University Dallv Kansan, April 5, 1982
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McCollum leader wants change
Bv JIM LEHNER
Staff Reporter
The outspoken, newly elected president of McColum hall wants to make his resident hall the best on campus.
The president, Nick Oropeza, Chicago junior, already has made elections at the hall a little more interesting. Known around McColm for his outspokenness, Oropeza used his notoriety and a hard-campaigning style to win the hall's presidency by a margin of almost 2 to 1.
McColum was one of three residence halls to elect presidents last week. Ellsworth and Hashingher halls elected Milton Scott, East St. Louis, Ill., sophomore, and Rosemary Mission fellow, Shawne Mission junior, responder.
"People saw Nick as the controversial rebel who was willing to challenge the present system and make it better," Randal Messner, Shawnee law student and McColum resident, said yesterday.
"Usually the people running for dorm positions are bland and non-controversial. The election of Nick was not a fight about whether Mr. Kushner's frustration with the present system
"Whether it's going to change things is questionable."
Messner said this year's election was for the most interesting since he had been.
"I've been here for three years, and there were never so many people who voted," he said.
More than 6,60 people, more than two-thirds of the hall's population, voted for one of the six candidates, he said.
"Even though he's been the hell-raiser in the past and probably will be in the future, he's done a lot to improve the dorm," he said.
Messner said Oropeza won the election because he came across as a common guy.
"He's definitely not the preppie type that gets into an office and seems to forget the student he represents," Messner said.
OROPEZA SAID he thought that his
term in office would bring a definite change to the residence hall.
"During the course of the past school year, I've talked to many dorm residents," Oropeza said, "and they've told me that they all government had been non-existent.
"They need strong leadership, and that's what my cabinet and I will give them."
He also said his cabinet would be noticed.
not have five committees that will report to me on a weekly basis on dorm proceedings, "Oropea said.
The committees are the Hall Improvement Committee, Athletic Committee, Cultural and Social Committee, Hall Committee and Administrative Committee.
He said the goals of the committees would be to improve the existing facilities of Colium and eventually to the most respectful residence hall on campus.
OROPEZA, WHO will officially take on Thursday, said he was busy
"I want to work at my job, not just hold the position because it looks good on my resume," he said. "Me.Mollcum has the reputation as the worst dorm on campus. Many people classify it as the worst dorm in the country and infur of foreign students. My job is to make this place be known as a great place to live for everybody."
setting up his committees as soon as he was declared the winner last week.
"This dorm has the most outdated material and worst facilities anywhere on campus. The computers in the computer room are so outdated that getting new parts for them may be an impossibility."
He said that many people who came to McColm became upset with it quickly and decided to transfer to another half a just a few weeks after they left.
"I want to make McCollum a happy place to live by setting up various educational and social events that will attract all students and that will create the positive image that this big building rightfully deserves," Oropeza said.
What if the Bomb hits Strong Hall? Activities planned to stimulate awareness
Signs doting the KU campus and the neighbors of Lawrence were set up yesterday by the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice to remind people of how horrible nuclear war could be. A member of the Coalition, said yesterday.
Yesterday marked the beginning of Ground Zero Week, a week of increasing awareness about nuclear war. Students at various university departments and various university departments
The signs designate the "zones of destruction" which would result if a one-megaton bomb was dropped on Lawrence.
The Coalition spent yesterday afternoon placing signs on campus that say, "If an A-bomb would hit Strong, this would be the edge of the crater."
Strong Hall is the geographic center of Lawrence.
Other signs around town designate the edge of the fireball created by the blast and the edge of total and partial destruction.
THE CRATER area would encompass the central part of campus, Moore said. It would reach from the Campanile to the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road to Malott Hall to Marvin Hall.
The firebail area would take in most
of the campus and surrounding area this area would be totally destroyed.
The third area, a 1.7-mile radius from Strong Hall, would suffer almost total destruction, Moore said. All of the buildings in this area would be destroyed or on fire with the exception of some concrete-reinforced buildings.
Ninety-eight percent of the people in this area would have died instantly from the concussion of the blast, the collapse of buildings fallen on them, Moore said.
Within the next area of destruction, he said, 50 percent of the people would be killed instantly and the survivors probably suffer three degree burns.
MOORE SAID their statistics come from the Defense Preparedness Agency
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He said if a person in Baldwin were facing the blast area at the time of the blast, he would be blinded. Baldin was about 13 miles southeast of Lawrence.
The placing of the signs, Moore said, is to make people aware of the kind of destruction that could happen if a bomb were dropped on Lawrence. He said it would affect most of the county and even parts of Leavenworth County.
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The teach-in this week, Moore said, is to inform people on the issue of nuclear war. He said that "the world needs a
Moore said they hoped that this week's activities would stimulate students to set up similar activities in the communities when they return home in May.
A meeting, "Organizing for Action on Disarmament—What You Can Do," is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 15 in the Forum Room of the Kansas State University was to help people who wanted to form similar Ground Zero activities.
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By KEVIN HELLIKER
Staff Reporter
After struggling all weekend to stem a Senate tide, Minority Leader Jack Osborne late yesterday that the Kansas Senate approve a severance tax this morning.
"Votes are now shifting in favor of a severance tax," Steinerger, D-Kansas City, said yesterday. "Inkwe we've been working on the severance tax over favorably Monday."
Although polls taken Friday by the Associated Press and by the Kansas City Times showed the severance law would fail on at least a 20-20 vote, Steineger maintained several senators had changed their minds over the weekend. However, he declined to name them.
"Once the bill passes, I fully expect another four or five senators to enlist on the winning side."
Gov. John Carlin has tried unsuccessfully to push a sovereign tax through the last two sessions. His proposal would tax oil and natural gas percent and natural gas liquids at 2 percentage to raise about $303 million a year.
Attributing this change to recognition of the state's need for additional funding, Steinger said, "The Senate knows a severance tax is the only choice, and I'm confident at least 21 senators now have the勇气 to stand up to the gas and oil lobby."
Steinerange shifted into high political gear last Friday after Senate President Roy Doyen, R-Concordia, agreed to allow the first Senate. On July 14, he was joined by a staunch opponent of the tax, had previously sent severance tax
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But Friday Doyen called the Senate's top brass into his office and said to Steinerge, "I'm tired of playing these games on the severance tax. Let's have a vote on it Monday. It's a chance for a clear up and down vote."
Despite indications Friday that the vote would be down, senators on both sides of the issue said a lot could have happened over the weekend.
"Friday's Friday and Monday's Monday," he said.
State Sen. Norman Gaar, R-Westwood, a prominent foe of the severance tax, said the Senate's action issue depended on when it was rolled.
And State Sen. Jane Eldredge, R-Lawrence, an advocate of the tax, said yesterday she didn't doubt that Steinecker had swayed some votes.
"I may decide in the shower," Reilly said.
"I think there certainly a chance that he worked up those votes over the weekend," Eldredge said. "I have no reason to disbelieve him."
When the Senate adjourned Friday, at least three senators had not committed themselves on the issue, including Edward Reilly Jr., R-Leavenworth. Reilly said yesterday he had received between 70 and 100 phone calls during the weekend from people trying to sway his vote. But he would not say which way he intended to cast it
State Sen. August Bogina, R-Lenexa, and Richard Gannon, D-Goodland, also are pegged as swingers who could get a majority for the tax.
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