KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol. 89, No.1
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, August 23,1978
Senate to decide on ASK
By DEB RIECHMANN
Staff Writer
Pros and cons of joining six other Kansas colleges and universities to lobby in the Kansas Legislature will be weighed this fall by KU student senators.
At the Student Senate's first meeting Sept. 20, senators will be voting on whether KU should join the Associated Students of Kansas, which lobbies in the interests of college students during sessions of the Legislature.
Although KU benefits from ASK as a non-member, Mike Harper, student body president, said Monday he thought KU's membership would strengthen ASK.
Wichita State University joined ASK in 1973, leaving KU as the only four-year university under the Kansas Board of Beeps to not become a member.
KU KI JUNOS ASK, it could have a heavy influence on ASK's activities, he said. Because KU has more students, more votes in the election, the ASK assembly to any other school.
In 1973, Harper said, a Senate committee voted down membership because some senators thought KU would not benefit from a statewide lobbying effort.
Harper said, however, that joining ASK
them at the CSHE, nor would the
lobbing helpers be able to do so.
He said CSHE could lobby for things that directly affected KU, such as funding renovation projects for Watson Library. He said he would support legislation that affected all its members.
REGGIE ROBINSON, student body vice
president, said that he also was in favor of joining ASK.
B Robinson said KU needed more than just the lobbing efforts made by CSHE.
"I don't think CSHE has any continuity," he said. "Aren't there some things that don't work?"
Rob Green, executive director of CSHE, said, "It's not that CSHE couldn't do things that ASK does, but I don't think we have the continuity that ASK does."
He said that no great changes would be made in CSHE if KU joined ASK. CSHE would cooperate with issues ASK was involved on legislation that would directly affect KU
Steve McMurry. Norton graduate student he has worked on many projects and he never had much experience with computers.
"It's (SHE) more effective than it has ever been before. You need to ask what ASK has accomplished in the past, and I say, nothing," he said.
Members of ASK are Fort Hays State University, Emporia State University, Pittsburgh State University, Wichita State University, Purdue University, University and Kansas State University.
Another reason that some senators voted down membership in ASK in 1973 was because they opposed ASK's membership fee, which today would cost the Student Services budget about $10,000. Each member university pays 28 cents for each student enrolled.
MEMBERSHIP FEES, however, may not be an issue in September when Harper asks the Senate for its approval to join ASK. An ASK member asks the Senate to ask month membership nip for $2,500. Under that
trial membership plan, KU would have full voting rights and would not be obligated to continue ASK membership.
Robinson said the trial membership was an opportunity to see whether ASK would be successful.
The $2,500 would come from Senate surplus funds.
"We are going into a semibindfolded," he said. "We would spend $2,500, and we can
This fall, representatives of ASK member schools will confront their student senates for approval of the tenative membership for KU.
ALTHOUGH KU would be granted 26 assembly votes in ASK for a reduced membership fee, and other schools would be paying full membership fees, four of six student bodies would they expected to get in getting KU's membership approved by their senates.
Green said, however, that he expected problems in Fort Hays State's approval of KU's membership. He said Fort Hays State would not dilute their own power in the ASK assembly.
*Student body presidents at Washburn*
*Washington State could not be reached for comment.*
Becky Winterscheidt, student body president at Emporia State, said that 25,000 more students would enhance ASK's credibility.
"MIKE HARPER is really sticking his neck out to get KU to join, and I think the other senates are bending over backwards to let them in." she said.
Before the September meeting, Harper
Campus replays housing blues
McElihenie said that he would not be certain how long students would have to stay in the
Fred McElheneil, director of residential programs at KU, said 240 temporary residence hall rooms have been added by new students to the residence rooms and unused rooms in bedrooms.
Higher enrollment at the University of Kansas has caused a shortage in on-and off campus housing in Lawrence, but the university has been able to cover years, according to several UK officials.
Staff Writer
THE UNIVERSITY also has set up beds in the basement of the Lutheran chapel and University student service at 15th and 16th floors, while they look for a permanent living place.
temporary quarters and that a lot depended on the number of students who did not show to claim their rooms or who dropped out early in the semester.
Students searching for rooms in residence halls have been hit hardest, but most apartments near campus have been filling up rapidly since last week.
By TIM SHEEHY
Two women at GSP-Corbin Hall are living in its sanna instead of enjoying its heat.
"Temporary housing is a very relative term in this situation," McEhlennie said. "Our contracts this year stimulate that any student who hasn't shown up to claim his housing by chance for a lease of closes forfait it. So after Monday we should have a better idea where we stand."
MCCHELENIE SAID that the overcrowding of residence halls, unhallowed of five years ago, was because the halls were the best bargain in town, offering a cheap price, as much as it cost them. Fringe benefits such as saunas, weight rooms and large-screen televisions.
J. J. Wilson, director of Housing Management, said the University had antidiscrimination policies.
If the membership is approved, Harper said, he would encourage KU to support ASK's attempts to get money from the state for women's athletics.
"The reaction so far is mixed." Harper
it's going to be a battle, and the
barden!
