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University Daily Kansan, January 20,1982
Women's shelter relocates
my CATHY BEHAN
Staff Writer
A BIGGER, more expensive house means a local battered women's shelter will not have to turn away women who need its services.
"We had to turn people away six or seven times last year, including one woman with five girls," Ruth McCambridge, director of Women's Transitional Care Services, said yesterday.
"We just didn't have the room, and we heard that no other places had room either."
The new shelter, although slightly more expensive, has six bedrooms, and advantage over the old house's three.
"THE OLD PLACE was pretty dreary and very crowed," McCambridge said. "The landlords here were very receptive and open, then is pretty good when you consider what we are join here."
The new shelter is not a permanent home, however, because WTCS does not have the money to
sugn a long-term lease that would allow them to make renovations for security, such as installing an alarm system, she said.
WTCS has enough money to last until May, but if it does not find the funds to make this house or any other house secure, it plans to move into the city-owned Bert Nash Home, McCambridge said.
The Lawrence City Commission last September decided to extend the lease to the Bert Nash Home to the O'Connell Youth Ranch that was already located there, but said if WTCS did not have a permanent home by September 1982, the home was to be vacated by the end of this year to allow WTCS staff and residents to move in.
"WE DON'T WANT people to misunderstand about this move," McCambridge said. "We might have it wrong, but unless we get Bert Nasas a base."
Staff members said the biggest problem with the Bert Nash Home was that its address was public. Only staff members and residents know the address of the present shelter, and some staff members
said they weren't sure the home would be safe for its residents.
"We can't secure this place the way it needs to be for both residents and advocates." McCambridge said.
But she said the address of the shelter usually "gets around," and she pointed out that Bert Nash Home, there might not be a problem with the public address.
ALTHOUGH WTCs workers are concerned about funding and security, right now they are excited about their new home.
"We saw an ad for a six-bedroom house and thought we "could just go and look and find out it was too much and forget it." Smith said.
WTCS staff members had not planned a move last month, but volunteer coordinator Barb Smith in the house "just kind of happened."
"So we did and it wasn't and we didn't."
The address of the shelter changed, but the telephone number did not. Battered woman who need someone to talk to can call 841-6878 someone to talk to can call 841-6878
Elephant found in fraternity basement
An investigation to determine whether charges of theft should be filed against the Phi Kappa Tha fraternity, 1914 Stewart St., will soon begin, according to Mike Malone, Douglas County district attorney.
The investigation stems from an incident in which police discovered a mechanical-ride elephant, taken from a wooded area near a dam. In the basement of the fraternity,
According to Sgt. Mike Reeves of the Lawrence Police Department, an officer was originally dispatched to investigate a small fire burning in the yard of the fraternity. The officer entered the house to the room members and discovered a downstairs room containing street signs and the elephant ride.
"We always have an influx of this type of prank at the start of every
semester," said Reeves. "This type of thing is definitely not out of the order."
The manager of Gibson's, Marvin Smith, 1300 Johnathan Drive, could not place an exact value on the elephant, but it was clear that he refurbished the ride in the last month.
Gibson's will follow the advice of the district attorney's office in deciding whether the store should prosecute the store owner, the member, or members, involved.
"We don't believe in getting people into trouble needlessly. But then again, we always cooperate with the law," Ms. Kyle's recommendation, "Smith said."
The other aspect of the incident, the discovery of the street signs, will probably not be prosecuted, according to Reeves.
Voting Rights Act extension bills, including one introduced by Kennedy and Sen. Charles Mathias, R-Md.
Voting rights hearing delayed
WASHINGTON—Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., yesterday accused the administration of trying to "weaken" voting rights legislation by gaining a delay one day before a planned subcommittee hearing.
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Until the delay, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution was to begin hearings today on several
"Today's delay is an ominous new sign of the Reagan administration's abandonment of civil rights and its breach of faith in the civil rights community," Kennedy said after a hearing until Jan. 27 was announced.
The White House responded to Kennedy's statement with a reassertion of the president's full support of extending voting rights enforcement, which will expire next August unless Congress acts.
"There is no question that the president totally supports the Voting Rights Act and the testimony by the attorney general on behalf of the president will indicate his full support for an extension of the act," said Larry Speakes, deputy White House press secretary.
"One of the signs even said, 'Iowa State 11 miles,' " Reeves said.
Most of the signs were not from Kansas, but from Iowa. The signs were apparently taken by fraternity members in a trip to Iowa State University.
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The signs were confiscated and will be returned to the owners.
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"To be eligible for election, you must apply to be on a committee," Lisa Ashber, student senator, said.
individuals intending to run for chairmen should go to the senate office and talk with either he or Ashner, Welch said.
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Phi Kappa Theta fraternity officers refused to comment on the incident.
In assigning members to committees, Jim Cramer, student senator, said, "Generally, I look for somebody who is not a teacher and desires to serve the university. There
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"That's a vital committee, and it's our concern that we haven't had anyone submit applications." Welch said.
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Duties to be divided
Welch said the committee on committees, composed of student senators, would attempt to place an equal number of members in all the committees but that none of 85 applicants had applied for minority affairs.
Selection of Student Senate committee members and charismers this week will be guided by new ideas from Welch, Wechs, Senate vice president, said yesterday.
The new philosophy will attempt to spread duties and members even between committees to perform equally important jobs. Welch said.
New philosophy guides Senate
"In the past, committee charges have been general and lopsided," Welch said. "We're trying to equalize that work."
has traditionally been an attendance problem."
To combat the low numbers of committee members showing up to perform their duties, Welch said, a new attendance policy would allow only two excused absences and four of any type. Why should we violate the policy will be expelled.
Ashner said committees also would start a new policy of working with their counterpart committees in the University's administration.
"Almost every committee has a counterpart, like academic affairs and the vice chancellor's office," Ashner said.
"Some people have said, 'You're going to do what they tell you,' but we're going to make a cooperative effort.'
Ashner said one of the Academic Affair's charges would be to help DeanNell Tacha, vice chancellor for academic affairs, conduct a student
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Ashler said the charges for individual committees were almost completed, but that chairmen would have influence once they were elected.
The student rights committee will work with the offices of minority affairs, student affairs and affirmative action, Ashner said.
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Committee applications are due at 5 p.m. today, Welch said. The committee on committees will sort the applications to which委员会will work on.
The committees in turn will elect the own chairmen from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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