THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 89, No.126
The Univarsity of Kannada-Lawrence, Kannada
The University of Kannada
Friday, April 6. 1979
Stephan suspects gerrymandering
BvGENELINN
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-Kansas Attorney General Robert T. Stephan sent the Kansas House reapportionment bill to the state Supreme Court yesterday with the comment that Douglas would adopt of six counties that possibly was gerrymandered.
Stephan's report stated that Districts 44 and 46 in Doughes county allowed 'possible' gyrermanding 'because of their location'[1].
"Strange house district shapes do not per se violate one-man-one-vote principles." the report said.
The one-man-one-vote principle, which requires that one person's vote count the same as any other person's, must be fulfilled by the reapportionment bill before the Court can approve it.
Democrats in Douglas County have claimed that the redistricting of the county diluted the KU student vote, which traditionally has gone to State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence.
The House reapportionment plan, which already has passed the Kansas House and the Kansas Senate and has been signed by Gov. John Carlin, moved Glover's 40th district to the west of the KU campus and the Oread neighborhood.
THE NEW 44TH District in East Lawrence extends
across Massachusetts Street to pick up the campus and the Oread neighborhood.
Glover and fellow Democrat, State Rep John Solbach,
DLawrence, dubbed this part of the 4th District "A cree-
mance."
Sobach said he was considering against the recompposition plan when the Court issued oral arguments
Some KU student members of Associated Students of Kansas might also speak against the plan, Steve Young.
Solbach also said he expected the Douglas County Democratic organization to come out against the plan before elections.
However, Bruce Miller, deputy attorney general in the litigation department, said certain districts might have odd shapes because the House was not allowed to split precincts in its reapportionment.
"SOMETIMES THEY had to move a precedent into another district, and that meant that they had to shift other departments."
A special report of the Apportionment Committee also stated that District 41"is as compact as possible . . . and has a community of interests associated with the University area of the city of Lawrence."
The committee report said District 46 "is easily identifiable and understandable by the voters since it lies
generally to the east of Massachusetts Street."
But Miller said that if the Court ruled that distract lines had been shifted to manipulate the number of voters for a particular party, the reapportionment plan would be thrown out.
Some Douglas County Democrats and KU students have eliminated the plot must be struck down because it split the city.
"No group has any given right to representation as a
group, at least not in any case law I can find." he said.
Miller said Stephan's staff was more worried about gerrymandering in the House plan than it had been about the Senate reapportionment bill, which was approved by the Court yesterday.
Miller also said there were districts in Sedewich and Johnson counties that looked stronger than the Douglas County district.
STEPHAN'S REPORT also said there was possible gerrymandering in Wyndamie, Reno and Swain County.
The Senate completed reapportionment of its districts several weeks ago.
Miller said some political maneuvering was to be expected in legislative reoapportionment.
The Court must decide the case by its May 5 deadline
Committee urges halt to JRP action
By LAURASTEVENS
Staff Reporter
The Housing Services committee or true Association of University Residence Houses recommend that all disciplinary cases be residents of Joseph R. Pearson Hall found with marijuana plants in their room during a spring break safety
The eight-page report was submitted in three parts at an AURB Executive Board meeting Chris Cline, housing services committee chairman, said.
"The first six pages of the report are a survey of events that led to the conflict at JRP," Cline said.
The final part of the report is a recommendation for policies to be devised for notifying residents of room checks. Cline said the policy could be
Cline said she had contacted Frokl, who said the only violations found were theft and drinking. The earlier had said that liquor and street signs also were found. Frokl could not be held liable.
Cline's committee investigated policies on entry of student rooms after a spring break by Richard Foulk, rspd director, and Boh Nugent, assistant manager.
The second part is a brief survey of procedures used at other halls for notifying residents of room checks. McCollum Hall is not in the survey because the committee was unable to contact officials there, she said.
approved at an AURH assembly meeting Monday.
According to Jay Smith, AUHF president, a subcommittee of the residential programs advisory board is working on policy recommendations.
The conclusion of the report stated.
"It is the recommendation of the Housing Services committee of AUHR that all disciplinary action against those residents fond possession marijuana plants be dropped and that all written warnings be removed from the resident's file prior to the end of the spring semester, 1979.
"The committee in no way comments on the fact that an illegal substance was found in certain residents' rooms, but the consequent disciplinary measures are due to the result of the apparent lack of regard for an individual's right to privacy by certain staff members of the Joseph B. Pearson Residence Hall, in Richard Froik, resident director, and Nigel Nugent, assistant director."
