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Vol. 95, No.144 (USPS 650-640)
Thursday. Mav 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 creates lighting areas on campus and propose lighting.
Another $10,000 in Senate money would be used to install the lights if the University agreed to donate at least $50,000 for light installation.
The Senate also voted to allocate $2,920 to buy boxes for distribution of student public information.
The money would be used to build eight
boxes, at a cost of $535 each. The cost was determined by facilities operations, the department in charge of building the boxes. The only other department authorized to do such work on boxes is
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 Karsan boxes on campus.
Publications would be able to use to boxes on a first-come, first-served basis. Employees of the student organizations and activities center would schedule use of the boxes.
The boxes cannot be used by any group or individual to promote a political candidate, party or coalition in campus, local, state or national elections.
The proposal to improve campus lighting
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.
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 must be completed by Sept.
15 or the $10,000 will be returned to the Senate
unallocated account.
Karen Greschel, Nunemaker senator, told senators that they needed to allocate the money before the price of improved lighting systems was set. The attacks or higher costs for light installation
"I don't think we can put a price tag on this," she said.
"Folks, rape's alive and well on this campus, whether you know it or not."
"IF IT'S GOING to prevent one attack, one rape, one harrassment, you got more than 500 of your money's worth," he said.
But some senators said they didn't think the proposal would prevent rapes.
Roza Zoughi, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, agreed.
"No proposal to decide where to put lights is going to stop even on rape." said Doug Browne.
Stallings said he thought that campus lighting was a problem and that the Senate should do something about it. But he said he would to allocate money only to install new lights.
The Senate rejected Stallings' substitute motion that would have established $20,000 for light installation if the University gave $50,000, but would allocate no money for preparation of the lighting proposal.
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 and increase police 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
- KU India Club — $554.
- Amnesty International - $290
Reagan bans trade, hints of sanctions
- KU International Folk Dance Club — $220.
- Counseling Student Organization - $200 to print the Journal of Contemporary Counseling
By United Press International
BONN, West Germany — President Reagan declared a national emergency yesterday and banned U.S. trade with Nicaragua with hints that more sanctions may be added to the administration's campaign against the leftist Sandinista regime.
Reagan, frustrated by Congress in his efforts to win more u.S. aid for the contra rebels seeking to oust the Sandinists; announced the trade embargo shortly after arriving in Bonn for the seven nation summit of the main industrial democracies.
The total ban on trade, on Nicaraguan airline flights and ships arriving in U.S. ports puts Nicaragua in the same category, as far as immigration is concerned, as Iran, Vietnam and Libya.
Last year, Nicaragua sold $77 million worth of bananas, beef, shellfish and coffee to the United States and bought $111 million in U.S. goods, mainly agricultural chemicals, fats and oils, and some machinery, including tractors.
THE EMBARGO, EFFECTIVE May 7,
was imposed by executive order and does not
regulate travel.
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 foreign interests of the United States and (1) hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat."
The action, White House aides said, was taken in response to the vote in the House last week to deny Reagan $14 million in aid for the Contraas.
See AlD, p. 5, col. 1
Pamela Miller, Lawrence resident and its May flowers as the pass
Sit-in delegates tall
By CINDY McCURRY
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 Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, access the University's position on divestiture.
Students, faculty and others protesting the Kansas University Endowment Association's ties to South Africa said yesterday that they would continue their sit in in the Strong Hall lobby at least until tomorrow.
Staff Reporter
Plans for Vietnam m
AMBLEER SAID, "I don't think other persuaded the other differently. Essent they still would like to see some fave action on the resolution by the Student S and the resolution by the Univ Council."
The protesters, whose numbers have ranged from about a dozen to almost 50, want
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.
The endowment Association to breaka
with companies doing business in 2
Africa. The country operates under a sy
of racial segregation called apartheid
"We discussed divestiture and the wa
the world," Cobb said, "I don't know the
came to any resolution, but it was a
fruitable conversation."
