THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 90, No.1
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The Kansan resumes regular publication for the fall semester on the first day of classes, Monday, Aug. 27, 1979.
Wednesday, August 22, 1979
Headina home
Albert Johnson, Lawrence, and Jeanne Hayes, Kansas City, Mo., senior, head heat after riding his hikes slowly along campus roads. Pleasant weather and the
energy crunch may make cycling an attractive travel alternative for many people this fall.
Dispute unfolds at Med Center
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Staff Reporter
Complaints of discrimination at the University of Kansas Medical Center within the last year may lead to an investigation by Employment Opportunity Commission.
Although officials, including Clifford Hill, branch supervisor of the EECG in Kansas City, Kan., refused to comment or acknowledge that complaints had been filed, or that they may conduct an investigation, the EECG officials said an investigation was possible.
Bill Miner, compliance review officer for the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (KCUR), said the number of complaints that the KCUR asked the plaintiffs that were referred to it by other agencies, might lead the EECO to possible discrimination at the Med Center.
According to Melvin Williams, director of affirmative action at the Med Center, 16 complaints have been filed with the EEGO. A complaint has waived has been filed against the Med Center.
A $1.2 million suit charging the Med Center for last May in the Wyndham Court District Court by David Assman, a respiratory therapist in the department of emergency room.
OTHER COMPLIANTS of discrimination in the Med Center referred to the Department of Health, Department of Education and Welfare and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program.
Williams said he had not been notified by the EECO of a possible investigation. But he said the EECO had requested information concerning individual complaints, including Assman's. David Waxman, executive chancellor of the Med Center, said he was unsure that any complaints had been filed against the Med Center until about a week ago.
A breakdown of the 16 complaints filed by EEOC against discrimination, three citing age discrimination, one citing discrimination because of physical disability and one citing discrimination because of sexual orientation.
ACCORDING TO WILLIAMS, these complaints are part of a backlog that the EECO has been trying to clear out since complaints have been issued for handling complaints were initiated.
Previously, when the EOEC received a complaint, it was put on a backlog where it could remain uninvestigated for at least eight months. he said.
Hill said the change was necessary for efficiency.
"We were getting nowhere fast. Rather than wasting a year, we can at least start a preliminary investigation within 60 days."
Williams said that since May 1978, he took over the affirmative action office at the Med Center, he had handled four cases all dealing with racial discrimination.
In three of the four cases he was able to reconcile the parties and in the fourth case, he said, the Med Center was found not to be atta-fu.
See DISCRIMINATION page 11
By DAVID EDDS Staff Writer
No action has been taken yet by Uni-
lizary Fire Department and the state
fire marshal to office to improve fire safe-
ness. The point plan recommended by
the Lawrence
The plan is in response to an inspection by the state fire marshal's office of the Field House early this summer. At that time, the Field House—although having been constructed when it was constructed—was found to be in violation of the current fire code.
Floyct. Temple, director of the physical plant for the KU athletic department, said nothing had been done about the plan because Bob Marcum, director of associate athletes at KU, had been out of town since the report was received Aug. 9.
"No decision will be made until he gets here." Temble said.
Jim McWain, Lawrence fire chief, said he expected that the University would meet the points of the plan as soon as possible.
"IM SURE they're going to meet it. They were very cooperative. They'll be done before there are any functions in Allen." McSwain said.
However, Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planning, said, "The new state fire marshal gave the University a clean bill of health. I've never seen the list."
He declined to comment on any other aspect of the fire marshal's report.
The fire marshal's plan requires that from two to six off-duty Lawrence Fire Protection大队 public events to insure fire-safe conditions during all assembly activities. The number of firemen placed on duty at the gathering would depend on the size of the gathering.
Also recommended in the plan is the removal of temporary bleachers from the four upper corners of the Field House.
OTHER POINTS of the plan include:
- Submission of a seating plan to the Lawrence Fire Department when temporary seating is to be used in the Field House...
- Removal of all combustible or flammable liquids or toxic materials stored in the building.
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- Sufficient lighting to permit safe movement of occupants at all times.
- Removal of mats and related materials from under grandstand areas and storage of the equipment in areas not accessible to the public.
