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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 3, 1979
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN On Campus
TODAY: A PRO-PEACE RALLY will be in front of Strong Hall at noon. CLARENCE KELLEY, former FBI director, will speak at 12:30 in New Green Hall, sponsored by the Student Bar Association. The COLLEGE ASSEMBLY will meet at 4 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
TONIGHT: VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE is available from 6 to 8 in the legal aid office at New Green Hall, sponsored by the law student division of the American Bar Association. A FRENCH AND ITALIAN PROGRAM and dinner will be @ 6:30 in the Big Eight Room of the Union, The Hall of History, sponsored by the International JOURNALIST, Husson Kauff, will speak in the Jayhawk Room of the Union at 7, sponsored by the Organization of Arab Students. The COLLEGE REPUBLICANS will meet at 7 in the Oread Room of the Union. The ECLOGY CLUB will meet at 7:30 in the Council Room of the Union with guest speaker Diana Coffey, sponsored by the International Residential Hall. The AMARA WORKSHOP will meet at 9:30 in the International Room of the Union.
TOMORROW: The KU GUNG FU CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 173 Robinson. A TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION introductory lecture sponsored by Ku's Students International Meditation Society will be at 8 p.m. in Parler A of the Union, LEON FLEISHER will conduct a fine arts master class on "The Art of Mindfulness" at Fitness and Living" $A$ 14:14 a.m. at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread. The KU SAILING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlers B and C of the Union. The KU GO CLUB will meet in Cork 2 of the Union at 7 John David, trumpeter, will give a STUDENT RECITAL at 8 in Saworthen Recital Hall. THOMAS SERBEK from THE MUSEUM presents a present at a lecture sponsored for the Humanistic Studies 6 in the Forum Room.
Voters go to polls today
Polls will remain open until 7 tonight.
The polls opened at 7 this morning for Lawrence votes to decide who will fill three seats on the city commission and three seats on the school board in Unified School District.
Posts with Peminah golf clubs.
Peminah addresses are vying for three seats in both races.
City commission candidates are Donald Binns, 1402 E. Greenv Drive; Florence "Danny" Drury, 1496 Marvonne Rd.; Mari Francisco, 1404 Ohio St.; Jack Landreth, 1709 St. Andrews Dr.; and Robert Schumun, 1920 St. Andrews Drive.
School board candidates are Jule Hack,
2216 Massachusetts St.; Martha Maston,
709 Mississippi St.; Charles Oldfather,
Route 5; Ronald Schmidt, 2414 Lazybock
Lane; and Mary Louise Wright, 1734 Illinois
St.
The city and county did not hold a primary earlier because of the low number of candidates. A primary would have been held in nine districts, six candidates had filed for each race.
Anyone who registered to vote in an earlier election and has not moved is elicited.
5,000 students file for aid
By LESLIE GUILD
Staff Reporter
About 5,000 KU students filed Family Financial Statements and have applied for financial aid for next year, Jerry Rogers, director of Financial Aid, said yesterday.
Although the office of Financial Aid has received notification of only 4,700 processed applications, Rogers said he is confident that number who applied would be about 5,000.
"Some students who did apply have not yet been totaled in the number of processed applications that have been reported to our office." Roers said.
Rogers speculated the delay was because some students' applications were not received at the processing center in Iowa City, Iowa, until after Feb. 27, when the numbers of KU students who had filed were totaled.
"We have to get information from high school seniors and from transfer students before making awards," he said. "And for students returning to KU we have to get spring grades. So, it's likely awards won't be as good as the spring semester grades are nested."
Rogers said students who filed applications were being sent their processed resumes to the KU financial aid office also received a comprehensive list of the need analysis of KU students who filed financial applications and budget of aid available at KU to award.
ROGERS SAID even though the office had received the comprehensive listings, financial awards to KU students would not be made until June.
Rogers said the length of time between receiving the financial statements and
"This year, through the office of admissions and records, we're able to list data about applicants on a word processor. Students available from our office students available much more conveniently."
ROGERS AS the magnetic tape used in the word processor could condense student data, which could be "drawn out" by being looked at each individual's file.
making awards was improving because of "automated help."
Rogers said a preliminary need analysis also was made by KU.
"There is a fantastic number of hours in background work that goes into making the awards," he said. "And part of that is determining each student's need, which is done by looking at his file and making a preliminary need analysis.
"We also have to code students by their high school, county and major because some awards require such an emphasis as students from particular areas of the state."
Rogers said the student financial aid report was used by some students to find
errors they might have made when originally completing it.
"This shows them the figures that were used to calculate their original financial need statement," he said. "By this a student can double check to see if any information supplied by him was misunderstood or misread."
Rogers said a student could file a corrected form for $3.
"Most mistakes made concern tax information that was reported incorrectly," Rogers said.