Athletic board wants job search reopened
CLINE SAID she met Monday with Fred McElhenie, director of the office of residential programs. In that meeting, she said, McElhenie indicated that the office would be willing to discuss any recommendations by AURH.
She said there were three areas of concern in making policies for room entry and notification: residents' needs, residents' ideas and expectations on the part of the staff and the residential programs office.
By BARBARA JENSEN
Staff Reporter
Members of the Advisory Board on Women's Intercollegiate Athletics voted yesterday to request that an assistant coach be removed in men's athletics be readvertised.
Tracy Spellman, a member of the board, said yesterday that the position would include responsibilities to women's athletics and sports management, merged and that duty was advertised.
"Not mentioning in the job description that the job will include working with women, athletes after the merger or the relocation will apply for the position," Spelman said.
Jerry Waugh resigned March 15 as an assistant athletic director. He now is managing recreation facilities for Alvamar Corporation in Lawrence.
THE BOARD MADE the recommendation to Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor. Shankel said he would need to investigate the status of the hiring procedures.
Bob Marcum, director of men's athletics, was unavailable for comment last night. But Marcum said Wednesday that applications had been accepted for the position and that he would probably interview candidates next week.
Board members also expressed concern about the merger, which Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said would be approved sometime next week.
"I'm not convinced the merger is the best thing to do," Mike Harper, a member of the board and former student body president, said. "All the eggs are in one basket."
Under the merger, Marcum would be director of men's and women's athletics. He would be directly responsible for football, men's and women's basketball, the business office, sports information, the Williams Educational Fund and special projects
Marian Washington, women's athletic director, will be the associate director in charge of a sports medicine program and non-revenue-producing sports.
Harper said he was disappointed in the response he had received from the chan-
"OUR INTELLIGENCE has been in
sulted, "he said. "We send in letters and we get back a computer punch-out response
"All we've been doing is paying lip service to allow this board to have input about the merger. We may as well talk to a wall and get the same response."
Harper called the merger an *acquisition* and Anne Levinson, also a *businessman*, said.
But Charles Oldfather, chairman of the board, disagreed.
"I will say it once again," Oldfather said. "Historically, the problem has been that the athletic director has not had direct responsibility for women's athletics. He has had to go to the chancellor regarding concerns with women's athletics."
Women's athletics are now regulated by the University administration. The men's program functions as a separate, non-profit corporation.
Under the merger proposal, the women's advisory board and the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation board would combine.
The women's advisory board now has 16 members and KUAC has 21 members. Under the proposal the new board would have members, three of whom would be students.
Oldfather said he; Del Brunkman, chairman of KUAC; and Mike Davis, University general counsel, had been appointed by the chancellor to make technical changes in the KUAC by-laws to accommodate the merger.
HE SAID THE by-laws did not specify whether they pertained to men's or women's athletics and it would not be necessary to reincorporate after the merger.
Oldfather said he would recommend to the chancellor that the faculty representative to the Big Eight athletic conference and the faculty representative to the Association for Athletics for Women alternate years as chairman of the KUAC board.
The faculty representative to the Big Eight now serves as chairman of KUAC.
Elizabeth Banks, a member of both athletic boards, said she thought the new
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Clowning and crying
After walking around campus and entertaining passers-by, Sara Hendrick, Lawrence junior, left, Jody Tatum, Atlanta junior, returned with their pantomime class to Hoech
Staff Photo by ALANZLOTKY
ASK's role evaluated
By TAMMY TIERNEY
Auditorium, where the class discussed its experiences. The class is preparing for its spring final, which involves performing a skit.
With budget hearings drawing to a close, the question of whether KU should move to Washington is decided. Students of Kansas, a statewide student lobbying group, is once more before the hearing.
Staff Reporter
The allocation would not result in a decrease. Tempelman said, because 10 cents of the Senate operating budget and 15 cents would come from the Senate's
Members of the Senate last month approved a provision in the revenue code that would allocate 25 cents from each student activity fee to ASK.
According to Craig Templeton, Student Senate administrative assistant, preparations already have been made to renew the membership.
Although KU was granted a provisional membership in ASK last year for $2,900, a full membership for next year would cost $9,150.
The final vote on renewing the membership will probably be Sunday, he said. If senators vote not to rejoin, the 25 members would continue to its original places in the revenue code.