- Removal of a flammable javelin target in the Field House. McMain described most of the recommendations as housekeeping-type functions.
HE SAID the off-duty firemen would be responsible for keeping aisles and ex-
KU gets 25% boost in fuel funds
BvJEFF SJERVEN
Harp increase in the prices of natural gas and fuel oil have prompted a 25 percent increase in funds allocated for utility bills for non-residential buildings at the University of Florida. The university's marketing director for the office of business affairs, said Monday.
Zimmerman said the Kansas Legislature allocated $4,062,274 for KU's utility bill in fiscal 1980, an increase of $316,546 from last year. Fiscal 1980 runs from Oct. 1, 1979 to Dec. 30, 1980.
"There are a few new buildings on campas that account for 50% of the Zimmerman said. "But the lion's share is due to the increase in storage."
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He said the University could ask the Legislature for additional funding if the allocation was not sufficient.
Zimmerman said the increased allocation was needed in spite of several appropriations for fuel conservation and water conservation.
THE KU HOUISING office maintains a fuel budget separate from the rest of the University. Although no student fees are used to pay utilities or administration buildings and classrooms, students living in residence halls, scholarship halls and Souffer Place apartments pay tuition directly through their rent, J.J. Wilson, director of housing, said.
This year's residence hall contract contains a clause allowing the KU housing office to raise monthly rent during the school year, but Wilson said he doubted that such an increase would be necessary.
He added, however, that sparing fuel costs could result in rate increases between contract years.
"IF FOOD OR ENERGY prices go sky-high, we have to fall back on our reserves. The student pays the bill. We wouldn't have put it in there if we didn't need the protection." Wilson said.
The housing office expects the utility bill for all
University-owned housing to total $1.3 million this year, up
8.3 percent from last year* to $1.2 million.
KU has an intermittable contract with the Kansas Public Service Gas Co. Under this contract, KU's supply of natural gas can be cut off during periods of high demand for fuel, and Perkins, associate director of plant maintenance, said.
natural gas service at KU was cut off for 58 days last January and February, except perfor the University campus.
DURING THE PERIOD, the University burned 17,000 to 19,000 gallons of fuel oil a day at a cost twice that required $245 million.
However, he said the University probably would use less fuel oil than last year because KU now receives a higher service priority from the gas company. In tight supply situations, it will be met second to private hospitals.
In the event of a gas shut-off, the University has 400,000 to 425,000 gallons of fuel oil in reserve for administration and classrooms and 150,000 gallons in reserve for University busing.
The 150,000 gallons for housing would provide a 30-day
supply, J.J. Wilson said. The number of days varies according to temperature and wind, he said.
*IF THE TEMPERATURES range from zero at night to during the day, we could stretch the supply for longer.
To increase oil reserves, KU has hired an engineering company, Wilson & Co. of Salina, to plan and build a new fuel oil storage tank, Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planning, said. The project is expected to cost $30,000.
Wiechert said the storage tank probably would be located near the University's power plant on Sunyside Road. The amount of oil the tank will hold and the amount of time it will it depend on the design of the tank and the materials used.
ALSO BEING STUDIED by University administrators is construction and wood-burning fuel-fuelled machines. Wiegler-Lieber, Wiegler-Lieber.
He said a rough draft of a study by Franklin Associates, an Olathe consulting company, concluded that such a firm's services are worth $10 million.
Wiechert said Franklin Associates had examined 10 alternate projects ranked in cost from $10 million to $30 million.
HOWEVER, PLANS for a waste- and wood-burning plant have been put on board by the Board Regents, according to Mr. Schumacher.
Smith, who helped with plans for such a plant, said the Regents had decided to postpone action on any proposals until controversy over a proposed coal-burning power plant at Kansas State University was resolved.
Plans for the coal-burning plant at KState were criticized by Kansas Power and Light Co. officials from the utility that said using a natural-gas power plant would be cheaper.
Smith said the Regents were reluctant at their meeting last month to ask the legislature for the $2 million to $3 million needed to build the K-State plant because of the high cost and the objections raised.
Admissions braces for enrollment
Staff Reporter
Bv TONI WOOD
New students who come to the University of Kansas often are familiar with only one office: admission and records in 126 Strong Hall.
