KU drubs K-State
The University Daily
Jayhawks hold Wildcats to 17 points in first half. See story on page 11.
KANSAN
Snowy, colder High, 17. Low, minus 15. Details on page 3.
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 95, No. 86 (USPS 650-640)
Thursday, January 31, 1985
KU-MU football game will stay in Lawrence
By CECILIA MILLS and MIKE GREEN Staff Reporters
This fall's Kansas-Missouri football game will not be moved to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., despite an attractive bid from Kansas City-area civic groups, Athletic Director Monte Johnson said yesterday.
The game, scheduled for Nov. 23, will be the last of seven home games for Kansas and will be played in Lawrence at Memorial Stadium.
Johnson said the Athletic Department received an unsolicited proposal just before Christmas from chambers of commerce in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City Inc. and the Kansas City Chiefs.
"The proposal was attractive enough to give it a fair hearing." Johnson said. "But publicity has a tendency to make a decision about it."
IN A PREPARED statement released yesterday afternoon, Johnson said. "After careful analysis, both schools athletic teams had not achieved best not to move the game to Arrowhead."
But Tony Redwood, chairman of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation, said KU officials decided Monday not to move the game. On Tuesday, he said, they informed Kansas City and University of Missouri officials.
"Terrific," was the word used by Pete Whitenight, Chamber of Commerce president, to describe the decision to not move the game.
Yesterday morning, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board of directors approved a resolution that condemned moving the game to Arrowhead. This was before the Athletic Department's official decision had been released.
"THAT JUST SOUNDS great," he said.
"I always glad to see the Missouri game at him."
Whitenight had earlier said the Chamber of Commerce had heard no definite plans from the Athletic Department about the proposed move. But Whitenight said a story in Monday's Kansas City Times and an editorial in Tuesday's Lawrence Journal-World prompted the chamber to issue the resolution.
See FOOTBALL, p. 5, col. 1
Battles erupt in El Salvador
By United Press International
SAN SALVADOR, EI Salvador — About 4,000 government troops, backed by U.S.supplied warplanes, launched drives yesterday against leftist rebels in traditionally heavy zones of fighting, military sources said.
Some 3,000 troops of the 4th Infantry Brigade and 1st Military Detachment pushed deep into the guerrilla-controlled mountains along the Honduran border, the military sources said.
U. S.supplied A-37 "Dragonfly" war jets armed with 500-pound bombs supported the army drive, which was commanded by thethai army. The team also reported the sources, who asked not to be identified.
Heavy combat broke out late Tuesday between 4th Brigade troops and guerrillas of the Popular Liberation Forces group in central Turkey, with more than 1 miles north of the cavern, the sources said.
IT WAS THE second large-scale sweep into Chalatenango since Christmas and the fourth since August, when Ochoa, known for his intense, stylish style, took command of the 4th Bridge.
In another army drive, about 1,000 soldiers from the U.S.trained Conchagua and Fonseca battalions swept into northern La Union province in the far northeastern
corner of the country, military sources said.
The action followed a large counter-insurgency operation that ended last week in adjoining Morazan province the oldest of its allies in the war with Haiti fighting the U.S.-backed government.
Military officials said the La Union sweep was aimed at disloding guerrillas who may have retreated eastward from the Morazan operation, which was called Torola 5.
IN OTHER MILITARY actions, two 100-man companies of 1st Infantry Brigade troops were marching up the northern edge of the city and into the Honduras border, military sources said.
Last week, rebels staged a number of attacks on civilian vehicles on the highway as part of a nationwide bid by the guerrillas to shut down transportation.
Late Tuesday, the rebels exploded an electricity tower alongside the highway, some 25 miles north of the capital, causing a ruckle and chaos. Chalatenango province, area residents said.
Radio Venceremos, a rebel shortwave station, warned civilians yesterday to stay off the highways from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. If they would be on alert to attack army vehicles.
"The army is moving its troops and convoys at nighttime and our forces will strike all kinds of nocturnal movement on the country's highways," Venceremos said.
