INSIDE
The right stuff
KU ROTC cadets are learning to handle stress and vigorous training this summer at a Fort Riley camp.
Story, page 9.
Lawrence gets ready to celebrate the Fourth of July and Kansas' 125th Birthday at Independence Days.
Happy birthdav
Stories, pages 6, 7.
OUTSIDE The forecast
Today. . Mostly sunny, high 85.
Tonight. . Clear, lows in the 60s.
Tomorrow. . Mostly sunny, highs in the middle 80s.
Weekend. . Hot, Mild, highs in the 90s, lows in the middle 70s. Little or no chance of rain.
Details, page 3
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY
July 2, 1986
Vol. 96, No. 151
(USPS 650-640)
Field house to get more seats
By Kristi Schroeder
Staff writer
If everything goes according to plan, more fans will be able to watch the Jayhawk basketball team in Allen Field House next season.
Floyd Temple, assistant athletic director, said the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation had received approval last week from the Board of Regents to add about 100 players to the house. The current capacity is 15,129.
"Anytime you renovate or add on University or state property, it's customary to go through the Regents for approval." Temple said.
The KUAC had various companies draw proposals for the additional seating, and those plans were presented to the proper authorities, but they did not. The plan was said. The plans had no building or fire-code problems, so approval from
the Regents was not difficult
The need for additional seating became apparent at the end of last season, Temple said.
season. People said,
"If you had seen the requests for tickets, you'd understand the need for new seats," he said.
The KUAC received requests for many more seats than the field house held, he said.
The tans who will benefit from the additional seats have yet to be determined. Temple said, the ultimate decision of whether students or the general public will receive the extra space in the classroom director, he said. Johnson is out of town and could not be reached for comment.
The plan includes the addition of one row of seats around the perimeter of the field house between the two entrances and add about 330 more seats to the upper
levels.
The other seats will be added above the four entrances to the main floor of the field house. Temple said. The entrances are at the corners of the building.
SIX rows of seats will be added to three of the corners and each section will accommodate 60 people, he said. The fourth corner will only have four rows so that equipment can be moved. This section will hold 40 people. All of these seats will be in the lower level.
Temple said the breakdown of the new seating areas into specific numbers of seats were approximate. He wants to add a total of 610 new seats.
The KUAC hopes to raise the capacity to 15,739, although that amount may change after the work is completed. he said.
Temple said the KUAC knew what
they wanted and had several companies submit ideas for the additions. The KUAC will decide within the next few days which firm will do the additions.
The new seats will cost between $40,000 and $50,000, considerably lower than the original estimate of $100,000, Temple said. The original estimate was $180,000, the cost of adding two rows along the top of the field house, instead of one.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletic business director, said the revenue from the sale of season tickets for the new seats would pay for the installation.
Just how good the view will be from the new seats cannot be determined until the seats are installed. But no matter what the view, Wachter said, people will be happy just to be in the field house.
Shooting of youth declared accident
By Dana Spoor
Stan Witter
The shooting death of a 12-year-old Lawrence boy was declared accidental yesterday by Douglas County District Attorney Jim Flory.
Staff writer
Jay Clark, the son of Barkley Clark, former Lawrence mayor and city commissioner, was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being struck in the chest by a bullet Monday afternoon. Clark died instantly from the gunshot.
three instantiate
Three youths were playing alone in one of the youth's living room when the gun discharged. The .30-30-caliber Winchester rifle belonged to the boy's brother and
was stored in a bedroom closet.
in the bedroom closer. Flory said the gun was loaded at the time the boys began playing with it. He said he wasn't sure whether the youths knew it was loaded.
failure.
"I don't know if it is even clear to them why they got it out," Flory said.
Flory said the rifle accidentally discharged, striking Jay Clark one time in the chest.
The bullet went through Clark's chest and lodged in the exterior wall of the house. Flory estimated wall of the house to be away from Clark when it went off.
One of the youths, called the
See Gunshot, p. 5, col. 1
Orientation teaches freshmen the ropes
Staff writer
By James Larson
After attending the University of Kansas for a few semesters, students may think the building on campus might need to be renovated as well process can become routine.
