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University Daily Kansan / Friday, August 31, 1990
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Police officer has expertise, knows the law
By Debbie Myers
Kansan staff writer
The man of many names is Burdel Welsh. He was hired as a University of Kansas patrol officer in November and started a job in the Community Services division Tuesday.
Phil Clark, a volunteer with Leavenworth County Emergency Preparedness, said Welsh became known as Boom Boom because he once shot a patrol car twice at gun practice. Welsh he used the name when he talked to grade-school students so they would remember him.
In Leavenworth, he is known as Officer Boom
Brown, but at KU, they call him Officer
Friend.
Welsh's takativeness with KU students he saw this summer during his nightly foot patrols.
Welsh has been in law enforcement for more than 15 years. He said he had always wanted to be a police officer.
Four months after graduating from high school, Welsh's wished came true. He was hired as a full time deputy sheriff at the Atchison County Police Department, at 18. This presented some unusual situations.
Welsh's list of accomplishments is long. He has worked for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and for a rescue unit. He has directed an annual report to the Department of three years' experience in community relations.
Welsh's parents had to buy his pistol and bullets for him because he was not old enough. Also, he could go into private clubs to enforce law, but he was not old enough to get in after work.
In 1984, Welsh was chosen by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the Leavenworth County Law Enforcement Officer of the year. He became the president of Kansans for Highway Safety in
Welsh said the KU police department was comparable to one in a city of 40,000 people. "I'm really impressed with the department," she said. "I have more than I thought it was when I was hired.
"They have some very professional detectives and officers here. We have one of the few
Welsh said the changing population at KU was refreshing and challenging.
"So many times in a community or municipal setting, you deal with the same offenders day after day, year after year," he said. "I figured that with the fact that the community changes every four or five years, there would be different people."
The challenge is dealing with witnesses and suspects who may be gone in a matter of hours.
Welsh also is encouraged by the generally young and healthy KU population.
"I hate dead bodies," Welsh said. "I didn't think I'd find that at KU."
Welsh's job at the KU police department includes dealing with the media and doing crime prevention programs in residence halls. His own role is being analyzed to see how effective it has been.
Burdel Welsh is the new Community Services officer for the KU police department.
Sororities receive licenses for name use
Bv Tracev Chalnin
Kansan staff writer
The national chapters of seven KU sororites now are using a licensing agent to prevent the printing of their names on "m amororate" items.
Pla Battle, vice president of marketing at newly formed Greek Properties of Atlanta, said the creation of the corporation was a response to concern by the national Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta.
The other five sororites are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Gamma and Kappa Delta.
patterned similarly to an existing company. Collegiate Licensing Co., which since 1981 has managed the marketing logos and symbols on retail items.
Battle said Greek Properties was
Susan Schmitt, business manager for the national chapter at Kappa Kappa Gamma, said the reason for the chapter's concern arose after members noticed that manufacturers had printed the sorority letters on
"We're involved in it to protect the market and to promote expanded quality and diversity within the market." Battie said.
Battle said some of the items in question were bar items, undergarments and paddles.
undergarments and toilet seats.
Deanna Klesh, publication and public relations coordinator at the international headquarters for Alpha Gamma Delta, said problems with inappropriate exposure of the sorority could be traced to the manufacturers.
Not only has the chapter gained control over the licensing of their names and letters, but they also royalties from the manufacturers.
Klesh said that many negative products were being sold and that the majority of items in question were soft drinks, which led the sorcerry with drinking or hazing.
Karen Shanteau, president of the KU chapter of Alpha Micron Pi, said she was not aware of members purchased distilledATER merchandise.
Klesh said members usually had better judgement in buying the merchandise that was inappropriate than the manufacturers had in producing
"People just aren't interested in getting something like that," she said.
Kleish said she thought the greek organizations should receive some compensation for the purchase of the items with house symbols and letters.
Four grad students to work in projects
By Amy Zamierowski
Four KU graduate students will work this year to improve living conditions for tenants in a Kansas City, Mo., housing project.
