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Thursday, September 8, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Halls begin fire awareness programs
By Ashley Miller
Kansan staff writer
Residents in Ellsworth Hall watched Hoch Auditorium go up in smoke last night.
Video tape of the 1991 fire that gutted Hoch was shown as part of a fire safety awareness program presented to residents by student housing and the Lawrence Fire Department.
James Parker, assistant complex director of Ellsworth Hall, said student housing was working with the department to inform students of fire policies for residence halls.
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"We really want them to understand the importance of fire safety, especially in a 10-story building." Parker said.
Parker said last night's presentation included the Hoch video, a video of a burning chair to show how rapidly a fire develops, a review of residence hall fire policies and a question and answer session.
Rich Barr, Lawrence fire marshal,
said the video of the burning chair
was an important part of the presentation because the setting in the video was similar to a residence hall room.
"What fuels a fire is the furnishings, not the structure," he said.
Jason May, Peabody senior and residence assistant at Ellsworth Hall, dresses like a firefighter as part of a fire safety meeting at Ellsworth. About 200 students attended the meeting yesterday.
Barr also discussed false alarms in
the presentation. He said residents needed to know the social cost of false alarms.
"They take resources from the rest of the citizens," Barr said.
Both Parker and Barr said each residence hall and scholarship hall would have its own program this month to increase safety awareness. Parker said Ellsworth was the first hall to organize a program.
He said the residence halls would compete for the highest attendance at each program. Staff members in the winning hall will receive sweat-shirts from the fire department.
Parker said he paid special attention to getting prizes for residents in order to draw residents to the presentation.
Parker said the first 200 students in the door received a free shoe rental from the Kansas Union Jaybowl. Students also signed up at the door to win prizes.
Parker said the most popular prize was a "The Late Show" T-shirt signed by David Letterman. He tried to get a signed script of the show, but Letterman's office sent the T-shirt instead.
Other prizes included a basketball signed by KU coach Roy Williams, a football signed by KU coach Glen Mason and the football coaching
staff, Student Union Activities movie passes and massages.
Parker said about $2,000 worth of gift certificates for food also were
given away. Joe's Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St., donated 100 free doughnuts as a prize.
United Way seeks volunteers for 'Day of Caring'
By Amanda Traughber Special to the Kansan
Marcia Epstein pointed to the cracked, peeling walls of a bedroom that temporarily houses suicidal people and others who need counseling.
"This room really needs to be repainted," said Epstein, director of Headquarters, a personal crisis and short-term counseling center at 1419 Massachusetts St.
She will get her wish when volunteers, many from the University of Kansas, participate in "A Day of Caring," a community service program sponsored by the United Way. The event will be Saturday, Sept. 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The United Way is a nation-wide agency that encompasses and provides services to 30 nonprofit health and human service groups.
Although 250 people have already registered to help, the agency is seeking more volunteers. The last day to sign up as a volunteer is Monday, Sept. 12 at the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, 212E, 9th St.
The painting project at Headquarters is one of about 30 projects United Way has planned for the day. This is the first "Day of Caring" in Douglas County, said Rick Bellinger, United Way volunteer and coordinator of the event. Bellinger said the projects would be finalized after the number of volunteers was known.
April Broussard, Denver sophorm and the Sigma Kappa sorority's
community service chair, said that Sigma Kappa will participate in "A Day of Caring," but the sorority didn't know what its project would be yet. Broussard said the sorority members would probably work on a project organized by the United Way instead of planning one of their own. Groups who volunteer can plan their own project or be assigned one by United Way.
Lanaea Heine, coordinator at United Way's Roger Hill Volunteer Center, said, "The event is designed to be a community-wide celebration of volunteering."
itive experience for volunteers so they would become involved in future projects. Spurgin works at the Lawrence Indian Center, 1423 Haskell St.
Dan Spurgin, a member of Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA), a federal volunteer program, said he hoped the event would provide a pos-
"It's easy to ask a volunteer to come in, burn them out and never see them again." Spurgin said.
He said volunteers were needed at the Lawrence Indian Center to help plant their fall garden.
While the event is designed to better the community through volunteering, he said that the day should also provide a chance to bring people together to discover common ground.
Anyone who wishes to volunteer should call the Roger Hill Volunteer Center at 865-5030.
Senate defeats media fund bill
KJHK, Kansan only KU media affected by bill
Ami Hizer, off-campus senator who sponsored the defeated bill, had a hard time finding support for the bill, which would have put the $3 media fee back into the general activity fee account. This would have required the Kansan and KJHK to make formal requests for funding to Senate every two years.
By James Evans
Kansan staff writer
The full Student Senate voted overwhelmingly last night to leave the current media fee, which partially funds The University Daily Kansan and KJHK, in place.
In her speech for the bill, Hilzer said the purpose of the bill was to change the definition of media on campus and make the "ideology" of Senate funding consistent. She said that alternative media such as Kiosk, Pinch and Whosinations should be considered media.
In the current system, Student Senate has a media board that requires groups to meet five standards to be considered media. The Kansan and JHK are the only campus media that meet the criteria that is set by board. Many alternative media, such as The Pinch and Kiosk, are not able to gain funding because they can't make the publication requirement, said Mark Galus, Liberal Arts and Science senator.
Hizer said that she also wanted to put the media fee into the general activity fee, so Student Senate would fund all student groups consistently.
Many senators expressed concern that if the media fee was put
Senate action
A list of legislation Senate voted on last night:
PASSED
bill to finance the 8th Annual Blueprints Student Leadership Conference
resolution to create the community service initiative
PASSED
PASSED
resolution to increase student input to the chancellor search committee
KANSAN
bill to finance a lecture by Kurt Vonnegut, sponsored by SUA FAILED
into the general activity fund the Kansan and KJHK would feel a perception of censorship.
"It's implicit censorship," said Todd Lasala, law senator. He said that it would be dangerous if a student government had power over the funding of a student newspaper.
"Every time they have to write an article about Student Senate, they'll have to think about their funding." Lasala said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said at the meeting that the media fee was designed to get rid of the politics between JHKJ and the Kansan and Senate.
After the hour-long debate, Hizer's proposal was voted down.
In other actions Student Senate voted to give Hispanic American Leadership Organization $4000 to help fund a lecture by Linda Alvarado.
Alvarado, who is a limited owner of the Colorado Rockies and the president of Alvarado Construction in Denver, is being scheduled to speak Oct. 21, said Sandra Olivas, Liberal Arts and Science senator.
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