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The locals know the hills at KU's Rim Rock Farm so well that they've given them names. For many a cross country runner they are inhospitable peaks, but for Brett
Steiner, who won Saturday's Jayhawk Invitational. they promote mental toughness as well as a welcome opportunity to slip out of the pack. See story, page 10.
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The University Daily
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KANSAN
Monday, September 24, 1984
AURH may alter contract rate recommendations
Staff Reporter
By BRENDA STOCKMAN
The Association of University Residence Hails may adjust its recommendations for 1985-86 contract rates because they may have been based on inaccurate information, an AURH committee chairman said this weekend.
weekend.
Curt Worden, the chairman of the AURH Housing and Contracts Committee, said that some of the figures AURH based its rate recommendations on were "subject to error."
Last week, at the Residential Programs Advisory Board meeting, AURH recommended that utility rates be raised $20 in the 1985-86 contracts. The housing department recommended a $37 increase for utilities.
RECOMMENDED AS A $10.00 TUITION
THE UTILITY FEE is among several
items included in the base rate students pay
to live in residence halls. Also included in the
contract are such items as food, maintenance
and social fees.
and social ties. The advisory board reviews recommenda
tions about housing contracts for residence halls, scholarship halls and Stouffer Place. The board will make a final review on Oct. 24 and then submit its recommendation to David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
attairs.
One reason the AURH recommendation was lower than the housing department recommendation was AURH's assumption that the department had acquired a surplus of money for the past three years, Worden said. However, the surpluses are now in question.
J. J. WILSON, DIRECTOR of the housing department, said that the surpises actually were operating balances. The figures used by AURH were for the entire housing department and not just for the residence halls.
Worden said, "We took the total cash balance and technically that's not a good picture of residence halls because the residence halls are just a part of housing."
resource-handlers.
The point is not that the AURH figures are incorrect. Worden said, but that they were all AURH had to work with and that the housing
department did not explain the accounting procedure to the AURH committee.
procedure to the AURH used figures provided by Although AURH used figures provided by the housing department for part of its proposals, Worden said that AURH's attempt to examine housing records "was an attempt to get housing to explain itself."
to "IF THEY CAN EXPLAIN themselves to us in a manner that we can understand and can accept, then we may adjust our figures." Worden said. He said the final decision about changing the recommendation would be made by James Jeffley, president of AURH and AURH representative to the advisory board.
Wilson said that Steve Keel, Wilson's assistant, would meet with Worden later this week to explain the department's accounting process.
process. Wilson said that he was concerned when recommendations were based on novices' opinions.
opinions.
Worden said that he was concerned that Wilson was focusing on AURH's mistake and not offering an explanation
"Our numbers are a justification to prove
that we're wrong." Worden said. "It's an attempt to say we don't understand
HOUSING DEPARTMENT RATE RECOMMENDATIONS are based on current trends in various industries, historical trends in rates and the need to maintain cash flow to operate the department. Wilson said.
He said that he was not sure whether students serving as contract committee chairmen could be expected to understand the process fully.
the process fully.
Worden said the problem for AURH in looking through housing records had been that the committee members did not have the technical knowledge to understand the housing department's accounting methods. He said he thought the housing department was responsible for explaining its records.
was responsive to AURH's recommendations are based on the consumer price index, the University of Kansas Annual Financial Reports from 1981 to 1983 and an anticipated change in KU's natural gas supplier.
AURH CONCLUDED THAT the housing department had a surplus by subtracting the ending balance from the beginning balance
for each year. Worden said That led AURH to question the housing department's recommendation to increase utility fees.
omission to train the armored AURH's product to the advisory board since the previous years, the department of housing ran significant surpluses. If the surpluses can cover underestimated utility costs, then the risk of accepting a $20 increase for utilities lessens.
increase for utility.
Written received a letter Friday from Warner that indicated that AURH had confused operating balances with surplus figures.
Worden said, however, that he had not confused operating balances with surpluses and that he would clarify the confusion over terms with Wilson. He said he was sure that the misunderstanding would be resolved
Sunburn, sandy shoes symbolize canoe race
the misunderstandings
ANOTHER REMOND THE two re-
munications their director, Wilson said, is that the
department considered an unexpected utility rate increase in 1984, which did not become available until June, and AURH did not.
See AURH, p. 5, col. 1
By JULIE COMINE
Staff Reporter
LECAMPTON — Sweaty and sunburned, about 20 members of Ellsworth Hall's 8th floor canoe队 dug their into the sandy banks of the Kaw River yesterday afternoon and awaited the finish of the 16th annual KU/K State Canoe Race.
