University Daily Kansan, February 19, 1985
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NEWS BRIEFS
Hearing set for drug cases
A preliminary hearing has been set for man charged with seven drug-related felony
Dennis E. Long, 29, 523 Fireside Drive,
was arrested Feb. 8 after a raid in which
Lawrence police found two pounds of
cocaine, marijuana, hashish, various pills,
a stolen handgun and $25,000 cash in his
apartment.
Long has been charged with possession of cocaine, sale of cocaine, possession with intent to sell marijuana, possession with intent to sell hashish, possession with intent to sell LSD, possession with intent to sell Valium and grand theft.
A preliminary hearing also has been for March 7 for Jilliane Turner, 24.914 Missouri St. Turner was charged with sale of cocaine in connection with the Long drug raid.
President of KTI resigning
TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents yesterday announced the resignation of Thomas Creech as president of Kansas Technical Institute, Salina.
Regents Chairman Wendell Lady said Creech, KTI president for 8½ years, had submitted a letter of resignation effective June 30.
Lady said Creech had wanted to return to teaching in technical education.
"President Creech has more than met the challenge given to him by the Board of Regents to improve and update the academic program at KTL." Lady said. "Faculty quality and stability have improved significantly in the accreditation process we have commented on substantial gain in laboratory facilities and teaching effectiveness."
Lady said the board would act on Creech's letter at its March meeting and would set up a committee to seek a new president.
Scholar to speak on creation
Henry Morris, director of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, will speak on "Theistic Evolution: A Tenable Theory" at 7:30 p.m. today in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
Morris, 66, has published several books on the scientific aspect of creation including, "Science and Creation: A Book for Teachers" and "King of Creation."
At 7 p.m. tomorrow in the ballroom of the Kansas University, Morris will participate in an evolution versus creation debate with a professor of biology at Indiana University.
Both events are sponsored by New Life Student Fellowship.
Journalist to speak at forum
Charlie Waters, Gannett professional in residence at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University Forum tomorrow.
Waters will discuss ethics in journalism af the weekly luncheon sponsored by Eugenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
After working 11 years in Arizona as editor and publisher of the award-winning Courier, a daily newspaper in Prescott, Peters is now working with ethics and ethics at the University.
Waters will speak after an 11:45 a.m.
break, and the call made by
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Weather
Today will be mostly sunny and mild. The high will be in the upper 40s. Winds will be from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be cloudy with a low in the lower 30s. Tomorrow will be cloudy and mild with a 30 percent chance of showers. The high will be around 50.
Correction
Because of an editor's error, a story in yesterday's Kansan did not mention one of the seven Rock Chalk Reve awards given Saturday, the final night of the show. The team wore a black jersey and the Sigma Nus and Kappa Alpha Thetas for their skit, "Dischord and Datchord."
Compiled from Kanson stuff and United Press International reports.
Computer degree gets no boost from Carlin
By TAD CLARKE Staff Reporter
Students wanting a degree in computer engineering will have to go to school somewhere else if Gov. John Carlin gets his way.
Carlin did not recommend any money to make computer engineering a degree program at the University of Kansas, according to a summary released last week comparing Board of Regents budget requests with Carlin's proposed budget for KU.
The University had asked the Regents for $226,000 to help finance a new computer
The program will cost $469,130 to begin, the university plans. The University would purchase the grade of the course.
Keith Nitcher, University director of business affairs, said the University needed the degree to keep up with the demands of society.
`'WE THINK THIS has an application to high technology in state and it’s very useful.`
"Computer engineering is a rapidly growing discipline," he said.
Don Daugherty, acting dean of the electrical and computer engineering department.
Daugherty said the state money would be used to hire four new faculty members and one new student.
The degree would probably be called a bachelor of science in computer engineering. Daughtery said.
The University submitted its fiscal 1986 budget requests last June to the Regents. The Regents then sent their revised version of the report, and the state budget director in September.
Carlin's recommendation for the University's total operating budget was more than $4 million lower than the Regents' request. The Regents requested a budget of $115.7 million; the governor recommended $111.6 million.
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR made his recommendations during the fall. Now the Legislature will look at both the Regents and Carlin's requests and make its budget recommendation in April. Carlin then has final approval of the budget.
The Regents had requested $85,000 for fiscal 1986 and $66,000 for fiscal 1976 for the librarian.
Fiscal 1986 runs from July 1985 to June 1986.
Carlin recommended that $650,000 be appropriated for fiscal 1986, so the plans for a proposed science and technology library would have been completed year earlier than the Regents had requested.
The Regents and Carlin are recommending that the library be built in two phases. Both proposed budgets recommend that the financing be spread over the next five fiscal
Phase I, planning and constructing the library, will cost $1.9 million and is expected to be completed in 2016.
PHASE II WOULD allow for expansion without any major renovations to the completed Phase I space.
Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning, said Carlin's recommendation would not change the scheduled date for completion of the library, but would only release the bid to contractors one year earlier than the Reegts' recommendation.
Carlin also recommended that the renovation of Snow Hall be spread out over a five-year period, instead of the Regents' requested three-year period.
According to Carlin's recommendation,
$4 million would be allocated for renovations.
The Regents had requested $6.5 million for a three-year renovation plan. Carlin recommended $180,000 for fiscal 1986; the Regents had asked for $420,000.
SNOW HALL NOW contains only the division of biological sciences.
