Vol. 99, No. 28 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday October 5, 1988
PUBLISHED SINCE 1869 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
First of a two-part report on parking
Construction means lost spaces
By Mark Fagan
Kansas staff writer
"We can't blame it on
It has been called a problem. It has even been called a crisis. But no matter how much it hurts, the University of Kansas is a limited resource and its limitations continue to
enrollment this year," said Morris Fainam,
chairman of the parking board and professor of
the college.
Parking officials in the past have attributed the parking crunch in part to large jumps in enrollment, but this year, the Lawrence campus reported a drop of 286 students.
Instead, parking officials attribute the current parking problems to historical factors, recent policy changes and technology.
"It's a very difficult year with parking, Faiman said. "Spaces have decreased because of construction. We just have limited parking with an unlimited number of students."
Over the last 20 years, enrollment in the Lawrence campus increased by 12,267 students. One of the biggest reasons for this increase in students created a need for more faculty, staff and classroom space, resulting in a growing student body.
"Buildings, students, faculty and staff have
all increased. Parking hasn't increased at the same rate.' Faiman said.
In fact, the central part of KU's main campus contains 88 percent of people's destinations, but only 10 percent of the available parking spaces, as reported in 1967 study commissioned by the parking board.
'And it's not getting any better.
'Progress marches forth'
At least three lots on campus have been claimed by three major construction projects: the parking garage north of Allen Feltsen, the office building north of Hoech Auditorium and the Military Science Building, and the Robert Dole Human Development Center north of Sunnyside Avenue and east of
the total number of spaces on campus has decreased even more, but parking services does not know by how many, said Dona Hultine, assistant director of parking services.
Construction of the 776-space parking garage has had perhaps the greatest effect on parking facilities.
These three projects have caused a net loss of 47 mmu sags.
"What can I say?" Progress marches forth."
Ferrari man.
When ground was broken Sept. 6 on the two-to-four level structure, yellow permit holders lost the 141 spaces in lots 56 and 57 in front of the field house.
Don Kearns, director of parking services, said he hadn't received any complaints about the
But Bill Moseley, a student member of the parking board, said the change showed a lack of
"I think there's a mistake in philosophy," said Moseley. "The (parking) board seems to put out information about things that are not true."
I must the board took away 141 yellow spaces for the garage and did not make a serious effort to compensate yellow permit holders. Parking services did restreit lot 72 in front of the Burge
But overall, yellow zones have suffered a net loss of 120 spaces since the end of the spring
Parking officials said they did not know whether yellow permit holders would be able to park there.
Last year's parking board chairman, Ray Moore, said last year it was unlikely that the board would have a plan. Kearns said he would recommend to the parking board in October a plan for all-purpose parking at his office.
Kearns said the garage should be finished by next fall.
Another construction project, the new science library, has taken away 26 blue spaces west of
Please see PARKING o. 8. col. 1
Parking oversell formula unlikely
Because of changing situation, officials say strategy difficult to develop
Unlike other universities, the University of Kansas has never had one, nor is it likely to have one in the near future. said Don Kearns, director of parking
by Mark Fagan and Daniel Niemi Kensan staff writers
get Prices
Quaybell - selling more
Oversized parking permits than the number of spaces — is a necessary fact of life in parking. Kearns said, "Most of the constant daily turnover of students, faculty and staff, oversure guarantees that available parking spaces are used efficiently."
Overall torsion for perm access at KU this semester is 21 to 16 percent, according to figures from the University of Kentucky.
However, Kearns said it was too difficult to determine what a good overalls form for KU
Morris Faiman, chairman of the parking and professor of pharmacology and toxicology, said a 45 percent yellow overall spill in his office fell below this severity is 40.85 percent.
would be because of the changing parking conditions each semester.
Doula Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said she did not know what a good overall formula would be for KU. She said it is important to keep the cars in the parking industry for college camps.
But parking offices do not see overseas as the main factor in KU's parking problems.
However, parking officials say that if KU were to adhere to a specific overall formula — for example, restricting overall to 15 percent — it would mean someone would be denied the
For example, this semester, construction has caused a net loss of 47 spaces on main campus overall and to a 3 percent increase in total space required. The remaining spaces has increased a 1 percent compared with last year.
opportunity to buy a permit.
And parking officials say they don't like that idea.
"I feel as long as we can provide space, no matter whether a freshman or a senior, I want to do something."
Although KU parking officials don't want to set a specific oversell formula, other schools have resorted to oversell formulas to try to control their parking problems.
For example, two of KU's peer schools, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Iowa, limit the number of permits sold for campus parking.
Mary Cleyton, director of transportation and parking services at North Carolina, said North Carolina did not sell permits to part-time employees and lived within two miles of campus or freshmen.
