Wednesday, July 16, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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KC memorial vandal sentenced Monday
A former KU student was sentenced Monday during a hearing for the vandalism of the Vietnam Memorial in Kansas City, but there are no leads in the vandalism to the memorial at KU.
Gregory Thonen, Olathe, pleaded guilty to vandalizing the memorial in Kansas City. He was sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service at Veteran's Hospital in Kansas City, 60 days in jail and a five-year suspended sentence under probation. He also must pay $8,000 restitution for vandalizing the memorial.
Berger was informed of the sentencing by some friends who called him immediately after the hearing. He said the charge was for two members of the veterans whose names appeared on the memorial
"I think the sentence was appropriate under the circumstances, such as Thommas' command and the KU Vietnam Memorial Committee."
The KU memorial, located between Memorial Drive and West Campus Road near the Chi Omega Fountain, was vandalized the evening of July 4. The KUPD has no leads in the crime.
Group to study sci-fi
The proper study of science fiction is the focus of this year's Campbell Award Conference.
The conference begins at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Adams Alumni Center. The main event of the day will be the presentation of the John W. Campbell Award, given for the science fiction novel of the year
The award will be given during dinner, which begins at 6 p.m. in the alumni center. The image of the scientist in fiction will be portrayed to the audience through film clips.
Publications lauded
Attending the conference costs
$15 and dinner costs an additional
$15. Reservations are required.
Four University of Kansas publications recently won national homes in the annual Council for Educators' and Support of Education contest
The campaign for "Dinosaur Days," a special exhibit held last year at the Museum of Natural History in Dyche Hall, was one of the four winners. The promotional campaign by University Relations and the museum won a gold medal in the public relations projects category. It was one of five gold winners chosen from 61 entries.
The KU Alumni Association tabloid, edited by Jennifer Sanner, won the grand prize for tabloid publishing.
Report, a newsletter edited by Lymn Britt, a University Relations writer, won one of four silver awards for best category. It was one of 60 entries.
Explore, the University's research magazine, edited by Roger Martin, won a merit award for his perilous writing. It was one of 112 entries.
Weather
Sunny skies and hot temperatures are forecast for today and tomorrow, with high temperatures in the mid-90s to
Skies should be clear Wednesday night, with low temperatures in the upper 60s and 70s.
Winds will be from the south and gusty.
No rain is expected for the weekend. It will continue to be hot with highs in the mid- to upper 90s and lows in the low 70s.
From staff and wire reports.
Area hospital to prohibit employee smoking
Bv Kristi Schroeder
On July 1, the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park implemented the first part of a two-part plan to eliminate employee smoking. But the chances of the same thing happening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital or the University of Kansas Medical Center are slim.
Staff writer
Jackie McClain, director of personnel services at the KU Med Center, said the center probably wouldn't follow Shawnee Mission's policy. But a careful look will be given to the steps outside of the hospital proper.
"Right now there are restricted areas in the hospital where you can and cannot smoke." McClain said. "There are no restrictions on classes are held have no type of
restrictions on smoking.
Bryan Yeagle, assistant director for public relations at Shawnee Mission, said the hospital no longer hired anyone who smoked. The hospital will put the second part of its plan in action in November 1987.
By November 1987, the Great American Smokeout Month, Shawnee Mission employees will not be allowed to smoke on the center's grounds, Yeagley said. As of yet the rules for smoking by employees haven't changed, and the employees can smoke outside.
Shawnee Mission will begin meetings in the next few days to decide how the new rules will be enforced. The program includes smokers and non-smokers.
The 35 employees in McClain's office at the Med Center made
own smoking policy by mutual agreement. Certain areas of the office are designated as smoking or non-smoking and it said worked for her employees.
Health-care information on secondary smoke hazards has led the Med Center to review its policies on smoking. Because the Med Center is a health care institution, it should be concerned with the welfare of its employees. McClaim said.
