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ansan
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Thursday
January 15, 1998
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Vol. 108 : No. 80
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Vol.108·No.80
The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Texas A & M Aggies last night 83-65 in College Station.
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Burglars plague campus parking
(USPS 650-640)
By Laura Roddy
Kansan staff writer
Five University of Kansas students' vehicles were burglarized Monday and Tuesday in four campus parking lots.
Stereo equipment was taken from four of the vehicles, and a citizens band radio was stolen from the other vehicle. It is not clear if the burglaries are related, KU police said.
"There is no way of knowing," said Sgt. Chris Kearv.
Keary said the police would continue to investigate.
Two of the burglaries took place early Monday morning in the Oliver Hall parking lot. The locations of the other burglaries were the South Robinson Center lot, the West Lewis Hall lot and the Stouffer Place lot.
Chris Chambers, Overland Park sophomore, discovered his car had been burglarized in the Oliver parking lot. One amplifier and six CDs were taken, and $300 in damage was done to Chambers' vehicle.
Chambers expressed concern about the frequency of thefts in the Oliver parking lot.
He said three people from his wing in Oliver Hall had their cars broken into last semester.
"It's happening a lot." he said.
Chambers said something needed to be done to prevent the thefts. He suggested installing video cameras.
Keary advised students to call the police department if they saw anything suspicious in the parking lots.
"If you have a removable face plate, take it with you or at least put it somewhere that is not visible," Keary said.
Kristi Elliott / KANSAN
Open court
Anthony Thomas, Lawrence high school junior, glides through the air during his lay up attempt at the Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St. The recreation center offers an alternative gymnasium to the crowded courts of Robinson Gymnastium. The center has free play basketball on Monday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Photo by Augustus Anthony
Pinyan (KANSAI)
Students can use city gyms
Piazza/KANSAN
By Jeremy M. Doherty
Kansan staff writer
See CITY on page 2A
Students waiting for a chance just to dribble the ball at Robinson Center now can shoot hoops in area gymnasiums.
"In the winter time, we have facilities for basketball and volleyball use," Murphy said. "We try as much as possible to serve as many people as we can, but we felt that we needed to branch out and move to the schools."
For the Adult Free Play Program, five elementary schools will provide free recreation space from 8:30 to 10 p.m. two nights a week. The program, a cooperative effort between Unified School District #497 and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, will continue through March 22.
The program attempts to lessen overcrowding experienced at other athletic centers, said Janet Murphy, facilities supervisor for parks and recreation.
As reflected by the program's title, participants are asked not to bring young children to any of the schools.
Open gym locations
1. Dearleaf School 101 N. Lawrence Avenue, Th; 8:30 p.m.
Thursday
2. Dearleaf School 1605 Dove and Mon, and Wed. 8:30 p.m.
3. Prairie Park School
2711 Kensington Road
Mon, and Wed. 8:30-
10 p.m.
4. Sunflower School
2521 Inventor Dr.
Tue. and Wed. 8:30
10 p.m.
5. Cordray Elementary
1837 Vermont St.
Thur, 8-10 p.m.
6. Community Building
Mon. 1:30;3:00 Tue.Fri. 1:30;5:00
7. Mallows Park
8. East Lawrence Center 1015 F. 4th St.
2700 West 27th St.
Mon., Wed, Fri. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m: Tue, and Thur, 11 a.m-
5 p.m:
Sat, 2:30 p.m-6 p.m: Sun, 14:30 p.m.
Mon, 1:10 p.m. *Tue*, and Thur, 1:6-30 p.m., Wed, 1:3 p.m.; Fr.
1:4-30 p.m.; Sat, 2-6 p.m; Sun, 12-5 p.m.
Andrew Rohrback / KANSAN
A fireman boxes down a dumpster behind Malott Hall. An explosion ignited the fire last night and was contained within 15 minutes. Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
Explosion sparks fire near Malott
By Marc Sheforgen
Kanson staff writer
An explosion ignited a fire last night in a dumpster at the southeast corner of Malott Hall.
Richard Jump, Malott custodial supervisor, called the fire department about 9:30 p.m. after one of his workers told him about the flames.
"I could see flames up about two or three feet above the level of the box." Jump said.
Heliushka Wells, Santa Barbara, Calif., junior, was in the parking lot between Malott and Haworth halls when he heard the explosion.
"It was pretty loud but not loud enough to get my attention," Wells said. "I thought it came from farther away."
The fire fighters extinguished the flames in about 15 minutes. They then filled the dumpster with water to drown the embers. The procedure took less than an hour.
Fire department officials said the cause of the fire was unknown.
Among other things, Malott houses the University's chemistry and pharmacy departments and labs. However, fire department officials said smoke from the fire was not toxic.
Committees check 'yes' for bills providing polling sites
By Melissa Ngo Kansan staff writer
Senate to decide at next meeting
All that keeps the Daisy Hill polling site from becoming a reality is 70 student senators.
The original Daisy Hill bill, a bill to fund the site, and a new bill created by the Student Rights Committee were passed at Student Senate committee meetings last night. The bill created last night is similar
to the original Daisy Hill bill but would expand the polling sites to Oliver Hall and Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall.
The bills will go into effect if passed Wednesday at the Senate meeting.
Seth Hoffman, author of the original bill and All Scholarship Hall Council senator, said he was pleased with the result.
"I'm definitely very happy that both bills passed and that the companion piece could offer more sites," he said. "I hope that the enthusiasm shown for these bills tonight will be at the next Senate meeting."
During the Student Rights Committee meeting, both the original bill and the new bill were passed after debate about the bills' fairness. The debate focused on whether the
polling sites would be used primarily by a certain portion of the student body.
"My main objection to the first bill was that it was unamendable. I wanted to extend the sites to all residence halls, not just one specific group," said Scott Merchant, business senator. "If we're going to do it, we should do it right."
The new bill to add Oliver and GSP-Corbin halls can be amended.
In the Finance Committee meeting, Hoffman, R.J. Woodring, Association of University Residence Halls senator, and Anthony Nicholson, Student Rights Committee mem-
The original bill, as a petition, could be amended only if more than 1,000 people sigmed a new petition including the changes.
ber, asked for $875 for the Elections Commission to pay for a Daisy Hill polling site for two years. They asked for two years because the commission's funding is block allocated, meaning it receives its money in two year increments. That did not include funding for the additional polling sites because the Daisy Hill funding bill was passed by the Finance Committee before the new bill was passed by the Student Rights Committee.
Aravind Muthukirnishar, Finance Committee member, said he voted against the
After discussion about whether the commission had sufficient funds to pay for the site, the bill was passed with one dissenting vote.
"The discretionary fund is for unexpected expenses that come up," Muthukrishnan said. "I think this is one of those expenses."
funding because he did not think committee financing was necessary.
Brad Finkeldei, Elections Commission member, said that the money in the discretionary fund had not yet been allocated, so that nothing had barred the commission from spending that money on the Daisy Hill site.
The commission has about $2,000 in its discretionary fund from fines paid for campaign violations last year.
If residence-hall voting sites are not approved next week, the sites will go to the student body for a vote.