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Vol. 95, No. 144 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas.
Thursday, May 2, 1985
Senate allots $10,000 for lighting study,plan
By JULIE MANGAN Staff Reporter
A proposal to pay experts $10,000 to study campus lighting this summer and report their findings this fall was approved last night by the Student Senate during its final meeting of the semester.
The Senate voted 31-5 with three abstentions to grant the money from the Senate allocated account to finance a project that would allow students at campus and propose lighting improvements.
Another $10,000 in Senate money would be used to install the lights if the University agreed to donate at least $50,000 for lit installation.
boxes, at a cost of $353 each. The cost was determined by facilities operations, the department in charge of building the boxes, the department authorized to do such work on carpentry,
THE BOXES WILL be used to distribute publications from registered student groups, including In the Streets, Graduate Student Newspaper and Praxis, whose members first brought the idea to the attention of the Senate.
The boxes would be built next to eight of the 14 Kansan boxes on campus.
Publications would be able to use to boxes on a first-come, first-served basis. Emlowel
will be prepared this summer by an illumination engineer and one assistant. It is a follow-up to a study of night crime on campus, which was done by Ronald Helms, director of architectural engineering, and completed in March.
WILLIAM EASLEY, STUDENT body president, said the completed proposal would be used to lobby the Kansas Legislature for additional money to improve campus lighting. The Associated Students of Kansas would be asked to help lobby.
The proposal must be completed by Sept. 15 or the $10,000 will be returned to the Senate unallocated account.
"Folks, rape's alive and well on this campus, whether you know it or not."
Reza Zoughi, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, agreed.
"IF IT'S GOING to prevent one attack, one rape, one harassment, you got more than $10,000 of your money's worth," he said.
But some senators said they didn't think the proposal would prevent rapes.
"No proposal to decide where to put lights is going to stop even one rape," said Doug Loyd.
Stallings said he thought that campus lighting was a problem and that the Senate
Ruth Lichtwardt, co-chairman of the Senate Minority Affairs Committee, also suggested alternate proposals.
LICHTWARD SAD THE Senate could donate the $10,000 to new lights, offer to match the board with the Board of Regents for new lights or put it into rape and crime education and prevention programs.
In other action, the Senate voted to allocate the following supplemental funds for nonrevenue code student groups:
The Senate also voted to allocate build boxes for distribution o publications.
- Society of Women Engineers — $440.
- Society of Women Engineers = $440.*
* Mid-America Journal of Politics = $690.*
The money would be used to b
Reagan bar trade, hint of sanction
By United Press International
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The action, White House aides said taken in response to the vote in the Hous week to deny Reagan $14 million in aid F. Contras.
Last year, Nicaragua sold $57 worth of bananas, beef, shellfish and to the United States and bought $111 in U.S. goods, mainly agricultural cherats fats and oils, and some machinery, in tractors.
In the order, Reagan said, "The p and actions of the government of Nicae constitute an unusual and extraor threat to the national security and 6 countries in the United States and (1) 7 declare a national emergency to deal that threat."
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Sit-in de]
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
Students, faculty and others protesting Kansas University Endowment Associates to South Africa said yesterday that t he student body in the Strong I lobby at least until tomorrow.
The protesters, who have demonstrat since 9 a.m. Monday, are doing more it sitting. Three protesters met yesterday w Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, and vice chancellor for student affairs, to discuss the University's position on divestiture.
The protesters, whose numbers have ranged from about a dozen to almost 50, want
at single sanction; anyone convicted by the honor court is permanently expelled. Changes in that rigid system have been proposed 8 times in the last 12 years, each time failing to muster the 60 percent student vote required for passage. Fawcett, in fact, voted to keep the single sanction the year before she fell victim to it. The problem is that the penalty is so extreme that it discourages students from bringing charges or voting to convict. Law students at Virginia have called for a separate disciplinary hearing handle their cases, on the ground that expulsion from law school is so severe a penalty has occurred. But so far, the recent cases have led only to a more modest change. Proving "repreensibility" is no longer required of the jury, and extinguishing circumstances are not allowed as evidence.
At Reed College in Oregon, the honor principle is pervasive but not punitive. "We're not like Virginia," says Paula Rooney, vice president of student services. "Our students do not sign anything before an exam. The students just agree to the terms." But the relative lack of importance attached to good grades at Reed. "Students are more con-
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That is more of a change than is likely at Washington and Lee, which has had a single-sanction honor system since the 1860s; the idea of "graduated" penalties was debated in the 1970s but rejected. Most colleges do have a sliding scale of retribution. At Hollins, which has a relatively back-faced code, the debate is whether to give students who cheat an F rather than a no-credit withdrawal—a major hardship only for last-se semester seniors. Students found guilty at Vanderbilt may be expelled, suspended or given a failing grade. "We base the penalty decision on three criteria: the truthfulness of the student during the hearing and investigation, the premeditation of the act and the fragrance of the act," says Honor Council president Richard Newcome.
end-year cadets. Maj. Mike Okk, commenting on the honor code and pilot training, says; "You can make mistakes early in your training, and yet if that same thing had been done later you'd be removed from the program."
grades at Reed
cerned with personal academic standards than the competition to receive good grades, "says
senior Brian Boyl.
