Tuesday, Januarv 19.1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Midnight-closing debate continues
By Heather Woodward
Kansan staff writer
Bar patrons leave The Hawk, at the corner of Ohio and 14th Streets, at 2 a.m. when the bar closes. Both The Hawk and the Wagon Wheel bars are facing complaints from the Oread Neighborhood Association about the bars' late closing times.
Photo by Matt J. Dumpherty/KANSAN
The Lawrence City Commission has stopped debate between the Oread Neighborhood Association and owners of the The Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., and The Wagon Wheel, 507 W. 14th St., — at least for the next two weeks.
John Nalbandian, commissioner and professor of public administration, said he was not optimistic about the two sides finding common ground.
After hearing about an hour and a half of public comment at last week's meeting about the proposed ordinance requiring the bars to have a midnight closing, Mayor Marty Kennedy put the responsibility for finding a solution in the two concerned parties' hands.
"I think they've done an awful lot of talking already," he said. "It goes beyond who the owners are now. I think they are really good owners. But the bulk of activity at their establishments goes on between 12 and 2 a.m. in a residential area. I don't know why anyone is surprised that there are problems."
David Corliss, director of legal services, submitted a first draft of the ordinance that would ensure any establishment with a liquor license issued by the state and located in a residential area to have a midnight closing time.
In the 1960s, Lawrence zoning laws were changed to require bars built in a residential area to close at midnight. Both The Jayhawk Cafe and The Wagon Wheel were in operation at that time, so they were given exception.
Oread neighborhood residents have complained of noise, public urination, vomiting and excess trash, which they claim result from bar patrons walking home at 2 a.m.
Janet Gerstner, president of the Oread Neighborhood Association, said at the meeting that she did not think reducing two hours of operation was too much to ask.
Corrliss said he hoped to be at the table as the two groups debate, not as a mediator but to offer legal advice.
thing we can go back to the commission with. But the result will be up to the participants."
"I would hope some kind of document could come out of this meeting," he said, "some-
Tim O'Donnell, Jayhawk Cafe bartender and Wichita junior, said he hoped the two sides would come up with a compromise.
"I think both parties are really sick and tired," he said. "From the bar standpoint, we're tired. This has been a lot of work for everyone. I hope someone gives."
New director needed for Watkins Health Center
By Kristi Reimer
Kansan staff writer
A search committee looking for a director for Watkins Memorial Health Center is preparing to start sorting resumes in the next few weeks, the committee's leader said.
David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he hoped to have someone in the position by this summer. The search committee is accepting credentials from candidates nationwide.
"We want to keep the high level
of management and program development that we've had these last years," Ambler said.
The health center's previous director, James E. Strobl, retired in October. Watkins Associate Director Jim Boyle has been acting as interim director.
Because the health center receives no state support and is entirely financed by the student health fee, finding someone who can keep the budget within restrictions is a critical skill for a director. Ambler said.
"At the same time, we need
someone who is creative,who will be looking at what kind of program changes can be made to meet the current needs of students," he said.
The committee has not ruled out hiring a physician, even though Strobl was not.
"It takes somebody who's very good at working with people," Ambler said. "It's more skills and experience we're looking for than the degree."
He said he is one of the candidates.
The new director will have to face issues associated with managed care, budget and delivery of quality services, Boyle said.
"Jim Strobl did a good job, and the health center is in pretty good shape," he said. "As you look at college health centers across the country, you'll find that we're one of the best."
The next step for the search committee is to read candidates' credentials. Members will seek additional information on 15 candidates and invite five candidates to campus for interviews. The committee will then make a recommendation to Ambler, who will make the final selection.
Many lean towards Clinton's acquittal
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"It all seems relatively surreal," he said. "It's pretty bizarre that we're here. This has seriously trivialized the notion of impeachment."
Loomis said that because of the highly partisan nature of the impeachment hearings and the fact that Clinton's actions did not rise to the level of impeachable offenses, the trial was unhealthy for Congress and U.S. politics.
He said that he did not think Clinton would be convicted but that it was hard to tell this early in the trial.
The general presumption is that, because of the lack of the 67 votes necessary to convict and dismiss him, Clinton will be acquitted by the Senate and will complete the two remaining years of his term.
Many students regard this as an acceptable resolution. David Lytle, Wamego senior, said he did not think that Clinton's actions affect his ability to run the country.
"The whole issue was between him and Hillary," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, I think anybody would
have lied about it."
Beth Moon, Shawnee senior, said that she had not paid much attention to the proceedings, but that she did not think making Clinton step down from office was the right thing to do.
"I isn't sick of it," she said. "I don't think anyone cares much anymore."
Ward Cook, Mission Hills senior and College Republicans chairman, said he had mixed emotions about the trial.
"I think he should be removed from office," he said. "But it's sad that everything is so partisan. Instead of listening to the trial, both Democrats and Republicans jumped to their own conclusions."
Donald Smaltz, associate professor of law, said that the allegations posed in front of the grand jury were serious, but that it was unfortunate that the situation was being resolved through a Senate trial.
Smaltz said the government would survive this crisis, though.
Trial witnesses opposed by White House defense
"Everything seems dark right in the middle of a crisis," he said, "but the government will come out of it stronger."
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to ask questions of both sides through Chief Justice William Rehquist.
The 16 hours will be equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, but will switch back and forth between the two sides every two hours.
Presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart said today that the White House remains opposed to calling witnesses but that if the Senate allows House prosecutors to do so the president's lawyers may follow suit.
"It boggles the mind a bit to try to understand how someone testifying for the 10th time or the 23rd time or the ninth time can provide any more clarity." Lockhart said.
The Senate controls the witnesses.
Republicans control the Senate 55-45.
and only a simple majority vote is required to call individual witnesses.
House prosecutors wrapped up their opening arguments over the weekend, asserting that Clinton should be removed from office for perjury and obstruction of justice because he had "violated the public trust."
Clinton's lawyers will open their defense today and will insist that the allegations against the president aren't supported by the facts and don't warrant nullifying a national election, White House spokesman Jim Kennedy said Sunday.
"We will also point out the significant holes in the presentation by the House of Representatives managers as well as their misleading and overreaching characterizations of the evidence and testimony," Kennedy said.
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