Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 18, 1987
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Local Briefs
Hurt student has condition changed to fair
A KU freshman who suffered a ruptured base aneurysm while riding his bike has had his condition upgraded from critical to fair.
Craig Nowtakze, Prairie Village freshman and Hashinger Hall resident, is still in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He suffered a broken leg on his way back cord while he was riding his bicycle in front of Templin Hall on Sept. 11.
Sales tax election planned for Nov. 3
The Douglas County Commission gave preliminary approval yesterday to a resolution setting forth the plan for county-wide sales tax election.
The commission must approve a final reading of the resolution at its meeting Monday before that date becomes official.
The 1-cent sales tax proposal has been a subject at both Lawrence City and the Douglas County Commissions recently. Revenue from the tax would be split between the county's tax collection, Lawrence, and would be allocated to social services and public improvements.
If county commissioners approve the final reading of the resolution, students who are not registered to vote and wish to must register before Oct. 13. Polling places for districts highly popular in the region include Field House, Hillerster School, 1045 Hilltrop Dr, Dorset School, 1837 Vermont St., and South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Mass. St.
Costa Rican head to visit Manhattan
Oscar Arias Sanchez, president of Costa Rica, will deliver the Landon Lecture Monday at Kansas State University in Manhattan, the first stop on a U.S. speaking tour.
During the 10:30 a.m. lecture in Ahearn Field House, Arias is expected to discuss the peace accord he reached with four other Central American countries in August. Arias will speak to Congress on general government assembly on Wednesday, and will receive an honorary degree from Harvard University on Thursday.
Lake Perry clean-up planned tomorrow
the Army Corps of Engineers and state organizations will sponso a Lake Perry Clean-up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow for National Keep America Beautiful Public Lands Day.
Organizations that sign up will be assigned to pick up trash in an area of Lake Perry. Seven-up baskets provide trash bags and soft drinks.
In case of rain, the clean-up will be moved to Sunday.
Interested groups should call the Volunteer Center of Topeka at (913) 272-8890.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, the out-of-house cost for Alpha Chi Omega sorority members to eat one meal a week was incorrectly reported in Wednesday's Kansan. The cost is $15 a month.
From staff and wire reports
20 percent oversold Yellow parking permits
By JORN E. KAALSTAD
Staff writer
KU Parking Services has sold 4,516 yellow permits for 3,671 yellow zone stalls this semester, according to an unofficial count, said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking.
So far, that is an oversell of more than 20 percent. And that percentage will increase, she said.
"It is early in the semester, and we're still selling permits," Hultine said. For example, nine students were enrolled yellow permits yesterday, she said.
Don Kearns, director of parking,
said that there were no limits on how
many yellow permits could be sold.
"But that is not our decision," he
said. "Parking Services only enforce
and administer the directions of the
parking board."
Ray Moore, chairman of the parking board, said that it was necessary to oversell permits because not everyone purchased one was on campus every day or at the same time. He said that the board would not deny anyone the right to park by limiting the number of permits sold.
"This is a pragmatic response to a difficult situation." Moore said.
Hultine said that students were told that having a parking permit didn't guarantee a space. She said this information was in a brochure given to students who bought permits.
Yellow permits cost $40 for a year, which is five dollars more than last year, and $28 for a semester.
searring in it he said that he was upset that he was forced to park at a metered stall. "I wouldn't have bought a permit if I had known I had to park on meters anyway." he said.
Mark Sharp, Overland Park junior,
was driving around Lot 90 south of
Robinson Center at 9 a.m. last Friday
searching in vain for a vacant stall.
Sharp added that it was almost impossible to get a free stall after 9 a.m., especially on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. "Those days cost me a dollar in meter money," he said.
About 500 metered parking spaces are located in lot 90 near Robinson. Although they are located in a yellow building, there are no metered spaces, which cost 25 cents
The 3,671 yellow stall figure already takes into account the more than 500 yellow-zoned stalls that will become metered by the end of this year. Those stalls are located in Lot 91, which is north of Spencer Art Museum.
an hour.
The meters are being installed to benefit 300 to 500 daily visitors and an additional number of commuting students who spend only a couple of days a week at the University, Kearns said.
Kearns said that Parking Services was conducting a survey to find out whether the meters were used by the intended visitors and commuters or by students with yellow stickers. He said that parking services may remove some of the meters if there were more students with yellow sticker parkings there than commuters and visitors.
Kearns said that many students were not aware of some of the yellow-zoned areas on campus. Lot 59, which is between Potter Lake and Memorial Stadium, is as close to Strong Hall as the lot by Spencer Art
Source: Parking Services
Museum, but few students know about it and rarely use it, he said.
Yellow zone permits are the only on-campus permits available to students. Red zone and blue zone permits are available to faculty and staff. The number of red and blue permits sold is not limited.
an oversell of about 7 percent. About 856 blue-zone permits have been sold for 656 spaces, for an oversell of about 32 percent.
