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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 30, 1993
Senate rescues qualified admissions bill
Committee to draw up compromise
By Ben Grove Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — A plan that would require qualified admissions at the state's Regents universities is still breathing.
A deft Senate action resuscitated
the admissions bill last week after it did not pass the House after a 61-61 vote. Senators voted to put the admissions legislation into another House bill that already had passed a House floor vote. The original bill focused on expanding the board of the Kansas State High School Activities Association.
Under the qualified admissions plan, high school students would need to meet one of three qualifications: a 2.0 grade point average, a composite ACT score of 23 or a rank in the top third of their graduating class.
After the House tie, the bill did not die but was not rescheduled for debate.
The revised House bill now goes to a six-member conference committee comprising three members from each legislative chamber. The conference committee will meet soon to draft a
The meeting has not been scheduled.
compromise plan between both chambers.
When the bill leaves the conference committee it returns to the Senate and then the House for floor votes before it goes to Gov. Joan Finney.
Prior to the House vote, the Senate passed the qualified admissions bill, the first time the legislation had ever passed a state legislative body in its ten-year history. It also received historic support in the House by receiving 61 votes, the most votes such legislation has ever received.
State Sen. Dave Kerr, R-Hutchinson who championed qualified admissions in the Senate, declined yesterday to say whether he thought the bill stood a better chance in the House on the back of separate legislation.
"Of course, it's the House that has the problem," he said. "I'm just giving them another method for passage. The ball is in their court."
One of the three representatives on the conference committee is Duane Goossen, R-Goessel, head of the House Education Committee. He has supported the qualification of admittedmissions. He, too, declined to make
any predictions other than to say he expected another close vote.
"It's likely to come to a roll call vote," he said, referring to the method the House confirms a close voice vote.
State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R- Lawrence, in favor of amending the admission legislation into another bill. She said she was not surprised qualified admissions was still alive this late in the legislative session.
The Legislature's first adjournment is set for April 7. The wrapup session is scheduled to begin April 28.
Linda Mathias, who works at the cafeteria in Oliver Hall, has been a cook at KU's residence halls for about two years. She likes to talk to students so she can get their ideas on how to change and improve recipes.
Cook dishes up new recipes
By Will Lewis
Cansan staff writer
She appreciates students' comments and knows how to work with them.
If a sticker existed that read "How's my cooking?" Linda Mathias would stick one where everyone could see it.
Mathias, a cook at Oliver Hall, does not like the opinion that many students have of cafeteria cooks in residence halls. So she does her best to change it.
A resident from Israel filled out an evaluation form on a felafel dish Mathias once prepared. The resident said it was too bland. Mathias called the student and worked to perfect the recipe.
"Together, I think we've come up with a great authentic taste," she said.
Mathias landed her first job as a short-
order cook in Iowa when she was 17.
But her love of cooking did not develop until later, when she met her ex-husband.
could eat and eat and eat," she said. "Plus,
there really was a lot to do in Iowa."
Things started boiling when she moved to the Kansas City area in 1980. She worked at several restaurants, sometimes holding three jobs at a time.
When the Free State Brewing Co. 636 Massachusetts St., opened in 1989, she was asked to develop the menu. It has not changed much since.
But after working in the residence halls for about two years, she knows that change does not always have to be bad.
"Some of the recipes I can just read and tell they're not going to work." Mathias said. "Communication is a big key for me because it's hard to know what people are liking."
"What really stands out with her is her willingness to try new things and taking the initiative," she said. "If a recipe isn't just right, she'll adjust it."
Mathias' creativity increases when she is hungry and inspired by her own
Nona Golledge, Oliver's cafeteria manager, said she had seen Mathias' enthusiasm and attention to students' tastes.
Mathias also eats the food that she dishes out.
"I eat here every day," she said. "So I like to have a good selection. It's important to me."
Fire department demonstrates need for sprinkler systems
By Carlos Tejada Special to the Kansan
Special to the Kansan
An ordinance requiring greek houses to install fire sprinkler systems will probably pass the city commission tonight despite Greek concerns about the ordinance, Lawrence mayor Bob Schulte said yesterday.
"The fraternities and sororites present some special difficulties for residents, in terms of life safety, that other dwellings don't," he said.
At a fire sprinkler demonstration held by the Lawrence Fire Department yesterday afternoon, Schulte said the ordinance, which would require sprinkler systems in congregate housing such as greek houses, had received favorable attention.
Schulte said the sprinklers were needed.
However, while yesterday's demonstration extinguished a controlled fire, it did little to quell greek concerns about the ordinance.
"That is not a fair and equitable proposition as it reads," he said.
Craig Templeton, a member of Phi Gamma Delta's corporate board, said the ordinance unfairly singled out greek houses.
According to Sean Williams, also a corporate board member for Phi Gamma Delta, the added cost of a sprinkler system to membership dues would make克莱林 housing less attractive.
"The fraternities and sororites are basically student housing, and that puts them at an economic disadvantage," he said.
Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 699, which sponsored the demonstration, said a sprinkler system costs between 80 cents and $2.50 per square foot, depending on which system was purchased.
Apartmentes have an advantage, Williams said, because fire inspectors inspect buildings but not individual apartments. Greek houses seem to have more fire hazards because inspectors
Williams also said safety precautions made by houses since 1987, such as installing fire doors, exit lights and emergency lights, had made sprinklers unnecessary.
Jim McSwain, Lawrence fire chief, disagreed. He said a fire inspection of all congregate housing turned up as many fire code violations as were found in 1987.
Increased dues shouldn't have much of an impact on Greek recruitment, Schulte said.
"I haven't heard of any vacancies in fraternity or sorority houses that have sprinkler systems,"
Williams said the situation was analogous to passing a law requiring all car owners to install airbags in their old cars.
Opponents plan to attend tonight's vote, but Schulte was confident the ordinance would
"We can provide a greater deal of safety, but at what cost?" he said.
"The sense of the commission is that the time has come to take some action," he said.
Kansan staff writer
Bv Brett Riggs
Education professor, 65, dies
Barrientes-Monzon, professor of educational policy and administration, died of complications from a heart attack Wednesday at St Francis Hospital in Topeka. Barrientes-Monzon, 65, resided in Lawrence.
Nancy Harper, Ph.D. candidate in educational policy and leadership, said, "Everyone spoke up." He was the Harvest
van L. Barrientos-Monzon
said. "You knew he loved what he was doing, and he wanted to create that same excitement in his students."
Barrientos-Monzon was selected an Outstanding Educator of America in 1972 and received the first KU chancellor's teaching award in 1975.
He joined the KU faculty in 1966 as a research associate and visiting assistant professor in the School of Education. From 1968 to 1969, he directed the Inter-American Institute in San Antonio. He returned to KU in 1969, where he remained until his death.
He also received the chancellor's award for distinguished teaching in 1991.
He was born April 28, 1927, in Quezaltenzo, Guatemala, the son of Ricardo Barrientos and Olimpia Monzon. He came to the United States in 1963 with his family.
He received bachelor's degrees from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and master's and doctorate degrees in education philosophy from Michigan State University at East Lansing.
He was married to Adriana Ethelmira Arroyo Oct. 5, 1956, in Guatemala. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Lili Barrientos-Monzon, Lawrence; a son, Rick Barrientos-Monzon, Sonoma, Calif.; and three brothers, Guido Barrientos, El Paso, Texas, and Sergio Barrientos and Tomas Barrientos, both of Guatemala City.
Memorial Services were held Saturday.
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