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Monday, September 15, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Hall residents angered by use of T-shirt design
By PAM MILLER
Staff writer
Ballour House of Kansas has been boycotted by Hashinger Hall because of what Hashinger government members call unfair business practices.
On Sept. 3, Hashinger passed a resolution formally stating that it would no longer do business with Balfour House, 935 Massachusetts St.
Hashinger is protesting Balfour House because the business reprinted the hall's T-shirt design without the permission of either Hashinger or the designer, said Philip Thornton, Maysville, Mo., senior.
Thornton, a graphic arts design major, created the design. He said Balfour House had used his design on T-shirts for another campus organization.
Balfour House prints custom designed T-shirts, key chains, party favors and sells sporting goods to many KU students and student organizations.
As a formal protest, a letter explaining the hall's reasons for boycoting the business will be sent to Balfour House this week, Thornton said. The letter states that the hall was offended that Balfour House used the hall's symbol for profit without its consent.
Thornton said Ann Isely, hall director; Mark von Schlemmer, assistant hall director; Eric Young, hall president; and Mike Merschel, hall vice president, would sign the letter.
Thornton recently went to speak to Tom Wilkerson, owner of Balfour House. Wilkerson said that Balfour House wouldn't use the design anymore if Thornton didn't want it to be used.
Wilkerson said he had no problems with dropping Thornton's design from his selections.
"We're not trying to offend anyone," Wilkerson said. "We try to change the design a little bit so it's not exactly like the original. We changed the colors."
Wilkerson said he had altered the design so that
Thorton designed a pink flamingo with a foliage background for T-shirts for Hashinger residents in spring 1984. Balfour House printed about 100 T-shirts, and they were distributed to residents in fall 1984.
no one but Hashinger still would have the original design.
Von Schlemmer, Leavenworth graduate student, said that this summer he saw the flamingo design with another organization's name on it when he was in the store.
Von Schlemmer recognized the design because he had ordered 10 more shirts with the flamingo design for members of Hashinger's staff earlier this summer.
Von Schlemmer told Thornton that the design had been reused.
Thornton said he had no idea that his design had been sold by Balfour House to other groups.
Thornton said that University's Legal Services office told him that he had no legal recourse because he had not copyrighted the design.
ne tiamingo has been the official symbol of Hashinger for three years, said Merschel, Lakewood, Colo., sophomore.
Thorton said without a copyright, a design becomes public domain, leaving him no power to decide how the design is used.
"It was my first big design and they put their name on it," he said.
The business sold a design that looks like Thornton's design to one organization, the Delta Delta Delta sorority, Wilkerson said.
Melissa Martin, president of Delta Delta Delta,
1630 Oxford Rd., said she wasn't aware of a flamingo T-shirt being ordered from Balfour House for her sorority.
The design still hung in the store on Thursday, but Wilkerson said he was not planning to offer it for sale.
Phillip Thornton, Maysville, Mo., senior, poses with the design he created for Hashinger Hall's T-shirts.
Margie Chambers/KANSAN
Police to keep watchful eye on bicyclists
By RIC ANDERSON
Staff writer
Campus police plan a crackdown on bicyclists who violate traffic laws, a KU police spokesman said last week.
"Many complaints are called in at this time of year about bicyclists riding on sidewalks, running stop signs and generally abusing traffic laws," she said. "We get calls every day."
Lt. Jeanne Longaker, the spokesman, said the department had decided to concentrate more on cycling violations because of a high number of accidents and complaints from motorists.
Longaker said bicycles, unlike automobiles, were hard to track down, so police couldn't easily take action on these complaints.
"We usually find at this time of year that we have to start issuing citations," she said. "It usually takes that kind of enforcement to get attention."
Longaker said that four accidents involving a bicycle and a car had occurred this year. Seven such accidents were reported in 1985 and nine in 1984.
Longaker said a city law required that bicycles be registered. Cyclists should bring their bike's serial number and 25 cents to the police department at 302 Carruth O'Leary Hall to be registered with the University and with the National Crime Information Center in Washington, D.C.
Longaker said not registering could result in a fine and a registered bike also was easier to trace if stolen.
Officers will concentrate on ticketing cyclists for running stop signs, not yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks, exceeding the speed limits and riding on sidewalks.
Professors may apply to be judge
by BETH COPELAND
Staff writer
The retirement of the state supreme court's chief justice has opened the door for nominations, and some KU law professors are eligible to fill the vacancy.
Alfred G. Schroeder did not file last week for retention in the Nov. 4 general election, thus ending in January his 30-year career with Kansas' highest court.
Lewis C. Carter, clerk of the appellate courts, said letters seeking nominees would be mailed to the 7,500 lawyers in Kansas. Lawyers, judges and law-school professors would qualify.
Michael Davis, dean of the KU School of Law, said that faculty had been nominated to fill court vacancies in the past, but that the law school would not formally endorse anyone.
"The school will not take any action as a whole," he said, "but I may be asked to write a letter of recommendation if one of our staff is nominated. That's the most we'd do."
Lisa Dailey, Lawrence third-year law student and president of the KU Student Bar Association, said any endorsements or nominations would be prompted by students.
"SBA on our own won't be doing anything unless there's consensus from students," she said. "Then we will help all we can."
The SBA is a student organization that serves as a liaison between law school students and faculty.
Neither Davis nor Dailey had beard of any movement to nominate a faculty member.
Several KU law professors would be likely candidates, SBA members said.
"I really have not thought about the supreme court," he said. "I'm most familiar with federal income taxation. This job is more appropriate for someone in state law who has had some trial experience."
Heller said, "Even if I were approved, I would have to retire the next year because I'm that old. Besides, while there's a lot of prestige with the supreme court, the pay is not that inviting."
Dickinson was nominated along with Deanell Tacha in 1985 to fill a vacancy on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Tacha was vice chancellor for academic affairs.
The general public can nominate a replacement for Schroeder. Anyone nominated must be at least 30 and must have been continually practicing law for 10 years before to Jan. 12, 1987, the swearing in day.
Francis Heller, professor of law, has a background in constitutional law and political science.
Nomination forms are available in the district court clerk's office in the Douglas County Courthouse and must be submitted to the nominating commission by Oct. 15.
The 11-member commission includes five members elected by the Kansas Bar Association and five members appointed by the governor.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
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