University Daily Kansan, April 7, 1983
Page 9
Debra Bates/KANSAN
Living groups cash in on grades contest
This couple finds a quiet moment to contemplate the view of the Spencer Research Library from a second-story window of Strong Hall.
By WARREN BRIDGES Staff Reporter
Hashinger Hall, Sellards Scholarship Hall and Stoffler Place buildings 20-28 will all receive $100 as first prize in the Alderson Memorial Scholarship contest, the director of the office of residential programs said yesterday.
The money, offered in the memory of Donald Alderson, former dean of student services and long-time KU administrator who died in November 1981, was awarded to three wineries on the campus living groups fall two grade point averages.
1982 FRED MCELHENIE, ORP director,
said that in addition to the monetary
prize, Hashinger and Sellars would
receive a traveling trophy that would
be given to the first place winners in
the future.
All of the first-place winners also will
Kansas State Second-place winners receive $50 and third-place winners receive $25, McEhenie said.
have their names inscribed on a plaque in the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The top residence hall was Hashinger with a GPA of 2.79. GSP-Corbin Hall and Oliver Hall tied for second with GPAs of 2.75.
McElhenie said that GSP-Corbin and Oliver would divide the second- and third-place awards.
The top three scholarship halls were Sellards, 3.61, Grace Pearson Hall, 3.44, and Pearson Hall, 3.41.
JANET RINTOUL, GARDEN City senior and president of Sellards, said the hall's residents were dedicated to learning and had great respect for one another.
"I'm delighted that we won," she said. "The girls are always willing to
help each other, and it never gets really loud."
Glenn Allen, resident director of Hashinger Hall, said he thought his hall's winning the competition reflected the academic efforts of the hall's residents.
He said, "Because Hashinger is the only creative arts hall in the world, people think that those living in the hall are fairly shallow and not particularly academic.
"Our winning disproves that belief." The Stouffer Place apartments were divided into two groups for the contest, McElhene said.
The top two groups are group C, which includes buildings 20-28, with a GPA of 3.30, and group A, buildings up to number 9, with a GPA of 3.15.
HE SAID THE SCHOLARSHIP was the original idea of J.J. Wilson, director of the KU housing department.
Wilson said that he hoped the
scholarship would motivate students to have a little fun, but also maintain academic excellence.
academic excellence "Any incentive is good." Wilson said. "Competition can be over-stressed, but I also think it can be helpful. Students perform better in response to peer pressure."
THE SCHOLARSHIP, GIVEN this week for the first time, will be given each semester. Although monetary prizes will continue to be awarded to the top three halls each semester in the future, McEhlenese said, any hall that increases its GPA from the previous semester will receive $50.
He said the money, awarded by the housing department, could be used for either cultural or educational uses. The hall must submit a plan on how the house will be paid to McElhene, who will then determine whether to grant the request.
Businessmen criticize downtown redevelopment
By NED STAFFORD Staff Reporter
Many downtown property and business owners presented their views on the city's proposed downtown redevelopment plan to city officials ahead of Tuesday. "I like it."
John Sorell
Avaite people who would be affected by the plan, accepted in principle by the Lawrence City Commission last month, attended the meeting, which was conducted by City Manager Buford Watson.
The plan, called Scheme 4, has been proposed by Sizeler Tree Co. Inc., Kenner, La., and would be built in an area bordered by Massachusetts and Rhode Island streets and Seventh and Ninth streets.
The proposed redevelopment would include a department store on the northeast corner of Massachusetts Street, the r-reouting of New Hampshire Street to within 40 feet of Rhode Island Street, and several small stores in the area of the present Rhode Island Street.
ITWOULD REQUIRE THE purchase and demolition of some buildings in the area.
Bill Andes, owner of the Frame Up, 14 E. Eighth St., asked what would happen to the small businesses downtown if the shopping center was built
"We have a lot of mom-and-pop-type businesses in Lawrence," he said. "And a mail doesn't typically have mom-and-pop-type businesses."
He said he could not understand why the city had to bring in new business
"We as citizens of Lawrence are not only to let them come in, but help support them with a low overhead so they can compete against us," he said.
HE ALSO ASKED WHAT would
he do to the small businesses.
Massachusetts Street if their rents were raised as a result of the shopping center.
Watson said, "Your points are well taken. The only thing I can say is we're not here to dupe you, we're here to listen."
Lance Burr, a local attorney and owner of the Dynamo Ballroom, 737 New Hampshire St., read a list of concerns that he asked Watson to relay to the commission for their consideration.
The list mentioned the city's use of eminent domain and the present lack of a specific program to relocate affected businesses.
"I still think this project can be built around existing structures," Burr said. Mike Amyx and David Longhurst, who were elected to the City Commission Tuesday and who are both downtown businessmen, also attended the meeting.
AMYX SAID HE WAS concerned about traffic problems and space for employee parking if the shopping center were built.
The 800 jobs that Sizeler has said the development would provide could be a mixed blessing, he said.
Three hundred people who are currently making $6 an hour might be displaced, he said, to be replaced by 800 people who made $3.35.
Amyx said after the meeting, "I've said in the last few weeks there are a lot of unanswered questions and tonight a lot of them were raised."
LARRY MCGLINN, owner of Paint Supply Inc., 804 New Hampshire St., said he wanted to see progress in the downtown area and did not want to see a suburban mall built. But he said he did not think Scheme 4 was the right plan.
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