Tuesday, April 29, 1986
University Daily Kansan
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News Briefs McCollum resident arrested for forgery
A 21-year-old McCollum Hall resident was arrested Friday afternoon for forging checks at the Kamasan University earlier this month.
The arrested woman forged three checks, valued together at $700, as well as Western Union money transfer receipt, L.J. Jeanne Longaker of KU police, said yesterday.
KU police haven't been able to locate the owner of the checks, she said. KU police do not know either the owner still attends KU
The checks had been written to and signed by the McColum Hall resident, Longaker said. The woman told a banking center employee that the checks were from her mother.
Longaker said police reports on the case had been turned over to the Douglas County district attorney's office. The woman is being held in Douglas County Jail on a $20,000 bond.
Ueberroth to speak
Peter Ueberroth, commissioner of major league baseball, will speak at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas Union Ballroom as part of the J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series.
Ueberroth was president of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee and was named man of the year by Time magazine and Sporting News for 1984. After the Olympics, he became baseball's sixth commissioner.
Policy debate tonight
College students can exchange views on government policies that affect them at a debate and forum presented by the KU Democrats and KU College Republicans tonight.
The debate is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union. It will cover the topics of U.S. foreign policy in Central America, relations with the Soviet Union, U.S. education policy and the idea of comparable worth
After the debate, there will be an open forum on the issues and a question and answer period.
Astronomer to speak
Ron Snell, from the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at the University of Massachusetts, is scheduled to speak on "Giant Insect Nursery" at 8 p.m., after *Steller Nursery*'s today at 8 p.m., after a time at 7:30 p.m.
The speech will be in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union and is free and open to the public. It is presented by the University of Kansas Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory and the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence.
Lobbyist to speak
Earl Nehring, emeritus professor of political science, is scheduled to speak at the University Forum tomorrow at 11:40 a.m. at the College of Arts and Lobby Influence on the Kansas Legislature; a Lobbyist View."
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny with a high temperature of around 80. Souterly winds will gust at 15 to 25 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of bunderstorms. The low temperature will drop to 50. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of bunderstorms and a high temperature of 75.
About two weeks ago, the KU Credit Union received a surprise in the mail — notice of the termination of its lease at toi Currie Campus in Gauley, branch manager, and yesterday.
KU Credit Union loses its campus lease
From staff and wire reports.
Bv Leslie Hirschbach
Staff writer
"As it stands right now, our last day to be there is June 30," she said yesterday.
Employees and equipment from the Carruth-O'Leary branch, will be moved to the bank's main branch at 603 W. 9th St. A branch of the credit union has been on campus for 23
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said the lease was terminated by the University
Gauger said that when the current lease was drawn up, the credit union and the University made an agreement that either party could end the lease 30 days prior to vacating the space.
because the space was needed for other uses. The space will be used by the CompTroller's device.
They also agreed that no reason needed to be given for ending the lease, she said.
The space will be used by the Comptr office and by Personnel Services, he said.
Gaugler said Cobb gave no reason for terminating the lease but he said the Carrubt-O'Leary branch of the bank would have to submit a request for space elsewhere.
Cobb said, that so far, he had heard nothing
Gaugler said she didn't know whether the
Equipment is costly and time-consuming to move, she said, and the credit union doesn't want to move quickly to a location that again may be needed for another use.
credit union would request another location.
"They might terminate the new space next year." she said
Cobb said another reason the campus branch's lease was terminated was that office space on the campus would be vacant.
part-time employees at the Carruth-O'Leary branch will lose their jobs, Gaugel said, moving the credit union off-campus will affect students and professors.
Gauley said the moving of equipment from the Carruth-O'Leary branch hadn't begun because no space was available at the main branch.
Many professors bank at the credit union for convenience, she said, because it's within walking distance of their homes. Also, many professors who cars can't get to the downtown branch easily.
