University Daily Kansan, March 18. 1985
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Prof examines U.S. aversion to buses
By PATRICIA SKALLA Staff Reporter
Bus rides have never been the choice of the new generation, and a visiting KU professor is trying to find out why.
Maggie Walsh, visiting professor of history from the University of Birmingham in England, is spending part of her time at the University of Kansas studying the history of this country and transportation in the United States.
buses because they don't use long distance transportation - it's sort of a class thing," she said.
"Americans aren't interested in
Walsh said she was studying the history of buses used as long-distance transportation because it was the most neglected topic in urban studies and because it was a good topic in economic history, which she studies.
"Americans have chosen not to use public transportation. They have opted for the private," she said. "If you've got the money, you'll fly. You don't want to travel by bus."
Ryan Moats, Freehold, N.J., junior, and Rick Friesen, Lawrence resident, said they would fly before riding a bus again.
AND SEVERAL BUS travelers agreed.
Moats said, "If you've got something to do for 33 hours, you've got no problem. Right now the only thing I care to get is a shower."
Moats and Friesen left Lawrence on a bus last weekend, rode to San Francisco, Fresno, Calif., and Los Angeles to meet the bus crew to begin their 44-hour trip home.
Friesen said the reason he and
Moats took the bus was because they had decided to take the trip a week before spring break, and they couldn't find a cheaper price.
Ralph Henne, ticket clerk at the Lawrence bus depot, 140 W. Sixth St., said the amount of people deciding to experience a bus trip for the first time increased around spring break.
One reason for the increase was that special ticket prices allowed people to go anywhere round-trip for $99, Henne said. At regular bus rates, a one-way ticket to Florida would cost $120.
Skit and speech will note work of slain archbishop
The KU Latin American Solidarity group will sponsor events Wednesday and Thursday to observe national Central America Week.
The activities are planned to commemorate Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated on March 24, 1980.
Dave Lippman, a composer, singer and political satirist, will present his work Wednesday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Lippman has performed for Salvadoran and South African consulates.
A speech by Victor Rubio, Salvadoran opposition leader, will follow the skit. Rubio will speak about the "Struggle for Justice in Central America." He is an official representative of the political movement that has governed the government. Rubio was the spokesman twice for the liberation movement of El Salvador, in Europe and Japan.
Student leaves legacy of bravery
By DeNEEN BROWN
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Jonathan Jonas, former KU student, once said all the work he had done in school wasn't going to pay off. But his determined struggle with school and his brave fight for life will keep him in the memory of those who knew him.
He died March 14 of a brain tumor. Mr. Jonas, a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda traternity from St. Louis, became ill two weeks before finals last spring. Last summer, he began to receive treatment and returned the University of Kansas to begin his sophomore year last fall.
The illness, however, prevented him from returning to school this semester.
Nic Wahl, Green Bay, Wis., junior and a member of the fraternity, said, "At first he thought he had some kind of infection. He had the greatest
mind for sports trivia, then we noticed he started forgetting things. That really seemed strange and we knew something was wrong."
MOR. JONAS' RETURN to school last fall and his battle with his illness became the admiration of members of his fraternity.
Wahl said, "I thought it was one of the bravest things that I've ever seen."
Earlier this semester, Mr. Jonas was voted outstanding initiate of his initiation class. Wahl said, because he completed all the ideals of the fraternity.
"I think that speaks for his bravery," he said. "He never wanted anyone to feel sorry for him. He'll be almost missed by everyone in the hospice."
"Everybody will always remember Jon for his late-night pizzas and his Thursday night 'Magnum, P.I.' bravery in fighting his illness."
Debra Jonas, his mother, said that
Jonathan returned to school last semester despite his illness. Through perserverance and courage, she said, he made the dean's honor roll.
EVER THOUGH HIS illness was painful, he always had a smile on his face, she said.
Carol Thompson, AKL house mother, said that fraternity members marveled at Jonas' perseverance.
"He did not complain at all, even when you knew that he was in pain," she said. "I think he was an asset to most people who knew him."
Mr. Jonas was born July 20, 1965, to Debra and Stephen Jones of St. Louis, who survive him, brother Jeffrey and his mother Jeffrey and Jared, both of St. Louis.
Services were held yesterday in St. Louis. The family has established the Jonathan Adam Jonas Cancer Resilience Contributions to the fund can be sent to the Barnes Hospital Development Office in St. Louis.
Kansas Technical Institute may merge with Kansas State University under a proposal discussed last week by the Legislature. Regents during its monthly meeting.
The Regents appointed a special committee to study the proposal. The committee consists of the presidents of KTI and K State; Wendell Lady, Kimberly Ann; Stanley Kopik, Regents executive director; and two board members.
Possible merger of KTI, K-State discussed
The committee will report its findings during the monthly meeting of the Regents in May.
The proposal to merge the two schools came after Trom Creech, KTI president, announced his resignation, effective June 30.
Koplik said the two institutions were only 70 miles apart and might be run more efficiently if they were in California or Salina and K-State is in Manhattan.
In other action Friday, the board approved four new degree programs for the University of Kansas. The new programs are bachelor of arts degrees in design, dance and art
an academic major in Italian. None of the programs will require additional state financing or new faculty members.
The Regents also authorized KU to enter into an agreement with the National Faculty Exchange to provide additional faculty and staff exchange opportunities.
ON THE RECORD
ABOUT $87 IN COINS and dollar bills was stolen between 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the Salvation Army Thrift Store, 628 Vermont St., police said yesterday. The window in the back door of the building had been broken by a piece of cement.
A $ 9,000 RING was lost at 10:30 a.m. Feb 4 in the snow of a parking lot at Ninth and Kentucky streets, Lawrence police said. The woman fell in the snow and lost the ring, which hasn't been recovered. The loss was reported to police yesterday.
The Regents approved naming the KU Botany Research Laboratory on West Campus after Joseph S. Briar and received botany research through donations.
ONE ANTIQUE CAMEO broach, 11 antique rings, a gold watch and a cassette player, with a total value of $1,808, were stolen between 8:30 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. Wednesday from an apartment in the 1100 block of Indiana Street, police said.
TWO STEREO SPEAKERS in oak cabinets, $5 in cash, a 35mm camera and a zoom lens, with a total value of $1,005, were stolen between 5 p.m. March 12 and 11 a.m. in the Gran Sport, 12W. W. Seventh St., police said. The south door of the building had been pried open.
AN AM-FM CASSETTE player valued at $200 was stolen between 8 p.m. Friday and 11:45 a.m. Saturday from a car in the 2200 block of Hill Court, police said.
A TWIN BED, 12 60-watt bulbs and a four-fuse fuse box, with a total value of $125, were stolen between 9 p.m. Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday from a house in the 300 block of Lincoln Street, police said.
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