UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 17, 1993
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Speaker addresses environmental issues
Consensus needed on common goal, he says
By Vickl Bode
Kansanstaff writer
Environmental issues will not be solved until people work on them together, Steven Hamburg, director of environmental studies, said in a speech last night.
"We need to ensure that some issues are dealt with through consensus instead of confrontation," Hamburg said.
Hamburg spoke to about 60 people in Spencer Museum of Art. His speech was the sixth in the James E. Seaver Lecture series, sponsored by the department of Western civilization.
Confrontation arises from a lack of common values and goals, Hamburg said. Ecologists look at growing tc technology and see the quality of life declining while economists view the same growth and see an increase in the quality of life.
agenda for those of us involved in understanding the natural world, I think it is possible to turn confrontation into consensus," he said.
Scientists believe in defining issues through facts instead of values, Hamburg said.
"If we allow those familiar and concerned with cultural values to set the
Establishing priorities is also an important step in solving environmental problems, he said.
some people think the main goal is to protect the human species, but others think society should protect all species, he said.
"It is critical that we begin to openly ask the question 'What are the critical environmental values for which we must strive?' Hamburg said. "Without a common goal we can't agree on what road to travel. There is only one
planet, and it will arrive at only one destination."
Hamburg said that while many areas in the country were resilient and were able to bounce back after being disturbed by humans, others were not.
Tricia Sears, Burlington, Iowa, junior, agreed with the points Hamburg made.
"We must realize we are going to push the natural world too far," he said.
"We do all have to work together and come to a consensus," Sears said. "When people hear the word 'environmentalist' they think 'Oh my gosh, it's a radical."
KU denies allegations in lawsuit
Kansan staff report
The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. has denied allegations stemming from a $24,350 lawsuit involving the purchase of copier equipment.
The Hillcrest Bank of Kansas City, Mo., claimed in a civil suit filed in Douglas County District Court on Jan. 13 that after the court received the equipment on March 18, 1992, it failed to make payments. According to court documents, Century Office Products Inc., 925 Iowa St., sent a Sharp copier, a Sharp sorter and a Minolta copier to the center.
In a written response filed Friday, the center denied receiving the Sharp copier but that the center had the other equipment prior to March 18 and described it as old and having little value.
Ordinance would require fire sprinklers
The response stated that the center stopped making payments after discovering that the equipment may have been leased to others. The response alleged that Century Office Products "failed to investigate background and facts of the lease and the status of the equipment referred to in the lease."
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission directed its staff last night to draft an ordinance requiring fraternities and sororites to install automatic sprinkler systems.
The ordinance would adopt the 1991 Uniform Fire Code with amendments proposed by the Lawrence Fire Code Board of Appeals. One of the amendments calls for the installation of sprinkler systems in congregate residences, such as fraternities and sororites.
McSwain said the increasing number of fires in congregate residences made the amendment necessary. There have been six fires reported in fraternity and sorority houses since 1990.
"We would rather take the heat from trying to pass the code with the amendment than take the heat from parents if we lose one of the kids in a fire," said Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain. "I believe we will lose kids if we don't do something."
The board of appeals presented the same ordinance to the city commission in 1988, but the commission tabled the proposal when it could not reach a decision.
"We need to signify to these living groups that we are going to take action, but at the same time we want to get some input from them," Schumm said. "We know that it could be a major cost and that they may need some time to come up with the money needed."
John Nalbandian, vice mayor, said last night the issue was how long fraternities and sororities would have to comply after the ordinance passed.
The commission directed its staff to send a letter to the fraternities and sororites' housing corporation boards. The commission set the proposed ordinance's first reading for its March 30 meeting so the issue could be resolved before the April 6 city election.
Bob Schumm, a city commissioner, said he wanted to give fraternities and sororities a chance to voice their opinions.
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