Staff photo by BRUCE BANDLI
Rear view
What's the best way to prevent a end accident? Matt Schamel, St. Louis, freshman, seems to have a good solution in the problem yesterday while he hit a ride to class with his car. "It's a great safety lesson," he said.
Work-study aid available
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Staff Ranger
Funds from the College Work-Study Program still are available for students who qualify to receive financial aid under the college's tuition plan. The director of financial aid, said yesterday.
Some of the students granted financial aid for this year have not claimed their awards, and some have.
"Some students who were awarded work-study funds have declined the award or are indicating they are not planning to work," he said. That is money not being used that should be."
Students who apply and are found to be eligible will be granted aid, she said.
TO BE EIGLIBABLE for the program, a student must have a financial aid application on file and a financial aid form completed. Financial need determines eligibility.
A work-study referral slip, which certifies a student is eligible to work under the program, must be completed by the student and the student must have taken or before employment starts, McCurdy said.
All work-study jobs are on campus.
*“Students who received awards and have not picked up formal need forms to do so as well”*
The deadline for completing the form was September 15, but an indefinite extension is being issued.
STUDENTS WHO fail to complete the referral slip will have their award canceled and money awarded to another student, McCurd said.
Funds for employment under the program will be available until all funds are
Jury duty burden to some
About $38,000 in federal funds was granted to the University of Kansas for the construction of a new building.
By DEB RIECHMANN
Staff Reporter
Being summoned for jury duty does not enter the minds of most students who register to vote in Douglas County.
Time spent making up tests and tracking down notes from missed lectures, however, sometimes proves inexact. In some cases, the results are not good.
In a letter earlier this month, Deh Shankar, executive vice chancellor, asked faculty members to be aware of the
If a student is notified that he must serve, he is forced to choose between missing classes or being subject to a fine of up to $100 and a citation for contempt of court if he refuses to serve.
Sanktel's letter, which was mailed to all KU faculty members, urged them to be sympathetic toward students in need.
STUDENTS WHO have recently served on juries say that class work conflicts with their injuries obligatory.
Paul Ruezshochoff, Overland Park junior, recently served in a civil trial and missed two days of classes.
Although he said he had little trouble making up his work, he said he was glad that he had been called early in the day. He didn't mind.
Reuschoff said that a policy set by the Douglas County
District Court enabled a student to be deferred from jury duty for the remainder of his two-month obligation after he
Rueschthoff he deferred because he thought it would be difficult to maintain a coherent stream of notes from the paper.
However, Drenda Tigner, Lawrence graduate student, did not defer. She said that because she was a Lawrence resident she had a responsibility to be available to serve for the full two-month period.
Some of the members of the jury, however, were not as willing to sacrifice their time to serve.
"IT WAS a criminal trial and I thought that it was just as important as my classes," she said.
"I hated it," she said. "The students who were on the jury put a lot of pressure on everybody else to hurry up and get out."
Scott Stevenson, Lawrence freshman, also said he experienced conflict with his classes.
"I put you behind," he said. "I missed two days of classes and had to borrow notes from other people. I really needed it."
HOWEYE, DENis Norris, county clerk, said that if students and faculty members were exempt from jury
duty, there would be no way of coming up with enough ingrises to hold trials.
From a list of about 250, she said, about half are weeded out for various reasons. The reasons persons were excused, were removed from the property, or were not listed.
Persons summoned are required to be available to serve during a two-month session, she said. The court currently is reviewing the scheme.
Any student who registers to vote in Douglas County could be called for jury duty, she said.
But, she said, a big attempt was made at working around students' exam schedules and classes.
USALLY, *I* = student appears for jury duty for about three days and is not impounded, he is excused if at all wrong.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The letter contains an information sheet explaining jury duty, an official summons and a questionnaire that is used
The process of serving jury duty begins with a letter from the chief clerk of the district court of Douglas County, Texas, to the judge of the county court.
