THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Vol. 89, No. 14 Thursday, September 14, 1978
Lawrence thieves live comfortably See story page seven
Lawrence, Kansas
Officials study report of Green Hall panels
By DEB RIECHMANN
Staff Renorter
A study recommending ways to correct deficiencies in concrete panels that form the outer skin of new Green Hall was reviewed.
Although no clear-cut solution has been found, Brad Smoot, attorney for the Kansas Department of Administration, said yesterday that he expected a decision to be made sometime this fall.
The study, prepared by Wagner, Hohns and Inglis, a construction and engineering firm in Kansas City, Mo., is the second that has been reviewed, Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning, said.
ALTHOUGH THE study outlined recommendations, Michael Callahan, vice president of the firm, said he could not comment on
Because a lawsuit could result, Callahan said, he would be jeopardizing the privilege of the Department of Administration if
"The work that we do for Smoot is protected by law from investigation by the other side," he said.
Questions about the safety and structural soundness of the precast concrete slab was established since construction of new buildings in which Belgium in March 1977.
During construction, former state architect Louis Krueger determined that a number of the panels were defective.
The contractor, Cascade Construction Co., Topека, failed a final inspection of the new building on Aug. 1, 1977, because of the faulty
ALTHOUGH FINAL payment for the building has not been made, KU students have been attending classes at the new law
John Casson, an officer of the construction company, said
He said some panels had shrunk and cracked since the time they were installed.
Smoot said, "There are clear deficiencies in the visual appearance of the panels. On the surface there are some cracks and crevices."
yesterday he did not know whether the 200 panels were defective when they were installed.
He said that no methods for correcting the problem had been ruled out and that many options still existed.
One option, he said, would be to replace all the panels. Replacement would cost about $250,000, he said, in addition to the panels.
ANOTHER OPTION would be to replace just those panels that are defective, he said.
Replacing just the panels with defects would be difficult because the concrete used to manufacture them had been discontinued
"Maybe someone has got some cement in a warehouse somewhere," he said, "but at the very best it would be very dif-
The panels were made with a warm-toned colored cement made by a cement company in Texas. They were bought through Midcoon
implement, maintain or restructure a product in a cost-effective way. Smoot said, another alternative, would be to apply a cosmetic surface over the cracks.
CASSON SAID Midcon also did not think the panels were bad.
He said, "Under no circumstance would nothing be done."
According to Wiechert, obligation for correcting the problem in,
whetherway is decided lies with the construction company.
A lawsuit would be filed against the construction company if it refused to fix or replace the faulty panels, he said.
KU facing fewer students
However, Casson said. "Whatatever decision is made, if there is something that is our responsibility, we would certainly work to
Staff Renorter
Rv CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE
Declining enrollment at the University of Kansas is one reality the University will have to face. Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday.
Shankel said he thought the final fail semester enrollment total would be close to 75%.
According to figures released yesterday by Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records, KU's 1978 summer school enrollment dropped from last year by 381
"I think we are at the leveling-off point," Shane said. "We shouldn't expect that to happen."
THE REPORT, which was compiled the last day of the summer session, Aug. 5, showed 8,730 students enrolled on the campus and KU Med Center campuses bssummer.
Dyck said enrolment figures for the summer usually were released comparatively later than fall and spring enrollment figures.
He said the figures had no bearing on university budget allocations this year, but we can see why.
Dyck said the official fall enrollment figures would be released the week of Sept. 25. However, fall enrolment predictions will not be available until next month. Respects it is monthly meeting tomorrow.
SHANKEL SAID that although he could give no definite reason why the summer would be spent in thought there might have been students working this summer, who normally would have stayed home.
Shankel said he had noticed that when unemployment was low and job opportunities were high, summer enrollment usually declined.
He said plans had been made to contend with decline enrollment figures.
"We knew that this time would have to arrive," Shankel said. "was the first
year that high school graduates in the state were down."
**HOWEVER, SHANKEL** said he did not draw the enrollment at KU would be a dread.
He said that KU's professional schools would continue to accept the maximum number of students, regardless of any drop in enrollment at the University.
