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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
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.
1 am rather surprised KU still has five dormitories that do not have fire detectors, because fire detectors are safer, "Markley said yesterday.
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.'
Trap-boy Kevin Robb, Lawrence, waits for two targets to be launched during a doubles shoot.
John Kasberger, retired Lawrence fire chief, wears safety shields on his glasses, pins to note his marksmanship and a hat displaying his humor.
The people who shoot and socialize come from a wide spectrum of occupations. An airline pilot, a hospital technician, a professor, a retired fire chief, a housewife, and students ranging from junior high to the university level may be there on either of the two days the club is open.
"I go because I'm in a league," said Ward Brian Zimmerman, director of KU budget. "It gives me a chance to get out in the country. It gives me a chance to do something I don't normally do. I don't shoot baskets or on the putting course, but I think it's comparable to those activities. It's a form of relaxation."
But whereas some come to shoot and socialize, others come to work.
Inside the concrete block bunker of the trap house is a world of its own. The trap boy sits and positions the targets as the trap arm springs around. The noise of the motor that propels the trap and the constant barrage of gun fire keep the trap boy from ever hearing the command of "pull." The targets are launched from a spotter sitting behind the shooters by the means of a remote control.
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The trap boy has to set the targets and get away from the arm of the trap as quickly as possible. If a problem arises in the bunker, the trap boy notifies the others involved by waving a flag attached to a long pole from the entrance of the trap. Once the shooting begins, the trap boy stays in the bunker until told that it is safe to come out.
"I just sit and position birds all day," said trap boy Kevin Robb, Lawrence resident. Outside, the other world of Cedar Hill Gun Club goes merrily along.
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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."
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.
Milroy said smoke detectors were installed in the scholarship halls in the early 1880s.
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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s support
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 $232 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-
See PRIVATE, p. 14, col. 1
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.