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The chase is on
Mac Smith is one of three players who are challenging kicker Chase Van Dyne for the No.1 spot he earned in the spring.
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What's up, dock?
Lawrence boaters will have a shorter jaunt to set sail at Clinton Marina in the spring when the dock will be moved closer to the city.
Story, page 6
Patchwork wilt
Today's high temperatures may cause a few Jayhawk wings to droop under cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 3 (USPS 650-640)
Tuesday
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
August 26,1986
Official says U.S. is ready to raid Libya
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration, in response to alleged evidence of renewed Libyan terrorist plots, is prepared to launch another military strike against Col. Moammar Gaddafi, a senior official said yesterday.
The official said the administration has put together contingency plans for a bombing raid because of signs that the Libyans have expanded planning, recruiting for and inspiring terrorist acts.
"It's our intelligence that he is still causing problems," the official said of Gadhafi. He said the administration wants to make clear to Gadhafi that the United States will not tolerate any further terrorist activities.
"It's a warning shot across the bow," the official said. But this official would say that only after insisting that he not be identified.
He said the administration had evidence the Libyans were broadening their terrorist planning beyond their embassy-like "People's Bureau" to Libyan airline offices.
Another administration official, also demanding anonymity, said he wanted to emphasize that the administration's preparations had been going on for some time and had not reached an alert status.
An inter-agency task force has been following Gadhafi's actions closely, he said. But the official also said that a new military strike would be triggered by a provocative act on Gadhafi's part against U.S. military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea or "firm, documented evidence" that he was involved in a terrorist act.
"We have not reached that threshold vet," the official said.
Just two weeks ago, President Reagan warned would-be perpetrators of international terrorism that he would not be shy about taking swift action, as the administration had done within days of the bombing of a discotheque in West Berlin. U.S. warplanes conducted a series of air bombing raids against Gadhafi's Libya on April 15.
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the administration
See LIBYA. d. 5. col. 3
Linkup to join KU to supercomputers
Staff writer
Researchers at the University of Kansas soon will have access to a nation-wide network of high-tech supercomputers, a KU official said last week.
By ANDREA FULLEN
wide network of high-tech supercomputers, a 160-mile $4.7 billion The National Science Foundation recently approved a $1 million grant to establish a computer linkup between KU and seven other midwestern universities.
The project is expected to be operational before the end of this school year, said Richard Mann, director of information resources.
The eight-member consortium called MIDnet will link KU, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Oklahoma.
MIDnet will allow the schools to exchange information. But more importantly, MIDnet will give KU immediate access to six of the
Barbara Cochran/KANSAN
See COMPUTER, p. 5, col. 5
This conference room in Elsworth Hall serves as a temporary home for Amy Hupp, Shawne sophomore, Tezcan Zaim, Cyprus freshman, and Debbie Paulo, Dellanco, N.J., junior.
Housing hits overflow snag
KU property and violent crime INCLUDES LAWRENCE AND MED CENTER CAMPUSES
Bv KAREN SAMELSON
Inside, the fireplace was almost hidden from view by the 12 beds, the suitcases and the crates belonging to the seven members of the "fireplace gang," the nickname given to the women living in overflow housing on the first floor of Lewis.
Staff wri
The official sign on the door in Lewis Hall read "Fireplace Room." A new, handmade sign under it added: "Please Knock Before Entering, Respect our Privacy. Thanks."
"This is so ridiculous." Lisa Udesky, Chicago sophomore, said yesterday. "Hopefully we won't be here too much longer."
Udesky and her six roommates are a few of the KU students who are living in temporary housing because the University residence halls have more residents than rooms.
Dave Ryan, assistant director of the office of residential programs, said that as of Monday morning.
The women put the sign up because maintenance men had walked in on them, they said.
hence he said, "I was ready to go home," Vanassail said of her first glimpse of the room. "I didn't expect this."
A letter she received from the office of residential programs and signed by McElhene reads:
Overbooking halls is common at universities, the officials said, because in the fall some students pledge fraternities, move off-campus or drop out of school and cancel their contracts.
"We have experienced an unusually high demand for residence hall space this year. As of this date, we are unable to guarantee you an assignment into a regular double room in a residence hall. We do have overflow housing available . . . These spaces will be shared by one or two other persons with the larger spaces being shared by no more than five other persons."
Fred McElhenie, director of residential programs, said that more students were in overflow this year but that it wasn't the most the system had ever held.
Another member of the fireplace gang, Kim VanAsselt, Hutchinson freshman, said she signed her contract earlier this month and was warned before she moved in that she would be in temporary housing.
The students living in overflow housing are those who signed their residence hall contracts after the halls were full. The system runs on a first-come, first-served basis, Ryan said.
The room is large enough to hold seven women, but VanAsselt quickly pointed out that the room did not have any desks, and the only closets were standing racks in the middle of the room.
"We're doing our best to accommodate people as quickly as possible," he said. "We know there's going to be openings."
McElheney responded, "I had not planned on using those multiple rooms, to but keep people from
See HALLS, p. 5, col. 1
Burglar, Larceny/Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft and Arson Violent crime includes: Murder, Rape, Robbery and Aggrivated Assault
But the accommodations that she got were not what she had anticipated.
227 students were living in overflow housing. The eight residence halls normally house about 4,750 students.
