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Wednesday, July 28, 1993
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Fall semester, tuition payment approaches
Most students pay by mail to avoid lines
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
Summer semester is coming to an end this week, and already the University of Kansas is gearing up for fall.
"We are pushing to get the student union renovation completed so that it is fully operational," said David Amber, vice chancellor of student affairs. "The same is true with Ekdahl Dining Commons. That is about finished, but they're really rushing in the next two weeks until staff arrives."
The dining commons, nicknamed Mrs. E's, is a state-of-the-art dining area attached to Lewis Hall. The commons will open when the residence halls open on Aug. 15 for new students and Aug. 17 for all students in residence halls, said Randy Timm, publication writer for the department of student housing.
Basic cable television will be available to the majority of students in their residence hall rooms, Timm said.
The final session of new student orientation will take place during Hawk Week, according to the University calendar.
Hawk Week is scheduled for Aug. 16-22. Events will take place each day and will conclude with convocation at 3 p.m. Aug. 22 in the new Lied Center.
which are mailed must be postmarked by July 30.
The comptroller's office has been receiving a minimum of 600 payments by mail each day, Shinham said.
Students have the option of paying a $250 deposit by Aug. 2. However, they will be required to pay an additional $10 if they choose this option, Shin-ham said.
Tution bills were mailed out July 12. Students who have not yet received their bills should call the general accounting office at 864-3322
Fee payment by mail was now at kl
University registrar Richard McD
 University registrar
"We had 96 percent of the students pay that way," Morrell said. "This year I think it's going to be even higher. Not all of the students, but a much higher percentage, will pay by mail."
The advantage to paying fees in full by mail is that students do not have to wait in lines. Morrell said.
The registrar's office has hired extra
staff to help them with fee completion on Aug. 19 and 20, Morrell said.
Students with last names beginning with A-O who choose the deposit option when paying fees must pay their balance on Aug. 19. Those with last names beginning with P-Z must pay their balance on Aug. 20.
Most students have already enrolled in fall classes. Many students enrolled last spring, others at summer orientation. A small percentage will enroll during the week of Aug. 16-20, Morrell said.
Another reason students should return on Aug. 19 and 20 is to pick up their financial aid checks or refund checks, said Diane Del Buono, director of Student Financial Aid.
If a student does not pick up their refund check by Sept. 3, they will be dropped from classes.
"We will assume that they are not here and will drop their enrollment," Del Buono said. "Otherwise they might not be here all semester and
receive a grade card."
The phone lines at the Office of Financial Aid have been busy the past few weeks while getting ready for fee payment, so phone hours have been extended to 6:30 pm until Aug. 2, Del Buono said.
This year students with financial aid saw a change in their tuition bills, Del Buonoro said. All forms ofaid, including Stafford Loans, were projected on bills
Aug 16 is the first day that students can drop fall classes. Aug 23 is the first day that students can add classes. Students should check the Timetable of Classes for add times, but should be aware that there was a misprint in the add/drop schedule in the Timetable. Students can find corrected copies of the schedule on the Enrollment Center, 151 Strong, and they should be available in their school's offices the first week of August.
Fall classes begin Aug. 23.
Hawk Week Events
Aug. 16 Orientation and enrollment
Aug. 17 6:30 p.m. PlayFair on Allen Field House lawn
Aug. 18 7 p.m. Beach and Boulevard in front of Wescoe Hall
Aug. 19:5:30 p.m.-6:15
Alumni Ice Cream Social
7 p.m. Traditions night at
Memorial Stadium
Watkins helps smokers quit
Aug. 20.7 p.m. Rock-a Hawk on Templin lawn
Aug. 21 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Downtown Lawrence Dav
Aug. 22 3 p.m. Convocation in the Lied Center
9 p.m. Movie on the Hill "Naked Gun"
No pressure, do-it-your-way classes offered this fall
By Lisa Cosmillo
Kansan staff writer
smoking cessation classes are offered free of charge to faculty and staff and for a minimal charge to students at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Julie Francis, health educator at Watkins, said classes that target students have been offered this summer and would be offered this fall.
"timing is everything." Francis said. "Smoking is such an effective means of dealing with stress, and students, as everybody knows, have so much stress in their lives coming from all different angles that you have to figure out what would be a good time."
The classes offered are based on a system taken from a book called "The No-Nag, No-Guilt, Do-It Your Own-Way Guide to Quitting Smoking" by Tom Ferguson.
Healthquest, a state program, will buy the book for faculty and staff. Students must pay $5 for the
book.
Francis said the class was designed to help people find their own best method to quit smoking.
Some people can quit all at once, and others would rather quit gradually. Francis said. She said that she was afraid people envisioned a class where they would be pressured by uncomfortable tactics to quit smoking.
"This is just giving you information so that in the long run, maybe in six months or a year, if you decide to quit, you're going to have the information." Francis said. "So there's no quit date."
Kathy Ansley, Springfield. Mo., graduate student, said she had too much stress in her life to quit now and that when she was ready she would to it on her own.
Ansley said that she thought dependency on the class could substitute cigarette addiction.
Philip Rankin, assistant director of human resources, said that although there was no official policy, supervisors were encouraged to let staff attend the classes if time permits.
Kathleen McGee, a secretary at the department of English, said she would like to quit smoking. McGee said that she had heard of the program and that she would take the class if she were allowed the time off.
Observatory shows KU the stars
Bv Kari McElroy
Special to the Kansan
A starry sky has always been a fascination, but many may not know Lawrence has a place to see celestial configurations from the stars of the dipers to the rings of Jupiter.
Atop Lindley Hall is the Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory, named after the KU graduate who discovered Pluto in 1830. It is open to the public the first and third Sunday of each month. The times to observe vary, but generally between 8 and 10:30 p.m. on clear nights. Volunteers wait ready to show the sky.
