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Wednesdav. November 15. 1972
University Daily Kansan
By CHRISTINE CANNELLA
Kansan Staff Writer
Escorts Combat Crime at 2 Schools
In a large university where people must walk long distances through unit walkways bordered by trees and bushes, there is a campus of persons having to use the campus at night.
Since July 1 two rapes, six assaults, one robbery and six sex offenses have been reported to the University Traffic and Security Center and occurred on the Kansas University campus.
L. I. Vernon Harrell of the Lawrence Police Department, that ten raps, 24 assaults
and nine robberies reportedly had occurred
surrounding the campus after February.
According to John Thomas, director of security and parking, the majority of the victims of these crimes are women, particularly women walking alone or taking shortcuts. Thomas said he thought all the lesser crimes were not.
Preventative measures have been taken at both Pennsylvania State University and Kansas State University. These universities are now providing a free escort service designed primarily for women but not restricted to them.
CRIMES AGAINST the person are crammed not only on the KU campus but also on campus.
The escort program at Pennsylvania State has been launched through the voluntary efforts of 88 male students who are members of that university's Naval Air Station. The students need only call one of three telephone numbers, give her name, address and
destination and an escort of one or more men will be provided.
A similar service is being provided at K-State, according to Paul Nelson, director of K-State traffic and security. Nelson said the campus fraternities had volunteered to help escorts and that any person in need of this service could call the fraternity's house. Nelson said that the only difference between K-State and Pennsylvania State's fraternity members drove the women to and from their destinations.
Inflation Balloons Property Values
By MALCOM TURNER
Kansan Staff Writer
Some Lawrence residents have attributed their values to the growth of the University of Kansas.
Property values in Lawrence have been increasing over the last 10 years. A single family dwelling which cost about $10 a square foot, probably costs nearly $16 a square foot now.
Charles W. Hedges, president of the Lawrence Board of Realtors, said recently that he believed this to be somewhat of a misconception, however. The steady rise in property value has been caused by a basic change in the desires of the people of Lawrence and the easy accessibility to different types of financing, he said.
Hedges explained that most new houses today were equipped with appliances and extras such as fireplaces and central air conditioning, which were uncommon a decade ago. Because of financing aids from the federal government, many people can now purchase real estate that they otherwise could not afford, he said.
"THE PUBLIC is not aware of how easy it is to buy real estate. Ninety-five per cent of homes today are sold through financing," he said.
Other factors also determine the value of a given piece of property.
According to several Lawrence realtors, when evaluating a piece of real estate four variables are automatically taken into account. The most common is the location of the piece of land, ground lies in location to other lots around it, its accessibility to a thoroughfare and the traffic on nearby roads are other major factors of property value. Increased building costs and special city taxes are additional factors, they said.
Hank Baum, director of the Graphics Gallery in San Francisco, will give a lecture on the making and selling of prints and drawings at 2:30 p.m. today in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. He will bring a collection of graphics to discuss.
Art Director To Give Talk
As a part of the Hallmark Visiting Artist Program, Bam has been a Thursday Baum has been an associate director of Collectors Press in San Fran- and also of the Tamarind Lathographic Workshop.
He also is a member of the Advisory Council of California Graphics and the Print Commission.
"It's not the ground that has gone up. It'labor and lumber." said Bob Stephens, vice president of Mitchell Stephens Agency, Inc., a Lawrence real estate firm.
SINCE THE first of the year, building costs for a given type of home have risen about $40 because of the rise in the price of lumber alone, Stephens said.
One of the newest developments in Lawrence 10 years ago was the Country Club North addition, located southwest of the West Lawrence Exit of the Kansas Turnpike. In 1963, Stephens said, a lot could be purchased for about $1,500. Today, a lot in the same addition runs from $2,600 to $3,200, an increase of 73 to 133 per cent.
Hedges recalled that when he first entered the real estate business in 1959, an average 3-bedroom home with basement cost about $13,000. Now, the same house would cost more than $18,000, an increase of about 3 per cent a year, he said.
What this means, Hedges said, is that there is a large number of factors that determine property values. Values vary with the location of the property, with what is on it and with what is located around it, he said.
THOMAS SAID he thought such a program on the KU campus would be effective in curbing the number of assaults. He said, however, that traffic and security issues would help to support the program. He suggested that living groups sponsor the program.
The cost of purchasing and building on property in Lawrence is low in comparison to the cost in cities of the same size. Hedges said the large volume of building in Lawrence was the reason for the relatively small increase in cost.
Thomas said he did not know why an escort program had not already been established at KU. Either people on this campus are not concerned about the problem or do not want to become involved, he said.
Shirley Gilham, director of Affirmative Action for Women, said there was "a desperate problem of sexual assault on our campus at night."
Although the four-block section of Massachusetts Street from 7th to 11th streets has been opened for traffic, officials of Constant Construction Company said Monday that the project probably would not be completed until the first of the year.
"LAND HAS GONE up in value because there is no more new land in the development and because of developments such as Vamar Hills Golf Course." Hedges said.
Jerry Dow, project engineer for the Jerry May work, said, "Hopefully we can keep working for some time yet. We're going to continue until inclement weather stops us."
May said several things remained to be done, including installation of street lights and plaster walls and some brick paving and 1000 blocks of Massachusetts Street.
According to Lawrence realists, all indications are that there is a great demand for real estate in Lawrence and that the real estate market is reliable that meet the differing needs of people.
Rain Delays Development Of 4 Blocks
He said an escort program would be an excellent way of countering night actions.
He said recent rainy weather had been a factor.
Sidewalk installation along the four-block section was遗失ed. Married with
"The weather last month probably put us behind by a few weeks, but it's hard to tell just how much the weather affects us." May said.
"If we could just get it to quit raining, we would be fine."
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Rankin said that the civil service department normally processes less than a
The change is mainly an executive order, Rankin said.
SUA Travel Fair Presents:
"I doubt very seriously if the number will increase because of the policy change," he said.
Mr. Jon V. C. Booth, representative of the Experiment
in International Living. Mr. Booth will describe the Experiment and its college Summer Abroad and Semester Abroad programs.
The change in policy was an emergency regulation filed in accordance with federal regulations dealing with equal opportunity and sex discrimination. The change was made as soon as it still requires state legislative approval but it is technically official, Rankin said.
"Now pregnancy is considered a personal illness," Rankin said. "There is more life coverage now. This change is definable and should have been put into effect earlier."
The emergency factor in the regulation allows the change to go into effect temporarily until the state legislature meets in 1973, he said.
The policy change modifies one subsection in the civil service regulation
Only a small percentage of women civil service employees in Lawrence will take advantage of the new policy allowing pregnant women to take a sick leave with leading to Philip Rankin, director of personnel services at the University of Kansas.
Paid Pregnancy Leave Is New Civil Service Policy
Out of 1450 civil service employees in the country, only 650 of these are women. Rankin said.
regarding sick leave.
7:30 p.m. in the Forum Room in the Kansas Union.
"We've only had one situation come up so far where a pregnancy sick leaf was out there," she said.
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