Cold winds send chills on campus
By ANN PETERSON and CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporters
Yesterday's arctic temperatures, dangerous winds and three inches of drifting snow prompted cancellation of last night's classes and left campus sidewalks deserted by mid-afternoon.
About three inches of snow had fallen by late afternoon, according to the KU Weather Service. A wind-chill factor of 35 degrees below zero and a temperature of six degrees by 4:30 p.m., yesterday kept most students indoors.
Hwang Shwyn-chu, Taiwan graduate student, said she was not prepared for the severe weather when she started classes as the University of Kansas this semester.
John Ferguson, Topeka sophomore, wraps up in his 18-foot scarf to battle blowing snow and freezing temperatures. Ferguson, who walked between Watson Library and Stauffer-Flint Hall yesterday, said he had to follow crowds to class to know where he was going.
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"In our country you never think of snow, only wind," she said.
Today, forecasters said, the wind-chill factor is expected to be 10 to 15 below, with a high temperature of 17. More snow is expected in this region, 40 percent chance of light snow Friday.
MANY STUDENTS MISSED classes yesterday, and some teachers went home early, under the University's inclement weather policy that allows University personnel to leave after 3 p.m. during bad weather. Watson Library closed at 5 p.m.
As the snow continued to fall early into the evening, students waited to hear if classes would be canceled today. Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said the announcement would be made at 6:30 a.m. today.
A traveler's advisory was issued for all of Kansas yesterday. Interstate 70 and the Kansas Turnpike were reported as icy with blowing and driifting snow, according to the Department of Transportation in Topeka. Visibility on the turnpike was reported at less than half a mile.
KU police reported one weather-related accident at the intersection of Naismith Drive and Sunnyside Avenue. No injuries were reported. One student was treated and released for head injuries after falling on the ice, a spokesman at Watkins Memorial Hospital said.
BUSES STOPPED RUNNING at 6 p.m. yesterday because classes were canceled, said Chris Ogle, a Lawrence Bus Co. employee.
"The buses are running two to five minutes late everywhere because of all the slow traffic," said bus driver Rosetta England, as she stopped for a moped to get up the hill on Naismith Drive. "And the snow slows us down a bit too."
But bad road conditions did not stop several students from driving to Manhattan to play the men's basketball team play the Kansas State Wildcats.
"We bought our tickets last semester and aren't changing our plans," said Diana Pannone Topolei junior. "We're thinking of it as adventure."
Other students were not so courageous.
Two students who commuted to campus
yesterday morning said the roads were so
well, they were not planning to return
home last night.
ART HASTERT, TOPEKA graduate student, said, "I have a friend to stay with in Lawrence when the roads get this bad. But if I go home tomorrow and it snows again, I'll be back up Friday for classes even if the weather's bad."
Tow services were behind schedule because of an increase in stranded motorists. R.D. Cobb, a dispatcher at Hillcrest Wrecker and Garage inc. 1120 E. Washington Ave., started about 11 a.m. by 3:30 p.m. he said. Hillcrest had received more than 75 calls.
"We're swamped. It's ridiculous." Cobb said. "We're running 11 behind, and I've got four wreckers out on calls."
Although no frozen pipes or leaking roots were reported on campus, facilities operations workers had been working hard for two days to keep walkways, streets and a clear of snow, said Bob Porter, associate director of physical plant maintenance.
BOB LEACH, ASSISTANT utility director of the Lawrence water and sewer department, said frozen pipes were not a problem.
"With the snow cover on the ground, it keeps the ground warmer," he said. "I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have any problems."
To avoid frozen pipes in walls. Leach advised people to keep kitchen cabinets open and a faucet running.
Lawrence merchants said that business had increased, as people stocked up on necessities and items to keep themselves warm.
See SNOW, p. 5, col. 1
Cold showers cause problems for GSP women
By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON Staff Reporter
Some residents of Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall said yesterday that they were tired of greeting the day with a cold slap of water instead of a hot shower.
faulty lines in a heat exchanger have caused a two-week water problem at the hall, Dean Milroy, assistant director for facilities of the housing department, said yesterday.
