University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
The University Daily
KANSAN
Thursday, February 5, 1981 Vol. 91, No. 89 USPS 650-640
Regents plan to be pursued by Washburn
By BRAD STERTZ Staff Reporter
Washburn University's Board of Regents will announce tonight that they will "encourage pursuit of a development of a plan to put in place in the state Board of Regents system."
A Washburn Regent said yesterday that the board had had an informal meeting to decide the policy it would announce tonight in a public meeting at Washburn.
"There is not 100 percent unanimity on the subject," Mark Morris, the Washington Burnet, said. "But there seems to be a general desire to pursue the matter, if the terms are right."
Morris said Washburn's Regents primarily would be concerned with maintaining the school's image. He also said that Washburn's administration unanimously supported the effort as long as Washburn retained much of its present status.
STATE REP. BILL BUNTEN, R-Topeka, had proposed a plan two weeks ago that would have put Washburn under KU's administration as a cost-saving measure. Following that plan, Morris said, was not acceptable to the Washburn Regents, administration or alumni.
"The administration has told us they would support an effort of getting into the state system if some cases were met." Morris said. "They will work with our alumnium burn would remain a free-standing university."
"They, secondly, want to maintain the name of Washburn in some way if a change were made. Thirdly, they wanted to make sure the law school would remain a part of the university."
Morris said that such concerns were consistent with the Washburn Regent's feelings on any management.
MORRISE, HOWEVER, said that many questions still had to be answered before the Regents could wholeheartedly approve the change.
"We still don't have all the facts," Morris said, "but there were many factors cleared up with reports from the vice presidents from Washburn.
Morris said that each vice president presented his position at the hour-long meeting yesterday.
He also said a financial analyst had presented Washburn's financial outlook to the three regulators.
"Basically, what we said at the meeting was, 'Hey, let's look at it,'" Merle Blair, chairman of Washburn's Regents, said. "Given the right proposal, we would anxiously look into it."
Earlier, when the proposal to put Washburn in the state system was made, Blair said the Washburn Regents were "open-minded" about it.
Although the Regents' stand has changed
seven times, still will exercise
women's standing changes
"It just doesn't make good sense to make a big decision yet," he said. "It's kind of like looking at a big, beautiful car and then buying it without being able to afford it."
State Regents Chairman E. B. Bernard Franklin also expressed concern about the financial cost of his position.
"I just don't see how anybody looking at how tight our resources are could justify adding Washburn," Franklin said. "That has been our main concern on this all along."
Franklin said there would be no official action
Theresa Miller, Greeley sophomore, faced the slightly warmer temperatures yesterday as she jogged down Jayhawk Boulevard. This weekend's weather should be clear and dry with temperatures in the 40s and 50s, according to the National Weather Service in Tooneka.
'Cats, Shockers deny wrongdoing
From Staff and Wire Reports
Denials rang out across Kansas yesterday as Wichita State University and Kansas State University dismissed allegations of athletic department violations.
GENE SMITHSON, basketball coach at Wichita State, said the Times' report that former players had received money and gifts from the team "fabrication" from "discontented." players
At Wichita State, the athletic director and head basketball coach announced that they would welcome an investigation into the school's decision to release them they were confident no rules had been broken.
K-State officials said that unless other charges of credit card misuse arose, no further investigation was planned. They also said that the woman who knew of the misuse would not be fired.
At K-State, the athletic director admitted that two track athletes and a former athlete had abused a school telephone credit card, but he did not have been corrected and would not happen again.
"WE DO NOT, and did not, deny several of the irregularities substantiated in the Kansas City Times article," Deloss Dodd, KSta's athletic director, said in a prepared statement. "In fact, we were fully aware of our own problem well in advance to the Times' on-campus interviews, and we are able to make considered each facet carefully and make administrative corrections where necessary."
Ted Rebeholt, the school's athletic director and only other official at the press conference, said that he was "ready to go."
"In short, we policed our ship prior to the Times' investigative crusade."
Dedds said that he was convinced no violations had occurred and that track coaches merely met with them.
"I am sure lessons have been learned by those involved here at Kansas State," he said. "They will remember the ordeal for the remainder of national careers and will operate accordingly."
IN THIS MORNING's installment in the Times' series, the paper describes the career of spiner Ardes Arles Gardner dr., who was implicated in yesterday's story for abusing credit cards and receiving a student loan that was not supposed to be nailed back.