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 89, No.17
Students wait for textbooks
Tuesday, September 19. 1978
RvSAMVANLEEUWEN
Staff Reporter
After three weeks of attending her psychological statistics class, Marsha Ingram, Kansas City, Mo., graduate from the University, she had the required textbook for the course.
Ingram has tried to purchase the book, Data Analysis, but the Kansas Union board rejected it.
"It it's terrible," she said yesterday. "We
have homework assignment due tomorrow
and it's too hard."
Ingram said the professor of the course, Edward Wike, had made copies of the problems and statistic tables so that she could complete the assignment on time.
"I can do the homework, but I can't refer to the book if I have any trouble," lucy says.
Wike, professor of psychology and author of the text, said about one-third of the 40 students in the class had not been able to purchase the book.
THE JAYHAWK BOOKSTORE 1420
Crescent Road, does not stock the book.
Vel Coulter, co-supervisor of the Union's textbook department, said the book was not available because the professor turned in the order late.
However, Wike said. "I could have been surprised. I thought I turned in the order for the book of my life."
Wike said he placed an order with the
"It took them two weeks to find out they couldn't get the paperback," he said.
Union the first week of class for paperback conies of the text.
Wike said the problem could have been alleviated.
"I think the Union bookstore ought to systematically go through and make sure it has all the books that were ordered." Wike said. "If the bookstore had checked, it could have told me it didn't have an order for me."
Officials at the Jayhawk and Unio,
bookstores said they did not know how many
students did not have textbooks for all their
courses.
Bette Brock, manager of the Union bookstore, said that if an order for books was sent to a publisher and one of the books was not available, the bookstore would not be informed until the entire order was received.
BROCK SAID she was trying to get text-book orders turned in on time so that students like Ingram would not be caught in the middle.
Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs, to inform faculty members of the necessity of turning textbook orders in on time.
Last week, Wike said, he checked with the book. Wike told the book was not available in English.
She said she was working with Ronald K.
"If faculty members don't realize the length of time it takes to order a book, then it is understandable that they don't understand the importance of getting the book orders in at the time we need them," Brock said.
Coulter, who has been employed by the manufacturers for the last 14 years, said late order cases were not a problem.
"WE CAN ORDER a book in May and not
inure until July that it is not available."
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The Union had asked the faculty to turn in their orders by April 7. As of April 28, however, only 30 percent of the orders had been turned in.
She said bookstores throughout the country complained to the publishers about the issue.
Black fraternity is first to be accepted into IFC
Assume from its recent endeavor to join FCF, Alpha Phi Alpha had not attempted in past years to join the governing organization,
BY LORI LINENBERGER
Staff Reporter
For the first time at the University of Kansas, the Interfraternity council has initiated a predominantly black fraternity into its fraternity.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the only black fraternity on campus with a house, was officially accepted into IFC last March with a unanimous vote of the KU fraternity presidents, Randy O'Boyle, IFC vice president for fraternity affairs, said yesterday.
Randall said IFC was cooperative in assisting the fraternity its efforts to join the council.
"The process has been going on for a couple of years to get Alpha Phi Alpha associated with the FFC. O'Boyle said, 'We wanted to keep it simple.'"
"They presented all their benefits to our house and seemed eager to include us," he said.
Baker said he thought the segregation and racial tension of evening meals had kept the festivity from attempting to join IFC.
"We wanted to join the council, but I believe it was a mutual interest between us and all the fraternities," he said.
Tony Randall, Alpha Phi Alpha president, said, "We've always given considerable thought to the idea of joining IFC, but just got stuck with it."
HE SAID he thought IFC was eager to include Alpha Phi Alpha in the council
ALPHA PHI Alpha will be considered an associate member.
Alpha Phi Alpha depends mostly on word of mouth and mailing lists in its attempts to recruit members; IFC uses a system of mailing lists.
Baker said. The fraternity will not be required to pay the $25 fee charged to every member of IPC, used primarily for rushing
Rushing is the term used by the Greek houses for their annual membership drives.
