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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.95
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1993
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Policy could make Unions smoke-free
A new policy was passed this weekend that places restrictions on areas where people can smoke in the Kansas and Burge Unions.
Smokers beware, the Kansas and Burge Unions have a new smoking policy.
By Ezra Wolfe
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation board unanimously passed the new policy Saturday, which changes areas where people can smoke in the unions.
Board members also agreed to a review the new policy, which eventually may lead to smoke-free unions.
One of the biggest changes prohibits smoking in the dining area of Union Square, the Kansas Union cafeteria. The smoking area will be replaced on the same floor by one in an expanded Hawk's Nest. Newport notets complained about
Nonsmoking patrons complained about
having to walk through the smoking area to return their dinner trays, said board member Hobart Jackson, associate professor of architecture and urban design.
According to the policy, smoking is not permitted in meeting rooms and alcoves unless users request ashtrays. The board will consider making some of the meeting rooms permanent nonsmoking rooms.
Smoking will be permitted in enclosed work areas providing there is adequate ventilation and all occupants agree to allow smoking.
In all cases, according to the policy, the nonsmoker's preference will prevail.
The new policy does state where smoking is permitted. It allows smoking in areas
"such as the level five lobby and hallway, the Hawk's Nest dining area, the Burge Union dining area, Wesco Terrace dining area, the TV lounge and the Jaybowl." Wesco Terrace also is controlled by the board.
Smoking in those areas is allowed only in the areas marked "smoking permitted."
Although the new policy takes effect immediately, it may not be permanent.
The board agreed to conduct a study of the new smoking policy. The study will review scientific studies on second-hand smoke, bring in experts on smoking policies and collect feedback from the unions' users. The findings will be reviewed in August.
Depending on the findings, the board may decide to keep the new policy or ban smoking altogether.
Allan Cigler, member of the board and professor of government, noted that if second-hand smoke was listed as a carcinogen, then the Union could be liable for damages if it allowed smoking and would have to ban smoking completely.
Jason McIntosh, student senator, said he thought the unions eventually would become completely smoke-free.
Memo probably won't hurt KU legislators say
Kansas State University is the only school from the Big Eight Conference and Regents institutions that has banned smoking in its union, said Jim Long, director of the Kansas and Burge Unions.
By Ben Grove
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Talk of a memo that belittled Washburn University's law school was on the lips of nearly every state legislator last week both in the halls and on the House floor of the state Capitol.
But most legislators said KU School of Law Dean Robert Jerry's memo probably would not affect their consideration of KU's budget.
However, the memo may affect the future of a proposal to add a credit-hour fee to law school students' tuition, said SEN Ges. Buogina, R-Shawnee, who heads the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
The proposal, which is under consideration by the Ways and Means Committee, would raise money for KU's law school by charging an additional $20 a credit hour the first year, $30 the second year and $40 thereafter.
Bogina said some legislators felt uneasy about the concept of having a specific fee for a specific purpose.
"It's a road that many people here, including myself, are very cautious in traveling," he said.
State Sen. Don Smith, D-Dodge City,
addressed a full session of the House
on Thursday to voice concern about
the memo. Smith, his father, brother
and two sons attended Washburn's
law school.
Bogina said he thought the memo would not help in persuading legislators to enact the proposal.
"I would like to think this would not affect (KU's) budget," he said Friday. "He's not the whole law school; he's just a dean. I don't have any vendetta against the University or even Bob Jerry — I don't even know the guy."
"Quite a few people are not very pleased with those comments," he said. "The repercussions are still rolling around up here."
Where the grads are
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, who graduated from KU,$^{1}$ also said that the memo would not affect how legislators voted on KU's budget, and that the memo was just bad public relations.
Here is a statistical breakdown of the KU law school and the Washburn law school.
Several other legislators said that
QUICK FACTS
■ Five out of seven Kansas Supreme Court justices are Washburn graduates.
■ 75 out of 146 Kansas district judges are Washburn graduates.
Sources: Associate Dean, Washburn School of Law, AU School of Law Profile
"For many of us looking at how to spend dollars in terms of investing in the state, KU looks pretty shaky," said State Rep. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Topeka, who earned a master's degree from KU. "It's seen by people here as a pretty cheap shot."
the dean's comments were particularly inappropriate because of the number of Washburn graduates that stayed in the state to practice after graduation.
