Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
Traffical aas
More bicycles on campus means more congestion for both the biker and the driver. This biker had his problems with this stopped bus, but was finally on his way amid a cloud of
Senate to try to untie student elections knot
The Student Senate Elections Committee will meet tonight to discuss the options for a new senator.
A question at last week's Senate meeting concerning the legality of fall Senate elections has made it necessary for the Senate to examine its interpretation of the rules in the Senate Code, which governs the University, Faculty and Student senates.
in 1971, elections have been held in the fall to fill vacant seats, Kevin Flynn, Senate candidate, in 1972.
The code authorizes the Student Senate to elect representatives each year in the Senate.
This fall, two half-year seats from the law and engineering schools are vacant and six seats for freshmen and sophomores from Nunemaker Center will expire.
Steve Owens, student body vice president, said he was going to check the record of previous Senate legislation for any ap- plication bill that had authorized fall electors.
The code has a quota of one representative in the Senate for every 200 students in a school, and authorizes the Election Committee to vote in a school where a vacancy has occurred.
He said Senate officers were also going to find out how University administrators interpreted the Code's provisions for Senate elections. A flexible interpretation would allow the Student Senate to place a clause in the Code that would stipulations that would authorize fall elections.
Such an election to fill the unoccupied seats from the law and engineering schools would be in compliance with the code, Owens said.
He said he would find out today whether the six vacant Nunemaker seats must be filled to meet the school's representation quota. But if it isn't necessary to elect six more senators to represent Nunemaker's enrollment, he said. Senate legislation during the election of freshman Senators in the fall would have to be drafted.
Bentta Bock, chairman of the Elections committee, said the committee would have the power to approve the results.
Learned enters not guilty plea
Stanley Learned, KU benefactor and former board chairman of Phillips Petroleum Co., pleaded not guilty yesterday in Tulsa to charges of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service of nearly $3 million.
Also pleading not guilty were current board chairman W. F. Martin and former chairman W. W. Keeler. Learned and the defendant indicted by a federal grand jury Sept. 2.
But Steve McMurry, chairman of the Student Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee, said he thought the Senate should make allowances for holding fall elections this year and begin drafting rules that would officially authorize the fall elections.
the time and effort' required to elect only a few senators.
Trial was tentatively set for Feb. 15.
"I'd be a crying shame if we canceled the election on a technicality," he said.
But Owens said the Senate wouldn't take any action that wasn't in compliance with law.
KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, September 14, 1976
Vol. 87 No.16
Record enrollment still growing
By JERRY SEIB
Indications are that late and off-campus enrollments will push final fall enrollment slightly higher than earlier record predictions.
Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records,
said yesterday that he expected the official
passing of his last breath.
than the 22,398 enrolled on the first day of
the Lawrence and Kansas figures.
Official enrollment figures will be compiled beginning Monday, the 20th day of classes. The delay allows accounting of students who enroll after the first day of classes or who enroll in continuing education and extension courses.
DVCK HAD EARLIER estimated that final enrollment would be 22,733 on the Lawrence campus and 1,817 at Kansas City, for a total of 24,900.
He said the final Lawrence campus
22,900 am from the first day of 20,943.
The final Lawrence campus figure will include students who enrolled through the
Careless drivers, crowded lanes compound bike riders' worries
By BRYANT GRIGGS
With the increase of students at the University of Kansas comes the ever-rising tide of bicycle riders. And with the riders come congested streets.
Every school day, Jayhawk Boulevard becomes a river of cars, buses, bicycles and students, all ying to get somewhere in half the time.
Since the beginning of this semester, there have been four accidents involving motorists and bicycle riders. Last year 153 accidents also include accidents with motor vehicles.
For the average bike rider, a journey across campus has become a trying experience—not because of the terrain or weather and road conditions, but because of carelessness on the part of some automobile drivers.
"IWAS GETTING ready to turn when the driver, who was on 19th, going west towards Iowa, ran right through a stop sign," Hatch said.
"THEERE are no more unique places for a bike ride to rider," says Rick Caplan, graduate student in social welfare. He's on bikes, bikes, so usually I ride on the sidewalks.
Caplan" admitted that this might be dangerous because it required pedestrians to be more conscious of him, but he said it would help to avoid an accident with an automobile.
Not all bike riders have such experience. We've seen that many other riders have close contact with them.
"A couple of years ago, while I was riding along Ninth Street, a driver turned right into me." Caplan said. "The driver simply misjudged where the street was. But he wasn't supposed to be driving anyway. something was wrong with his eyes," he said.
