University Daily Kansan, February 27. 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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NEWS BRIEFS
Fire guts Baldwin City plant
BALDWIN CITY — A fire yesterday. Baldwin Meat Processing on the western edge of the city did $200,000 damage to the plant and sent one firefighter to the hospital, Baldwin City fire chief Gaylen Scott said.
The fire, reported at 11:51 a.m., was ruled accidental, Scott said. Firefighters worked $2 \frac{1}{2}$ hours to bring the blaze under control, and fireman Dale Johnson was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for minor smoke inhalation.
The fire was discovered by an employee who smelled smoke and opened the door to the smoke room where hams were smoking. The air let into the room started a flash fire as fat and grease ignited, Scott said.
Student's trial date scheduled
The trial for a KU freshman charged with two counts of making terroristic threats to a KU residence hall was scheduled to begin on March 27, the Douglas County district attorney's office said yesterday.
Steven Carl Smith, Shawnee freshman, allegedly called in seven bomb threats to the front desk of Oliver Hall in January. The will be in Douglas County District Court.
Hearing on parking rules set
The Parking and Traffic Board will give students and faculty members the opportunity to voice complaints about proposed parking changes at an open hearing at 3 p.m. March 29 in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The parking board has recommended that the time violators have to respond to their parking tickets be increased from 14 calendar days to 15 working days. The number of charges charged in the University's toll lots be increased from 50 cents to 75 cents.
Don Kearns, director of parking service,
said that comments from the hearing
would be submitted with the University's
final proposal on May 1.
Scholarship offered to women
The changes, which now must be approved by Chancellor Gene A. Budig and the Board of Regents, were approved by University Council on Thursday.
Female humanities majors are invited to compete for this spring's Donna Evans Kingsbury scholarship. The scholarship tuition for the 1988-86 academic year.
Applications for the scholarship competition are available at the College Honors Program, Nunemaker Center. The deadline for applying is March 1.
With the application, candidates must make a commitment on the value of study in the hospital.
To be eligible for the award, the applicant must be a female KU student, majoring in at least one of the humanities. Only high school graduates with at least a B average from a Kansas accredited high school will be considered.
Applicants also must have lived in the date for at least 10 years and be able to drive.
Weather
Today will be sunny and mild with a high in the low to mid 40s. Winds will be from the south at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low in the upper 20s. Tomorrow will be partly sunny and continued mild. The high will be in the upper 40s.
Where to call
If you have a news tip or a photo idea, call the Kansan at 864-4810.
If your idea deals with campus news, ask for Rob Karwath, campus editor. If it deals with sports, ask for Lauretta Schultz, sports editor. For On campus items or information on arts and leisure, speak with E John Egan, Et cetera editor.
If you have a complaint or a problem, ask for Matt DeCalan, editor, or Diane
To place an ad, call the Kansan business office at 864-4358.
Compiled from Kanson stuff and United Press International reports.
Style's the difference for Bob Stephan
By KEVIN LEATHERS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA — With his casual and relaxing manner, Bob Stephan might not first come across as a man with enough determination to be the state's top executive.
But his friends and actions say it's there. They say that Stephan has plenty of drive and ambition — perhaps enough to make him the next governor of Kansas.
Stephan, Kansas' Republican attorney general since 1979, has laid down the law with discipline and dispassion, friends and associates say.
THEY SAY HE'S a personable man, always smiling and speaking with candor and openness. Gov. John Carlin has described Stehan as popular and well-liked.
He said his years of illness heightened his awareness of the value of religion and the importance of it.
At close to 5-foot-6, Stephan's stature is hardly intimidating. His style is more comforting and encouraging. As he speaks of his job, he shows satisfaction with his work.
Stephan has said that he will likely be a contender for governor in 1868 when Carlin's
Stephan, who at age 39 was told he had two to four weeks left to live, said, "I've lived 52 good years and I'd like to live 52 more."
"My greatest joy in life is to just be alive," she said. "I received cancer patient, said earlier this month.
Although some politicians have found public office frustrating, Stephan is driven in his work. Public office, he said, has given him an opportunity to meet people with people he wouldn't have otherwise met.
"There are a lot of good people out there." Stephan said. "It's reinforced my feelings on the overall goodness of man. I enjoy my work."
Stephan decided not to run for governor in 1982 because of what many considered the ability of Sam Hardage, the eventual Republican nominee, to attract Wichita political dollars to his campaign.
"I'M VERY THANKFUL for all the guidance and comfort the Lord has given me," he said. "It has helped me through some of the bigger crises, but also, it's been a valuable source of strength on a day-to-day basis."
"I HAVE TO first touch all bases before I do run." Stephan said. "But I'd like to have the opportunity to get in there and run our state the way I think it should be."
If Stephan does run, his strongest Democrat opponent might be Tom Docking, Carlin's lieutenant governor. Docking reasoned that he wasicated that he might like to run for governor.
Docking is only 32, but Carlin's popularity and the Docking name — both his father and grandfather were Kansas governors — could be distinct advantages.
Docking said Stephan was "clearly the front runner among the Republicans. I fully expect him to be the nominee."
parties differ, they say they've developed a closeness through the years.
Miller and Stephan grew up within a few blocks of each other in Wichita. Although they were not related, they became friends.
Some of Stephan's political foes also seem to be on his side. State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, described his tenure as a "consistent and productive one." Charlton opposes the death penalty; Stephan strongly supports it.
FORMER KANSAS Attorney General Vern Miller, a long-time friend of Stephan's, said he could hardly think of enough nice words to describe Stephan.
"Bob very simply is just a prince," Miller said. "He's the kind of person that will be your friend no matter what. I'm afraid, though, there was a time during his illness that I thought he was a dead man. But he fought back. He's a very strong man."
