Campus/Area University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 9, 1987 3 Local Briefs 94-year-old listed critical after accident A 94-year-old Lawrence man was critically injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon, Lawrence police reported. According to police, Robert L. Markley, Rt. 2, was driving north on lowa Street at 1 p.m. when he entered the intersection at 31st Street, running a red light. Markley shifted with the rear of a truck driving down the street. 1734 West 19th Terrace. Kapfer was driving west on 31st Street. Two witnesses told police that the northbound traffic light was red. Markley was transported from the accident to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by a Douglas County ambulance, and was transported later that day to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeno, Colorado, where he and broken bones in the face and ankle. A hospital spokesman said he was listed in critical condition. Kapfer sustained no injuries. More false alarms hit Art and Design Students and workers in the Art and Design building have experienced three fire alarms this week because of an alarm malfunction, KU police reported yesterday. The first false alarm occurred at 6:11 p.m. Wednesday, the second was a little over two hours later at 7:35 p.m. The third took place yesterday, at 3:56 a.m. A KU police spokesman said the alarm malfunction had been an ongoing problem for several weeks. Blooming flowers highlight of show Flower-lovers may attend "Violets on Jayhawk Hill" this weekend at the All Seasons Motel, 2309 Iowa St. The show and sale run from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday in Room and are free to the public. Republicans plan fund-raising picnic Republicans from the 2nd Congressional District will hold a 'Pork Pickin' Picnic' fund-raiser Oct. 11 at the home of Larry Montgomery, director of the Kansas Lottery. The picnic, at Montgomery's home southeast of Topeka, will be from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Ken Martinez, chairman of the Douglas County Central Committee, said 700-800 people were involved, including Gov Mike Hayden. David Eisenhower, grandson of former President Eisenhower, was scheduled to attend but came back in number-in-law. Patricia Nixon, is less. Police department to conduct auction The Lawrence Police Department will conduct a public property auction at 10 a.m. tomorrow on Monday, February 25. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Correction Because of a reporter's error, the student senator who questioned Michael Foubert, graduate senator. The senator's meeting was misidentified. The senator was Carolyn Speer. Nenumaker senator. Budig reports support for 'Excellence' plan By MICHAEL HORAK More Kansans are rallying to the idea of increased financing for Regents schools under the proposed Margin of Excellence program. Mr. Fischer said A. Budig told the University Senate yesterday. From staff and wire reports. Staff writer "We have received editorial support from a number of the major newspapers of the state and the region, and there will be significantly more editorial support in the weeks to come. I'm encouraged by all this, and I'm becoming more encouraged every day," he said. Margin of Excellence is a major step in the right direction," he said, describing the program as a three-year plan that would address two specific University needs: raising faculty and supplementing inadequate state finance. Budig discussed his views about Margin of Excellence, the University's endowment campaign, health insurance benefits and selective admissions during a 45-minute session with University Senate members that included a question and answer period. Before he began, he put aside his prepared speech, moved in front of his lectern and talked informally with the predominately faculty audience. "Margin of Excellence's time has come; there is no plan B." he said. "This is what we need, this is what we deserve, this is what we have to have." Budig praised students for their efforts in the Higher Education Rescue Operation, a student lobbying effort directed toward approval of Margin of Excellence. "Students at this university can make a difference. Students at this university will make the difference," he said. Budig also was enthusiastic about Campaign Kansas, an endowment driven at raising $10 million. Budig said the money would be used for scholarships, fellowships, construction of new buildings, such as a performing arts center, and for libraries and museums. "I will predict today that we will be successful in this campaign," he said. Faculty members in the audience pressed Budig for information about what he was doing about a new health insurance plan negotiated for state employees. The plan includes the first-ever user fee for individual insurance coverage. Budig promised to do everything possible to protect the benefits of University workers. Businesses hear report By VIRGINIA McGRATH Staff writer About 25 local business representatives heard a report yesterday from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry on issues that will be important in the Kansas Legislature in 1988. the meeting, sponsored by that organization and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, was at the Eldridge Library. The report, titled "Blueprint for Kansas," was one of a series of 14 that have been presented across the state. A videotape of interviews with legislators and members of the Kansas chamber was presented as part of the report. The report focused on key issues of interest to business on the agenda for the 1988 legislative session. State Rep. David Miller, R-Eudora, said at the meeting that ending admissions at KU would perpetuate