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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, February 15, 1993
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KBI assists Lawrence in arson investigation
Kansan staff report
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Lawrence fire department in its arson investigation of an apartment fire Jan. 17 at 714 W. 25th St. that left two Lawrence girls dead.
LaTonya Farmer, 17, and Brandy Martin, 13, died of smoke inhalation.
KBI special agent Scott Teeslink announced Friday that the KBI was offering an award of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the blaze. The award is sponsored by the Kansas Committee on Arson Prevention,
the KBI, the Kansas Fire Marshal, the Kansas Insurance Department and the insurance industry.
Barr asked the KB1 for assistance with the investigation.
Fire Maj. Richard Barr said that there were nine people investigating the incident who had worked more than 2,000 hours following up 224 leads and talking with more than 150 people.
"As a result of those leads, we really haven't identified a clear suspect," he said.
Anyone with information about the fire is asked to call the Lawrence fire department at 841-0007, extension 171 or the Arson Hotline at 1-800 KS-CRIME.
Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Fraser Hall
Kansanstaffreport
The first bomb threat of the semester led to the evacuation of Fraser Hall on Friday afternoon.
The threat was telephoned in at 12:59 p.m. to the sociology department on the seventh floor of Fraser Hall. The caller said that a bomb would detonate somewhere on the seventh floor but no time was given, said KU police Lt. John Mullens.
Officers informed classes in Fraser about the threat, giving
teachers the choice of letting the students leave or continuing classes.
Nine officers searched the building and found no bomb. At 1:59 p.m., they declared the building safe and classes resumed.
A test scheduled in Fraser at 1:30 p.m. was relocated to Smith Hall. Bill Arnold, sociology professor, said the test in his Law and Criminality class went well and that there were no problems. He said that everyone showed up to take the test.
Professor to intern on House committee
Lawrence will have another voice on the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, which is working on the state's budget for next year.
Kansan staff report
Forrest Swall, D-Lawrence, will serve as an Appropriations Committee intern. House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, announced Friday.
Swall will sit in at an appropriations subcommittee that deals with budgets for the Secretary of State and State Treasurer.
Appropriations interns have an active role in the subcommittee's deliberations, but do not vote on the final report that is presented to the full committee.
Swall said that the internship would allow him to better learn the budget process and that the experience would give him a better chance to be named to the Appropriations Committee next session.
Swal, KU assistant professor of social welfare, is on a leave of absence while he serves in the Legislature.
Representative to open Lawrence office
U. S. Rep. Jan Meyers announced Friday that she planned to open a congressional office in Lawrence so she could better serve the people of Douglas County.
Kansan staffreport
Meyers named Ann Wirklund, chamber of commerce membership director, to be the office manager.
Meyers said she hoped people would communicate with her on any issue and express to her any problems they were having with federal agencies.
Wiklund said workers would devote much of their time to casework for Meyers' constituents, such as providing help for people who have not received social security checks or for students who were having difficulty getting federal Pell Grants.
She said Meyers probably would spend more time in Lawrence after the office opened in mid-March.
The office, which will be at 708 W. Ninth St., will be the first-ever U.S. congressional office in Douglas County, she said.
Chemical spill closes Nichols Hall Saturday
David Goldhammer picked up a glass bottle of xylene Saturday and the bottom fell out of it.
Kansan staff report
"I just picked it up and it knocked against the door," he said. "It wasn't hard enough to break it or anything, but it did."
The chemical, which is used to prepare slides of insect specimens, spilled onto the floor in a lab at Nichols Hall and left Goldhammer feeling a little dizzy. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He said he was not exposed to a dangerous level of the fumes.
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KU police were called about
"Being a Saturday, there were very few people in the building," said Goldhammer, a Lawrence graduate student. "Only graduate students that have to work were in the building."
10:25 a.m. The Lawrence fire department ordered the evacuation of the building at 10:30 a.m.
The evacuation did not affect many people.
Goldhammer said that he was the only one in the room when the bottle broke. He left the room under his own power.
Firefighters cleaned up the spill and placed the liquid into containers. Nichols was reopened at 12:30 p.m.
to Hardesty, director of Legal Services for Students, explains to KU international students how to do their taxes. The group has done free advising for five years.
