THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years LAWRENCE, KANSAS Thursday, March 24, 1966
—Photo by Mary Dunlap
THE ASSIGNMENT—Three art students set out to create something different for a backdrop for the coming high school art conference Friday. Using themselves as models, they traced forms on large pieces of paper, painted them bright colors of red, blue and black, and cut them out. Last night, shoeless and in levis the three could be found working amidst a few spectators in the Union Ballroom. The question tonight: Will the backdrop be accepted? Stepping gingerly over one of the painted forms Tim Forcade, Shawnee Mission freshman, expressed hope that their advisor, who has been skeptical about the project, will accept the backdrop. If not, all the hours and hard work that have been put into the self-financed project will have been in vain. Working with Forcade on the backdrop were Dave Norton, Manhattan freshman, and Judy Herschman, St. Joseph, Mo., freshman.
PRIVATE FIRMS BUILD
University building slows down dorms
Due to the impact of privately financed dormitories at KU the building pace of University-owned residence halls has slowed.
One of the new private halls will be opened this fall with space for 500 men. Another private firm is aiming for completion of a hall on 15th street between Engel Road and parking zone N, by the fall of 1967.
"WE DO have a hall of our own planned in the next several years." Ernest Pulliam, housing manager said.
It was also noted by J. J. Wilson that the number of residents in the balls did drop to 90 per cent this semester compared to almost 100 per cent capacity second semester last year.
If the current trend of decreasing occupancy in the University-owned residence halls continues, KU students could be forced to live in the halls.
"WE MUST keep the hall near 90 per cent capacity, in order to meet our bond payments." J. J. Wilson, housing director, said.
"We do have this right but we are not even considering it at the present time. We do not get 'shook-up' over one bad year."
The general information booklet sent prospective bidders for the Oliver Hall bid letting read:
"THE BOARD of Regents covenants and agrees that: a) It will establish and maintain so long as any of the bonds are outstanding, such parietal rules, rental rates and charges for the use of the Housing System as may be necessary to assure maximum occupancy and use of the same all of the facilities and services afforded thereby, and to pay the reasonable operation and maintenance costs thereof and provide sufficient money for debt service and reserve and all other
payments and charges as are required under this Resolution, and will not permit, nor shall there be, any free occupancy of the Housing System facilities."
Wilson explained that the University must include these clauses to guarantee repayment of the bonds and interest before they are loaned the money.
IF THE residence halls were only near 90 per cent full—such as this year—the housing system must make appropriate cuts in the services provided to save costs.
"We can ride out one or two bad years," Wilson said. "We must predict many years in advance to build our halls and be able to give KU students the housing they want. This is one of the results when you do plan far
ahead as we must in the housing department."
This "forced living" clause is typical of the ones used by other universities. The KU clause is almost identical to that provided in the Kansas State University notices.
WHEN ENROLLMENTS are predicted the housing department must base their growth upon the forecasted figures. In a report by Dean Kenneth Anderson, school of education, several factors are listed as causes affecting occupancy of the halls and enrollment at KU.
These factors include: tuition, admission policies, world conflicts, employment opportunities, the over-all education pattern of Kansas with other states, and even staff changes.
HILL STUDENTS REPORT THEFTS
The Traffic and Security Office reported today three cases of larceny.
Celia Ann Richards, Miami, Okla., freshman, reported that her red pocketbook was taken from the sixth floor of Murphy Hall Tuesday afternoon. The value of the contents of the purse was estimated at $38.
A white gold lady's Hamilton wristwatch was reported missing from her room in Ellsworth Hall by Charlotte Gail Ordelherde, Prairie Village sophomore. It had a white gold mesh band and was inscribed "CGO" on the back.
Instruments valued at $150 were taken Tuesday night from a sports car parked in McCollum Hall parking lot.
CHI OMEGAS SWING TO VOX POPULI
Chi Omega voted last Monday to affiliate officially with Vox Populi.
Linda Maher, Hinsdale, Ill., junior and president of the sorority, said Chi Omega broke their previous affiliation with University Party two weeks ago, and after consideration and discussion of the platform decided to align themselves with Vox.
WEATHER
Fair weather with slightly warmer temperatures and southerly winds are predicted by the U.S. Weather Bureau for tonight and Friday. The low tonight is to be around 20.
Campus elections to be held next week Vox challenges UP discusses
Vox Populi party's presidential slate, Tom Rader, Greensburg sophmore, and Dick Darville, Shawnee Mission junior, last night urged Vox workers to push for a party victory in next week's spring election.
The candidates spoke to approximately 50 "grassroots party workers" in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union. "We must all get out and tell the students the truth about candidates and platforms to win this election. Dick and I have challenged UP's candidates to four debates, which they are trying to avoid," Rader said.
Another speaker, Roger Wilson,
former Vox president, said, "It
would be a great mistake to
underestimate the opposition."
THE MAIN TOPIC of the meeting was a plank-by-plank refutation of the University Party's platform, which Darville described as a "pile of garbage."
Mike Grady, Leawood junior, in voicing Vox's criticisms of the platform, stressed that few of the opposing planks are original. "The academic reorganization plank is already being instituted; the union move is totally unrealistic; and the abolition of all regulations would never be achieved and would require a totally infeasible restructuring of the university."
A district by district report on party progress was also given, and apathy among voters was listed a great problem. Almost all the districts were described as "looking good." Reports also stressed the potential value of the debates for which Vox has issued challenges.
THE DAILY KANSAN on pages two and three today presents interviews with Tom Rader, Vox, and Al Martin, UP, candidates for student body president.
They were each questioned for one hour recently by Justin Beck and Jacke Thayer, co-editorial editors; Fred Frailey, managing editor; and Tom Rosenbaum, city editor.
Spring elections will be held next Wednesday and Thursday to elect a student body president, vice president, and All Student Council representatives from all of the academic areas. Polling places are Strong Hall, Murphy Hall and the Kansas Union.
University Party met last night to discuss the implications and rationale of the platforms of both parties for next week's student elections.
Al Martin, Shawnee Mission sophomore and UP candidate for student body president, led the meeting of about 30 party members with a plank-by-plank dissection of the Vox platform.
Martin commented on Vox's presentation of their platform. He said, "Vox has released three platforms, one March 14, one March 17, and a finalized version in a printed brochure. We feel this is indicative of their sincerity and of the amount of research that went into what they want to implement.
"SOME PLANKS in their platform have some merit, but we feel that ours is more concerned
with the students and with the role of the All-Student Council," Martin said.
Martin commented that the Vox platform contains planks already being considered by student government, and ideas originally raised by UP.
The introduction of most of the UP platform planks as bills at Tuesday's ASC meeting was another topic raised at the meeting. The ASC called a special meeting for Monday to act on the bills.
TOM SHUMAKER, Russell senior and president of UP, said. "They may have gotten themselves into hot water with this."
Martin added, "We introduced the basic ideas from our platform because we're interested in implementing them. Our interest in our platform won't end with election."