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Senate allots $10,000 for lighting study, plan
Thursday, May 2, 1985
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 31-3 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 light improvements.
boxes, at a cost of $353 each. The cost was determined by facilities operations, the department in charge of building the boxes. The document authorized to do such work on campus.
The boxes would be built next to eight of the 14 Kansas boxes 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.
Publications would be able to use to boxes
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.
the proposal will be completed by Sept.
15 or the $10,000 will be returned to the Senate.
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.
"Folks, rape's alive and well on this campus, whether you know it or not."
Another $10,000 in Senate money would used to install the lights if the Univ agreed to donate at least $50,000 for installation.
Reza Zoughi, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, agreed.
"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.
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 noticing was a problem and that the State
Ruth Lichtwardt, co-chairman of the Senate Minority Affairs Committee, also suggested alternate proposals.
LICHTWARDT SAID THE Senate could donate the $10,000 to new lights, offer to match the money with the Board of Regents and secure funding for 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 money would be used to buil
Reagan bar trade, hints of sanction
BONN, West Germany — Pres Reagan declared a national emerg yesterday and banned U.S. trade Nicaragua with hints that more sarc may be added to the administrat campaign against the leftist Sandi regime.
Reagan, frustrated by Congress in efforts to win more U.S. aid for the rebelseeking to oust the Sandinis announced the trade embargo shortly a arriving in Bonn for the seven-national summit of the main industrial democracies.
By United Press International
The total ban on trade, on Nicaragua airline flights and ships arriving in U.S. ports puts Nicaragua in the same category, as air trade is concerned, as Austria, Vietnam and Libya.
THE EMBARGO, EFFECTIVE May was imposed by executive order and does not apply to employees.
*Specially* *b*'s Women Engineers = $440
*The Mid-America Journal of Politics*
$690
Last year, Nicaragua sold $71 mill worth of bananas, beef, shellfish and co to the United States and bought $111 mill in U.S. goods; mainly agricultural chemical fats and oils, and some machinery, includers.
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.
In the order, Reagan said, "The policies and actions of the government of Nicaragua constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and force the United States and (1) he declare a national emergency to deal with that threat."
See AID, p. 5, col.1
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
Students, faculty and others protesting at Kansas University Endowment Association ties to South Africa said yesterday that the threat posed by the Strong lobby at least tomorrow.
The protesters, who have demonstrated since 9 a.m. Monday, are doing more than sitting. Three protestors met yesterday with Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, and David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, across the University's position on divestiture.
The protesters, whose numbers have ranged from about a dozen to almost 50, want
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- KU India Club — $554.
A Straight-Shooting Star Behind the Camera
Is Ron Howard too good to be true? He doesn't smoke or use drugs. He's married to his high-school sweetheart. He has been a movie and television star almost since infancy. "Splash" made him one of Hollywood's hottest directors, and "Cocoa," about to be released, could seal his reputation at 31. An accompanying story describes the training offered at the nation's thriving film schools. (Cover photo by Jonathan Exley—LGL.) *Page 4*
Education; Honor Codes, Cliffs Notes
ronor—and the codes by which it is enforced—continues to bedevil colleges. Controversial cases at the University of Virginia and the U.S. Air Force Academy, among others, have caused schools to reconsider how students who commit academic offenses should be accused, tried and punished. But both faculty and students consider the codes to be valuable. Page 28
There is a Cliff behind Cliffs Notes, and he'll sell nearly 5 million of the study guides this year. Cliff contends the books are not really academic shortcuts. Page 33
The NEWSWEER ON CAMPUS Poll finds that most students are content with their colleges. Page 31
College Baseball: Hitting a Hot Streak
College baseball is finally snapping its long slump. Some tough new teams have emerged, the quality of play has improved and promotional stunts like the wedding of Miami's Maniac as well as increased TV exposure have attracted the attention of the fans—and the major leagues. Page 20
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.
The Hulk on Wrestling, Fame, Prayer
Is Cramming Worth It?
