THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol.86 No.21
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
September 23,1975
Staff Photo by DON PIERCE
Graphic setting
2nd try on Ford's life fails
Jeannie Blauffus, opol sophomore, her attention to a design lecture in Marvin Hall while sitting under graphic designs painted by architecture students.
BY HOWARD BENEDICT Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A 45-year-old woman fired a shot at President Gerald R. Ford yesterday, but the President escaped unarmed in the second assassination attempt against him in 17 days. Police said they had picked her up with a gun the day she and she was questioned by the Secret Service which had her on a "questionable list."
However, the FBI said last night that the woman, identified as Sarah Jane Moore, had been a said informant for them. Local authorities said she was in radical leftist groups in the Bay Area.
MOORE, A GRAYING divorce, was wrestled to the ground and arrested immediately after the assassination attempt. She was later arraigned on a charge of attempting to kill the President and ordered held on $500,000 bail.
Ford was emerging from the St. Francis Hotel in midafternoon when the shot rang out from a crowd of onlookers. San Francisco said the gun was deflected by a spectator.
Police said Moore was about 30 to 40 feet away from Ford when she fired. They said she was an activist in a number of leftist causes in the Bay Area, including a massive protest against Ford's intended to help secure the release of kidnapped newspaper beirat Perry Caress.
HOWEVER, THE FBI said in its
statement that Moore "had been contacted as a possible security informant" from June 1974 to June 1978, but was removed from the connection she had been disclosing the connection.
The statement said Moore subsequently "vulnerated unsolicited information on a few occasions" to the FBI in San Francisco, and she was paid for her expenses.
When the shot was fired, the cheers of the crowd turned suddenly to screams. Ford and a circle of Secret Service agents around him looked across the roof of his limousine for the collection of the shots. They then crouched down as the agents rushed Ford into the car.
ON HIS ARRIVAL at the White House, Ford commented on the second attempt on his life and stated that "under no circumstances would continue to mingle with the people."
In a statement issued by the White House in Washington, Presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen said after the shot was fired, Secret Service agents Ron Pontius and Jack Merchant and James McCormick pounced "pushed the President down toward the sidewalk, shielding him behind his car from the crowd."
the seats with agents Pontius and Merchant and Mr. Rumafield shielding his body."
As the President's motorcade sped toward the airport, Nessen said, "for the first several blocks. . . the President was stretched out on the floor of his car between
AFTER THE CAR was out of the area, he added, the President sat in the middle of the floor.
When the President left Monterey yesterday morning for the San Francisco speaking engagement, Mrs. Ford remained with their hosts, the Leonard Firestones.
He said the President told his staff he felt the Secret Service and law enforcement officials had performed their duties "in an outstanding manner."
THE SECRET SERVICE said in a statement issued in Washington that it had interviewed Moore on Sunday and "as a result of that interview, the Secret Service said it was aware of sufficient protective interest to warrant surveillance during the President's visit."
and on the flight home to Washington," he added.
Mrs. Ford was told of the incident after she and her husband were in the presidential cabin aboard Air Force One, Nessen said. "Mrs. Ford received the information calmly. The President can be described as serious following the episode
Following the interview, the statement said, a background investigation on Moore
Midnight fire costs may exceed $30,000
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A midnight fire at Art and Sign, Inc., 619 Vermont St. caused at least $30,000 damage to the building and contents, fire officials said early today.
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Lroy Spence, assistant fire chief of the Lawrence Fire Department, said the fire may have caused more than $30,000 to extensive structural damage to the building.
Cheating seldom reported
Rv DIERCK CASSELMAN
Staff Writer
Cheating, although it's present in small degrees at the University of Kansas, isn't a serious problem according to a survey of administration and faculty members.
"In terms of reports by deans, there would seem to be very little cheating at KU," said Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Still, he said, "Cheating is not a visible serious problem on campus."
Most faculty members interviewed said they didn't worry about cheating on tests.
However, Calgaard said most reports from the deans of schools dealt with flagrant academic misconduct. He said there was no way to determine the amount of wrongness attending at a classmate's paper. The professor usually deals with the student. he said.
"I just don't really get the feeling that they would cheat," said Colleen Nagel, an assistant in the school.
Nagel said she gave tests out at the first of the hour and sat at the front of the room. But she doesn't watch the class very closely, she said.
William Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs and a professor at the University since 1957, said he heard of one or two cunning cases each year.
"I teach a course and have for all that time and I've never really had trouble," he said. "I recognize that I can be outwitted but I've never run into beating in my course."
Calder Pickett, professor of journalism,
said she has been a big deal with me
in my teaching.
Balfour said most of his examinations were objective with short answers or multiple choice. Old examinations are and are studied by many students, he said.
He said he thought there was no more cheating now than when he was in college. Even though some say there is a different way to do it, he really doesn't think that is true.
ment of mathematics, and the number of students crowded into classrooms was part of the challenge.
"But proving to the student that he is cheating isn't the easiest thing to do," he said. "I'd have to prove by searching to know where they've gotten their information."
HE SAID A few cases came to his attention every semester. A few years ago, he said, one student sat in on class for a friend and took all the friend's tests.
"It's a lot easier to cheat when students are run up on each other's backs in some way."
The instructor suspected this was occurred, he said, and both students were reprintedmanaged. they didn't answer to message, he said, and haven't returned to school.
Bradt said instructors who teach most lower level and some upper level mathematical courses were instructed to tell him of any classroom cheating.
But he said he couldn't be sure if he was told of every case.
PICKETT SAID unmotivated students, or students who doubted the value of the class performance.
Major William Lang, assistant professor of military science, said most instructors in the Army ROTC program leave the room after handing students their exams.