Aid cut increase possible
A few students may suffer from the Gramm-Rudman budget cutting ax now, but the worst effects may not come until next year, the director of student financial aid said last week.
At this point, Peil Grants and the College Work-Study Program are the main programs that have been cut back, said Jerry Rogers, the director. The cuts may increase considerably next year depending on what happens in Congress.
Staff writer
By KAREN SAMELSON
One of the main blows to student financial aid at the University of Kansas has hit the work-study program. Rogers said this year's program received almost $93,000 less than last year's total of about $568,000.
Ruth Hurst, student employment coordinator for the KU library system, said the library had received less work-study money than last year.
Because the Gramm-Rudman law says that the federal deficit, which could go as high as $230 billion this year, must be reduced to zero by 1991, legislators are looking for places to make cuts.
"That is a significant drop," he said. However, he didn't know whether the cut was due entirely to Gramm-Rudman.
Property crime includes:
Rogers estimated that the outback would affect about 35 students who average 15 hours of work a week.
"We are hiring pretty much as we did last year." she said
Pell Grant money has been cut back this year mainly because of Gramm-Rudman, Rogers said.
The library system employs 250 to 300 students, and many positions still are open, she said. Work-study positions pay minimum wage. $8.33 an
Gramm-Rudman cuts led to a reduction of $154 million in Pell Grant funds nationwide, and a miscalculation by the U.S. Department of Education caused a projected shortfall of $215 million.
However, Congress restored $146 million to the program, so some students who earlier were declared
See GRAMM, p. 5, col. 3
FBI reports 4-year trend
KU crime steadily decreasing
By BETH COPELAND
Staff write.
The University's crime rate has decreased steadily during the last four years while the number of law enforcement personnel has remained the same, according to a recent FBI report.
The report, "Crime in the United States," compiled statistics on four violent crimes: murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, and robbery and aggravated assault. Property crimes listed were burglary, larceny or theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.
According to campus crime statistics for 1985.
James Denney KUPD director
'Law enforcement at KU has become more efficient. We've streamlined.'
released last month, 939 violent crimes and 979 property crimes were reported that year. These figures are down from 1982, when 30 violent crimes and 1,228 property crimes were reported.
and 1,250 people were injured.
The number of incidents reported - 1,018 — represents a 19.1 percent decrease from 1983, when 1,258 incidents were reported. In 1984, 1,068 incidents were reported, and crime decreased 4.7 percent during the next year.
Over four years, property crimes dropped 20.3 percent. In 1985, the number of property crimes fell 3.8 percent from 1984 crime levels. In 1984, 1.018 property crimes were reported.
1,000 property crimes were reported. Although James Denney, director of KU police, said that KU's decrease in crime was a reflection of a nationwide trend, he attributed part of the
drop to a more efficient police force since the 1970s.
drop a more efficient price cut.
"I can't take credit for KU's drop, because those numbers could suddenly begin to rise again," he said, referring to reported crimes. "But law enforcement at KU has become more efficient. We've streamlined."
He explained that in the early 1970s, parking was the primary concern of campus police, with the Lawrence police handling investigation of serious crimes.
Parking and law enforcement separated in 1979, and KU police were able to devote more time to patrolling the campus, Denney said.
He said the more efficient force helped curb the campus crime rate, even though the number of police officers had remained virtually the same.
The FBI report lists 89 officers and civilians as working in law enforcement on KU campuses in Lawrence and at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. The same number was working in 1983 and 1984, and 86 persons were working for KU police in 1982.
Moreover, Denney attributed the drop in reported crimes to a conservative mood on campus.
campus:
William Arnold, professor of sociology and a criminologist, agreed, saying, "The more conservative attitudes among college students promotes a responsible attitude toward people and property and a decrease in vandalism."
Arnold also said the KU police department's efforts in crime prevention and an increase in building security might partially account for the decline in the crime rate.
higher Urgent Care The University of California at Los Angeles had
The figures also are deceiving because schools with higher student enrollments tend to have higher crime rates. Denney said.
Denney said that the report tallied only eight categories of crimes and that other violent and property crimes, such as kidnapping, vandalism and forgery, were not included in the report.
the most incidents on campus, with $\frac{2}{192}$ violent and property crimes reported.
Behind UCLA was Michigan State University in East Lansing, with 2,134 reported crimes. The university with the third highest number of reported crimes was the University of California at Berkeley, with 1,912.
Crime up in Kansas p. 7.
KU's peer schools provide a better indicator of trends in campus crime. Peer schools, chosen by the Board of Regents, are universities in the country that are comparable to KU in enrollment.
The Regents schools are KU, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburgh State University and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
Peer schools include the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Iowa, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Oklahoma. Crime statistics weren't available for the University of Oregon, another peer school.
The crime rates of all these schools have indicated a general decline during the last four years, mirroring KU's drop in crime.
Of the peer schools, only Iowa and Oklahoma indicated an increase in property crime from 1984 to 1985. At Iowa, the university's crime rate increased 20.8 percent, from 829 reported property crimes to 1,001.
Oklahoma's property crime rate jumped 9.5 percent, from 664 to 727 in one year.
During the same year, however, the number of violent crimes dropped at both schools, as well as at KU and the other peer schools.
Despite the decline, Denney said he forsaw a shortage of law enforcement personnel at KU
"I want to be ready for an increase in crime rather than let the increase run us over," he said.