Gumshoes and Guffaws
In June Robert Parker will publish his 12th novel about the cool, classy private eye known only as Spencer. John Kassir is an up-and-coming comedian, Jean Shepherd a veteran raconteur. *Page 34*
When finals loom, all-night cram sessions bloom. But recent research on sleep pattern suggests that staying up may be couch humor than help. *Page 26*
Pro wrestling is having a slam-bang revival, and part of the reason is Hulk Hogan, the 6-foot 8-inch, 305-pound beach boy who is World Wrestling Association champ and sweet-heart of the rock-and-roll set. In a talk with NEWSWEAK Neal Karen (left), Hulk ruminates on his sport. Page 22
The government is cracking down hard on student-loan defaulters. Since December, 15,000 lawsuits have been filed, and U.S. attorneys are issuing press releases releasing the alleged deadbeats. Page 15
NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS/MAY 1985
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A backyard bonanza at Texas A&M; a student investment fund at Franklin & Marshall; Vassar's study trip to Nicaragua; the latest spring fling -Aerobie; Hunter's junior year in New York; making a santa坦 more livable. *Page 24*
The New Face of the Clergy
As religious institutions change, so do careers in the clergy. Today's clerics are like to be older, better prepared and more educated—and there are many more women of God. **Page 23**
action on the resolution by the Student Senate and the resolution by the University Council."
My Turn: 'Sophomore Slump'
Of all the agonies suffered by college students, one of the most common and most trying is the "sophomore slump." Seth Rachlin describes how the slump struck him, he dealt with it and how his solution turned out. <sup>Page 36</sup>
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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.
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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."
Plans for Vietnam memorial rejected again
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.
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.
Staff Reporter
By NANCY STOETZER
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 would be Tom Berger, memorial committee chairman.
Bberger said his committee would respond to the report. He said he didn't think it would be appropriate to discuss either report or answer questions, but 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 plan was received by revision and sent the plan on to the public space 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.
- Amnesty International — $290.
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.
Bberger said, "In terms of planning, the goal of the memorial seems to have fallen by the wayside. The memorial was perceived by KU students and designed to be financed and designed by KU students."
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.
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.
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 Campaign, dedicated to those who died in World War II.
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."
Onken said he didn't think he would be designing the new memorial.
"I RESPECT THEIR decision, I see how the feel. I'm just sadder and wiser now, he said."
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 he had been the only one sponsored Vietnam memorial in the country.
- KU International Folk Dance Club
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*Counseling Student Organization - $200 to print the Journal of Contemporary Counseling.
Crime,bugs plague life in Towers
By MICHELLE WORRALI Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A 1966 advertisement touted the new Jayhawker Towers apartments as the ultimate in campus living.
The multi-million dollar apartment complex has been plagued with problems, ranging from roaches to arson, since its completion in the late 1960s.
Old photographs capture the smiles and hopes of the architects during the construction of their dream. But the dream never came true.
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.
Colored push pins, representing reported campus crimes, bury the complex on the crime map in KU police headquarters at Carrubh 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.
"I call them (KU police) several times a week, not for actual problems, but for potential problems," he says.
But Scott Joslove, assistant manager of the Towers, says the crime rate is not that high.
THE MAJORITY OF THE reported crimes are burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property.
Josie says he calls police whenever he hears a suspicious noise, such as a loud bang or breaking glass.
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 buildings.
Sgt David Cobb of the Lawrence police many of the Towers problems stem from the abatement of people living in relatively small apartments and an excursion capacity of 900-1.200 persons.
HE SAYS THE central location of the owner makes the apartments an easy target for a homebuyer.
Originally, the Towers were privately-owned apartments operated and built by a Bartlesville, Okla., investment company and executives from Phillips Petroleum Co.
Complaints began before the entire complex was built.
In the 1760s, the complex was rocked with anson, thefts and vandalism to cars and pawn shops.
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 1890, 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
was a good record. I also says "We knew
it was."
When the apartments switched ownership, the Lawrence police gratefully passed the Tarawa prison.
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 knees in the elevators, cook-roaches in the buildings, no hot 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