Wednesday, May 2, 1979
University Daily Kansan
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Survey of apartments available for students
By LESLIE GUILD Staff Reporter
Students searching for apartments for next year may be having visions of silverfish in the sink and roachs scourring across a kitchen cabinet. Or they may be picturing a dishwasher that's been broken for three weeks.
The problems most often mentioned by students were those of landlords neglecting repair work and bug-infested apartments.
But they might be able to avoid these problems by checking the results of a landlord-assistant survey completed this semester by the Consumer Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St. About 400 students took part in the survey.
The informal survey was designed to give the consumer association information about specific rental property in Lawrence.
The questionnaires asked students to rate their landmarks and asked for factual information including how much rent they paid.
"OUR OBJECTIVE was to compile information for students who are trying to decide where to rent," Susie Hanna,
campus director for Consumer Affairs, said. "Since more than half the calls we get from students concern problems with food and hygiene," she added a need for that type of information.
"Having this student response on file by specific apartment complexes or landlords will make it much easier for students to make a decision on where to rent."
Hanna said, though, that some of the results of the questionnaires were contradictory.
"With some students, they would list all the things that were wrong with the apartment where they lived, but then would go on to say that they would recommend the apartment to a friend," she said.
HANNA SAID the comments of some students indicated a need for more bus
"Although a lot of the students responded living close to campus and already had bus service, those who didn't were available to them," it were made available to them," she said.
Hanna said bus routes would make some apartments that are not near campus more convenient and more appealing to students.
Hanna also said the 897 calls Consumer Affairs received last year from students about problems with renting prompted the office to write a Rental Housing Handbook.
"The STUDENTS' real consumer need is in the area of housing and renting," said. "And, as with any other purchase, a student can make what to look for and what rights he has."
Hanna said she thought the handbook would not only provide information, but also would cut down the number of calls the office received concerning renting.
"It's to educate and help prevent common student renting problems by spelling out the laws affecting the renter and ways to dispute disputes should they occur."
The handbook, which is available at the consumer affairs office, Hanna said, includes what rights are guaranteed by the Kansas Landlord-Tenant Act and the Housing Code. She also said it suggested he should compete for disputes in small claims court.
The Consumer Affairs Association, which is partially financed by the KU Student Senate, is a major source of help in managing disputes in Lawrence, Hanna said.
KU obtains magazine art
In a warehouse on Eric Street in Chicago, a little bit of American history was gathered dust. Part of America's past, preserved in original cartoons, drawings, watercolors, pastels, oils and sketches from Esquire magazine, lay forgotten in 20 metal cabinets.
A new home has been found for the 40,000-art collection at the University of Kansas. Lee Yeng, acting associate dean of the Art Department, said:
The collection is composed of artwork from issues of Esquire magazine dating from October 1939 to September 1977.
"This collection could be extremely interesting to fine arts students, photographers or collectors." Young said. "There will be a complete card catalog for every piece of art which could be of interest to researchers."
Young heard about the collection from Esquire inc. in October and completed the details for transferring to kU IA few weeks ago.
"I went to Chicago to look at the collection and tell in love with it. A collection like that should 'be floating around,' he said.
YOUNG SAID that Esquire Inc. agreed to cover the cost of shipping and that the Kansas University Endowment Association had agreed to cover this cost.
Equire magazine, which publishes almost one-third of its content in color, began in 1933 and was known for its network coverage.
It is probably best known for its regular features the Petty Girl
and later the Varga Girl.
The magazine was banned in Ireland in 1950 as indecent and obscene.
In 1968, Newsweek magazine called Esquire one of the brightest and most imaginative forces in journalism
FELKER SOLD Esquire last Saturday to 13:30 Corp., Knoxville,
Tenn.
New York was sold in September 1977 to Clay Felker, who founded New York and New West magazines and then lost them topublishers. Rupert Winters
Young said the collection would be shipped from Chicago in a few months, and she is appraised, and temporarily stored in the Spencer Music Building.
The collection probably will be displayed at the Spencer Art Museum, Flint Hall, Spencer Libraries and the Visual Arts building. (For additional information, please contact the museum.)
"I don't know of any school in the country that has anything quite like this." Young said.
Graduation plans made
The reunions will be May 19 and the luncheons are scheduled for May 20.
The University of Kansas Alumni Association will sponsor reunions, lunches and suppers as part of commencement weekend, according to B.J. Patte, assistant director of the Alumni Association.
The reunions will honor the classes of 1929 and 1939 and the Gold Medal Club, she said. Gold Medal Club members are alumni who graduated from KU more than 50 years ago.
The weekend's activities will include a special tour of Spencer Museum and a bus ride.
The choruses will sing alternately, on opposite sides of the ballroom, she said.
An all-University supper, at which Chancellor Archie R. Dykes will deliver his State-of-the-University address, will be at 6:30 p.m. May 20, Pattée said.
Pattie said everyone was invited to the supper, not just graduating students and staff. "It's a wonderful time," she said.