In a statement last week to the Uni-
Senate, Charcelier Gene A. Budig sa-
didn't think divestiture would change
he in South Africa.
The multi-million dollar apartment complex has been plagued with problems, ranging from roaches to arson, since its completion in the late 1960s.
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 designed the design and conceptualization of Tom Berrer, memorial committee chairman.
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.
Staff Reporter
By NANCY STOETZER
Burger said his committee would respond to the report. He said he didn't think it would be appropriate to discuss either report or the response, nor did he not yet received his committee's response.
"We're not dealing with irrecon-
didences," he said. "The Unive
committed to building a Vietnam
rial."
rejected the original design submit John Onken. St Louis senior, winner student design contest. Onken revises design and resubmitted the plan memorial committee in the fall committee approved the revision an public spaces comm which sent the report to Bob Say changes were needed
Crime, bugs plague life in Towers
Cobb said he would try to arra-
meeting with committee member
officials from the office of facilities p
to work out the differences.
Bberger said the memorial co-
intended to stand by its original
insuring that the memorial be cre-
students in honor of students.
A 1966 advertisement toured the new Jayhawker Towers apartments as the ultimate in campus living.
BERGER SAID ONE of the pct mentioned in the report was tht a republican office had
Last spring, the public spaces committee
By MICHELLE WORRALL
Staff Reporter
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Staff Reporter
His third try was the proverbial charm. After two well-liked non-blockhasters, director Robert Zenekes went over the top last year with *Romanizing the Stone*, a $7.5-million-grossing explosion of action, comedy and romance. However, Zenekes has just turned down a chance to direct the bound-to-be-successful followup feature.
"I don't mean to sound conceived," the personable 32-year old USC Film School grad says over a brief lunch of pasta, chicken and salad, "but I already made that film."
Zeemeck step forward is an adventure comedy conceived with the help of his ever-since-college writing partner Bob Gale; entitled Back to the Future "It's a wonderful fantasy that is a compilation of all the great mysteries about time rolled into one". Zeemeck enthuses Imagination and humor have marked his work, which also includes a kinetic, anarchic comedy called Used Car and a lanceful first effort, a low budget piece about four Beatlemanias I Wanna Hold Your Hand. The cast of Back to the Future includes Michael J. Fox (from TWs TVs Icons), Christopher Lloyd (Lovely zoned out Jennifer) Lee Thompson (All the Right Movers) and Cristpin Glover (Teachers, Racing with the Moon). The film, now shooting, is supposed to be ready by late in the summer of 1987.
It's about a teenager who travels back in time 30 years, says Zemeckis. There
Robert Zemeckis
he bumps into his parents as teenagers and some quite embarrassing moments occur when he sees his parents at the same age he is. It is an unusual situation, because he's confronted with familiar things, but they are simultaneously unfamiliar because he sees them as they were in the past, rather than as he knows them, in the present."
Zemeckis won a *Best Student Film Academy Award* in 1973 for his black comedy, *Field of Honor*. Is it difficult for a man in his 30s to relate to the teenage point of view? Well, *Zemeckis muss.* I
Comely Director Romances Success
hope I'm in touch with it I feel like Lam, but maybe that's because I always feel like I'm 17. But I haven't been sitting around think about it while I've been shooting. I've just been letting it go" Of his worthful cast, Zemekis says, "They're wonderful, and I think they're really going to break out in this movie. They get to play such wonderful characters, the kinds of parts that aren't usually in a typical youth film."
The idea of a teenager going back to the time of his parents' youth has been rolling in the minds of Zemeckis and Gale for a while "Bob and I have wanted to make this picture for four years," the director confirms. The pain broke into the big time when they were tapped to write 1941. Next, Zemeckis and Gale are set to write *Car Pool*, a comedy mystery to be directed by Brian de Palma. "But that's still in first draft stage," says Zemeckis. "I'll have to wait until we nail down Back to the Future."
by Zan Stewart
USC Film School taught Zemeckis the machinery of filmmaking
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