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Wednesday, December 6, 1972
Greater Interest in Whomper Urged
By PATTY JOHNSON Kaneon Staff Writer
The Whomper board of directors will begin a drive at the Student Senate meeting tonight for more interest and participation in the Whomper, the University of Kansas Reclamation Center, Kathy Allen, Topena student body vice president, said Tuesday.
Allen will ask the Student Senate members for their cooperation. Ideas for improvement and volunteers to staff the Whomper and to aid in its promotion are needed, she said, so that the Whomper can recycle more material and also meet ex-
Reorganization of the Whomper is in its final phases, Allen said, and its success depends upon the help of KU students and the Lawrence community.
"We've overcome many problems of mismanagement and disorganization of the
A statewide organization of human relations workers is in the planning stages, according to Tom Moore, educational leader at the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights.
Human Rights Groups Plan State Convention
BY LINDA DOHERTY Kansan Staff Writer
"The object of our meetings is to hold this state conference on human relations and then to form a statewide organization of the levels at the operational at the local levels." Moore said.
More said a steering committee of interested human rights workers has met several times to plan a convention tentatively scheduled for Feb. 3 in Toekoa.
The formation of a state organization would improve communication of ideas between workers in different parts of the state, Moore said, and by banding together, human rights workers would be able to increase their political influence.
Royce Mcilley, executive director of the Topeka Human Relations Commission, plans to send out a proposal concerning the convention to all the existing local groups, Moore said, but the convention will still be open to anyone interested in attending.
"Hopefully, the state organization will help local units to develop a sense of competency when they apply for federal funds," he said.
According to Moore, out of 20 cities in Kansas with human relations commissions, only five of the groups are staffed by paid officials. This can create problems, he said, and it is not always able to devote the amount of time necessary for a commission to be run smoothly.
"As a part of the convention, we would like to have several workshops on how to staff and establish a human rights commission." said Moore.
HE SSAID that there was a lack of people to staff the Whomper and also a lack of participation in its promotion, but that this was no justification for giving up the project.
Although the convention will deal with human relations commissions other matters will be dealt with.
past," she said. "I can see the end of the problems."
"Representatives from NAACP the
American G.I. Forum and National Organization of Women will be encouraged to attend," Moore said. "In Topeka, there is also a group concerned about the problems of the physically handicapped and they also plan to attend."
Ray Samuel, director of the Lawrence Human Resources Department, said that the idea for forming a statewide organization for human rights workers was a good one and that he would participate as a representative from Lawrence.
"As human rights workers, we should take the leadership role and coordinate among ourselves," he said. "We in Lawrence can benefit from such an organization through the sharing of ideas with the other cities in this project."
Because the Whomper board does not expect the students or the Lawrence community to participate in something they do not understand, Allen said, a large scale educational and public relations program has been planned.
Whomper board members and volunteers will speak to several civic groups, church groups, Boy and Girl Scout troops and elementary schools in Lawrence. They will explain the operations of the Whomper and the importance of recycling trash and will encourage interest in the preservation of the environment. The development of environmental awareness has already begun at Lawrence High School, Allen said.
THE WHOMPER, at Eighth and New Hampshire streets, was begun January 1971. The materials used in the recycled waste glass, metal and aluminum. The name was derived from an industrial crusher-destroyer known as the "whomper." It was purchased from the Coca-Cola company.
The machine now recycles about 17,000 pounds of glass, 12,500 pounds of steel and 120 pounds of aluminum each month, said the manufacturer, operational director of the Whorner.
Glass brings $23 a ton, steel brings $30 a ton
and aluminum brings $200 a ton.
Agreements have been made with Owens-Illinois Company (crushed glass buyer), American Can Company (crushed steel buyer) in Kansas City, Mo., and Adolph Coors (crushed aluminum buyer). The money received by the Whomper for these services is used to pay for salaries and to help pay operational costs. Ketzel said.
