Wednesday, November 4, 1992
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Tonkovich hearings continue
Law students testify professor acted 'inappropriately' at party
By Lynne McAdoo Kansan staff writer
AKU law student testified yesterday that Emil Tonkovich, professor of law, acted inappropriately during a party at a Lawrence bar during the Spring 1991 semester.
The testimony was presented during the 10th day of the professor's dismissal hearings. Chancellor Gene Budig requested Tonkovich's resignation after he was charged with moral turpitude and violating the faculty code of conduct.
Lisa Jones, a third-year law student,
said that she saw a friend sitting on
Tonkovich's lap at a party he gave for his students.
"I noticed one of my friends sitting on professor Tonkovich's lap, and she had been there for some time," she said. "I heard people making comments. I thought it was completely inappropriate that he would let this go on."
Jones said she told Shannon Taylor, the student on Tonkovich's lap, "We already know you have an 'A' in your brain. So if you give someone else a chance"
She made the remark in a sarcastic manner, hoping her friend would realize that she should not be sitting on a
professor's lap, Jones said.
Taylor stood up and told Jones that it was her turn. Jones sat on his lap for about 10 seconds, she said. She said she did it because Tonkovich would be giving her a grade for his class in three weeks and she did not want to make him angry.
Because Tonkovich did not do anything about the situation, he condoned it, she said.
During cross-examination,
Tonkovich said he had a sworn affidavit from Taylor which said that Jones' perception of the situation was distorted and incorrect. Jones said that the law professor also discussed grades at the bar after his final that semester.
Robyn Steffes, another KU law student, corroborated Jones' testimony about Tonkovk discussing grades at the bar.
Steffes also said that Tonkovich grabbed her hand three times that same evening and asked who her favorite teacher was. The incident made her feel uncomfortable, and during a November 1991 meeting with Bob Jerry, dean of law, she told jerry that she did not pursue a career in criminal law because of Tonkovich, Steffes said.
Lisa Ford, Tonkovich's attorney,
cross-examined Steffes and asked
her whether she thought Tonkovich
was serious about his comment.
"Don't you think this was a joke?"
Ford said.
Ellen Sward, a KU law professor, testified about standards in the law school and the anonymous grading system.
Sward will continue to testify Tuesday when the hearings resume at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
City Commission sets dates for taxi plan
By Kristy Dorsey
Knopf staff writer
A one-year timetable outlining steps for starting a taxi-voucher system in Lawrence was presented to the Lawrence City Commission yesterday.
The outline sets dates to apply for federal money and dates for interviewing and hiring a transportation coordinator and bookkeeper to operate the system. The taxi-voucher system is scheduled to begin Jan, 1, 1994.
The commission requested the city manager's office to prepare the timetable after receiving a report on Lawrence public transportation at its Sept. 1 meeting. That report, prepared by the Dallas consulting firm of DeShazo, Starek and Tang Inc., said there was a need in Lawrence for 730,000 more public transportation rides a year than were currently available.
City commissioners and city staff will examine the timetable at a Nov. 23 study session. Policy and funding questions will be examined at that session.
The taxi-voucher system will allow residents to
Also at yesterday's meeting, commissioners received a status report from two members of the Horizon 2020 Steering Committee. Horizon 2020 is a citizen planning process that will develop policy and strategic direction for Lawrence and Douglas County through the year 2020.
use $1 and $3 coupons to subsidize cab fares for rides within the city. Elderly or disabled passengers will be able to buy $3 coupons for 25 cents, and the general public will be able to buy $1 coupons for the same price. Commissioners said they hoped the system would make the taxi service more affordable.
Bobbie Flory, steering committee member, told commissioners that the first phase of the Horizon 2020 process had been very successful. During that phase, information was gathered through interviews, community forums and surveys to identify the most important issues facing Lawrence and
Kansan staff writer
"We found that all of the information coming out of the community input was fairly consistent, and that's a good sign," Flory said.
Milstead said the task group topics were broad, dealing with a wide range of issues such as transportation and housing. She said the steering committee would have to keep the small groups focused on its tasks be. use it only had 90 days to identify problems, propose solutions and then test the viability of those solutions.
Committee member Jean Milstead said the steering committee's biggest challenge was assigning people to work on task groups to address the issues, which were identified during the first phase. There will be 10 task groups of 12 to 15 people each, and members should be assigned by the beginning of next week.
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