MONDAY, MARCH 4,1986
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.109
ADVERTISING 864-4358
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Jayhawks reach title game
The No.21 women's basketball team can win the conference tournament tonight. Page 1B
FEATURES
Students risk their health when they skip sleep to study. Page 8A
Up All Night
(USPS 650-640)
Dole victorious in South
NATION
Support from prominent authorities around the country should prove invaluable to the front-runner. Page 5a
WORLD
Another bomb blasts Israel
There was once talk of peace, but yesterday's explosion shatters hope. Page 7A
WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY
High 68° Low 30°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion . . . . 4A
Nation/World . . . 5A
Features . . . . 8A
Sports. . . . 1B
Scoreboard. . . 2B
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University's budget likely to pass State Legislature
Hemenway advises cautious optimism about status of issues
By John Collar
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said that the University should be cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the University of Kansas' budget in the Legislature.
Hemenway provided an update of the University's budget standing on Friday and answered questions during an informal session attended by about 20 people at the Kansas Union. The Regents budget contains some significant changes that could benefit the University. Hemenway said.
"There are clearly some things going on that have never gone on before," Hemenway said.
At the halfway mark of the legislative session, the Board of Regents bond issue for capital improvements and the tuition-accountability proposal are well on their way to passage. The Senate has passed a bill containing the measures, while the House Appropriations Committee has endorsed them.
"I am confident that the bonding proposal will go forward," Hemenway said.
The Regents crumbling-classroom plan would authorize the sale of $163 million in bonds to finance renovation and repair projects at Regents institutions. The proposal would provide $2 million for an addition to Murphy Hall and $12 million for the renovation of Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
The plan also would bring all Regents institutions into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and life and fire safety codes.
Status of major budget items
Crumbling Classrooms: Passed by Senate; Approved by House Committee
*Tutition Accountability: Passed by*
*Senator: Record by Mouse*
Salaries: Unresolved by both chambers
Qualified Admissions: Passed by House; To be considered by Senate
"If you have a safety issue, you can't afford not to fix it." Hemenway said.
The tuition accountability proposal would allow the University to keep additional revenue resulting from increases in enrollment and tuition rates. Now, additional revenue is funneled to the State General Fund.
A major unresolved issue in the
budget is salaries. Because the salary increases proposed by Gov. Bill Graves are less than the inflation rate, Hemenway said the chances of keeping the salary increases were favorable.
"No one has said to me, "The governor has proposed too much money for salaries," Hemenway said.
Graves' budget includes a pay increase of 2.5 percent for all University employees. Unclassified employees, whom include faculty members, would receive the increase for six months. Graves also has proposed eliminating some longevity bonuses.
John Davidson, professor of physics and astronomy, and chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee, said it was hard to predict what the Legislature would do to the salaries.
"I'm not sure that the 2.5 percent will stick," Davidson said.
Nothing to worry about
Lawrence fire fighter Larry Woydziak explains to student manager Jolie Kearns, Valley Falls sophomore, the cause of a fire alarm at 6:30 p.m. yesterday in the kitchen on the third floor of the Kansas Union. A faulty vent caused smoke to build up and set off the alarm. No damage was reported.
Matt Flickner / KANSAN
By Amy McVey Kansan staff writer
Bomb suspect to face hearing
A 38-year-old Lawrence man, charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and a count of unlawful use of weapons, is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing at 1:45 p.m. tomorrow.
The woman became suspicious of the package after pealing back a corner of it, Lawrence Police Chief Ron Olin said.
Aaron B. Wright is accused of mailing a pipe bomb on Thursday to his estranged wife in the 1600 block of Haskell Avenue. Her 4-year-old stepdaughter was in the residence at the time.
She called the police, who evacuated part of the Edgewood Homes public housing complex.
The Overland Park Police Department Bomb Unit dismantled the device and took it to a field on E.11th Street, where it was disabled by a water cannon.
There were no injuries.
Oilin said the bomb had been rigged to go off when the package was opened.
"It is our belief that it was a significant device that could have taken a life," Olin said.
Wright made his first appearance at 3 p.m. Friday at Douglas County District Court, where his bond was set at $500,000.
The woman had filed for protection-from-abuse from Wright in December and had filed for divorce in January.
Wright, a former employee at the K-Mart Distribution Center, 2400 Kresge Road, has prior charges of domestic battery, assault, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while under the influence and burglary.
