University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 10, 1986
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News Briefs
Theme announced for Rock Chalk show
The production staff of the 1987 Rock Chalk Revue announced the theme of this year's show yesterday.
"Out of the Frying Pan and into the Kitchen" is the theme of the show to be held February 26. 27 and 28, said David Claflin, producer of the Revue.
Driver faces charges
The theme was announced at a meeting of production staff members and representatives of organizational groups interested in submitting scripts for the show.
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, said yesterday that charges had been filed against a 22-year-old woman who allegedly ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle, killing the driver.
Flory said Kathy Haun, Lawrence, was charged with one count of failure to yield right of way. Haun entered a north Lawrence intersection on Aug. 7 and hit a car driven by Mary Murphy, 56, Lawrence, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Flory said a review of the case had indicated that it would be inappropriate to charge Haun with a more serious charge of vehicular homicide.
Flory said witnesses reported that Murphy might have been speeding before the accident and laboratory reports had shown her blood-alcohol level to be over the statutory limit of 0.10 percent.
Haun is scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court Sept. 23 to answer for the charge. She faces a maximum of a $48 fine.
Downtown event set
University Days festivities sponsored by the Downtown Lawrence Association, will begin tomorrow and continue through Saturday.
A tricycle race at 5 p.m. in the west parking lot of the 700 block of New Hampshire Street will kick off tomorrow's activities. The evening's events will end with a street dance that begins at 7 p.m.
On Friday, sports information booths will be at several street corners from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. A balloon toss is set for 6 p.m. in the west parking lot.
2 suspects arrested
Two men were being held yesterday in the Douglas County jail in connection with an attempted burglary of a gas station, which took place at about 12:45 a.m. Monday in the 600 block of Fireside Court.
Police arrested the two suspects after people living in the area called the police. The burglary was in progress when police arrived. The suspects tried to flee but were caught.
Police reported that entry was gained through a broken window. Five cases of beer, one case of Coca-Cola, 40 cartons and seven packs of cigarettes, 14 Bic lighters and a radio were taken.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, the pleas of Michael Kiefer and Robert L. Parker, defendants in a federal drug case, were incorrectly reported in yesterday's Kansan. Both men pleaded not guilty.
Weather
Skies will be partly cloudy today with a high in the upper 80s. Southerly winds will be 20 to 30 mph. Skies will be mostly cloudy tonight with a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms. The low temperature will be in the mid-60s.
From staff and wire reports.
Taping von Ende at courthouse banned
By ALISON YOUNG
Reporters and others will be prohibited from photographing, videotaping or audio taping Richard von Ende, University executive secretary, in and around the U.S. District Courthouse in Topeka, a court official said yesterday.
Staff writer
Von Ende is being tried in federal court on three counts of distributing cocaine and three counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Local Rule 31 of the federal courthouse, reinforced by a recent court order, bans photographing, videotap
Robert Streepy, an assistant U.S. attorney, who was not commenting directly on von Ende's case, said the rule was not rigidly enforced. He also questioned its constitutionality.
ing and audio taping in the courthouse building and the federal property it rests on, including courtrooms, hallways, entrances and exits and parking lots.
However, von Ende's attorney,
Mark L. Bennett Jr., of Topea, filed
a motion on Aug. 8 asking that
photographing, videotaping and
audio tapping of von Ende in the
courthouse environs be prohibited.
U. S. District Judge Earl E.' O'Connon granted the motion. 'O'Connon
could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Kelly Harmon, a law clerk for O'Connor, said Bennett's motion paralleled Rule 31.
"It was just to make it clear that the local rule would be enforced," said Harmon.
She said that as far as O'Connor's office was concerned, Rule 31 was always enforced.
Streepy said individuals violating the rule could be found in contempt of court.
Bennett said he thought Rule 31 was rigidly enforced at the federal court. He said he only filed the motion because a rule had been beaten.
Bennett said yesterday that he filled the Aug. 8 motion after a Topeka television station violated the standing rule by videotaping on Ende
outside the federal courthouse.
"I didn't make the rule." Bennett said.
The first of two trials involving von Ende has been set for Oct. 1 in Topeka.
The University continues to distribute von Ende's duties among KU staff.
Chancellor Gene A Budig said yesterday that James Bibb and Marlin Rein continued to fulfill von Ende's daily legislative duties. Bibb is KU associate director of business
affairs and Rein is associate hospital administrator for the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
The job became too large for any one person to handle, said Budig.
In addition to Bibb and Rein, Jim Scally, assistant to the chancellor, and Jane Johnson, secretary for Budig and von Ende, are fulfilling some of von Ende's other duties.
Von Ende has been on paid sick leave from his $35,020 position since June. According to Douglas County court records from a separate civil case involving von Ende, he has "a contagious kidney infection."
Student sells mini-burgers
Conroy's restaurant takes little bite out of big market
Staff writer
Bv BILL RAYNOLDS
Burger behemoths such as McDonald's Corp. sell $1.40 Big Macs. Conroy's burgers 33-cent Tommyburgers.
Tommyburgers are silver-
dollar-sized hamburgers, the
namesake of KU student Tom
Conroy.
Conroy, the owner of the restaurant of the same name, said he saw an opportunity to sell and deliver miniature hamburgers in Lawrence.
"Every city I've ever been in has mini-burgers," he said, referring to White Castle restaurants and Krvstal restaurants.
Business has been getting better every week. he said.
"I hope to an alternative to Burger King and pizza," he said.
"Now we're selling about 200 Tommy Burgers a day," he said.
