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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 19, 1989
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Quake sets off communication flood Red Cross gathers information KU students' calls reach family members in area
By BRYAN SWAN Kansan staff writer
Communication chaos in the earthquake-ravaled San Francisco area had some KU students still anxiously awaiting word from friends and relatives yesterday, while local agencies and a University faculty member tried to bridge the gap.
"We have had five or six people who had called us earlier with inquiries about people in California who have called us back and said they had contacted them," said J Byers, director of the local American Red Cross chapter. "Every report we've gotten back has been a good one."
She said her office had received 30 to 35 inquiries from Lawrence residents about people in California. "We haven't sent any information
yet," Byers said. "We're still relying on ham radio operators."
Bruce Costa, Turlock, Calif., graduate student, said that his sister had contacted his parents in Turlock but that he was unable to contact his cousins, who were visiting San Francisco at the time of the quake.
Truman Waugh, associate scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey, is one of the amateur radio operators Byers is obtaining information from.
Waugh said that because of the emergency situation, he would make no attempt to contact people in the damaged areas for the next three to four days. Instead, radio traffic from the area would be monitored.
He said people concerned about the health and welfare of friends or relatives should contact the local Red Cross chapter. Lawrence residents can
put their names on a computer list, and
if a radio message for them is transmitted
from California they will be notified.
"We'll be glad to put them on the system, which is quicker than telephone service," Waugh said. "It's a relay system, sort of a super-updated pony express."
Brian Short, a member of the KU amateur Radio Club, said that he had been listening in on the situation in California but that he would not transmit into the state so the airwaves would be free for emergency communications.
John Churchill, officer in charge of the Salvation Army in Lawrence, said he had been in contact with the organization's national office in Chicago.
By JENNIFER METZ
Kansan staff writer
KU students from Northern California finally reached their families yesterday after out-of-order telephone lines and busy circuits prevented communication after the earthquake Tuesday.
"We gave up calling about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning," said Nicole Rees, Atherton, Calif., senior.
She said her father finally contacted her yesterday morning from Atherton.
Rees' father had crossed the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on his way home from work just a few minutes before the earthquake, she said. A portion of the Bay Bridge caved in soon after the earthquake.
Her father had been planning to attend the World Series that evening, she said.
Rees' father said objects in the family's home had been broken because of the earthquake, and a portion of a wall outside of her home had been damaged.
He said he was awaiting instructions from he is武汉 while Salvation Army
SuHo Lee, Fremont, Calif., graduate student, said that he got through to his family around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday after the earthquake.
offices in California assessed their supply needs.
Senate debates ceilings on campaign spending
By LARA WEBER Kansan staff writer
It is ridiculous to have a stringent Student Senate campaign spending limit rule and not enforce it.
That was one of the reasons Pat Warren, finance committee chairman, cited during last night's Student Senate meeting in his proposal to eliminate spending limits in future Senate campaigns.
A subcommittee of the University Rights Committee is reviewing Article Six of the Senate Rules and Regulations, which sets the rules for Senate elections.
After the last Senate election, Common Cause, the winning coalition, was found to have violated spending limits. After a judicial hearing, B. Jake White, student body president, and Jeff Morris, student body vice president, were told to correct ambiguities in the elections rules or face salary losses.
According to the rules, the elected candidates could have lost their positions for violating the spending limits. Warren believes it also is a violation
of the U.S. Constitution to impose spending limits on student elections.
He cited a 1975 Supreme Court case, Buckley vs. Valeo, in which questions were raised about the constitutionality of federal spending limits. It was decided that the limits violated the First Amendment by imposing restrictions on a candidate's right to free speech.
"It's not appropriate to limit campaign spending based on wealth," Warren said.
He said he would like weekly campaign expenditure reports to be required and possible limits on campaign contributions to help curtail outrageous campaigns.
"If someone's spending a ridiculous amount, students will react to that," Warren said.
White, on the other hand, believes spending limits are necessary.
"Without clear and unambiguous spending limits, I think you're stating that the one who spends the most money wins," he said.
White said that spending limits forced students to consider the campaign issues.
Counsel says that University won't release profs' addresses
By a Kansan reporter
The University will not change its policy regarding releasing the home addresses of KU faculty and staff, said Mary Prewitt, assistant general counsel.
Prewitt said that after the attorney general issued an opinion concerning the release of public school teachers addresses, KU personnel directed a change in policy, making the addresses available for release.
The opinion, interpreting the Kansas Open Records Law, stated that public school teachers' home or mailing addresses must be made
public.
Robin Eversole, director of university relations, said faculty and staff could choose if they wanted their addresses listed in the University of Kansas telephone directory or not.
But the current interpretation of the attorney general's opinion is that if the public employer has an address that is only part of a personnel file, it is private, Prewitt said.
Prewitt said most of the faculty were listed in the directory. She said if someone wanted an address that was listed, it would be available, but if the address was not listed, it would not be given out.
Julie James/KANSAN
Apache exhibit
The "Brown Buffalo Medicine Man" is part of an Apache exhibit by Mario Garza, Austin, Texas. The exhibit is on display in the Lawrence Indian Arts Show Juried Competition and will be at the Museum of Anthropology until Oct. 29.
Ex-chairman testifies in Willner case
By DOUG FISHBACK Kansan staff writer
Dorothy Willner, professor of anthropology, sat quietly last night as the former chairman of the department of anthropology told a University committee that Willner had had a "damaging effect" on that department.
Willner said nothing as Robert Squier, who has served intermittently as department chairman, testified before the faculty senate committee on tenure and related problems during the second day of her dismissal hearings.
Squier said Willner had asked repeatedly for his resignation, accused a colleague of smoking pot and submitted legal briefs prepared for a case against the University as scholarly research to be taken into account for a merit pay increase.
Donald Koster, Willner's representative during the proceedings, maintained that Squier had infringed upon the professor's academic freedom by telling her not to use the briefs as material for one of her classes. He also said that dismissal proceedings against her were based on personal disagreements rather than on substantive evidence. Koster also questioned the validity of a letter Squier had sent to Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, that contained excerpts of peer complaints against Willner that were solicited by Squier and Brinkman.
During afternoon testimony, Squier told the committee that in a Nov. 27, 1987, letter, Willner had said that she was "suffering from serious internal diseases," and that she had falsely accused David Frayer, associate professor of anthropology, of smoking an illegal substance in his KU office.
Squier said disagreements about film service for Willner's classes had preceded the letter.
Squier also said Willner had ignored departmental deadlines for submitting materials for merit pay increase reviews. He said the department had granted Willner increases for two years in which she had not met deadline.
In early 1988, he said, she submitted legal work that she had done for a suit against KU as material for scholarly review.
Koster spent much of his cross examination asking Squier to explain peer criticisms of Willner that he had assembled in an April 1988 letter to Brinkman. Squain, when asked, sometimes could identify the sources of the criticisms; other times, he could not.
After last night's hearing, Koster expressed concern about the validity of the letter.
"I think it provides strong evidence of a conspiracy to get rid of Professor Willner," he said.
Koster asked Squier if Willner had done anything illegal or had demonstrated "moral turpitude." Squier said Willner was not being accused of immorality.
"So what it boils down to is that she hasn't got along with many of the members of the department," Koster said.
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