"I hope there wouldn't be a decline in the quality of students in the professional schools," Shankel said. "I suppose there are more students in quality in industry because of fewer applicants."
Shankel also cited KU's location between Kansas City and Topeka as a reason he did not think KU's enrollment would decline much in the future.
He said these were two areas that had had significant population increases recently.
Shankel said KU's tradition of high-quality academic programs would help the University when other institutions were experiencing the enrollment crunch.
Stephan criticizes Schneider
Bv TIM SHEEHY
Staff Reporter
Robert Stephan, Republican candidate for state attorney general, said yesterday that incumbent attorney general Curt Whitney failed to run his office professionally.
"The major shortcoming of the present office is that Schneider has not run it in a professional manner or as a legal operation," he said.
Stephan was in Lawrence to lecture to a criminal procedure class at the University of Texas.
Stephan also charged Schneider with failure to use all his power in consumer electronics.
"THE GREATEST service an attorney general can provide, by virtue of consumer protection, is to protect the citizens from out-of-state fraud," he said. "In the last several years I could cite three glaring examples of consumer fraud where the company in violation wasn't found a penny."
The main issue of Stephan's campaign has been reinstatement of the death penalty. He said that if the murkiness about crimes which should receive the death penalty was cleared up, the penalty can be an effective deterrent to violent crime.
Bob Stephan
STEPHAN THE WOILD not comment on the liquor-by-the-drink question, which is pending before the Kansas Supreme Court. The issue of whether the court issued the issue for his own political advantage by considering the issuing of injections on licenses if the court did not rule before the liquor-by-the-drink decision.
STEPHAN SAID if he were elected he would seek to lower from 18 to 16 the age at which juveniles could be tried as adults for violent crimes. He said youth capable of committing rape or murder were capable of being responsible for their actions.
"Capital punishment is a legitimate form of punishment," Stephan said. "Any punishment that represents the will of the majority of the people is legitimate."
Schneider took the issue to the courts after questions were raised about the law's constitutionality.
Stephan is a resident of Wichita, where he has been a Sedgwick County District School Teacher.
Tina Wilson, St. Louis, Mo., junior, showed her gum and great concentration during the first women's volleyball game last
Gum ball
night. The game was delayed by rain leaking through the Robinson Gymnastium cup, KU beat both Baker University and Clemson.
SenEx reverses decision on financial exigency plan
By MARY ERNST
Staff Reporter
A problem with the wording of an amendment to the University's financial exigency document brought more discussion and finally a reversal of last week's decision at the University Senate Executive Committee meeting yesterday.
Financial exigency concerns procedures that should be taken in case of a financial emergency at the University of Kansas.
The amendment will recommend University-wide salary adjustments, which would reduce the salaries of KU employees in cases of financial crisis. The recommendation would supplement another option open to KU administrators—terminating tenured
Last week, SenX voted to form a subcommittee to look at four alternative wordings of the amendment that had been prepared by the committee.
"I've thought about the exigency issue and I began to realize just how messy and complicated it is," Marquis said. "My view at this time is that this issue really should go back to FRPR, and if they are unwilling to make changes then they ought to drop it."
BUT AT the meeting yesterday, Don Marquis, associate professor of philosophy and a member of the subcommittee, said he
Evelyn Swartz, professor of curriculum and instruction and chairman of SenEx, had said last week that the American Association of University Professors had sent recommendations concerning the matter to SenEx, which sent them to FPRR, which then sent them back to SenEx. SenEx then sent the reception to the University Council and they again were returned to the committee, she said.
Mark Bernstein, Wakarua graduate student and SenEx member, said at yesterday's meeting that he was worried about the negative focus of the document and would like to see one prepared that could prevent financial exigency.
"THE FINANCIAL exigency document sounds like a document that, in the event of financial exigency, gives the chancellor the opportunity to fire faculty and staff." Bernstein said. "A document that is prepared will that focus on preventing this from ever happening."
Gerhard Zuber, professor of English and SenEx member, said the document did have a good deal of information on how to avoid them.
