University Daily Kansan, February 8, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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NEWS BRIEFS
Man has heart attack at Union
Francis M. Orzulak, program manager for the division of continuing education, yesterday suffered cardiac respiratory failure and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, a Lawrence Memorial Hospital snakesman said yesterday.
Mike Welter, shift supervisor for the ambulance service, confirmed that an ambulance run had been made at 2:30 a.m. at the Kansas Union courthouse during cardiac arrest at the Kansas Union
Eight debaters receive honors
Welter said the cardiac arrest patient worked outside the Prairie Room on a day shift.
Eight members of the KU debate team received honors at tournaments last weekend.
Martie Aaron, Wichita junior, and David Thomanek, Wheeling, Ill., sophomore, won first place at a tournament held at the University of Kansas. He also received second place speaking honors.
Rona Steele, Shawnee Heights junior,
and Leslie Worrell, Leon freshman, took
four place in the tournament.
Andrea Richard, Laramie, Wyo., freshman, and Dan Langel, Freeport, III, freshman, took 5th place in the senior division in Oklahoma.
John Stansiver, Lawrence freshman, and Eddie Wilson, Arkansas City sophomore, participated in a tournament at Baylor University in Texas. They received fourth place in the junior division. Watson was the first place speaker in the division.
Accident causes power failure
A driver of a 1984 Ford delivery truck fell asleep as he was driving west on Kansas Highway 24 at 6 a.m. yesterday and struck a power pole, the Douglas County sheriff's office said.
The driver injured his ankle, and a passenger in the truck had a cut lip. Neither person sought treatment for their injuries.
The truck knocked the pole and electrical lines down, leaving 500 homes without power until 7:15 a.m.
Five homes remained without power until the pole was replaced at 10:45 a.m. The power outage extended from the northeast section of North Lawrence to Williamstown, west of Lawrence, a manager for Kansas Power and Light said.
Honors society to initiate 140
KP&L estimated the damage to the pole around 1,000. Douglas County sheriff's office
A ceremony to induct 140 students into the Phi Kappa Phi honors society will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Vickie Thomas, Phi Kappa Phi adviser,
said Archie Dykes, former KU chancellor
and former Board of Regents member,
would speak at the ceremony. A reception
will follow the speech. The public is invited
to attend.
Phi Kappa Phi is a national honors society or seniors and graduate students at Stanford.
Individuals are invited to join based on academic performance. Thomas said seniors must rank in the top 5 percent of their school or college as undergraduates.
their education. Graduate students must be nominated by their departments on the basis of academic achievements, she said.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and not as cold, with a high in the mid to upper 20s. Winds will be from the south to southeast at 15 to 25 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low from 5 to 10. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high around 30.
Correction
Due to a reporter's error, the Kansas yesterday reported that new requirements had been proposed for bachelor of arts and bachelor of general science degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The proposed requirements are for bachelor of arts and bachelor of general studies degrees.
Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press International reports.
Some students snowed by removal deals
By SHARON ROSSE Staff Reporter
Frozen pipes, snow-packed driveways and icy sidewalks inevitably accompany a Midwestern winter.
But before a shovel or a plumber becomes necessary, students who rent apartments, houses or townhouses should find out who is responsible for their snow removal and repairs, Clyde Chapman, director of the Vermont St. Association, 819 Vermont St., said recently.
These responsibilities usually are defined in students' contracts. The Kansas Landlord-Tenant Act and the city's Minimum Structures Code also provide information on landlord-tenant rights and obligations.
Chapman said students often ran into problems when he didn't read or understand their contracts.
"They usually won't read their contracts until something comes up and becomes an issue."
LISA WENSKI, KANSAS City, Kan.
junior, moved to an apartment at 2409
Morningside Drive in January, but didn't read her contract before she signed it. She missed the part that said North Park Management, 733 Massachusetts St., was not required to remove snow from the parking lot or from walkways.
"I didn't realize it before I signed the contract," she said. "But it isn't any big problem. Every time he collects $5 from each apartment and hires someone to do each."
"We don't have to clear the parking lots," Phillips said. "But if the tenants can't get in or out, we will send someone. If we said we were going to take care of it when one snowfall fake."
But Rob Phillips, owner of North Park Management, said his company would purchase the property.
PHILLIIPS SAID HE had hired someone to clear the parking lot of Wenski's building, but snow had been removed by the time the plow arrived.
Tom Galyardt, vice president and owner of Kaw Valley Management, 901 Kentucky St., said his company provided snow removal for the landscaping of house complexes, but not for rented houses.
"A lot of it is up to the owner of the property." He said. "But most of the houses have contracts that require the tenant to be a lawn mower and it includes lawn mowing and snow removal."
Chapman said responsibility for snow removal for houses, apartments and townhouses.
"In a house or townhouse, the tenant usually will be responsible for snow removal and mowing lawns unless the landlord specifically agrees to do it. In apartment buildings the landlord will be more responsible for the common areas," Chapman said.
BUT THE LANDLORD usually is responsible for maintenance and repairs in all types of rented housing, he said.
"If pipes freeze, the landlord is definitely responsible." Chapman said. "But if it is due to the tenant's negligence — say if they left the room without turning off the heat off — the tenant would be responsible."
Chapman also said many landlords would not reimburse tenants for repairs done with the help of the building's own funds.
Ricky Pierson, manager of Trailridge
Apartments and Townhouses, 2500 W. Sixth
St., said tenants had to go through their maintenance supervisor for repairs.
She said, "We send the supervisor out as soon as we get word. And someone is on duty 24 hours a day so they shouldn't have to do it themselves."
BUT GALYARDT SAID Kaw Valley
Mortgage to reimburse a tenant if the
repair was legitimated.