Caplan isn't the only b cyclist who has faced drivers with poor eyesight. Phil Hatch, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, was bicycling from campus last semester when a car almost hit him at the corner of 19th Street and Naimshim Drive.
Martin Wollmann, director of health services, said he had no statistics on the
number of recent bicycle accidents around Lawrence, but he said there weren't that many.
"Most bicycle accidents occur when bicycle riders ride downhill or on wet pavement. They apply to much pressure to the knees; in skates; they panic and topple over the surface."
Wollmann added that many bicycle accidents happened when riders tried to avoid a collision with an automobile or when bicycle riders who had no lights or reflectors rode at night. He said it would be safer if riders without lights or reflectors walked.
"I weave through traffic so I don't get injured" Jay Hennings, St. Louis junior. "I got shot while walking."
Surprisingly, traffic doesn't pose a big problem to riders as do the cars parked there.
"But the most dangerous thing a person could do is open his car door without checking to see who's coming up alongside of him."
CONNIE SCHROEDER, Imman senior, said it also was a problem when cars darted out of parking areas, especially on side streets and when drivers stuck unsecured.
According to Hennings, the best way to ride through Lawrence traffic is to ride a bicycle with the same caution one uses when driving a car.
"I ride in the middle of the lane," he said.
"Cars don't notice you on the right side of the road."
Bike riders also may encounter a problem with dogs and trucks, Schroerold said. She once rode her bike from Topeka to Lawrence.
easy access program, at the Linwood Center in Kansas City, Kan., in the Topeka Capitol Complex program or in extension courses offered at community colleges in Johnson and Wyandotte counties. The Linwood Center and Capitol Complex programs offer satellite classes for University of Kansas credit.
"You have to be very careful that trucks don't get too close to you or the current will pull you right into them. You have to hold your bike fairly steady," she explained.
For bicycle riders, pedestrians seem to be less of a problem than cars, buses, trucks or dogs. But riders agreed that pedestrians, too, tended to be a bit careless.
"AND DOGS WILL always come out and chase you."
"Pedestrians don't always look for bike
badges, but it's not their problem," Caplan
said. "A bike rider should always keep an eye out for pedestrians."
Mitchell George, Wichita senior, said, "Bikers have to be doubly conscious of both pedestrians and cars. Pedestrians tend to walk more when they think there aren't too many cars."
Road conditions continue to be a problem for bikers, and many said they thought the roads were too dangerous.
John Parsons, Berkeley, Calif., graduate student, said Naismith was the worst street for cancer.
"WITH ALL THE pot holes in Naisimh, it's really hard on your bike," he said. "On
ALSO INCLUDED will be students who enrolled late on the Lawrence campus. Dyck said that between 600 and 700 students who missed the regular enrollment in Allen Field House would be included in the final enrollment.
See CYCLISTS' page two
The number of late enrollers was about the same as in previous fall semesters, be sure.
Earlier this month, in a letter sent Dyck and SenEx, Robert Umbeltz, associate professor of mechanical engineering, said he thought there was an agreement late in the fall. Umbeltz, who said yesterday that he had sent the letter in his capacity of chairman of the University Calendar Committee, suggested that the fee for late enrolment be increased and that the fee be increased a shorter period of time for late enrolment.
"WE'RE INUNDATED by them now at the time when we're busiest," Unholtz said. "It's been my experience with most of them, and they could have enrolled regularly."
said some students purposely
See ENROLLMENT page two
Eight juveniles charged in $10,000 theft case
A Lawrence resident paid dearly to have his lawn mowed this summer.
As a result, eight Lawrence juveniles between ages 15 and 17 are awaiting trial in connection with the theft of at least $10,000 in cash.
The resident, Russell Jones, 316 Homestead Drive, had stored two $5,000 bundles—profits from his building business—in a desk drawer at his home earlier this summer, according to the Lawrence Police Department.
Russell told police that he discovered the money missing on either July 28 or
Sometime before that date—the police records aren't specific—Russell had departed from his home, leaving a door unlocked so that a youth he had hired to do yard work could get a drink. The boy, who worked for Russell about a month, didn't show up for work one day.
Russell didn't report the loss to police
until Aug. 20 because, he told police, he thought his wife had taken the cash. He also reported the loss of a man's money at $450 and $80 from his wallet.
In the meantime, the hired youth began spending a great deal of money, even giving away some of it to friends, according to police records. The youth and seven reported recently that they were traveling to nav expenses for a trip to Colorado.
The eight juveniles were arrested in August. The youth Russell had hired for yard work was charged with grand theft and attempted burglary, and charged with possession of stolen money.
Trials for the juveniles are proceeding separately, according to Daquest. He said the report of the theft was left undisclosed until recently so police could proceed with the investigation.