Standard for aid strict
Although obtaining a financial award might seem like a big hassle, keeping it
KU recently has formulated a statement of "reasonable progress," to be used to determine re-awarding of federal financial aid for workers and director of financial aid, said yesterday.
The programs include National Direct Student Loans, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study, Health Professions Student Loans, Law Enforcement Educational Loans, Basic Education Programs and the Guaranteed Student Loan Programs.
"We actually established a standard last fall," he said. "And in order to keep our hands off, we had to close the door."
Rogers said federal government regulations made a progress standard
ROGERS SAID the standard included both completing a minimum number of credits with a minimum grade point or passing all required course number of semesters a student had completed.
For example, Rogers said, a student who wanted to keep a financial award for a second semester, after he had completed his first semester of college, would have to have 24 credit hours with a grade point average of 1.30.
The minimum grade point average for award renewal was raised last fall one grade point from 1.0 to 2.0 over ten semesters.
"It's not a hard standard to achieve," he said. "So very few students at KU aren't able to abide by it. And therefore, very few are considered on appeal."
Rogers said those students who have lost their awards could appeal in writing.
"WE HAVE A committee of three persons from this office who do check the appeals," he said. "And usually the only exceptions are for students who have qualified extremely extinguish circumstances."
Rogers said although not many students lost awards because they could not obtain the standard, problems with students made it difficult to win the school for a semester had occurred
"We're working on just how to handle the situation now," Rogers said. "It doesn't seem fair that one student who just sits the semester out can come back and get an award, when a student who might finance his own way through a semester, because he had just his award and not completed the standard, might not get an award."
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Police Beat
RURCLARV
Lawrence police said $1,600 in cash was stolen from a locked safe at Bucky's D 2120 W. Ninth St., early Sunday.
The police said employees told them that the money had been placed in a lock about midnight Saturday.
The theft was discovered Sunday morning when the assistant manager arrri-
work, the police said. The safe was locked but the money was gone, accordin-
d with the police report.
The police said several employees knew the combination to the safe ATTEMPT.
Lawrence police said a 1977 Chrysler, valued at $8,300, was stolen Saturday parking lot at the Conpo Bar, 529 N. Third St.
The police said the car was taken between 2 and 3 p.m. Saturday.
The ignition system was apparently tampered with while the car was left unlock parking lot.
Harris statement is valid
James Paddock, Duke District Court judge, ruled yesterday that an alleged murder confession given to law enforcement, Harris, 26, will not be suppressed.
Harris is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the November 1777 slaying of Sam Norwood, former W. Woolworth Co. store, 911 Massachusetts.
Harris' defense attorney, Dennis Prater, had filed a motion alleging that Harris was coerced into giving a confession to three law officers in Kansas and being transported to Kansas from Denver.
Paddock ruled that the confess valid because no coercive act taken in the car, because her bump was causing her because Harris knowingly waived to counsel while being questioned. Harris 'trial is scheduled to beg
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Formal designs cling, shimmer
By RHONDA HOLMAN Staff Reporter
Local merchants and students say dress outfits that are more comfortable, practical and stylish are becoming the popular attire for spring formalms.
Slinky dresses, flash pants outfits and three-piece suits appear to be replacing the frilly, long gowns and tuxedos that are common at formal affairs on the Hill.
Susie Wimer, Overland Park sophomore, said the women in her sorority were choosing dresses in bare styles that had either a shawl or a matching jacket. Lengths are usually just below the knee or to the floor. Wimer said the dresses often had low-cut necklines and were made of a clingy knit material that hung close to the body.
She also said women were wearing straight-legged pants in shiny satin and
either a long tunic blouse or a matching jacket on formal occasions.
"I think the trend is going more toward comfort, and the everyday style of pants is carrying over to the formal wear," Wimer said.
Employees at six women's apparel shops in Lawrence said many dress manufacturers had stopped offering long dresses and customers had been buying fancy short dresses and pants outfits.
Ella Miller, who works at Janell's 847 Massachusetts St., said she still stocked long dresses and the most popular styles wore in clingy knits.
"Going out in Lawrence doesn't require long dresses," Miller said. "Many women are buying full-length skirts in prints that can be worn with T-shirts in the summer and with a softer blouse for dressier occasions."
Sharon McBride, who works at the
Village Set, 922 Massachusetts St., said the new stock of tailored skirts with long slits was popular for both day and evening occasions.
Larry Stephenson, who works at Carson's clothing, 811 Massachusetts St., said his tuxedo rentals always increased in the spring. However, he said he thought the tuxedos were being used mostly for weddings and proms.
"I think men are going to three-suit suits for formal occasions." Stephen Sondheim said.
"Men are going to be seeing more of the pleated trousers and natural materials like cotton in suits," he said. "The lapels are getting narrower and so are the ties. Everything is going to a looser look. I've seen men formally dressed in a suit with the tie not quite tight to the collar.