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Vol. 95, No.144 (USPS 650-640)
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 unallocated account to finance a project that would locate problem lighting areas on campus and promote light improvements.
Another $10,000 in Senate money would used to install the lights if the Univ agreed to donate at least $50,000 for installation.
The Senate also voted to allocate $4,
build boxes for distribution of st
publications.
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 boy 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 money would be used to build
Ruth Lichtwardt, co-chairman of the Senate Minority Affairs Committee, also suggested alternate proposals.
LICHTWARD SAID THE Senate could donate the $10,000 to new lights, offer to match the money with the Board of Regents for new lights or put it into rape and crime education and prevention programs.
THE EMBARGO, EFFECTIVE May was imposed by executive order and does require congressional approval.
In the order, Reagan said, "The policies and actions of the government of Nicaragua constitute an unusual and extraordinar threat to the national security and longevity of the United States and (1) her position in emergency to deal with that threat."
The proposal must be completed by Sept.
The total ban on trade, on Nicaragua airline flights and ships arriving in U.S. pushes Nicaragua in the same category, as its trade is concerned, as Ivan, Viet and Lobby.
In other action, the Senate voted to allocate the following supplemental funds for nonrevenue code student groups:
Last year. Nicaragua sold $71万 worth of bananas, beef, shellfish and co to the United States and bought 811 million in U.S. goods, mainly agricultural chemical fats and oils, and some machinery, include tractors.
But some senators said they didn't think the proposal would prevent rapes.
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"No proposal to decide where to put lights is going to stop even one rape," said Doug Stallings, graduate senator.
BONN, West Germany — Preside Reagan declared a national emergency yesterday and banned U.S. trade Nicaragua with hints that more sanctions may be added to the administrative campaign against the leftist Sandinine regime.
"IF IT'S GOING to prevent one attack, one rape, one harrassment, you got more than $10,000 of your money's worth," he said.
boxes, at a cost of $335 each. The cost was determined by facilities operations, the department in charge of building the boxes, and the equipment department authorized to do such work on campaons.
Reagan, frustrated by Congress in efforts to win more U.S. aid for the corbels seeking to oust the Sandinista announced the trade embargo shortly a arriving in Bonn for the seven-national economic summit of the main industry democracies.
Reagan ban trade, hints of sanctions
The action, White House aides said,
taken in response to the vote in the House
week to deny Reagan $14 million in aid for
Contras.
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.
See AID, p. 5, col.1
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The boxes would be built next to eight of the 14 Kenyan boys on campus.
Students, faculty and others protecting Kansas University Endowment Associates to South Africa said yesterday that the university had the Strong I lobby at least tomorrow.
Reza Zoughi, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, agreed.
Stallings said he thought that campus
"Folks, rape's alive and well on this
matter, whether you know it or not."
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
The protesters, who have demonstration since 9 a.m. Monday, are doing more than sitting. Three protesters met yesterday with 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
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Chasing the Defaulters
The Feds get tough with students who don't pay up.
*G* radiating seniors may think that they left all the worries of col. cranium injury before life.
beyond them. But after a grace period of nine months, many will come face to face with a rule that is more than academic: there is no fee as a free loan. After tolerating an epidemic defaults on federally guaranteed student loans, the United States government has
practice's very effective," says Robert Ford a justice Department deputy attorney general. "I don't see anything wrong with letting the public know what is on file."
launched its most severe crackdown yet on students who leave school *magna cum loan*. Since December, 15,000 lawsuits have been filed against ex-students aimed at collecting nearly $45 million in back debts. And federal officials pledge to keep the pressure on William Weld, the U.S. attorney in Boston, sums up the new federal attitude: "It is inexcusable that a student who was lucky enough to get a federal loan should now refuse to pay it back."
Know what is on his head. The pay-or-publish tactic has indeed paid off. A woman in Washington brought in a certified check for $2,500 the day after the first press release. In New Haven, an architect named Wendell Harp turned over
Inexcusable, but increasingly common. "The fact is," says Richard A. Hastings, director of debt collection for the U.S. Department of Education, "there is a flood tide of loans coming into default this year." His figures for this year alone, loan default would reach as high as $800 million raising the total of outstanding bank paper to $3 billion. That is based on a paper fraction of the $4.24 billion in federal guaranteed loans granted by 1984; it is more than enough to stir the Reagan administration; in an era of record budget deficits, student deadbacks are an unpopular constituency.
Facing reality: 15,000 lawsuits and lists naming names
Young professionals in general are high-profile targets. "I feel good when we catch a well-to-do doctor or lawyer able to pay."
The federal crackdown has taken two forms. First, the White House has proposed tighter new rules restricting federally backed
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loans to families that earnless than $32,000. Second, the Education and Justice departments in Washington now funnel defaulters' cases to local U.S. attorneys who, armed with more staff, computerized dunning letters and an unforgiving public mood, are tracking down delinquents with a new greeting from their Dutch Uncle Sam.
