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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 18. 1992
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Members of the River City Cosmopolitan Club float wave to parade-goers on Tennessee Street. The float was one of several in the Lawrence St. Patrick's Day Parade yesterday. Approximately 200 peo-
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pies turned out to watch the event despite the fact that no candy or prizes were allowed to be thrown to the spectators this year.
NCAA and state put bill on hold
Lawmakers and NCAA administrators have reached a compromise.
By Gayle Osterberg Kansan staff writer
A bill that would require the NCAA to revamp its punishment procedures has been put on hold for a year while a special NCAA committee reviews the organization's policies.
A subcommittee of the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which has conducted hearings and discussions about the bill, released a report last week outlining the compromise.
"The compromise is the result of negotiations back and forth," said State Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, who introduced the bill last session. "The report basically calls a state to accept that progress is not made, (the House) committee will again take up the bill to require that changes be made."
The main goal of the bill is to prevent innocent student-athletes from being punished for the crimes of others, he said.
The subcommittee in its report agreed that institutional penalties were harsh and that changes should be made. The report states that these changes are better made from within the NCAA
Winter's bill would mandate that the NCAA punish only individuals found guilty of breaking NCAA rules, rather than the entire institution.
Jim Marchiony, NCAA director of communications, said his organization was pleased with the arrangement.
"I think that the NCAA membership as much as anybody else wants enforcement penalties to be as fair as possible," he said. "This committee will be a good opportunity to determine whether the membership should change the penalty structure."
The report set Jan. 15, 1993, as the deadline for the NCAA committee to report back to the House subcommittee on its findings.
A hearing will then be conducted before the full House Federal and State Affairs Committee to determine whether sufficient progress has been made.
The report states that Dick Schultz, NCAA executive director, has agreed to appoint Mike Maddox, former KU basketball player, and Bob Timmons, former KU track coach, to participate on the NCAA committee.
Both Maddox and Timmons have been vocal in their support of Winter's
"I excited about it," Maddox said. "I would like to have the opportunity to get on a committee where I can make a difference. This is a great first step for the student-athlete and the NCAA as a whole.
KU graduate selected as Chrysler's next president
Any recommendations put forth by the NCAA committee must be approved by the entire NCAA membership.
A portion of the subcommittee report recommends that the University of Kansas, as well as other Kansas NCAA members, advocate reform presented to NCAA members.
By Ranjit Arab
Not only had Eaton coordinated the summer jobs for both of them, but he also set up summer jobs at the cannery for about 20 KU students.
When they were KU students working at an Oregon pea cannery during the summers of 1961 and 1962, Larry Forman could tell that Robert Eaton had the qualities of a successful business executive.
On Monday, Eaton, a 1963 KU graduate in mechanical engineering, was named as the replacement for Chrysler president Lee Iacocca. Iacocca announced earlier this year that he would retire Dec. 31. Eaton will
By Ranjit Arab
Kansan staff writer
not have to fill Iacocca's shoes until the end of the year.
Forman said what he knew of the younger Eaton indicated that he could be an effective leader.
"He was very good at organizing people," said Forman, a biology professor at Rockford College in Rockford, Ill. "At that time I could see him as the executive type which he has become."
Forman said he still was impressed by the determination Eaton possessed at that young age.
A native of Arkansas City, Eaton, Sloane was admitted to the student at KU, he was president of two
From Oread to an Oregon pea cannery, Robert Eaton soon will face the task of taking over lacocca's empire.
"How he got a hold of a cannery clear out in Oregon. I have no idea." he said.
professional groups, vice president of the Engineering Student Council and a social director for the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
After graduating from KU, he joined General Motors as a college graduate in training for Chevrolet.
In his 29 years of service at GM, Eaton advanced from manager of pass
senger car planning in 1971 to vice president and group executive in charge of the GM technical staffs in 1986.
By June 1988, he had been named president of General Motors Europe, which was the first U.S. automaker to invest in Eastern Europe. As president of GM Europe, Eaton was responsible for generating a record $1.76 billion in profits last year.
Although Eaton was not available for comment yesterday, he said in a 1989 edition of KU's Oread Engineer, the School of Engineering's newsletter, that he valued his experiences outside the classroom while at the University.