"We don't have room here," she said. Although none of the three full-time and one
Despite the larger size of the downtown branch, Gauger said, the Carnruth-O'Leary branch did the same amount of walk-in business.
Although none of the three full-time and one
"It's almost like they're jockeying for position," he said.
The drive-through windows at the downtown bank, she said, made it seem much larger than she did in the subway.
Safe crossing sought for busy Ninth Street
Bv Jull Warren
Staff writer
But Backus said the 30-mph speed limit also was violated by some west-bound drivers because the street narrowed near Emery Road.
Traffic is increased, Drewry said, by the amount of development west of Lawrence.
Concerned parents are trying to get a safe crossing on Ninth Street near where a Lawrence boy was shot in an auto-pedestrian accident last week.
"We would like the city commission to do whatever it takes to make it safe," said Robert Backus, 841 Alabama St.
Pat Drewey, the president, said the hill increased the speed of eastbound traffic, making the crossing dangerous for pedestrians.
Brendon Doerr, a Pinckney Elementary School fourth-grader, died after being hit by a car at Ninth and Alabama streets.
He suggested that a pushbutton traffic light might be the best solution.
Backus said letters to the commission were being circulated for signatures on each of eight blocks on the streets and streets on each side of Ninth Street.
The letters will be gathered and sent to the commission today or tomorrow, said Backus, who has preschool age children.
"The problem is that Ninth is carrying a lot of traffic now," she said. "It's hard to get the traffic to slow."
From Mississippi to Iowa streets, he said, the street is primarily residential, but there are no stop signs.
It often takes five to 10 minutes of waiting to get safely across, he said. "Kids just don't have that kind of patience." Joakub raid.
Although the car involved in the accident was westbound and not speeding, the president of the Pinkney School Parent Teacher Organization said that neighbors had been concerned for some time about the high speed of eastbound traffic or the street.
"Kids just don't have the patience," Backus said.
KU students and professors also cross the street on their way to the University, she said.
Drewry said that the organization had not been asked to circulate petitions and that its next meeting was in May.
Gary Freeman, Pinkney School principal, estimated that 30 to 40 children crossed that intersection.
"We would be willing to do that if it was asked of us," she said.
Terese Gardner, city engineer,
said that studying pedicurist movement
in the area could be part of a
study of the street that was being
proposed by the public works
department.
"We'd have to be convinced in terms of the volume of students crossing Ninth Street on a regular basis," she said.
The department is requesting $10,000 for a study to determine the feasibility of widening Ninth Street from Emery Road to Iowa Street.
City commissioners will decide this summer whether the street will be studied, said Vera Mercer, city clerk.
Concerns about speeding east-bound traffic and children crossing the street are understandable. Gardens are not directly related to the accident.
"The child that was hit — that wasn't caused by somebody east-bound and it wasn't caused by a speeder either," she said.
Part of the study, she said, would be the feasibility of decreasing the bill's incline.
But, she said, the issue was a question of tradeoffs between traffic flow and safety.
"Ninth Street is considered an arterial in Lawrence," she said. "With an arterial, you try to move people through the city."
Republicans urge Stephan to delay rest, seek 3rd term
If the public works department were approached with a petition, she said, staff members probably would investigate the area. The investigation probably would include traffic counts.
The matter might then go before the Traffic Safety Commission, which would make a recommendation to the Lawrence City Commission.
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Responding to a plea from his fellow Republicans, Attorney General Bob Stephan said yesterday that he would give serious consideration to seeking re-election to a third four-year term.
Stephan's top aide cautioned that Stephan's reply to state GOP Chairman Vern Chebsher should not be interpreted as a decision by Stephan to reverse his plans to retire from candidate politics.
He promised an answer in two to three weeks.
In a letter to Chebro, which the attorney general's office distributed to reporters yesterday, Stephan said he was pleased by a resolution the state GOP executive committee adopted April 22 urging Stephan to reconsider his position and seek renomination and re-election this year.