Dalquest said the investigation would continue pending recovery of the money.
Lucas referees athletics, KU construction
By JIM COBB
Staff Writer
A typical week in Max Lucas' life is filled with meetings, trips across the sunrise time in the classroom and an endless procession of memos and letters.
On a typical Friday night, Lucas, University of Kansas director of facilities planning, leaves all that behind.
The man who contends daily with problems that arise from $80 million in construction work pulls off his tie, puts on a black- and white-striped shirt and heads for the gridiron. Then Lucas, the University's planning director, energy czar and professor of architecture, becomes Lucas the referee.
"IT'S SORT of an escape," he says. "It's a fun thing. I can keep in shape running around and I enjoy working with the people."
In addition, Lucas gets to see some of the best football action in the state. He is referee for the Sunflower League, territory of several powerhouse high school teams; the Jayhawk Juco Conference of community colleges, which produced last year's national-champion Coffeyville Junior College team, and the Mid-America conference, which includes Baker and Ottawa universities.
HE RECEIVED bachelor's and master's degrees in architectural engineering at KU and earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering structures at Oklahoma State University. After serving in the Navy and working in private business, he was hired as an associate professor of architecture in
Lucas played high school football in his home town of Lamar, Mo. After high school he was awarded a naval ROTC scholarship and found himself
While teaching, Lucas became involved in campus politics as a member of the University Council and SenEx. He was elected SenEx chairman and was cochairman of a University planning committee. Those duties continued to make him more long-range planning in the administration's highest levels.
When he applied for his current position in 1975, Lucas was associate dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design. He has since continued to teach a class each semester despite a hectic schedule of meetings and conferences.
The part of his job that carries the most responsibility is that of University master planner. For the last year and a half, KU has had the largest construction program of any university in the nation. Currently, Lucas directs $50 million of construction work at the KU Medical Center, construction of the new School of Law, visual arts faculty and computer science department, the KU Jasmin Union, planning for a new satellite union and several other projects.
EVEN LUCAS' private life is linked to the University. Jane, his wife, is an English instructor at KU. The Lacasses have three daughters.
IN ADDITION, Lucas is responsible for off-campus property owned by the University in Parsons, Hutchinson, Kansas City and other areas of the state. Separate planning offices at both KU campuses report to him, and although Lucas doesn't follow every detail of each job he often consults with other planners to keep abreast of all progress, proposals and problems.
Max Lucas divides his time between the KU administration and refereeing
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
"It's really hard to sit down and say exactly what you do," he says. "I would say that I trouble-shoot on things, but there are any number of things, day-to-day, that come up, and they are handled by the Office of Transportation, in types of jobs I work with might have to be resolved on the state level."
LUCAS REPORTS directly to Chancellor Archie Dykes and serves as Dykes' liaison with state agencies, as well as the University's spokesman to get construction approval and funding. Planning for construction may include adding is begun and project funding must be procured in several phases.
In making the transition to his job, Lucas said he had to get acquainted with the Board of Regents and other state officials and work to gain their respect. His attitude upon taking the job was to "keep what was good and add to it," he said.
Lucas likes administrating despite its busy pace. He cites a sound Kansas economy and traditional support for higher education as factors that make education work in Kansas attractive. He said he wouldn't consider leaving.
"I LIKE Lawrence, I like the University and I like the people here. Many, many times in academic circles the quickest way to advance is to move.
"I've been very fortunate. I feel that I've been able to accomplish the things I wanted to accomplish and continue to stay associated with the University of Kansas."
Lucas' accomplishments aren't limited to administrative duties. He's also an author and man of ideas.
He and Nicholas Willems, professor of civil engineering, recently signed a publishing contract with McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. for the second
Lucas; Howard Smith, associate dean of the School of Engineering; and Charles Kahn, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, presented a paper they wrote this year at an international meeting for space structures in Montreal.
"I DIDN'T WANT to go into administration and completely ignore the academic credibility that I'd gained," Lucas said. "I think that first and most I'm a professor of architectural engineering and I enjoy it immensely. Someday I'll probably be back there again."
Meanwhile, Lucas' time will remain divided among academic, administrative, professional and recreational activities. Dykes said Lucas' many interests hadn't prevented him from doing a "very dedicated and expert" job.
According to Dykes, Lucas' efforts to get a new fireproofing substance used in the Med Center clinical facility has saved KU at least $1 million.
"Without him I don't see how we could possibly manage," Dykes said. "He's kept projects on schedule and within the funds allocated for them. He's been very successful in making our needs known and securing approval for projects."
"And he's just exceptionally pleasant and very easy to get along with."