- $7.50 for student health. The increase will help to keep pace with rising medical costs, Jones said. The increase raised the health fee to $46.
AKINT enables to propose a 3-cent cigarette tax, which would provide $8.4 million for women's athletic programs and accom- improvements for handicapped students.
Students at the University of Kansas will be greeted by a fee increase again this year.
The new hour fee for part-time students will be $3.50 for Kansas residents and $4.50 for non-residents. Part-time law students will pay $2.50 if they are nonresidents and $8.50 if they are nonresidents.
said he planned to discuss the issue with sena'ts and CSHE members.
- $1.70 for student transportation. The money will be used to add a route and three new vehicles to the bus system. This brings the transportation fee to $3.50.
Part-time team, who take six hours or
bass, will pay $1.65 an hour more than last week.
Increased fees to go for buses student health, women's athletics
Jones said the fees were set on a yearly basis, which means fees should remain the same.
In addition to lobbying for women's athletics, ASK plans to lobby to increase the minimum wage for students from $2.65 to $2.90. In the Legislature's last session, a bill was passed that freezes minimum wages for women despite increases in minimum wage laws.
KU STUDENTS now pay $3 a year for women's athletics. If ASK is successful in its lobby attempt, KU students would save $2.75 on 1979 student fees. (Students would save that amount if KU were paying 25 cents each for ASK membership.)
The increase, $10.70, is for campus privilege fees, according to Martin Jones, KU business director. The money will be used for sports and transportation and women's athletics.
Last year, fall semester students were greeted by a $50 increase in Kansas resident full-time fees and $150 in non-resident full-time fees.
Jones said part-time student fees also would increase.
It also affects law students' fees. Fees will be $165 for residents and $255 for non-
This year's increase was approved in May by the Board of Regents. The increase brings fees for full-time students to $255.10 and residents and $255.10 for non-residents.
The $10.70 increase will be divided as follows:
Wilson said he was encouraged by the large amount of available rentals listed in a local paper, which may be a result of a mailing put out by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at the request of the University.
ALSO, ASK plans to lobby for complete student control of student activity fees. At KU, the chancellor has the authority to veto any part of the fee.
- $1.50 to fund women's athletics.
"We tried to arrange the temporary accommodations in almost all of the halls with the hope that none of the permanent residents would be grossly inconvenienced." he said.
The letter, which was sent to all chamber members, asked that they tell the committee what had happened.
ASK will be lobbying for more funds for a complete graduate student waiver, which would allow graduate teaching assistants to attend KU without paying tuition.
Harper said he became concerned with a need for a more powerful student lobbying force while attending Kansas Board of meetings with other student body presidents.
Harpar said that the Regents did not pay much attention to what students were saying and that students' voices would be heard if KU joined ASK.
"Effective lobbying is an investment in our future," he said.
HARPER SAID he thought Kansans soon would be demanding lower taxes and the state would have to begin cutting its budget. With a powerful student lobbying group, cuts in spending might not occur in higher education. Harper said.
"When the ax starts to fall, students are the ones who are going to be affected, not some professor who is guaranteed a lifetime tenure." Harper said.
He said that if students' interests were not voiced, other lobbying groups might stay silent.
Citations issued by OSHA after construction accident
Two citations have been issued against a Topeka construction company as a result of a June 28 accident that killed a University of Iowa football player and injured a former player.
The Kansas office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations following an investigation of a ditch cave-in in which Denis Balaus, starting offensive guard, was killed and killed by a cello, a former offensive guard, was injured.
The company, M.W. Watson Inc. Constructors, Topeka, has appealed the fines—one for $9,000 for wilful violation and one for $900 for serious violation of OSHA rules, Spjohn, OSHA Kansas area director, said.
However, neither Spain nor Robert Bohi, president of Watson Constructors, said they would comment on the case until a hearing before the OSHA review commission had been set. The judge for the hearing has been set, but Spain said it probably would be within a couple of months.
A willful violation is a violation in which an employee is on a job site are allowed to exert, be said.
Thomas M. Moore, a Kansas City, Mo., attorney, is representing Watson. Moore said yesterday that Watson did not believe the superintendent and the backbone operator at the site were in willful violation of OSHA standards.
The accident happened when Balagna and Mascarello entered a 14-foot trench between two sewage lagoons to shore up the walls. One wall caved in on them.
The superintendent, Bill Dinkle, Topeka, said he could not understand what had happened at the accident. He said he had not and is more accustomed to the accident during his 28-year career.
"Both the operator and superintendent were familiar with the soil and had worked with the crop before."
Moore said the walls of the trench were comparable to the walls of a house and there was no way anyone possibly could determine if one would collapse.
"It was very much a freak accident," he said.
OSHA issued $4,850 worth of fines on Aug. 17 for willful and serious violations against the R.A. Pohl Co. Inc., Olahec for a similar violation. The company said, Pohl has yet to respond to the charge.
Empty house
Staff photo by RANDY OLSON
Enjoying the last few quiet moments at Allen Field House, Carol Guggtsberg, Lawrence freshman, took some time yesterday to study her timetable in preparation for the chaos of the spring semester.
