THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.98
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1992
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University compromises on parking
By Greg Farmer
Kansan staff writer
Twenty-six parking spaces in a lot east of Fraser Hall sparked a controversy that ended yesterday in a compromise.
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said he and Chancellor Gene Budig would recommend to the Board of Regents tomorrow that 11 of the 26 parking spaces in lot 14, located east of Fraser Hall, be reserved for cars with blue parking stickers until 7:30 p.m. on weekdays
The Regents must approve the recommendation before it takes effect.
The University Parking Board, University Senate Executive Committee and University Council had recommended to Shankel and Budig that parking in the entire lot be restricted until 8:30 p.m. on weekdays.
But Shankel, influenced by student opposition to restricting the lot, said he hoped the compromise would satisfy faculty and students.
"I tried to accommodate some of the needs of both groups without satisfying all the needs of either group," he said. "The rationale behind my decision was that both sides had legitimate concerns and good arguments."
Shankel said faculty members wanted the restriction on the lot to be extended from 5 to 8:30 p.m. because they had difficulty finding parking places when they came to campus in the evening to teach or work in their offices.
Frances Ingemann, presiding officer of SenEx and Council, said she thought the lot should be restricted until 8:30 p.m.
"I heard several of my colleagues talk about coming up on campus to work and not being able to find a parking place," she said. "They are being denied the right to work at their jobs the way they would like by a lack of parking."
Ingemann said she would support Shankel's decision if it solved the problem.
"We will just have to wait and see if there is enough parking for faculty after the decision is approved," she said. "I hope this works out."
Elizabeth Banks, secretary of SenEx, said faculty members should
be able to park on campus when they chose to come to their offices.
"Faculty members have paid a bundle for their parking stickers," she said. "They are not driving up here to go to The Wheel. They are coming up here to do their work."
Banks said Shankel's decision did not satisfy anyone completely but was reasonable considering the lack of parking on campus.
"Parking facilities on this campus are not adequate," she said. "This University is behind the times. We haven't kept up with the demand for spaces."
Donald Kearns, director of parking,
said more than 6,000 parking spaces on
campus were open to students after 5
p.m.
He said less than 200 spaces were restricted past 5 p.m.
Alan Lowden, student body president, said the parking open to students was not as accessible to campus buildings as the restricted spots.
He said faculty always received priority in parking decisions.
"Students are getting the raw end of the deal," Lowden said. "We're restricted from campus driving all day, and now faculty members want more reserves for them that they may not use."
Jason McIntosh, senior senator,
said that more than 800 students had
signed a petition opposing restriction
of the lot.
He said students were upset that when they drove onto campus to go to the library and the only parking spaces available were restricted.
"Students drive around looking for a spot and find one, but it's always one of the restricted spots," McIntosh said. "There is a parking problem on this campus that needs attention. We hope this restriction is an isolated incident."
McIntosh and Robert Thompson, engineering senator, discussed the decision with Shankel.
Thompson said he was not pleased by Shankel's decision but was happy the administration had considered student concerns.
"After the issue was passed by Council, it seemed like a done deal." Thompson said. "It's very rare for the administration not to go along with Council decisions."
Doug Riat. assistant director of facilities planning, (second from left) explains some of the first steps toward cleanup to reporters yesterday.
Workers scavenge Hoch remains
By Erik Bauer
Kansan staff writer
Harry Buchholz Jr. spent yesterday in the damp basement of Hoch Auditorium, sorting through what was left of the office where he worked for 23 years.
He and his coworkers, electronic technicians in facilities operations, were attempting to salvage some of the equipment on a bright light and sound to the stage above.
"This is a big empty hole," said Bucholz. looking around his former office. "A big loss."
Construction workers last week completed stabilizing the auditorium floor with timber and support posts, then installed it to the basement. The work cost $9,300.