"TO MY KNOWLEDGE, we haven't had any cheating," he said.
Pickett said it had been a long time since he'd learned a student of his had cheated on a test or paper. But he said he thought some might have copied answers on a recent test.
Both the Navy and Army ROTC programs have their own ways to deal with students.
According to Capt. Ray Jones, professor naval science, there isn't a formal code of ethics to which all ROTC members must comply. But, he said, program members are told that instructors are interested in finding naval officers of integrity.
Russell Bradt, chairman of the depart-
When a student is caught cheating, Jones said, he is put before an Academic Review panel.
Free atmosphere in Marvin Hall
is also in the building, suffered minimal damage, Spence said. Any damage to Midwest Music, he said, was caused by smoke and water.
The fire was reported to Lawrence Police, who receive all fire calls, at 11:59 p.m. yesterday. The police then informed Lawrence Fire Department No. 1 of the blaze, which was less than two blocks from its headquarters.
Spence said the fire department responded to the fire at midnight. The building that housed Art and Sign, Inc., and Midwest Music, had a brick exterior.
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The fire was brought under control at about 12:30 a.m. Spence said.
Police said they received a report about the fire by telephone. Immediately after the call, they were notified in person by witnesses of the fire.
The cause of the fire hasn't been determined. A fire inspector was at the scene, Spence said, but no conclusions as to the origin of the fire have been reached.
An employee of Art and Sign said he saw a fire in the southwest corner of the building and caught it.
Spence said the cause of the fire would probably be determined today, as would a building's electrical system.
architecture and urban design, said the close proximity in which the students were placed within the studio was a factor that influenced cooperation. Jackson said that some projects required students to work together, thus increasing interaction.
There seem to be no hard and fast lines of
See. MARUIN now five.
Staff Writer
Buckley rule hits schools
By THERSE MENDENHALL
Castle-like Marvin Hill, built from native stone in 1968, radiates an air of impress ion.
By BILL KATS
Presently housing the School of Architecture and Urban Design, Marvin stands much the same way as it did back in 1908.
Playing the Buckley amendment game in the Lawrence school district will mean adding bureaucracy rather than changing an administration, school board member, said last night.
A policy to carry out the Buckley amendment was approved last night in a 6-vote by the Board of Education of the District. District. Condra voted against the policy.
There exists a distinct camaraderie among architecture students. There are
Condra said after the meeting that his vote was "strictly a protest against big government telling local government how to run their business."
throughout, erected by students wishing to have a modicum of privacy around their
But most of the studios are free from visual interruption, and barriers are erected, as one student said, "only in the imaginations of the people."
Dave Evans, assistant professor of architecture, attributed the physical closeness of Marvin's occupants to several factors.
The Buckley amendment, part of the
ANOTHER REASON Evans gave for increased camaraderie among architecture students was that the work involved the process of creating. Students are assigned a project to design solutions, he said, and individual creativity is something which is at a premium.
One factor is the large amount of time the students spend together in class time during the course of obtaining a degree, he said. A minimum of 12 hours a week, he said.
In addition to the extraordinary amount of time devoted to classes, the events occurring outside of class are what make Marvin especially unique.
THE LONG HOURS spent outside of class are most often spent in design studios in Marvin. The design studios are rooms with drafting tables for each student. Studios are divided according to class rank. Freshmen don't have permanent individual tables, but sophomores, juniors and seniors are given one critic or faculty member, who helps the students with problems.
Marvin is one of the few buildings on campus that stays open all the time.
Hobart Jackson, assistant professor of
The design studios are unique because of their openness. Students are free to arrange desks and lockers any way they desire. Many studios have makeshift partitions
The architecture student, by necessity, keeps unnatural hours.
Experimental theatre learning experience
Staff Writer
Bv MARY ANN HUDDLESTON
Experimental theatre is a chance to learn firsthand about theatre operations for students involved in the William Inge Memorial Theatre series.
"It's the spirit of experiment that pervades the theatre," Paul Gaffney, assistant instructor in speech and drama, said of the series.
The series is organized and produced entirely by students. It gives them an opportunity to learn theatre management, directing, acting and technical work. Ron Davis, the director of theatre and the faculty adviser, is the faculty member in charge of the series.
Gaffney will direct the series 'first production,' *Telemachus Clap*, Oct. 2-11.
Originally was called the Experimenter. He started in 1898 when the School of Fine Arts moved to Murphy Hall to provide a setting for student artists and technicians.
Administrative decisions for the series are made by the Inge Theatre Board, a specialized part of the University Theatre, Willis said.
The board comprises the designers, directors and student technical staff members for the current season. Interested individuals are considered for membership on the board.
The board's decisions involve the effective deployment of resources such as money, personnel, and facilities. Willis said. The board determines the yearly budget and what plays will be performed, be said.
This year, two original plays by KU graduate students are being performed. Two adapted scripts and two standard scripts will round up the season. Willis said each season varied in the number of original and standard scripts.
Designers must apply to each director and to the faculty, Willis said, because they are chosen on the basis of academic requirements.
Casting for the shows is open. It is done in conjunction with the University Theatre and the main stage productions. Any University student may audition.
The program for each season is determined by proposals for plays and directors submitted to a board subcommittee. The committee interviews proposed directors and recommends plays to the board for a final decision.
He explained the difference between the theatre Theatre and the other image theatre productions.
"The plays in the Ingle series are likely to appeal to a smaller audience," he said. "They are likely more adventureseme in either subject matter or staging
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Inae rehearsal
Members of the cast and crew of the William Inge Theatre production of "Telemachus cast" rehearsal last night in the Inge
Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENER
theatre in Murphy Hall. The production is being organized and performed entirely by students.