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Wednesday, November 7, 1990/ University Daily Kansan
Competition tests law students
KU sends three to national mock court contest
By Amy Zamierowski
Kansan staff writer
Gina Carrigan presented her oral arguments to a panel of nine judges in a kU law school environmental law competition last month, trying to appear confident and knowledgeable studying the material for weeks.
"I felt like I was under a lot of pressure to perform in front of the attorneys judging," said Carrigan, second-year law student. "But I appreciated the experience outside of the classroom. My biggest apprehension was trying not to appear nervous."
Last week, she was told that she was one of three KU students who would advance to the National Environmental Moot Court Competition in February. Moot court is a mock court where hypothetical cases are tried for the purpose of training law students.
Carrigan, Randall Patterson.
The competition is sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and Pace University School of Law in White Plains. Fifty-one teams from 37 law schools participated in the competition last year.
first year law student, and Paul Tornell, second year law student, will compete as a team in February at the Third National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in White Plains, N.Y.
The judgles will include Environmental Protection Agency officials, district court judges and environmental attorneys.
"The pressure is on now," Carrigan said. "Even though the competition is not until February, the briefs are due at the end of November."
In the KU moot court competition, students presented oral arguments limited to 15 minutes dealing with the Toxic Substances Control Act, which pertains to the regulation of chemicals. Attorneys and third-year law
students judged briefs and oral arguments.
Gene Mentes, competition coordinator, said that six students competed this year but that he hoped more students would enter next year.
"Environmental issues are important issues facing us, but they are complex." Montes said. "Moot court gives us the tools to analyze the issues and see all the valid arguments."
Students who entered the competition were given a packet which contained materials they could use in the competition. Patricia Palmer said outside sources could be used.
"Ispent a couple of weeks trying to make sense of what it was saying." Patterson said. "Sometimes when you have a difficult position to argue and you make an impact, the judges are more impressed. You are not judged on whether you win but on how well you present the case."
Torline said he had some experience arguing cases and writing briefs from a first-year law class.
"In class, you get a grade from a professor, but the competitions are more like the real world," he said.
Montez, who competed in the national competition last year, said the competition helped him build confidence for future court appearances.
"I learned to stand in my argument firmly," he said. "You think it is going to be a disaster when judges start asking you questions. But you realize that the presentation will not follow to a "T" what you planned. You don't stay calm, but you manage not to show it."
Montez said that KU teams that had entered the national competition in the past were recognized for different strengths, such as having the best oral speaker, but that he hoped this team would win the competition.
Montez said KU law school and environmental law society fundraisers financed the trip to the national moot court competition last year.
Treasury revenue exceeds estimate
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Revenue coming into the state treasury exceeded the estimate by nearly $11 million in October, erasing a $1.51 million shortfall in September and restoring hope that the state may hold up better than expected.
The Legislative Research Department reported today that the state collected $10.98 million more in taxes, interest and agency earnings last month than projected, pushing receipts for the first four months of this fiscal year $10.66 million above the estimate made last April.
When revenue fell $1.51 million short of the projection in September, it left the treasury $322,000 below the first quarter of the fiscal year
The October report is the last one that will be based on the April projections. The state's Consensus Estimating Group, made up of a
dozen state fiscal experts and university economists, meets here Nov. 15 to revise the estimates, based on an assessment of the latest economic outlook
Senate Democratic Leader Michael Johnston has alleged during this fall's gubernatorial campaign that Gov. Mike Hayden has not told him the truth about what Johnston says is the state's un certain financial condition.
Despite the October improvement in general fund receipts, Johnston said yesterday it didn't mean that much in the long run. He also noted that $3.6 million of the $11 million recovery came from one inheritance tax payment, which is unusual for any month.
"It doesn't change the basic problem," said Johnston, of Parsons. "It only potentially changes the dimension." The difference is the $11 million and the $17 million we
ended up over the estimate at the end of last fiscal year, it's only about 1 percent of the state general fund budget.
"I'm pleased to see it, but it doesn't change anything."
However, Sen. Gus Bogina, R-Shawnee, chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said, "It's a heck of a lot better that we could just think it helps our situation immensely. It is not nearly as bad as it could be."
"We're still going to have to be cautious. We can't spend at the same rate as we have been, . even with this glimmer of hope. I think it indicates the recession may not be on us vet, and it may not be as bad."
Figures from the Research Department showed that in October receipts from corporation income taxes were $3 million above the estimate, individual income taxes $1.9 million above, compensating use taxes $1
In all, the state took in $177.7 million during October, which compared with the estimate of $167 million in October of 1989 of $156.5 million
million above and severance tax $866,000 above, while the hard-to-predict inheritance tax was up $4.2 million
For the first four months of this fiscal year, sales tax collections are running $3.3 million ahead of the April estimate, compensating use taxes $888,000 ahead, corporate taxes $624,000 ahead and severance taxes $1.07 million ahead, while individual income taxes are running $1.92 million behind.
