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Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 95, No. 134 (USPS 650-640)
Ambler backs commission to set conduct standards
Thursday, April 18, 1985
By NANCY STOETZER Staff Reporter
A commission that would establish minimum standards of conduct for student representatives was recommended in a letter presented to the Student Senate last night.
The letter from David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, was in response to the Senate's treatment of a $2 increase in the student activity fee for non-revenue sports and to a petition that criticized the conduct of a KU athlete.
Ambler's letter to William Easley, student body president, suggests forming a commission to set standards "for participation in student activities"—including intercollegiate athletics or for serving as an official representative of the student body in elected or appointed office."
The commission also would recommend how to enact the standards, which would take effect in the fall. Faculty, students and staff will be required to undergo a commission, which would be established this summer.
The letter says, "Although the Senate
voted to rescind its support for this fee increase, the need for the additional revenue is still there and has been incorporated into the Athletic Department's financial planning for the 1985-86 academic year.
"SINCE THERE IS general agreement that the establishment of the special commission is the proper means to address those concerns, we will present the proposed fee increase to the Board of Regents at its April and May meetings."
Earlier this semester, the Senate approved raising the non-revenue sports fee from $4.50 to $8.50 for fiscal year 1986, which includes the 1985-86 school year.
The fee supports women's sports and non-revenue sports — all men's sports except football and basketball.
THE BILL APPROVING the sports fee was attached to a petition calling for the revocation of a football scholarship awarded to Roderick Timmons, a defensive lineman. Timmons was convicted last year of sexual battery, a misdemeanor charge stemming
See SENATE, p. 5, col.1
Regents will discuss 5% tuition hike at KU
By TAD CLARKE Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss tuition increases ranging from 5 to 7 percent for the Regents schools during meetings today and tomorrow in Manhattan.
During tomorrow's Fiscal Affairs Committee meeting, Regents plan to consider increasing tuition 5 percent at KU for the 1986-87 school year.
Under the increase, full-time KU students who are residents of Kansas would pay $250 a semester. This fall, they will pay $496. For those living in Kansas, this increase would increase from $1,397 to $1,475 a semester.
Brad Miller, left, and Chris Halsne, both Spencer, Iowa, freshmen, escape the sun in a shaded vantage point at the north bank of Memorial Stadium. The two yesterday watched the opening day of competition at the Kansas Relays. They then attended a competition to participate tomorrow in the javelin competition. See Relays stories on page 13.
similar increases in their tuition. The recommended increases would generate about $4.3 million in additional tuition revenue in fiscal 1987.
SCHOOLS GOVERNED BY the Regents are KU, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Fort Hays State University, Emporia State University, Pittsburgh State University and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
Tuition for resident graduate students would increase from $555 per semester to $380, and for non-resident graduate students, tuition would increase from $1.457 to $1.335.
Other Regents schools would receive
Also during the Fiscal Affairs Committee meeting, the Regents are expected to discuss a $2 increase in KU's non-revenue interest income. Students will be enrolled by students each semester with their tuition.
An increase from $4.50 to $6.50 was first approved last month and then rescinded earlier this month by KU's Student Senate. A final decision on the fee increase will be
See REGENTS, p. 5, col. 2
Beirut government falls; 29 die in battle
By United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese "national unity" government fell apart yesterday with the resignation of Prime Minister Rashid Karami and his Cabinet, and 29 people died in a savage 15-hour street battle between rival Muslim gangs.
Muslim militia leaders later condemned the fighting, placed their forces on alert against Israel and announced formation of a military command co-ordination with the army to secure city
Karami, calling the worst fighting of the year "a dark night during which love, peace and justice were sacrificed," plunged into another deep political crisis by cutting.
capital, Beirut? No one can justify this," Karami said in an emotional address over Beirut radio "Excuse me, my brothers, the people of Beirut, for presenting the resignation of my Cabinet of national unity that exploded in conflict."
"How can we justify what happened to our
THE RADIO SAID later that Karami, 63,
had agreed to a request from Christian
President Amin Gamayel to head a caretaker
future of the nine-man cabinet's future is resolved.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Bernie Kab said the designation would be approved.
"The U.S. government deeply regrets the bloodshed that has occurred in West Beirut. It has been our consistent goal to have in Lebanon a central government able to assert
The Syrian-supported government's fall
was prompted by 15 hours of furious street battles in mainly Muslim West Beirut.
THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED Tuesday night when the pro-Libyan Mourabout militia of the Sunni Muslim community tried to attack a military area run by Amal, the Shiite Militant militia.
Hospital spokesman said at least 29 people had been killed and 169 wounded in the worst fighting in the capital's Muslim sector since October. The Christian-led army on Feb. 6, 1984
warlords, including Berri and Jumball, had formed immediately to confront "security breaches and aggressions on citizens" after the violent robberies occurred during the firing.
The 500-man Mourabatrou milita, which means "ambusher" in Arabic, was defeated by its chief rivals, Justice Minister Nabih Bern's powerful Amal milita and Tourism Minister Waial Jumblatt's Druse gunmen, Minister Wakehill Jumblatt's Druse gunmen in a bloody battle in March 1984.
