University Daily Kansan, November 14. 1983
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NEWS BRIEFSEm From Area Staff and Wire Reports
Probation ordered for girl in criminal abortion case
Saying he wanted to avoid two tragedies, Associate Douglas County District Judge Mike Elwell ordered probation Friday for a 17-year-old girl who had earlier pleaded guilty to criminal abortion.
Elwell ordered Martha Renee Lacapa to return to her parents in Wisconsin, to enroll in college, to continue therapy individually and with her family, and to either find employment or do volunteer work. Elwell ordered her to abstain from alcohol during the two-year probation period.
Lacapa had been arrested in September in connection with the death of her newborn son, who was found between two concrete culverts on the campus of Haskell Indian Junior College. She pleaded guilty on Oct. 24 to criminal abortion.
In ordering probation, Elwell said he wanted to avoid "the loss of a child and the loss of the mother as a productive person."
Mark Gleason, a court services officer, said that Lacapa had marked the abortion because she did not want to hurt her family, especially her baby.
Man hit by car is listed as critical
A 27-year-old Overland Park man, struck by a car early Friday morning after he had pushed a woman out of its path, remained in hospital.
William R. Hutton, 27, was struck at 2:05 a.m. Friday after he had pushed Lisa Pulliam, 21, 1708 W. Fifth Street, out of a car's path about 300 feet north of 23rd and Iowa steets.
Police said Hutton and Pulliam had been in a car accident and had gotten out of their cars to look for damage. They were standing in the [8]
Hutton yelled and then pushed Pulliam out of the car's path. The car struck Pulliam's car, swerved and struck Hutton's car. Hutton was pinned under Pulliam's car, police said.
Pulliam was grazed by the car but was uninjured, police said. The driver of the car was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and was scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Bill ousting Clark to be withdrawn
A Student Senate bill asking for the removal of the Senate's Election Committee chairman will be withdrawn this week, the bill's sponsor $sponsor
Charles Lawhorn, the Senate's Student Services Committee chairman and sponsor of the bill, said he was eliminating the bill because of time constraints. He said that the bill would have come up for review on Wednesday, which is the midway point of this year's student elections.
Lawhern said that turning the election management over to a new person would require a period of adjustment for that person and that a new person would need
Lawhorn, along with senators Cheri Brown and Chris Coffelt, introduced the bill two weeks ago. Lawhorn said they thought Jim Clark, the Election Committee chairman, was ineffective in his position. They also charged that Clark had collaborated with members of the Priority Coalition in influencing a committee decision. Clark denied both charges.
Suspects sought for Atchison killing
ATCHISON — Police interviewed several people yesterday but had no suspects in the stabbing death of a 20-year-old woman who was found in her mobile home over the weekend.
Detective Mike Wilson said Ronda Bell died between Friday night and early Saturday morning, but was not found until 6:29 p.m. Saturday.
"There was obviously a fight," Wilson said yesterday. "We do not know if there was a robbery. That doesn't appear to be the motive."
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KU financial-aid requests increase
By CHRISTY FISHER Staff Reporter
More students applied this year for financial aid at the University of Kansas than last year, even though they are reporting more income than in past years, according to a report released by the American College Testing Program.
Jerry Rogers, KU's director of financial aid, said yesterday that the report, the Profile of Financial Aid Applicants, was used to measure financial aid as a guide to help students know whether they qualify for financial aid.
THE INCREASE IN applicants, he said, didn't necessarily mean students and families were poorer, because financial aid officers do not know whether those students have actually enrolled and have accepted aid.
This year, 7,297 students applied for financial aid at KU and 82 percent of them were eligible to receive it. The student was up by 104 students over last year.
However, the report does give financial and effort an idea of who the principal is.
Family Financial Aid packet and have had it processed by Aug. 3. The final report will be released by ACT in the spring.
Of the 7,297 students who applied for financial aid at KU, 37 percent were freshmen, 18 percent were sophomores, 18 percent were juniors and 20 percent were seniors. Seven percent were graduate and professional students.
The report surveys financial aid applicants who have filled out an ACT
"More freshmen usually apply because they have never applied before and they don't know whether they are eligible," Rogers said. "Since an awful lot probably couldn't get it, they didn't apply again."
SEVENTY-FOUR PERCENT of those students were claimed as dependents on their parents' tax returns. The average dependent student came from a family of about four, and one or two family members were obtaining a post-secondary education. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed indicated that their parents were married. Fifty-two percent of the families had two incomes. The average age of the older parent was 48 years.
Dependent students need an average of $2,942 in financial aid a $143 merit award.
The parents of these students had an an average income of $27,874, with 19% of them in the lowest income bracket.
While parents were earning more, students expected to earn less but saved more — raising the amount they had to spend on education by $44.
savings and checking accounts of $3,902. The total of these was up by $5,778 from the previous year.
THE MEAN CONTRIBUTION for the needy dependent student was $1,139 by the parent and $872 by the student. Parents were expected to contribute more, and students were expected to contribute less.
"A lot of those figures are not very valid because they are not actual figures, they are anticipated earnings," Rogers said.
Other factors considered in the determining the students financial aid were if the students' parents owned their own homes, and the home's equity and any other investments or property were taken into account.
KU exceeds charity goal for first time
SELF-SUPPORTING students made up of the other 26 percent of those surveyed.
According to averages in the report, a self-supporting student has 1.6 family members, with 1.1 obtaining a post-graduate degree and about a percent of these students are married.
Self-supporting students needed $0.006 this year up $1.249 from last year.
For the first time since United Fund workers can remember, the University of Kansas surpassed its United Fund goal.
Contributions narrowly exceeded KU's $50,000 goal. Money from the fund will help finance 23 social businesses in the Lawrence community.
During the 6% week campus, which ended Friday, students, faculty and other University staff contributed $502,74 to the United Fund, Max Lucas, chairman of the campus campaign, said yesterday.
"People who have been involved with it don't remember the last time we met our goal," he said.
By the Kansan Staff
Lucas, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said that KU faculty, retired faculty, students and staff cooperated in the campaign and showed their interest in helping several community services in Lawrence. KU students in residence halls and in fraternities sponsored activities to raise money for the United Fund.
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