The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Vol. 93, No. 104 USPS 650-640
Candidates may file suit in Senate election fight
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
The leader of the Momentum Coalition said yesterday that he and his running mate would file suit in Douglas County District Court for alleged election irregularities and fraud in last fall's Student Senate elections.
hail student selection. All allegations include ballot stuffing and election malpractice, said Kevin Walker, the unsuccessful student body presidential candidate. Walker and David Teopeori, Richmond, British Columbia, junior, were defeated by Lisa Ashner and Jim Cramer.
Walker, Webster Groves, Mo., junior, said he followed advice in a letter he received from David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, and appealed the election to the University Judicial Review Board immediately after the election.
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In HIS LETTER, Ambler said, "I personally believe that the judicial board will consider this matter in a fair and expeditious manner. They are the proper body to consider this issue and they have the necessary authority to enforce their decisions."
their decisions.
But Walker said he had learned that the board did not have the power to enforce the decisions it made, so he would take his appeal to court.
Lonnie Rose, chairman of the judicial board, said that the University Senate Code and Rules and Regulations gave the board the right to recommend solutions to certain University problems, but no power to enforce its decisions.
problem, so he had to walk. Walker said he was not sure when he would file suit against the Senate because he needed to consult his attorney first.
Sensate elections:
"WE ASKED THAT this be done immediately following the election," Walker said. "But it was not done."
After last fall's election, Walker asked election officials to compare the number of registrations with the number of ballots. Students must sign a registration form when they vote in Student
not take.
Walker said that at a recent meeting of those involved in the election appeal, Elena Brena, last semester's elections committee chairman, said she had checked for irregularities by matching the voter registration forms with the number of people who voted for president and vice president in the election.
president in the election.
"As far as I'm concerned, the registration forms were evidence and the evidence has now been tampered with." Walker said.
been unstuffed 4,688.
He said that if he was correct and the ballot boxes had been stuffed, then there should have been more ballots than people registered.
See APPEAL page 5
By ANGELA HOISINGTON Staff Reporter
A Student Senate committee yesterday approved by acclamation a petition opposing a bill in the Kansas Legislature that would allow the state to charge higher tuition fees to foreign students.
without a formal announcement, the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday endorsed the bill, which would establish a separate residence category for students who citizen status. Foreign students pay the same amount of tuition as out-of-state students.
The bill will now go the full House for consideration.
LOREN BUSBY, A student senator who introduced the petition to the Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee, called the residency bill "grossly unfair."
"If Student Senate doesn't stand up and fight against this, then we're sending a signal to the students who are at KU from other countries saying we wouldn't give a damn about them and wouldn't care to represent them," he told the committee.
The petition was written by Busy and former student senators Jan Fink and Terri Reicher.
student senator's son 1 and his father.
Busby is a legislative intern to State Rep. Ruth
Luzzati, D-Wichita, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee who voted against the bill.
Busby said the issue was, perhaps, "the most important issue to face Student Senate this year."
"Tuition increases are inevitable," he said, "but you just can't single out one group."
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS largely prompted passage of the bill, he said. Committee members complained that foreign students received a good education at KU and then left the country to use their knowledge against the United States.
United States.
Proponents of the bill have said that special English classes for foreign students warrant an increase in fees.
If the petition passes the full Student Senate,
State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, will
introduce it on the House floor, Busy said.
In further action, the committee failed to pass a resolution that would have mandated a written confirmation from student body president Lisa Ashner that her administration would follow the proper procedure in the future in financing printing done by student groups.
printing house. The resolution was submitted by John Rodgers, graduate student senator, on behalf of Latin American Solidarity, which has alleged improper funding practices by Student Senate treasurer, Terry Frederick.
Debra Bates/KANSAN
Chancellor Gene  B. Budig initiated the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Haworth Hall addition yesterday
afternoon, James Pickert, chairman of the Kansas Board of Rezerts, stands behind Budig. See related story page 11.
EPA authorizes Times Beach buy-out
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TIMES BEACH, Mo. — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that $33 million would be spent in an unprecedented federal buy-out of homes and businesses in dioxin-contaminated Times Beach.
EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford said the town also would be placed on the national priority list for Superfund monies.
She said the EPA would allocate to the Federal Emergency Management Agency $33 million for buy-out, at the option of Times Beach residences and businesses.
and obesities.
Burford made the announcement at a news conference nearby Eureka, but said she knew Times Beach residents were either present in the motel meeting room or outside where her remarks were carried on a public address system.
system
"LET ME TALK to you directly because you are the people I have been very, very concerned about," she said. "I am as upset as all of you have
been over the uncertainty you have had to live with.
"I know how very distressing the situation has been for you. The president has had deep concern over the uncertainty."
After the announcement, Burford answered questions. One of the first questioners criticized the EPA for moving slowly on the dioxin danger at Times Beach.
"The underlying assumption is not accurate," Burford said. "The test results came to me last night. I acted as quickly as possible under the law."
Officials confirmed that the latest round of tests taken in January showed the dioxin contamination to be much worse than earlier believed.
believed.
PRELIMINARY TEST results showed contamination of as much as 300 parts dioxin per billion parts soil in much of the tiny St. Louis suburb. One part dioxin per billion parts soil is considered a significant health risk.
Money from the federal Superfund — a pool of money from a tax on chemical companies for cleaning up hazardous waste sites — will erase
90 percent of the cost. The remaining 10 percent will be paid by the state. ...
