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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday November 6,1987 Vol.98,No.55
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
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Aggieville brings in extra police
Officials hope support prevents any trouble after KU — K-State game
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writer
More than 250 police officers from Salina, Wichita, Junction City and Lawrence, along with two dozen Kansas Highway Patrolmen, will converge on Manhattan's Aggieville bar district tomorrow to prevent violence after the football game between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
The last two times the schools played in Manhattan, students gathered in Aggieville, an area near K-State which is home to 18 taverns and bars, and attacked police officers, threw bottles though windows and looted stores.
Last year, the crowd turned over a car and set it on fire in the middle of the street. By the end of the night, an estimated $100,000 in damage had been done to businesses in the area
In 1984, one police officer was stabbed and other officers were struck by flying debris as officers tried to quiet a crowd estimated at 8,000. Twenty-four persons were arrested and more than two dozen were injured.
This year, Aggieville merchants and K-State officials hope that the additional police officers and strict
enforcement of the law will prevent a third riot.
"Yes, we want you to come to Manhattan, and, yes, we want you to have a good time." Bill Jacoby, executive director of the Aggieville Merchants Association, said yesterday. "But we want you to obey the laws. If you plan to break them, then bring along some extra money because you'll need it to get out of jail."
Unlike any of the previous years, this year there is sufficient law enforcement personnel to deal with any activity that may occur. Before, we didn't have those resources, and things escalated into a riot.'
- Charles Beckom
K-State police chief
Officials at the Riley County Police Department will coordinate efforts with visiting police. All police offi-
ers assigned to Aggieville have been instructed not to hesitate to arrest people who break the law.
Charles Beckom. K-State police chief, said, "Unlike any of the previous years, this year there is sufficient law enforcement personnel to deal with any activity that may occur. Before, we didn't have those resources, and things escalated into a riot."
In addition to the out-of-town police support, Aggieville will be surrounded by six-foot-high snow fences. There will be no vehicular access to Aggieville all day tomorrow. ForAggieville may enter the area though five intriguing points, but will not be allowed to bring bottles or cans with them.
Most of the vandalism to businesses in Aggleville last year was caused by bottles and cans thrown though windows, Jacoby said. As a result, all taverns and bars in the area will serve drinks in plastic or paper cups.
"If you order a Heineken, expect to get it in a plastic cup instead of a bottle," he said.
Les Bierle, assistant director of the Riley County Police Department," said his officers would arrest anyone carrying an open container of alcohol
on any Manhattan street, not just in Aggieville.
Alcohol Beverage Control agents from around the state will be in Aggieville looking for open-container violations and arresting underage drinkers.
Aggieville will close at 2 a.m. Sunday and police will escort those people remaining out of the area. Jacoby said.
John Fairman, K-State assistant vice president for University Relations, said many people in Manhattan were taking a wait-and-see attitude weekend. He said many people were worried whether they should expect trouble.
"Everyone is kind of waiting to see what the turnout will be and what will transpire," he said.
A number of factors could affect student turnout tomorrow. One key factor is the weather.
The National Weather Service in Topeca is predicting overcast skies tomorrow afternoon and evening, with frequent rain. Temperatures are expected to be cool, only reaching the upper 50s. Bad weather would likely force crowds that have tradi-
See K-STATE, p. 6, col. 1
Students preparing for K-State festivities
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writer
Scott Sickel has been selling riot gear to KU students for the last week.
Sickel, Olathe freshman, and his Phi Kappa Tau pledge brothers have been sitting in front of Wescoe Hall since Monday selling white T-shirts that read, "The Final Riot" on the front. The back shows a van-load of KU fans heading toward a ravaged Manhattan.
The shirts, Sickel said, have been in high demand all week.
Sickel said he thought brisk sales were an indication that many KU students were expecting a confrontation with police tomorrow after the football game between the Kansas State Wildcats and University of Kansas Jayhawks.
"I think it will be as big as it was before." Sickel said, referring to the 1984 and 1986 riots, when mobs of students gathered in the Aggieville bar district after the football game. "The police won't be able to stop it."
Many KU students said yesterday that they didn't share Sickel's enthusiasm for a third riot. Both in 1984 and 1986 several bystanders were injured.
Christi Dool, Wichta freshman, said she expected to see tight security in Aggieville when she drives to Manhattan tonight.
"I think they have taken enough precautions to make sure things don't get out of hand," she said.
Dool said many of her friends were planning to spend a quiet weekend in Lawrence instead of driving to Manhattan.
Student leaders at K-State and KU are urging students to be cautious and use good judgment on Saturday.
"Be real careful at Aggieville" said Jason Krakow, KU student body part. "I'm hoping we won't experience it." The difficulties we've show in the past.
Kent Bradley, K-State student body president, and Michelle Beniot, K-State student senate chairman, issued a joint letter to students this week asking them to prevent postgame fun from getting out of hand.
Wescoe may get addition to cafe Cost projected at $223,000
"We are concerned, as we think most students are, about K-State's image resulting from last year's event," they said in the letter. "It is up to K-State students to put an end to
See STUDENTS, p. 6, col. 1
By JORN E. KAALSTAD Staff writer
Bob Derby, concessions manager of the Burge and Kansas unions, said he received a two-stage proposal to build an emergency hospital, a Topeka food facilities consultant.
Wescoe Cafeteria may be remodeled next summer, and possibly expanded to include the terrace to the south, if a consultant's construction ideas are approved by the office of facilities planning.
The proposal suggests a short-term goal and a long-term goal for the renovation of the cafeteria, Derby said.
"But that is only a preliminary estimate," he said.
The short-term goal is to remodel the existing cafeteria and to install new equipment in the kitchen. The consultant's budget for that project is $223,000. Derby said.
