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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 16, 1993
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City: KU may pay for fire services
Kansan staff writer
By Todd Selfert
In an effort to pay for encumbered city services, the Lawrence City Commission is considering whether to ask the University to pay for municipal fire services.
The University currently does not fay the city for fire protection.
"With more people, city services get stretched." Mayor Bob Schulte said. "Because they are thinned out we need to find more ways to increase revenue to pay for them.
"If you want to hold the line on taxes, you either save money, which is something the city looks at everyday, or you find additional ways of raising money."
Schulte said the suggestion that KU pay for fire services came at a goal-setting meeting a few months ago. The issue resurfaced at the city's annual luncheon with KU and Haskell Indian Junior College officials about one month ago.
"Each school and the city brought an agenda with them to the meeting." Schulte said. "This was just to let the University know that we had discussed the issue."
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said the University could not enter into a contract with the city for fire services without the approval of the Legislature.
"We have a situation where we have public funds involved," Meyen said. "The question that is really being raised is, 'Should the state pay for fire services?'"
Meyen said the University would have to reallocate money to pay the city for fire services.
"We're only authorized for certain expenditures with very specific functions" he said. "It's not like we receive an amount of money and can spend that amount on anything."
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain said that although KU had not paid for fire services in the past, it had contributed to special projects such as the purchase of new trucks.
Some other Big Eight universities contribute money on a regular basis to their cities' fire departments. Iowa State University pays the city of Ames, Iowa, about $600,000 a year for fire protection. The University of Missouri-COLUMBIA does not pay the city of Columbia for fire services, but it does provide the free use and maintenance of a fire station on its campus.
Kansas State University has a contract with the city of Manhattan and pays about $50,000 a year, said John Lambert, K-State director of public safety. He said the agreement was reached in 1974.
Task force to tackle KU's future
Schulte said that the City Commission had not discussed the issue in detail and that no action would be taken until after the April 6 city election.
Campus organizations to review two-year plan
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
For the first time in 20 years, a task force will develop a plan for KU's campus of the future, the University announced Friday.
"This plan will be a blueprint for the future of the campus," said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor.
the committee, which will first meet April 10, will study recent issues such as lighting on campus, transportation, parking, student housing and possible future sites for new buildings. It also will study how KU's growing population will affect the campus, Meyen said.
When the report is completed in two years, campus organizations will be able to study the plan and get an idea of what the University will
be like in the next 10 to 15 years, Meyen said.
"We hope to fit those proposals of the committee into what we are trying to accomplish at this University," he said.
KU's last long-range plan was developed in 1973 as a 10-year plan. By 1988, more than 85 percent of the plan's recommendations had been carried out, said University Director Allen Wiechert in a statement.
Wiechert said the 1973 plan predicted that KU's enrollment would peak at 20,000. This spring's campus enrollment is about 25,000.
"The tremendous enrollment growth at KU and the resulting strain on campus facilities is just one of the many reasons why a new long-range plan is needed," he said.
Lindy Eakin, associate vice chancellor for administration and finance and a member of the committee, said large organizations should have a long-range plan for a growing environment.
Eakin said the first meeting of the 25-member committee mostly would cover background on what the University was trying to accomplish. The committee then will divide into subcommittees that will concentrate on a certain area of the University.
This will be a very detailed study," Eakin said. "This is going to be a very concrete plan for the future of KU."
Committee members include the following people:
The final plan of the future will carry a lot of weight when proposals are presented from different organizations at KU, Eakin said.
Max Lucas, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, will head the committee; Marin Harmony, professor of chemistry; Eakin; Edwyna Gilbert, a retired professor of English; Hobart Jackson, associate professor of architecture and urban design.
Edward Zamarripa, director of finance and administration, Institute for Life Span Studies; Peter Thompson, dean of Fine Arts; Arthur
Anderson, Lawrence; Jean Milstead, Lawrence; Mike Russel, environmental health and safety officer.
Betsy Stephenson, associate director, KU Athletic Corp.; Fred Williams, president, KU Alumni Association; Glee Smith, Lawrence; William Hougland, Wichita; Stanley Rolfie, Albert Learned, distinguished professor of civil engineering.