Kansan staff writer
Diana Boozy, program coordinator, said the program, organized by the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, was aimed at transforming the Chouteau Public House into a place where people want to live.
Regina Grosko-Mallory of Kansas City, Kan.; Malikie Itchen of Kansas City, Mo.; Mark Jacob of Leawood; and Mark Stowell of Independence, Mo. will meet with the board of directors of the Tenant Management Corporation, who live in the Chouen project. They also will meet with projects on the board develop projects to meet tenants' needs.
Body, who has worked in the project for five years, said she thought the program was a good opportunity for the students to try to understand the challenges poor people faced.
"Even though people are poor, they have the same aspirations as anyone else. 'Boody said.' "They are realistic and know their opportunities are limited, but they don't want universities for their kids to be limited."
Boody said many of the people living in the housing project were
single women with children.
She said some people stereotyped tenants living in public housing as undeducated and illiterate. But after talking with them, she said she attended high school and women had attended high school and that they wanted to go to college.
She said she hoped to develop an economic program because the residents lacked economic resources.
Dennis Saleebey, project director, said one goal of the project was to help the tenants discover their skills
"I believe in the idea that people have strengths that they don't know about." Saleeby said.
Saleebey said that although Boody had been working in the housing projects for years, the students still could help improve the community.
"The residents need to have a sense of ownership and pride and create a community they want to live in," Saleeby said. "For five years, we have tried to get programs started in the project."
Jacob said that when she first went to the housing project, she was overwhelmed by the needs of the tenants.
"Their needs ranged from simp, to complex things," she said. "I remember thinking there feeling thinking, Where do I begin?"
But Jacob said she thought the tenants had a tremendous desire to improve their economic situation and living conditions.
Legislature could control state educational policies
Kansan staff writer
By Yvonne Guzman
Kansas staff writer
A proposal that would give the Legislature jurisdiction over the Board of Education is angering some state education officials.
The proposal, which will appear on November's ballot, would amend Kansas' constitution and give the state control of state educational policy.
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, voted against the amendment and said it was aimed at making the 10-member school board an appointed body rather than an elected body.
"The Legislature's role in education, as far as I'm concerned, is to provide funds." Charlton said. "The Legislature is business making educational policy."
Connie Hubbell, state school board chairperson and Lawrence representative on the board, said education was not the highest priority of the Legislature. The resolution slipped through the Legislature near the end of the session before there was time for debate or analysis, she said.
But Charlton said the issue, which had come up more than once during the past decade, probably would not pass.
Gov. Mike Hayden, who had previously said he supported the amendment, reversed his position less than Mr. Crawford's. Regents director Robert Creighton
One of the resolution's sponsors, State Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Parsons, said that changing the board of a appointed body was a possibility.
Most voters don't know who the members of the board are and hold the Legislature accountable for educational policy, even though the Legislature has no control over the board's actions. Johnston said.
Johnston said. "I think it places responsibility and accountability where it ought to be."
Johnston said if the amendment passed, the organization of the boards would not automatically change. But, the Legislature would have the jurisdiction to alter the boards.
Although the dispute has been described mainly as a conflict between the Legislature and the Board of Education, the Regents have questioned the necessity of it as well.
Norman Jeter, Regents member,
said, "Who knows what you might have some time down the road. You're going to negotiate that wants to take it over."
Another concern is that if the amendment passes, the Regents might be influenced by politics, Jeter said. Today, no more than five of the nine appointed Regents may be members of the governing party.
"There's no political pressure on the Board of Regents in any manner whatsoever today," Jeter said. "And I believe that's the way it should be."
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said the Legislature had enough control over education jurisdiction over university budgets
"I think that it's important that universities be isolated somewhat from political pressure, and I think we should not be related to serve that function," he said.
Johnston said, however, that the amendment would have virtually no effect on the Board of Regents.
"I don't know anyone that is proposing that we change the way the Board of Regents is appointed or the way it operates," he said.
Johnston said that because Regents were appointed by the governor the board already was affected by politics.