"It's something that is worked out case by case," McClain said. "So far it hasn't been a big problem."
Linda Breithaupt, personnel secretary for Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St., said there were no plans for a similar policy at the hospital. Mrs. Breithaupt discussed Friday at a personnel meeting, no immediate actions will
Yengley said the reaction to the new rules had been mixed, but the plan had received a lot of employee support. Shawnee Mission was within its legal bounds in making the new rules.
be planned until after the issue is put before the hospital administrators.
"People with disagreements tend to talk loud," Yeagley said. "And the majority think it's a good idea."
Carol Muse, head nurse of the pediatric, adolescent and gynecology departments at Shawnee Mission, is a supporter of the new policy. She said she did not have any smokers who worked in her departments.
Hostility between smokers and non-smokers since the rule went into effect had not changed. Muse said.
But if any hostility arises it will be minimal.
She said she was grateful for Shawne Mission's concern with the hazards of secondary smoke. The new rules will help keep employees working longer by making them healthier.
Yegley said more than 50 percent of Shawne Mission's employees were non-smokers. The rules grew out of suggestions from employees and gained more support as the rules were put into action.
Dan Ruettimann/KANSAN
"The medical center is dedicated to healthy living," Yeagley said. "In addition, a host of studies have shown that non-smokers are clearly less of a financial drain as far as insurance and productivity are concerned."
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City accepts request to ban nuclear tests
Bv Rachelle Worrall
Staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission accepted a letter asking for a ban on nuclear weapons testing at last night's commission meeting.
The commission accepted the letter 4-1, with Commissioner Ernest Angino in opposition.
The letter was presented by Eric Kilgren, president of the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice. It requested that the United States join with the Soviet Union in a nuclear test ban.
a plea to ban nuclear weapons testing has been expressed by the states of Hawaii, New York, Washington, Rhode Island and 141 other communities such as Lawrence, Kilgrem said.
According to a 1982 poll, Lawrence residents supported the issue by a 3-to-1 ratio.
Politicians and experts often do not take action, Kilgren said, without the public prodding them to do so.
David Longhurst, city commissioner, said, "I certainly support the resolution."
It's important for government representatives to know the sentiments of the people they represent, Longhurst said.
Mayor Sandy Praeger said, "as long as we sit back and don't make a statement about nuclear proliferation, then that eventuality continues
Angino said, "I don't think there's going to be a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. They know the horrors of it. They do a lot more to remind people of horrors of war than we do."
The Soviet Union does not allow the public to influence government policy, said Angio, yet the Soviet Union can influence our opinions.
The absence of other countries in the letter was inappropriate. Angino said, because other countries were involved in nuclear testing.
University ready to hire hazardous-waste officer
During public comments, Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science, said, "It seems to me that some sort of end to nuclear testing be recognized. Mr. Angino, you don't know the facts."
By Evan Walter
Staff writer
The officer will picked from 42 applicants and will start work after Sept. 1.
The University of Kansas will be hiring an environmental health and safety officer to coordinate the University's overall safety program and the collection, packing and shipping of equipment that will be used in hazardous materials on campus.
John Landgrebe, professor of chemistry and chairman of the institutional biohazard committee at KU, said that he tried to persuade the University to hire a safety officer for more than two years.
"There has never been an overall safety officer on the campus," Landgrebe said. "I started writing letters suggesting that I should be a safe and I'd take his jong."
A report issued by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment helped help KU officials to hire someone for the position, Lan
The KDHE inspected KU three months ago and reported that some people were improperly labeling hazardous-waste containers, as well as improperly treating and disposing the hazardous wastes. For example, when a trash bin was filled with waste in a dumpster, which is a safety hazard, Landgrebe said.
The KDHE also reported that KU didn't coordinate its campus safety programs. KU needed to do a survey to find what types of hazardous wastes were on campus and where they were, Landgrebe said.
administration of the need for such a person," Landgrebe said. "Only recently has there been concern for an overall hazardous-waste officer. At a lot of universities, they're hiring able like the person we are going to hire."
