University Daily Kansan
Monday. November 1. 1976
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Senate recycling program active
By BARRY MASSEY
Staff Writer
Response to the Student Senate newspaper recycling program that began this semester has been greater than expected. The student body vice president, said recently.
Owens said he had received calls from fraternities, sororites and several campus offices about the program and where paper could be dropped off.
"There's a tremendous potential on campus for a recycling program," Owens said, "but right now we're very limited in what we can take."
HE SAID THAT a lot of recyclable cardboard was being thrown away on campus, but that the Senate program could take only
He said that the program was basically an experiment to show that a demand existed for something.
Two weeks ago the recycling program collected 1,200 pounds of newsprint, worth about $6. Owens said in the program's first year that he collected 8,750 pounds of newsprint worth $2.50, he said.
Computers to save students more time
"Our overall purpose isn't one of making money," Owens said, "but one to raise the social consciousness of students toward recycling efforts."
By DEB MILLEn
The installation of two new computers—the IBM 370 145 and the Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. (HISI) 66-60 in the University Computation Center not only allow for research work, but also will save time for students in computer programing courses.
WITH THE NEW computers' installation almost completed, the turn-around time is down to one hour, according to Jerry Crow, supervisor of systems.
Paul Wolf, coordinator of the computation center, said Friday that students usually had five to 10 hours, called turn-around time, from the time they handed in their programs until the time they were paid. He added that problems for students who were in a hurry, or who waited until the last minute to finish class projects, he said.
"The one-hour turn-around time was reached just because we installed the new computer," Crow said. "The old computers were 10 years old. The advancements over 10 years have been so great that a 10-year-old computer now is like a 1620 car."
THE SMALL JOBS, such as class projects, are now directed to an Express small Programs (ESP) printer, which pushes them through the computer.
Crow has been working with Rubber Tubby and Rich Kershenbaum, systems operators, to modify the computer to fit the needs of a production environment. Crow turn-around time of 15 minutes. Crow said.
The IBM 370 145 has an administrative job, taking care of new student records and enrollment. However, the HISI 66 160 is for regular students, which uses, which requires more flexibility.
Wafle said conversion from the old to the new systems has been completed and the high priority items necessary to run the computers have been converted in both.
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connect Eighth and 15th streets. Another section would go from Eighth and Tenth street.
"The plan it a waste," he said. "It can coordinate and serve in the future as a comprehensive guide to development. The plan is a foundation to work from, say if a new subdivision goes up, so it will be updated as Lawrence grows."
Schachter said Lawrence woul have more cyclists in the future.
To try to get money for the plan, he said,
"We had to show our needs were unique.
The other cities that got the money must
have been imaginative."
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Now, the task is to go back and modify the systems to fit KU's needs. Wolfe said.
"CONVERSION IS always a problem because we're dealing with many dialects, as in any language. Every user here at KU has his own way of doing things, and we have to modify our computers to fit those needs." Wolfe said.
OWENS SAID there were four boxes for collecting newspapers. Boxes are at Oliver, Lewis, Gertrude Sellards Pearson and Corbin halls.
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Last year (fall, spring and summer semesters), 12,588 students used the facilities at the computation center, and 266 courses used the computers for research or other projects. 33.7 per cent of the computer applications, 39.7 per cent for administrative purposes, 23.7 per cent for research and 2.9 per cent for public service.
Owens said that a box would soon be near the scholarship halls and one would be at the south front entrance to the Kansas Union.
the containers are emptied each Wednesday afternoon into a truck and the paper is taken to the Whompr, a paper collection store, and New Hampshire streets. Owens said.
Rloads said that there had been few problems with the boxes, except that they were sometimes too small to hold all the papers. He said that the services committee would study the structure of the boxes and would try to recommend improvements.
HOAIDS AGREED with Owens about the purpose of the recycling program. He said the Senate was trying to show that the agency is working effectively in the agency—one that is proven effective."
The money from the recycling program, according to Owens, is being used for operating expenses. He said that included renting a University truck and paying someone to collect the paper and deliver it to Whompr.
Owens said that the money also was used to pay for the boxes, which cost $20 each, but added that he didn't foresee paying them off very soon.
In the future, Owens said, the Senate hopes to receive some University support if the recycling program indicates a large enough demand for its services.
"Where they will go from here," Owens said, "is a question that just can't be answered."
A state constitutional amendment on tomorrow's ballot is meant to help keep Kansas farmlands in production, and some farmers are forced at the expense of the city taxpayers.
"The basic intent of the legislation is to keep the family farm the family farm," Lloyd Busz, R-Lawrence, said Friday. Buzzi supported the amendment when it was before the Kansas House of Representatives.
The amendment would give the legislature the power to set a special lower tax rate for farmland, a pattern that has already been adopted in more populous states where more and more farms have been lost to urban and industrial develop-
AT PRESENT, all land in Karas is supposed to be taxed at 30 per cent of its income.
If a farmer owns land near an expanding city—for example, on the south edge of Lawrence—he might find the taxes too high because the tax assessment is based on the land's value were he to sell it to a home builder or shopping center developer.
Tax relief for farmers on ballot
The amendment would allow the legislature to tax the land only on the basis of its agricultural worth, not on its worth to speculators.
A FARMER could hold on to the land, paying the lower taxes, while the land's owners might be better developed. He could sell out to developers and realize a huge windfall. As a deterrent to this, the amendment allows the state to tax that land retroactively at the landowner level.
The amendment is supported by most Kansas farming organizations. A
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spokesman for the Lawrence League of Women Voters said her group hadn't studied the amendment enough to make a recommendation.
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RE-ELECT 3rd District Commissioner I.J. STONEBACK Why?
Because:
- I.J. represents the students in the 3rd District. When Vern Miller came to town to shut down a rock concert. I.J. testified in court against the Attorney General.
- I.J. knew the war in Vietnam was wrong long before others and did something about it. I.J. helped to form anti-war groups, marched in streets and spoke out against Nixon and the war at student protest meetings.
- I.J. has experience in county government. If I.J. is not elected there will be 2 out of 3 inexperienced County Commissioners to take over the government next January.
- I.J. is the only Democrat on the Commission. We need the two-party system for responsible government.
Autobiography:
I. J. Stoneback, age 59, married, 3 children, farmer, stockman, Commissioner, Democratic Precinct Committeeeman, past Chairman of the Lawrence Committee for Peace in Vietnam, President Douglas County ECKAN (Organization to help low-income people), member of Drug Abuse Council, and member of the University Student Housing Association.