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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
VOL.103,NO.152
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8.1994
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Target Stores to start construction this summer
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By Allcia Hein
Kansan staff writer
Attention shoppers: A new discount store is coming to southwest Lawrence.
Target has announced plans to build an experimental store at the intersection of 33rd and Iowa streets.
Carolyn Brookter of the Target Stores consumer relations department said the store is considered experimental because, in addition to merchandise usually carried by Target stores, the store also will sell groceries and could offer such services as banking, a pharmacy and a cafeteria. Plans call for the facility to be over 150,000 square feet, which is larger than a typical Target store.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission approved plans for the store, subject to conditions, at their May 25 meeting.
Wint Winter Jr., who represents Target Stores, said that construction should begin sometime this summer and should be finished in 1995. In the meantime, businesses and residents in the area are feeling the effects.
wider than others in the neighborhood, so it would be harder to move and, therefore, harder to sell.
Homes in the Nieder Acres area, where the store will eventually be located, are being lifted off their foundations, sold and/or relocated. John Dassenbrock, a homeowner in Nieder Acres for eight years, is trying to sell his house, which he said was appraised at 888,000, for the "bargain price of $15,000." He said his house is
Dasenbrock said he has been very happy with Target representatives in the three years he has been negotiating with them. Moving, however, does have its drawbacks, he said.
"The city has surrounded us over the years," he said.
Another neighborhood affected by
"A lot of people in this town think we all got rich off Target out here," Dasenbrock said. "But we certainly didn't."
the new store is the Easy Living Mobile Home Park, just south of the proposed site.
Even though he and his family are moving to a smaller home in the Lawrence area, Dansebrock said that they were happy to be moving out of the increasingly commercial neighborhood.
Allen Jaskiewicz, president of the Easy Living Neighborhood Association, said that some of the 217 families that live in the park were concerned that they would lose their homes when they first heard of the plans for the new store.
Martin Altstaedten / KANSAN
But Jaskiewicz said that residents of the park have since presented their concerns to Target representatives and that they now are satisfied with the proposed store plans.
"Target has been very cooperative," he said. "I believe they're concerned about their image."
Two other discount stores, K-Mart and Wal-Mart, also are located in 38rd and Iowa streets area and will be in direct competition with Target.
However, managers at both stores said they were not worried.
Steve Sublett, Lawrence resident, uses a rope and red flags to block off the basement of his former house. He built the house in 1963, and when the city rezoned the area, Sublett was forced to sell the house.
"Being new in the area, people are going to want to check the store out," said Doug Coyles, general manager at K-Mart. "But I believe it could help business in the long run by drawing traffic to the area."
A member of management at Wal-Mart agreed that Target could draw a lot of business at first, but he said he was not concerned.
"We respect good competition," he said.
The Lawrence store will be the fifth Target store to open in Kansas.
Budig and baseball: a lifetime love
Beginning with his Little League days in a small Nebraska town, Gene Budig has spent most of his 55 years either playing or supporting the nation's pastime. Here are a few highlights.
1947-48 Purchased first baseball glove from a local merchant in McCook, Nebraska
1982 While president of West Virginia University, met his long-time idol, Joe DMaggio
1948-81 Batfly for McCook Cats; met New York Yankees second baseman Blily Martin
April 1904 Recommended by a search committee as next American League president
1953-57 Played on an AmericanLegion team while attending McCook High School
1956-57 Covered the McCook Braves, a minor league team, for the McCook Daily Express
June 1993 Named to Kansas City Royals Board of Directors by the late Ewing Kauffman
Source: Kansan Staff Research
Dave Campbell / KANSAN
Budig on deck for baseball job
KU chancellor a front-runner for league spot
By Angle Dasbach Kansan staff writer
Today is Gene Budig's turn to step up to the plate and hit a home run as the American League president.
Following more than 25 years in higher education, Budig may be stepping down from his role as chancellor of the University of Kansas and stepping up to bat for the American League.
At 1 p.m. the league's owners will vote in Cincinnati on a recommendation that Budig be appointed successor to American League president Bobby Brown, who is retiring to Fort Worth, Texas. Budig is there today, and the decision will be made by early afternoon.
Phyllis Merhige, the league's vice president for administration and media affairs, said that Budig was definitely the front-runner for the presidency. Merhige said that the only way Budig wouldn't be recommended was if there was a last-minute disaster. But she doesn't expect that to happen.
"Iassume that the search committee will recommend Dr. Budig for the presidency," Merhige said. "And I believe it will be a unanimous vote."
The names of the other candidates have not been made public because they are being kept secret, said Joe Fitzgerald, the league's assistant media director.
No American League members would comment about how Budig became the leading candidate for the presidency. However, he has been a member of the Royals Board of Directors for almost one year.
Dean Vogelar, Royals director of public relations, said that Budig was qualified to lead the American League because of his leadership abilities and his great knowledge of baseball
"Budig is a successful administrator who has a unique and successful way of dealing with people," Vogelaar said. "The game needs his kind of leadership right now."
The league has lured people outside of baseball, and it has been successful at doing so, he said. Budig's a strong candidate, Vogelaar said, despite his limited involvement with baseball.
Budig, 55, has been KU's chancellor for 13 years.
Administrators at KU who have worked with Budig for his entire tenure have expressed sadness at the possibility of his leaving.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said that it would be a great loss if Budig left the University. He said that he would be happy for Budig but that he would miss him personally.
"He has been my mentor, and I've learned a great deal from him," Meyen said. "I will really miss his sense of humor."
It has been apparent to University faculty and students that Budig has a soft spot for baseball. Sherman Reeves, student body president, said that the presidency was a step up for Budig.
Reeves also expressed his gratitude for some of Budig's accomplishments. Reeves said that Budig was a phenomenal fund raiser who stood out in meetings with the legislature and the Board of Regents.
