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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102,NO.87
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27.1993
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Superfan banned from Allen
joe Zielinski, Captain Jayhawk, took flight at a men's basketball game during the 1990-91 season.
Field house security expels alumnus known as Captain Jayhawk
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
When Joe Zielinski switched the名plateons on a scoreboard Monday night, it did not change the outcome of the Jayhawk basketball game with Long Beach State.
But it did result in Zielinski being suspended from Allen Field House for the rest of the season. Joe Zielinski, known as Captain Jayhawk to KU football and basketball fans before he graduated last May, will be prevented from entering the field house by ticket vendors.
"I've never felt so bad in my life," Delnski said.
"It's not as if I threw something."
Bob Frederick, athletic director, said the action was in accordance with an Athletic Department policy that prohibits anyone from interfering with the game or with the management of the game.
He said he could not recall anyone being suspended from the field house for a season.
Zielinski said he took notice of a surly Allen Field House crowd with five minutes left in the game and the Jayhawks behind by 20 points. He described the situation as "tense."
Even though he is no longer a student, Zielinski still sees himself as a crowd motivator. So he reached down to the scoreboard hanging above the Kansas team's entrance and switched the Guest nameplate with the Kansas nameplate.
"It was near the end of the game, and everyone was so depressed," Zielinski said. "I thought I would just fix it so Kansas would win."
At that time Frederick began running toward the scoreboard. He then alerted security to remove Zielinski from the game.
"I was afraid he was going to take it," Frederick said, "and I didn't want him to do that."
Zielinski said he was taken to a room and told to fill out a report stating what he did and whether he acted alone. When he completed the report, Darren Cook, athletic facilities director, informed him he would no longer be allowed to attend Jayhawk basketball games.
Zielinski was warned, Cook said, and now he is out for the season.
Cook said he was following policy, and what Zielinski did could not be tolerated.
Until this season, Zielinski was known as the unofficial mascot of the Kansas basketball and football teams. He tied a Kansas wall banner
Zielinski said he was not given a fair warning. One student was warned for turning the guest sign upside down earlier in the game, but Zielinski said he did not hear the warning. However, he said, it was by talking with the warned student that Zielinski learned the signs were removable, and that gave him the idea to change the plates.
around his shoulders to resemble a cape and wore half a basketball on his head. He was introduced to thousands of football fans before running out on the field before the start of the game and was thrown into the air by the student section while the nee band played "Hev!"
Zielinski said he was going to call Frederick and Cook about the possibility of lifting his suspension, and he said he was encouraged when Cook
But for now, Captain Jayhawk will have to watch the game on TV.
told him in the room he may not have received a fair warning.
"I've camped out, I've dressed up, and I've supported Jayhawk basketball for years without asking for anything in return," Zielinski said. "I really feel cheated."
Regents form group to study minority issues
More funding for programs is panel's goal
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
In a move that some KU minority leaders see as positive, the Board of Regents approved Thursday the formation of a group to address minority issues on Kansas college campuses.
The group will consist of nine members, including two members of the Students' Advisory Committee, two Faculty Senate presidents, and a Regents board member. It will be finalized in February when each subcommittee of the group chooses its members.
Jackie McClaskey, president of the Students' Advisory Committee and Kansas State student body president, first recommended September to appoint a task force to study multiculturalism and minority issues. The Regents recommended that McClaskey get more input from different councils and then report back in January.
Minority faculty recruitment and representation, the recruitment of minority students, and academic and social support for those students were some of the issues that concerned the committee, McClaskey said.
As soon as the group is formed, it will begin a study of multiculturalism and diversity at campuses across Kansas. They will report back to the Regents by January 1994 with recommendations based on their observations.
McClaskey said this will help make minority issues a priority at Kansas universities, which will increase the amount of funding received by diversity programs.
"Minority issues are getting dropped from the list when it comes time to fund these programs,"
Board of Regents
McClaskey said. "The board needed to show it was a priority."
James Baucom, Black Student Union president, said he thought this would help student minority programs receive more state funding.
"State money just doesn't get to the student level." Bacum said.
Octavo Hinojosa, president of the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization, said the Regents decision would expose minority issues to the state.
"This is a big plus," Hinojosa said.
However, both Baucom and Hin乔osa expressed concerns about how the panel would be formed and what the panel would recommend.
Hinjoosa said he wanted the panel to be sensitive to minority concerns and for each person on the panel to have had exposure to the ideals of minorities.
"They must be able to tolerate all cultures and be able to show some effort for those individuals." he said.
Baucom said he hoped to see some action taken once the panel is in place.
"I don't want this to be another task force that just makes recommendations that don't mean anything," he said.
Baucom and Hinojosa both said they had recommendations to give to the panel.
"I hope they know who to go to," Hinoioa said.
McClaskey said it was up to student leaders at each university to contact minority groups so that their voices could be heard.
