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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday
October 15, 1987
Vol. 98, No. 39
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
5 residence halls lacking required smoke detectors
By BEN JOHNSTON Staff writer
Six years after state fire codes were changed to require university residence halls to have smoke detectors in halls or rooms, five KU halls still do not have them.
Dean Milroy, associate director of maintenance for the office of student housing, said Lewis, Templin, Hashinger, Ellsworth and McColum halls did not have smoke detectors, but did plan to install them in those halls.
Paul Markley, chief of the fire prevention division for the state Fire Marshal Department in Topeka, said that since 1981, state fire codes have required residence halls to either have a fire detector in each room or 30 feet apart in each corridor.
"I am rather surprised KU still has five dormitories that do not have fire detectors, because fire detectors are our top priority for fire safety," Mark-
Markley said the fire office inspected the residence halls each
lin in 1988, in Hashinger and Ellsworth in 1989 and McColum in 1990, Stoner said.
"I had been operating under the assumption that the plan is acceptable." Stoner said.
But Markley said the housing office was violating state law by not having alarms in the five halls. He said the housing office could be liable if someone was injured or killed in a fire in one of the halls.
I am rather surprised KU still has five dormitories that do not have fire detectors, because fire detectors are our top priority in fire safety. '
Harry to wear the jacket because nobody was watching the table and she didn't want the jacket to be stolen. Harry gave her a light kiss, told her to get better, then squirmed back out to the dance floor.
"Oh, Harry," Sharla bellowed from across the room. "Baby, you look real fine in that jacket."
After Shelly walked home, which was three blocks away from the club, she wondered what the suit was going to do. Actually, she didn't care. She couldn't help wondering about what was in store for Harry, however, as she packed her bags. She waited until 2:30 a.m. for Harry, but he never came home. She went to sleep.
When she awoke, Harry wasn't in bed. She called Sharla Knight's house, and a groggy Sharla answered.
"Sharla, this is Shelly," she said "I want to talk to Harry."
She began talking as soon as she heard the obstacle move.
There was a long pause, the sound of the phone being covered by a pillow or perhaps the palm of a hand.
"Harry, I'll be gone when you get here," she said. "The only thing I want from you is the suit. I nick it up this afternoon."
Harry started to say something, but Shelly hung up the phone. Soon, she was in the car and on her way to a motel.
She checked into the motel, where she decided she would wait for two hours before going back to Harry's house. She was excited, however, so much that she left after only an hour. When she arrived at Harry's place, Harry ran to the car and started pleading with her.
"I was mad at you last night because of the suit thing," he said. "I wasn't myself, I won't it again. Hell, Shelly, I liked that suit once I started wearing it."
Shelly looked at him calmly "Where is it?" she asked.
Shelly looked at Harry one more time. He could tell that she was kind of frightened about something. However, he noticed that she was smiling lightly. She looked confident.
Harry kept babbling, so Shelly went into the house and started looking around. She found the suit, neatly hung, in the hall closet.
Shelly got in the car, placing the suit next to her.
"You won't regret this," the suit said.
suit suit. "I think you're right," Shelly said, running her hand into the suit's left coat pocket.
The next morning, the suit lay next to Shelly, its left arm across her midriff, its tag nestled between her breasts.
Shelly had a glow that only shines within a woman in love, the suit noted.
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"A jury would probably have to answer that question," Markley said. "If they believed the University was negligent, or not making enough of an attempt to comply with the law, they could possibly be held responsible."
Don McConnell, assistant director of maintenance for student housing, said that Oliver still was being wired for the smoke alarms, and that the project would be completed by the beginning of next semester.
Two halls are about the most that could be wired with smoke detectors in one year because the housing office has a limited number of electricians. Also, the cost of the installation would take money away from other projects such as roof repairs, Stoner said.
Birmily said smoke detectors were installed in the scholarship halls in the early 1980s.
Stoner said smoke detectors had been installed in Jayhawker Towers some time after the housing office began operating the Towers in 1980.
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Even though the amount of money KU receives from the state is 85.9 percent of the average amount received by peer schools, KU has the largest private endowment. KU's endowment totals $196 million. North Carolina has the second largest endowment at $105 million and Oklahoma has the smallest at $23 million.
KU's total spending for fiscal year 1987, which ended June 30,
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TOMORROW
Chancellor Gene A. Budig says KU will lose its best professors if the Kansas Legislature fails to approve Margin of Excellence this spring. What do legislative leaders say?
Also, the Board of Regents discuss Margin of Excellence and open admissions.
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