University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 30, 1987
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Police report burglary, theft at Glass Onion
A bank bag containing $237 in change and bills and 12 envelopes containing $1,952 were taken early Wednesday from the Glass Onion restaurant, 642 W. 12th St, Lawrence police reported.
Brenda Frankenfeld, manager of the Glass Onion and the Yello Sub sandwich shop below it, said yesterday that the money used to buy both restaurants. The restaurants are owned by Morrow Foods.
Lawrence police are investigating the incident. They have no suspects.
Kansan now hiring for spring semester
The Kansan is accepting applications for the positions of editor and business manager for the spring semester. Applications are available in 200 Stauffer-Flint Building, Stauffer Office, senate office, 105 Burge Union; and the office of student organizations and activities, 105 Burge Union.
Applications for business manager are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 6, and applications for editor are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 9, in 200 Stauffer-Fint Hall. Applicants will be interviewed by the Kansan Board.
Course book to be distributed Monday
The Jayhawk Course Source book may be distributed Monday, June 2. Fossil, director of the Jayhawk Course Source, said yesterday.
The Course Source is a publication funded by Student Senate courses during course descriptions not available at University of Kansas timetable or catalog.
It was supposed to be distributed yesterday and today.
Linda Weeks, a customer service employee of University Printing Services, said yesterday that the printing of the KU timetables was late, which delayed the printing of Course Source.
Drops after today require petition
Today is the last day for most students to drop classes without a dean's approval.
Beginning Monday, undergraduates in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the schools of education, pharmacy, engineering, business and fine arts, and all graduate students must submit a dean's deans to drop classes. If the petition fails, a student will receive either a "W" or "F" on his transcript depending on the school.
Undergraduates in architecture, journalism and social welfare may continue to drop classes without petitions.
Where to call
Readers who have ideas for stories or photographs may call the Kansan at 864-4810.
For sports, ask for Brian Kaber line, sports editor.
For ideas about campus and area coverage, ask for Sally Strelf, campus editor, or Todd Cohen, planning editor.
For arts and entertainment, ask for Kjersti Moen, arts editor. To submit calendar and On Campus items, email Dickson, associate arts editor.
For photos, ask for Dan Ruetti mann, photo editor.
To discuss problems or complaints, ask for Jennifer Benjamin, editor, or Juli Warren, managing editor.
Paying more for loans may cause problems
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writer
Temporary increases in the fees charged on Guaranteed Student Loans may spell difficulties for some KU students, KU financial aid officials say.
"Students who want a loan immediately are in a quandary." said Jeff Weinberg, associate director of financial aid.
"I If I were a student now, I don't know if I'd take the money and run, or wait until next month to see if the fee goes down," he said. "But if they choose to wait, there's a chance the fees could increase even more."
Last week, the federal government began withholding up to $37.50 from
each GSL as part of the revised Gramm-Rudman deficit reductions ordered by President Reagan in late September.
From staff and wire reports.
To help reduce the deficit, the fee charged on all GSLs was increased from 5 percent to 5.5 percent, effective Oct. 20.
Freshmen or sophomores who borrow $2,625, the maximum GSL limit, would pay an additional $13.13 after the increase. The total fee would be $144.38. That fee would be subtracted from GSL checks before students receive them.
Juniors, seniors and graduate students, all of whom are eligible for larger GSL grants, could pay more
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Students who want a loan immediately are in a quandary.'
Jeff Weinberg
associate director of financial aid depending on the amount of money they borrow.
depending on the amount of money they borrow. The answer is $50,000.
The higher fees will continue until at least Nov. 20.
Alden Shields, vice president of the Higher Education Assistance Foundation in Overland Park, a non-profit group that guarantees student loans, said that what happens to the fee increase after Nov. 20 would depend
on the actions Congress took to reduce the federal deficit.
"The increase will expire on Nov. 20," he said. "But if Congress has not approved a revised budget that meets Gramm-Rudman stipulations, then the temporary increase could become permanent."
However, if cuts in the budget were made by Congress before then, GSL fees could be reduced to 5 percent.
He said that the fees might even increase, but he didn't speculate on how much.
"The big question then would be whether or not the government would refund the extra fees some students paid," he said.
Weinberg said KU's financial aid
office had received only a handful of inquiries about the GSL fee increases this week.
He said that one student came into his office Wednesday and decided to pay the additional fees to get his loan
Weinberg said that most of the 4,500 students at KU who have applied for GSLs this year, asked for the loans in March when they applied for other kinds of financial aid. They those students were not affected.
Because students can apply for a GSL anytime during the year, Weinberg said some KU students would likely pay higher fees.
Yesterday, Weinberg sent in applications from 150 KU students who applied for $435.00 in GSL money.
Lisa Jones/KANSAN
Mirror, mirror...
Gerry Meyer, Lawrence resident, is taken aback by the make-up effects created by Lloyd Dean, formerly of MGM/ UA Motion Pictures. Dean, who helped contribute special effects for the movie Halloween III and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, designed the Hallowen face for Meyer yesterday.
