, from the bacteria Salmonella typha, caused him to experience several complications, including pneumonia.
HE WAS TREATED at Irving-Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., his attorney said.
The attorney, Jerry Donnelly of Lawrence, said yesterday that "Raymond has effected a good recovery."
Sieradan's lawsuit is one of 18 that have filed since the Act went into effect July 1. His case was filed in Douglas County District Court. Testimony from instructors and students in Sieradan's summer-school program will be taken in late April, according to Dandelpy.
"I couldn't do much preliminary investigation (prior to the lawsuit) because from taking to the KU instructors and students in his class," he said. "We will obtain sworn testimony from them during the trial, then we'll determine the acts of negligence."
DONNELLY SAID he won't sure whether the case would go as far as a jury trial. A pre-trial hearing will be scheduled for this summer, he said.
An official at the Kansas attorney general's office said that a person who could prove negligence on the part of a state agent accused of causing injury 'I could collect up to $100,000 in damages.'
Deputy Attorney General Bruce Miller, who is handling the Sieradan case, was unavailable for comment. Sieradan also was unavailable for comment.
The official, Bob Fillmore, assistant attorney general, said there were certain exceptions to the state's liability.
Filmore said part of the reason that the Kansas Legislature adopted the Act was the enactment of similar laws in other states, like Alabama, and by the federal government.
One exception, according to Fillmore, is when a law officer, enforcing a statute, fails to arrest an accused person in someone in the course of his duties. The injured person may file a lawsuit against the court or another party.
"The Legislature passed the Act last April in the best interest of the people," he said. "It gives greater protection for state employees."
BEFORE THE ACT was adopted, Fillmore said, a state agent or employee might be liable for a negligent act. Now the state has deferred in action.
See LAWSUIT page eight
Illinois Congressman and presidential candidate John Anderson visited the KU engagements in Topeka and Kansas City. After speaking to a packed crowd in campus yesterday during a hectic day's schedule that also included speaking Hech Auditorium, Andekan greeted students outside.
Photos by Dave Kraus.
Prior to his speech in Hoch (above), Anderson was greeted upon his arrival by campaign workers from Lawrenz and the University to right are Howard Marchbank, 1603s West 18th, Kerr Scott, public directer of the law firm Lawrence, Era Stahl, Junction City third-year law student, and Leslie story page three
Financial problems bedevil Garden of Eden
RvGREG SACKUVICH
Staff Reporter
Cement sculptures of Biblical and American history characters are in the Garden. In a pyramid-shaped mausoleum,
LUCAS-The Garden of Eden needs $16,000 to keep from going to hell.
The Garden is the creation of Samuel Perry Dinsmoor, a Civil War veteran, schoolteacher, artist and eccentric.
This Garden of Eden isn't between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, but in between them lies the ancient Russell. It is the only place in the world where a man can be born on the homelands beforeaba and see the Garden of Eden.
one can view the remains of Dinsmoor, who died in 1932.
In the last few years, vandals have inflicted minor damage, including knocking feathers off an Indian's bonnet and the tails of a cowboy; they also harm to Wainne Naele, owner of the Garden.
But before the damage worsens, Nanele would like to repair the sculptures. Don Hollet, an artist, said that about $16,000 was needed for pay repairs.
THE SCULPTURES STAND up to 40 feet high and have withstood the nature elements since Dissinsoon began to erect his sculpture. The sculptures haven't survived vandals.
The National Foundation of Historic Sighs offered to pay for the repairs, Naegle said, but Kansas law prohibits federal government using used to repair privately owned property.
If the bill is passed, Naegle said, he would be willing to obtain a loan to pay for the other half of the repairs.
But a bill now before the Kansas Legislature would allow the state to pay half the cost of repairs for privately owned historical sites.
THE $8,000 INVESTMENT would be more than the cost of the entire Garden when Neagle and Rex Duvet, Lucas banker, bought it in 1967. Naele said
Many of the original furnishings were lost after Dinsmoor died, but people around the area began returning them to help in the renovation project, he said.