Leniency is also part of the system at the U.S. Air Force Academy, whose code states: "We will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does." Last spring 30 cadets were caught in an escape film involving a physical exam. Nineteen were suspended, and a full-dress review of the honor system ensued. Cadets were given ammesty to
The Air Force system is still too strict to suit Prof. David Finley at nearby Colorado College, who attended a military academy
confess to any violations, and the faculty resumed control of the system for a year. But the penalties for honor violations were not increased. Under the concept of "discretion," which replaced single sanction in the 1660s, sentences range from confinement to quarters to expulsion. Upperclassmen are dealt with more harshly than first- and sec-
U V a. ' s Fawcett (left). Polynice: Public and private trials
as an undergraduate. "I saw individuals whose lives were damaged to a degree incommensurate with the fault," he explains. At Colorado College, the first honor violation gets a warning; the second, a recommendation to the president for suspension.
No matter what the penalties, honor
The Student With His Own Proctor
Randlett: 'It's up to the individual'
Every undergraduate who enters Princeton University must first submit a signed statement explaining the honor system in his or her own words and pledging to uphold it. Almost every undergraduate, anyway. Last fall sophomore Wade Randell transferred from the University of California, Berkeley, and was allowed to register without an honor statement. It was a mistake on Princeton's part, but not Randlett's. He had deliberately declined to sign a statement because he did not agree with the Princeton honor system, which covers examinations and obliges students to report objections to chefs. The code, in place since 1893, "is a contract between the faculty and students whereby students agree to proctor examinations themselves," explains Honor Committee chairman Jocelyn Russell.
Randlett says he "wanted to work out a compromise in which I would pledge that I would not give or receive help, with no commitment about turning people in." First Russell, then the entire Honor Committee, then president William Bowie tried
to persuade Randlett to sign the pledge, but he steadfastly refused. And since he had already matriculated, the university could not force him to agree. So Princeton worked out a unique arrangement: Randlett takes exams in a room apart from his classmates, under the watch of a graduate student.
A politics major from Lafayette, Calif., Randlet does not mind the special treatment and makes it clear that he does not oppose the idea of an honor system. He just doesn't think Princeton's is honorable enough. "What Princeton has now is not really an honor code," he says. "It's a self-proctoring code. Under a real honor code it's up to the individual's honor not to cheat." Randlet's fellow students seem to like their system, to a point: in a Daily Princetonian poll two years ago, 80 percent of the respondents approved it over having faculty proctor the exams—and 90 percent said they had never cheated. But 55 percent said they would not report a friend they saw cheating—and 33 percent said they would not report anyone.
NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS/MAY 1985
In a statement last week to the University Senate, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said he didn't think divestiture would change apartheid in South Africa.
and the resolution by the Student Senate and the resolution by the University Council.
CHRIS BUNKER, SHAWNEE Mission law student and one of the protesters who met with the administrators, said, "I would like to make sure the chancellor has heard both sides of the story.
and other sources and uses profits to help the University financially.
Plans for Vietnam memorial rejected again
Construction of a campus Vietnam memorial, which has been in the planning stage for more than 18 months, will be further delayed because a committee has again rejected the proposed design and site, the chairman of the KU Vietnam memorial commitee said yesterday.
BANKS, WHO HAS visited the protesters daily, said, "I admire them. I admire somebody who is willing to stand up for what he believes in. I find that students and faculty are generally apathetic and afraid."
university Council's resolution at 1 p.m.
today in the lobby. The board has
angled the membership to the colleges.
Staff Reporter
The faculty Committee on Art in Public Spaces studied plans for the proposed memorial and earlier this week submitted a report to Robert Cobb, executive vice president of the University of North Carolina site proposal needed revision, said Tom Berrer, memorial committee chairman.
rejected the original design submitted by John Onken, St. Louis senior, winner of the student design contest. Onken revised the design and resubmitted the plan to the memorial committee in the fall. The plan was revised in revision and sent the plan on to the public space committee, which sent the report to Cobb saying more changes were needed.
Bberger said his committee would respond to the report. He said he didn't think it would be appropriate to discuss either report or testimony, but he did not yet received his committee's response.
