University Daily Kansan, August 27, 1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Plane crash victims remain hospitalized
Two brothers remained hospitalized last night after they crashed their homemade plane Saturday in a field about 10 miles west of Lawrence.
Robert Smiley, 58, Kansas City, Kan., was listed in serious condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after undergoing surgery Saturday for lung and back injuries.
Kenneth Smiley, 55, Lenexa, was listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He had surgery Saturday for a broken leg and dislocated ankle.
A spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol said the two men had been on their way to a combat air show in Topeka when the plane, a replica of an open-cockpit German Fokker warplane, lost oil pressure.
pressure. The men decided to land the plane as a precautionary measure but crashed in the field about 10 a.m. Saturday, the spokesman said.
KU senior dies in crash
A 53-year-old KU student was killed Tuesday when a car struck the Volkswagen van he was driving four miles east of Lawrence.
Ben M. Haines, Topeka senior, was thrown from his vehicle after the van was struck from behind by a car driven by Bradley Byrne, 21, Eudora, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
Byrne received injuries to his head and arm. He was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Center assists students
The Student Assistance Center, 121 Strong Hall, is offering a variety of programs intended to help students get back into the swing of school life this semester.
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rms week, the center is offering "Academic Skill Enhancement" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at 3140 Wesco Hall. "Dealing With That Uneasy Feeling," designed to help students adjust to new social situations, will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday night. Students who want to attend should call the center at 864-4064.
center also is offering workshops on "Reading for Comprehension and Speed." "Learning a Foreign Language," and "Research Paper Writing."
Weather
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Today will be partly cloudy and hot with highs in the mid-90s and southwest winds between 5 and 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the lower 70s. Tomorrow will be sunny and highs in the mid-to upper 90s.
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Participants in the second annual KU Runaround five-kilometer road race head up Sunflower Road on the KU campus. About 60 runners participated in the Sunday morning race, which was sponsored by Student Union Activities. Top finishers were Joy Meyen, student
woman's category, 19:36; Robert Eggert, student men's category, 17:44; Kathy Lathrom, faculty women's category, 29:27; and Tim Hagan, faculty men's category, 20:37; Anne Rouse, open women's category, 22:19; and David Mannering, open men's category, 20:05.
Senate won't pay expenses,Vogel says
By JOHN HANNA
Staff Reporter
The Student Senate will not pay $776 for a KU student representative to travel to two conferences, although the request for the money already has been approved, the student body president said last week.
week.
Carla Vogel, student body president, said the request for travel funds for trips to Dallas and Philadelphia by Chris Edmonds, KU director of the Associated Students of Kansas and Senate parliamentarian, violated Senate rules.
lated senior year. Dennis "Booq" Highberger, student body vice president, said, "The issue is trust in the office. You need to be able to trust the people working in the office."
Edmonds said, "Everybody knew what it was. It's not a big deal."
ON JUNE 5. Edmonds submitted to Vogel a request for $776.76 to attend regional and national board meetings of the American Association of
University Students from June 27 to July 2. Edmonds attended the regional meeting in Dallas and then went on to the national meeting in Philadelphia.
Edmonds requested reimbursement for mileage, air tare, hotel accommodations and meals during the trip. Vogel signed the request the same day.
But Student Senate rules and regulations state, "No funds shall be allocated for sending delegates to conventions, meetings or forums."
Vogel and Highberger said they decided in July not to pay for the trip after they found the conflict with Senate regulations.
so they will decide whether to take further action against Edmonds after they meet with him early this week, they said.
STUDENT SENATE RECEIVES
56 cents of the $24 Student Activity
Fee, paid by each KU student at the
start of each semester. The Senate
allocates the money to student
organizations.
Anthony, Senate treasurer, could have caught the mistake if Edmonds had submitted the request to her.
Vogel and Highberger said Lynn
But Anthony said that she, Vogel, Higherger and Administrative Assistant Andy O'Reilly were authorized to sign the request forms.
The request also went through four administrative offices, and the Board of Regents, which approved it June 15.
15 Other signatures on the form were for Caryl Smith, dean of student life; David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs; Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor; Chancellor Gene A. Budig, John Montgomery, then chairman of the State Board of Regents, and Stanley Koplik, executive officer of the Regents.
He said Vogel and Highberger could make exceptions to the rules, which had been done frequently in the previous Senate administration
EDMONDS SAID THAT when he submitted the request, he was not sure whether the Senate would pay for the trip
And, he said, Senate rules did not prevent him from submitting any request.
request.
"I could submit an application to become chancellor of the University," he said.
Highberger said any group easily could challenge an exception to the rules through the University Judicial Board, but he called making exceptions to Senate rules "stupid."
Vogel said she signed the form quickly because the day that Edmonds had submitted it had been "hectic."