"Alpha Phi Alpha has a totally different system for rushing than we do, which they wish to maintain," Baker said.
Baker said Alpha Phi Alpha still would be eligible for all benefits and privileges of IFC.
Reactions mixed to peace accord
Patrarchy was evaluated at KU in 1979 and was the final chapter. The KU chapter also was the first to initiate a white member into t
Money received through the fraternity's annual CARE Runathon is donated to needy ames in Africa. Last year, the money was
Alpha Phi Alpha does not expect any racial conflicts to arise from affiliation with the council, Randall said.
Other officers of the fraternity are Leon Brady, vice president; Earl J. Williams, secretary; and Alonzo Wharton, treasurer.
The KU chapter has a membership of about 25 men.
"I KNOW we wouldn't discriminate at all, and I expect IFC wouldn't either." he said.
Alpha Phi Alpha was founded in 1906 at Cornell University and was the nation's first black Greek organization.
was the nation's first back Green organization.
The fraternity was established at KU in 1917 and was the
Rv TOM RAMSTACK
Under the terms of the agreement reached Sunday by Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and President Carter, Israel will withdraw its forces from the West Bank of the Jordan River and will permit the Palestinian Arabs living under Israel occupation to determine their own future.
Reactions yesterday on the KU campus to the Camp David Mideast peace agreement on Syria.
Staff Writer
There are not words to express
Would youcelerl, he said.
Alpha Phila Alpha is open to any male wishing to join, he said
myseelf," said Ahmad Abou-Helu, president of the Egyptian Students Association. "I would like to thank President Carter and the American people for this great effort in reaching an agreement.
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'My feeling is great because I've lost many of my relatives and dear friends. Now we know we will not lose more relatives and dear friends.
"IT SEEMS to me we've been fighting to fight for 36 months. We pray for Allah to
help us find a peace agreement. We need no more war."
But Ronald Francisco, assistant professor of political science, said, "There are three main issues in the Middle East conflict: territory, the political status of the Palestinians and the status of Jerusalem. None of them were resolved."
Francisco said that because there was no decision about the fate of Israeli settlements in occupied Arab lands, it could not be given to the Palestinians would be given the land.
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Hot wheels
Susie Vater, Leeward school, is one of many ice skating enthusiasts who has caught on to the renewal of roller skating as a fad. Vater uses roller skating to keep in shape for ice
Staff Reporter
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Public attitudes to be surveyed at Med Center
University of Kansas Medical Center administrators want to know more about where the hospital's patients come from and about public attitudes about the Med Center, and they are willing to pay almost $25,000 to find out.
The money will finance a study proposed two months ago to find reasons for declining patient admissions at the Med Center, and that will determine the canceller for the Med Center, said yesterday.
Richard Mann, University director of institutional research and information systems, said the study also would be useful to public attitudes about the Med Center.
KU administrators will decide in an executive meeting tomorrow whether to begin the study now or wait until the Med Center's clinical facility, the Bell Memorial Hospital, now under construction, is occupied next August.
Richard Von Ende, executive secretary of the University, said, "If we start the study now we will have a mass of useless data when we get into the new hospital. The attitudes of the patients, physicians and public probably will change when we move."
"WE THINK the survey will be more worth the money if we conduct it when we get into the new building because attitudes will be different by then," Mann said.
Mann said he was drawing up questions for patients, physicians and the public about the Med Center's facilities, staff, teaching methods and medical practice.
WAXMAN SAID he wanted to know why some Kansas City residents went to other large hospitals in the area when the Med Center had superior equipment and staff.
Waxman said that when he was a student at the Med Center in 1956, the hospital was open. (AP)
He said the Med Center was loosing some western Kansas patients to Denver
"We are about 80 percent to 85 percent occupancy now." Waxman said. "I would love to do that."
"It is not that we are hurting for patients. It is just that I would like to see more."
Waxman said he thought the level of occupancy might rise after the new $84 million Bell Memorial Hospital was finished.