Milroy said he thought at first that the problem stemmed from a broken boiler but discovered yesterday morning that the culprit was a heat exchanger.
SHARON HUGHES, OAKLEY freshman, said. "They kept saying something would be done. But today it was cold again. As soon as five people take showers, there is no hot water left."
But, Milroy said, the residents should have had their water problem corrected yesterday.
"At no time were we ever completely out of hot water. Milroy, it was not as bad as we thought, and he have it."
Alison Young, Omma, Neb., freshman,
said she will go to the 30 a.m. class
before leaving for college.
Several residents said they had missed classes because they weren't able to take a class.
Some residents said they had complained for weeks about the frigid water.
Carol Thrasher, house manager of GSP and Corbin halls, said that she was sympathetic but that some of the residents were aggregating about the temperature of the water.
Hughes said, "A lot of people are missing classes between we've waited for hot water and it comes down."
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Ione Unruh, costume technician, shows the limited storage space for theatre costumes in Murphy Hall. Unruh said Tuesday that many costumes made recently might have to be thrown away because of the lack of space.
Tight quarters at Murphy have users climbing walls
Staff Reporter
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
"We're crawling all over ourselves in here." James Moeser, dean of fine arts, said yesterday. "We've outgrown our facilities."
A new performing arts center or an expansion of the 27-year-old hall would alleviate the cramped conditions, he said.
The drama and music departments may be staging their best performances competing for space in Murphy Hall.
But state sources will not provide the funds needed to get the show on the road, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said last week. Money for a new performing arts center would have to be raised through private donations.
Until then, the music and theatre departments, which share the horseshoe-shaped hall, will have to perform in a packed house.
"EVERY FACILITY IN Murphy is choked by overuse and anything we do is compromised. Merger, Missgirl."
The space shortage has damaged costumes, instruments, choral music and maybe even eardrums, he said.
During foul weather, the 250-member marching band is forced to practice in a rehearsal room that was constructed for 100.
"We have kids practically playing out in the hall," said Jim Barnes, associate professor of fine arts. "And when they play, it's like standing behind a jet engine."
He said possible hearing damage could result from continued exposure to the noise.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a federal agency charged with insuring the safety of workplaces.
Because of Murphy's facilities, Barnes said, the University of Kansas may be losing top-quality performing arts students to other
Robert Foster, director of bands, said, "I know we have hearing damage. When the marching bands are in the rehearsal rooms, we violate every one of OSHA's guidelines."
universities.
"YOU TAKE HIGH school kids here and they see our facilities," he said. "They don't have the judgment to base a decision on our fine faculty or our music library."
But despite Murphy's shortcomings, KU maintains a first-class reputation as a performing arts school. Moeser said.
"We've always projected a quality image," he said, "because after all, the nature of images is."
Murphy's horror story reaches a climax in room 200 'a tomb-like storage room in the Wizarding World.'
"Some people wouldn't even allow prisoners in hepc," Foster said.
A solitary bulb casts long shadows against cold cinder block walls darkened from years of water damage. Row after row of warped wooden cabinets are packed with expensive band instruments. Eight susaphones — costing $1,500 a piece — rest on the cement
PIPES BURST SEVERAL years ago, submerging instruments and thousands of dollars worth of choral music in six inches of water. Moeser said.
Foster said, "The music started to rot. You'd pull some of it out of a cabinet and find worms in it."
Another staircase, choked with instrument cases, file cabinets and debris leads to a combination storage area and graduate student office.
"It's so cold, you could hang meat in here," Foster said.
In this room, $300,000 worth of band uniforms, bought by the Kansas University Endowment Association two years ago, are stored under a water-stained ceiling, Moore's
Foster said, "Boy, the Endowment Association would love this."
And conditions don't improve on the west side.
side.
"BOTH MUSICAL AND theatre programs"
See MURPHY, p. 5, col. 1