$1,700 to cover a debt he claimed had been paid a few years earlier. And in New York, Deryck Palmer, a young associate at a prominent law firm, paid $28,000 in loans within 20 days after his name and debt were published in the New York Daily News. Palmer blames his arrears on a misunderstanding, claiming he had every intention of paying. "Can you imagine being sued over a matter that you thought had been resolved," he heatedly says. "To have tremendous disruption or dislocation in your life—tell me how it's easy to forget that."
With so many defaulters at large, the Feds can't sue them all. Instead they've adopted a policy of publicly shaming a few of them in the hopes of inducing others to settle up. In practice, this has led U.S. attorneys to file dozens of suits at a time while issuing press releases that give the names and addresses of the alleged defaulters being sued. "This
says Hugh Blanchard, an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles. "He might be telling people at parties that he isn't paying and the government will never know. That might make others who are paying feel foolish."
One large federal claim has been filed against two doctors who graduated from Michigan State in 1980. According to court papers, Millicent Dudley, a psychiatrist, and her husband, Dale, an internist, together have come through a program under which they work time to the U.S. Public Health Service—a violation of the agreement currently required to recipient to pay back three times the event.
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interest. The Dudleys concede that they have not fulfilled all of the agreement, but contend that their residency at an inner-city hospital should count toward their debt. The government position is that this residency was training, not service. Their lawyer, Lawrence Abramczyk, says that "they acknowledge responsibility for repayment. They're not trying to run away from their obligation."
Using publicity to contend money is more like wielding a bludgeon than a sealip. While federal prosecutors insist that they don't go to the press until private efforts have failed, some debtors complain that the process is abusive. "It was dirty pool," says Hazel Brigh, who found herself on the U.S. attorney's "Top Ten Wanted List" in Boston last February. "The amount quoted in the papers [$78,123.39] didn't even reflect payments made." In New York, social worker Marjorie Morales has filed a counterstory against her federal pursuers, charging improper debt-collection practices. She had fallen behind on a $5,300 loan; since her default was publicized, she says that she has been harassed with calls and letters. "I worry about my job," she says. "I
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.
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.
don't find it funny. I find it embarrassing." Morales is willing to resume monthly payments, she says, but the government insists that first she admit that she has been deliquent (to save future paperwork if the claimant is delinquent again).
they still would like to see some ravocation on the resolution by the Student Senate and the resolution by the University Council."
The vast majority of overdue debts are resolved after an exchange of letters. Most debtors spread back payments over two or three years. "It's difficult to argue with a signed promissory note," says Chery) Sullivan, chief of collection in southern Texas. Sometimes the Feds have to be patient. "If there's a reason—like unemployment—we wait until they've got a job," Sullivan says. "Then we go after them." But they can't
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Plans for Vietnam memorial rejected again
BANKS, WHO HAS visit the protesters daily, said. "I admire them I admire somebody who is willing to stand 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 of Strong The talk is part of a teach in organized by the protesters.
By NANCY STOETZER
Staff Reporter
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 committee said yesterday.
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 chancellor. The report said the design and construction of Tom Berver, memorial committee chairman.
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Burger said his committee would respond to the report. He said he didn't think it would be appropriate to discuss either report or testimony and he did not yet received his committee's response.
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 commission approved revision and sent the plan on public spaces committee, which sent the report to Cobb saying more changes were needed.
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 students as not being suited to 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.
But Berger said the new report submitted
by the public spaces committee recommended that another committee be formed to determine the most appropriate site on campus for the memorial.
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 contest.
"My design was just too much — not as subtle as they wanted. The committee is looking for something more traditional."
"I RESPECT THEIR decision, I see how they feel. I'm just sadder and wiser now." he said.
Onken said he didn't think he would be designing the new memorial.
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 was created to honor those sponsored Vietnam memorial in the country.
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Crime,bugs plague life in Towers
By MICHELLE WORRALL
Staff Reporter
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 in臂glyph, theft, and criminal damage to property.
But Scott Joslove, assistant manager of the Fowers, 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.
Josews says he calls police whenever he loses a suspicious noise, such as a loud bang or rumble.
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.
"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 areas.
Sgt. David Cobb of the Lawrence police iays many of the Towers' problems stem Yom a high concentration of people living in the Towers. The occupancy capacity of 900-1,300 persons.
In the 1700s, the complex was rocked with arson, thefts and vandalism to cars and houses.
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.
THE SAYS THE central location of the foyer and apartment are an easy target or crimes to occur.
Originally, the Towers were privately owned apartments operated and built by a Bartlesville, Okla., investment company and executives from Phillips Petroleum Co.
In 1980, the Kansas University Endowment Association bought the apartments for an undisclosed sum to provide more housing for students.
Complaints began before the entire complex was built.
"WE KNFW IT was a problem, and it didn't have a good record. I also says "I don't have a good record."
When the apartments switched ownership, the Lawrence police gratefully passed the keys.
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 1881 Kansan story, students complained about feces in the elevators. cook reaches in the buildings, no hot water in the maintenance and a lack of parking for cars
That same year, a grocery cart full of
See TOWERS, p. 5, col. 3