But to a freshman, or someone transferring from another school, getting acquainted can be an overwhelming experience.
To help take the strangeness out of being new, the University welcomed parents and prospective students Thursday and Saturday at two of the 14 summer orientation sessions offered in June and July.
Harry Hally, professor of electrical and computer engineering, advises Steven Mensch, Overland Park freshman, during summer freshmen orientation. Mensch, along with many other students, enrolled yesterday at Strong Hall.
About 600 guests on Thursday and 700 on Saturday assembled in the Kansas Union at 8:30 a.m. for coffee and doughnuts. They shook hands, listened to speakers and read brochures to help them make decisions that will affect them for the rest of their lives.
Lovely Ulmer, assistant director of admissions, helps keep the visiting students and their parents satisfied. She started work in January and, will continue to work until September, preparing for the 36 orientation activities scheduled throughout the year. In June and July alone, she said, she accommodates about 7,000 people.
Ulmer said a typical day of orientation had two parts. The morning is spent at the Union finding out what to
do, and the afternoon is spent in Wescoe Hall enrolling in classes.
"It would be difficult to go through the afternoon part - without going through the morning part," she said.
One of Ulmer's responsibilities is mailing 13 different publications on campus to 18,000 offers on campus and more than 10,000 homes across the nation.
Ulmer also notifies anyone involved preparing for orientation and informs them of their duties.
"We have to contact everyone from chancellors to janitors," she said.
She spends much of her time training her 10 student employees and her two assistants. These workers are hired for the summer and are selected from a list of about 130 applicants. The competition for these jobs is tough, she said. Those chosen often come from a variety of cultures and living environments and are pursuing a variety of degrees.
The 12 workers train for two weeks. They meet with a representative from each school on campus and find out the requirements for that particular school. The workers also discuss the student's needs and get the student from each school so they will be able to relate to someone interested in that school.
K. K. Neilsen, Souix City, Iowa, senior, said, "We try to make this as
See Orientation, p. 5, col. 3
Seat-belt law, tax increase become effective in Kansas
By Rachelle Worrall
Staff writer
Kansas residents may feel they have been bound and fleeced because of two state laws that went into effect yesterday.
On July 1, 1987, police will begin issuing $10 fines to persons not wearing their seat belts when stopped for a traffic violation. Seat belts or verbal warnings will be issued.
The first day of the 1967 fiscal year was yesterday, also the day a mandatory seat-belt law and a one-cent sales tax increase took effect.
The seat-belt law will require everyone in the front seat of a vehicle to wear seat belts. Police will not be able to stop motorists for not wearing seat belts, but citations for not wearing seat belts may be issued if the person is stopped for another violation.
Russell Willburn, head of accidents, research and statistics at the Kansas Department of Transportation in Topeka, said he expected the percentage of accidents using southbound traffic increase by the passage of the law.
The Lawrence Police Department initially said that it would not act on the law until the Lawrence City Comptroller's law by making it a city ordinance.
In 1983, according to the department's statistics, 8 percent of all motorists used seat belts, he said. Last year 17 percent used seat belts.
But Dick Stanwix, chief of police, said the department would give verbal warnings to motorists that they should wear seat belts because of the state law.
Buford Watson, city manager, said the city police could issue warnings to violators before the law was added. But in 2013 because the city must follow state law
Educational pamphlets will be given to persons not wearing seat belts when they are stopped by the KU Police Department, Sgt. John Brothers said. He is also a member of County Safety Brief Committee.
Today and tomorrow, the Seat Belt Convincer, a trailer that simulates a collision at parking-lot speeds, will be at Nichols Hall, Brothers said. The Convincer and "Room to Live," a film stressing reasons for wearing seat belts, will be used to train the Department of Facilities and Operations personnel on the need to wear seat belts.
A study done in Lawrence by the safety-belt committee reported that 13.9 percent of motorists were using their seat belts in November 1885, Brothers said. Another count will be in October or November of this year.