Conroy, Clearwater, Fla., sophomore, said he opened Conroy's on July 2. He rents kitchen space from the Harvest Cafe, 745 New Hampshire St., and serves them in building space nearby.
Conroy also said he and his staff of eight baked the restaurant's buns daily.
"We go through a lot of pain to bake the buns," he said.
Business was so good on a recent Saturday afternoon that Conroy had to close down for an hour to catch up on his bun-making.
Tom Conroy owner of Conroy's restaurant
Conroy is not a stranger to the Lawrence restaurant scene.
In addition to the Tommyburger Conroy's sells quarter-pound burgers; pork tenderloins; bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches and fried vegetables.
Last May he rented space at the Congo Bar, 520 N. Third St., to make sandwiches for the customers. Conroy said he left the bar in mid-June because he had no new customers and because he wanted to target his business to the college community.
"I love the food at Conroy's," said Fowler Jones, Fairway senior, who has eaten there eight or nine times. "They're 'Tommyburgers' only 30 cents. You buy six for $1.80, and they fill you up."
"Their delivery concept is unprecedented. People love burgers, and they won't have to leave home to get them."
Conroy's delivers anywhere in Lawrence.
"They'd make nice stocking stuffers, or they could be used as loose fill for building foundations," said Mark Behrens, Baltimore senior.
However, some customers have been critical of Conroy's Tommyburgers.
Gavin Kirk, St. Louis senior, said the burgers were more of a novelty and were more valuable for show than to eat.
9th-grade math test troubles 58 percent of accounting class
By PAMELA SPINGLER
In theory, financial accounting students should have no problem passing a ninth-grade level algebra test — especially because a knowledge of algebra is a stated prerequisite.
But in reality, 58 percent of the students in this semester's financial accounting classes, or BUS 240, failed a basic algebra test.
Seventy-one percent of the students received D's or F's.
The test was given to 683 students. They had 30 minutes to solve 10 story problems.
Although Math 101 — a basic college algebra class — or its equivalent is a prerequisite for financial accounting, the average score was 5, a 50 percent on a 100-point scale.
Some KU officials said they were not particularly concerned about the low scores and they didn't think the scores signaled a trend.
But Arthur Thomas, the Arthur Young distinguished professor of business and the test's creator, said he was disappointed with the results.
"The test was tailor-made for these kids." Thomas said.
He said the story problems were in the same language as the rest of the tests given in the course and didn't include any accounting problems.
Thomas described the test as advice — his attempt to show the students what kind of math they would need to know for his class. He also said he had shown the test to administrators and colleagues who agreed that the test wasn't too difficult.
Wayne McManus, a financial accounting instructor, said the test, which was given for the first time this year, did not affect the students' grades.
"We wanted to see where the students were as a group in reading comprehension and algebra." McManus said.
Philip Montgomery, associate professor of mathematics, said he wasn't surprised that the students didn't do any better on the test.
"It's only three minutes per question," he said. "If you give the students 45 minutes, you would see the scores increase.
"Story problems always cause problems for students. The math required to do these things isn't difficult, but the difficulty would come from translating the stories into the math."
McManus said the problems on the test were simple, algebraic equations with three of four components given.
"A couple of the problems were more difficult." McManus admitted. "They included percentages and interest rates."
Montgomery said one problem students usually have with story problems was understanding the formulas.
'Story problems always cause problems for students.'
— Philip Montgomery associate professor of
mathematics
"Kids don't realize that they don't need to understand formulas, but just to plug in the numbers and crank out the answers." he said.
Jim Carothers, associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the college had beefed up the math requirements for students entering KU next fall.
"Our concern is that mathematics is one of the essential skills for college students," Carothers said.
"We found that many students are avoiding or postponing mathematic courses," he said. "They end up ruling themselves out of other academic possibilities."
Concessions area may open in the Towers
Staff writer
By PAM MILLER
Two new meal plans will make eating meals more convenient for Jayhawker Towers tenants, the director of student housing said yesterday.
Kenneth L. Stoner, housing director, said that on Monday he approved a proposal from the Kansas Union's concession department to install a vending center at the Jayhawer Towers apartment complex.
Another plan already in effect
The new vending center will occupy the vacant space below the Jayhawker Towers office. James Long, director of unions, said he did not know when the machines would be installed but hoped to have them in this semester.
allows Towers' tenants to eat all three meals at Templin and Lewis halls. This is the first semester this plan has been in use, Stoner said.
"We decided to explore this possibility to see what the traffic would be like," he said.
If the vending machines don't work out, other alternatives might be researched.
"Even if it's just frozen pizzas that a student could come down to get and warm up in the microwave, surely there is something we could do that would be of service to them." Stoner said.
Stoner said that 14 men and three women living at the Towers used the meal plan.
The cost of eating at the dorm is $136 a semester, minus the cost of
meals for the weeks already passed,
Stoner said. In order to receive a meal pass, the tenants have to prove they live at the Towers.
The meal plan was started this year because some Towers' tenants expressed a desire to have prepared meals instead of having to fix their own, Stoner said.
Ken Hopkins, Topeka sophomore, said he moved into the Towers from his off-campus apartment so he could use the meal plan. He said that
when he asked housing food service if he could buy a residence hall meal plan, he was told that he could buy a plan if he lived in a Towers apartment complex.
Hopkins said he wished the plan was available to all students, whether they lived on-campus or off-campus.
"I think a lot of off-campus students would want to do it," Hopkins said. "I did, because without it I'd starve to death. A lot of students don't have time to cook."
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