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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
Staff writer
"I am rather surprised KU still has five dormitories that do not have fire detectors, because fire detectors are safer," Markley said yesterday.
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 McCollum halls did not have smoke detectors, but the housing office 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 smoke detector in each room or 30 feet apart in each corridor.
Markley said the fire office inspected the residence halls each year. But each year when the smoke
lin in 1988, in Hashinger and Elsworth in 1989 and McCollum 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.
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priority in fire safety.'
Story by STACY FOSTER
To get a personalized license plate, owners must apply at a county vehicle registration office. Applications are then sent
C collecting hippopotamuses may be an unusual hobby, but "HIPPOS" makes for an interest.
ing personalized license plate. Sandee Creechers, Lawrence resident, has collected hippos since junior high school, and one year for Christmas, her husband, Marshall, gave her the personalized plate.
Personalized plates, or vanity plates, reflect a person's job, hobby, name or favorite phrase. Of the 1.4 million registered vehicles in the state of Kansas, more than 60,000 are personalized plates.
"It's kind of like an inside
Ken Clark, public information director for the division of vehicles, said Kansas had few restrictions on what could be printed, but some tags had been recalled because they were offensive.
to Topeka for screening. The state Department of Revenue checks all tags for duplication in counties or for vulgarity or profanity implied in the lettering.
"One of the plates recalled referred to the 55 mph speed limit," Clark said. "If there is a plate that someone finds to be offensive, we recall the plate and review it."
Kansas' restrictions are not as strict as some states. For example, Nancy Brown, a motor vehicle administration official in Maryland, said personalized
Restrictions are not a problem for some people who use the tags to express their interests. John and Mary Easu, owners of Sub & Stuff Sandwich Shop have "SUB" and "STUFF" on their cars.
plates that referred to a deity were recalled recently after the department received written and verbal objections to references of a deity on a state license plate.
Kansas does not have restrictions on tags that refer to a deity. Clark said Kansas did not have any tags, like those in Maryland, that read "GOD IS" or "GOD CAN". Kansas does, however, have tags that have religious content, such as a "777" tag and a "PSALM28" tag.
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thing for us since we both work in the business," Easu said.
Ann Evans, director of the Lawrence Arts Center, promotes the arts with "ARTS".
"I thought of 'ARTS' a long time before I got the tag, and since my husband is an architect it kind of worked for both of us," she said.
Lisa and Jason Rosenberg, Wichita junior and sophomore, use "S NEE E Y E" and WHEEZE on their tags. The nicknames were given to them by their father, who is an allergist.
Lisa Rosenberg said people had driven by, read her tag and had a sneezing fit.
"I just laugh and keep going," she said.
Mary and John Easu are the owners of Sub & Stuff, 1618 W. 23rd St.
Jim Graves plays the tuba for the KU band.
— Paul Markley
Of the state
Fire Marshal Department
Sandee Crowthers has more than 1,000 hippopotamuses.
"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."
Milroy said smoke detectors were milroy in the scholarship halls in the nearby
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.
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.
Stoner said smoke detectors had been installed in Jayhawk 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.
from both. The load has to be shared."
KU's total spending for fiscal year 1987, which ended June 30,
was $183.99 million. The Endow-
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TOMORROW
encancer 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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