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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.2
MONDAY, AUGUST 24,1992
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Andrew to carve swath through Florida
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Hurricane Andrew surged relentlessly toward southern Florida yesterday, and forecasters warned it would be the most powerful storm to hit the United States in decades. More than 1 million residents were told to flee.
The hurricane ripped into the Bahamas yesterday with 120 mph winds, heavy rain and surging tide. The outlying eastern islands of Abaco and Eleuthera were hit first. There were four reported deaths.
At 1 a.m. the center of the hurricane was about 60 miles east of Miami.
near 25.4 north latitude and 79.3 west longitude
"It's on a dead course for South Florida. Hoped I would never experience this," said Bob Sheets, director of the National Hurricane Center in suburban Coral Gables. "We've not seen anything like this in the past few decades."
Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles issued a state of emergency and activated National Guard forces as Andrew grew to a Category 4 storm, the same as Hurricane Hugo in 1989, with winds of 150 mph
Forecasters expected it to reach Category 5—the worst category with
winds topping 155 mph — as it crossed the Gulf Stream to Florida.
damage as it swept through the Caribbean and into the Carolinas, electrified an already tense atmosphere in the densely populated strip from Miami to Palm Beach County.
Only two known Category 5 hurricanes have hit the United States: Hurricane Camille, which devastated the Mississippi coast in 1969, killing 256 and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane that killed Florida Keys and killed 405 people.
Residents rushed to secure their homes, hammering up makehift pl木 shutters if they did not have hurricane awnings, moving boats out of the Miami River or pulling them out of the water.
The governor's emergency declaration allowed the mandatory evacuation of more than 1 million people and put the National Guard and other emergency state agencies on alert.
Warnings that Andrew could be stronger than Hurricane Hugo, which left 85 people dead and $5.9 billion in
Panic buying hit grocery and home-supply stores, money machines were emptied and motorists lined up for gas and headed inland.
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Knight-Ridder Tribune
Fee payment system hits snags
Unexpected lines greet financial aid recipients
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
A buzz of discontent and confusion sounded from students caught in the unexpected lines at fee completion payment, which took place Wednesday through Friday.
Although University officials expected lines to be cut short by the new mail-in fee payment system, students stuck in the gridlock at financial aid tables Wednesday morning found otherwise.
Will Ingram, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student, spent an hour and a half in line and talked to four financial aid officials before finishing fee payment
KUID stickers
"I think the lines were a whole lot longer than last year," Ingram said. "There were lines that filled the ballroom and then curved around."
Diane Del Bueno, financial aid director, said that a rush of students Wednesday morning created problems with the time fee payment moved quickly.
Some students receiving financial aid said paying the $100 down payment to save their enrollment was difficult.
"I really felt bad about all the confusion," Morrell said. "Part of that is inherent with starting any new sys- tems and everybody—faculty, students, staff."
Stickers may be picked up in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Wednesday.
"Our average wait has been five minutes," Del Buono said.
"It's still screwed up as it ever was," he said. "Your check is not in the right place. It's somewhere else. You still have to wait around."
Dan Ricci, a Lawrence graduate student who received financial aid and paid a down payment to save his enrollment, said he did not see any added convenience with the new system.
"It's the same bureaucracial hell. You just have to pay $100 on August 3."
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After that they may be picked up at windows one or two at Carruth O'Leary.
Richard Morrell, University registrar, said part of the problem came because some information in the timetable was vague. When the timetable was printed around December, the committee organizing mail-in payment had not decided some of the details of the new system.
While some students wrangled with financial aid problems, others were confused about where and when to pick up necessities such as KUID stickers and refund checks.
"My whole problem with the process is that it doesn't take into account those of us who depend on financial aid," said Mercedes Taylor-Puckett, Lawrence senior. "To actually qualify for loans, you have to be dependent on aid. If you qualify for this, you don't have extra money lying around."
Morrell said the University tentatively planned to eliminate the down payment option and instead require students to pay at the beginning of August.
To accommodate students on financial aid, the University next year will have to include all student loans, grants and scholarships on the fee statements sent out during summer, Del Buono said.
Some student loans, such as Stafford loans, could not be included on this year's fee statements because those loan programs lawfully could not release the money until after the statements were mailed. The University would have to devise new ways to include these loans on the fee statements, Del Buono said.
"As with any process you start, it needs to be continually reviewed." Morrell said. "We're not going to leave this alone. We're going to do our homework We want to hear our problems."
Kansan staff writer Kristy Dorsey contributed information to this article.