"The technology is constantly changing, but you learn discipline and how to think clearly and approach problems; those are among the most important things I got out of my engineering education at KU," he said.
Eaton also said KU engineering professors Robert Umholtz and George Forman, Larry's father, influenced him as a young engineer.
George Forman, now retired, said he taught Eaton in a mechanical design course. He said Eaton was a solid and personable student.
Because Eaton served on the KU Engineering Advisory Board after graduation, the two occasionally kept in touch. Form said.
Although some in the Chrysler management have expressed their concerns about Eaton because he is new to the company, Iacoca has consistently supported his choice.
"In my book, Bob Eaton has everything it takes to continue the momentum we have started at Chrysler and to build an even stronger company for the future," Iacocca said in a released statement.
Panel outlines improvements for city police
Kansan staff writer
By Andy Taylor
The Lawrence Police Department needs to improve its communication with the public, diversify its police force and review many of its policies to become more effective, the head of a citizen's panel told the Lawrence City Commission last night.
In the packed meeting room, Darrel Stephens, panel leader and executive director for the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C., gave the commission a report with more than 30 recommendations for improving Lawrence police policies, officer training and community relations.
The report was written by a nine-member panel made up of Lawrence residents and government officials from the Kansas City area.
The panel was established by the commission in June after Lawrence American Indians protested the police's handling of the Gregg Sevier homicide. Sevier, a Lawrence American Indian, was shot and killed April 21, 1991, by two Lawrence police officers. The shooting was ruled justifiable.
*Even though we made quite a number of recommendations, we feel the department is in god gear*, said
Stephens, who also is a former Lawrence assistant police chief. "But there is always room for improvement."
Some of the areas that need review and clarification are use of force, hiring of minority officers and police
"We had to evaluate the department's policies through hundreds of pages of documents," he said. "We did not have the time to do a day-to-day evaluation of the police force, training of officers and class work"
City Commissioner Bob Schulte said the next step rested in the hands of the commissioners.
"The next step is implementation," Schulte said. "That's very important. Without implementation, we just have a report."
Ron Olin, Lawrence police chief, would not say how many of the recommendations already were in place but said he would give a full report at the commission's request.
In other commission business, the commissioners heard the recommendations from a report written by
The commission took no action. It will hear Olin's report and any public concerns at its May 11 meeting.
"I cannot specify what we have done until I prepare a presentation for the commission," he said.
the lawrence Chamber of Commerce's Downtown Development Task Force.
The chamber's report is the result of a survey sent to Lawrence business owners. It calls for improving accessibility to downtown, availability of land for business,
parking near downtown and offering a variety of businesses.
"What the chamber is trying to do is to designate downtown as the community's center," said Bob Georgeson, who heads the chamber's task force, after the meeting. "We have a tremendous investment and economic struc-
Georgeson said the report had raised concerns from Lawrence neighborhood groups.
Mike Morley of the Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods said the report failed to advocate the planning for a public transportation system in Lawrence.
"The access and parking recommendations unfortunately maintain the city's slavery to the automobile," he said.
John Ralston, 940 Rhode Island St., said the commission needed to set limits or boundaries for the downtown business area. Currently, no boundaries designate a central business district.
"Without any particular boundaries, it seems that there is a wedge of expansion," he told the commission.
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Hearing set for KUAC worker accused of theft
A preliminary hearing was set yesterday for a former University of Kansas Athletic Corporation employee who was charged with taking money from the corporation.
Arthur Lingle, former assistant business manager for KUAC, was charged last month with taking more than $3,000 from the corporation in an 11-month period.
Douglas County District Court Judge Ralph King set Lingle's ball at $10,000 and scheduled his preliminary hearing for April 9. Lingle posted $1,000 bond yesterday.
A lawyer who acknowledged a conflict of interest in hearing Lingle's case, told attorneys for the defense and the state that if they did not reach a diversion agreement or otherwise settle the case before the hearing, he would disqualify himself from hearing the case.
King's secretary said King would not comment about the conflict of interest.
Lingie, 62, was charged with four counts of felony theft, or theft over $500, and six counts of misdemeanor theft between September 1990 and July 1991.
Doug Vance, sports information director, said Lingle resigned Aug. 30, after 22 years as a KUAC employee.