Structural beams are now tangled and warped. The auditorium seats are reduced to their metal frames, and the remnants of the auditorium chandelier lay in the middle of the rubble.
University officials yesterday guided reporters through the rubble of the auditorium, explaining their three-year, $18 million plan for reconstruction of the 64-year-old building. Hoch was gutted by fire June 15.
Now that work on the basement is complete, the University will contract a company to clean up the auditorium floor, said Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning.
Bids for that part of the project will be accented beginning Feb, 28, he said.
A third contract will be awarded to stabilize the facade and the remaining side walls, construct a temporary wall on the south end and build a temporary roof over the structure to prevent further weather damage.
The University has about $372,000 set aside from other facilities operations projects, including a planned refoiling of Hoch, to pay for stabilizing the structure. Wiechert said.
Eventually, the University plans to rebuild the auditorium for use as a library.
lion from the Legislature for planning funds for the Hoch renovation. Gov. Joan Finney last month did not include the allocation in her budget proposal, but the University is lobbying legislators for the plan.
Wiechert said University officials had met with the president of the joint legislative committee on state building construction to discuss the project.
The University has requested $1 mil-
As Wiechehr walked through the front lobby of the building yesterday, where a few fliers still hung on a bulletin board, he said KU was in the process of salvaging office and classroom space in the front section of Hoch.
"It may be possible to use part of the building," he said. "Right now, we have no idea how much that would cost."
Wiechert said facilities operations had determined that approximately 20 rooms could be used for classroom or office space in the front part of the building, which is where the least amount of damage occurred.
boxes sit full of file cabinets, desks, light fixtures, public address systems and wooden doors.
"Some of it's been wet, some of it has not been wet," said Doug Riat, assistant director for construction administration for facilities planning.
Some equipment was salvaged immediately after the fire, but most of it rested in areas that the University determined were unsafe, Riaat said.
In the basement of the building,
Jim Mailen and Les Rollins, two instrumentation electronic technicians for facilities planning clearing equipment out of the basement yesterday, said they would try to salvage a high-niced infrared camera.
Rollins, who said he arrived at the scene when the roof caved in, said workers salvaged a few items the day after the fire.
"We lost an awful lot," he said.
Mailen said they had worked with public address systems and special lighting at Hoch.
"This is where we lived," he said.
"We did."
Tsongas wins N.H. Democratic primary
CONCORD, N.H. — Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas won New Hampshire's Democratic primary yesterday and promised he would prove himself more than just a regional wonder. Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton ran a strong second, calling himself "the comeback kid" after weeks of controversy.
The second tier of the Democratic field was muddled as New Hampshire counted its leachoff presidential primary votes. With half the precincts reporting, Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska fought for third place, and former California Gov. Jerry Brown trailed.
Tesonga' challenge is to prove himself outside his native New England, and he targeted South Dakota and Maryland as the places where he would do just that.
A write-in effort on behalf of New York Gov. Mario Cuomo drew a smattering of votes in a count that was expected to be very slow.
Clinton, buffeted by a string of troubles in recent weeks, thanked New Hampshire voters for standing by him. "New Hampshire tonight has made Bill Clinton the comeback kid," Clinton said.
Clinton, anticipating a good showing in his native South in a string of early March primaries, said, "I just can't wait now to take this campaign across the country. I cannot wait to win the nomination and I know, and I want you
"I'm a regional candidate: North, South, East and West," Tsongassaidin the campaign's final days.
Buchanan surprises Bush campaign with strong second
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Bush gained grudging victory last night in the New Hampshire presidential primary, with Patrick Buchanan claiming more than 41 percent of the Republican vote to fuel his conservative rebellion.
Compared with Bush's claim on 57 percent of the vote, Buchanan's strength was a surprise that jolted the White House.
"We are going to take our party back ... and when we take our party back, we're going to take our country back," Buchanan said. He repeated his economic-policy campaign theme: "There is nothing wrong with putting America First." An ecstatic crowd chanted in return: "God Bless America, God Bless Pat."
