Friday, February 29, 1980
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Blue phones send emergency help
By JENNIFER ROBLEZ Staff Reporter
Many MK students walk by the blue on campus each day without realizing that somebody their lives may depend on them. The blue phones or the blue phones can provide immediate
emergency help. By lifting the phone's receiver a person is immediately in contact with a KU police dispatcher who sends a police officer to the location of that phone.
"We think the phones have been very effective," Ll. Jeanne Longaker of the KU police department said this week. "I hate to
In fact, confusion about the use of the phones is leading to the placement of instructions on the phone signs. The signs explain that the phones are for emergency aid application.
say this, but, if anything, we would like to see the phones used more because a lot of students don't know they exist."
The locations of the eight phone are: Irving Hill Road, below Numerama Center; Green Hall; Sunside Ave and Sunflower Park; Lincoln Avenue; Kansas Union; Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road; 14th Street and Alumni Place; Fletcher Lake; and west of the Helen River.
THE PHONES are easily spotted by the luminous blue boxes on top of the phones' poles. The phones also have the international telephone symbol on them.
Emergency Phones
Three additional phones have been requested by the KU police. Longkaker said they are in the process of behind Wakins and Miller scholarship halls and near Gertrude Sellhardt Pearson and another named student chosen, but areas near Robinson Gymnasium and the Chi Omega Fountain are
An officer's response time to a blue phone call is between one to three minutes, depending on campus traffic conditions.
The KU police department installed the phones in 1976 after a security company reviewed the campus and recommended use them as well as several other security measures.
Longaker said she hoped instructions on the phones would solve some of the confusion surrounding them.
Longaker said most of the calls from the phones were emergencies, including reports of injury accidents, robberies, assaults and medical emergencies.
Since the school year started, 109 calls have been placed from the phones.
"People have told me they thought the phones were for police use only. When I hear things like that I just cringe," she said.
Libraries standardize extended check-out
By SUSAN SCHOENMAKER and KEVIN MILLS Staff Reporters
Recent restrictions placed on the University of Kansas libraries four-month book check-out privileges have touched off a debate in academic circles about beginning a petition yesterday.
The branch science library had permitted graduate students to use the extended loan policy in the past, but recently restricted the loans to students working on Ph.D.s.
"The library made a mistake and decided to let the students pay for it," said McRonald. McRonald graduate student. "If we get the library policy back to where it was before, I'll be glad."
McDowell said he was told that the science library was too indiscriminate in issuing loan cards.
Cliff Haka, Watson circulation software allowed the computer to standardize the check-out policy of the KU libraries. He said the science and computer system would be linked with the library.
"There is no easy way for us to be there," he said. "We require skills to facilitate operations." Haka said. "There are so many masters' students that it would be impractical to extend service to them."
Haka said it was doubtful the library would revise its policy, and added that there
were no restrictions on book renewals Books normally are checked out for a month.
"You can't win either way. We are right in the middle." Haka said. "There is the impression that we're standing here saying 'No to people. That is an unfair picture.'"
He said that in the past, the four-month book check-out privilege for faculty and graduate students had been protested as unnecessary and unfair.
Abuse of the library's circulation policy will be discussed at the Senate Libraries Committee meeting at 2:30 today, in Room B 2d and the basement of Watson Library.
Haka said some faculty members had had more than 300 overdue books each under the old system. Some had books out as far back as 1967, he said.
FACULTY MEMBERS with overdue books offer the excuse that the books are needed for their research. Haka said.
"This institution isn't engaged in providing materials for libraries at home," he said. "If they need a book for an extended period of time, they should buy it."
Haka said the transition from the old system to the new one should be completed by April 1, but there were still 1,146 books out.
Persons with books still out have received at least two personal letters that listed missing books. Haka said.
The library also has written letters to various heads of departments, urging the return of overdue books from faculty members, he said.
"We feel that this is an excessively generous policy," he said.
The libraries committee also will discuss the progress of plans for a new library, to be located near the Military Science building.
IN MARCH, the library will formally recall all books still checked out under the old system. Those who fail to return overdue books will be fined. Haka said.
Dan Politokis, chairman of the committee and associate professor of music history, extended an invitation to today's meeting to Chancellor Archie R. Dykes.
Dykes had informed Politseks earlier this month that a new library would be given a top priority on next year's budget request.
New board, officers selected for SUA
Selections for the 1980 Student Union Activities board members include officers: Steve Hitchcock, president; Rick Kusterman, vice president; secretary, John Resnik, treasurer.