Enrollment predicted to stay at same level
Staff Writer
Bv BOB BEER
Enrollment figures should remain about the same, Dyck said, because of the declining number of high school students.
Enrollment at the University of Kansas will remain about the same as last fall's record of 23,250. Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records, said yesterday.
"We had about 600 or so less Kansas high school seniors last year," he said. The number of high school seniors will continue to decrease this year and next, according to
Enrollment started this morning for seniors. Undergraduates are scheduled to enroll from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. today, from 7 to 9 a.m. to borrow and from 7 to 1:30 p.m. for Christmas.
THE UNIVERSITY has had a record enrollment every fall since 1971.
Dyck said this fall's enrollment may increase by 106 to 150. However, in the future, KU will have to be more competitive to attract students, he said.
"The ones who will determine if the enrollment goes up or down are the students who go to college."
If the students have good experiences with courses and advisers, they will report favorably to parents and friends, he said, and that will increase enrollments.
Dyck said tentative figure figures would not be released until after easy access
THIS FALL will be the first time graduate students will be eligible for a fee reduction,
Students with a 40 to 99 percent appointment qualification for a 60 percent reduction of the incidental fee, she said. The incidental fee is $255 for Kansas residents in all schools except law, which charges $305. Out-of-state fees are $750, and $25 for law.
The reduction, for about 750 teaching assistants and assistant instructors, is based on a graduated scale. Riley said. The scale adjusts fees according to application time of a teaching assistant or assistant instructor spends teaching or doing research.
APPOINTMENTS FROM 30 to 39 percent will receive a 45 percent reduction. Students with a 20 to 29 percent appointment will receive a 30 percent reduction. Those with a 10 to 19 percent appointment will get a 15 percent reduction.
Riley said there could be problems if teaching assistants or instructor assistants were not on a list certifying they should get reductions.
"For those students who are not on the certified list but have appointments, they will get an adjustment on the fees, probably in October," Riley said.
according to Janet Riley, assistant to the vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Graduate students with questions about qualifying for the fee reduction should contact their departments for information, Rilev said.
Linda Beville, administrative assistant for admissions and records, said 130 students will help with enrollment. Departments and schools also provide works for enrollment.
News
- Although many students left for the summer, Lawrence remained busy. For a summary of what happened this summer, see story page 9.
- Multiple family dwellings in a section of the floodplain in southwest Lawrence were rejected last night by the Lawrence City Commission for construction of the dwellings. See story page 12.
- Two Title IX complaints were filed this summer with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare against the University. See story page 7.
- Country Club week will provide plenty of activity for old and new students. See listings page 15
- In a continuing dispute with the University of Kansas Medical Center, service employees at the Med Center held a brief strike last week. University officials and a union representative met yesterday to discuss the issues. See story page 8.
Sports
A look at the prospects of this year's teams and an interview with the new athletic director.
Red and Blue Zone restrictions will be in effect this week. Green, Yellow and Brown zone parking restrictions will not be enforced until Monday.
Parkina
Parking will not be restricted on Jayhawk
Billevard during enrollment. O Zone parking will
be limited.
Weather
A spokesman for the National Weather Service in Topeka said temperatures will remain in the low 70s at night and in the low to middle 90s during the day through the weekend.
However, occasional cloudiness Wednesday and Thursday with little chance for rain will be followed by a weekend of partly cloudy skies if suddenly scattered shows, the spokesman said.
Campus life
Class schedule for first day
Your guide to campus life, problem-solvers, services organizations and government.
Chancellor Archie Dykes will speak at the annual University Opening convoction 9 a.m. (Sunday) in the University of Alabama.
8:30 a.m. classes will start at 8:15.
9:30 a.m. classes will start at 10:15.
10:30 a.m. classes will start at 11.
11:45 a.m. classes will start at 11:45
7:30 a.m. classes and classes from 12:30 p.m.
on will meet at the regularly scheduled times.
Kansan returns
This special five-section back-to-school issue of the Kansan was put together by the summer and fall Kansan staffs. The Kansan will resume regular daily publication on Monday.
Interviews with the most important and unusual personalities on in Lawrence.
People
Voters
Aug. 21-27, regular hours.
Aug. 21-24, 7 a.m.-9 p.30 m.
Aug. 25, regular hours begin.
7 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday through Saturday
10:45 a.m-9 p. Sunday
Aug. 28-31 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m
Oread and Textbook Bookstores
Voter registration booths will be set up in Hoch Auditorium during registration hours today, Thursday and Friday.
Daisy Hill Bookstore will be closed.
8:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
10 a.m. 4 p.m. Saturday
10 a.m. 11 p.m. Sunday
Union hours
A report on the community that surrounds Mount Oread.
City life
Night life, consumer aids and local politics are described with opinions on Lawrence life.
Law Library (beginning Aug. 27)
Library hours
**Lavil Library** (Boghiljh Mqajiq.27)
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
11 a.m. to midnight Sunday
Open Labor Day, closed Sept. 3
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Watson Library through Aug. 27
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday
Aug. 28-Sept. 3
Aug. 28-30th
8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
Noon to midnight Sunday
Closed Sept. 4 Open Sept. 5 with above schedule