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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104,NO.15
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1994
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Statewide settlement awards $4.2 million
KU employees receive lost wages
By David Wilson Kansan staff writer
Three current and two former University of Kansas employees recently received a combined total of more than $90,000 in back pay as part of a $4.2 million settlement of a statewide lawsuit filed against the state of
Kansas by 220 state employees.
The suit, filed in 1900 in U.S. District Court in Topeka, said that because salaried employees' pay had been deducted for missing partial days, the workers should be considered hourly employees and were entitled to back pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
More than 20 state agencies, including the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and the Kansas Highway Patrol, were listed in the suit. All employees received back pay.
Patty Riley, a private attorney, said that under the Fair Labor Standards Act of the 1940s, employees whose pay was deducted for working partial
days should be considered hourly employees.
"You don't have to punch a clock to be considered an hourly employee," she said.
But Rarrick said most states had accountability clauses which allowed managers to deduct pay when salaried employees worked partial days.
Rarrick said some employees did not want their names listed on the suit because they had not expected to be paid for overtime.
"I personally believe that many chose not to participate when they were solicited by KAPE because they had the personal integrity not to hold out their hand for money they didn't expect," he said.
Richard Mann, University director of administration, said he did not know specifics of the case but did say the University was not currently in violation of any labor laws.
"The procedures we use are in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act," he said.
Current KU employees who received settlements were Lt.s. John Mullens and Vic Strnad of the KU police, and Colleen Strnad, an accountant with the comptroller's office.
Former KU employees who received settlements were Jeanne Longaker, a lieutenant with the KU police, and Lyle Wellman, a parking security chief.
The Strnds and Longaker declined to comment about the case. Mullens and Wellman could not be reached.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Jaime Mann, Naperville, Ill., freshman, her mother, Julie Mann, Diane Woods, and Jamie's sister, Jennifer, who both Michigan State University students, react to the Kansas vs. Michigan State game. Jaime Mann's family, including her mother, sister, and Woods, watched the game Saturday.
Football family bets on a rivalry
By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
For Jaime Mann, Saturday night meant more than a football game. It meant a family feud.
Although Jaime Mann, Naperville, Ill., freshman, is a loyal Jayhawk fan, her sister Jennifer Mann is a junior at Michigan State University. So Saturday's contest meant a long-awaited showdown for the sisters' teams.
"This is war," Jennifer Mann said before the game.
Jaime and Jennifer Mann attended the game with their parents, Frank and Julie Mann, and Jennifer Mann's roommate from Michigan State. Diane Woods.
Frank Mann said that as a parent, it was his responsibility to remain neutral.
"I'll be cheering every time anyone scores," he said. "No matter what, I'll be on the side of the winning team."
His daughters, however, were anything but neutral.
In the spirit of fairness, Frank Mann wore an "MSU Dad" T-shirt and a Kansas Jayhawks hat to the game.
Jaime Mann wore a bright blue Jayhawks T-shirt, while Jennifer Mann and Woods wore Michigan State T-shirts adorned with Michigan State buttons and green decals on their faces.
As the group walked to the game, Jennifer Mann and Woods screamed, "Go State! Michigan State!" each time they spotted other Michigan State fans.
"I don't know who she is," Jame Mann said, as her sister yelled
"We've been getting death threats all day," Jennifer Mann said.
again. "I've never seen her before."
"When Michigan State wins, Jaime will have to clean my room over Christmas vacation," she said. "She'll have to make it spotless."
To ensure that victory would be even sweeter for the supporter of the winning team, Jennifer Mann said she and her sister had bet on the game's outcome.
Although Frank Mann maintained his neutrality in the presence of his daughters, he said quietly when Jaime and Jennifer Mann were out of earshot that he thought Michigan State would win.
Jaime Mann said that she was sure her sister would do a thorough job after KU won. Before the game, she predicted KU would win, 22-19.
As the game wore on, Jennifer Mann's cheers of, "Go State!" became half-hearted, while her sister gleefully cheered for KU.
"I think it will be close, but I think Michigan State will win in the end," he said.
"I guess it's probably over," Jennifer Mann said as freshman placekicker Jeff McCord put KU up, 17-10, with a field goal.
Jaime Mann smiled and hugged her father.
Sunflower and Fox are together again
As the final seconds ticked off the clock, Jaime Mann was quick to remind her sister of their wager.
"I called it," she said. "I knew it all along."
"Do you want to start with the mirrors in my room?" she asked. "Jennifer will have to vacuum, dust, clean the mirrors and maybe even do my laundry. My room is very messy."
'The Simpsons' 'Melrose Place' return to cable
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Beginning today, Lawrence cable subscribers will be able to see the Fox Network again.
