Kansan photo by Moe Behravesh
"BUT, BABY, IT'S COLD UP HERE!"
When the weather is warm and pleasant, KU coeds in thigh-high miniskirts are a girl-watcher's delight. But when a slight nip appears in the Oread atmosphere—as it has the past couple of days—Laura Merrill, St. Joseph, Mo., freshman, reaches in her closet for the protection of an ankle-high maxiskirt.
Krebs to bolt UP; ISP will compete
A member of University Party (UP) will officially become the first member of the Independent Student Party (ISP) on the All-Student Council today during the regular All-Student Council (ASC) meeting.
Jack Krebs, Wichita sophomore, unmarried-unorganized, said he is changing to the ISP because the aims and organization of UP "detract from the ability of the ASC to raise important issues."
No votes for LBJ
WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH. — (UPI) — President Lyndon Johnson was the big loser in returns from this little ski hamlet, the first to vote in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
Johnson received not a single vote on the Democratic ballot. Sen. Eugene McCarthy won eight votes and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy won two.
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On the Republican ballot Richard Nixon won eight votes. Nelson Rockefeller won four write-in votes and one more GOP write-in went to McCarthy.
ISP members accepted the resignation of Peter Monge, Wichita junior, as president of ISP. Monge said he resigned for personal reasons, part of which include his running as an ASC candidate.
Krebs made this statement at an ISP executive meeting Monday night.
ISP will not be able to have presidential and vice-presidential candidates listed on the ballot this year because of the ASC constitution, Fisher said.
Lyle Fisher, Bird City junior, and new president of ISP charged UP with "pirating our platform."
"We hope they have more intentions of fulfilling our platform than they have demonstrated towards theirs in the past." Fisher said.
"ISP's primary problem right now is financial," Fisher said. "People don't trust us and we are actively seeking support from contributors."
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ISP will run write-in candidates, Fisher promised. "The slate is not complete but we will run candidates for most offices."
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Sophs offer scholarship
Applications are available in the Office of Aids and Awards and at the dean of men's and dean of women's offices. They are due March 29 in the Office of Aids and Awards.
Officers of the sophomore class have established a scholarship fund.
Ten finalists for each scholarship will be named after spring break and interviewed by a student committee. Final selections will be announced by May 6.
78th Year, No. 95
A $300 scholarship will be awarded to a sophomore man and woman for the 1963-69 school year. Recipients will be selected on the basis of scholarship, achievement and need.
This is the first scholarship ever established by an undergraduate class on the basis of achievement.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Tuesday, March 12, 1968
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair and cold weather tonight with diminishing winds.
'Present fines unfair'
Craig, Barker criticize
By Carla Rupp
Kenner Staff Resort
Kansas Gov Reporter Students at two schools in the state system—Wichita State University (WSU) and Pittsburgh State College — are luckier than KU in their policies of fining for parking violations, Brian Barker, Virginia Water, England, graduate student and KU's Student Body Vice-President, said Monday.
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Barker said he had thought all state schools used the same graduated fining system.
The student body presidents are working together towards a joint resolution on a system of parking fines—organized by Craig—which they hope to pass at the May 3-4 Conference for Higher Education in Kansas (CHEK) at Kansas State Teacher's College at Emporia, according to Craig.
The Board of Regents does set the fines used by each school, but the fines at each school can vary depending on local conditions, Francis Heller, acting provost, said this morning, and KU officials have known the fines structures varied.
It was at a meeting of the Student Body Presidents of state institutions in Kansas Feb. 17 that Barker and Kyle Craig, Joplin, Mo., junior and KU's Student Body President, said they learned of the exceptions at WSU and Pittsburg.
Craig said he can understand why Wichita's fining policy is different from KU's since the campus was previously under the control of the city of Wichita before it became a state university.