MANHATTAN = Canoeists from the University of Kansas and Kansas State University take off down the Kansas River just outside of Manhattan toward Lawrence for the 16th an-
annual KU/K state university. The first- and second-place canoes in the independent division already had paddled across the finish line, but the Ellsworth
MONDAY MORNING
nual KU/K-State Canoe Race. The race Saturday and yesterday included 20 teams from living groups from both schools.
"We were two minutes behind
going into the last six mile leg." said Cathy
Weibel. Shawnee Mission freshman. "We
our hearts our hearts. I hope we can do it."
team was still neck and neck with the Oliver Hall team for the residence hall title
A FEW YARDS AWAY, Oliver Hall team members squinted into the sun, searching for signs of their canoe Ed Mitchell, Salina treasman, clutched a white banner emblazoned with "Oliver I — Fearless Canoers."
"We're going to win," Mitchell said. "This is just to make sure the team sees us when they get here."
Seconds later, a canoe appeared downriver. Both teams dashed into the Kaw, stumbling and splashing 200 yards to the middle of the water to get a closer look at the winning canoeists.
their team.
"That's us! 'That's us!" Ellsworth team members screamed.
Weibel hugged her teammate, Cathy Compton, Pittsburgh freshman. Other Ellsworth canoeists dived into the water to greet their three final rowers with upraised fists and victory cheers.
WHEN THE OLIVER TEAM paddled across the finish line a few minutes later, the river swelled with exhausted, exuberant canoeists from both residence halls, chanting "KU! KU! KU!"
ting "KU, KU, KU"
"Both teams can call themselves winners." said Rob McAlexander, McCloub sophomore, who rowed the final leg for Ellsworth's team. "KState has dominated the race for years. This is a KU sweep."
The Ellsworth victory yesterday marked the first time a KU team had won the residence hall competition, said Keith Siemens, KState caucus race chairman.
jemsen, K State and Twenty teams from KU. K-State and
Wichita State University entered this year's race. Siemsen said 17 teams entered the residence hall division and three the independent division.
independent of the THE FREE-STATERS, a Lawrence canoe club, breezed to the independent title in 15 hours, 47 minutes and 37 seconds — nearly two hours ahead of the rest of the field.
residence halls, finished third overall.
Ellsworth's team finished third overall.
18:21:20. The Oliver team finished in
18:26:38. K State's Smith-Smurthwaite
team finished third in the residence hall competition.
Traditionally, the 102-mile race, sponsored by the Association of University Residence Halls at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University, begins Saturday morning in Manhattan and ends Sunday in Lawrence's Burcham Park.
The Rogues, a team of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members and women from KU residence halls, finished second in 17:48:12
"IN SOME PLACES, the teams had to drag their boats across sandbars," said Bruce Miller, Louisville, Ky., sophomore and KU canoe race chairman.
But because of gusty winds and the low river level, race organizers decided to end this year's event at the Lecompton check point — 11 miles short of Lawrence.
and KC canoe race. "This has been one long, crazy weekend," Miller said last night, as he roasted hot dogs for more than 100 soggy, sand-caked caneets. "It's been rush, rush, rush for the past 48 hours."
agreed.
"Sometimes the race was like a triathlon," she said. "You have to climb hills and run through cornfields to get to your canoe. And the grasshoppers are flying in your face."
After the race, Weibel, proudly holding the Ellsworth teams's first-place trophy, agreed
Weibel pointed to her once-white tennis shoes, now crusted with sand.
"Next year, I've got to bring a different pair of shoes," she said.
DESPIET? THE COMPETITION among teams, moss, canoeists insisted that the race was a social gathering — a weekend of good, muddy fun.
"Mud fights, sand fights, water fights — they're all part of the trip." said Phil Priebe, Lousville, Ky., sophomore
During its overnight stop Saturday in St Marys, the Ellsworth team took a "gang shower" in a local car wash, Pribe said.
shower in the toilet.
"It was great," he said. "We had one bar of soap, two bottles of shampoo and a bunch of quarters."
of quarters.
Nina Rusa, Leawood sophomore and an Oliver Hall canoeist, said the trip had made team members closer.
team members close.
"When we left for Manhattan on Friday,
no one really knew each other," she said.
"But today, we're a cane family."
