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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.14
(USPS 650-640)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1992
ADVERTISING 86743518
NEWS:864-4810
Discovered art may be exhibited
By Delin Cormeny
Kansan staff writer
Holly McQueen / KANSAN
While the Student Housing Department and the Spencer Museum of Art decide the fate of an original and potentially valuable Sanford Robinson Gifford painting discovered last summer in Lewis Hall, the painting itself collects dust in storage.
"For the time being, it will stay where it is until we can decide how and when it will be displayed," said Stoner, director of student housing.
The 1867 oil painting of a landscape was discovered when Stoner decided to shuffle paintings around to different residence halls in early July.
He enlisted the help of Andrea Norris, director of the Spencer Museum of Art, for the project. She reviewed the list and asked to look at eight pieces.
"I really don't think anybody ever imagined that any of the pieces would be from a noted master." Stoner said. "But they were worth looking at."
None of the other works turned out to be valuable, but experts have determined that "Morning in the Adirondacks" is an authentic Gifford piece.
“There’s no real question.” Norris said. “It’s signed and dated.”
It had been hanging in the lobby of Lewis since Joseph R. Pearson donated it to the University in the mid-1950s.
JoAnne Hargis, Lawrence, performs a dance in Dyche Hall yesterday as part of a new experiential learning program for the Western Civilization Department. This was the first activity for the program, but activities will continue throughout the semester. Hargis' costume is contrived from the Ghawaez nomadic tribe of northern Egypt
Although Norris said the painting was valuable historically, she would not disclose the value of the painting. "It's considered very dangerous and inappropriate to talk about how much it's worth," she said.
She said that if everyone knew how much it was worth, the chances of her winning would be huge.
"I don't want people to come into the museum and say, 'That's worth X amount of dollars.' I want them to come in and say, 'That's an interesting painting and it moves me,'" Norris said.
Other Gifford works have sold for up to $330,000.
According to Mayer's International Auction Records, Gifford paintings that were produced during the same period as "Morning in the Adriadacks" have sold for $20,000 to $220,000 since 1988.
"The they painted strong visions of the American landscape that celebrated American land and glorified American scenery," said David Cateforis, assistant professor of art history. "It's a very idealized vision of the American landscape."
Gifford was a mid-19th century U.S. painter known for his oil paintings of landscapes. He was a leading figure of the second generation of Hudson River School, which was a group of artists that painted nature scenes.
Although he has not seen the Gifford, Cateforis predicted that if it is added to the art museum's collection, it would become the museum's most important landscape painting
He said the second generation of Hudson River School painters tended to work in a more mystic, nostalgic theme.
The 42 inch by 50 inch painting depicts a cottage, lake and mountain.
Pearson frequently donated art, which he bought while traveling overseas, to the University.
In the moment
Pneumonia outbreak hits KU
Seven cases diagnosed at Watkins since August
By Joe Harder Kansan staff writer
A high number of pneumonia cases diagnosed at Watkins Memorial Health Center may be connected to a Charles Yeckey, chief of staff at Watkins.
Since Aug. 17, seven patients have been diagnosed with pneumonia at Watkins. At least two of those patients had to be hospitalized, he said. Both have been released.
"But to see seven in three and one-half weeks is at least three times, four times, 10 times what we normally see in that amount of time," he said. "Basisically, pneumonia is a sign that the immune system is getting run down
Normally, 10 pneumonia cases at Wakksville would be high for the entire series.
and can't fight it."
Yockey also said that school-added stress, lack of sleep and too much alcohol consumption could help to wear down the immune system.
Another possible contributor to immune system stress is allergies,
He said that this had been the worst year in a long time for allergy sufferers because ragweed and other types of weeds really were flourishing.
Warren Frick, a Lawrence allergist at the Asthma, Allergy and Rheumatology Associates, 346 Maine St., said that his clinic also was seeing a higher number of allergy sufferers than usual.
"We've had more visits for hafay fever and bad allergies this fall than normal," he said. "And the patients and the students we've seen have had worse symptoms. So I suspect that the severe allergies have contributed somehow to the increased number of pneumonias."
nologist at the Topeka Allergy and Asthma Clinic, said the pollen count typically rose during the fall. The count reached a high in late August and had been declining since, she said.
Yockey said it was important for students to differentiate between a severe chest cold and pneumonia. A severe chest cold or bronchitis is an infection in the large bronchi tubes in the lungs. Pneumonia is also an infection in the lungs but takes place within the smaller air sacs, also called alveoli, and can be detected with an X-ray, he said.
Diane Strobel, chief medical tech-
"If somebody is confined to bed, short of breath at all and their fever won't break with Advil, aspirin or Tylenol, all those signs, they need to be seen by a doctor." Yockey said.
The symptoms of pneumonia also are more severe.
"If we can catch it early, we've got good antibiotics that you can take by mouth and prevent a hospitalization," he said.
Few students appeal tickets
Most accept parking fines
By Christine Laue
Kansan staff writer
Although tens of thousands of parking tickets are issued every year on the KU campus, only a small percentage are appealed.
Last fiscal year, 3 percent of the 70,074 parking tickets issued were appalled, said Donna Hutte, assistant director of the KU Parking Department.
She said that students often did not appeal tickets because they realized that they were parked illegally, either intentionally or accidentally.
"Some of them might think the system is not worth the time to appeal, that it's too complicated." she said.
But of the 2,095 appeals heard last year by law students who serve as traffic court judges, 1,242 were granted, Hutline said.
"I think they're fair," she said. "I think they're a lot more compassionate, because they are students."
