THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.134
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1992
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Three students caught after enrolling with altered permits
By Jenny Martin
Kansan staff writer
Three KU students, fed up with not getting the classes they wanted, decided last week that they were tired of playing by the University's rules.
On April 6, the second day of enrollment, the three students marched into the enrollment center with computer-altered enrollment permits.
The students used a Macintosh computer to print out an earlier enrollment date, pasted it on the upper right-hand corner of their permits and then carefully photocopied them.
Only one small detail foiled their plan.
They had scheduled their appointments to enroll during time when students were not
scheduled to enroll at the center.
Being the only students in the center at 3 p.m., they breezed through and got every class they needed. What they didn't know was that they had selected a time that fell during a scheduled 15-minute staff break.
Employees at the enrollment center let the students enroll, but circled their unusual enrollment times. After the students left, the office checked their permits and discovered they were false.
Four days later, the students were notified that their enrollments had been dropped.
The three students met with Danny Kaiser, assistant dean of student life, and admitted they had altered their permits to enroll. Altering any University document is a violation of the code of student rights and responsibilities.
Next week, the dean of student life will inform them of what action will be taken against them, one student said.
The students are all juniors, but did not want to be identified.
Brenda Selman, assistant registrar, said,
"We've got students at our permit office."
Kaiser said it would be unlikely that anything more severe than probation would be imposed, considering the students already had received their credentials and were cooperating with the University.
Selman said that students in the past had used a pen to forge signatures and dean stamps, but that this was the first time they had seen a completely new form turned in.
After a student enrolls, their permits are
sorted and sent directly back to the student's school or department. This enables the departments to check for any forged or altered stamps and signatures.
The students who had altered their forms last week said they received a copy of the complaint filed against them with the office of student life. They also were given the option to either contest the complaint or admit their guilt.
"I could tell when we walked in to enroll they thought something was wrong," said one of the students. "There was nothing we could do though but wait until they contacted us."
The students said they changed their enrolment dates because they were tired of not getting the classes they needed without going through the hassle of add-drop.
"You just get to the point where you get fedup with not getting anything you want," he said. "It seems like you'll go to drastic measures to get through four and a half years of school."
All three students said they regretted what they did.
"I realize now that I almost threw away three years," said one student. "I'm in a bigger hole now then I was originally."
Their original enrollment dates were April 10 and yesterday. The three will now have to go through late enrollment in August.
Richard Morrell, University registrar, said that the incident had raised consciousness within the office.
"I'm never, ever surprised at the students' ability to-out think administrators," he said.
Jeff Cly, lead sing of the Milhous Nixons, and Alex Hamil, director of Arts on the Boulevard, discuss noise complaints with an officer.
KU events committee unplugs arts festival
Coordinators fail to get permit for concert
Kansanstaffreport
A rock concert at a cultural arts celebration in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall was shut down yesterday because the band did not have a permit to play on campus, officials at the event said.
Alex Hamil, a coordinator for A Celebration of the Arts, said KU police told the band, Millhous Nixon, at about 12:30 p.m. that it could not perform because it did not have permission from the University Events Committee. The event was sponsored by Student Senate and the Student Union Activities.
Various artists displayed drawings, paintings and hand-blown glass figurines at the celebrations. Jazz and comedy sketches were performed at a coffee house last night in the Kansas Union.
much rather have the band play with less volume."
Hamil said he thought the decision to close the concert dampened the atmosphere of the celebration.
Ann Eversole, director of organizations and activities, said the celebration's coordinators did not tell the committee that music groups would be performing.
"I'm totally disappointed," he said. "It turned into something political because I would have
"Any outdoor event on campus needs a permit from the committee," she said. "The committee was told that the festival would only have the display and sale of art."
Eversole also said she received complaints about the band's noise level.
"The that area is a highly-concentrated area of classrooms," she said. "Frankly, people were astounded at the noise. We could hear the noise from the Kansas Union."
Bonnie Caubie, a coordinator for the event, said she hoped next year's celebration could be at a new location.
"We'll try to pull in more groups and may expand to Campanile Hill so we can have amplification," she said.
Last-minute filers find a party
Post office offers music, food and fun
By Andy Taylor
Kansan staff writer
A frantic woman crammed her income tax envelope through the locked glass doors at the Lawrence Post Office at 12:01 this morning.
While a crowd of people shouted, "Let her in, let her in," another last-minute tax filer, who was already in line inside to mail her tax forms, grabbed the envelope through the door and threw it into the mail hopper.
The crowd cheered while postal workers busily handled thousands of tax envelopes addressed to the Internal Revenue Service. Yesterday at midnight was the deadline to file taxes with the IRS and the main post office at 645 Vermont St. stayed open late to accommodate pre-crasting filers.
