CAMPUS AND AREA
December 7,1984 Page3
The University Daily KANSAN
Questioned evidence to be allowed in trial
A defense motion asking that physical evidence obtained by police not be allowed in the trial of Donald E. Alexander, a Lawrence teenager charged with murder, was denied yesterday in Douglas County District Court.
since Malone, associate district court judge, ruled that the evidence, which included fingerprints, hair samples, clothes, bedding, a club and apparent bloodstains, could be presented at Alexander's trial, scheduled for Jan. 14. The motion claimed that the evidence was obtained illegally by police.
Alexander, 19, of 303 W. 21st St., Alexander, with charge, hurt and ragged robbery in the death of 80-year-old Marguerite L. Vineyard, 210 Tennessee St.
Residence hall may stay open
Students living in residence halls who want to stay in the halls during semester break should sign up in the office of Student Services programs in 123 Strong Hall before December 14.
The residential programs office will leave a residence hall open only if a minimum of 50 students sign up for each night of the break, said Mark Denke, assistant director of residential programs. Denke said if 50 students from different halls signed up, the office could leave one hall open.
Residence halls are scheduled to close at 9 p.m. Dec. 14.
Checks to be available Dec. 28
Department representatives can pick up Jan. 1 paychecks for department employees on Dec. 28 between 2:45 and 3:15 p.m. at the Frank Burge Union.
If a department has designated a representative, only that representative will be assigned.
All other KU employees can pick up checks between 3 and 4. 30 p.m. at the
Petition calls for nuclear ban
Checks not picked up will be delivered as usual to departmental offices on Jan. 2, the first working day after the semester break.
NORTH NEWTON About 30 people have decided to circulate a petition asking for a ban on the manufacture of nuclear weapons, nuclear waste disposal and nuclear power plants in their community.
If the petition drive is successful, proponents at Wednesday night's town meeting said the proposal to make North Newton a "nuclear free zone" would be on hold because of a lack of staff, mostly Mennonite community of 780 people about 25 miles north of Wichita.
If voters approve the proposal, city officials would have to issue an ordinance limiting nuclear-related activity within city limits
The anti-nuclear drive started at the Peace Club of Bethel College, a largely Memonite school in North Newton. Members of the religious group are known for their conscientious objection to war and service in the military
Council ballots to state views
Faculty members running in the University Council election next March will be able to include a short statement of views on the mail ballot used in council elections.
In its meeting yesterday afternoon, the council passed a resolution to allow candidates to present written statements of no more 100 words on the ballot. The resolution, which applies only to the 1985 election, does not require candidates to write a statement. It passed by a 19-15 vote.
The University Council is the executive body of the University Senate.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny and warmer than yesterday. The high will be in the low to mid 50s. Winds of 10 to 20 mph will be from the southwest. Tonight will be fair and mild, and the ground is 30 to 40 degrees. Tomorrow will be fairly cold, and the high will be between 55 and 60.
Compiled from Kaman staff and United Press international reports.
South Africa referendum legal,counsel says
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A recently passed referendum designed to cut some Student Senate ties to South Africa is acceptable under state law, the University general counsel said yesterday.
But Vickie Thomas, the counsel, also said that her opinion of the law — that the Senate cannot restrict the competitive bidding process and with state money — remains the same.
Thomas this week wrote a short letter to David Ambler, vice chaircon for student affairs, detailing her opinion. Ambler received the letter yesterday.
Dennis "Boog" Highberger, former student body vice president and a strong sponsor of the referendum, said he was pleased that Thomas called the referendum
Highberger sees a possible challenge next semester to Thomas' interpretation.
legal. But the letter still does not represent a significant change in opinion for Thomas or the administration, he said.
IF THE SENATE follows through with plans to buy a photocopier, it would have to be purchased through the bidding process, he said. The Senate last spring allocated $5,000 for the photocopier.
"It could be our test case," he said. "But I would really like to avoid that."
In last month's Senate elections, students passed by a vote of 2,396 to 1,659 a bill that would prohibit student organizations from offering internships to companies doing business in South Africa.
Supporters of the measure want to use it to protest South Africa's practice of apartheid, a form of racial segregation.
The bill passed last month is legal, Thomas
said, because it contains the clause "subject to the provisions of Kansas law." Earlier versions of the bill did not contain the clause.
IN OCTOBER, THOMAS issued an opinion that said an earlier version of the bill was illegal because it would have restricted the competitive bidding process required for purchases with state money. State statutes require the Senate the authority to do that, she said.
Senate money is state money, she said in her opinion, because it is collected by the governor.
Thomas said yesterday that the Senate still could not restrict the bidding process, but that it could restrict purchases not made through the process.
In October, Chris Bunker, Prairie Village first-year law student and co-sponsor of the bill, wrote a response to Thomas' original opinion. He said that in his opinion, statutes
called for the "lowest responsible" bid and that the Senate could restrict the bidding process.
Ambler said most purchases by student groups were not made through the bidding process. Much of the student money buys products from within the University — such as office supplies bought from the office supply store in Strong Hall.
The bill covers only purchases made directly from companies doing business in South Africa.
Lynn Anthony, Senate treasurer, said only one purchase this fiscal year had been made through the bidding process.
