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Green campus trucks are aging
Maintenance and repairs help facilities operations prevent many purchases
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
Despite their color, the vehicles that are used by workers to help keep campus green aren't so green anymore.
Brian Hott / KANSAN
Some facilities maintenance vehicles are deteriorating and several have rust holes. "We catch most of the problems before they become too big," said Steve Green, associate director of the office.
The facilities operations' jade green vehicles that travel between campus buildings on sidewalks are aging.
"We've got a lot of mid-70s vehicles," said Steve Green, associate director of the facilities operations. "We've been replacing some of the vans and pickups that were in poor condition."
In the fiscal year 1996, facilities operations bought nine new vehicles and two used trucks at a total of about $150,000. One more vehicle was donated to the office. Last year, the office spent $136,702 maintaining the fleet of 78 trucks. About $60,000 of that paid for gasoline and oil.
"We've got a full-service garage on West Campus with 12 full-time employees servicing the vehicles," Green said.
"We catch most of the problems before they become too big," he said. "But we are trying to phase out the old trucks right now."
Green said that there had been some problems with the old trucks,but that workers performed preventative maintenance every 3,000 miles or every three months.
Workers use the trucks to landscape, haul
debris and plow snow, Green said. Although the large, old trucks have a high gas mileage, Green said it still was better to repair them than to replace them.
"We've kept the big trucks because it's worth the extra cost of repair in the long run because large trucks are so expensive to replace," Green said.
Jim Scribner, preventative maintenance shop supervisor, said the trucks did not have any
major problems, although some trucks were old. He said he often drove maintenance trucks.
"All the trucks we've had have been very reliable," he said. "The garage takes good care of them."
Scribner said the trucks occasionally had problems, just like any other piece of machinery.
"Everyone who drives a vehicle has problems. Our trucks have no more problems than a car," he said.
Clinton's lead not damaged by scandal
Kansan staff writer
By Neal Shulenburger Kansan staff writer
Despite a sex scandal that surfaced Thursday involving a key member of his re-election team, President Bill Clinton increased his lead against Republican challenger Bob Dole after the Democratic National Convention.
An ABC News tracking poll of 1,011 registered voters, taken Friday and Saturday, showed Clinton leading Dole 54 percent to 34 percent and Reform party candidate Ross Perot a distant third with 8 percent. Clinton's 20 percent lead is a two percent increase from Wednesday.
"If you believe the tracking poll, he comes out in at least as good of
shape as he came in," said Burdett Loomis, KU professor of political science. "He gave his speech and in a lot of ways he sounds like a Republican. I don't know where Dole goes. His big plan is a tax cut that right now economists and people in the street don't believe will work. Nothing went wrong for the Democrats itself."
The Star tabloid accused Dick Morris, Clinton's chief political strategist, of having a year-long affair with Sherry Rowlands, a $200-an-hour call girl. Loomis said the news was particularly biting because Morris had been a top adviser to Clinton on family values.
“There are all kinds of irony here,” Loomis said. “One of which is that
Morris was the one who was harping on family values. Sure, it opens up the question of Clinton's character again, but those charges against his character are old news; he's already overcome them before. I just don't see it having any long-term impact."
Allan Cigler, professor of political science, agreed with Loomis.
"I don't think many people know who Dick Morris is," Cigler said. "It does contribute to a negative portrayal of Clinton, but as far as any kind of major impact, I don't think it will have that effect."
Paul Johansen, Carbondale, Colo., junior, said that the amount of damage done to Clinton depended on the media's coverage.
"I think the Morris resignation will hurt Clinton," he said. "Exactly how much depends on how much emphasis the media put on it. The whole election depends on the media. If they don't put it in the 5:30 newcastle we probably won't hear a whole lot."
According to PoliticsNow, a World Wide Web site that tracks the election and has no political affiliation, the new ABC poll, due out today, will tell the real story.
David Winston, polling editor of the site, wrote that if Clinton's lead is 10 points or less, Dole will be competitive, but if it is 15 points or greater, Dole will be in bad shape.
The PoliticsNow site address is http://www.politicsnow.com
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