"I DID MAKE a mistake, and I have learned from it," she said.
Ambler said that his and Smith's offices had checked the request for violations of state and University regulations and found none. He said Cobb's signing was routine procedure.
Ambler said the offices had not checked the form for conflict with Senate rules because that was the responsibility of Senate officers.
Computer glitch lands students in McCollum
Staff Reporters
By JOHN REIMRINGER and JOHN EGAN
Laura Moeller expected to move into Ellsworth Hall when she arrived at the University of Kansas Wednesday. But she now lives in McColum Hall.
Because of a computer program error, about 45 students who had contracted for space in a residence hall and had received confirmation of rooms in Ellsworth were sent to McCollum instead, said Fred McElhene, director of residential programs.
be overbooked and created hassles for some residents and employees of the two halls.
The computer program was in full use for the first time this semester. Its malfunction caused Ellsworth to
OFFICIALS WITH THE office of residential programs became aware of the overbooking Aug. 17, and most students were called Aug. 19.
"They didn't call me," said Moeller, a Leawood freshman. "I didn't know."
KNOw. The cause of the overbooking was detected Tuesday, and the program was fixed the next night, said Rich Bireta, assistant director of information systems.
Despite the problems, the system is expected to be more efficient and lead to fewer errors in the future, McEhene said.
McElmenroe SAID
BIRETA SAID the computer makes some room assignments
automatically while in overnight operation. After making the assignments, it failed to update the list of available rooms, causing the overbooking.
The problems in the program also prevented the office of residential programs from using its computer terminals for more than two hours Wednesday morning. McElhienna said, One part of the program, which lists available spaces, was not working that day.
The computer program, which was run through the main KU computer system, matched about 4,700 students to rooms.
"By contract, McCollium is an upperclass hall, so we will ask these individuals to move to halls that normally house freshmen," he said.
Freshmen who were moved into McCollum will be relocated to other residence halls when space becomes available. McEllenie said
HOWEVER, ONE FRESHMAN said she did not want to leave McCollum, even though she was supposed to live in Ellsworth.
supposed to be here.
"We're having such a good time," said Karen Brown, Mission Hills freshman, as she ate dinner with about 10 other freshman women. "We don't want to move now."
We don't want to do a Saphronia Young, a McCollum resident assistant and Lee's Summit, Mo. senior, said most residents did not complain about the overbooking situation.
Some information for this story was supplied by staff reporter Erika Blacksher.
Insurance premiums on the rise
By DAN HOWELL Staff Reporter
The annual premium for KU student health insurance rose more than $100 from last year, but representatives of the University of Kansas and the insurance carrier say it is the best choice.
Jeff Gleason, chairman of the Student Health Advisory Board, said last week that the Blue Cross bid was not actually the lowest bid but still appeared the best of the five offers received.
it is the best choice Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is the official carrier for 1984-85, with a student-only premium of $427.44 for the year, or $35.62 a month. Last the year Credit Life Insurance Company offered students a plan at $252 for the year.
Blue Cross can provide local service,he said,and offers more hope of continuity with one carrier.
"We FELT THAT Blue Cross was more futuristic," Gleason said. "They are set up to control costs better with their cost-containment procedures."
The one lower bid came from INSCOR Inc. of Dallas, whose figure was $398 for a student-only plan with a maximum of $50,000 for major medical coverage.
Blue Cross submitted a bid with the same major medical provision at a total premium of $426. The adopted plan, with $427.44 premiums, allows $250.00 for major medical coverage
Gleason said the large increase in major medical coverage for a very small increase in premiums was one of the factors that led the board to choose Blue Cross.
Credit Life bidi again this year, he said, but wanted to change the policy to keep the premium near $400. With no change in the policy for this year, the bid was $765 for student-only coverage.
"We were really shocked," Gleason said.
STEWART HAYLOCK. A vice president at Credit Life, said that the company did not make public comments on specific underwriting data and that the bid would speak for itself.
"In the event we had losses — and I believe we did at the University of Kansas — we would bid accordingly," Haylock said.
CAROL BAKER, LAWRENCE junior, purchased the student-only policy during registration Friday. She said she had three choices of coverage: $80 a month on her husband's group policy at work, $70 a month where she used to work, or $35 a month here.
About 700 students had purchased plans by mid-afternoon Friday, according to Steve Hamlin, group representative for Blue Cross. About 1,200 applications had been given out at the Kansas Union ballroom and about 400 more through the office of foreign student services.
Gleason said that last year about 2,200 policies were sold.
He said the board permitted several policy changes this year. The $50 deductible no longer applies to outpatient services, and prescription drugs are no longer covered. The Blue Cross prescription drug rider would have been $5.32 for the year.
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