"We hope to send each group a letter letting them know who is on the panel, so if they want to contact them they will be able to." she said.
McClaskey said she thought this would be a good step toward solving some minority issues.
Stafford, Perkins loans may be subtracted from fee statements
By Brady Prauser
Kansan staff writer
Sara Hinkeldey is not a big fan of the University of Kansas' fee payment process.
Hinkeldey, Des Moines, Iowa,
junior, had to pay the University $100
to save her enrollment this semester
because her Stafford Student Loan
check had not arrived by enrollment
time. Then she had to pay an additional
$50 to be able to pay her tuition
later.
"I was very aggravated and thought it was unnecessary because the University knew the money was coming," she said.
However, Hinkeldey's aggravation could come to an end next year when the Office of Financial Aid adds Stafford and Perkins Student Loans to the electronic fee payment process.
If recipients of those two loans have not received their checks by enrollment, they must either pay in full or receive a credit with the university from dropping their enrollment.
Currently, those two loans are not subtracted from students' fee statements like other loans because they are not implemented in the University's electronic fee payment process.
system inconvenienced her when she enrolled for this semester.
Adding the two loans to electronic fee payment would apply the money directly to the student's account with the University, eliminating the need to pay a deposit to save one's enrollment.
"At Christmas-time, I didn't have $100," she said. "I found it, but it wasn't like it was readily available." He borrowed the money from her parents.
Obtaining that money can be a problem. Hinkeldev said the fee payment
either in Fall 1993 or Spring 1994.
The Office of Student Financial Aid, the Comptroller's Office and the Computer Center are implementing the program. Comptroller Katie Shinham said that the program would start
She said adding the new system would benefit students.
"We don't want them to have to cough up the money twice, paying the deposit money on the front end, and then the loan," she said. "It's a hardship for some of the students to find money and this is a service to them."
The new system also would eliminate the need for students to stand in line at the Kansas Union to receive their checks, since the checks would be electronically transmitted to the students' accounts like other loans, said Diane Del Bueno, director of financial aid.
"Steps can be eliminated completely for students," she said. "It will be more accurate and efficient. I feel everyone benefits from it."
Del Bueno said that the new system would enable her office to process the loans more efficiently and allow her staff to devote more time to processing loans because loan information that now is verified manually would be done by computer.
Although adding the two loans to electronic fee payment would eliminate the need for students to stand in line at the Union or pay a deposit to the enrollment, DelBuena said it would not speed up the arrival of loan checks.
The reason the checks arrived late was because the students either applied late for their Perkins loans or did not complete the proper forms with a bank for their Stafford loans. Perkins loans are funded through University and federal money. Stafford loans are funded by banks.
"If got their application the week of fee payment, I could not possibly have their check, too," Del Bueno said.
About 6,700 KU students received Stafford loans and S93 received Perkins loans in the 1982-83 school year. The Office of Financial Aid Office and the Office of Financial Aid
Home-brewed beer is a simple and creative alternative to drinking the store-bought varieties.
January temperature causes increase in heating bills
Brew your own beer
See story. Page 9.
CORRECTION
An information box on the front page of Monday's Kansan contained incorrect information. Students can pick up their enrollment stickers at windows one and two of the Office of the University Registrar, 121 Strong Hall.
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
As temperatures fall, students can expect their heating bills to rise. But coping with high heating costs will be even more difficult this year than in the past.
Current January statistics indicate a 52 percent increase in the number of heating degree days compared with the same period in 1902, and Larsia Johus, director of customer and support services at Kauai Public Service.
A heating degree day is a unit of measurement that compares the weather's severity from one period to another, Johns said.
Nikole Hendricks, Anchorage, Alaska, junior, watched the price of heating her one-bedroom apartment double in the last two months with the onset of winter.
"I don't go out as much as I used to, but I still have food on the table," she said.
If students are unable to pay their bills, they are not in danger of their electricity or gas being turned off if the temperature drops.
Kausan's Cold Weather Rule states that a person's electricity or gas cannot be turned off if forecasters predict that the temperature will drop below 35 degrees within a 48 hour period, Johns said.
Another option available helps prevent extremely high or low bills.
"As long as they call and let us know, we try very hard to work with everyone who needs the help." Johnson said.
Students unable to pay their bills should contact KPS or Kansas Power and Light to notify them of the situation, and the companies will set up a payment plan for the student, said Steve Johnson, KPIL division manager.
The plan requires a student to pay an average monthly fee all year. Credit builds during months when the bills are not as high, Johns said.
*Turn down all thermostats (heater, air conditioner and water heater) during vacations.
*Take showers rather than baths to save hot water*
*Make sure all refrigerator door gaskets are sealing
*Operate dishwasher only when you have a full load.
*Clean refrigerator and condenser coils yearly.
*Use the correct water level setting for the laundry you are washing or only wash when you have a full load.
*Dry full load instead of small ones, but don't overload.
*Use the lowest water temperature setting that will give you the desired results.