Howard Hill, city commissioner,
said the seat-belt law should be tougher than the one that was passed.
mothers said the KU police had a policy requiring persons in the department to wear seat belts before the law was passed.
"A lot of people will obey it because it's the law," he said.
Javhawk West files for bankruptcy
By Brenda Flory
State Writer
Residents of Jayhawk West Apartments received bankruptcy claim forms in the mail Monday from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles.
The owners of the 231-unit apartment complex at 254 Front Road road filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy June 3, Clyde Chapman, director of the Consumers Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St., said yesterday.
Western Realty Management, which manages Jayhawk West, would not comment on the bankruptcy.
The biggest concern is security deposits, Chapman said. Kansas law allows 30 days for return of security deposit and requires lease expires and the tenant leaves.
"The it's hard to say what you'll get back, if anything." Chapman said.
Charles W. West, lawyer for
The people affected by the bankruptcy are those who left or had claims against the complex before June 3, be said. Those who are still
living in the complex or moved in after June 3 should not be affected, but in the long run, the might be if you don't solve its financial problems.
The bankruptcy petition lists 186 creditors, and Chapman said he didn't know how many were tenants.
Filing a claim against the U.S. Bankruptcy Court is the only action tenants can take if Jayhawk West owes them money, Chapman said.
The tenants who are affected may have to wait as long as six months
before they know whether they get anything back, he said.
beyond buying the item.
Tenants are at the bottom of the list because they are considered unsecured creditors, he said.
After June 3 the court took control of Jayhawk West's financial account, he said. Residents after June 3 will be paid by the court.
A Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows companies to continue operating their businesses, but they have to
See Bankrupt, p. 5, col. 2
July 4th fete to focus on state history
By Kristi Schroeder
Staff writer
Affordable fun for everyone and a trip into Kansas 'pass' are the keys to making this year's Independence Day weekend the event's coordinator said Sunday.
Judy Wright, the festival coordinator, said the non-profit corporation that planned the festival lowered the cost and emphasized the history of Kansas to improve this year's event.
Independence Days will be held in Burcham Park on the banks of the Kansas River from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Tickets, which allow admission for children $5 at the gate for adults, and $2 in advance and $3 at the gate for children ages 5 to 12 years old. Children under 5 are admitted free.
This year the festival has been designated as a 125th Anniversary Regional Event for the State of Kansas by the Commission for the Commission. The commission was appointed by Gov. John Carlin to select events he will attend to help celebrate the 125th anniversary of Kansas' entrance into the Union as a free state, Wright said.
The commission approached the festival corporation after last year's festival and asked them to become an entry for a regional event. Wright said the commission then came to Lawrence and spoke to the festival's board. The corporation was informed in September that they had been selected as one of the seven designated events, she said.
"We were delighted to be selected," Wright said. "The theme of our festival has been the history and heritage of the Heartland, and
this helps to emphasize that."
history:
The final part of the Heritage Pro
the adoption of the Kansas Constitution was influential and controversial. Wright said, which is why he supports that the state of Kansas to be admitted as a free state.
Wright said the heritage program of Independence Days had been expanded to bring into the present the life of 1861. Three re-enactment conferences were instituted. Convention of 1859 will be presented as part of the program.
The re-enactments will include stormy speeches that are pro- and anti-slavery, music of the time, storytelling and a chance for audience participation, Wright said. The program will be presented by Wil Linkugel, professor of communication studies, and Lloyd Sponholtz, associate professor of history.
gram will be at 2 p.m. Sunday. Gov. Carlin will speak on "The Future of Kansas" along with Charles Higginson, who will be portraying the first governor of Kansas, Charles Robinson.
Wright said the festival was bolstering its historical exhibits and demonstrations. Some programs involved are the Haskell Tundrish Bird Theater Performance, the x-athrowing, chopping and cross-cut sawing demonstration and oral histories from people who have been around the Lawrence community for a long time.
Dou DuBois, 779 Locust St. will demonstrate to tomahawk- throwing and offer spectators a chance to try their skill. His booth is one of several that will try to make people feel as if they had gone back a 100 years.
See July 4, p.6, col. 3
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