Morrell said that the fee payment system would stay the same for Spring '93 but that the University would make adjustments for Fall '93.
See related story, Page 6B.
KANSAN
Mail-in fee payment helped shorten some lines at the payment stations in the Union, but students at the loan and scholarship tables endured long waits Wednesday. Many students said they found the new enrolment process confusing.
Bicycle parking difficult Union renovation relocates racks
Kansan staff writer
KU students wanting to park their bikes at the Kansas Union may be wondering where the bike racks are.
Renovation of the building temporarily has removed one set of racks and relocated the other to the north side. Union, just off Jayhawk Bouleyard
Some students are not happy with the way the racks are situated.
"The way they have them here is like they stacked them to be out of the way," said Carla Dykeman-Berkich, Wellington graduate student.
"They could have very easily just put them further down on the grass," she said.
She said some of the racks were placed too closely together and were not accessible because of a pine tree's low-hanging branches.
Dykeman-Berkich said the type of bike rack made the parking situation even worse.
"They're just not very heavy-duty bike racks," she said. "It's not a real safe place to lock up your bike."
The racks are designed for the front tire to sit between two metal bars, allowing the bicyclist to fasten the tire to the rack with a lock.
But by parking the bike that way, someone could steal the bike frame and back tie, Dykeman-Berkich said. So she locks her bike frame to the rack, taking up three to four other spaces. She estimated that the bike racks accommodated 12 bikes when locked safely.
Pat Beard, manager of building services of the Kansas and Burge Union's, said that the racks currently at the Union accommodated about 50 bikes if used the intended way and that the racks were never full. Lack of adequate parking space for bikes is not a problem at the Union, he said.
He did not expect lack of parking to be a problem with the new racks that will be provided when renovation is completed, he said. They should accommodate about 60 bikes and are safer than the racks that have been at the Union.
University policy states that no objects may obstruct access to a building. Since signs at the handrails were posted instructing people to park their bikes at the temporary location, people have been using the racks, Beard said.
The new racks, popular at other locations across campus, consist of metal bars that stand 30 to 32 inches tall and 2 feet long. Beard said. A bicycle can park a bike on either side of the bar, securing the frame and one or both tires to the rack.
The Union purchased the bar racks to deter people from locking their bikes to the handrails at the building's entrails, Beard said.
One set of racks, accommodating 30 bikes, will be available when stage one of Phase II is completed, probably around Oct. 1, Beard said. The racks will be at the southeast corner of the Union. Another set of racks will be available in May of 1993 at the north corner.
Bookstore battles
The University Bookshop opened last week, creating additional competition for the Jayhawk Bookstore and the KU Bookstore in the Kansas and Burge Unions. The new bookstore will add a new dimension to the previous 15-year rivalry between the other two stores.
See story. Page 3A.
The Republican National Convention helped President Bush squeeze up to 17 points out of Bill Clinton's lead in the polls.
See story. Page 6A.
Condos not finished on time
Contractor covers hotel expenses
Last week, Kathleen Landry drove herred Ford Tempo up the steep dirt path off Emery Road and sat, gazing at the uncompleted College Hill Dominiums where she was scheduled to move in Aug. 10.
By Christine Laue Kansan staff writer
But yesterday, the rooms of the unoccupied units were littered with cardboard boxes, sawdust and rubbish. The kitchen was the kitchen waiting to be broiled on.
the condominiums' builders projected that the units would be ready by 2015.
postponed again. She and other KU students cannot move into one of two 12-unit condominiums at 927 Emery Road until Friday, 18 days later than originally expected.
"It is kind of upsetting have to live in a hotel for a week and not being able to move into my apartment and get used to it," the Colby junior said.
Yet Landry and other owners of condominiums in Building B are more fortunate than those who are supposed to be living in Building A. The concrete walls of Building A will be poured this week, and it will not be worn in until early in November, said Mike Garber, job superintendent.
Construction of the condominiums began in April when crews from D.M.
Summer rains delayed construction, said Keith Rubick, president of College Housing Group, the firm, which owns them, firm financing the condominiums.
Ward Construction, Overland Park,
demolished the old Theta Chi fraternity house nort south of Ninth Street.
Rubeck said the money compensa
"They're not happy, just as we're not happy with it," he said.
"Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to dictate Mother Nature," he said. "We are extremely sorry for the delay."
Rubeck said owners were notified about the delay and were told that College Housing Group would compensate them.
See CONDO, Page 2A.
Work at the College Hill Condominium continues while students with lifesave住客 in hotels and wait to move in.