The Times said that Gardner, who is 24 and mows lawns in California for a living, went to K-State over other schools because he was promised unlimited use of a K-State telephone credit card, cash to help pay living expenses for him and his wife and a decent job for his wife.
Athletic Association inquiry would uncover wrongdoing. But he said the university would be very careful not to make mistakes.
Breedhoeh said the NCAA had contacted him last week to say it was going to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the school's athletic program, although it did not specify basketball.
"We've received allegations, published in a newspaper outside our city, and in our opinion and to our knowledge the allegations and accusations are unfounded," Bredehoff said. "We pride ourselves that we abide by the rules and we are aware of the rules.
MESSES SERIES on college athletics has attracted the attention of state legislators in Topeka.
"We are disappointed this inquiry came about, but we will address ourselves to it."
State legislators. Hayden said, may want to question university officials when they testify for the governor.
If charges that state dollars have been misused at Wichita State and K-State are true, Haydon said, his committee will track down where every dollar went. He also said that the state's money might not be state money but might have come from student fee funds or other sources.
State Rep. Mike Hayden, R-Aitwood, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said yesterday that he planned no immediate action in response to the allegations carried in the Times' articles, unless the allegations were proved.
He enrolled at K-State even though two grades
See DEN1A1 page 5.
Towers residents complain about lax maintenance
Staff Reporter
By KATHY MAAG
Since the University of Kansas bought Jayhawker Towers Apartments last April, residents have complained louder and louder problems. But they say no one is listening.
Numerous resident complaints, including complaints of fences in the broken elevators, lack of parking, cockroaches, no hot water and slow water supply, broken windows, the managers, several residents said yesterday.
Carl Baker, Overland Park junior, said the elevators did not work properly, and when they were fixed they only ran for a day before breaking down again.
Baker's bathroom ceiling is caving in, but repeated trips to the manager's office have not been observed.
"It stops on every floor even if no one is there," he said. "Some people even go to the bathroom in them, but it's been that way since I've been here."
"I don't know why they don't come fix the
tool," said him. "I don't know if they're slow or
just don't know."
Don Bebeau, Towers project manager,
responded to the complaints of slow main-
"We have never failed to turn in a main-
tenance job," she said. "But what can we do
when we turn it in six times?"
The Towers has one full-time maintenance man employed by the housing office. About 900 students live in the Towers. The two-bedroom apartments cost $255 to $754 a month.
But now it's so trashy-looking, it's easy not to care," he said.
Baker said that if the apartments were in Baker condition, more residents would take better care.
University knew the Towers needed repair when the complex was purchased.
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said the
"When we bought it, we knew it was a used apartment complex," Wilson said. "We've spent about $250,000 already for improvements and will probably spend another $250,000."
The four Towers were built in 1968 by the Jayhawk Investment Co., which is owned by three KU alumni who wanted to provide additional student housing.
The men sold the Towers to the University last fall for a reported $5 million. Only KU students can afford them.
"My problem is to put it on its feet and to make it self-supporting and not a subsidized operation. Wilson said "We have to assess the cost of education, we don't have enough money to do everything."
The University began improvements on the Towers last summer by installing 40 new parking spaces and recarpaturing some rooms and hallways.
Residents say they think the parking situation is inadequate.
"If you don't get home before midnight, you can't find a place to park." Kim White, Leawood freshman, said. "I paid $75 worth of parking tickets last semester, all from the Towers' lots."
The residents' complains about the cockroaches and lack of hot water are also being dealt with, Bebeaau said. Exterminators come in and will spray if the resident requests it.
"But they've sprayed three times already and it's still a problem," Baker said.
White agreed.
"You wouldn't believe how disgusting the cockroaches are." she said.
A hot water tank is causing the lack of hot water in the mornings, Bebae said.
The hot water tanks need attention and are getting runny. There is a problem and they're working on it."
Senate votes for resolution to urge parking fine change
Bv KAREN SCHLUETER
Staff Reporter
A resolution encouraging KU Parking Services to stop fining students for excessive unpaid parking violations passed without debate at last night's Student Senate meeting.
The resolution opposes the parking services' "Excessive Volator" for group III parking violations. Those violations include parking in a building or parking in a fire lane and blocking fire hydrants.