Sunflower Cablevision began showing the Fox Network at 6 a.m. on cable channel four, which is WDAF out of Kansas City. WDAF announced in July that it would drop NBC and become a Fox affiliate. Because of an existing contract that Sunflower had with WDAF, the cable company will continue carrying the station as a Fox affiliate.
The contract, which is similar to contracts Sunflower has with all its channels, is a three-year agreement to carry WDAF as channel four and at no charge to Sunflower. After WDAF became a Fox affiliate, Sunflower decided that the contract still was valid.
Fox has not been seen on Sunflower since October, which is when Kansas City's KSHB channel 41, then a Fox affiliate, refused to sign a similar contract with Sunflower. At that time, Fox had demanded that all stations carrying the network add another Fox channel, called the FX Network. Sunflower was unwilling to agree to carry the additional channel, and Fox was dropped.
Since then, KSHB has become an NBC affiliate. Dennis Krupfer, general manager for Sunflower, said KSHB would be re-added to Sunflower's line-up, but that an official agreement had not yet been reached.
"But I'm hopeful that we will have a signed agreement soon," he said.
When Sunflower Cablevision gets the KSHB-NBC station, Lawrence cable viewers will be able to see all of the current stations, Knipfer said.
"We don't intend to lose any of our current programming," Knipfer said, "We might have to do some rearranging of channels, but no station will be eliminated."
For now, Lawrence viewers will be able to see NBC programming only
Fun and foxy
Kansas City's WDAF channel four, also channel four on Sunflower Cablevision, will carry:
all prime-time Fox programming, such as "Melrose Place" and "The Simpsons." NFC football.
New talk shows and late-night programming
Kansas City's KSMO channel 62, channel three on Sunflower, will carry some programs dropped by KSHB channel 41 when it
switched from a Fox affiliate to an NBC affiliate:
Children's shows, such as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" and "Animaniacs."
Syndicated reruns, such as "Growing Pains" and "Who's the Boss."
KSHB, formerly a Fox affiliate,
will be added to Sunflower's line-
up as an NBC affiliate at a later
date.
n The Comedy Channel, which replaced KSHB on channel 12 on Sunflower, will remain on Sun-
on channel eight, which is Topeka's KSNT channel 27.
Tellye Spears, Lawrence junior said that she was excited to watch some of her favorite shows again.
"It was such a hassle to unplug the cable and hook up an antenna," Spears said. "Most of the time I didn't bother. Now I can watch 'Melrose Place' and 'The Simpsons.'"
Having Fox back has been a longawaited event for some KU students.
"Myroommates and I are very excited about being able to watch 'Melrose Place' without hooking up rabbit ears," said Elise Beltram, Overland Park senior. "It's a happy occasion for us."
Dustin Denning, Salina senior, said that hooking up an antenna to receive Fox would not have been a problem for him, but he is glad he would not have to do it.
"I was talking to my roommates about buying an antenna last week," Denning said. "But now I won't have to."
An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people descended on Lawrence this weekend for the Haskell Indian Art Market at Haskell Indian Nations University.
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Dyche Hall to undergo construction for extension
Bv David Wilson
Kansan staffwriter
Thousands of frog, lizard and fish specimens floating in ethanol-filled jars stored at Dyche Hall are more than just a threat to someone's appetite. They are a fire hazard.
To lessen the fire hazard and comply with state and local fire codes, the University today will begin building a four-story, 10,000-square foot storage facility for the specimens onto the west side of Dyche. The limestone exterior of Dyche will act as a fire wall between the facility and the rest of the building, which houses the Museum of Natural History.
Phil Humphrey, director of the museum, said the ethanol was a fire hazard because it was a form of alcohol. Alcohol is highly flammable and creates flames invisible to firefighters.
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain once called Dyche the most hazardous building in Lawrence, Humphrey said.
"He told me that if this place ever caught on fire, he wouldn't send his men in to fight it."
Humphrey said.
Because Dyche is on the state register of historical places, architects for the project consulted with the Kansas State Historical Society to make the sure the expansion matched the style of the rest of the building.
"It'll have a limestone face and brick decoration at the top, much like the top of Dyche," said Allen Wiechert. University Architect.
Until the facility is built, close to 50,000 jars of varying sizes will sit on row after row of shelves on the fourth and fifth floors of Dyche.
The specimens, some of which are more than 100 years old, come from as far away as Latin America and are labeled with scientific names like caripodes carpio and astyanax fasciatus. The specimens are collected by scientists and studied by graduate students.
Ed Wiley, curator of ichthyology at the museum, said the fourth and fifth floors of Dyche probably would be used for research and office space.
The new storage facility will cost $1.5 million and is expected to be finished by April 1996.
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Dan Meinhardt, St. Louis graduate student, holds a Conrau goliath bullfrog that is being stored in an ethanol-filled jar in Dyche Hall.