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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 findings this fall was approved last night. The 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 propose lighting improvements.
Another $10,000 in Senate money you used to install the lights if the Uni agreed to donate at least $50,000 for 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 campus.
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. Empty
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
Reza Ooughi, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, agreed.
"Folks, rape's alive and well on this campus, whether you know it or not."
"IF ITS GOING to prevent one attack, one rape, one harrassment, 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 Stallings, graduate senator.
Stallings said he thought that campus fighting was a problem and that the Senate
The Senate also voted to allocate $4 build boxes for distribution of s publications.
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.
In other action, the Senate voted to allocate the following supplemental funds for nonrevenue code student groups:
- Society of Women Engineers — $440.
- The Mid-America Journal of Politics — $690
The money would be used to build
- KU India Club — $554.
Reagan ban trade, hints of sanctions
By United Press International
BONN, West Germany — Presidie Reagan declared a national emergency yesterday and banned U.S. trade with Nicaragua with hints that more sanctions may be added to the administrative campaign against the leftist Sandin regime.
Reagan, frustrated by Congress in efforts to win more U.S. aid for the corebels seeking to oust the Sandini announced the trade embargo shortly a arriving in Bonn for the seven-national summit of the main industry democracies.
The total ban on trade, on Nicaragua airline flights and ships arriving in U.S. patt's Nicaragua in the same category, as New York is concerned, are China, Vietna and Lubao.
THE EMBRAMO, EFFECTIVE. May was imposed by executive order and does not interfere with the work of the agency.
The action, White House aides said, taken in response to the vote in the House week to deny Reagan $1.4 million in aid for Contraas
In the order, Reagan said, "The poll and actions of the government of Nicaragua constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and forcethe United States and (1) her declare a national emergency to deal's that threat."
Last year, Nicaragua sold $72 million worth of bananas, beef, shellfish and fish to the United States and bought $111 million in U.S. goods, mainly agricultural chemical fats and oils, and some machinery, include tractors.
See AID, p. 5, col. 1
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
Students, faculty and others protesting t
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ties to South Africa said yesterday that thie
lobby was the Strong Thie
lobby at least tomorrow.
The protesters, who have demonstrated since 9 a.m. Monday, are doing more than sitting. Three protesters met yesterday with Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, and David Ambler, 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
- Amnesty International — $290.
even he stood around television and movie sets during the endless delays between takes. His father, actor-writer Rance Howard, says Ron absorbed much of his know ledge by osmosis: "He knows things he doesn't even know he knows." Working with George Lucas on "American Graffiti" is an epiphany. Ron says: "He wants a director! I worked with who didn't shit on it. That was amazing." He also says: "Lucas returns the favor by saying: 'Ron is terrific. He was a talented young actor in 'American Graffiti' and now he's a great director.'"
Although Howard attended film school at Southern Cal, he dropped out after two years with few regrets. Acting commitments, largely "Happy Days," kept interfering with his studies, and he thought he could accumulate the credentials for filmmaking outside the classroom. "After a while I didn't look back, especially when directing opportunities began developing for me," he says. And when he took advantage of them, Howard made movies in a way that drew upon all his formative influences—the imagination and creativity of a Lucas, the rock-hard realism of classic TV sitcoms. "The confines of having to develop a character on TV and tell a story in 26 minutes," says Tom Hanks, who starred in ABC's "Bosom Buddies," "installs a lot of discipline in you."
Howard's discipline and showbiz instincts may have come naturally. His father and mother were touring together in a dual production of "Cinderella" and "Snow White" when they decided towr. "Rance and I were married in Winchester, Ky," recalls Jean Howard. "at midnight with six dwarfs taking a tap dance to 'Here Comes the Bride.' While Mom and Dad did summer stock, little Romy would "watch rehearsals for hours on end," says Rance. "If you did something funny, he would laugh. He was a great audience at two." By that time, in fact, Romy had already trod the boards—sort of. At 18 months his mother carried him across the screen in a long-forgotten Western called "Frontier Woman." And while only two, he earned his first rave in Dad's production of "The Seven-Year Itch." "He is on stage less than a minute," exclaimed the Baltimore Sun, "but during that time opening night he stole the show."
it was only the beginning. From watching his father perform in a summer-stock production of "Mr. Roberts," Ronny somehow
absorbed most of the lines spoken by the incept Ensign Pulver. When he and Dad performed a scene from the play in front of a casting director, three-year-old Ronny landed his first paying jobs an actor, in the movie "The Journey" (1959). This led to a series of parts on television and his big break, "The Andy Griffith Show," in 1960. As Opie, the son of widowed Sieradz And Taylor, Howard created the modern television equivalent of a wide-eyed, fresh-faced charmer learning life from Paw, Aunt Bee, and friend for perfect match of character and actor, and thanks to continuing returns, people still associate Howard strongly with the character.
