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University Daily Kansan, September 21, 1984
CAMPUS AND AREA
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Board asked to route bus to West Campus
By AMBER ANKERHOLZ Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas Transportation Board last night asked the Lawrence Bus Co to provide more information on costs and riders before making a decision about a proposed West Camps bus route.
Duane Ogle, president of the Lawrence Bus Co., which provides the KU on Wheels bus service, said last night that he would provide more than 100 buses and the cost of the new routes at the board's next meeting in two weeks.
Ogle submitted ideas for two new routes that would serve West Bend.
The first proposal involved ex-
Providing the 30-minute service from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. would cost about $34,737 a year, according to calculations by Nancy Anderson, coordinator of the Transportation Board.
In other action, Anderson told the board that she had advised Rob Hunter, chairman of the Transportation Board, to submit his resignation to Carla Vogel, student body president, because of his continued absences from the meetings.
Judge enters not-guilty plea in arraignment of teen-ager
A not-guilty plea was entered yesterday for a Lawrence teen-ager charged with felony murder, rape and aggravated robbery in connection with the death last month of an 80-year-old Lawrence woman.
Mike Malone, associate Douglas County District Court judge, entered the plea as Donald E. Alexander, 18, of New York, who stood mute on all three charges.
Constitutional law requires a judge to enter a not-guilty plea when a defendant stands mute.
By the Kansan Staff
Malone set Alexander's trial for 9
a. m. Nov. 26. The pre-trial will be at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 2. All motions must be made by Oct. 22 and responses to motions must be made by Oct. 29.
After the arrangement, Alexander was returned to the Douglas County school district.
At a preliminary hearing Monday, David Reavis and Mike McCaffrey, Lawrence police detectives, and Ron Blum, Kansas Bureau of Investigation special agent, testified about the shooting that Alexandria made on Aug. 22.
Alexander is charged in connection with the death of Marguerite L. Vinyard, whose body was discovered Aug. 5 in her home at 2100 Tennessee.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R Lawrence, left, and Lawrence Seaman Hall. The men, who debated yesterday, are running for the 2nd Jr. talk over political matters during an informal debate in Green District Senate seat.
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School funds crucial,candidates sav
By SUZANNE BROWN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Kansas needs to increase financing for education, both state Senate candidates for the 2nd District said yesterday.
yesterday.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-
Lawrence, and his Democratic oponent,
Lawrence Seaman Jr., agreed on the need for higher teacher salaries at a noon forum sponsored by the Student Bar Association yesterday.
quality of our educational system,' Winter said.
winter suggested a possible one cent sales tax increase, coupled with an elimination of the state food tax, to provide funds for education. Seaman suggested a possible increase in state sales taxes.
"Our future has got to be in the
Winter said last week that the tax plan, which he first proposed in 1983, would raise $80 to $90 million for public schools each year.
He said he didn't know yet whether he would introduce the proposal in the 1985 legislative session if he was re-elected.
THE CANDIDATES, BOTH alumni of KU's School of Law, said education financing would be a key issue in the 1985 state legislative session, which begins in January. Winter said Kansas' stature among other states would be determined by its public schools.
"We're in a competition with other states," he said. "We can't sell Kansas for its geographical beauty."
Kansas schools have the potential to become one of the best state school systems in the country, but a lack of money has been a challenge. Winter said, 'Scores for Kansas
residents on last year's American College Testigation examination, a college entrance examination taken by the nation, ranked 10th in the nation, he said.
HOWEY, HE, SAID, Kansas primary and secondary schools ranked 48th nationally in the amount of state funds received.
Seanman said Kansas teachers had a morale and salary problem. To combat the feeling among teachers that their work is not appreciated. Seanman said he would favor a ranking of teachers salaries to reward superior teachers.
Profs say KU needs to review own programs
ON THE RECORD
A CAR STEREO EQUALIZER and seven cassette tapes were stolen from a 20-year-old KU student's car between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, Lawrence police said. The equalizer and tapes were valued at $267 50.
A CAR STEREO EQUALIZER,
four speakers and 10 cassette tapes
valued at $159.70, were stolen from a
38-year-old Lawrence woman's car
in the 1700 block of Maple Lane between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Wednesday, Lawrence police said.
A 10-YEAR-OLD LAWRENCE girl was treated and released by Lawrence Memorial Hospital Wednesday after she strach a KU student's car while riding a bicycle at the intersection of Iowa and Harvard streets. The student was cited for failing to yield to a bicyclist in a crosswalk.
"That ought to be determined more by the faculty," said Arno Knapper,
By JOHN EGAN Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas should develop an internal procedure for reviewing and discontinuing undergraduate academic programs rather than giving the Board of Regents that power, members of the University Senate Executive Committee said yesterday.
chairman of SenEx. "The Board of Regents meetings and the committee meetings are really kind of perfor­ tency things."
Knapper said the Regents made such decisions without sufficient knowledge about the programs.
"I'd sure rather see us be a leader of the Board of Regents than the Board of Regents leading us in requirements," Knapper said.
Knapper's comments were in reaction to yesterday's Regents
meeting in Topeka. The Regents Academic Affairs Committee, after reviewing various programs at Regents schools, recommended the discontinuance of bachelor of general studies degrees for East Asian, Slavic, French and Italian languages.
Knapper, who attended the Regents meeting, said, "I just felt nervous over there when they were saying they felt good about their program reviews."
At a Regents meeting today, the board will vote on discontinuing those programs
Norman Yetman, a SeenEx member and a professor of American studies and sociology, said that in discontinuing programs, the Regents placed too much weight on how many jobs were generated by each program.
Knapper said. "That seems totally against my notion of what education should be about."
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