KU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No. 88
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, February 28, 1967
—UDK Photo by Dick Doores
"HAPPINESS IN WONDERLAND?"
Six Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon members are featured in a scene from their Rock Chalk Revue skit entitled "Alice, Can a KU Coed Find Happiness in Wonderland?"
One student served six days of a 90-day sentence recently for writing a $10-check with insufficient funds. In addition to making restitution the student was charged court costs of $16.
Three KU students have been arrested this month and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another in connection with bad checks.
ARRESTS ARE MADE only after an attempt by the merchant to collect the money for an insufficient fund check has failed.
Deputy Steele said the number of cases for February also is running higher than in previous years.
The Douglas County Attorney predicts students will have difficulty cashing checks in the future.
Rock Chalk Revue
SOME 118 cases were handled in January, totaling $3,115.75, compared with 54 for January, 1966, totaling $2,288.61.
The statement was made after Mrs. Robert Steele, deputy sheriff, said the number of check cases handled by the sheriff's office in January was more than double the number for January, 1966, totaling $2,688.61.
Atty. Dan Young said yesterday, "I think the merchants in Lawrence are becoming alarmed and will crack down."
By PAUL HANEY
Check cashing troubles ahead
Practice makes perfect
The entrants in Rock Chalk this year are
Nevertheless, this year's production, as usual, should prove quite interesting and very entertaining.
Is this good or bad? A close look at all sides of the issue will reveal that both answers actually are correct.
By CHIP ROUSE
For the anxious ticket-holder, everything is good, because the Rock Chalk Revue is one of the most celebrated events on the KU calendar.
AFTER THE SHERIFF investigates the case, the county attorney files a complaint, and issues a warrant for arrest. The sheriff arrests the subject; a judge sentences the subject.
Writing a check with insufficient funds for less than $50 is a misdemeanor in Kansas. The penalty is a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than 30 days and not more than one year.
Rock Chalk Revue is less than one week away.
HOWEVER, THE OUTLOOK takes on a different light among the practice-torn participants in this year's annual event. Possibly it's because of fear, or maybe because the skit directors feel they need a little more time to work things out to perfection.
The sheriff's office is not a "collection agency," Mrs. Steele said. "His job is solely to prosecute."
Writing a check with insufficient funds for $50 or more is a felony. The penalty is a fine of
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A state statute requires merchants to notify the passer of insufficient-fund checks by registered mail, Mrs. Steele said.
A letter is not required for no account and forgery cases, Young said.
"If after seven days the Passer has not paid for the check, it is turned over to the sherriff's office for prosecution."
Delta Chi-Alpha Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon-Chi Omega, Beta Theta Pi-Delta Gamma, and Alpha Kappa Lambda-alpha Chi Omega.
Moving down the stretch, the respective finalists are using this week to iron out rough spots in their 20-minute skits.
MOST OF THIS YEAR'S participating groups chose their cast members shortly after Christmas break. It was then that the ball really started rolling.
Writing on the skits started last summer and continued until shortly before Christmas vacation, when they were handed in. Four scripts were then selected, allowing eight living groups to participate.
Scenery flats and backdrops were moved into Hoch Auditorium last Saturday, where they are being used this week for rehearsals.
Rock Chalk '67 is almost here.
LSD uses varied
By NED VALENTINE
The psychedelic drug LSD looks promising as an aid in psychotherapy, said Dr. Robert Soskin of the research department of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Topeka.
pitch in upper floor.
Soskin was speaking before 20 members of the local chapter of Psi Xi, a national honorary psychology fraternity, in the Kansas Union last night.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE of LSD the patient is able to gain insight into his own problems, he said. LSD removes all defenses against the subconscious, allowing inner conflicts to come out and be realized by the patient.
However, the drug can be resisted. In rare cases some people will not benefit from the experience because the conflicts are locked closely in the subconscious.
USUALLY A greater amount of LSD will break down the difficult patient's defenses, he said.
"The effect of the drug depends largely on the setting." Soskin said. "The patient must be with someone whom he feels is trying to help him. If he is alone or feels
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Time-Life head dies
NEW YORK — (UPI)— Henry Luce, 68, head of the Time-Life- Fortune publishing empire, died early today at a hospital in Fhoenix, Ariz.
A spokesman said Luce became ill suddenly Monday at his winter home in Fhoenix and entered the hospital in the afternoon. He died in his sleep about 6 a.m.
ASC asks: Are chairmen needed?
Bu JOHN MARSHALL
The Russians make their roulette game interesting by keeping one bullet in the chamber.
Last night at a meeting of the All Student Council (ASC) Committee Evaluation Board, there were six chambers empty.
The evaluation board heard comments from six ASC committee chairmen from the Student Health Commission, the Communications Board, the Calendar Committee (a student-faculty committee), Blood Drive Committee, and the Campus Chest Committee.
to improve these conditions. "We are just checking up on the committees to find out whether they have any reason for existing under the ASC," said Mike Kirk, Kansas City Mo., sophomore and member of the board.
THE BOARD IS questioning committee chairmen to find out whether they are doing their jobs; if not, why. By conducting this investigation, the ASC hopes to improve these committees—not abolish them.
There are two basic problems with the workings of ASC committees.
- First, there is a definite lack of communication between the committees and the ASC.
- Secondly, the committee chairmen are chosen
in the spring, and many quit the job over the summer, or don't return the following fall. This results in much time lost over the summer.
RUSTY WELLS, PORTLAND, ORE., sophomore and chairman of the board, said that committee chairmen are appointed for political payoffs.
"This is not exactly the best way to appoint a committee chairman," Kirk said.
Many committee chairmen came into the small room, sat down, squirmed a little, and answered Wells' questions.
Weis questions. Then Bob Jacoby, Topeka junior and chairman of the Communications Board, walked in, sat down in routine fashion, and said, "This year, the Communications Board has been a joke."
JACOBY SAID THE BOARD had not even been given a committee to work with, no people had showed up at his request, and anyway, he had been informed that the committee would be eliminated.
Jacoby agreed that the ASC should not "waste two pages of the constitution on this committee."
"This committee doesn't function," Jacoby said, "because it doesn't exist."
Denny Taylor, Rancho Cordova Calif., junior and chairman of the Calendar Committee, said his committee met only once a semester, before final week. He added that the 3 student-5 faculty committee was not much more than a "rubber stamp of the administration."
Taylor also told board members that a committee chairmanship was a "nice thing to have on your transcript."
THE PROBLEMS OF THE calendar committee right now involve the publishing of a spring semester final schedule. The Calendar Committee is unable to produce a final schedule until the Commencement Committee decides whether to hand out "genuine diplomas."
Candy Gambrell, Kansas City sophomore and chairman of the Student Faculty Commencement Committee did not appear at the meeting, and was unavailable for comment.
Wells added that these committees might be improved somewhat if there were ASC members on these committees, since many have no council members serving, and this is a basis for lack of communication with the ASC.