the University's "Snoh Hill" image. Open admissions in Regents institutions will be a hot topic in the coming session, the report said. "I don't think the Snob Hill image helps KU in the Legislature." Miller said. Financing for all levels of education will be a priority during the coming session, said Jim Edwards, a member of the Kansas chamber. Dollars spent on education in Kansas have been reduced, despite that many needs in education go unmet, he said. In addition, the issues of a nuclear waste disposal compact, tort reform and legislation prohibiting corpora- tion will be well considered. Other issues the report said would be important in the coming year: Amendment of corporate farming laws. - Enactment of sales taxes on advertising and professional services. A similar bill was enacted in Florida and is now the target of widespread efforts to repeal it. ■ Use of public funds to help finance congressional campaigns. Financing of the state water plan. - Discussion of the highway development program and how to finance it. Lady mechanics Left; Theresa DeSalvo, Topeka law student, gets a closer look at a distributor. DeSalvo and about 10 other people took part in the first of three seminars on auto repair and service last night. The seminar is sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center and is taught by Byron Edmondson, owner of Byron's Autohaus, 906 Vermont St. Top; Edmonson shows the seminar group how electricity is transferred. Rumors of unreported rapes make KU police concerned Staff writer By JAVAN OWENS KU police said recently that they were concerned about rumors of rapes on campus that may have gone unreported. Despite the rumors, no rapese have been reported this year. Last year, three were reported on campus and two were reported on law enforcement records show. Rape statistics show that one out of two rape victims do not report the crime, KU police public relations officer Mike Flaila said. Flaig said he was giving a seminar on rape protection at Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall earlier this semester, when some audience members began to talk about several sexual assaults that had happened this fall. Flag said that had alarmed him because there had been no rapes on his neck. "There's not a lot we can do unless they report it to us. But the prevention burden rests upon the victim," he said. KU police have been working to make the campus a less likely place for rape to occur, said Lt. Jeanne Longaker, KU police spokesman. She said that she has made difficult decisions in many potential victims did not take precautions. Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said that women needed to learn to protect themselves against what is the most common kind of sexual assault, date rape. "If they were rumors, we wanted to stop them," Fllaig said. "But if they weren't, we would like for the victims to report them to us." "If they forced you into intercourse against your will, whether it was your boyfriend or an acquaintance, I — don’t care how you look at it." "Many women don't take precautions that could prevent the problem." Ballard said. She said that women could avoid rape by not going to the apartment of someone unfamiliar, by not letting a date take them to an unfamiliar place and by never allowing themselves to become intoxicated on a date. She said she would talk more about tips on how to avoid rape in a seminar on "Dating Relationships on a College Campus" next month. Ballard said that if a student was to become a victim of rape, the student should report the crime to police. But she said that in reality few victims reported instances of sexual assault because they do not want their attackers — who are often close acquaintances — to get in trouble. Flaig said that if victims did not want to report the crime, they could still get help from the Douglas County Rape Victim Support Services at any time of the day. He told the organization received from the victim was confidential and would never be revealed to the police department. Flaig said other places where victims could seek confidential help were Headquarters, Watkins Hospital, the University Information Center. Parking woes continue; student's car is scraped Staff writer By JAVAN OWENS A KU student's car, parked in an unauthorized space at Colony Woods apartments, 1301 W. 24th St., was damaged Wednesday morning, Lawrence police reported. Brett Childress, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said he had parked his 1986 Nissan 300ZX about a foot in front of the car. He could not find a parking space. Childress told police that he thought sanitation workers scraped the car with the dumpster while cleaning the trash Wednesday morning. Lawrence police reported the accident as a leaving-the-scene accident. "I check my car every day and every night," Childs said. He said his car was fine at midnight. "I called the sanitation department and asked if they had emptied trash that day. And they had." According to the police report, the three sanitation workers who were on the Colony Woods route said they did not notice hitting anything. James Engnehl, routing director for the sanitation department, said that there had been a meeting with the sanitation workers on that route. And on the meeting was expected today. Childress that he had never been able to park in a stall because of the scarcity of parking spaces at Colony Woods. "usually park along the side, but he left enough room for them to move it." Colony Woods' tenants, who have been plagued with parking problems since the beginning of the semester, have resorted to parking in lanes, which has interfered with bus and heavy-vehicle traffic. 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