University Daily Kansan, April 3, 1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA News briefs from staff and wire reports
Two win national awards to pursue teaching careers
Linda R. Knappenberger, Lawrence senior, and Cynthia E. Patton, Parsons students, were among 117 college seniors and recent graduates nationwide to win fellowships given by the Andrew W. Mellon University School of Law, established in 1983 by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Two KU seniors have won Mellon Fellowships, designed to ensure the pursuit of graduate study by creative persons with a commitment to teaching, for graduate study in preparation for careers as scholars and teachers in the humanities.
Each award pays a cash stipend of $7,500 and covers tuition and fees, which may run as high as $10,500 in 1984-85. The fellowship is designed to support students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree.
Knappenberger plans to study philosophy and teach moral philosophy at a university. Patton plans to study English literature.
KU debate teams fail to reach finals
The two KU debate teams competing in the National Debate Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday failed in their bid to rank in the top 16 debate teams in the nation, thus eliminating them from competing in the final rounds of this prestigious tournament.
Although the team of David Rhosaa, Salina junior, and Jerry Gaines, Houston junior, was ranked in the top 16 teams by the National Debate Tournament Committee before the tournament, the team failed to maintain that standing after four days of debate in the elimination
The other KU debate team of Eric Christensen, Nampa, Idaho, senior, and Jim Reed, St. Louis junior, also failed to qualify in the final rounds of the tournament, which began yesterday morning.
State administrator to speak tonight
Marvin Harder, secretary of the Kansas department of administration, will speak tonight at a meeting of the KU Classified Senate in room 305 of the Frank R. Burge Union.
Harder will be available at 8 p.m. to answer questions on the recently established state health insurance commission, classified employees relations with the Board of Regents and other employee concerns, said Joe Collins, president of Classified Senate.
A local Energy Action Committee also will address the Senate at 7:30 on the relation between the city's utilities and the Kansas Corporation Commission.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. with regular Senate business. All classified employees are invited to attend.
14 fraternities begin rush on Friday
Spring rush for 14 fraternities at the University of Kansas will be Friday through Sunday. Rush begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. The names of those who pledge will be announced at 7 p.m. Sunday.
About 100 freshmen and sophomores will participate in spring rush, said Scott Nations, vice president for public relations for the Interfraternity Council. Of the 100, Nations said, about 75 will probably pledge a house.
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Twelve KU members of IFC will not take part in spring rush. The 14 houses participating are Alpha Kappa Lambda, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi, Kappa Sigma,Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Tha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta X and Triangle.
Registration for rush ends April 5. Registration costs $10, and forms are available in the IFC office, 120B Kansas Union. There will be an optional meeting at 7 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Union for those wanting to participate in spring rush.
Water level falls in Kansas regions
Results of the survey taken by state and federal water agencies show "we are still mining the water from the Ogallala formation," said Lloyd Stulkens, hydrologist with U.S. Geological Survey.
GARDEN CITY — Water levels in west and south-central Kansas declined an average of 6 inches in 1983, but the level in Seward County increased 3.2 feet, officials said yesterday.
However, Stuillen said the decreases were "certainly much improved over what it's been in the past."
Water level measurements were made in about 1,450 wells in January and February by the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Both agencies attribute the slower decline during the past two years to above-average rainfall in some areas, which alleviated some of the need for irrigation pumping.
A LAWRENCE MAN reported that stereo equipment worth about $320 was stolen Thursday morning from his car while it was parked in the 2300 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
SCHMIDTS RETAIL LIQUOR STORE, 910 N. Second St., was burglarized Friday night, and $406 worth of merchandise was stolen, Lawrence police said. The burglar apparently entered the store through an air-conditioning vent, police said. Police have no suspects.
ON THE RECORD
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that his stereo, worth $330, was stolen Thursday night or Friday morning from his unlocked car while it was parked in the 500 block of Wisconsin Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that $387 worth of fishing equipment was stolen from the bed of his pickup truck while it was parked in the 1700 block of West Fifth Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that his lawn mower, worth $2,000, was stolen from his home in the 2500 block of Missouri Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
police said.
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that a propeller worth $375 was stolen from his boat while it was parked in the 200 block of North Crestine Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that his 1970 Chevrolet was stolen from its parking space in the 1000 block of East 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The vehicle has not been recovered.
A LAWRENCE MAN REPORTED that his 1980 Triumph automobile, its value not yet reported, was stolen from its parking space in the 300 block of North Iowa Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
A KU STUDENT REPORTED that her car windsheild, worth $250, was broken while the car was parked overnight in the Frank R. Burge Union parking lot. KU police said. Police have no suspects.
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WHERE TO CALL
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Ice storm leaves scars on Lawrence landscape
By GRETCHEN DAY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Two weeks ago on the eve of spring, the weather dealt a heavy blow, and the area will continue to feel the sting throughout the summer.
The tree-lined avenues and wooded parks of Lawrence and the University of Kansas lost some of their beauty because many trees suffered severe damage from the ice storm on March 18, and crews are still sweeping up the remains, University and Lawrence officials said.
ANOTHER 100 TREES suffered severe damage and will be monitored through the summer, he said.
Jim Mathes, KU assistant director of landscape maintenance for facilities operations, said the University lost 53 of its almost 17,000 trees. The 53 trees were so severely damaged that they couldn't be saved.
Although the exact dollar-loss has not been determined, Mathes estimated that the loss of trees would exceed $100,000.
Trees on the main campus received the most damage, he said, because underground cables have weakened the buildings and are one of the buildings acts like wind turbines.
"It's something that's hard to measure," he said. "Up here, the alumni and the students place a lot of value on our trees."
Mathes said that the trees that had been pruned for dead branches suffered the least amount of damage. Russian forest officials and elms were hurt the most on campus.
majestic American Elm near the Military Science building, lost only three branches, he said, because it had been trimmed two weeks before the
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Facilities operations crews have not been able to clean up some areas off the main streets on campus because the weather was so wet to support trucks. Mathes said.
ALTHOUGH THE STORM will not affect spring growth, Mathes said, crews will be picking up the remains of damaged trees all summer.
Fallen trees and branches have been hauled out to a rubble dump on West Campus, cut up for firewood for Nunemaker Center and the chancellor's residence, or chipped up to use in flower and shrub beds, he said.
Fred DeVictor, Lawrence director of parks and recreation, said that city
crews had been working as quickly as possible to clean up the refuse but that they hadn't yet begun to clean up the city's parks.
The city had opened two areas for residents to bring fallen limbs, he said, but the areas were closed to the public because they were overflowing.
DeVictor said that people could bring trees to the landfill, cut them up for firewood or hire someone else to haul them away.
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DeVietor said that not since 1973 had the city's trees suffered such severe灾情.
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The city will also pick up tree refuse from the right-of-ways if limbs are bundled according to specifications, he said. The bundles must be no larger than 5 feet long and 18 inches in diameter.
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