Under the clause, anyone having five or more unpaid Group III parking violations is subject to an additional $25 fine. If the fines are not paid within 14 days, the penalty fine increases to $30.
The resolution stated that "having a car towed or immobilized is punishment enough for having accumulated five unpaid parking violations, not being subjected to an additional $25 or $30."
In addition to the penalty fine, excessive violators' cars may be towed or have their wheels removed.
The Senate also approved a funding philosophy resolution written by the Finance and Auditing
Dave Kersley, Student Rights Committee
Dave Kersley, Student body vice
president admitted the request.
The philosophy says that any groups funded with activity fee money must be open for participation or enjoyment to the whole student body, must elect officers at open meetings and must present an English translation of any materials printed with student funds.
The funding philosophy was submitted by Loren Busby, Nunemaker senator; Dan Cunningham, All Scholarship Hall Council senator; David Zimmerman, off-campus senator; and David Zimmerman, off-campus senator.
Activity fee funded groups also must not require members to meet any academic standards and cannot use student funds for scholarships or recruitment.
The philosophy is used as a guideline for allowing student activity fee money to student organization.
Tonight's low will be between 10 and 15, and Friday's high will be in the mid-30s.
The high temperature today will be in the 40s, with winds from the south at 5 to 15 mph, according to the KU Weather Service.
Marks found on fire victim's neck
By TIM SHARP Staff Reporter
The squad said Douglas County District Attorney Mike Malone had told them Wednesday that the marks were compatible with in the burned residence at 1608 E. 15th St.
Marks on the neck of a woman who died in a fire last week could be rope burns, the Douglas County Arson Squad said yesterday.
The marks were found on the body of
McSwain refused to comment on specific areas of investigation. He said the squid was gathering background information on people and facts about the fire and was still waiting for test results from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
McSwan said arson investigators believed the fire might have been arson, based on the burn pattern and other evidence collected by investigators.
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain said he did not know what role the rope played in the firefight.
Audrey Pope, 56, who died Saturday in a blaze that also killed her husband, Earl, 55.
Laurance Price, Douglas County coroner,
and earlier this week that the POPes had died
from complications.
He said, however, that previous reports that the fire had been set were incorrect because a final determination had not been made.
"There are a lot of things we think we know that we cannot put into the fact category, we know."
Proposed bill to close loopholes in beer law
By GENE GEORGE
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-A  A bill designed to close loopholes in the present beer law drew no adverse comments when it went up for hearing before a Senate committee yesterday.
The bill, introduced by State Will. Senmil Morris, R-Wichita, was referred to the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, which conducted the hearing. Morris' bill was supported by both wets and drys, as well as the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Alcohol Beverage Control, the state agency that regulates the liquor industry.
The Morris bill would make it illegal to drink beer while driving on a state highway and would impose criminal penalties on minors convicted of drinking beer.
ROBERT BINGMAN, executive director of the Associated Students of Kansas, tested that
ASK supported the bill as well as the right of 18-year-olds to drink 3.2 beer, as long as they use it responsibly.
Bingaman said the Morris bill, drafted at the request of ASK, would help solve that problem.
"We are concerned, however, about minors illegally possessing, attempting to purchase or consuming 3.2 beer," he said. "We are additionally concerned about irresponsible usage of 3.2 beer, particularly when this irresponsible action occurs while operating a motor vehicle."
and the bill must be of above stature. Col. David Hermann's Highway Patrol said the bill might help reverse the "longstanding trend of persons under 18 drinking beer and driving on the highways."
"The as bill is written," he said, "the officer have to see them (the drivers) drink it before taking it."
But he noted that the Morris bill would make it hard to enforce the provision of the bill that dealt with transporting an open container of 3.2 beer.
Morris has introduced a second bill to help train care of the patrol's problems with transports.
HORNBAKER SAID the patrol alone arrested 1,298 people last year for transporting open containers of alcoholic beverages. The patrol also made 2,733 arrests for drunken driving in 1978 and 2,793 arrests in the first 10 months of 1979.
That bill, being considered by the Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee, would suspend automatically the driver's license of a worker employed in transporting an open container of beer or liquor.
THE FIRST conviction would lead to a three-month suspension, and the second and subsequent convictions would lead to a one-year suspension.
The present $200 fine would still be imposed for persons over 21.
The second Morris bill is also supported by both wetns and drys.