'Hill Street ties record for Emmys
By United Press International
HOLLYWOOD — Jane Fonda as a poor Appalachian mother and Sir Laurence Oliver as King Lear won the top acting awards, and "Hill Street Blues" tied as the most honored series in history at the 36th annual Emmys show last night.
annual Emmy's about Amelia," the ABC film about incess that broke one of the last TV awards that best drama special. The film, which won a total of three Emmys, beat out several critically acclaimed films, including "The Day After," a film about nuclear holocaust fitted at the University of Kansas and in around Lawrence
Kansas also beat NCBC, which finished last season third in the ratings, narrowly won the Emmys race with 20 awards. CBS was a close second with 18, followed by ABC with 16, PBS with 10 and independently syndicated shows with five.
independently synchronized to "Hill Street Blues" — television's most acclaimed series of the 1980s — picked up five Emmys this year for best drama series, directing, film editing and two supporting performances. That gave it a total of 26, tying the record set by "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
"Cheers" won four Emmys, including best comedy series Thea Perlman of "Cheers" took the supporting actress award for her role as a sarcastic barmaid. The comedy also won awards for writing and film editing.
won awards for writing the book.
Despite the success of the two NBC series,
the stars of the shows failed to win any of the
lead actor or actress Emmys.
lead a tour.
To Shelleil, host of the Emmys telecast, we for best actor in a drama series in his third try as the macho but whimsical star of CBS "Magnum, P.1."
"I didn't have a speech prepared for this," the surprised Selleck said.
John Ritter won in his third try for "Three's Company," which ended its run last season.
season.
"I wish my dad was here tonight so I could show off." Ritter said in a reference to his father, cowboy singing star Tex Ritter
Tony Dale of "Cagney and Lacey" won best actress in a drama series for the second straight year. One of the losers was her colleague on the show, Sharon Gless.
See EMMY, p. 5, col. 3
By JOHN REIMRINGER
Criminal false fire alarms drop by 90 percent in six years
The number of criminal false fire alarms reported annually at the University of Kansas has dropped from 140 to 14 in the last six years.
Staff Reporter
Lawrence Fire Department and KU officials attribute the 90-percent decrease to educational efforts by fire department and housing staffs, as well as a change in attitudes among residents in the housing system.
"It ites on the residents in the residence halls," said Jim McMain, Lawrence fire chief. "They're the only ones that can make the change, and they've made the change."
National Safety Council's University and College Division, virtually all criminal false alarms at KU occur in housing areas, which include eight residence halls, eight scholarship halls, Jayhawk Towers and Stouffer Place.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT submitted by KI, to the Fire Safety Committee of the
Ruth Mikkelson, associate director of the Office of Residential Programs, said the office reserved the right to ask anyone who was caught giving a criminal false alarm to move out of the residence hall system.
Knowingly causing a false alarm is a misdemeanor in Lawrence, and is punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $500
A reward of $200 has been offered, during the last four years, to anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons turning in criminal false alarms. Mikkelsen said
HALF THE REWARD IS paid by the fire
department and hall by the government of the hall where the alarm was pulled, Mikkelson said. The reward has been paid three times in four years.
McSwain said in those cases the judge ordered the guilty party to pay restitution to the reward fund.
Education, rather than punishment, has been the biggest factor in the decrease of criminal false alarms, officials say
"The reward program is more dealing with the problem after it occurs," said Capt. Rich Barr of the fire department
Educational efforts have included a fire-safety pamphlet distributed to each room in the residence halls and a slide show, both put together by the fire department. Barr said.
MIKKELSON SAID THAT the slide show
She said that the danger of false alarms was that people who became conditioned to them wouldn't evacuate in a real fire.
was required viewing for hall staff Resident assistants also can arrange to show the program to residents of their wings
Peer pressure helps stop residents from
palling airways, she said.
False alarms are also dangerous for firefighters.
"Each time we have an alarm we take it seriously, and the building is evacuated." Mikkelsen said "People get tired of standing outside in the middle of the night."
False alarms also tie up equipment that might be needed at a real fire, he said.
McSwain said that 18 to 20 percent of the firefighters killed while on duty were killed in traffic accidents while responding to alarms
CRIMINAL FALSE
Source: KUPD
FIRE ALARMS
7/1/77 to 6/30/78 140
7/1/78 to 6/30/79 85
7/1/79 to 12/31/80 78
1/1/81 to 12/31/81 40
1/1/82 to 12/31/82 22
1/1/83 to 12/31/83 14
1/1/84 to 7/31/84 5