The leaders also put the militias on "the highest state of alert" to fight Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and agreed to "mobilize all forces" to fight on the side of Palestinian-backed Muslim forces in the port city of Sidon.
WEST BEIRUT RESIDENTS spent a sleepless night as rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds exploded in the streets of a city made of anti-aircraft and submachine-gun fire.
A statement on Beirut radio said the
By yesterday morning, jubilant Shite and Druse militamen hugged and congratulated each other and roared in jeeps on victory tours of the city.
Shuttle crew can't repair new satellite
By United Press International
It was a disappointing end to an extraordinary effort to activate the satellite, which had been mysteriously silent since being ejected from the shuttle four days ago. The "swat team" members did everything asked of them, but it was not enough.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Rhea Seddon slapped the stricken Syncom three times with Discovery's huge robot arm during a dramatic space rescue attempt yesterday, but the $85 million satellite failed to respond and was abandoned.
Seddon, controlling the 50-foot arm from inside the shuttle cabin, hit *Syncom*'s activation switch hard enough with make-shift snare to have turned on the satellite if that had been the problem as originally believed.
Failure of the military communications station dealt a sharp blow to the space insurance industry, which is already reeling in claims for three satellite losses last year.
THE OPPORTUNITY remains for an attempt to salvage the space derelict on a future mission although officials said such a retrieval was "iffy" at best because the craft was loaded with 11,834 pounds of explosive propellants.
Syncom was left drifting uselessly more than 200 miles above Earth, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the satellite should stay up for several years before slowly descending to fiery destruction in the atmosphere.
Once it was clear that Syncom was not going to be revived yesterday, commander Karol Bobko and co-pilot Donald William backed Discovery off and the crew of seven relaxed for the first time since launch last Friday.
mission control gave Bokoe the choice of returning home today or staying up until
"WELL STAY UP," said Bobko Landing now is scheduled for 6.17 a.m. tomorrow.
Mission control and the president of Hughes Communications Inc., Steven Dorfman, praised Seddon, Bobko, Williams, Jeffrey Hoffman, David Griggs, McDonnell and Jake Garn, R-Uthal, and hundreds on the ground for an outstanding effort.
Two Syncoms are already in stationary orbit 23,300 miles high, relaying military communication between mobile land, sea and air forces. The Navy, which operates the system, needs two more satellites to complete the network.
Yesterday's rescue operation began with Bobko and Williams pilots discovering on an orbital chase twice around the world. The shuttle caught up with the gleaming, slowly spinning satellite about 7 a.m. and moved 35 feet beneath it.
with the satellite hovering motionlessly in relation to the shuttle. Seddon moved in with the arm. The two fly swatter-like devices and a wire snare laughed to it Tuesday during a spacewalk by Hoffman and Griggs were ready.
Seddon waited until they were about the equator over the Atlantic Ocean and then slapped the primary swatter against the side of the rotating satellite. Her target was an activation lever that engineers thought had failed to open.
Brad Green isn't waiting to take your money at the Kansas Union—he's waiting for his younger brother to bring him a saw. Green, an employee of B.A. Green Construction Co.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
Inc., 1207 Iowa St., had to wait for the saw before he could resume installation yesterday of a new Zip Card machine at tl Union.
Information Center conducts self-survey
When students have a question that can't be answered by their roommates, their professors, or even their moms, the KU Information Center is the next place they
And to assure that students will continue to follow that practice, the information center now is conducting a self study to evaluate its own competency as the coordinator of the center, said yesterday.
By PATRICIA SKALLA
Staff Reporter
"We think we're doing a good job, but we're not sure," she said. "We want to know what happens."
In the survey, which began this week and will be conducted for the next two weeks, the Information Center staff asks a series of questions of every 10th person who calls the center. Kehde said. The questions include whether callers are KU students, what prompted them to call and how often the center is able to answer their questions.
A SIMILAR SURVEY was conducted in 1980, she said, and it found that the center seemed to offer effective service. But the staff also had questions how they have been able to help students.
Many students have expressed frustration because the line is often busy when they call, Kehde said. She explained that the center was understaffed, frequently forcing employees to use only one or two of the center's three telephone lines. The center receives
Jordan Fedder, Manhattan graduate student, said most students were positive about the program.
And students' comments are great for the ego, he said, because everyone says the staff
about 600 calls daily and from 25 to 40 calls every hour, she said.
Thom Davidson, Paola senior and center employee, said he had not received any complaints while conducting the survey. Most students are surprised that the information center is asking them questions but are eager to help with the survey.
NANCY DONOHUE, PRIMAIRI Village freshman, said she used the information number constantly for everything from television schedules to facts for reports. Once, she said, someone even was able to tell her the number of trees on campus.
"They're usually pretty helpful," she said. "I have no complaints."
Kehde said the center began in the spring of 1970, in the midst of student unrest over issues such as the Vietnam War. Then, campus rumors — such as whether final exams would be cancelled — the semester were ripe, and the administration decided to establish a rumor control center
The office of the dean of women began the center with a table and one phone. The idea caught on, and KU students have grown to depend on the service, Kehde said.
THE STAFF TRIES to answer as many
See INFO, p. 5, col. 5