INSIDE
It's a drag
Racers are disappointed about planned close of Lawrence dragstrip. The strip, west of town, has been open for 29 years.
Story, page 6
KU student wins area boardsailing contest on a rough, windy Clinton Lake last weekend.
Surf's up
Story, page 13
OUTSIDE
The forecast
Todav. . Partly cloudy, high 88.
Today... Partly cloudy, high 80.
Tonight... Partly cloudy, may rain, lows around 70s.
Tomorrow... Partly sunny, chance for thunderstorms,
highs around 90.
Weekend. . Thundershowers, highs in the lower 90s,
lows around 70.
Details, page 3
Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY
June 25, 1986
Vol.96, No. 150
(USPS 650-640)
KUAC amends drug-testing policy
By Brenda Flory
Staff writer
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation's drug-testing policy is being amended for the fall, Gary Ames, athletic director, said last week.
KU has had a drug-testing policy for two and a half years. Hunter said. The original drug-testing policy called for athletes to be tested randomly.
"We implemented the program back then not because we had a drug problem, but because we wanted to prevent what could be a potential problem." Hunter said "Drugs are among the athletes and to the program."
The Maryland state medical examiner announced yesterday that Len Bias, former University of Maryland basketball star who was
the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, died of cocaine intoxication last Thursday.
he said he hoped KU's drug policy had prevented, and would continue to prevent, such accidents, but tragedies such as the death of Blas Bias may have tried the drug only once — on the night of his death.
The change in KU's program was decided in January, but will take effect in August. Hunter said.
Next year, each athlete will be tested a minimum of two times during the playing season, he said. An athlete may be tested more than twice, but not any less, and may be subjected to a random test as well. This includes any sport under the jurisdiction of the KUAC.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletic
director in charge of business, said that $71.06 was spent on drug-testing last year. The funds came from the conference and gate receipts, but next year money for drug-testing will come from the training-room budget. She said that she would not know next year's budget estimates until July.
Other details, such as a better method of randomly selecting athletes, will be worked out later this summer. Hunter said.
"We feel we have a sound policy," Hunter said.
Lynn Bott, director of sports medicine, said the chief substances looked for were cocaine, amphipramines, anabolic substances (drug) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is found in marijuana.
"I feel it's a societal problem and
not an athletic problem," he said. "But it's the athlete who is in the limelight.
"Bias' death was a tragic situation. There is still a lot of things we don't know about drugs and what they can do to our system."
KU's drug testing involves a urinalysis, Bott said. The sample goes to a company where it is analyzed.
Bott said the company felt its technology was sophisticated enough to tell whether an athlete was attempting to hide any drug-use.
If an athlete tests positive for a drug, that athlete is asked to seek professional counseling. Bott said.
"Our policy is to assist an athlete with a problem." he said.
About four weeks later, the athlete is tested again. This gives the athlete
another chance by allowing the body enough time to rid itself of any drugs. Bott said.
If the second test is positive, the athlete seeks additional counseling and is suspended for play for 14 days. Bott said.
At the end of the 14 days, a third test is given. If this test is positive, the athlete is suspended for the rest of the season. The decision to cut financial aid on the basis of drug testing or by the individual coaches, he said.
Hunter said the idea behind the policy wasn't punishment, but instead to assist athletes with any problems they might be having.
Bott said he could not comment on whether there had ever been a positive finding because of an athlete's rights to privacy.
Changing weather slows wheat harvest
Farmers say sparse crop causes loss
By Rachelle Worrall
The rains finally came, but Sunday's downpour was too late to help this summer's wheat crop.
Lindquist said that farmers didn't mind the rain slowing the wheat harvest because it was needed for their other crops.
Rain delayed this summer's unfuiltrable harvest. Farmers must now wait for the wheat to dry before they can finish the harvest, Jack Lindquist, agricultural agent for the county Extension office, said Monday.
"They couldn't care less about the wheat if they could get some rain on their other crows," he said.
Eniqn Donaldson, a Kansas farmer, inspects his wheat crop. Donaldson, along with other farmers, is unhappy about this year's harvest.
Low acreage yields and poor grain quality have hit farmers at the same time wheat prices are the lowest they've been in several years. Morris said, when he saw $2.47 a bushel, compared with both $3.25 and $3.25 a bushel last year.
The farmers played by nature's rules from the beginning. Lack of rain in the spring combined with wet planting conditions in the fall contributed to a sparse wheat crop this summer, said Howard Morris, an agronomy specialist at Coop Association's grain elevator at 26th Street and Moodie Road.
A good weight is 60 pounds a bushel, Morris said. This harvest has weights running from 42 to 58 pounds and the rain will further reduce the weight.
A wheat crop gives farmers additional income in the summer.
The lowest yields have been 5.5 bushels an acre, and the highest have been 42 bushels an acre, he said. But, generally, yields of 30 bushels an acre were the highest for this season. Last year, yields were about 50 to
"They're not even half that now," he said.
Farmers with low acreage yields probably won't get enough money to cover the expenses incurred in growing the wheat, Morris said.
"I'd say the guy with the 10-bushel acrel acred didn't get his money back," he said, "I figure it takes about 22
Last year, yields were about 50 to 60 bushels an acre, Morris said.