"If there's a positive that comes out of all this, it's that people in the legislature know more about Washburn school than ever before." Hensley said.
State Sen. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, one of 14 of 17 state legislators who attended Washburn, Fortv-two legislators attended KU.
Steve Robinson, Kansas assistant coach, left, Coach Roy Williams and Kevin Stallings, assistant coach, watch the final moments of the Nebraska game. The Jahawks lost 68-64 westerday.
'Huskers shuck'Hawks
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska turned a nine-point halftime deficit into a four-point victory yesterday and upset the No. 3 Kansas men's basketball team 68-64. It was Hawks' first Big Eight Conference loss of the season.
As Nebraska freshman forward Terrance Badgett capped the game with a slam dunk, the Nebraska fans stormed the court in a frenzy and the Jayhawks walked into the locker room with their heads hanging low.
The loss ended any hopes of Kansas finishing the conference season 14-0.
Kansas coach Roy Williams gave credit to a Nebraska team that had been outscored and outbounded in the game.
"I think our team played well in the first half." Williams said. "I felt glad about what we had done. In the second half, we didn't take good shots, and we lost our noise a little bit."
Only one Jayhawk, junior forward Steve Woodberry,
scored in double figures. He finished with 17 points.
Kansas State plays at Missouri tonight, and if the Wildcats win, they will be tied with the Jayhawks for first place in the conference.
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
Members of the Kansas basketball team watch helplessly from the bench as their teammates struggle against the Cornhuskers. Kansas has lost at Nebraska three years in a row.
fough times in Lincoln
Nebraska coach Danny Nee is 6-1 against Kansas teams in the Devaney team in Lincoln. Here she's finished after weekends action.
Kansas 5-1 18-3
Kansas St. 4-1 17-6
Missouri 3-2 14-6
Oklahoma St. 4-3 13-4
Iowa St. 4-3 14-6
Nebraska 3-4 15-7
Oklahoma 2-4 14-7
Colorado 0-7 8-11
Iowa state 94, Colorado 74
Oklahoma State 83, Oklahoma 76
Nebraska 88, Kansas 64
Tonight's game:
10am game: 8:30/ESPN
Complete coverage of KU-Nebraska PAGE 9
Going to Extremes
Literature from about 8,000 radial left-wing and right-wing groups fills the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements at the University. Laird Wilcox, Olathe resident and author, spent three decades compiling the collection, the largest of its kind
See story. Page 5.
Vegetarianism popular at KU
By Jess DeHaven
Kansan staff writer
Leonardo Da Vinci, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein and even Mister Rogers have advocated it, and KU students seem to be taking their cue.
Vegetarian meals have been available in the residence hall cafeterias for more than 10 years but were added to the official menu only three years ago, said Peggy Smith, associate director of student housing.
It's vegetarianism, and it has seen increased popularity in Lawrence and on campus.
Ann Chapman, a dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that there always had been a demand for information about vegetarian lifestyles.
Chapman said that while vegetarian diets were generally healthier, it
was necessary for vegetarians, especially those who ate only vegetables, to make sure they got enough of the right vitamins and minerals. These include vitamin B-12, iron and calcium.
Chapman said that she never had seen a malnourished vegetarian and stressed that, as with most people, the tendency was to be overwornished rather than undernourished.
Kriss Madell, a receptionist for the School of Journalism, said she became a vegetarian in April 1989 after she took a health course at Washburn University.
"I decided to try it for the rest of the semester and never went back," she
Madell said she did not have difficulty finding something to eat when dining out. She said that Lawrence restaurants in particular always had vegetarian items on their menus.
"Sometime when I ask for my meal without an meat in it, they act like animals."
Most of the problems she encounters are in Meriden, where she lives.
I any meat in it, they lick like an from a different planet," she said. Leigh Bowersock, a djuequerque, N.P., pulled out some meat eating meat in spring 1901 because she came to realize how unhealthy it was.
Bowensock said that she took vitamin B-12 and iron to supplement her.
"I gossiped out," she said. "My family had steak for dinner every Sunday night, and over time I came to realize how disgusting it was."
"I'm not as healthy as I'd like to be," she said. "I still need to cut down on fatty foods, but I do feel that vegetarianism has made me a more healthy person."
Leigh Bowersock, Albuquerque, N.M., sophomore,
prepares a vegetarian meal of rice and Moto Tofu.