Campus/Area
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1985
University Daily Kansan
News Briefs
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Chamber releases guide to Lawrence
The Autumn 1985 Visitors Guide to Lawrence will be available starting tomorrow at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, 209 W. Eighth St., and at area motels, hurpike entrances and museums, Billings, director of the Lawrence Chamber of Officers Bureau, announced this week.
The free guides include a calendar of events from September to Dec. 31, shopping restaurant and recreation guides, maps, a history of Lawrence, a university of Kansas walking tour, and a Lawrence driving tour. Billings said that guides would also be available in the Kansas Union for students.
Rec classes to begin
Walk-in registration for fall classes offered by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will begin Sept. 16 and continue until the classes are filled.
A brochure listing all of the offerings can be obtained at the South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St.; the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.; the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 15th and Brook streets; the public Library, 707 Vermont St.; the South Lawnance City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets; and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, 209 W. Eighth St.
Mail-in registration will take place Sept. 9-12.
Two exhibits will open Sunday at the new Kansas Museum of History, 6425 S. W. 6th St., Topeka. "There's No Place Like Home" will trace how political and social movements movies, television, athletics and other museums have helped to mold public images of Kansas.
Kansas exhibits open
Readers who have ideas for stories or photographs can call the Kansan newsroom at 864-4810.
Where to call
For sports, ask for Chris Lazarino, sports editor. For photographs, ask for John or Bryan Gravs, photo editors.
For questions or complaints, ask for Rob Karwath, editor, or John Hanna, managing editor.
To reach the Kansan business office, which handles advertising, call 864-4358.
Weather
Today will be most sunny with the high in the mid m90 and south to southeast winds at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be fair, low around 70. Tomorrow will be fair, with highs in the low to mid m90.
Correction
Due to an editor's error, a news brief in Friday's Kansan incorrectly listed an address to send applications for scholarships from the Scholarship Research Institute. Applications may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to P.O. Box 50157, Washington, D.C. 20004.
From staff and wire reports.
New annex to end hall laundry woes
By Bob Tinsley Of the Kansan staff
Tease the men of Battelfield Scholarship Hall about ring around the collar, and stand aside to dodge the washtubs and hot, soapy water.
Construction of a five-row annex, which will contain a new laundry room, continues at Battenfeld, 1425 Alumni Place. Meanwhile, residents have had to seek solutions elsewhere for their dirty laundry woes.
Residents made arrangements with Douthart, Pearson, Sellards, Stephenson, Miller and Watkins scholarship halls to do laundry there on various days of the week. They went to the library and the halls at least until Oct. 15, which is the scheduled completion date for the annex.
"The first completion date we got was Oct. 9," Owen Fine, Battenfield vice president, said Friday, "and they moved it back a week, but I'm not betting any money."
While some residents take their clothes to local coin-operated lau-dries, others accept the new system.
"It's a pain, but we're dealing with it because there's no other way."
James Brown, Topeka senior and Battenfield resident, said he preferred to do his laundry at his parents' home.
"It's almost like walking into someone's house to do laundry."
Corvin said, "Probably the worst part of the whole thing is we have to wash our dish towels by hand. We usually wash them twice a day."
Brown said of the new system.
The $220,000 annex will contain four study rooms, a bathroom and the laundry. All residents share a sleeping dormitory and are placed in study rooms in groups of four.
Corvin said residents of Battenfeld, the smallest scholarship hall on campus, had petitioned for at least four years for additional space. J.J. Pilson, retired director of housing, promised to help his attention last year. Corvin said.
"The they figured we'd want a recreation room," he said. "It turned out we wanted to reduce the number of people in a study room from four to three."
Visiting hours posed a problem at the womens' scholarship halls that have welcomed Battenfield men to their laundry rooms. But as the arrangement enters its second week, the reputations of Battenfeld men at the halls of their hosts are as unsullied as their linens.
"Normally we have to have guests escorted at all times," said Mary Boyce, Prairie Village senior and professor of the Student Scholarship Hall, 1506 Lillac Lane.
"So far there's no problem, but it's only been one Monday's worth," she said.
Pep band says aloha after memorable trip
By Liz Maggard
Of the Kansan staff
Honolulu is just a memory now for 34 student members and four staff members of the KU pep band. They've said aloha to Hawaii and returned to Kansas.
But band director Robert Foster said last night that the trip was one they would remember for a long time, but they had to pay for the trip themselves.
"The band members had a wonderful time. Foster said, 'They were so excited.'"
The students and staff members were in Honolulu for Saturday's football game between KU and the University of Hawaii, which the Jayhawks won, 33-27.