For the past two years, about 60 percent of the appeals heard by the law students have been granted.
Susan Auer, chief justice of the Board of Parking Appeals, said, "The primary reason that more appeals are granted than denied is that students don't go to the trouble of appealing unless they believe they have a good case.
"So the majority of those that are on appeal have good cases. And since we're a court of equity, we look at other factors, such as if the student made a good-faith effort to park legally."
Jenni Goerke, Wichita junior, said she was not aware that such a large percentage of appeals had been granted.
"That would lead me to thark that they're writing tickets that are not needed."
Parking ticket appeals
Three percent of all parking tickets issued in the last three years have been appealed. The statistics below show the number of appeals that have been granted and denied by the KU Board of Parking Appeals.
Although more appeals have been granted than denied, people should not think they can appeal tickets and automatically have the appeals granted. Hutine said.
appeals granted appeals denied;
"You have to have a compelling reason," she said.
Hutline said the court generally did not grant appeals to people who own parking permits.
For example, Goerke said the court granted her appeal because she and other drivers could not park between the lines when one car was parked over the lines.
David Powell, chief justice of the court last year, said such people have what the court calls constructive notice. It is unusual for the court to grant appeals to people with constructive notice, such as when a person sees a sign but does not take time to read it or claims that it is unclear. Because the court is a court of equity, judges also consider other mitigating factors.
People appealing tickets commonly cite unclear signs as a reason for unfair ticketing. Car trouble is another reason, and tickets are ticketing tickets. Julius, Uruth, Bhaskar.
"If you own a permit, you're pretty much held responsible for the information in the rules and regulations pamphlet," she said.
received a ticket when she could not move her car because its battery was dead. She appealed the ticket and won.
"It was not a problem," she said.
Having a ticket canceled is even less of a problem for some people. Hutline said the parking department could cancel a ticket if it was issued in error, such as when a parking meter was broken.
If a ticket is not issued in error, a person may fill out an appeal form for either a written appeal or a personal appeal.
A person who chooses a personal appeal is assigned a court date. Before that date, a first-year law student contacts the student to establish a defense. When the court date arrives, the two appear before three judges, all second-year law students, who then decide the case.
Two judges decide a written appeal solely on what the person appealing the ticket has written down, Powell said. In previous years, students appealing tickets through the written process questioned the court's decisions because only one judge heard the case.
"Ideally, it really shouldn't depend on the judge," Powell said.
Auer, when taking over as chief justice, changed the written appeals system to have two judges. If the two disagree, a third judge is consulted
"I feel like this will be more fair, and we're less likely to have arguments over how their individual tickets were decided," she said.
Auer, who is a third-year law student, and 30 judges are paid by the parking department. The 60 first-year law students act as defense and prosecuting attorneys are not paid but volunteer their time to get experience in researching, litigating and making cases. Auer said.
More people appeal tickets in writing than in person, Hultine said. Out of last year's 2,095 appeals, only 203 were personal appeals.
She said people probably did not like to take the time to come back for a personal appearance.
Reactor dismantling
An inactive nuclear reactor will be seeing its last days on Mount Oread as a South Carolina company prepares to dismantle it. The reactor, in Burt Hall, has been out of service since 1984.
See story, Page 3.
Battle of the beers
What is the best out-of-the-ordinary beer in Lawrence? 'Kansan' feature writer Kns Belden gives her first-hand account of a day spent trying to answer that very question.
New zoning will increase some Lawrence cab fares
See story, Page 5.
By Kristy Dorsey Kansan staff writer
The new rate system divides the city into nine zones of approximately seventen blocks each. The zones are divided from north to south by Ninth and 23rd streets, with Louisiana Street and Kasold Drive demarcating the divisions from east to west.
Taxi and paratransit riders who travel outside their neighborhoods will pay more for such trips beginning Saturday when A-1 City Cab's zoning system and rate changes take effect.
Riders who travel less than eight blocks will pay $2.75 for a one-way trip. Those who travel within their zone will pay a flat rate of $4 for a one-way trip, which is 50 cents less than the current flat rate for a ride anywhere within city limits. Riders who cross into other zones will pay an additional $1 a zone, with a maximum of three zones.
Sturley Bennett, A-1 vice president and coowner, said the zoning plan would reduce cab lane use.
Michael Todd, member of the Citizen's Public
Transportation Blueprint Committee, said the zoned increases would counteract the efforts made by the city to decrease fares for elderly and disabled passengers.
The Lawrence City Commission last week decided to sell coupons for 25 cents to elderly and disabled passengers. The coupons are valued at $3, and the city will be reimbursed with federal funds.
"I realize it’s only an increase if you go out of certain zones but that still limits where people can go," Todd said. "Even with the city's $3 coupons for the elderly and disabled, you would still have to pay $4 out of your own pocket for a ride to Wal-Mart."
Diane Mullens, city planner, said the new rates would be a consideration as the city staff puts together the implementation plan for the taxi-coupon system. She said discount coupon values would not increase, but she would not comment on any possible alternatives for dealing with the new fare system.
See CAB. Page 14.
Tanumy Bannister, an assistant to the city man
Cab rates to change
Starting Saturday, Sept. 12, the A1, I City Cab Corp. will change its fare rates. Riders going north will pay $2.75; those traveling within one of nine zones will pay $4; riders crossing zones on I Street will pay a zone line crossed up to a maximum of three zones. Fares used to be a flat rate of $4.50 for six zones; nine zones are divided north to south by Ninth and 23rd Streets and east and west by Kasold Street. The zones extend to the city limits.
Source: A-1 Cab Company
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