Naeleg and Dwue bought the Garden from Manfield. Dishmoor's son-in-law Hannelie converted a house on the property into three apartments. At the same time he also closed the garden.
Naneile and Duwe began the process of restoring the Garden to its original state. A plasterer, Dan Naneile, said, but the house needed a new roof and plastering, and the floors had to be sanded.
"A lot of people in the community wanted
to see the place renovated. "Naele said. 'They may not have understood the art, or may have thought it was old, but they felt it was an important part of the town."
WOLBERT TOOK an interest in the sculpture, and talked with Dinsmore about his art work. He kept a file on the Garden of the Garden and stored it in the Garden and Dinsmore than anyone else.
Jacob Woldert was a carpenter who worked on the house and now lives across the street from the Garden. He is retired and works part time as a guide there.
Dinsmoor moved to Lucas in 1903 and in 1907 finished building his "rock log cabin house" *Wolbert said.* The house appears as
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See EDEN nage nine
Staff Reporter
Ovations greet John Anderson on KU campus
By BLAKE GUMPRECHT Staff Reporter
The last two weeks have been some of the worst for Rep. John B. Anderson since the Republican presidential candidate became something of a cult figure.
Last week he was humiliated in his home state by GOP frontrunner Ronald Reagan. Anderson received just 37 percent of the vote.
And then Tuesday the Illinois congressman finished third in primary and caucus races in New York and Connecticut. "You can't tell us sentenced."
"I, FOR ONE, have not conceded the Republican nomination to Ronald Reagan," he said.
During an hour-long visit to Lawrence, Anderson's recent failures were not noticeable.
Anderson, indirectly chastising Reagan for failing to make specific proposals in his campaign, called for a "new politics."
Nearly 4,000 people, hundreds of them were there early in the morning. Anderson's afternoon speech. He was interrupted almost three dozen times by applause and received three standing ovations.
"The people need to know how a candidate stands before he is elected, instead of just saying, 'Trust me, I don't know very much about this, but trust me. Conflict."
"There has to be a willingness to take the difficult positions on controversial issues," he told the predominantly student audience. "Candidates can't take the position of telling people just what they need to hear. They have to tell them what they need to know."
ANDERSON'S SPEECH came during a brief camp sweep through Kansas that included steps in Topeka and Kansas City
Kansas' first presidential primary is Tuesday.
There has been considerable speculation that Anderson might run as an independent if he does not get the Republican nomination.
"I think we have to take off our blinders in our approach to the electoral process," he said. "We need a Democratic, Independent and Republicans who will march together in pursuit of the next president."
He sidestepped one question from the audience on that issue, but repeatedly urged what he called a "new coalition of voters."
ANDERSON'S HALF-HOUR speech, "The teacher, the fellow student," or the "fellow students," included criticisms of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's gasoline rationing plan, the MX missile program and the invasion of Iraq.
"This country has lost a lot of its respect, its prestige around the world," he said. "Others have talked about this, but they haven't talked in terms of fixing our military muscles.
"I think that ignores our domestic problems. We ought not to forget that 25,000 people are below the mythical poverty jine—which isn't 'mythical for them.'
Anderson also criticized proposals for large budget cuts and explained his reasoning for urging a 90-cent-a-gallon gas that he insists would cut consumption.
"We're consuming some 75 to nine million barrels a day of imported oil," he said. "Because of this, our foreign policy is moving away from the 30 countries with 95 these 50 countries being held in Iran."
ANDERSON, THE SECOND major Republican candidate to visit Kansas, will spend 20 minutes answering questions on the border with Mexico and the federal bureaucracy to the Middle East.
He got his biggest applause, however, for his response to a question about his stance, as a Christian, on abortion.
"This is not a question of whether you are for or against abortion, it's a question of the individual's right to choose," he said. He also said that the individual should make that decision for the individual."
Anderson also criticized the continued growth of the federal bureaucracy.
"I think we have to cut back," he said. "I have a friend in the department of doctors who told me that they have 1,500 employees and they talk out the door and nobody would know."