The school has been handling radioactive wastes for years, said Benjamin Friesen, professor of biochemistry and director of the laboratory. The new officer will take care of other hazardous wastes on campus.
The report helped convince the
"By and large, the programs for non-radioactive wastes are departmentally located." Friesen said. "The idea is that things will be done more campus-wide in terms of a program of how things will be handled."
The new position and the tasks accompanying it will be financed solely by the University, Landgrebe said.
"Safety committees will still exist. They'll work through the safety officer."
More people are learning the basics of labeling hazardous wastes. Any kind of waste chemicals can be hazardous. Most of the hazardous wastes on campus are solvents, Landgrebe said.
The University has invested thousands of dollars into the processing and distribution of these regulations. By August or September, the regulations will be distributed around the University.
For the last two years, officials have been working on a comprehensive set of regulations for hazardous waste disposal, he said.
The goal is to make everyone at the University aware of the regulations.
Menu offers course tidbits
By Brenda Flory
Staff writer
It's like reading a menu,but the selections are far from edible.
This summer Missy Kleinholz, Teopka junior and student senator, has been busy preparing the menu that students can use before they enroll in a course to choose the classes and professors they want.
The menu, the Jayhawk Course Source, is a multi-course project created by the Student Senate that will provide students with a delicious outline of how instructors organize their classes.
This is the first time for such a project at the University of Kansas.
"I didn't think it was going to get this far," said David Epstein, student body president. The idea has been placed Epstein's election campaign.
The goal is to have the Course Source completed by the time students start placing orders for the spring in 1987 semester.
"I think it's definitely needed." Epstein said. "Basically, the whole advising process at the University of Kansas irritates me, and most students need to know what a class is truly about."
The guide's purpose is to give students more information on a course than the timetable or University catalog.
It also should cut down on the number of students going through add-drop.
"If the publication would give students a better idea of what a class is about, then it would probably help," said Gary Thompson, director of student records. "It has great potential."
Thompson said about 20,000 to 25,000 students went through adddrop during the first week of classes.
"It's a service to the entire university," said Kleinholz, the project's coordinator. "We want the students to get the classes they want, and the instructors to get the students that want to be there."
The guide will be organized like the timetable, but will give information such as the number of tests an instructor gives and the kind of tests they are, such as multiple choice or essay.
"Those students who are better at writing papers than taking tests can look to see which instructors their need." Kleiphols said.
Instructors can also give a brief description of the course if they want to, she said.
"We encourage them to," she said. "It's a lot better than the catalog because it's more detailed."
Del Shankel, former acting vice chancellor of academic affairs, said he thought the Course Source would be useful to students.
"I think it can be a valuable information supplement, especially for freshmen and sophomores try to understand why they want to pursue." he said.
Kleinholz, who is also in charge of getting the guide published, said she had made a questionnaire that included 20 questions in questionnaire askers instructors how
Faculty participation is a concern, she said.
long they have been teaching the course, what their teaching approach is and the format of their exams.
"It's not meant to tie the instructors down. We just want a general outline. We hope they give us the information," she said.
Her strategy for getting the information is first to talk to department heads and then gets contacts in the departments to help her.
Although Kleinholz considers herself a "work-abolic," she said she realized that she was going to need some help with this menu. She said she hoped to get the guide from the printer and to the students by Oct. 27, in time for main enrollment.
"We have had students calling this summer asking for Course Source," she said.
Unlike most menus, selections from the Course Source are free. The senate allocated $13,500 from the Unallocated Fund to do the project, but that will only cover the cost to publish 17,500 copies.
"I don't know how we we're going to," it said, "yet she said, "that's the least of my worries. I want to be careful about something to distribute first."
Kleinholz said she had a lot of work ahead of her, but when it was all over she was going to break a bottle of champagne over the first copy.
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