Thursday, Oct. 31, 1985
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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ASK defines lobbying goals
By Frank Ybarra Special to the Kansan
An increase in salaries for students who work on state-school campuses and a program to stop a "brain drain" of bright Kansas students will be among the lobbying efforts of the Associated Students of Kansas this legislative session.
Brian Gilpin, campus director of ASK, met with students last night at the Kansas Union to discuss a tentative platform adopted in September by ASK members. ASK, which comprises students from state schools, will complete its agenda at a legislative assembly Nov. 22 at Emporia State University.
Gilpin told the seven students who attended the meeting about an ASK plan to increase by 10 percent the amount of money earned by students who work on campuses. The increase would be used to hire more camp workers and to reward students who have done well at their jobs.
Another ASK goal is to stop the "exporting" of national merit scholars who leave Kansas for more prestigious universities.
This exodus, described as a "brain drain" by Gilpin, is
"We all benefit from bright students in the classroom," he said. "They add to the reputation of the university also."
causing 66 percent of merit scholars to leave Kansas.
The ASK proposal is designed to offer a competitive financial aid program for national merit scholars so they can add to the Kansas economy and academic atmosphere. Gilbin said.
ASK will also push for the elimination of a law that requires that establishments serve as much food as alcohol before 18-year-olds may work there.
According to the ASK tentative platform, the purpose of the higher drinking age was to "curtail under-age
ASK also is going to lobby for increased student financial aid based on need rather than merit.
An increase for full-time students is needed to offset the 40 percent decrease in the number of grants awarded to students over the past few years, Gilpin said.
ASK will also try to initiate a program which will give part-time students some form of financial aid. Gilpin said it was "extremely difficult" for these students to get aid.
northern difficult" for these students to get aid.
Gilpin said that today he would discuss students' input from the platform meeting with John Allen, legislative director for ASK.
Repair costs high for incinerator
By a Kansan reporter
The pathological incinerator, which is used to burn dead research animals, will receive more than $89,000 in repairs to make it operable.
It is going to take a lot of cold cash to heat up the Laboratory Animal Care Unit incinerator.
Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planned, said Monday that
the incinerator, which is in Mallot Hall, had overheated several weeks ago, which resulted in extensive damage to the unit.
Wiechert said the problem may have resulted from a defective heat regulator. The incinerator normally is heated to temperatures from 800 to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
the incinerator had been out of service for six to eight weeks.
Albert Smith, the director of the Laboratory Animal Care Unit said
The Kansas Board of Regents two weeks ago approved $89,464 for the University to start repairs on the incinerator.
When in operation, the incinerator is used to burn research animals. The dead animals are kept in a holder until the end of each week when they are burned.
Car collides with a train
Two Lawrence women walked away with minor injuries last night from a car-train accident at the entrance of Riverside Park at North Second Street and Highway 40.
By a Kansan reporter
The driver, Robin Harris, 19, and passenger, Sondra Bayburn, 18, were leaving a birthday party at the park when a Union Pacific train traveling 43 mph struck their car as it crossed the tracks, said Douglas County Deputy Betty Pringle. The car was demolished, Pringle said.
Pringle said she did not think the party or the accident involved alcohol.
"There were about 70:100 cars down there," Warson said.
The train crossing is not marked by railroad crossing signals.
Herbert Warson, of Lawrence, said he had called the police about the party before the accident.
"I told my wife, 'Before the night is over, I bet somebody gets hit by the train.'"
According to Pringle, two cars in front of Harris' car had stopped for the train, but Harris did not see the train and drove around the two cars, colliding with the train on the tracks.
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