The office staff has braced itself for enrollment week—answering the same question of times, reassuring lost members, helping others through the University's red tape.
Through it all, the receptionists, secretaries and administrators somehow manage to remain calm in the chaotic office.
The office usually is packed with people, each with his own set of needs. Some come with books and laptops and some change schools. Some decided last week to attend college and want to know whether it
The more complex problems are given to John Myers, director of admissions. A phone call put him in touch with a woman in an atvical situation:
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destroyed every piece of her work. Myers promised to do his best to help.
She loaded all her artwork into her car and headed to the University to show the professors her work and to apply for an award. She then traveled to Georgia, her car caught on fire and
"ONE OF THE THINGS to keep in mind is that most people out there are doing fine," Myers said. "The vast majority are very pleased with their experiences here."
Myers and Linda Thompson, assistant director of admissions, are seasoned professionals at calming new students. Monday morning they met with their teachers to help them make up of students, and prepared them for the questions that would be asked.
"The profession of admissions serves two masters: to represent the institution, but also to serve the student."
"It's not in the best interest of the University to bring in people who don't belong here."
Admittance to the University is not difficult, Myers said, but those who would not cone well are not encouraged to apply.
"Do I really have to get my doctor's signature on this green card?" Yes.
"CAN I GO OVER to Allen Field House and enroll early?" No.
The orientation staff armed itself with timetables and campus maps and went to the Kansas Union to answer questions.
Most of the new students had a certain wide-eyed daze about them. There were all female students, and they tended to dazzle their classmates, while others were satisfied to wear blue jeans and T-shirts.
Some seemed more confident than others: One woman said the handbook was old news, so she began making a list of things to do. She made sure her toothbrush, toothbrush holder, memo pad, makeup
MYERS STOOD OUTSIDE the auditorium as the students poured in. He had estimated that about 350 people would attend orientation.
Most seated themselves and began reading their student handbooks religiously, waiting to be welcomed to the University of Kansas by the admissions staff.
But the 550 seats in the auditorium soon filled up, and students began sitting on the floor and standing in the back.
"I think this means our enrollment will be about 87,000 this year." Myers said in test.
more realistic estimates from William Kelly, associate dean of admissions and records, were that the fall enrollment would be the same or more than last fall's 29,400
On the Lawrence campus last fall,
students totaled 23,564.
"It is awfully hard to estimate enrollment figures," Kelly said. "We never have any idea of who's coming back, but it probably will be the same or more last year."
John Conard, executive officer for the John Conard, regents, said, "The University of Texas is a great place. There will possibly be a small increase in enrollment because it is located in a heavily
ENROLLMENT AT other Big Eight universities. KU's enrollment remained stable or increased. Conard attributed the difference to KU's reputation in academics and research.
"Emporia's President John Wisser—when he is in his more depressed moments—will say, 'Ole is the largest town around here to draw from.' "
"Emperor will have the most difficulty because it is located in the Flint Hills where there is no large population to work with," Conard said.
The University probably will be more stable than other universities in the state, but it is a small university. University Wichita State University, Wichita State University, Pittsburgh State University, Fort Hays State University, Purdue University
Inside
The Kansan returns to campus with this special four-section edition. The news round-up and the sports section were produced by fall staffers. The last
Sports
Buildings
two sections we put together by the summer news staff under Caroline Trowbridge, editor Duncan Buts, business director in charge of advertising for all four sections.
Recreation
Sports fans will look the outlook for the Jawwahys' football season (1B) as well as a profile of John Hadd, new offensive coordinator (2B) and a Big Eight team. The team's key touchdowns tickets (14B). Prospects for all major fall sports can be found in this section.
The building section brings you up to date on construction and renovation projects on the KU campus and in airport Lawrence. It is a city hall (1C). Information can be found on the completed satellite station and for delays in the Malah Hall addition (3C).
Business
Students hunting for an escape from Lawrence this fall can consult the last chapter of *American Geography* to have fun in the sun is included. (1D). Several northern Kansas lakes offer opportunities for fishing.
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A focus on Lawrence businesses begins on page 9D. There is a report on the growth of local businesses to scout for used furniture for your room or apartment (9D).