Lawrence Police Sergeant Susan Hadl said this had been the first bomb sent through the Lawrence Postal Service that she could recall.
Hadi said the Lawrence Police Department and the U.S. Postal Service would continue investigating the case.
Jury duty forces KU students to plead no contest
"This is an unusual case in itself because of the nature of the package." she said.
By Amanda Traughber Kansan staff writer
The University won't help a student get out of serving on a jury, but it will
Jury duty doesn't fit well into Jennifer Murphey's class schedule.
But the Tonganoxie sophomore has been notified that she was selected randomly by Douglas County to be a part of the jury pool for the month of March.
Murphey said that she didn't mind serving on a jury, but she would rather be deferred until summer because her private life already had been difficult this semester. She also feared that serving as a juror would
All students who are registered to vote can be called to serve as jurors, and the University of Kansas will not ask for special immunities from jury duty for students, said Kim Grassmeyer, associate director of the Student Assistance Center.
They also may be permitted to withdraw from all or some classes without being penalized, but that doesn't
make keeping up with classwork difficult.
"The University wants to support a student's responsibilities as a citizen." she said.
However, the county denied her request.
help students make accommodations for missed classwork.
According to University policy concerning jury duty, if students serve a short-term duty of five days or less, instructors must make arrangements to accommodate class assignments or examinations the students have missed.
If students must serve for a longer time, they can arrange for completion of work with the dean's office of the school in which they are enrolled.
happen often, Grassmeyer said. If those cases, students would receive refunds.
Murphey said she had no idea how long she would serve or even if she would serve at all.
She hopes she won't be the kind of juror the court wants, Murphey said.
But if she is, she has made arrangements with her professors, and classmates will tape lectures for her if she is absent.
Dawn Collins, assistant chief clerk and jury coordinator at Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th St., said that the random selection process made it hard to guess how many students were called for jury duty each year. She estimated that 95 percent of students who are called apply for a release or deferment.
"It is not our practice to excuse faculty or students," Collins said.
The only way students could be deferred is if they could prove that jury duty would place them in jeopardy academically, if they already have served on a case, if the University is in official recess or they are called during the summer, when students are not enrolled in classes, Collins said.
Referendum sends committee back to drawing board
By Nicole Kennedy Kensen staff writer
A no vote from students hasn't thwarted plans for a campus recreation center.
In the student referendum on Tuesday and Wednesday, 2,307 students voted against the proposed $21 million recreation center. Only 983 students voted for it.
If the proposal had passed, the highest-ever campus fee per semester would have been levied on students.
However, members of the recreation center planning committee said
they saw the outcome of the referendum as a mere setback, not an end to their initiative.
"It's not unusual to have a failure the first go-around," said Mary Chappel, a chairwoman of the committee.
Chappel said the committee would go back to the drawing board and bring another recreation center proposal to students.
However, no definite plans have been made, and she said she wasn't sure when students would have another opportunity to vote on a revised recreation center plan.
The committee will meet on March 14. Chapman said the first step would
be to present a report on the recreation center's status to Executive Vice Chancellor Ed Meyen.
Renee Speicher, a member of the planning committee, said despite the student vote, the University needed a new recreation center.
"We're going to have to fund a recreation center initiative someday, but the problem is that we've waited so long that it's a critical need," Speicher said.
She said the failed recreation center plan had so far been the group's best prop saal.
"There isn't a better plan right now,
so since it's at a critical point, there's
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Tyler Bergmeier, co-chair of the planning committee, agreed.
"The wide margin just shows that we're not willing to pay for it," Speicher said.
"Students couldn't see past the $90 fee, and that's not a bad thing," Bergmeler said.
She said students voted against the proposed fee, not the recreation center.
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"I wouldn't mind paying a small
However, Shannon Tauscher, Lawrence junior, said the fee wasn't the fundamental issue.
nowhere to go but down right now," Speicher said.
increase in fees for additions to Robinson," she said. Tauscher was a leader of an opposition party against the recreation center.
There is something to be said for leaving a legacy for your fellow students, but not for leaving a legacy of 25 years of increased fees to pay for a gymnasium, she said.
Tauscher said members of the opposition group were willing to meet with planning committee members and provide student input in future proposals.
"We will continue to oppose it until they come up with a better proposal," she said.
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