Dick Wintermorte, director of the Alumni Association, also will speak at the supper. Master of ceremonies will be John Cameron Swayze, a 1929 KU graduate.
A NATIONAL championship glee club, composed of men from the classes of 1923-28, will entertain at the supper in the Kansas Union Ballroom. A chorus of this year's seniors also will sing at the supper. Pattie is one of the "singer seniors" and the senior singers."
A slide show, "Moments," will be shown
at the dinner, she said. The show is a glimpse of the past and the present at KU.
HIGHLIGHTING THE EVERY will be the presentation of senior awards and the university honorary degree to this year's honor for Outstanding Progressive Educators award, will speak, and distinguished service citations will be awarded to four alumni and one non-
Five distinguished service awards will be given to recognize outstanding achievement and service to mankind, she said. The awards include the University and the Alumni Association. The winners will receive the equivalent of an honorary degree and will honor university alumni, she said.
The four alumni winners are: Elmer C. Jackson Jr, Kansas City, Kan.; Irene Koeneke, Halstead; William Paul Thayer, Dallas; and Nicholas Miller, Prairie Village.
MELTON McGREYEV, Mission Hills, also will receive an award. He is a Harvard graduate, but is on the KU School of Business advisory board, Pattee said.
Koenke received her master's degree in surgery from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1922. She established the Karen McCarthy Teaching health museum in the nation, Patte said. She worked for more than 50 years at the Hertz Clinic in Halstead.
Jackson is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents. He graduated from KU in 1933.
Nichols, chief executive of the J.C. Nichols Company, Kansas City, Mo. graduated in 1934 with a degree in economics.
The senior-nappers' supper will be in the Hallroom, Parlors, Jayhawk and Kansas Tassel.
executive for the L.T.V. corporation and has been appointed to a global plane. He graduated from KA in 1954.
The chancellor will hold a reception Monday for seniors and their parents, pledging to help.
Thayer is the chairman and chief
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The Lawrence City Commission last night voted unanimously to rezone from residential to flood plain 25.69 acres of land and to consolidate buildings considered for a regional shopping mall.
City commissioners rezone land on proposed shopping mall site
The land is approximately one-third of the total acreage that would be used for the proposed mall. The land is at Iowa Street and Armstrong Road.
The land lies in the city's 100-year flood plain. This means the land has a 1 percent chance of being flooded every 100 years, Roger Hedrick, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, said.
Before any construction on the shopping mall could begin, the entire area would have to be rezoned for commercial use, Hedrick said.
THE FACT THAT some of the land is in the flood plain could affect the commission's decision on the rezoning issue, Mayor Barkley Clark said.
Building is allowed in certain areas of the flood plain if the land is elevated, but the city has no ordinance requiring the builder to accommodate for run-off, Binn said.
In a related action, the commission approved an amendment to city codes that would require flood plain areas annexed by the city be zoneed flood plain. Current codes require all annexed areas to automatically enter the city zone as residential.
IN OTHER BUSINESS, the commission
Commissioner Donald Binns said he opposed any building in the flood plain because of the problems created by water run-off.
amended city codes to deregulate the taxicab company. The amendment stipulated that the fare of the company must be lowered and that the taxicab takes effect. The amendment also authorized the police department to inspect periodically the company's vehicles to ensure compliance.
The commission also announced the appointment of members to an ad hoc committee that will advise a recently hired consultant on community development matters. Included on the committee are representatives from the Endowment Association, Commissioner Marci Francisco and members of the neighborhood associations.
8:00 pm.
Fri. May 4 - Sat. May 5 - Hashinger Hall - KU
General *1.50 Students *1.00 Senior Citizens $0.50
partially funded by student activity fees
TOURNAMENT
Lambda Chi Alpha announces the results of their second annual Greek Golf Tournament held Sunday, April 29, 1979.
Lowest foursome net for 18 holes
1st Sigma Chi 334
2nd Alpha Kappa Lambda 335
Lowest net individual
3rd Alpha Tau Omega 344
4th Delta Upsilon 346
1st Max Hedrick 76 Sigma Chi
2nd Paul Humphrey 77 Alpha Kappa Lambda
Longest drive
1st Mark Humphrey-Alpha Kappa Lambda
2nd Sonny Welty-Alpha Kappa Lambda
Closest to Pin
1st Mike Rawlings-Delta Upsilon
2nd Don Malone-Alpha Kappa Lambda
Lambda Chi Alpha would like to thank the following teams for participating the second annual Greek Golf Tournament. Alpha Kappa Lambda,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Chi,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma,
Phi Kappa Theta and Phi Kappa Sigma
Sponsors-Britches Corner, Headmaster's, McDonalds, Miller Beer, Mister Guy,
Rocky J's, University Sports Shop, and special thanks to Alvamar Country Club.
One Last Friday Fling! Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen Come relax at the Brewery
Friday, May 4
2:30-5:30
Free Beer $4
class card holders at the door
Last TGIF for this '79 school year
Freshmen & Sophomore Glasses
Junior T-shirts