"With a telescope you can see things you can't otherwise see with the naked eye," said Stephen Shawl, professor of astronomy at the University of people to tell you what you are looking at.
The observatory has several 8-inch telescopes, which can be mounted on the roof, and one 9-inch telescope, which is
housed in a dome on the roof.
Shawl said he was always looking for volunteers to help out — to be at the observatory to open it and to stay to answer questions the visitors will have. Shawl said the volunteers were usually student teachers.
Most of the outside volunteers come from the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence, a group of amateur star gazers. Corey Zirlin, Northbrook IL., senior will be president of the club this fall. He took an astronomy class at KU, and it sparked his interest. He has been involved with the observatory for about three years.
"Faculty just isn't enough to keep the place going, we need the students," Shawl said. "Obviously we don't want kids off the street, but people with a genuine interest in astronomy who want to expand their horizons."
Zirlin and current club president, Karla Kueber, Overland Park senior, have been spending their time trying to repair a 27-
inch telescope that has not worked for almost 10 years.
The telescope is in one of two round domes visible from the street, and Zirlin, Shawl and Kuebler have been trying to fix what has kept astronomers from using the telescope for so long.
There is not much to gain from the large telescope except the satisfaction of looking through it and seeing the sky — something you can do from any of the other telescopes in the building. Zirklin said. However, since the 27-inch telescope has been in the observatory's hands the longest, they said it would be nice to have it operational again.
"It's simply curiosity that keeps us
alone." Kuebler said.
Shawl said he hoped the telescope would be in use this fall.
"A lot of people don't know it up here.",
Ziril said of the observatory. "One of our goals in the club is to let people know it is here and they can see it."
Budig and wife establish $10,000 fund for GTAs
Chancellor Gene Budig and his wife Gretchen have established a $10,000 fund to honor KU graduate teaching assistants.
The personal gift to the University will be dispersed by the KU Endowment Association. Budig said Its use will be determined by the Executive Vice Chancellor's office.
The Buddges have a tradition of identifying worthy instructional programs and contributing to them, said Tom Hutton, acting director of University Relations.
KU had 1,078 graduate teaching assistants in Fall 1992. GTAs receive a tuition waiver and a $A$ salary for teaching while pursuing master's or doctoral degrees.
In 1992, the Budgs established five scholarships for minority students. In 1991, the Budgs helped establish professorships in education, social welfare, medicine and nursing.
Bike-a-thon will begin Aug. 7 if weather permits
The KZTO Big Brothers Big Sisters Bike-a-thon is on. For now.
The bike-a-thon is scheduled for 9 a.m. august 7. It will start at Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St., and continue along the Kansas River levee if conditions allow.
Recent rains and flooding have made conditions dangerous. Heather Gillis, director of marketing, said that in the event of rain or flooding, the bike-a-thon would be canceled.
The participants asked for pledges, which they will collect and turn in a week before the bike-a-thon.
All pledge money will be donated to Big Brothers/Big Sisters whether or not the race takes place, Gillis said.
The top five money-raisers will win gift certificates or prizes from Cycle Works, 1601 W. 23rd St. The top prize is a $200 gift certificate.
Entry forms can be picked up at KZ0,2200 W. 25th St.
CAMPUS/AREA BRIEFS
Patron wields pool cue in attack at local bar
A man was arrested early Thursday morning at Astro's, 601 Kasid Drive, on charges of aggravated assault, Lawrence police report.
The man, John Mazur, was harassing a patron, after which the owner stepped in and asked Mazur to leave. Mazur the owner and grabbed a pool cue. He swung at the owner's wife and missed, and then he swung and hit a security officer on the arm. Mazur then used his fist and struck a bystander above his right eye.
Mazur then went to the parking lot and attempted to leave as the police arrived. He was placed in the front seat of the patrol car, and Mazur began kicking the radio. He then was placed in the back seat of the car.
The bystander received stitches for his cut at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Man sentenced to two life terms for killings
A man who was convicted of killing his ex-wife and her fiance at their Lawrence apartment was sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Victor Smith, 35, was sentenced Thursday after Douglas County District Judge Mike Malone denied a motion for a new trial.
David Berkowitz, Smith's attorney,
filed the motion July 12.
Smith testified that he acted in self-defense and that he was impaired by alcohol and crack cocaine at the time of the shootings.
Smith was convicted earlier this month of the March 13 shooting deaths of Linda Smith, 34, and John Pease, 47.
Lawrence police arrested an man Saturday at the corner of 15th Street and Haskell Avenue on charges of aggravated assault and impersonating a police officer. Lt. Ed Brunt said.
Man is charged with assault,impersonation
When police arrived, Douglas Lawson, Shawnee, was holding a man and a woman at gunpoint.
The couple said they had been walking along the street. They had stopped and were arguing when Lawson pulled over and got out of the car with his weapon, which turned out to be a BB rifle. According to the couple, Lawson told them he was an off-duty Leavenworth police officer. He then told the male to lie down. Everyone was standing when police arrived.
Lawson said he saw the man slap and kick the woman, which was why he pulled over. He said the only reason he claimed to be a police officer was because he thought the woman needed help immediately.
A Lawrence man was arrested for sexual battery Sunday morning after he allegedly attempted to fondle a police officer, KU police reported.
Man accused of battery for fondling policeman
Sg. Rose Rozmiraeck said that when the arresting officer was patrolling around Memorial Drive about 5 a.m., he found Laurel Arlan Nitz in a parking lot near Potter Lake.
While the officer was attempting to question the suspect, Nitz allegedly reached for him. The officer then arrested Nitz.
Nitzabo was charged with resisting arrest.
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