Once the remodeling is completed, the mathematics and computer science departments would move into the hall, Wiechert said. The division of biological sciences, which has a museum, would be moved to the Haworth Hall addition currently under construction.
Wiechert said Carlin's plan to spread financing over five years would not cause too many problems for the mathematics and computer science departments.
"We would just have the building sitting there vacant for two more years." Wiechert said. "The only people being crowded would be math and computer science."
Carlin also recommended less money for raises for classified and unclassified employees.
THE REGENTS REQUESTED $1.1 million
for classified salary increases, which would provide a 7 percent raise. Carlin allotted no money for classified employee raises.
The Regents also had requested $3.8 million to increase unclassified employees' salaries by 7 percent.
Carlin recommended $3.3 million, an increase of 6 percent.
Unclassified employees are faculty members, student employees and some senior administrators. All other KU employees are classified.
Faculty salaries at KU are among the lowest in comparison with peer institutions, according to a Regensburg study. KU's peer institutions include the University of Oregon, the University of North Carolina, the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado.
The average full-time salary for a KU professor is $27,900. The average salary for a PhD professor is $38,900.
Carlin also recommended less financing for a salary increase for graduate teaching assistantships. The Regents had requested that students have given the assistants a 12 percent raise
Carlin recommended that they receive $248.528, a 6½ percent raise.
"Our graduate teaching assistants are underpaid," Nitcher said. "We just want to improve their salaries."
Carlin's recommendation also cut short the utilities budget for fiscal 1986. The Regents had authorized KU to request an increase of 15 percent, or $944,477.
Carlin recommended $503,721 for the utilities budget, an increase of 8 percent.
Nancy Shontz, a four-year member of the Lawrence City Commission, listens to a point being made by another candidate in the commission race. Ten candidates answered questions and expressed their opinions during last night's
forum sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. The current field of 11 will be narrowed to six in the Feb. 26 primary. The other candidates shown are George Schmitendorf. left, and Terry Summers.
City candidates debate redevelopment
By MIKE GREEN
Staff Reporter
The future economic development of Lawrence, the status of downtown redevelopment and the possible slashing of federal funds for social services were addressed in a Lawrence City Commission candidates forum last night.
About 50 people attended the forum, which was sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of
City Commissioner Mike Amyx, one of the three incumbent commissioners at the forum, said that the city commission should be leading role in future economic development
"It's important for the commission to work with the city staff." Amxv said.
BOB PULLIAM, 1300 Pennsylvania St., said his main reason for running for a commission seat was his concern for future development on the city commission from 1969 to 1973.
City Commissioner Howard Hill said the city should not only try to lure high-tech jobs to Lawrence but also continue to provide jobs for all citizens.
Pulliam said that if he was elected, he would propose creating a position of director of economic development.
"This person would assist developers through the red tape of city hall," Pulliam said. "This person would work closely with organizations as the chamber of commerce."
City Commissioner Nancy Shontz said one role of the city commission was to help make sure the city provided a safe environment with secure jobs.
CANDIDATE TERRY SUMMERS, 539 Tennessee St., said the city must confront the problem of a "low wage scale." He said many Lawrence residents commuted to
"People need to know that jobs will be staying in Lawrence," Shontz said.
"High-tech economic development is going on all over the country," he said. "The city commission must know exactly what to do to attract it."
Topeka or the Kansas City area because they could earn more there.
Another candidate, Mona McCoy, 516 W. Sixth Street, said that trying to attract high-tech industries was a risky venture.
"There are 3,000 cities after 100 high-tech industries," she said.
Most of the candidates said they supported plans for downtown redevelopment and said the city commission must work closely with Town Center Venture Corp., the developer of record.
Hill said every opinion poll he had seen indicated that Lawrence residents supported redevelopment in the downtown area. He said the city commission had chosen a record of record, and it was up to the developer to attract department stores to the project.
Prof given settlement in lawsuit
By MICHAEL TOTTY Staff Reporter
A KU anthropology professor will receive $10,000 as part of the settlement in a lawsuit against another professor and two graduate students, the State Finance Council decided yesterday.
The suit was filed in 1980 by Michael Crawford, professor of anthropology, against Henry Lundsgaarde, professor of anthropology, Elizabeth Murray, Lawrence graduate student; and graduate student Nancy Sempolski, who is completing her graduate research in Boston.
The suit alleged that Lundsgaarde and the two students had conspired to slander Crawford during an investigation into a 1976 research expedition to the Central American country of Belize. Murray and Sempolsk had filed complaints with the University that alleged Crawford of using unethical research and medical practices in the Belize project.
CRAFWORD WAS ASKING for $1.5 million in damages in the cases.
One of the conditions of the settlement, which the parties signed last December, was that it remain confidential. The $10,000 payment, because it will be paid from the state's general fund, however, must be made public.
The finance council, composed of Gov. John Carlin and eight legislative leaders, acted upon recommendations from the Kansas attorney general's office.
Dale Nicklas, attorney for Crawford, said, "I'm personally very pleased with the settlement. It was a good deal for Mike (Crawford) under the circumstances."
Last April, a Douglas County jury was unable to reach a decision in the case and set a date for retrial in December. The settlement was reached before the case went to trial.
Because of the confidential nature of the settlement, none of the parties' attorneys would say whether it included a counter suit filed by Murray and Pempolsi in September.
The two graduate students had filed suit in Federal District Court in Topeka against the University for the lack of research and graduate studies and public service, and eight other professors.
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