During the July-October third of the fiscal year, the state has taken in $709.1 million, compared with the estimate of $688.4 million and the actual receipts for that period in 1989 of $670.1 million.
New fac op director will supervise 405 University workers
By Mike Brassfield
Kansan staff writer
After serving as acting director of facilities operations since mid-June, Mike Richardson was named director of the department last week.
Beginning in 1986, Richardson was associate director for landscape, garage and construction services in the department.
In his new job, Richardson will supervise 405 employees working in such areas as building maintenance, housekeeping, construction services, landscaping and the University plant. He will manage the department's $12.7 million operating budget and $5.8 million utilities budget.
Richardson, 43, came to KU in 1986 after more than 12 years with the Topea Parks and Recreation Department. He received a bachelor's degree in horticulture from Kansas State University and is working toward a master's degree in environmental studies at KU.
Rodger Oroke, University director of support services, said he was
confident that Richardson would per form well in his new position.
"Mike is an excellent communicator." Oroke said. "His skills in working with people, be the department employees, other staff in the University community, students or the general population." He operated the large physical plant.
Richardson said he would work to increase communication between facilities operations and other KU departments.
"We are striving to be as responsive to the University community as we can," he said. "That's the most important job of the whole department."
Richardson said that in the future, the department would expand its tree-planting program as well as continuing other programs, such as building Jayhawk Boulevard and maintenance work on the campus' 185 buildings.
"Some of these buildings are getting pretty old," he said. "And the older they get, the more they require a little extra care."
Colorado city determines huge flag violates codes
The Associated Press
Loveland's County Market is learning that lesson about the 12-by-18 foot American flag it has outside.
LOVELAND, Colo. — You can salute it, pledge allegiance to it, and even burn it, but if it's too big, you can't fly it in Loveland.
The city recently told the store by letter that the flag is in violation of the city's sign code.
"I don't see why with everything going on in Iraq, we can't fly our flag," said County manager Mike Kennedy. "It's asinse."
According to the city's sign code, County Market's flag qualifies as an "italic flag" because it is larger than the foot-foot limit permitted by the code.
In the letter, the city asked County Market to either remove the flag or replace it.
The city's opinion is that once a flag breaches a size recommended by the Veterans of Foreign Wars based on national flag etiquette, it is advisable to "advertise," with the primary purpose being to attract attention.
India's prime minister struggles to maintain power in divided nation
At least 360 people have been killed in Hindu-Mosque groms in the past two weeks after Hindu fundamentals defied Singh and pressed ahead with
The Associated Press
His chief rival, fellow secular politician Candian Shekra horter, retorted that Singh should stop shedding "crowds" in his city to spare the country more bloodshed.
NEW DELHI, India – Prime Minister V.P. Singh, with defeat looming over his efforts to stay in power, appealed to Parliament today to preserve India's secular government.
their campaign to replace a Moslem mosque with a Hindu temple.
"It is not the government which has to be decided on today. It's the principle." Singh said, speaking in a speech at the University of London where whether anyone's religious view is
A right-wing Hindu party withdrew its support for Singh's government, prompting the prime minister to seek evidence of his conduct that was to be conducted later today.
With most parties arrayed against him and defectors from his own party siding with Chandra Shekhar, Singh appeared set to lose.
above the constitution, whether this country will be divided on religion."
Riot police blocked all roads leading to Parliament while the debate was under way. Hindu fundamentalists gathered on the public lawns 500 yards away for an anti-Singh demonstration.
Twenty Hindu holy men were arrested when they tried to approach Parliament to offer prayers, Press Trust of India said.
Chandra Shekhar, a left-learning political veteran who led the defence within Singh's own Janata Dal party, has staked his own claim to
Singh denounced Shekhar's move as political opportunism.
replace Singh as prime minister. Such a move would at least temporarily avert new elections only 11 months after Singh took office.
Chandra Shekhar, addressing Parliament immediately after Singh, appealed to the prime minister to give up.
"Is the state of the country better than it was 11 months ago?" Hasn't terrorism increased? Haven't prices increased? Hasn't inflation in society increased?" he asked.
The religious riots that started last
month came atop other problems besetting Singh's government. At least 148 people died in upper-class suicides and protests against his terms to reserve nearly half of all call center jobs for lower-caste Hindus.
Separatist insurrections by Moslems in Kashmir and by Sikhs in Punjab escalated. Fuel and food prices soared. Singh's promised economic liberalization never got off the ground.
The prime minister is bogged down in trying to hold together a fragile
coalition of communists, Hindu fundamentalists and his own centrist Janata Dal.
Singh said Wednesday that he was ready to join a wall-to-wall coalition government encompassing all parliaments that option appeared unlikely.
The Hindu right-wing Bharatva Janata Party, which deserted Singh two weeks ago when its leader was arrested while marching to Ayodhya with the troops besieging with a temple, has rejected the idea and is demanding new elections.
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