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Tuesday, August 26, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Light load
A lightnole near 6th and Frontier streets serves as an early morning perch for these birds.
Film to recap Jayhawk athletic history
By BRIAN SNYDER
Staff writer
Jayhawk fans should be able to relive the great moments in KU athletics in the comfort of their own homes by the end of the semester.
Philo Films, a St. Louis promotion and marketing company, is making a KU sports video cassette for retail sale. Doug Vance, sports information director, said yesterday.
The company has been interviewing KU sports legends on campus and collecting pieces of old film footage to create a history of KU athletics, Vance said.
The cassette, which should be for sale in early November, will cost $29.95.
Lawrence Miller, staff member of Philo Films, would not disclose the exact terms of the deal, but said KU would make a share of the profit.
Philist staff members have talked with former KU athletes, including football players Gale Sayles and John Hadl, discus thrower Al Oter and basketball player Clyde Lovellet.
"KU athletics has touched so many people over the years." Vance said. "This is a product that people would like to have. It focuses in on all the sports. It contains interviews with great athletes and takes an in-depth look at the sports tradition here."
Miller, maker of similar films for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals, said the full-length movie is not a documentary, but a celebration of athletic accomplishments at KU.
The film captures the affection felt between current students and alumni, Miller said, and it captures the feeling of competition in the 20s and 30s, besides great moments in KU sports history.
"I see families watching this together," he said.
"It's a connecting thread for the generations."
The film will be viewed the evening of Nov. 1, after the football game against Oklahoma, at Allen Field House
Philo Films, which chose KU to be the first university for such a project, plans to make similar films for the University of Southern California and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"We chose Kansas as our first university project because of its rich athletic tradition in basketball and track." Miller said. "Kansas has produced so many outstanding athletes."
Vance said KU was eager to have Philo Films produce the film because of the quality of similar cassettes it had produced for professional sports clubs.
Clinton Marina to move
Staff writer
Bv ATLE BIORGE
Those who sail the mighty waters of Clinton Lake will have to drive only 10 minutes from Lawrence to reach their boats beginning in the spring.
During the winter season, Clinton Marina will move from the Bloomington public use area to the Kansas State Park. Bloomington, located across the Lake, is a 25 minute drive from Lawrence.
"I'm definitely happy about the move." Mark Retonde, owner of the marina and a Lawrence resident, said yesterday.
Retonde said he had been working on the $50,000 move for the last four years and expected business to increase because of it.
"A few people who live in the Clinton area are bummed," she said.
Emily Kitos, 1304 Ohio St., who has worked in the marina store for four years, said most people seemed happy about moving.
The actual moving will take about a week, Retonde said. The marina will be moved in seven sections. Developing the boat storage yard and the final anchoring of the marina will take time, he said.
The marina has 165 slips, or docking places, that are rented on a yearly basis from $250 to $600.
During the move, Retonde said, 30 slips will be added to those existing and 30 may be added right after that. He said he hoped to add
many more slips over the next four to five years.
Retonde said he planned to expand the food and boat services in 1988 and put some buildings on land. Presently, the marina is aflat.
Judy Billings, director of the Conventions and Visitors Bureau in Lawrence, said the move was a combined operation by the owner and the state.
The state will improve the accommodations in the state park, she said.
A spokesman at the Kansas State Park and Resources Authority said the state would finance construction of a large parking lot and provide water, power and sewage pumps.
An estimate of the cost is not available yet, he said.
The spokesman said the marina was built in Bloomington in 1979 because the state didn't have available funds at that time. The Corps of Engineers in Lawrence, which decided in 1978 that one marina would be enough, was willing to bear the costs, he said.
"They said they weren't interested." Carey said.
However, Tim Carey, park manager of the corps, said that when the lake was constructed the state was given first rights to a
The corps thought a marina was needed, so they provided a site and advertised for bidders, he said.
KU can't find carrier for liability insurance
By SALLY STREFF
Staff writer
For the second year in a row, the University of Kansas has been unable to find an insurance carrier willing to offer professional liability insurance to faculty and staff.
The policy was offered through the Teachers and Employees Association of the University of Kansas until June 30, 1985, said Vickie Thomas, University general counsel.