More than 200 people had packed into the post office lobby to witness the filers and enjoy bluegrass music and steamy chili made with fresh roadkill.
Andrea Rose, Lee Summit, Mo,
junior, wasone of the last income tax
filers in Lawrence to squeeze her tax
forms into the mail slot at midnight.
"I forget all about filing until today," she said, trying to catch her breath. "Of course I am relieved. It feels good, at least for one year."
Brad Garlinghouse, student body president-elect, was another KU student who barely made the midnight deadline.
He said he put off filling out the tax forms because of his involvement in the investigation.
Afterfinishing last-minute details, Darren Rivera, left, and Chris Rivera, both of Lawrence, turned in their tax forms two hours before the midnight deadline last night.
food was to symbolize government lobby. nilal " he said. "And Albert Packer is
"With the election recently, I didn't have time to do it," he said. "I'm relieved that it is over. It's one of those things that hangs over your head and it feels good to get it done."
Income tax filers and observers of the event were treated to a chili mixture made with dead animals found on county roads.
Michial Coffman, a Lecompont resident, stirred two and a half gallons of chili consisting dead opossum, racoon, squirrel and deer. The meat was found freshly-killed on Kansas Highway 10 and Highway 40. Coffman said
"The recipe sounds absurd, but so are our taxes," he said.
Coffman, dressed in an army-fatigue T-shirt and bib overalls, also said the
"The government does our tax money like crazy," he said. "We're trying to show that people can take something that they throw way and put it to use."
Members of the Albert Packer Memorial String Band offered free glazed doughnuts and toe-tapping tunes as people jammed into the post office
"A hole in the doughnut, a hole in your pocket," said Mike Rundle, a clogger, singer and secretary in the KU public administration department.
Jim Brothers, who played the cowbell and washboard in the band, said the namesake of the group. Albert Packer, was representative of the U.S. govern-
nibal," he said. "And Albert Packer is the government."
Brothers said the band had played in the post office lobby for the past six April 15 tax days.
"Albert Packer was a convicted can-
Bill Lawrence, assistant postmaster,
said he expected more than 7,000
returns yesterday.
"It's heavier than last year," he said. "We've had a lot of people coming in today to look for various forms."
THE KANSAS RELAYS
Glory days gone
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas Relays loses traditional luster as attendance dwindles
"Years ago, the Relays used to get a big turnout," said Mel Adams, former professor of journalism who was advertising adviser of the Kansan when the large Relays editions were published in the early 1970s
The April 20, 1973 issue of The University Daily Kansan devoted two special editions totaling 24 pages to the final weekend of the 1973 Kansas Relaws.
Last year's Kansan published one 10-inch story as a precede to the Relavs.
Those editions, however, ceased to exist in the late '70s.
"They no longer were of interest."
Adams said. "The students couldn't sell ads for it anymore and if they couldn't sell it, why beat on a dead
Such is the plight of the Kansas Relays, which has gone from a track and field meet that once was recognized as one of the best in the nation to financial burden for the Kansas track program and the school's athletic department.
"I think pretty quickly, we need to focus in on what exactly we want the meet to be." Athletic Director Bob Frederick said.
horse?"
There are no clear answers, but one thing is for sure: the Replay no longer attract the following it used to, for a mirav of reasons.
As a result, some are wondering if the event is still worth having—and if it is, what should be done to reinvigorate it.
FINANCIALWOES
The Kansas Relays began in 1923
and, except for a brief period during World War II, has taken place during the third weekend in April ever since. Up through 1972, the Relays made money in most years. The years it did not, bad weather was usually to
But since 1972, the Relays has foundered financially. Last year, the Relays, which had a budget of $35,000, lost $1,587.
Donations have helped little. Last year, $21,127 in donations was spent on the Relays in addition to the budgeted money, meaning that $56,127 was expended to hold the Relays. However, income only amounted to $23,413.
Income from the Relays has exceeded the money budgeted for it just three times in the last 20 years, the last time being in 1982 when it netted a modest
Losing money
The Kansas Relays frequently operates in the red. The graph shows total income and total expenditures for each year. Black areas indicate a deficit. Gray areas indicate a profit. The 1978 Relays were held at several different locations because of renovations at Memorial Stadium.
the last 10 years, sales of tickets, which cost $2 in advance this year and $3 at the door, have netted a yearly average of just $14.527.
Source: Kansas Business Office
profit of $1,305.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletic director in charge of the business office, said the majority of income the Relays received came from ticket sales.
Michael Gier, Daily Kansan
From 1968 to 1972, intake from ticket sales averaged $263,500 a year. But in
Wachter said that in recent years almost half of that yearly average had come from sales in the student sports combination package. Students
receive Relays tickets as a part of an $85 package that also includes football and basketball tickets.
Simply put, the Relays consistently has lost money because fans have not been in the stands to see it. After 32,000
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