The band members had to pay their own way to Honolulu because the Hawaiian game was not included in the band budget, Foster said.
"It was an extra game that was added on," he said.
Each band member who wanted to go to Hawaii had to pay $355 to make the trip. That covered the airplane fare and the hotel. Foster said the band was given a meal allowance, bus transportation to and from the airport and the game, and free admission to the game.
Band member Dena Dukelow said she had worked all summer and had worked in the city.
"I thought this was something a little extra special, so I thought it was worth the money," she said.
Opening day
Alan Hagman/KANSAN
BONNER SPRINGS — Saturday was the opening day of the Renaissance festival at the Agricultural Hall of Fame near Bonner Springs. This is the ninth year of the festival, which lasts until October 6.
Student insurance cheaper
By Bengt Ljung Of the Kansan staff
Health care insurance rates for KU students have dropped this semester by about 25 percent compared with last year's rates, a spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas said Friday.
Steve Hamlin, sales representative for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 2721 W. Sixth St., which provides the optional insurance, said the reduced price was a result of the image of the insurance by students.
The insurance complements the health care available at Watkins Memorial Hospital, which is financed through student fees.
Students may purchase the insurance only during the first weeks of the semester. The last day is Monday.
"We had between 400 and 600 new applicants when we were up on campus Aug. 20, 21 and 23." Harlin said Friday. "The costs were very competitive before, so any type of reduction of price is good."
Last year, 1,850 KU students purchased the insurance. Many students already are covered by their insurance plans, Hamlin said.
"The rates should reflect the claim percentage," he said. "But the usage was lower than projected last year. We have also increased the deductible portion."
The deductible is the amount the patient has to pay before the insurance plan is activated
The following rates are charged for the insurance:
The monthly rate for a student is now $26.87, which is a decrease of 24 percent.
The monthly rate for a student and spouse is now $80.87, a decrease of four percent.
"The rate for student with spouse didn't go down as much because it had the largest rate of
The rate for a student with children is $60.54, a decrease of 26 percent.
The rate for a student with family is $90.52, a decrease of 23 percent.
claims," Hamlin said.
At Watkins, the student fee pays for outpatient tests and most examinations and treatments by physicians and nurses. Students are charged for medication, room and board, inpatient tests and minor surgery.
The Blue Cross part of the additional health care insurance pays for hospital services, such as room and board. The student pays the first $50 on each admission as a deductible, except at Watkins where there is no deductible.
The Blue Shield portion pays for surgery, visits to physicians and emergency care. The student and Blue Shield share payments 50-50 up to $50 a year.
Hamlin said Blue Cross and Blue Shield was working closely with the Student Senate to develop a better student insurance program. Jeff Polack, student body vice president, said Friday that the Senate was conducting a survey to determine students' insurance needs.
KU, WSU gain enrollment; K-State's numbers decline
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
Enrollment figures are up at the University of Kansas and at Wichita State University, but for the administrators at Kansas State University, first-day enrollment figures released last week looked bleak.
KU's first-day enrollment figures were up by 102 students from last fall, Robin Eversole, director of University Relations, said. Wichita State reported an increase of about 250 students from last fall.
K-State's first-day enrollment figures, however, were down by 608 students from last fall.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said the increase in enrollment at KU showed that more and more students be-
'It's a lot of guessing, but since we draw mostly from the farm
Richard Elkins, K-State's director of admissions, said yesterday that the fall in enrolment was probably due by the depressed farm economy
community the figures are not really surprising, considering the bank foreclosures and problems farmers are having now," he said.
K-State's first-day enrollment was 14,384 students compared to 14,992 students last fall.
Elkins said that enrollment dropped in agriculture and home economics classes only, while enrollment was significantly higher in business administration and architecture. Enrollment in engineering remained steady.
"We are trying to get a handle on the situation, but every reason we consider as to why enrollment has fallen seems to point back to the depressed economy. One thing I have noticed in the past year is a large increase in financial aid applications," he said.
Russel Wentworth, Wichita State's director of admissions, said Wichita State's growth was evident in all categories.
"We were up in new, returning traditional students, non-traditional and graduate students," he said.
ATTENTION
Now taking applications for
—Executive Secretary
—Student Admin. Asst.
—ASK Campus Director
—Senate Committees
Application deadline is Sept. 6,1985 at 5 p.m.
Stop by the STUDENT SENATE OFFICE b105 KANSAS UNION 864-3710 GET INVOLVED TODAY EOE/AA Paid for by Student Senate Activity Fee
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