ACCORDING TO Hannes Zacharias, ASK's executive director, the organization's budget is too tight to do more than bare bones lobbying. So tight, in fact, that he said he might not be able to continue as director.
"It really cuts down on an organization's effectiveness when you don't have the same person there year after year," he said. "You need to establish a personality that legislators can rely on."
"I just can't afford it," he said. "I make about $2.30 an hour. That's barely enough to live on."
Zacharias a turnover in directors would have a crippling effect on the group because it would lose its continuity with legislators.
"KU's membership gives us the potential to give the director a salary increase and to attract better staff as well," he said.
However, the answer to ASK's money problems could lie in KU's renewed membership, Zacharias said.
"WITHOUT KU, though, we're looking at a whole different ballgame."
One legislator who shares Zacharias' views is State Sen. Ron Hein. R-Topena
the founder of ASK and it's first executive director.
"They're about as effective as they can for the budget they have." He said. Their tight budget restricts them from really being an excellent group. You have to make that most lobbyists earn $2,000-$3,000 or more. You get what you pay for."
"That's the reason larger groups are more effective," he said. "Why do you know someone's scared to death of Hew Taylor? You know that if they don't go along with him on a certain issue, he has the power and money to put out mailings to churches all over the country."
Hein said ASK would become much more effective when students put more money into the group.
The Rev. Richard Taylor is director of another lobby organization, Kansans for Life at Its Best.
Despite its lack of money, Hein said, he thinks ASK performs an important function in the Legislature.
"T DAY 99 percent of the legislators know who ASK is and know that it represents students. I think it does a good job of making certain legislators bear
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Easy credit available to students
By LESLIE GUILD
Staff Reporter
College students are getting a lot of credit. Some national oil companies and insurance firms are liberally extending credit to students through direct mailings.
Among those mailing applications for credit is Mobil Oil Company, Gordon Cathray, manager of the Kansas City, Mo., Mobil Oil Credit Card Center, said yester-year. Mobil gave credit to anyone who "simply fill out the application form completely."
"We don't usually screen the college seniors and graduate students that we mail applications to," he said. "We just look to us, because we are signed and then we issue a credit card."
Cathryn said Mohal's application asked for the name, address and signature of the BAI.
Mobil Oil does check the addresses to be sure the applicant is a bona fide individual,
"WE ARENT in the business of rejecting credit," he said. "And we recognize that a student straight out of school won't have established credit. So we usually just issue a
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Cattray said Mobile mailed "tenes of thousands" of applications to students each year. He said credit was much easier to get as a student than at a later age.
"If an individual turns down the carapace given to him in college, it's much harder for them to ever get credit from us later," he said. "As an adult wanting credit we have more stricter standards in our education and income, than we ever do as a student."
A Consumer Affairs representative in Lawrence, Joanne Hancock, said she suggested that seniors and other students accept credit card applications.
"I'd say get the cards now," she said. "Jobs aren't so stable at this age so credit is needed. And with most companies it's much easier to get a job now, than time, rather than to wait until a later date."
Cattray said there were few negative responses to Mobile's offer of credit.
Joe Armstrong of Standard Oil's application and accounts division, said credit was offered to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
"ANY FORM returned is processed and
"an credit is extended, unless we find some
reason to do it," he said. "We also extend credit to juniors
in college because we feel that they are
responsible at that age and need the chance
to have credit when they aren't employed."
"About one fourth of one percent of the mail we send brings us a letter of response," he said. "Of those, only half are negative, saying they don't want 'junk mail.' The majority actually fill out the application and ask for a credit card."
SEARS, MASTERCHARGE and Visa said they had no college credit recruitment programs, but extended credit only on referral from another card holder.
Two insurance companies, Old American Insurance Company in Kansas City, Mo., and Travelers Insurance Company, with headquarters in Hartford, Conn., said that they had programs to extend insurance benefits to college seniors.
Mint Barre, an agent of Old American Insurance, said that although Old American offered most policies to older citizens, some college recruitment occurred.
“Our recruitment of seniors is actually all done through the mail,” he said. “We do complete an investigation of each app which includes a personal interview.”
Alan Fletcher, a Travelers Insurance spokesman, said the company mailed applications to college seniors because seniors were in the market for insurance.
"We know as students begin to get jobs and establish households they will need insurance of all types," Fotherd said. "And via it sometimes is the best way to grab them."