"The man's crazy about baseball," Reeves said. "It's like a childhood dream come true for him."
"He has a definite ambiance," he said. "It will be a sad day for the students if he leaves."
Steve Jordan, executive director for the Regents, agreed with Reeves. Jordan said that
Budig had a major impact on private funding, and the University had experienced a period of growth under Budig's leadership.
"His list of accomplishments has been extensive," Jordan said. "He is a tremendous leader for higher education."
Jordan was on the search committee that recommended Budig as chancellor.
He said that since then, he has experienced a close kinship with Budig.
Jordan said that it would be a personal loss because Budig has been a trusted advisor and confidant.
Tom Hutton, another administrator that has a history with Budig, said that Budig had a gift for management and that he knew how to get the best out of people. Hutton, director of university relations, said that he could only speculate about Budig's possible departure.
"It's like he's 10 points ahead in the election polls but hasn't been elected yet," Hutton said. The American League presidency would fit in with Budig's lifelong dreams to be involved with baseball. Budig expressed his love for the game in an Oct. 30, 1991 article of the University Daily Kansan.
Chancellor Gene Budig in 1986
Courtesey of University Relations / KANSAN
"I had dreams of being a professional baseball player," Budig said. "That was not to be, but that doesn't diminish the attractiveness of the game to me.
"I'm an American League person."
Marthig said that if Budig becomes the American League president, his responsibilities would include player discipline, game schedules, player and umpire labor negotiations and the integrity of the game.
KU search process lengthy
By Matt Hydeman
When former KU Chancellor Archie Dykes announced his resignation in 1880, there was an immediate response from the University to begin the search for the 14th Chancellor of the University of Kansas.
Kansan staff writer
Although still too soon to tell, the current KU chancellor, Gene Budig, may resign in favor of the presidency of baseball's American League.
A look back at the University's search for Budig may indicate what the next search for the 15th chancellor might be like.
According to the June 30, 1980,
issue of The University Daily
Kansan, the selection of the next
chancellor began with the appointment
of a search committee, consisting
of four faculty members, four students
and four alumni.
the chair of the 1980 committee, Jacob Kleinberg, now-eruptus professor of chemistry, also had served as the head of a 1972 search committee. That group found Dykes to replace then-Chancellor Raymond Nichols.
The search was a national one, slated to last anywhere from six to 10 months before beginning the long task of evaluating the applicants.
According to the Aug. 25, 1980 issue of the Kansan, administrators and faculty members were seeking an administrator who could deal with the then decreasing enrollment figures. They also sought a chancellor who was experienced in administration but came from the academic ranks. Budig was the top candidate.
The search committee narrowed potential applicants down to 165. Of those, 10 were women and six were African Americans. From them, five were selected as final candidates.
Del Shankel, professor of biochemistry and biological sciences, said that as then acting chancellor, he had met with the potential candidates and made recommendations to the search committee.
Members of the Board of Regents would not comment on whether Shankel would become acting chancellor should Budig resign.
Lots of luck
D-Day veteran Jim Clark talks about how a little good fortune helped him live through the battle at Normandy.
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ALCOHOL ABUSE FLOODS CAMPUSES ACROSS NATION
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — College campuses are awash in alcohol, with white men being the biggest drinkers but a quickly increasing number of women are now getting drunk as well, a commission of academic and civic leaders said yesterday.
"Binge drinking on our campuses has devastating consequences," from rape and violence to academic woes, said the Rev. Edward A. Mallow, president of the University of Notre Dame and chairman of the private Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities.
"Alcohol abuse must not be accepted as simply a part of the 'rites of passage' of college students," said Malloy. "It is unhealthy and it is contra-educational."
The 16-member commission, set up two years ago by the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, urged colleges to take steps to discourage
binge drinking, including banning alcohol ads and promotions from campus mixers and athletic events and from campus newspapers.
Malloy and others expressed alarm at statistics showing a sharp rise in the percentage of college women who drink to get drunk, from 10 percent in 1977, to 35 percent today.
The 98-page report, "Rethinking Rites of Passage: Alcohol Abuse on America's Campuses," cited statistics from a federal student survey and other studies that indicated:
"Women are accepting the worst aspects of the macho world," said Joseph A. Califano Jr., the former health secretary who is president of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
Fifty-one percent of college men and 37 percent of college women reported going on drinking beers — five or more drinks at one time — in the past two weeks.
In 90 percent of all campus rapes, the assailant, the victim or both had been drinking.
Ninety-five percent of violent crimes and 53 percent of injuries on campus are alcohol-related.
Students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol each year, more than on their books, coffee, tea, sodas and other drinks combined.
Malloy said white males are the biggest problem drinkers, averaging nine drinks a week. Hispanic men downed almost six drinks a week, white women four drinks, African-American men 3.6 drinks and African-American women just one drink.
Malloy said fraternity and sorority students knock back 15 drinks a week, three times as much as other students.
Sixty percent of college women who acquire sexually transmitted diseases, including herpes and AIDS, were drunk at the time of infection.
And today's students drink "every day or
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., a commission member, said the report underscores the need for health education in schools. By the time kids are sophomores in college and part of the "drinking culture, it is too late to tell them that alcohol use will harm them." Bingaman said.
three or four times a week instead of just on the weekends," he said.
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Other members of the commission include:
Frederick Bohen, executive vice president of Rockefeller University, vice chairman; Julius Chambers, chancellor of North Carolina Central University; Johnetta Cole, president of Spelman College; William Gray III, president of the United Negro College Fund; David Mathews, president of the Kettering Foundation; Charles Sanders, chairman of Glaxo Inc.; Judge Pamela Ann Ryer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, R-Kan.
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