Epstein said that David Amberl, vice chancellor for student affairs, told him on Monday that contractor bidding would begin by mid-July.
bushels (an acre) just to break even."
University to take bids on lighting
Construction of a new lighting system on campus is scheduled to begin this summer, David Epstein, president of the student body, said.
"On wheat, it's awfully hard to make money when the prices are so
low," he said. "I guess some income is better than none."
The average cost to produce a bushel of wheat is about $4, Lindquist said.
By Brenda Flory
He said the campus lighting issue had been on many previous Senate agendas.
About 9,000 acres of wheat will be harvested in the Lawrence area this year, said LindQindt, which is about a 60 percent decrease from last year.
"This is an exciting time to see this project finally blossom," Epstein said. "It just happened that people who were involved in the project during my administration."
Greg Wade, landscape architect for KU, said the cost of this part of the project would be about $100,000. The number of new lights needed to replace the old lights on campus would be less or equal to the present number because the new ones would cast more light with fewer fixtures.
The first phase of lightning will start from the Chi Omega Fountain at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and extend to Bailey Hall, he said.
Epstein said the Senate passed a bill in April that allocated $25,000 from the Unallocated Account. The Board of Regents gave $25,000 and the University gave $50,000 to the project.
"I didn't feel it was right to make the students pay for such a project because the students paying for it wouldn't benefit from benefit it." - Epstein
He said that safety was the key reason Senate supported the project.
"Iimagine walking on campus at night and feel safe," Epstein said.
night after seeing sale, Specialist Kris Kurtenbach, vice president of the student body, said student protection was a Senate responsibility.
"Basic needs, such as safety, should be met at a university like KU." Kurtenbach said.
There was a survey done by Ronald Helms, professor of architectural engineering, the year before Epstein became president which aid there was a direct correlation between a lack of lighting and high crime.
"I consider one rage to be too much," Epstein said. "If we can link lack of lighting with crime, there is a correlation."
James Denney, director of the KU police department, said additional lighting probably would help decrease campus crime, but that it was hard to tell whether crime would increase just because of better lighting.
Ambler said last week that he hoped the first phase of the project would be completed by the time students came back in the fall.
New drinking laws changing old ways
By Dana Spoor
Staff writer
On July 1, the legal drinking age in Kansas will creep even higher, and, by 187, people will have to be 21 with no alcohol or any alcoholic beverages.
This change has affected many areas, including local bars and residence halls at the University of Kansas.
Almost two years ago the legal age for buying or consuming cereal malt beverages in Kansas was 18. Last week, in Kentucky, the law changed on July 1, it will rise to 20
This rise is part of a three-year process to get the drinking age up to 21 for all alcoholic beverages, including beer with a 3.2 percent alcohol content.
"It certainly changed the way they (students) spent the money they are allocated through their social funds," Fred McElhenei, director of residence halls, said. "Cereal meal grounds are allowed in the halls by the grounds."
If a student is found with any
A note is made of the incident, but the penalties for being caught a second time have not been ironed out. The police claim that he has been caught twice with alcohol.
alcoholic beverage in the residence halls, that student is asked to pour it out.
"There is definitely an impact," said Ken Wallace, owner of the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St. "Sales are down 20 percent."
Coghurns, 737 New Hampshire St. hasn't noted a difference in its sales since the change.
"I don't feel we have had any huge problems," he said. "The incoming freshman don't have any tradition to live up to."
"We just got the bar a while ago," said Brett Mosiman, co-owner of Cogburns, "so we haven't noticed a
See Drinking, p. 5, col. 1
Rise in drinking age causes identity crises
Staff writer
Bv Dana Spoor
It may seem to be a harmless and easy prank, but its consequences can be staggering.
Using falsified, borrowed or fake identification to enter a drinking establishment is a felony, a felony punishable by up to one year in jail, or a fine of no more than $1,000 or a combination of both.
Not only is it illegal to use fake IDs, it is also illegal for a minor to consume alcohol in the establishment
"All the ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control) is worried about did in a fact a minor or non-member contact on the premises," Johnson said.
"I have shoeboxes full of them." Johnson said. Inside of those shoeboxes there are expired club identification cards and taxidermied identification cards.
Yet, hundreds of minors use fake IDs every day, Harrison "Ace" Johnson Jr., owner of the Sanctuary, 1401 W. 7th st., said Monday.
But some other Lawrence tavern
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owners and liquor retailers do not think fake IDs are a big problem.
The drinking age law states that a person must have been 19 before July 1, 1985, in order to drink beer with a 3.2 percent alcohol content.
"The people just turn around and leave," Diane Bulliegh, manager of the E-Z Shop, 955 E.3rd St., said. "You didn't have a problem at this store."
On July 1, the drinking age will be raised to 20, 21 is the legal age to purchase all other liquor.
There are some customers using fake IDs, but not a lot, said John Christie. Hays senior, an employee at Bowlkill's Pub. 1344 Tennessee ST.
"It is a slight problem," he said.
"The IDs are normally expired or it doesn't look anything like them."
But some IDs do work, and minors continue to use them despite the charges that could be brought against them.
"It was a friend's," Janet Knollenberg, Wichita senior, said.
See IDs, p. 5, col. 4