According to unofficial figures, Parking Services has sold 1,333 red-door permits for 1,250 stalls, which is
One off-campus organization is helping to take some of the burden off Parking Services.
James Larson/KANSAN
Roma Dove, graduate teaching assistant in visual arts education, stands in front of her students' art on display in Bailey Hall. Dove is a former Shawnee Mission School District grade school art teacher.
Teacher shows art can be elementary
By MICHAEL MERSCHEL
Staff writer
As a former elementary school teacher, Roma Dove is used to teaching cutting, pasting, drawing and painting. But her students this year might be a little out of practice.
Dove, a graduate teaching assistant in the department of visual arts education, now teaches 49 education majors Instructional Strategies in Art for Elementary Classroom Teachers.
The purpose of the class is simple. Dove's students will spend this semester learning art projects they can teach in their classrooms.
Dove's students will be painting with water colors, molding clay, and doing other simple art projects. The projects will help students learn art basics such as form, color, balance and texture.
The class' work has turned the east wing of the first floor of Bailey Hall into a sort of gallery for art that looks at it on be on a proud parent's refrigerator.
On display this week are cloth collages, grouped by "warm" or "cool" colors. Coming soon are students' self-portraits. Other projects will be up throughout the year.
Dove, who taught art classes in the Shawnee Mission School District from 1974 until this year, said the projects would especially help those who will teach in school districts without art programs.
Dove taught general elementary school classes for more than 20 years before switching to art education. Dove said there weren't as many between grade school students and college students as she had thought.
Equipment requests could be put on hold
Staff writer
By JENNIFER ROWLAND
The University of Kansas directly needs new and updated equipment, but a bill to provide financing for that equipment should not be allowed to jeopardize a plan to make Regents universities more competitive with other schools, a KU official said yesterday.
The state House Ways and Means committee now is considering bond issues of either $10 million, $25 million or $50 million for new and updated equipment for university libraries, classrooms and laboratories. The committee has asked Board President to submit equipment requests for money generated if the Legislature approves the bond issues.
Marlin Rein, associate director of business affairs, said the University could use the equipment, but the state's primary financing goal should be a proposed three-year Margin of Excellence program.
plan's goals include increasing financing for program maintenance and faculty salaries. The plan was endorsed by the Board of Regents in June and must be approved by the state Legislature.
The proposal, which would take effect in 1989, would increase budgets in state schools to levels comparable with peer institution budgets. The
Peer institutions are universities similar in size, mission and scope to Regents universities.
"Equipment funding is in short supply and we've got a significant backlog as a result of inadequate equipment funding over a number of years," Rein said.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said faculty salaries also were a concern in the Margin of Excellence proposal. He said that this seemed to be the most significant of the deficiencies addressed in the Margin of Excellence program.
Regents officials told the committee Wednesday that new or updated equipment was needed for classrooms and laboratories if Kansas universities were to compete with other states' universities.
"These are accumulated needs," Brinkman said.
Lawrence priest hears pope urge renewal of spirit, ideals
Krische says he was impressed by leadership, humility
By AMBER STENGER
Staff writer
The flags of several nations — including Poland, Spain, Haiti and the United States — filled the sky in Miami when Pope John Paul II arrived to celebrate Mass.
The Rev. of the St. Lawrence Catholic Center was among the thousands of people who were there.
The pope turned to a section of Haitians and began speaking in their language. The Haitians their flags, yellied and clapped.
Spanish flags waved back and forth when the pope addressed another section in Spanish.
And others cheered as the pope spoke in English.
"I had this feeling of what it meant to be a human being. We were all in the same place — when you get down to people, we really all the same," Krische said, struggling to find words to
describe his experience.
"You really saw him as a world leader," Krische said. "He really doesn't have the interest of one nation at heart. You get this feeling that there is hope; there is possibility."
Krische, along with the Rev. Tom Culhane of St. Ann's Parish in Mission, represented the diocese of Kansas City last week when the two went to Miami to hear the pope.
Four hundred priests gathered there Sept. 10 to hear the pope at St. Mary's Church Krische then traveled to New Orleans to hear the pope address issues concerning campus ministries and higher
Krische said the pope inspired him. When the pope addressed the priests in Miami, Krische said the pope tried to remind the priests of the high ideals they entered the priesthood to fulfill.
"A lot of what he was doing was
renewing that spirit," Krische said. "He also seemed to be very conscious of the difficulty priests experience. He tried to help us realize that we can't be everything."
"Itsaw him walk up the steps and all of these people were cheering and yelling and waving. And I thought, 'You know, if this were an ordinary human being, he would probably be conceited.' But the first thing he did, as he looked at all of these people, was give it all away. He praised God," Krische said.
Krische said he was impressed by the pope's humility.
Krische said he hoped to be able to use the pope's example at KU.
Another highlight of Krische's trip was touching the pope's robe, he said. He touched the pope in Miami as the pope left the congregation of priests.