The company offering the policy quit writing insurance policies, and the University has been unable to find a replacement.
Because they are state employees, faculty and staff are covered by the Kansas Tort Claims Act, which was passed in 1979, Thomas said.
Thomas said the University's dilemma reflected a national trend in the insurance industry, which has begun cutting back on liability coverage because of the rising number and costs of lawsuits.
The Tort Claims Act says that the state must defend its employees who are sued for actions occurring in the course of their work. The state also is responsible for paying monetary damages resulting from lawsuits.
A KU employee could be represented by the University's general counsel, the attorney general or an outside counsel hired by the University.
"Many companies have simply stopped writing liability insurance," she said.
"It is a very comprehensive type of coverage," Thomas said.
Professional liability insurance covers actions that arise in the course of employment. In the case of college professors, insurance includes such areas as defaimation, negligence and academic misconduct, Thomas said.
Thomas estimated that five to 10 lawsuits are pending at any time against individual employees, the University or both.
Robert Hohn, professor of educational psychology and research, said he wanted additional coverage because he was not sure that the Tort Claims Act would protect him under all circumstances.
Hohn is a member of the American Association of University Professors and soon will acquire a liability policy offered by the organization.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said that many professional organizations offered liability coverage to members for additional fees but that some of those organizations also have stopped renewing policies.
KU students keep bus service going
By PAM MILLER
For instance, the American Association of University Professors will not sell any more policies after Oct. 1 because it has been unable to find a new insurance carrier, Cobb said.
Staff write
The big wheels will keep on turning on the KU campus.
As of yesterday morning, more than 4,700 people had bought passes to ride KU on Wheels, the University's bus system. And as the weather turns cold, more people are expected to buy passes, the KU on Wheels coordinator said yesterday.
Charles Bryan, coordinator since April, said he expected that more than 1,000 passes would be sold this week and that the total number sold would surpass last fall's total.
Last year, about 6,000 students bought passes during the fall semester. Of that 6,000, Bryan said, 1,084 passes were sold during the first week of classes.
The money from the bus passes and money allotted from the student activity fee pays for the transportation services.
For this year, the Student Senate allotted $779,980 of the student activity fees to the transportation board. That amount, which is the same amount allotted last year, covers about half of the cost, Bryan said. The other half of the cost comes from revenues collected from bus passes.
Money allotted for University transportation supports KU on Wheels, SecureCab, a van for handicapped students, salaries for drivers and office workers and ads for the services.
Twenty-one buses run 11 routes every weekday.
This semester, routes have changed only slightly. But no apartment complexes have been cut or added.
we changed the East Lawrence route," Bryan said. "We were going within two blocks of Haskell Junior College. What we did was alter that route to go through the college without costing anything."
the bus had always run close to Haskell when going to the Pine Tree Townhouse complex, 149 Pine Cone Dr., so the transportation board altered the route through the college to try to sell more non-student bus passes.
The West Campus route, which started last year, has not been a busy route, Bryan said.
Only one change was made on the West Campus route. The buses will not circle the Burge Union but will stop in front of it.
"We found that students didn't 'particularly like the extra five-minute scenic tour of the parking lot.' Bryan said.
Although some of the routes have changed, bus fares are the same as they were last semester. A student pays $30 a semester for unlimited bus service, and a non-student pays $40 a semester.
Less than 5 percent of the passes sold are non-student passes. Fare for a single ride is 50 cents.
Students who have lost their bus passes will have to wait until about mid-September before they may be replaced. Bryan said there would be a charge of $7.50.
Sidewalk shuffle
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
"Sir Light," Topeka sophomore who asked not to be identified, dances outside Wescoe Hall. He was exercising yesterday.
Is there life after country club week? Vanguard Karate Team is betting on it! Vanguard will be conducting a 4 week conditioning program open to all students that will put energy back in a neglected body. The program will emphasize the attributes needed to be successful in sport karate, both point and full contact. We will work on endurance, flexibility, control and basic techniques.
The program runs Aug. 25-Sept. 19
Meets in room, 102 Robinson
Times: Mon. 8-10 p.m., Wed. 8-10 p.m.,
Fri. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The cost is $20. The class is limited to 22 people For more info. call David Rank 749-1738.
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