THE MACHINE is now operated only about six hours a week. Ketel said that although response was picking up, a higher volume of recyclables was needed so that waste management could be done. The current deficit and operational costs are the responsibility of the Student Senate.
Recyclable waste materials can be deposited in the barrels in the alley behind the center or at Broken Arrow, Centennial and Sunset elementary schools. Whomper bottles and cans on a regular schedule and deliver them to the reclamation center.
The materials are cleaned and stripped of paper and then sorted by hand by the four masters.
The Senate allocated $5,300 to the reclamation center last spring. Allen said the board of directors had worked hard to overcome financial problems of the
ROGER MARTIN, Shawnee Mission third year law student and Senate treasurer, said the Whomper "could be about ready to break even."
"The people of the Whomper) are trying to reverse that," he said. "They are right at the point where they can make a go of it financially."
He said there had been problems in the way the Whomper was managed and the staff.
Speakers who can relate to the Humanities Lecture Series theme "Time and Mankind" are being sought by the Humanities Committee. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 14.
Humanities Series Seeks Speakers
Nominations may be submitted to Snyder in Room 123 Strong.
LATIN AMERICAN WEEK presented by THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION with THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLUB.
Latin America: Reality and Tendencies
PROGRAM:
- EXHIBIT Mon., Dec. 4th till Wed., Dec. 6th
OBSTACLES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN
AMERICA 1:30 p.m. FORUM ROOM
LECTURE ON VALID POETRY
ture) Wed. Dec. 6th, 7:30 Big Eight Room
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Thurs., Dec. 7th, 7:30, Forum Room
Fri., Dec. 8th, 1-20, Inter Park Room
- LECTURE ON LATIN AMERICAN, PALESTINE & VIET-NAM POLITICAL SITUATION by GERALD CHALIAWD. French Writer highly knowledgeable on the issues of Latin America, Palestine & Viet-Nam.
Music Opens Coffeehouse
Folk singers and guitarists will present live entertainment for the grand opening of the AURH coffeehouse 7 p.m. tonight in Lewis Hall. The name of the coffeehouse will be announced tonight and the person who submitted the winning name will receive a $25 gift certificate from the Kansas Union Bookstore.
Hours for the opening night will be from 7 to 11:45 p.m. Regular hours will be from 4 to 11:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday. There will be no admission charges. There will be no admission charges.
Construction of the coffeehouse began during the first part of November in the concession area of Lewis Hall. The construction was financed by the Housing Department.
Because of the shortened hours opening night, there will be no hot food service according to Jay Atwater, Leaward sophomore and coffeehouse manager. After the opening, food service provided by the Kansas Union will be available from 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Many changes were made in the area. All vending machines were removed, along with partitions, and a new north wall was built for the food service area. A partition was put in front of the west wall as a wind break for the west entrance, a suspended ceiling was installed to cover old pipes and windows. The large stone sheet rock form the south wall, which will be used to display art work. Other walls were painted bright colors.
The coffeehouse, which holds 50 to 60 people, has 36-inch cube tables, chairs with 4-inch foam cushions, two sofa-type benches along the walls and carpeting.
Hitchhiking Popular Travel Form
Early in November, a Bonner Springs youth driving from Kansas City, Mo., to Charlotte offered a roadside ride. The youth offered the hitchhikers a ride and was later found in a roadside ditch near Lawrence, beaten and shot. Another hitchhiker were later found and arrested.
Although this was only an isolated incident in Kansas, cases occur frequently throughout the United States. In Kansas alone, hitchhiking has caused the arrest of 359 pedestrians from January through August 1972. Some of these hitchhikers were identified by police as criminals as murder, assault or AWOL, according to the Kansas Hightway Patrol.
Because of the danger hitchhiking presents, 16 states including Kansas have outlawed hitchhiking in some form through state law. Despite the illegality and the hatchhiking, however, the practice has become an increasingly popular form of travel.
