Friday, October 12. 1979
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Watering quenches KU grounds' thirst
An unusually dry fall is responsible for the increased watering of University grounds, according to Jim Matz, assistant director of operations in charge of land maintenance.
Thousands of dollars worth of trees, shrubs and grass could die this winter if the watering were not done, he said.
Ron Patrick of the KU Weather Service said this fall had been one of the area's worst storms, with a peak rainfall an inch on rain on Oct. 3, there has not been a substantial rain since Sept. 21 when it rained four inches.
Rainfall for this month is five inches below the average for October, he said.
Mathes said he had received several phone calls asking why he was watering the grass when it was going to die this winter anew.
"Contrary to what many people think, grass is perennial. It doesn't die until something kills it," he said.
Trees and grass need water in the winter even though they are dormant. This moisture must be in the ground before it freezes. Mathes said.
For example, it would cost $500 to $600 to replace a sugar maple tree with a trunk diameter of four inches. It would also cost about 45 man hours of labor to dig, move and replant such a tree because its roots and soil are so deep that it would weigh about a ton and a half, he said.
If a tree's roots are dry when winter comes, the shock of no moisture could kill the tree, he said, and the cost of replacing landscaping is high.
To replace all of the landscaping around Green Hall alone would cost about $24,000. Mathes said.
"If we did not water and lost, for example, all of the trees along Jayhawk Boulevard, what would it be like without crabapple blossoms and green grass in the spring?"
"We're talking about more than money We're talking about aesthetics."
Cole said the council did not sufficiently analyze the implications of such a committee when it passed the amendment.
Exigency...
In a letter last week to Chancellor Dykes, Cole said, "I believe that the recent University Council legislation ... is a powerkeg which will begin to blow as soon as there is an actual attempt to form such a university, but if we never have to face financial exigency.
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The AAUP adopted a resolution Oct. 4 that questioned the role of such a committee.
"I THINK THE council and everyone involved in this acted in good faith," Cole said. "But I don't think they thought it through. I think it was a mistake."
"I could be wrong about this. I hope I am; I would be pleased to be persuaded that I am."
"IF A FACULTY member happen to be unpopular but important to a program, there would be a temptation to confuse personal dislike with the judgment involved.
"This process is so technical and complicated that the members did not know what they were getting into. I'm not involved in a battle, just an analysis."
DYKES WAS NOT available yesterday for comment on the letter.
"You don't elect members of a jury who have personal ties with the defendant. I feel that is a close analogy to a committee."
"Teachers would seek to elect those who would protect them," Cole said. "People on the committee would protect their constituents and help the students in dissension and division among the faculty."
Cole said the amendment would create dissension among faculty members because a committee would make the exigency process political.
Cole said this "political nonsense" would endanger academic freedom.
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SenEx appointed a committee to study the exigency policy last week. The committee's report will be on the University Council's agenda for November.
Evelyn Swartz, president of the University Council and a member of SenEx, said the amendment needed discussion.
In related business, SenEx will discuss the status of the Regents definition of financial exigency.
SOME FACULTY members have said the Regents definition was too vague and could limit the effectiveness of KU's definition.
The Regents policy, approved Sept. 21, say, "It will be the responsibility of the chief executive officer of each Regent institution, in consultation with appropriate campus groups, to develop a plan for management of financial exigency, supported by conditions of financial exigency."
KU's policy states that the release of tenured faculty is to be used "only as a last resort, ... after all possible alternatives have been examined, and utilized or rejected."
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