Last spring, the Senate allocated more than $938,000 in student activity fees to the Senate and other student groups. Students pay the $24 activity fee each semester with their tuition.
Campus areas often used for snoozing
By CHRIS CLEARY
Staff Reporter
Another student dozed in a chair under a sleeping bag with a magazine and a pile of papers scattered around him.
Amid students studying on the fifth floor of Watson Library, a student snooled in a chair with his feet propped up and a microeconomics textbook covering his chest.
worn trails only days away, students hunched over books and papers crowded the library. But some students took advantage of the comfortable chairs to catch up on their sleep.
Karen Hanson, Columbia, Mo., freshman,
said yesterday that she had seen students
slumbering in the library since the beginning
of the semester.
Lee Young, Seoul, South Korea, freshman, takes a break from day on the fourth floor of Watson Library, is one of many his studying to catch a quick nap. Young, who napped yester, students who occasionally nod off on campus.
"I come in every Monday, Wednesday and Friday," Hanson said. "I see someone every day asleep. Maybe they don't get along with their roommates."
Joe Wilkins III/KANSAN
Erin Wager, Denver freshman, said she thought students slept in the library because they didn't have time to go home between classes. She said she wasn't surprised to see students napping.
"It'll get worse when it gets cold" she said. "People won't want to go home."
Hanson said she had seen women sleeping with blankets and pillows in the ladies lounge on the main floor of the Kansas Union.
"I think it's unusual," she said. "I wouldn't drag my pill around campus and sleep in the bathroom."
Darla Parks, Lawrence junior, said sleeping in the ladies room might not be safe
"I always wonder about the safety of people sleeping here." Parks said as she studied near two napping women. "I wouldn't feel safe with people wandering in and out all the time. I walk in and usually you
because thieves easily could take things from slumbering students.
can see people snoring and there's people laughing."
Eduardo Alvarez, a clerk at the Union information counter, said, "I've never seen anyone睡 in the guys bathroom, but I have seen people sleeping in the TV room. I think it mainly because they don't have TV and they come to watch and they fall asleep.
There are two or three that always sleep there."
Mary Hawkins, assistant dean of libraries, said she had seen students sleeping in reading areas of campus libraries.
"People who are reading fall asleep"
Hawkins said, "I don't think that's unusual."
TV station plans 'off-the-wall' programming
Staff Reporter
By JOHN EGAN
John Katch wants to conduct an experiment with the boob tube. As general manager of Lawrence's first broadcast television station, he plans to create a sort of test-tube baby.
"There's a lot of room here to be very creative." Katich said recently. "We don't have to be married to the past, but we want to be the past. There's nothing to limit us except our imaginations."
When TV 30, a low-power television station, begins broadcasting Dec. 15 in Lawrence, a bit of the unusual may appear on TV screens in homes throughout the city.
"ITS REALLY EXCITING because it’s a chance to put something together." Katch said about the station "This is my once-in-a lifetime opportunity to do my way."
"Some of the things we do some might consider to be off-the-wall," Katch said.
The station's fare may range from a comedian performing a four-minute skit to an opera singer belting out an aria or a news story on child abuse, he said.
Katich, who has worked in broadcasting for about 10 years, will oversee of 25 staff members at the TV 30 studios, 3211 Clinton Parkway Court.
The station's signal, which will be transmitted through the KANU FM tower on West Campus, initially will reach most of Douglas County. Katch said.
MUCH OF THE STATION's 24-hour programming will consist of entertainment and news. But that programming will be done by a team of people, a possibly structured schedule, Katch said.
"We're not really thinking in terms of block programming, like you are used to seeing block programming on television," he said. "If you want to watch a half-hour of TV, go to the cable box and Shirley, and then go to a half-hour of this and a half-hour of that, you are usually not
going to catch it with us, although we will be doing some of that."
Katich said the station might broadcast five-minute music videos, short news updates or short community news segments.
"THINK MORE IN terms of radio vision, like a radio station does," he said. "It's constant information; it's constant news, you re constantly addressing the needs of the people."
Katch said TV 30 would emphasize local programming and steer away from syndicated shows.
"Much of it will be local artists, may bazz musicians, classical musicians," Katich said. "We want to pall in all the talent in the community. There's a lot of talent here in Lawrence. There's a lot of singers, a lot of dancers, a lot of comedians, and we need to reach them all."
To reach them, the station has conducted local talent searches. Local performers who appear on TV 30 will have an opportunity to
reach a large audience and possibly make the "big time," Katch said.
TV 30 also will give several KU students a chance to learn the ropes of the television
ABOUT 12 BROADCAST journalism students will be working at the station starting next fall through an agreement made between the University of Kansas and Low Power Technology, the Austin, Texas, company that owns TV 30. They will learn all aspects of TV news — from behind and in front of the camera. Katch said.
The station will concentrate on covering news in Lawrence and Douglas County, he said, because TV stations in Kansas City and Topeka ignore Lawrence as a news source
"I'm not that philosophical, but Aristotle's point is well taken here when he says that everything is in the process of becoming," he said.
"If the fellows in Topeka and Kansas City watch out. we may have something on them."
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