Board members and their respective committees include: Films; Michael Curran; The School of Forums; Ken Seidighart; Indoor Recreation; Debbie Lewis; Outdoor Recreation; Diane Deter; Public Recreation; David Lever; Duke Divine and Travel; Judder Werden
These positions are effective July 1.
New officers of the USBA board will also be student representatives on the Kansas Memorial Union Corporation Board.
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Graduate students are becoming more vocal in campus politics, according to Kelley Hayen, graduate student executive committee coordinator.
By SUSAN SCHOENMAKER Staff Renorter
Graduate students increase activity
"I think we are seeing a greater concern this year," Haydn said. "Obviously the majority of graduates still graduate in these areas, but many undergraduates don't vote either."
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Hydn said the Bendover coalition's
presidency might have increased the
visibility of graduate students. The
Bendover coalition was composed of
250 people.
"They generated a lot of publicity," Haydn said. "I think it had the effect of increasing the number of graduate students who took nart in the voting."
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Haydn said GradEx's major concern this year was settling policy on Senate relations.
He said that last year 10 votes was the smallest number received by a graduate senator. This year, however, he said the senator elected with the least number of votes.
The newly elected GradExR representatives are: Krupanadam Billa, Bahar持尉 Guntur; India; Carol Bhattacharya; Maharashtra; Lawrence; Tim Salter, Martinsville, In. Chuck Marsh, Salina; Tom Tobin, Y.; Y.Y.; and Skewart Watson, Lawrence.
KU computers to process financial aid applications
BY CINDY WHITCOME Staff Reporter
Use of a computerized system at the KU office of financial aid should speed the processing of aid forms as the application deadline, March 15, approaches.
Jerry Rogers, director of financial aid, said yesterday that the system would be used to process as many applications as possible this year.
Magnetic tapes containing information about students' finances are sent to KU from the American College Testing institute and be processed at the KU computer center.
Freshmen are processed first because the financial aid information they receive may influence their decision to come to the University.
"We always process the freshman first, so we thought we'd try the computer out on their applications." Rogers said. "After that many others all who were done by the computer."
ACT analyzes the applications to deter how much the student's family will be paying for the ACT and then sends this information to the KU financial aid office where aid awards are made.
"We assume that the upper-classmen are more committed to the University, so they won't mind waiting a little longer for their financial information." Roers said.
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"We have received some applications from ACT, but we will not know how many students met the deadline until we get the forms from ACT." Roarsen said.
After the student sends his application to ACT it may be five months before he receives information about his award, Rogers said.
Since the aid applications are sent to ACT in Iowa City for processing before they come to KU Rogers said, he does not know if the aid companies have turned in their application asset.
"We will try to let the freshman know by May 1 so they can be recognized for scholarships at their graduation. Other applicants will be notified through June," he said.
Although ACT has set its preferred application date at March 15, students apply after that date have a good chance of receiving aid, according to ROGers.
"WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?"
Psalms 2:1 and Acts 4:25
This fourth Commandment is raged against by people who profess to love God probably more than any one of the others. This is why we avoid for the Christian though Christ said it was "lesser for heaven and earth to pass to each jot or jitle of the Law than to pass to others." And in this way, all of the others. — And many, if not most of us, who profess to believe it to be binding upon the servant of God, do so through an indirect karner in the Bible say, "God is not mocked, whatsoever a man sown, that Jesus speaks." And this same karner in the Bible say, "Jesus speaks." And if he knows the words of the book of the prophecy, God shall take it from the things which are out of the Holy City, and from the things which are
"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy. Sixty days shall tith you labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day NOT DO ANY WORK, their nth, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manervant, nor any man servant, nor thy cottle, nor thy horse, nor any man's horse; their gates: Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them, and is rested the seventh day, wherefore The Lord makes it so."
Probably thirty years ago the writer read a book on the
life of Gan. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Don’t remember who wrote it, or anything much in it with his mind. He was an avid reader and conversion and acceptance of Christ, his employee told him to report for work Sunday morning. Respectfully and accordingly he asked me what he would do that day and that he would have to break God’s Commandment in order to do so. The answer was to come back for some more reading. God has great cost and almost suffering for the necessities of life; he never answered in his conviction and determination.
About three months after this, his former employee sent for him and he would like to re- employ him to take care of business while he was away on the continent with his business. He said that "For the thaty honor he will m尔 will, and that despise Me shall be tightly esteemed." 1 st Ash; 2:30. Probably all Booth, are more or less partners of the blessing and benefits of the great ministry in Christ's Name which he set in motion. More or less similar examples could be found in the same book, so honored God, and have been greatly honored by God in blessing the world, to name one other, John Wesley.
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