"In addition," Zuber said, "a preventive planning measures document, that is not a part of the exigency document, has already been completed."
"After three years of hard work, the committee came up with a document that tells us how to handle what may happen."
SenEx passed a motion to send the amendments of the document back to FRKR for further study and for recommendations that are backed up by experts.
SENEX ALSO discussed the role it should have in solving the problem of faculty members not paying parking fines.
Swartt said she also had discussed the matter with Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, last week and he had told her that bills would be approved on Friday.
T. P. Srinivasa, professor of math and SenEx member, said he thought it was unnecessary to discuss such matters at every SenEx meeting.
"We have more important things to do." Srivasan said. "The chancellor must laugh at us because we have nothing more impertinent."
Swartz said that she agreed but that Shankel told her he would check into the possibility of faculty payroll checks being performed. He added that he would
IN OTHER ACTION, members discussed whether the research committee could ask a graduate student committee member to participate.
Sam Swifel, vice chairman of SenEx, and the graduate student, Bill Remuers, had been asked to leave the research committee's
According to KU's Senate Code, the graduate student member on the research committee 'shall participate only in the policy-
Zwifel said, "It's a question of whether the committee was discussing individual financial grants or whether they were discussing broad policy-based allocations when Bill was asked to leave."
New CSHE leader outlines year's lobbying plans
By TAMMY TIERNEY
Members of Concerned Students for Higher Education, the University of Kansas lobbying group, last night elected a new chairman who immediately began planning the group's attack on the Kansas
Ron Allen, Sabeth junior, was unanimously elected to direct the organization. About 20 members.
Staff Renorter
Former chairman, Robin Green, Hayes junior, would not run again, saying that although the job was in demand, it was not within his reach.
"There are other things at KU I'd like to become involved in that I couldn't I were of chairman of CSME
Green said he would remain a member of the organization.
after his election, Allen told group members CSHE would lobby for several issues this year.
"THIS SHOULD be an exciting and challenging year," he said. "We have the opportunity to be very influential with state legislators. Proposition 13 could mean an increase in fees and with the drop in gas prices, we would burden on students. We need to convince legislators that education should be subsidized through the state."
Allen was referring to a proposition passed this year in California limiting increases on property taxes.
He said CSHE would lobby for minimum wages for students, improvements for handicapped students and funding for women's athletics. All issues for him required need approval from the KU Student Senate. he said
"Women's athletics will be a tough issue," he said.
"It's a battle between the University and the State over who's responsible for women's athletics. Although Title IX is pushing for state responsibility, we have to, too."
ALLEN SAID CSHE might lobby for a change in Kansas state law to allow the sale of beer at football games. He said the profits could be as a means of funding women's athletics.
"I talked to officials at the University of Colorado," he said. "They're selling beer at games there and having tremendous success. Although it would mean a change in status, it doesn't, that is, if they work for and look into it."
Jeff Chaney, chairman of the Student Senate Sports Committee and CSH member, said his committee would work with CSH to promote state funding of women's athletics.
It's really easy to sit back and complain about lack of funding and other problems. he said, "This is a problem."
"A LOBBYING group is most effective when it doesn't seem like a jbplying group," he said.
Green said it was important to personalize the group's communication with legislators.
Green said he would promote such an approach if KU joined Associated Students of Kansas, a state university.
"I think KU's membership in ASK is in the best
Alen said that although he was in favor of KU's joining ASK, he was not certain that ASK member
"What we need are letters to legislators that express personal interests in different issues and don't get lost."
merent of all the universities, although the possibility is getting shakier because of inter-school
"No one really knows whether we'll join or not. There’s still the possibility that some school could vote us out. Our biggest trouble is that KU’s members were so eager to approve the statement that it was intended—a united front at the Legislature."
WICHTIA STATE University and Pittsburg State University have approved KU's membership.
Alen said that if KU did not join ASK, CSHE would lobby for issues that affect all Board of Regents members. The university's board of regents agreed.
“If we don't join, our job will become twice as hard,” he said. “Not twice as important, but twice as difficult.”