Windows of 23 cars are vandalized
By a Kansan reporter
The windows of 23 cars were damaged in acts of vandalism either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, Lawrence police reported. Total damage was estimated at more than $3,000.
At least 13 of the windows were damaged by shots from a pellet or BB gun. Police were unable to determine the exact cause of the damage in instances in which the windows were completely shattered.
Lawrence police Sgt. Don Dalquest said yesterday that the shootings were acts of vandalism and not attempted burglaries. He said he thought that any items taken from the cars were not taken by the vandals.
Between the 1000 and 2000 blocks of Tennessee Street, five cars were damaged by BB gun shots and four cars had a window shattered. Only one item was taken from the car, which was valued at $230 from a car in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street.
Between the 1700 and 2000 blocks of Alabama Street, three cars were damaged by a BB gun and another had a broken window.
"When something like this happens, usually it is all done the same way," Dalquest said.
Also damaged with a BB gun was a car parked on Maverick Lane and another parked on Ponderosa Drive.
Alliance to stress traditional values
Group plans to fight 'moral decay
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
A group of Douglas County residents is preparing to fight what it calls moral decay in the community, such as avoid of prayer and desktop publishing.
At an organization meeting last night, the Alliance of Citizens for Traditional Values set a course of action to inform people about issues such as abortion and pornography, both of which the group opposes.
The alliance also plans to voice its concerns to local, state and national government representatives.
"We have to get out of our shell and do something — get people aware," said George Isley Jr., one of the group's organizers.
Isley said he and several Free Methodist Church members had discussed for months their concerns of the community's moral decay.
"We decided, 'Let's not keep this to ourselves,'" Isley said. "Let's let Douglas County in on it, too."
The group plans to oppose homosexuality, pornography, abortion, drug and alcohol abuse, child
Twelve people attended last night's meeting.
and spouse abuse, the teaching of secular humanism in schools, gambling and anti-hristian activity.
Gordon Gruber, a member of the group and Lawrence resident, volunteered, with the help of several others, to start gathering statements of position from organizations such as Right to Life. The statements eventually will be used in the alliance's own position statement.
James Mullins, last night's moderator, described the group's role as a communicating force, using the information of many groups that speak on issues such as pornography and abortion.
The group's objectives include:
The group's objectives include:
- Sending representatives to lend support to like-minded organizations such as Right to Life.
■ Sending representatives to attend School-Community Relations Council and Commission and County Commission meetings to be a voice for moral reform.
- Alerting churches and other interested groups with a call to action on critical issues.
- Establishing a political action committee.
Staff writer
By JENNIFER ROWLAND Staff writer
Halloween messes give rise to charity
Those who fear ghoulish monsters and wicked witches who work their magic by overturning trash cans and egging houses on Halloween night can ensure a clean yard the next day with spook insurance.
Insurance against Halloween van-
ishment can be purchased through the
Lawrence Association of Life Under-
writers for a donation of $2 for
the Kansas Special Olympics will benefit the Kansas
Special Olympics.
The spook insurance covers soaped car or house windows, overturned trash cans, egged houses, trash stuffed in mailboxes, real estate items thrown in yards, tissue tangled in stubs and water paint on windows.
Steve Figuieras, a local insurance salesman, is in charge of the local fund drive. He said spoil insurance holders could collect in the form of cleanup by a member of the Lawrence Association of Life Underwriters, a group of insurance salesmen.
Figuerias said customers could make a claim up to 13 hours after Halloween.
He said that about $500 had been raised. The group's goal is $1,200.
Figuieras said that the need earning money for charity with spook insurance had originated at another Life Underwriters association in Kansas, and that he hoped the idea of making branches of the association natural. The Lawrence group has participated for about three years.
"We all thought it was a great idea. It's unusual," he said. "No one's ever done it before."
Herb Friedson, owner of Harris Menswear, said he invested in the insurance because proceeds would be donated to the Special Olympics.
Friedson said he had bought the spook insurance before but never had.
Dick Basinger, a local insurance salesman, said that customers had been receptive and that many of the sales were repeats.
"It's a very fun project, and people look for it every year," he said.
"By the way, have you bought your spook insurance policy yet?" Basinger asked with a chuckle.
Spokin insurance can be purchased by calling 814-4644 or 842-3887 by phone.
MOUNT DREAD A SPOOKY HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE
(giveaways too)
OCTOBER 30 + 31 SPONSORED BY SUA AND THE KANSAS UNION
WIN A VCR!
and other great prizes
in the KU BOOKSTORE
free Halloween drawing
The University Symphony Orchestra Presents a Halloween Concert
The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance and Pi Kappa Lambda
Music Honor Society is present at the University Symphony Orchestra, Conducted
by Jorge Perez-Gonzalez and Graduation Solitaries
8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 1987
Hoch Auditorium
Tickets on sale at the door. All tickets are general admission. All tickets $1.50
All presents include the Pi Kappa Lambda Scholarship Fund