Despite restrictions, oversell remains high. Clayton said North Carolina had about 10,100
Please see OVERSELL p. 8, col. 1
On to Omaha Campus groups will watch Bentsen, Quayle TV battle
By Barbara Joseph
Kansan staff writer
The two vice presidential candidates will square off tonight in Omaha, Neb. for their only debate of the campaign.
In the Democratic corner, Sen. Lloyd Benton of Texas will try to force a recount in the Republican corner, Sen Dan Quioyle of Indiana will need to contend with a vote on his ballot.
Here in Lawrence, the College Republicans will watch the debate on a big screen television in the third floor lobby at Ellsworth Hall.
KU Democrats will watch the debate in the lobby at McColm Hall, also in front of a big screen. Jayhawkers for Dukakis will have a Debate Watch Party at 431 17th Apt. 3. Kyle Kjernugen, president of the Jayhawkers, said the group would plan campaign strategy after
Neither party's county headquarters have anything planned.
Some students, however, said they would not be watching the debate.
Erenberg said he would watch something else on cable TV or do homework.
"Bentens, I know nothing about," she said. "Quagmire, I hear more about his military record and his college grades than his stand on things. I like to hear what he has to say on the phone or in seeing how he presents himself."
The 90-minute debate will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium in Omaka, Neb. It will be broadcast on ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN.
KU Med Center short on gloves
Sandi Wayland, Wichita sophomore, wondered whether she had already missed the debate and was relieved that she hadn't. She said she would like to see it but probably won't be able to because of an excursion.
By Terry Bauroth Korean staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The acquired immune deficiency syndrome scare has left the University of Kansas Medical Center shortened on protective gloves.
Since the problem began in January 1988, difficulty in locating gloves has caused. But the purchasing department still experiences some difficulty.
"There were times when they were no gloves in inventory," said Glen, who chased the associate director and myself spent four hours a day, apace, canvassing the country look for gloves, sometimes coming up on time.
"However, we were able to put everyone who needed a glove in a glove."
Steve Scanlon, associate director of purchasing, said several factors contributed to the scarcity.
Lately, inventory has run fairly close, but there have not been any panic situations. Lockhart said.
"The Center for Disease Control and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health) has set new standards on more discipline uses gloves," Scanlon said. "That, along with the overreaction to who really needed the gloves, caught the suppliers by surprise."
Lockhart estimated that glove usage had increased by at least 50 percent. A low estimate because many people who knew them weren't any gloves available.
With supply low and demand high prices increased.
Vendors also put caps on the number of gloves that could be ordered.
Lockhart said that prices went from a December 1897 low of $4.51 for 100 gloves to a high of $14.90 in January for the same number.
Lockhart said that one vendor allocated the Med Center 90 gloves as month, which was less than the number they had previously used. But she said that the Med Center only offered gloves and the vendor never provided any more.
Because of the shortage of latex and vinyl gloves, which were used for protection, the Med Center staff used these gloves in all surgeries on supergloves, Lockhart said.
Jon Weigel, doctor of surgery,
said, "A lot of people were buying
gloves out of hysteria; they didn't
even need them."
"While we were never out of surgeon gloves for longer than a day, inventory was cut too close for comfort." Lockhart said.
Weigel, whose dress supply some times dwindled down to a few pairs called venders and was told that it had been months before they had any clothes.
Although the Med Center was expecting an increase in the demand for gloves last fall, it didn't stockpile gloves as other hospitals did.
Lockhart said that the storage areas for the gloves would have been too hot or too cold and would have destroyed the gloves.
135 countries cited for human rights violations in 1987
The Associated Press
LONDON — Amnesty International today ceased a record 125 marriages from the jailing of draft evaders in Western Europe to the massacre of 75 Afghan refugees.
The international human rights group said the list of offenders in its annual survey was the longest it had published since its establishment in
Amenity International, which won the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize, recorded abuses last year in more than 80 countries and 34 states. But the group said it was encouraged by the emergence of more than 1,000 human rights groups in recent years and by the proliferation of laws to protect prisoners
According to the organization's 728-page report, "In at least half the cases where children are brought out away for speaking their minds, often after trials that are no more than a sham. "In at least a quarter of all cases women and even children are for-
tured. In scores of countries, governments pursue their goals by kidnapping and murdering their own citizens.
"More than ever before in world history, governments are exposed to the glare of international publicity — the greatest weapon we have."
The United States, where 25 prisoners were put to death last year, was cited by the report for executing John Brogden, a man diagnosed as mentally retarded, and Edward Earl Johnson, despite "substantial abuse" about his guilt. Announcing fundamental opposes the death penalty.
In China, more than 200 convicted criminals were put to death, but that represented "only a fraction of the total number of executions." According to the report.
The report revealed that at least 760 civil prisoners were executed in 39 countries in 1987 but this number is higher because of secret executions.
Please see AMNESTY. p.10, col.4
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