By NANCY STOETZER
Last spring, the public spaces committee
"We're not dealing with irreconcilable differences," he said. "The University is committed to building a Vietnam memorial."
Berger said the memorial committee intended to stand by its original goal of insuring that the memorial be created by students in honor of students.
Cobb said he would try to arrange a meeting with committee members and officials from the office of facilities planning to work out the differences.
BERGER SAID ONE of the problems mentioned in the report was that the proposed memorial was too large.
Marvin Grove, the wooded area southwest of the Spencer Art Museum, is the proposed site for the memorial. The original had been Chandler Court in the Burge Union. That site was rejected because the memorial would have faced the Party Room, and some committee members thought this made the court an inappropriate site.
Bberger said, "in terms of planning, the goal of the memorial seems to have fallen by the wayside. The memorial was perceived by the students as a failure," it be financed and designed by KU students.
BERGER SAID THAT in October, he had met with public spaces committee members and Onken to discuss moving the memorial to Marvin Grove. He said everyone had agreed that the grove would be an appropriate place for the Vietnam memorial because it would be near Memorial Stadium, dedicated to students and alumni who died in World War I, and the Campanile, dedicated to those who died in World War II.
by the public spaces committee recommended that another committee be formed to determine the most appropriate site on campus for the memorial
But Berger said the new report submitted
Onken said he didn't think he would be designing the new memorial.
My design was just too much — not as substantial as the committee is looking for something more.
"I RESPECT THEIR decision, I see how he feel. I'm just ladder and wiser now," he said.
- KU International Folk Dance Club - $220
Plans for the Vietnam memorial began in fall 1983. During that semester, student leaders formed the memorial committee, received money for construction from the Student Senate and conducted a student design contest.
The memorial would list the names of the more than 60 KU students killed in the war or listed as missing in action. Berger said the memorial would also be sponsored Vietnam memorial in the country.
- Counseling Student Organization — $200 to print the Journal of Contemporary Counseling.
Crime,bugs plague life in Towers
Staff Reporter
By MICHELLE WORRALL
A 1966 advertisement touted the new Jayhawker Towers apartments as the ultimate in campus living.
Old photographs capture the smiles and hopes of the architects during the construction of their dream. But the dream never came true.
The multi-million dollar apartment complex has been plagued with problems, ranging from roaches to arson, since its completion in the late 1960s.
The four-tower complex and its adjacent property are among the highest crime areas on campus, according to KU police records. John Brothers, sergeant of community services, says half of the crimes at the Towers occur in the parking lots.
THE MAJORITY OF THE reported crimes and theft, theft, and criminal damage to property.
But Scott Joslove, assistant manager of the Towers, says the crime rate is not that high.
"I call them (KU police) several times a week, not for actual problems, but for potential problems," he says.
Colored push pins, representing reported campus crimes, bury the complex on the crime map in KU police headquarters at Carruth-O'Leary Hall. Fifty-four colored tacks, representing theft, burglary, noise disturbance, damage to private property and miscellaneous crimes against persons mark the Towers and the surrounding area.
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, says many of the crimes in the Towers can be prevented by properly using the door locks, which consists of a regular lock and dead bolt.
Josie says he calls police whenever he is a suspicious noise, such as a loud bang or noise.
"They're only good if people use them," he says.
Wilson says he is not aware that the Towers have more crime problems than residence halls.
Sgt. David Cobb of the Lawrence police says many of the Towers' problems stem from a concentration of people living in a relatively small area, an occupancy capacity of 900-1,200 persons.
HE SAYS THE central location of the Town and the apartments an easy target for crimes to occur.
Originally, the Towers were privately-owned apartments operated and built by a Bartlesville, Okla. investment company and executives from Philips Petroleum Co.
Complaints began before the entire complex was built.
Students who moved into Towers A and B, the first two buildings completed, said they could hear the people next door brushing their teeth. They complained about the delay of phone installations, washers and dryers, lack of lighting and faulty air conditioning.
In the 1970s, the complex was rocked with asson, thefts and vandalism to cars and BMX baskets.
In 1980, the Kansas University Endowment Association bought the apartments for an undisclosed sum to provide more housing for students.
"WE KNEW IT was a problem, and it didn't have a good record," Wilson says. "We knew it wasn't going to be easy."
When the apartments switched ownership, the Lawrence police gratefully passed the Towers beat to the KU police department.
Cobb says, "We could have kissed them. Every time there was a call, it seemed like we were going over to the Towers. I don't see how anything could be any better now."
The University has not been able to solve all of the problems with the Towers.
In a 1981 Kansan story, students complained about feces in the elevators. cockroaches in the buildings, no hot water in the kitchen for maintenance and a lack of parking for cars.
That same year, a grocery cart full of
See TOWERS, p. 5, col. 3