CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 1, 1995
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Election Night Results
The field of 13 is lowered to six by Lawrence voters
John Nalbandian
Age:51
Occupation: associate professor of public policy, University of Kansas
Lived In Lawrence: since 1976
Bonnie Augustine
Age:33
Jo Barnes
Occupation: owner, Acres Realty
Occupation: executive vice president, University National Bank
Age:59
Lived in Lawrence: since 1986
Lived in Lawrence: since 1966
Doug Compton
Carl Burkhead
Age:34
Occupation: president, First Management
Lived In Lawrence: since 1978
Age:59
Occupation: professor of civil engineering, University of Kansas
Lived in Lawrence: 1962-66, since 1969
Allen Levine
Age:29
Occupation: membership coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art
Lived in Lawrence: born and raised in Lawrence
City Commission Results
Names votes % Names votes % John Nalbandian 3,447 14.98 Gregory Keenan 928 4.03 Bonnie Augustine 3,202 13.92 Frank Doden 819 3.56 Jo Barnes 3,085 13.41 LeRoy Young 686 2.98 Doug Compton 2,641 11.48 Robert S. Cutler 528 2.29 Carl E. Burkhead 2,498 10.86 Paul Longabach 348 1.51 Allen Levine 2,331 10.13 Bill Lee 265 1.15 Lena Johnson 2,218 9.64
Fraternities start to tighten security
By Carlos Telada
Kansan staff writer
Since its establishment at KU almost 100 years ago, the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity has kept its doors unlocked.
This year, after the disappearance of four rugs, that has changed.
The fraternity, at 1537 Tennessee St., has begun to lock and bolt its doors after a series of thefts that have cost the house about $2,400, said Brian Karney, St. Louis sophomore and house manager. Changing the fraternity's lifestyle is necessary to thwart what Karney said were crimes committed because of an anti-fragrance bias.
"I just feel that fraternities are the targets of some people," he said.
Lawrence police reported that a checkered rug valued at $310 was stolen sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning when the fraternity hosted a
party. Police said the perpetrators sliced through a window screen to get to the rug, which had been rolled up and placed in a corner for safekeeping during the party.
Karney said this continued a trend of crimes committed against the fraternity. Last summer, two rugs were stolen while the house was closed. Earlier this year, another rug and an antique chair were stolen.
Now, fraternity members face locked doors when they come home from classes, Karney said. Where the fraternity once stood open for everyone to come and go, residents now must circle to the back and punch in a number code to get through back-door security.
None of the merchandise has been recovered.
"This year, they need a code." Karney said. "Almost 100 years and all of a sudden we have to do this. It's depressing."
"They're selected because they are a target with things that people like to steal, and the security usually isn't very good," Nickell said. "The doors usually are unlocked, and lots of people who nobody knows are going in and out."
But, police said, the crimes they investigated at KU fraternities were motivated more by greed than by hatred toward greeks. Sgt. Rick Nickell of the Lawrence police said fraternities tended to be good targets for thieves to take costly merchandise.
Fraternities also tend to have a lot of compact discs, stereos and other electronic equipment, which are valuable and easy to steal, Nickell said.
Dan Mudd, Lawrence senior and president of the Interfraternity Council, agreed with Nickell.
"I don't think anybody is saying, 'Let's go get em.'" he said.
FIELD HOUSE Still crazy after all these years
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fire code regulations. But both Williams and Brown said they thought the idea of closing the field house to build a new home arena for Kansas basketball was wrong.
"Not in my lifetime," Williams said. "If they want another building, wait till I leave."
Brown said that new college arenas don't compare to what the Jayhawks enjoy in Lawrence.
"Whoever built that field house had such a great feel for what a college arena should be," Brown said. "Even though it's getting older, it's still the best college facility in the country.
Changing weather is not a surprise
By Robert Allen
Kansan staff writer
The verdict is in: the weather sucks.
KU students are longing for the warm weather that teased Lawrence recently.
"I liked it last week," said Chris Wilson, Yorkshire, England, junior, who was bundled up to fight the cold as he walked past the front of Wescoe Hall yesterday afternoon. "I like 80 degrees. I hope it's going back to being reasonably warm again."
Weather in Kansas is known for being fickle.
"I can't pretend how it's gone from being so hot to so cold, " Wilson said. "One week you're walking around in a T-shirt, the next week you're digging out coats and jumpers, anything you can find to keep warm."
But Kansas residents have learned to expect the unexpected.
Kim Wada, Olathe sophomore, just goes with the flow. "I've lived here all my life," she said. "It's freaky, and it has never changed. I'm used to it."
Yesterday's high of 27 degrees was slightly less than the normal monthly temperature of 31 degrees listed for Kansas City in the 1995 World Almanac and Book of Facts.
The National Weather Service in Topeka officially recorded only a trace of snow yesterday, bringing the total precipitation for February to 325 inches — well short of the normal 1.1 inches listed in the Almanac.
Alan Denton, St. Mary's senior, who was working on his meteorology homework in the KU weather lab on the sixth floor of Malott Hall, said that the season was well behind in snow accumulation.
"Usually, we have about 21 inches of snow from November to April," he said. "But so far we've hardly had any snow."
But some students are tired of waiting for snow and are ready to move on to warmer spring days.
"I want warm weather back," said Jeff Bartles, Lawrence sophomore. "You can have a lot more fun, and you don't have to freeze while walking to class."
and you don't have to free while walking
That may not happen today, though.
That may not happen today, though. The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 25 degrees and a 30 percent chance of light snow.
HISTORY: Field house is essence of KU basketball
15,800.
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The addition of 500 more seats in 1994 brought the arena to its capacity of 16,300 the largest of any arena in the state and the Big Eight Conference.
The number of tickets sold was limited to 15,800 in the 1980s for safety reasons, which is why the first crowd in the field house will forever be the attendance record.
Other improvements include a new sound system in 1986, a maple hardwood floor, a refurbished bleacher section and an electronic scoreboard in 1992.
The Jayhawks' home court advantage (92-11 under Roy Williams and 429-94 overall) may come from the large student section — 7,064 seats or 45 percent of capacity.
The most significant change, Cook said, was the fire safety project that began last summer. During the renovation, a sprinkler system was added, the exits were made more accessible and emergency generators were installed.
The idea of building a new basketball arena has not entered Cook's mind at all.
"Structurally it is a great building," Cook said. "It's an old building, and I think it serves its purpose well. I can't imagine there are too many people out there who would want to see Jayhawk basketball in any other building."
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