During his eight years with Griffith, Howard also managed to become a very popular film actor. In "The Music Man" (1962), he played the lisping little brother of Marian the librarian—and showed a boisterous ability to belt out a tune in "Gary, Indiana." The following year, in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" with Glenn Ford, he managed to be alternately precocious and vulnerable—but always very appealing. After the Taylors departed Mayberry, Howard worked sporadically before getting another series, "The Smith Family," with Henry Fonda in 1971. "Leading up to that," Howard said, "there had been nine months where, for the first time in my life, I was losing on parts. It's the first time I remember not working when I wanted to—and I missed it."
Although "The Smith Family" was canceled after a year, Howard*'s career stayed on course, thanks to two nostalgic projects: the pilot for "Happy Days," which aimed that year, and "American GraffitI" in 1973. Forboth, he portrayed an earnest young man coming of age. In "Happy Days" his decidedly straight Richie played off the awesomely cool Fonzie of Henry Winkler. As the Fonz gradually elapsed Richie as the focus of the show, Howard, typically, buckled down to become an effective second banana."1
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In his work as Opie on 'The Andy Griffith Show' (1960-68) and later in George Lucas's 'American Graffit!' (1973), Howard defined the all-American boy. 'Some people communicate through their charisma,' he says. 'I communicate through a sense of honesty.'
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.
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Even in the car-crunching craziness of 'Eat My Dustt' (1976) and the broad humor of 'Happy Days' (1974-80), Howard sustained the freshness and naivete of what actor Tom Hanks jokingly calls the 'Opie Cunningham' persona.
MOVIE STAR NEWS
CHRIS BUNKER, SHIWNEE 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.
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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 up for what they want," she added. The 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.
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 Vietnam memorial committee said yesterday.
By NANCY STOETZER Staff Reporter
Burger said his committee would respond to the report. He said he didn't think it would be appropriate to discuss either report or investigation, but he did not get received his committee's reponse.
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 location of the sculpture will come from Borer, pernial 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 committee approved the revision and sent the report to Cobb spaces committee, which sent the report to Cobb saying more changes were needed.
"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.
Last spring, the public spaces committee
BERGER SAID ONE of the problems mentioned in the report was that the proposed memorial was too large.
Bberger said, "in terms of planning, the goal of the memorial seems to have fallen by the wayside. The memorial was perceived by students that it should 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 grave 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 Camphanie, dedicated to those who died in World War II.
But Berger said the new report submitted
- KU International Folk Dance Club
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by the public spaces committee recommended that another committee be formed to determine the most appropriate site on campus for the memorial.
Onken said he didn't think he would be designing the new 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 design contest.
"My design was just too much — not as subtle as they wanted. The committee is looking for something more traditional.
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 should be accompanied by sponsored Vietnam memorial in the country.
"I RESPECT THEIR decision, I see how they feel. I'm just sadder and wiser now," he said.
- Counseling Student Organization — $200 to print the Journal of Contemporary Counseling
Crime,bugs plague life in Towers
By MICHELLE WORRALL
Staff Reporter
Old photographs capture the smiles and
tapes of the architects during the construc-
tion of their dream. But the dream never
game true.
A 1966 advertisement touted the new layhawkwer Towers apartments as the ultimate in campus living.
The multi-million dollar apartment complex has been plagued with problems, anging from rachets to arson, since its completion in the late 1960s.
Colored push pins, representing reported amputus cramps, bury the complex on the time map in KU police headquarters at artruth-O'Leary Hall. Fifty-four colored cks, representing theft, burglary, noise sturbance, damage to private property and incellaneous crimes against persons mark e Towers and the surrounding area.
The four-tower complex and its adjacent ropety 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 owers occur in the parking lots.
THE MAJORITY OF the reported crimes
e burglary, theft, and criminal damage to
\oslove says he calls police whenever he is a suspicious noise, such as a loud bang
But Scott Joslove, assistant manager of the owners, says the crime rate is not that high. "I call them (KU police) several times a week, not for actual problems, but for tential problems," he says.
J. W. Johnson, director of housing, says many the crimes in the Towers can be prevented properly using the door locks, which rests of a regular lock and dead bolt.
They're only good if people use them," he s
fiction says he is not aware that the Towers **more** crime problems than residence.
*t. David Cobb of the Lawrence police many of the Towers' problems stem a high concentration of people living in low-income neighborhoods an ability capacity of 900-1,200 persons.
SAYS THE central location of the irs makes the apartments an easy target times to occur. finally, the Tenure may extend.
ed apartments operated and built by a bairdleville Okla. investment company and
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
Complaints began before the entire complex was built.
in the 1700s, the complex was rocked with arson, thefts and vandalism to cars and plantations.
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 "I didn't have a good record."
When the apartments switched ownership,
the Lawrence police gracefully passed the Tapas
house.
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 Kansas story, students complained about feces in the elevators, cook rooms in the buildings, no water in the kitchen, maintenance and a lack of parking for cars
That same year, a grocery cart full of
See TOWERS, p. 5, col. 3