Under the buy-out proposal, appraisers will assess the value of the property before the flooding and before the loss of dioxin from the waste. The same known the government will then make an offer to the owner.
The government cannot force the property owners to sell their homes and businesses, but most of the town's 2,000 residents have indicated they want to sell. All but about 300 of the residents are enrolled in a program called Booch because of record flooding in December and the dioxin problem.
MOST OF THE residents of the town reacted with bitterweet toy to the announcement.
Evelyn Zutall, a resident, said, "This is the answer to all our prayers. It's what everybody wanted, except for very few people who don't realize the dangers we're in. People here have been desperate for any shred of hope for their futures — and this looks like it."
Clarence Stone, owner of the nearly abandoned Easy Living and Sherwond Gmobile mobile phone
24-hour banking machines plagued with frequent problems
Staff Reporter
By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
A person needing money in a hurry on a humid day might find himself out of luck if he tries to get money from an automatic teller machine.
get honey it is not used in the restaurant. When first introduced in 1973, the tellers were revolutionary because they could provide 24-hour service for customers.
But because of an elaborate security system, the machines often shut down for many reasons, marketing spokesmen for area banks said yesterday.
One reason is that the systems are sensitive to the weather, said David Smith, marketing and security consultant for the Lawrence National Bank.
BECAUSE HEAT AND humidity affect the tellers, the machines are located in air-conditioned booths, Smith said. If the temperature rises above 90 degrees, the computers will malfunction and lose their programs.
He said the machines also shut down when humidity caused the thin paper receipts to curl and get caught in the machine.
Dan Winter, security and marketing specialist for the First National Bank of Lawrence, agreed that the weather played an important part in the machines' operations.
"If the weather is humid, the money can stick together," he said. "But the machine stits itself off. There's no chance that someone can get more out of the machine than they are supposed to get."
Smith said cold weather did not harm the systems.
bank has conducted studies to determine the amount of cash each machine uses in a night. The teller's vault is stocked according to that figure.
Winter said human error could cause the machines to shut down. Sometimes depositors put their envelopes in crooked and jam the machine.
figure The machine may stop working if a bank
SMITH SAID fluctuation in electrical currents during power outages could foul up a machine
For security reasons, he declined to reveal how much money Lawrence National Bank kept in a teller's vault each night. But, he said, the
employee is updating records or customer accounts, he said, a procedure that usually takes
Mary Katztey, an employee of the Kansas
Union banking services, said Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association and First National Bank had installed automatic tellers at the Union.
"STUDENTS HAVE VERY few problems with the Capitol Federal system," she said. "It rarely goes down and it also cashes two-party checks, something that isn't done many places."
"But the other one, that is a different story. Some weeks it seems like it is broken once a day. And it eats students' cards."
The Union is not responsible for repairs of the machine, she said.
"Students come in to us to complain," she said. "It's a disappointment, especially when you need money fast."
Winter said First National was concerned over the number of teller-machine breakdowns.
the number of
"We advertise this great availability and then
the machines aren't working," he said. "Most of our problems stem from vandalism. People will try to lift the windows and get into the machines that way."
Weather
CLOUDY
Today will be cloudy with fog during the morning, becoming partly cloudy by afternoon. Highs will be around 55, with light and variable winds.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows in the 30s.
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with highs around 58.
Steve Casagrande, Derby freshman, relaxes in his roommate's hammock at West Hills apartments, 1012 Emery Rd..
Burritos; chicken, burgers lure KU students
Burritos, chicken, burgers lure KU students Local restaurants fight for diners' dollars
By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
When KU students go out for dinner, they have 96 Lawrence restaurants to choose from, or about one restaurant for every 229 students.
A hungry person can choose from tacos, burritos, hamburgers, pizza and fried chicken at
But competing for the diner's dollar is tough right now, several local restaurant owners and managers said this week.
mobility. But Summam, owner of Summam Foods Inc., said he was not planning any expansion until interest rates declined and the market picked up.
"Right now is a difficult time to be in the restaurant business," he said. "You had better hold on to what you've got."
Three Lawrence restaurants have gone out of business in the last six months. Schumm said he
expected that during the coming year more restaurants would go out of business than would enter the market.
"Lawrence is a very competitive town in that area. Lately, the price you receive for food isn't good enough to return a profit on the equity," he said.
Problems in the economy have affected the fast food market in the city, too.
Restaurants that last will end up with a larger market share. Schumm said.
Restaurants go out of business because of high overhead costs and oversaturation of the market.
hast food market in the city. All restaurants are spending more money on advertising to stay alive, said Lynn Herrington, manager of the Border Bandido, 1528 W. 23rd St.
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Sculmum said he had begun, advertising extensively in the last 18 months, which had helped his businesses survive in a time when others were closing.
now is pretty tough. People do not have the money to go out to dinner a lot," he said. "You have to give a lot to get a little."
Herrington said his restaurant was offering more special discounts on meals.
"This is good for the customer, but we don't make any good off of them," he said.
Jerry Guffey, manager of McDonald's, 901 W 23rd St., agreed.
"We are more conscientious than ever to try and supply a pleasant dining experience for our customers," he said. "But we can feel the punch."
Guffey said that he thought many restaurant patrons had lost their loyalty to the restaurant.
"There was a time when we were about the only hamburger place around; those days are over," he said. "Studies have shown that the decision of where to eat is often made by the children of a family. These kids have grown up with such a wide variety of places to choose from."
See FOOD page 5