According to T. A. Gunter, Chief of Police, students there pay $5 for a failure to display a registration sticker, $3 for driving and parking in restricted areas, $5 for parking in front of a fire plug, $3 for blocking a crosswalk and $1 for a meter violation. He said no fine is assessed on a moving violation — the student gets a warning and a letter is sent to the dean of his school.
No graduated fine scale is in effect at WSU. The student is given seven days to appeal or pay the fine, after which it is doubled, Gunter said.
According to Craig, the student body president at Pittsburg said she didn't realize the fining system at her college was different from the graduated fine scale at KU, K-State, Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and Fort Hays State College.
Parking fines at Pittsburgh are the same as those assessed by the city, according to Sergeant Lowell Forbes of the Pittsburg Police Department. He said police officers make no distinction between campus and city vehicles. All pay $1 for each parking violation, he said, then, if the amount is not paid within five days, a warrant is
issued for the arrest of the owner of the vehicle. He noted he currently had "at least 100 warrants for arrest in his office."
At the meeting of student body presidents, Craig said the K-State Student Body President seemed to feel as he did that the progressive fine system—costing $2, $4, $8 and then $16 for violations—was too steep for the student.
"I can never justify a student paying $16 for a parking ticket—if it's his fifth violation. That fee is comparable to a person being picked up for speeding on a highway—a more dangerous offense, I feel." Craig said.
"I agree the present system is a deterrent to students' misuse of the parking facilities, but so would a $100 fee. Although I recognize the need for some deterents, the current graduated fine system is not fair to the student-geared budget."
Craig cited three necessary steps before a concrete proposal can be presented to the Board of Regents. First, he said, a lot of background information must be collected. Then, there needs to
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Winter edition of Jayhawker distributed now
Distribution for the second edition of the Jayhawker magazine continues today in Strong Hall rotunda.
Distribution in the rotunda will end Wednesday.
be a way to show that students are dissatisfied with the current fining system. Finally, a satisfactory plan to replace the current system is needed.
The system Craig advocates calls for $3 parking tickets. If the ticket is not appealed or paid in 10 days, he said it would automatically be raised to $5—with $1 added on for each week it is not paid.
"I feel this system which I will propose is the fairest policy for the student. It would entail considerable more bookkeeping for the Business Office, but the student should come first at the University," Craig said.
Craig said he won't change his views on the fining policy if they don't agree with those of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe's, but he said they both would try to reach an agreement. "The Administration will try to get a more overall view, but my goals are in the interest of the students." he said
Craig said he will present "a fair proposal agreed upon by the student body presidents" to KU students in several weeks in an opinion poll.
"If I feel the Board of Regents will not change the progressive fine scale, I want the fining system changed to a semester basis rather than on a yearly basis. As it is, if a student gets several tickets first semester, then more second semester the scale increases. That is ludicrous," Craig said.
Craig said Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe had said he would check to see if local conditions did determine the fine systems used.
He said the All-Student Council will probably discuss the progress of the parking ticket matter tonight.
Endowment money not saved for hospital
By Sandy Zahradnik Kansan Staff Reporter
If Watkins Hospital is going to get $500,000 for a new wing, it won't come from the Program for Progress or the Endowment Association.
The Endowment Association, which uses only the income from endowment funds to finance projects, must invest in buildings which can repay the original investment and possibly add interest, Irvin E. Youngberg executive secretary, said.
If someone were to donate money specifically for the hospital, it would be used for that, Youngberg said. "But so far no one has seen fit to donate money to build a new hospital wing."
The association does not decide what to spend the money on, he said, the University does.
He also said the association cannot dip into KU's $22 million investment capital, because most of these gifts come to the University earmarked for some specific project by the donor. Only a nominal number of gifts are given to KU without a specific project in mind, he said.
If the Endowment Association financed the new wing to the hospital, Youngberg said, Watkins would have to charge higher rates for students to get revenue to pay back the original investment.
"You can get no excess revenue out of the hospital," he said. "The student fees just pay for operation."
The $18.6 million Program for Progress is a capital funds See Endowment, page 6