IN LAWRENC, hitchhiking is prohibited by Section 106 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for all Kansas cities. The ordinance states "No person shall stand on a roadway purpose of soliciting a ride, employment business from an occupant of any vehicle."
Generally, this means a hitchhiker can not stand on the road way itself, but off the street.
Though few people are arrested for hitchhiking in the city, according to L. Vernon Herral of Lawrence police department, most hitchhikers are warned to stay off the road sometimes, at the discretion of the officer, said, personal identification is checked.
A maximum sentence of $100 or 10 days in jail exists for a first time offense in hitchhiking in Lawrence. For the second offense, the penalty is $200 or 20 days. The third offense is more severe and takes months. This is providing, however, all offenses occur in a one year period.
AS FOR hitchhiking at highways, Maj. Carl Gray, director of the service division of the Kansas Highway Patrol, said Kansas law states "no person should stand on a paved surface for the purpose of soliciting a ride (hitchhiking).
Although hitchhiking does exist over most of the state Gray said the highway patrol would offer any assistance to any hitchhiker if possible. The Highway patrol will cooperate, he said, as long as no law is broken.
Besides offering an inexpensive way of travel, hitchhiking provides opportunities for adventure, new experiences, or as one student said, a sense of freedom.
This includes, Gray said, any improved surface of the roadway, such as the concrete pavement or sidewalk.
Yet the spirit of adventure is usually overpowered by the need for inexpensive
"Hitching is a way of life for a lot of people," he said, "out on the road, free from grinds. It's a different way to get to know about the country and the people."
SUE BECKMAN, Burlington junior, said she had hiked about 15 times over both long and short distances. Most of these were the result of trying to travel cheap.
Beckman said hitchhiking provided experi- vements, many of which have provided experiences.
“There’s something about hitching,” Beckman said. “It’s exciting to see more of what’s around you besides being someone. Sometimes you get put out, or meet other people in their experiences. You’re more aware of different types of people around the country.”
Hitchhiking is its own teacher, Beckman said. Experiences have taught her the best approach to hitchhiking, where to hitchhike and how to get out of trouble.
"Older people usually picked me up," Jochems said. "They seem to be interested in younger people besides wanting someone to talk. One of the things I have learned is that people just for rides. Try and experience them. Sometimes they can be a real trip."
ANN JCHEMIS, Omana, Nebi, senior,
and Val Kelly, Columbia, Mo., senior,
consider hitchhiking experiences
memorable in their lives.
"Appearance doesn't make that much difference either," she said. "I have hitched in jeans and sorted of dressed up. But I always carry a knife for protection."
"An older man picked us up then," she said, "and told us about his childhood, and his values in life. He was really nice, bought her a suit, and let us have a motel room for the night."
"When we continued the next morning, we got into a talk about Nixon. He told us to speak our minds and we did. He let us out soon after that."
Jochms and Kelly said any potential hitchhiker should try and go in a group, look like a good conversationist, carry a sign of confidence or be a convenient place for the driver, to stop.
ONE WAY TO eliminate a potential mishap is to find a ride connection before going on the road. This practice, an exercise in trial and error, hitchhiking, is increasing in popularity.
In Lawrence, the Kansas Union ride board offers one such chance of obtaining a seat on a bus from the floor of the union building, the board lists rides to major cities throughout the country.
There are other sources available, however, as one student pointed out. A successful hitchhiker learns to be resourceful, be said, and ride offers can be found in the backpacks of students on the streets to sign up in the headshops downtown or even tacked up on the Union walls.
"Hitchhiker News," a service of radio station KBEY-FM in Kansas City, also broadcasts ride requests and ride offers nightly from 7 to 9 p.m.
Headquarters, 1632 Kentucky, also can
help hikers with rides as waa as offer
fellowship for hikes and tours.
Resourcefulness, he said, pays off and should be the motto of every hitchhiker.
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