"The situation certainly is different than it was a week ago," said Neil Woeerman, Stephan's administrative assistant. He referred to Stephan's previous position that he would not seek re-election under any circumstances.
In announcing adoption of that resolution, Chesbro conceded the party had no other strong candidate to replace Stephan.
"He is seriously considering it," added Woerman. "But it is too soon to tell."
Michelle Brouillette/KANSAN
James Carothers, professor of English and acting assistant dean of liberal arts and sciences, teaches a literature of baseball class. He said the class was the only time his hobby and profession have intersected.
Baseball lit course is a hit
By Tom Farmer Staff writer
To James Carothers, baseball is more than a game. So much more that he uses the literature of the sport to teach English.
Some students find baseball literature more interesting than Shakespeare or Hemingway and still can learn about writing styles and literature from it, Carothers said.
Carothers, professor of English and acting assistant dean of liberal arts and sciences, said other classes he taught — modern American fiction and American humor — were more important to him. But he said he had gotten the most enjoyment out of teaching the literature of baseball.
"It's the only time that my profession and hobby have intersected," he said.
Carothers has taught the class every other year since 174. He isn't teaching the class this year, but he probably will in the fall.
Carothers offers the baseball course during the spring semester so that it coincides with the baseball regular season. He doesn't teach it every year because he doesn't want to interfere in the course which brings enjoyment to both him and the class.
Literature has been written about baseball for more than 100 years. Daily coverage of baseball by newspapers is limited.
"There's more good writing about baseball than any particular sport," said. "There is a kind of开发 baseball writing."
His colleagues were skeptical about the course at first because they thought students would take it as an easy course. Carothers but. Most of the non-believers changed their minds after finding out how he taught it.
Instead of using the class to discuss how the Royals have been doing, Carothers teaches what he thinks are the best examples of baseball literature. Last year's class materials included 11 books on baseball. In addition, he gave quizzes over the reading and assigned essays.
Because heroes are central to much of American literature, Carothers said, baseball — with its legendary players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Ted Williams — is an ideal means of teaching English.
"The myth-making strength is strong in all of us," he said. "Because baseball players are physically superior."
He used Bernard Malamud's novel "The Natural" as
an example of how the movie version of a book could differ from the novel to please the public.
At the end of the book, Roy Hobbs, the main character, strikes out and is a disappointment. But the movie Hobbs has grown into a compelling drama.
At the request of faculty members, Carothers has sometimes guest-lectured other English classes, telling them baseball stories and talking about the literature of the sport
Because the issues of race relations, money and drugs have become more prominent in contemporary writing on baseball, Carothers said, he considered these topics in teaching the course.
Carothers said he followed the Kansas City Royals more closely than any other professional baseball team, even though he grew up in St. Louis, Mo., and was a Cardinals fan
He said he was surprised he had no problem supporting the Royals last year in their World Series victory over the Celtics.
At this time of year, Carothers said, he always receives invitations from local Optimist and Rotary clubs to share events. He also helps members of the group with their
"I'm still a fan and always will be," he said. "My fanaticism is for the game in general."
Tom Hendrick, play-by-play announcer for the Kansas baseball team, said he was impressed with Carothers'
"I think James Carothers is about as knowledgeable a man on baseball as anyone I know," Hedrick said. "It's not just the major leagues that he's interested in. It's everything about baseball."
Hedrick said he invited Carothers to do color commentary at some of the KU games because Carothers knew KU was a strong team.
Carothers said he enjoyed walking to Quigley Field and watching a KU baseball game as much as going to a Royals game. He said the sport itself was what mattered most to him, not who was playing it.
He praised the KU players, noting their achievements on and off the field.
"These people are student athletes in every sense of the term," he said. "It's very hard to juggle baseball and thepes."
For the past 12 years on Monday nights, Carothers has played Ballpark Baseball, a board game simulation of the sport. He and seven faculty members meet to play the season one by one, covering two seasons a year.
He said the game allowed him to draft players and run a team as if he were its manager.
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