Miller, who was attorney general from 1971 to 1975 and now is a lawyer in Wichita, said he knew all the pressures the office could bring, said. "Bob has faced them tremendously."
Miller predicted that Stephan would run for governor.
"I'm going to support him in every way I can," the coach said, who is more respected than Rob Sterling.
"He's been a very efficient attorney general," Burke said. "He hasn't cost the state any money as far as lost cases go. I would imagine for this reason, and based on his popularity, that he would be the leading contender for governor."
SENATE MAJORITY Leader Paul "Bud" Burke, R.Leawood, said Stephan had been an effective attorney general. He said he is confident he will be the most popular candidate for governor
Stephan said he considered his work as attorney general "pretty decent." For this reason, he said, he thought the only way opponents could attack his bid for governor would be personally and not based on his work as a state official.
"I very aware of the pot shots and carimms a person sets himself up for when he takes them."
As a law enforcement official, Stephan said he had little sympathy for criminals.
"I CAN EASILY make the distinction between criminals and non-criminals," said Stephan, who was a district court judge in Wichita for 13 years. "I dislike criminals. I don't have no consideration for human life and personal rights. I have no compassion for."
Stephan admitted that law enforcers were not always well-like. And he said he sometimes had to enforce "dumb laws"—taking liquor by the drink, was one example.
"I really can't believe that the majority of the people of this state want someone in a position to enforce the law to decide on that issue," he said. "Both votes he will win or lose," Stephan said.
Judicial board on hold; AURH to define duties
Staff Reporter
By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON
David Forney, judicial board chairman, said the amendment to the AURH constitution that would have created the judicial board had not passed because one of the residence halls mistakenly had passed the wrong version of it.
A judicial board for the Association of University Residence Halls yesterday was shelved until a committee can determine whether the board will be, the board's chairman said last night.
Without the hall's approval of the revised amendment, it lacked the approval of two-thirds of the eight halls, one condition for amending the AURH constitution.
Another reason for shelving the amendment was that some resident hall directors had expressed concern about the scope of the board, Forney told the AURH general assembly at its meeting in Lewis Hall last night.
Forney said he was in the process of forming a committee that would meet to discuss the matter.
"It is shelled until the committee decides how the board will be set up." Forgewelt.
THE COMMITTEE probably will be composed of some resident hall directors, an office of residential programs representative, members of the judicial board bylaws committee, some AURH general assembly committee, some JEEFFS jeffery, AURH president, Forney said.
Forney said he thought the amendment had received the approval of the Hashinger
Hall government Monday night Hashinger to have passed the judicial board amendment.
But Forney said he was told yesterday by Julie Gross, resident hall director of Gertrude Sellars Pearson and Corinbins that the GSP-Corbin hall government had passed the unrevised version of the amendment. Under that version of the amendment, the judicial board would have heard appeals only for security violations.
JEFFLEY SAID the AURH judicial board bylaws committee had revised the original amendment to expand the scope of the board code appeals for all disciplinary actions.
An amendment to the AURH constitution requires approval by three-fourths of the general assembly members and two-thirds of the eight residence hall governments. The general assembly approved the judicial board amendment last semester.
Forney said a misunderstanding had caused the unrevised amendment to be presented before GSP-Corbin instead of the revised one.
Also at the meeting, Jeffley officially announced that he would not run for re-election in next week's AURH elections.
Jeffrey said that, as a senior majoring in political science and pre-law, he wanted to
He said that although he had filed petitions for his coalition to run by last week's deadline, he and the other candidates on his coalition had decided not to run.
Mark Denke, AURH adviser, said that the withdrawal of Jefieff's coalition left only one candidate running for each of the four offices.
Sports fee may go up if Senate approves bill
By NANCY STOETZER Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
KU students may pay an additional $2 each semester to support all non-revenue sports if a bill before the Student Senate Finance Committee meets approval.
The bill, which will be debated tonight,
calls for an increase from $4.50 to $6.50 in
the sports fee that students pay each
week. It is not part of the student activity fee.
The sports fee benefits any inter-collegiate sport that does not generate its own revenue. The fee partially finances all exams except men's basketball and football.
if the Finance Committee approves the bill, it will go to the Student Senate for a vote. The bill then would go to Chancellor Gene A. Budig for his approval.
Mark Sump, holdover senator 'and a sponsor of the bill, said the increase would generate about $80,000 each semester for non-revenue sports groups.
THE SENATE RULES do not specify the amount students should pay for the non-revenue sports fee. This bill would define that amount.
Sump and Scott Lawrence, board member of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation and the other sponsor of the bill, said the fee was needed to cover additional costs in intercollegiate athletics.
"At times, non-revenue sports groups are certainly not paid as much attention as revenue sports groups," Sump said. "We
want to give more money to non-revenue sports."
KU athletic director Monte Johnson said, "Funding for non-revenue sports is our biggest challenge. It is most difficult because this group doesn't generate its own funds.
"We've already made a commitment to provide support to athletes in making progress toward a degree. Student support such as this would be helpful."
Lawrence and Sump said part of the increase would help finance tutoring for athletes.
Lonny Rose, assistant athletic director, said he was pleased students were trying to help the non-revenue sports groups, because the money was needed.
"The cost of athletics is constantly getting higher and sometimes it costs money to get money," he said.
Rose said that last fall an academic support program was started to help expand the tutoring program for athletes. The athletes now will use tutors through supportive Educational Services instead of hiring "m-house tutors," he said.
"Because of our increased costs in academic tutoring, it's likely a substantial amount of any increase would help finance the academic support program," he said. "We're committed to this program, and it can be helpful, but we can have what we believe could be the finest support programs for athletes in the country."
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28 Annual Black Faculty and Staff Recognition Dinner, 6:30 p.m., McColum Hall.
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