The remodeling plans also seek to improve the efficiency of the cafeteria by rearranging the food lines and the cashier system.
"I hope we can go ahead and materialize these plans so we can begin construction next summer," he said.
Jim Modig, associate director of facilities planning, said the proposal was nothing more than a study. He said facilities planning would review the proposal and send it back to the Unions with recommendations.
The cost of those recommendations probably will determine whether the study should be done.
The expansion would make room for another 85 to 200 seats, Derby said.
Derby said the long-term goal was to expand the cafeteria 1,100 square feet by enclosing the terrace to the south.
"We want to expand to avoid the crowding of the cafeteria that we have in the city."
Jim Long, director of the Burge and Kansas Unions, said a possible expansion of the cafeteria depended on technical factors.
Long said the proposal was intended to determine whether an expansion would be possible with regard to structural limitations, power supply and heating and ventilation systems in the building.
Duane Montgomery, owner of the consulting firm, said the firm estimated the cost of the expansion at $64,000.
"There are no details at this time.
There are only concepts on the paper."
the realization of the project
depends on how costly the modifica-
tion is.
"It may not be possible, but we want answers to those questions," he said.
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Michelle Deal, Denton, Texas, senior, gives Sherry Russell, 10, of Lawrence, a lesson on the Lawrence Parks and Recreation's gymnastics program at Robinson Gymnasium. uneven bars. Deal was working out yesterday with the children who are participating in the
Money concern of faculty in Koplik plan, poll shows
By MICHAEL MERSCHEL Staff writer
Staff writer
Money is the biggest concern faculty members have about the selective admissions policy proposed by Board of Regents executive director Stanley Koplik, comments on a recent survey indicate.
Several faculty members said that because financing of Regents schools was based on enrollment figures, any decrease in enrollment through selective admissions could mean less money for the schools.
Those comments were released yesterday, along with slightly revised results from a survey released Wednesday. A majority of faculty who responded to the survey supported Kopik's proposal.
The revised results showed that 214 of the responding faculty members supported Koplik's proposal. An additional 52 supported selective admissions but not Koplik's plan and 99 supported current policies. Seven marked more than one answer or said they supported none of the choices.
The University Senate Executive Committee sent faculty members about 1,175 forms on Oct. 23, asking whether they supported the proposal, supported selective admissions but not Koplik's proposal or supported current open admissions policies
As of yesterday, 372 forms, or about 31 percent, had been returned. On Wednesday, 366 forms had been returned.
Additional comments were submitted on the forms by 57 faculty members. Of those, 25 said they were worried that selective admissions might affect state financing of the University.
This wasn't a vote. They were simply stating opinions.'
Sandra Wick
Kopik's proposal would require in-state students to complete a recommended high school curriculum with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, score more than 23 on the ACT or rank in the top third of their graduating class before being admitted to the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
SenEx administrative assistant
Currently, any student who graduates from an accredited Kansas high school is admitted to the seven Regents schools.
Sandra Wick, SenEx administrative assistant, said comments on financing came from both supporters and opponents of the proposal. Many faculty members said that changes were needed in how the state allocated money for universities before a change was made in admissions policies.
"Any change in enrollment policy has to be accompanied by a change in how KU is funded, otherwise KU could, if enrollment drops, find itself with less money," Wick said.
But among those who favored selective admissions, 12 supporters of the plan and nine who supported selective admissions but not Kopik's proposal said they didn't think the proposal was strict enough.
Kopik said yesterday that the proposal was as strict as he thought it could be without endangering its chances for success.
"I don't think we could increase the standards without getting serious disagreement from the people of Kansas." he said.
But because most of those responding supported his plan, Koplik said the survey results would support the drive to introduce selective admissions at Regents schools.
Koplik said the KU survey would be discussed along with surveys being taken at other Regents schools at the next Regents meeting Nov. 19. The Regents are expected to take a final vote on the issue in December, he said.
Mel Dubnick, presiding officer of University Senate, said yesterday that the survey indicated strong faculty support for selective admissions. He said he would use that as a guide to faculty sentiment when he represented them at meetings within and outside the University.
However, Wick said, the survey results must be treated with caution because it had not been conducted scientifically.
"This wasn't a vote," she said,
they were simply stating opinions.
Student aid safe from threat of cuts KU officials say
The University of Kansas is not in danger of losing $14 million in federal student aid programs, the director of KU financial aid office said yesterday.
By MICHAEL HORAK
Jerry Rogers said that threats by U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett to expel colleges and trade schools from all federal student aid programs if their student loan default rates exceeded 20 percent, would not affect KU.
KU's default rate is 12.9 percent, Rogers said. That rate is below the national average, which is 13 percent.
During a press conference Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Bennett said that almost 2,200 institutions, or a third of all postsecondary schools, now have default rates at or above 20 percent.
According to the Department of Education, however, KU's default rate is 15.2 percent. That percentage is based only on fiscal year 1985, unlike the percentage arrived at by KU officials who figured the rate over several years.
Alden Shields, vice president on Higher Education Assistance Foundation in Overland Park, said yesterday that KU was in good shape. The foundation guarantees about 80 percent of KU's student loans.
"Even at the higher rate, KU would not fall under any sanctions that Secretary Bennett has proposed," Shields said.
At his news conference, Bennett released a list of default rates at 7.295 colleges and trade schools for fiscal 1985. More than 500 institutions had 50 percent or more of their graduates refusing to pay back their loans.
Beauty colleges, business schools and other trade schools had the worst default rates.
Bennett outlined a plan to make institutions accountable for their default rates for the next two years. He warned that institutions that failed to bring default rates to 20 percent or less by the end of 1990, would be excluded from all federal aid programs, including Pell Grants, work-study and other loans.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.