K. Sam Shannonmug, J.L Constant distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering; Stephen Fawcett, professor of human development and family life; Fred Van Vleck, Chancellors Club teaching professor of mathematics; Linda Mullens, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs; William Crowe, dean of libraries.
Cindy Riling, registrar, School of Law, Michael Raymond Miller, assistant director, facilities operations; James Hamilton, Lawrence graduate student; Chris Schumm, Lawrence junior; and Laura Brophy, Prairie Village senior.
Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
Kansas Highway Patrol Officer S.D. Jensen checks to make sure Julie Russell, Eureka senior, is strapped into the crash-test simulator, The Convincer. The contraption was set up in front of Wescoe Hall yesterday to demonstrate how a safety belt can prevent injury in low-speed collision.
Mock crash reminds all to buckle up
By Will Lewis Kansan staff writer
Sgt. Steve Jensen helped John Trudt, St. Louis freshman, fasten his safety belt yesterday in front of Wescoe Hall.
"Put your head back against the head restraint and keep your mouth closed so you don't bite your tongue," Jensen told Trudt as he strapped him in the Convictor.
The Convincer, a ride promoting seat-belt use, sends a passenger in an open carriage down a 12-foot decline at five miles per hour. The impact at the end jolts the rider to demonstrate how slow speeds can be dangerous.
The ride was sponsored by the Kansas Highway Patrol as part of Safe Break '93, a week of activities to increase safety awareness in students before they leave for spring break.
Trudt's eyes closed and his mouth opened as the carriage slammed to the bottom of the Convincer. His seat belt could be heard locking into place.
"I think it's a kind of a neat experiment to show people who have never experienced an accident what one can be like," Trudt said. "The Convinceer's a good name for it. It's a good thing to do before spring break."
After unbuckling and climbing out of his seat, he said he was surreised at how effective the seat belt was.
"It's weird because you feel like you're going to go forward, but the seat belt keeps you in," he said.
In case the Convincer did not live up to its name, the Rollover Machine was nearby. The machine spun the cab of a Ford pick-up truck upside down several times as a 35-pound dummy rolled around inside and fell out of an open passenger window.
Jensen said common sense would not be a top priority among college students during spring break.
"We know they're going to have a lot of things on their mind instead of safety," Jensen said. "The easiest thing to do is wear a seat belt."
Statistics are another way to warn passengers, he said.
One in 10 persons in the United States will be involved in some kind of car crash this year, he said. Every 11 seconds someone is injured, and every 11 minutes someone dies in automobile-related accidents.
Jensen said the trick to making wearing a seat belt second nature was to develop a habit.
"We're all creatures of habit," Jensen said. "If you concentrate 12 days on wearing that seat belt, the 13th day, it's automatic." Sgt. R.L. Lueske said the number of people who wore seat belts had increased in the last 10 years.
"Some people will do it because it's the right thing to do." Lueske said. "Other people will do it after you educate them."
Students remember professor
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
Siegfried Lindenbaum, a professor who was respected by students and faculty for his unselfish assistance to students, died Thursday of lymphatic cancer.
Lindenbaum had worked at the University since 1971 as a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and as the department's director of graduate affairs.
Students who worked with Lindenbaum said he always had found time to listen to their academic or personal problems.
"He would listen to your problems very carefully. You could talk to him about anything," said Mike Nicolau, Lawrence graduate student.
Xinyi Tan, Beijing graduate student,
said that after he moved to Lawrence
from China, he had no kitchenware
until Lindenbaum brought him bowls
and dishes.
Vandana Cheruvalladh, Bombay,
India, graduate student, said she
admired the courage and optimism he
showed toward his bout with cancer.
"He never once complained about his disease," said Cheruvalladh, who worked with him for more than five years.
Pat Williams, an accountant in the department, said she had worked with Lindenbaum for about 18 years. She handled his grant money, paid his graduate students and ordered equipment for him.
"He was a neat human being to know," she said. "He was one of the most humble, caring individuals on our staff."
Landenbaum was a fellow of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. He was a finalist for the 1901 Honor to an Outstanding Progressive Educator award, which is sponsored and voted on by the senior class.
John Stobaugh, associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, will serve as acting director of graduate affairs.
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