Chapman said he advised tenants to do repairs themselves or hire repairmen only if the landlord was absent and the situation was serious. If tenants arrange for repairs without authorization, they could be held liable in court, he said.
But tenants have some rights if landlords fail to fulfill their end of the contract.
Chapman said he often acted as mediator between them and landlord after patients were well.
"If the situation violates the Minimum Structures Code, the tenant can make a written complaint to the city inspector at city hall," he said. "If the inspector finds substantial conditions, like inadequate heating or faulty wiring, the landlord will be issued a citation and ordered to fix the problems within a certain time."
Shopping center ousts Yello Sub, Balloon Co.
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Two Lawrence businesses, the Yello Sell and Heaven Sent Balloon Co., will be torn down to make way for a proposed shopping center on Alcorn streets, a local developer said yesterday.
Arvid Zareley, the developer, said the land
was nearly 500-square-foot
shopping center would be built.
Despite the news that his business will be torn down to make room for a shopping center, Jeff Morrow center, owner of the office at the Mall in Kansas City, Mo. Morrow received notice Feb. 12, and developers will begin clearing the site. Mr. Morrow's office is located on the right side of the building.
On Wednesday, Morrow said, "I'd heard rumors for a couple of months, but I didn't think they would do anything quite that long," was no bouquet, no flowers, just that letter.
Clearing of the property will begin March
scheduled to be opened by Och, J. Zarley said.
Morrow said he was not sure whether he would relocate the Yello Sub in Lawrence.
"THE MIGHTY CROSSING and the mighter Yello Sub are closed," Morrow said. "Everybody is going to have to eat at Wendv's."
Morrow was the owner of Hawk's Crossing,
618 W. 12th St., which closed Dec. 15.
Diane Bryan, an officer of the Heaven Sent Ballon Co., 520 W. 23rd St., said she was too occupied with Valentine's Day business to worry about the eviction now.
"I believe things will work out," she said. Bryan said she would relocate in Lawrence because it was more affordable.
"WE'RE SORRY FOR people like the Yelp Sub, but I'm sure we'll see them back." Zarley said. "They don't believe in their own business enough to sign long-term leases."
Zarley said 500- to 4,000-foot retail spaces would be leased at the shopping center. He said that the shopping center might include a liquor store and that he was negotiating with three restaurants and several convenience stores with gasoline islands.
Zarley bought the land Feb. 1 with four other developers. He said he thought the corner was one of the busiest in Lawrence.
The other partners in the project are Bill Green and Dennis Barritt, Lawrence developers, and Peter Brune and James Burning Associates Investors in Kansas City, Mo.
Frank Hines, the former owner of the land, said he sold the property because he had not planned to develop it.
Zarley said, "Frankly, the area looks like
an abandoned town. For 20 years people have been trying to clean it up."
Morrow, who opened the Yello Sub in 1978, said the sandwich shop was a "phenomenal small business." The shop, he said, had made $1 million since it's opening.
"BUSINESSES LIKE MINE have prospered because of traffic and low overhead," Morrow said.
Because of the low overhead, he said, the Yello Sub was able to offer inexpensive food.
Morrow said, "The value that was
represented in the Yello Sub will be gone forever"
Zariley said the partners had bought 95,000 square feet of land including a house behind the two businesses. He said he still was waiting on the land that would be at the front of the center.
Walt Wagner, the owner of land west of the balloon company, said he had no plans to sell "Not unless some darn fool comes along
Some information for this story was provided by Mike Green, staff reporter.
SenEx members voice concerns about snow, lighting
Staff Reporter
By J. STROHMAIER
Members of the University Senate Executive Committee yesterday took their concerns about snow and ice removal and campus lighting to the administration.
SenEx discussed the problems of poor snow and ice removal from campus sidewalks and steps and insufficient campus lighting with Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor.
Arno Knapper, SenEx chairman, said many students and faculty members were concerned about walking on some steps and sidewalks covered with snow and ice.
Cobb said concerns over snow and ice removal should be taken to facilities
of facilities operations, and lighting is the responsibility of facilities planning," he said.
Cobb said facilities operations' first priority was to keep buses running on campus.
perations.
"Snow and ice removal is the responsibility
THE SAID FACILITIES operations had two snow and ice removal plans for campus. One plan uses small groups of workers from the landscaping staff for normal snow removal. The other plan uses additional help from the construction staff, whose members would work longer hours to attack severe snow and ice problems on campus.
Cobb said this winter had been a problem for facilities operations because, "We have had snow on snow on snow without any intervening melt."
Betty Banks, SenEx secretary, told Cobb she was particularly concerned about she
sidewalks that run from Wescow Hall past Watson Library to Fraser Hall.
"I think if people are having a problem with facilities operations and if they aren't getting any response from them, they should call me." Cobb told the senators.
SENEX ALSO DISCUSSED the campus lighting issue.
Cobb said the University's budget did not provide enough money to renovate or expand campus lighting.
He said the Board of Regents determined what facilities should have financing priorities in the budget, and lighting was not a top priority.
"When the Regents get the list of priorities and see lighting at the top of the list, they compare it to other university campuses. The campus is much better than illumination at other campuses."
Cobb said the KU budget had been allocated $25,000 for fiscal year 1985 to operate and maintain lighting.
Chris Coffelt, SenEx vice chairman, asked Cobb if lighting facilities could be updated in five years.
"Not at $25,000 a year," he said.
Cobb said upgrading campus lighting could cost "in the neighborhood of about half a million dollars."
COBB SAID KU officials were waiting for a study from Ronald Helms, director of architectural engineering, on campus crime and the possibilities of furnishing better lighting facilities on campus.
SenEx also approved sending the annual report and proposals of the Parking and Traffic Board to the University Council for discussion at its Feb. 21 meeting.
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