Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 2. 1981
Election decision postponed
By MARK ZIEMAN Staff Reporter
A Student Senate Elections Committee meeting ended in anger and confusion yesterday when the committee co-chairmen decided that the meeting itself was invalid. The Board decided to decide the validity of six petitions for next year's Board of Class Officers.
"It was a complete waste of time," Derek Davenport, Wichita freshman and elections cochairman, said.
The meeting centered upon the Advance Coalition's claim that Gail Abbott, Ashland sophomore and election co-chairman, acted in accepting petitioned authority in accepting petitioned files by the Party Coalition.
Chris Mehl, Overland Park sophomore and an organizer of the
Advance Coalition, argued that six of the petitions filed by the Party Coalition were signed by Gib Lurcey, Glencoe, Ill., junior and an organizer of the Party Coalition, and not by the candidates themselves. Thus, the petitions were invalid at last Friday's deadline.
He also contended that Abbott extended the deadline by allowing the six candidates to sign their petitions by Tuesday.
"Accepting the forms as valid and extending the deadline are not her (Abbott's) decisions, but the committee's," Mehl said. "It's outside the authority of the chair-person."
Abbott said that she had accepted the petitions Friday for con- not possible to call a meeting of elections committee in the 15
minutes remaining before the deadline.
"He (Kurschner) asked permission if he could sign the names and I said yes," she said. "It was necessary convenience as far as I'm conquered."
Kurschner said he thought Abbott's decision was correct.
"If the committee decides to go against us, they (the Advance Coalition) are going to get the election on a silver platter," he said.
Only nine of about 75 committee members were present at the meeting. The nine committee members voted 6-3 against the validity of the Parry Coalition's six rules to keep campers freed, the meeting was adjourned, but Kurchner argued that the meeting did not follow procedures outlined in Student Senate Rules and Regulations.
Superstars competition aids retarded citizens
Athletes from the Greek system and residents of one scholarship hall are running, swimming and golfing to raise money for the Douglas County Association for Retarded Citizens in a superstars competition.
The competition, sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta, sorochia, began Monday with tennis matches at Alvaram Racquet and Swim Club, and will continue through Saturday.
The athletes also will compete in swimming at Robinson Center, golf at Alvamar Orchards Golf Course, free-throw shooting at the Lawrence Center, bowling at the Kansas Union and billiards at the Harbour Lites.
The Harbour Lites will be selling pitcher's of beer for $1.50 and donating 50 cents from each pitcher to DCARC
The superstars competition will end Saturday with a 440-yard dash at South Junior High and weightlifting, baseball at Brooklyn. The course run at Broken Arrow Park.
Thursday night during the billiards competition.
Coordinators of the competition are Mike Greig, Overland Park sophomore, and Maggie Fletcher, Alexandria, Va., junior.
DCARC was chosen as a philanthropy for several reasons.
"It's a local organization so it's easy to collect money for them, and they really need the money," Grett said.
Twenty-three athletes have entered the competition, Greig said, and they will compete in seven out of 10 events, including the money event, which is a donation-gathering contest among the athletes.
Also unavailable are current parking fine figures for faculty, Dear Kears, parking director, said. But last year at this time, faculty费 $46,000.
"We've waited a long, long time to get this far with it," Kearns said about the duty policy implementation. "It's a tough job for us, and students and students we pay their staff."
KU faculty members who decline to pay parking and library fines will be taking home lighter paychecks come Monday. A recent investigation of a affairs director predicted yesterday.
“As of March 1, a total of $33,216.24 was owed,” she said. “I’m sure it’s gone up this month. It usually goes up a couple thousand each month.”
Regents may implement pay garnishment policy
THE POLICY'S DEVELOPMENT has taken a long time, Nitcher conceded, considering that a Kansas statute gave the Regents power to garnish paychecks last spring. The delay has been partly bureaucratic and partly because of a recent House of Representatives bill.
THE FACULTY FINE amount is unavailable because the library rarely distinguishes between what faculty, students and staff owe, she said.
"I'm sure it's doubled since then." Marry Marshall fines supervisor, said
According to Nichter, that's the date by which the Kansas Board of Regents should be able to implement their paycheck garnishing policy, which would allow KU to withhold overdue fines from faculty paychecks.
House Bill 2565, which would establish a garnishment policy for all state agencies, proposed giving the Regents authority to the Kansas Department of Administration. The bill's introduction effectively slowed the Regents policy development, Nitcher said.
Means subcommittee decided to let the Regents keep their garnishment authority.
"The Department of Administration wanted to go with one procedure for set-off the whole state," Mike Meacham, R-Wichita, said. "We got together with the Regents and talked about the cost it would cost more for the Regents to go through the central state system than to do it on their own."
Current library fine figures for faculty are unavailable, but last year, faculty award $3,000 for overdue books
Therefore, the subcommittee repealed that section of the bill, Meacham said.
By KATHRYN KASE
Staff Reporter
He predicted that the section would remain left out even after consideration by the House.
ASIDE FROM COST, garnishme
procedures would remain the same
under the Regents or the Department of
Law. I was also in the department's chief attorney, said.
"Under the Department of Administration, whenever the University wanted to collect a debt bawd by an officer or an employee, we would have sent them the notice, not the Regents." Griggs said.
Once the Legislature finishes with the bill, the Regents will renew their garnishment policy development, Nitcher said.
"They've sort of put it on hold until the Legislature is through." he said.
Before the Legislature introduced the bill, the Regents had begun work on the policy, William Kauffman, Regents attorney, said.
Besides authorizing the withholding of money for fines from paychecks, a first draft of the policy said employees also could draw the fine or make other payment arrangements before payroll checks were delivered.
Redevelopment of our downtown must be planned.
Nancy Shontz insists on public participation in the development of a downtown. Only after the community has identified its needs will we be able to judge whether or not a particular proposal makes sense. It's a decision that will affect all of us, so planning must precede major changes in our Central Business District.
EMPLOYEES WHO LEAVE the University mut pay all fines or final paychecks would be withheld, the draft said.
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Additionally, the first draft ensured that due process would be followed.
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But this week, a House Ways and
Unlike Nitcher, Kauffman estimated that the policy would be ready by May or June.
SPIRIT SQUAD TRYOUTS-1981
Be a part of a great tradition!
Dates for tryouts for the K.U. Spirit Squad have been set.
All students interested in trying out should meet in Allen Field House at 5:00 p.m. on March 26th for an informational meeting. The first clinic will be held after the meeting.
No previous experience is required to trvout.
Requirements
CLINICS:
2. 0 Overall GPA Enrolled in at least 12 hours Weight in proportion to Height A genuine interest in K.U. athletics
2. 0 Overall GPA
March 26-27-30-31
PRELIMINARIES:
April 1-2
5:30-7:00 p.m. ALLEN FIELD HO
ALLEN FIELD HOUSE
April 4th
FINALS:
April 11th
MINORITY STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE
The University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
Presents
Mistislav Rostropovich
Cellist
8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 2, 1981
Houston Auditorium
This KU concert is one of only four solo apraesis by Bost *the world* this season.
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office All seats in the room with ID 58, Students with ID 58 and $4 Special ticket rates for patrons of the KU Concert and Chamber services, call 913/864-3982 servations, call 913/864-3982
The Arts
"The world's greatest cellist and possibly the greatest who ever lived." New York Post