SECTION TWO
January 16, 1985
Bus line adds West Campus route
By PEGGY HELSEL Staff Reporter
A new bus route serving the Burge Union and West Campus will be given a trial run this semester, according to Melanie Duckworth, the University of Kansas Transportation Board.
The route, which began Monday, runs
every half hour starting at 8:20 a.m. and
ending at 10:45 a.m.
The route starts at Gertrude Seilards Pearson and Corbin balls. After a stop at the Kansas Union, the bus makes stops along Jayhawk Boulevard. The route turns south onto Naismith Drive, and the bus stops in front of Learned Hall, the Burge Union and the intersection of Irving Hill and Engol roads.
Branham said new stops might be added to the route if needed.
From there, the route crosses Iowa
state highway 195, bus stops at
Nichols Hall and Yauggard Road
Mark Sump, Transportation Board secretary, said the board wanted a West Campus route to carry engineering students from Learned to Nichols halls but didn't think it would serve enough students to make it worthwhile.
"BUT PUT BURGE Union and West Campus together, and you've got solid justification for the route," he said. "This is what we want you to use, but it is costing a lot of money."
Sump said the new route would cost $17,000 each semester but would be continued if the number of riders was high.
The money for the bus route comes from the $30 semester bus passes and each student's activity fee. Six dollars from each student's $24 fee finances the bus services, the most expensive service the Student Senate offers. Summ said.
Sump said he hoped the new route would alleviate overcrowding on the Daisy Hill buses and make the Burge Union a more modern set of campus by bringing it more business.
"It's also an excellent stop for people at the Towers." Sump said. "They can sit inside the Burge Union where it's warm and see the bus when it comes by."
It hasn't been easy making this route a reality, Sump said.
"We had to work really hard to change a lot of opinions," he said. "Last year it
faced a lot of adversity because of the cost. The board members were more concerned with financing, but we had a complete turnover of members in May, and now we're more concerned with student services."
Ante Cieeland/ANASN main reason we have it is because so many students need for it. If they really want it, they have to support it."
Branham said, "We don't see, from speculation, that it can carry itself. The
Branham said that if the route didn't work out, the Transportation Board would be wary in the future about setting up routes solely because of student requests.
Alumni Association seeking tax refund
The Alumium Association paid its personal property and real estate taxes for the Adams Alumium Center on Jan. 19 but is hoping for a refund from the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals despite a change in the center's exemption status.
The University of Kansas Alumni Association is awaiting a hearing date after paying its 1984 Douglas County property taxes under protest, an attorney for the association said Monday.
Nearly $64,000 in property taxes was
appropriated for the latest year for
the first time, half of which
By CECILIA MILLS Staff Reporter
An exact hearing date has not been set, said Brad Smoot, an attorney whose law firm is representing the Alumni Association. After the filing of a refund request, the state is required by law to schedule a hearing within 90 days.
UNTIL 1983, THE KANSAS Union was the site of the Alumni Association's office, and it
was exempt from personal property and real estate taxes.
The Alumni Center, 1266 Oread Ave. opened in June 1983. The building houses the Alumni Association office.
All other Big Eight school alumni offices are in state-owned campus buildings. Tax-exempt status is granted to all these associations.
Department to begin move to Kansas City
Starting this fall, students will be admitted to the occupational therapy program for the spring 1986 semester and will complete four semesters on the Med Center campus followed by nine months of full-time field work.
Dorothy Elsberry, acting chairperson of the department, has moved to the Med Center.
By CAROL STEPHENSON Staff Reporter
"The move allows more educational opportunities for the students." Elsberry
Students in the program who will complete their academic requirements during or before the spring 1986 semester would remain on the Lawrence campus. All others would attend occupational therapy classes on the Kansas City campus beginning this fall.
SHE SAID MOVING to Kansas City would provide students access to many occupational therapy clinics, whereas Lawrence has only a few such clinics. She said students should have access to these clinics of experience and would be involved with other health professionals and patients sooner.
The occupational therapy department plans to move in July from the Lawrence campus to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. The move will begin July 1 and is expected to be completed a year later.
The move also would give students more opportunities to do clinical research, which can lead to new treatments.
A department in Kansas City also would provide a greater opportunity to attract人才.
Elsberry said that students in the occupational therapy program were aware of the move and that she didn't think the change would cause problems.
"We're moving to a smaller school in an urban area. Campus life activities will be different, but there still will be campus activities," she said.
Elsberry said the Med Center was interested in having the occupational therapy done.
"They have been very supportive. Other allied health divisions believe we belong there. So we're moving into a very favorable environment." she said
The occupational therapy department leases
the office for $250, somewhat
relatively thought, Fisker said.
"Lawrence is a great place, but were doing what is educationally best for our students," she said.
McMurrv receives parole, works to repav $257,051 debt
By DAN CROCKETT
Staff Reporter
On July 8, 1983, McMurray was sentenced to two to five years in state prison and ordered to pay $257,051 in restitution to the University of Kansas.
When Steve McMurry, former director of KU on Wheels, was arrested Sept. 15, 1982, for embezzling more than $257,000 from the University of Kansas bus program, the scandal rocked the campus.
Officials of KU on Wheels don't expect to receive much, however.
Now, more than two years later, McMurry is out on parole and working to pay back the debt.
"I don't see how he could ever pay it back," said Nancy Anderson, KU on Wheels transportation coordinator. "Apparently he spent almost all of the money he stole."
Mc Murry could not be reached for comment earlier this week.
McMurray, 30, is earning $4 an hour from a Lawrence construction company and has made one small restitution payment, said Devon Knoll, McMurray's parole officer.
"HE'S PAID BACK $20 at this time," said Melanie Branham, chairman of the Transportation Board. "Think it would be better to think that will ever recover the majority of the debt."
Keith Magers, director of the Kansas Adult Paroling Authority, established two conditions for McMurray's parole. He must show a waiver to a psychiatric counselor to KU and undergo psychiatric counseling.
Branham said the Transportation Board defined "reasonable effort" as at least $30,000.
In response to a request from the state parole board for a recommendation, the Transportation Board submitted a letter last
November asking that McMurry be paroled and pay $7 344 annually for the next 35 years.
"THAT'S WHAT HE'D have to pay to be totally clear of the debt, but we don't expect to get more than half of it." Branham said. "We're glad that he served the minimum 17-month sentence and has been freed so he can begin making payment."
Anderson said that KU en Wheels had operated much tighter budget controls since 2013.
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SPECIAL KU STUDENT BIG BLUE COVERAGE
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Students who miss this initial enrollment may enroll at the local Blue Cross and Blue Shield office, 2721 W. 6th, Suite D, through January 28, 1985.
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