The president did not appear to claim his victory Tuesday night, and his written statement was sedate.
"I think the opponents on both sides reaped the harvest of discontent with the pace of New Hampshire's econo
my," the Bush statement said.
He vowed to "take my case to the voters in the next eight-and-a-half months," and said he was confident that a chanman to win the GOP nomination.
Poll of voters leaving their polling places showed that the economy and jobs were the issues that mattered most to both Republicans and Democrats. Early polls reported by ABC found that 52 percent of Buchanan voters said they voted for him to send a message, compared with 47 percent who said he would make the best president. More than half said they would not vote for Bush if he was the choice in November.
"New Hampshire is Pat Buchanan's best shot," said Gov. Judd Gregg, a Bush partisan like most of the Republican establishment. Yet the results were sobering to the Bush camp, coming in the state where primary victory saved the president's 1988 nomination.
In Washington, Democratic National Chairman Ronald Brown played down talk of a late entry.
Tsongas traded places with Clinton in the polls — and ultimately in the final results — as Clinton was buffeted by allegations of infidelity and draft dodging. He vehemently denied both, but it was only in the campaign's final days that he appeared to regain lost momentum.
"I don't believe it will happen but time will tell," Brown said. "It takes more than a buzz to run for president. And this is a tough, aggressive, change-oriented field."
But he couldn't overtake Tsongas, the self-styled "economic Paul Revere" who proposed investment, capital gains and other tax incentives to restore America's manufacturing base, and criticized the Democratic Party leadership and rivals Clinton and Kerrey for supporting middle-class tax cuts.
Ticket deadline approaches for postseason basketball
to know, that I know that in November that we're going to win a great victory against Pit Buchanan."
By Jay Williams
Kansan staff writer
New Hampshire's verdict was not as decisive as many expected just weeks ago, before Clinton's controversies flattened preseason predictions and provoked speculations that Cuomo or another major congressional Democrat might make a late entry.
Kansas basketball fans need to declare by the end of this week if they want to follow the men's team in post-season action.
Applications for student tickets for the Big Eight and NCAA basketball tournaments will be taken until 5 p.m. Friday at the KU ticket office in Allen Field House.
Sherry Benda, an employee at the ticket office, said students had shown more interest in getting tickets for this year's tournaments than in past years. The office did not have a count yesterday of how many students had applied for tickets.
The road to the Final Four
Benda said students who applied would be placed in a lottery to determine who would be included on a list to receive tickets.
The list will be posted at the ticket office the Monday before the Big Eight Tournament and before each NCAA round. If a student on the list does not purchase the tickets, another name will be added to the list.
*If the student cannot go to the games, we are willing to work with you.*
Each student can receive one ticket, Benda said.
The Big Eight tournament will be March 13-15 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
For NCAA Tournament tickets, students do not have to pay when they turn in their applications, Benda said.
Benda said students would need to pay for Big Eight tournament tickets in advance. The ticket package, with seats in the upper level, costs $83 and must be used in with the application.
"Most people didn't know they could sign up ahead of time."
Kevin Sigourney Member of KUAC
Usually, the first two games of the tournament fall during KU's spring
"Normally, the students follow the team wherever they go," Benda said.
The form lists the different locations for tournament games, and students can check which locations they would like to attend. That could be from Worcester, Mass., to Tempe, Ariz., two first-round sites.
Prices and the number of tickets available to the University for NCAA games have not been determined yet, she said.
break. But this year, the games are slated a week later, March 19-22.
If Kansas makes a return trip to the Final Four, which will be in Minneapolis this year, students once again will have the chance to get a ticket.
Last year, about 30 people signed up early for Final Four tickets, said Kevin Sigourney, a student member of the Kansas University Athletic Corporation. Those 30 received tickets to the final Four.
"Most people didn't know they could sign up ahead of time," he said.