MU freshmen must live on campus
By Will Lewis
Kansan staff writer
Attention: all incoming freshmen will be required to live in residence halls or greek housing.
This new rule will go into effect Fall 1994 at the University of Missouri in Columbia because of studies showing that living on campus is beneficial to new students.
But the KU department of student housing will leave the option open for freshmen, despite a similar survey's results released last fall by the department.
The survey of 392 KU students showed that those who enrolled for the first time in Fall 1991 and lived off campus had a dropout rate two-and-a-half times higher than those living on
campus and an average grade point average of 2.86 compared to the on-campus 3.06.
Fraterrities and sororites were not included in the sample.
"The KU department of student housing has not requested implementation of a policy similar to the one coming to Missouri," said Ken Stoner, director of student housing. "However, residence on campus is definitely an educationally sound alternative." \
Surveys have shown that, compared with students living off campus, those living in organized campus housing achieve higher grade point averages, are more likely to complete
Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State all have rules limiting the living arrangements of incoming freshmen.
their baccalaureate degree and will finish their degree in proportionally less time." Stoner said.
But he does not plan to change KU's policy of giving freshmen a choice.
"In today's age, it's not real popular to tell people what they can and can't do." he said.
Surveys dating back to 1972 show similar results to the one released last fall.
Selenia Martin, a Newton sophomore who lives at Sellards Scholarship Hall, said it was important for new students to live on campus.
"One of the most important things for new freshmen is to get involved in a social group," Martin said. "If they don't, dropout rates will be higher because KU is so big."
campus who have hated KU because they thought it was too cold and big. I haven't met too many people who live on campus that feel that way."
Martin said although on campus housing might not provide the best study environment, GPAs were higher because there were fewer responsibilities in living on campus, such as cooking and cleaning.
"I've known people who lived off
But some students said they felt that living on campus had hurt their grades.
"I don't think it's easy to study here in the dorm because there's always noise," said Mark Morgan, Rapid City, S.D., sophomore. "You could be studying quietly in your room, and rooms above, below and on each side of you can be loud."
KU Mortar Board continues service on 75th anniversary
Kansan staff writer
By Ezra Wolfe
A mortarboard is more than just a funny looking graduation cap. It is also a national service organization celebrating its 75th anniversary this month.
The Mortar Board is a service organization of college seniors. Admission to the group is equally dependent on service, scholarship and leadership in the University community.
The KU chapter of Mortar Board celebrated the anniversary Saturday at the Lawrence home of a 1970 alumna, Mary Loveland.
At the celebration, students presented their historical research on the KU chapter, known as the Torch chapter.
Lilian Casey, Wichita senior, read selections from a 1936 Torch chapter Mortar Board publication entitled, "What's What on the Hill." The booklet was meant to help freshmen fit into the college scene.
Casey read, "Do you care for a cigarette? If you really don't enjoy smoking, why struggle with it? Your attempts at sophistication won't be withered by refusing gracefully.
"If you do intend to add smoking to your list of accomplishments, indulences or whatever you have it labeled, do a little practice in the privacy of the furnace room. When you smoke in public, do it expertly and casual."
Before and after the presentation, students mingled with alumni, only about half of whom belonged to the Kansas chapter.
"It's so inspiring to hear what 50-year grads do after all that time," she said. "Most still have a commitment to the school and the community."
Janet Mody, a 1976 University of Missouri graduate and Lawrence resident, said that members kept in touch after graduation.
Jackie Gordon, Hays senior, said one of the group's events was a Halloween party for children of women
Lilian Casey, Wichita senior, speaks about Mortar Board traditions at the home of KU alumna Mary Loveland. The group celebrated the national organization's 75th anniversary Saturday.
at Lawrence Women's Transitional Care Services and the First Step House.
"The kids enjoyed it, and we enjoyed it," she said. "Any time you do service, you tend to feel good about yourself."
The local chapter of the national society has about 20 undergraduate
members and 30 active alumni. The Kansas chapter joined the national group in 1924.
Mortar Board began as an all women's society. Men were admitted in 1975 after Congress passed Title IX, a law barring federal financing of discriminatory groups.
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