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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 137 (USPS 650-640)
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Relays
Olympian falls short of '84 gold Track star says fatigue hurt ability
Western Illinois' Patty Murray leads the pack during the women's 5.000 meter race of the Kansas Relays. Murray won the race with a time of 16.03.27.
By Dawn O'Malley Sports writer
Before Naval El-Moutawakel competed in the bist Kansas Relays this weekend, she watched a videotake of her 1984 summer Olympic gold medal performance in the 400-meter hurdles.
But Saturday was not an instant replay. El-Moutawakel, a native of
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Morocco and junior at Iowa State,
took third place in the 400-meter dash
with a time of 52.87 seconds.
with a time of El-Moutawakel competed independently in the Relys. Although she attends Iowa State, she is not allowed to run for the school because she turned 24 recently and ran out of National College Athletic Association eligibility.
Lia Seele, of the University of Oklahoma, won the 400-meter dash, setting a new Kansas Relays record of 52.26 seconds. Cyd Thomas, of the University of Missouri, was second with a time of 52.5 seconds.
After the race, El Moutawakal said, "I am tired out, out of gas. I am lacking sleep and I am a bit deressed."
Since the summer Olympics, El-Moutawakel has been plagued by a bone chip below her left knee. She also suffered in 1986, but still suffers occasional pain.
suiters or classmates. "Right now I am weak," she said. "I am not 100 percent of what I could be."
de.
Despite the setbacks, El-
moutawakel said she will always en-
joy track.
you.
"I will always enjoy running," she said. "I'll always love it to feel the pain. I hate to lose, but that's part of life. It makes you stronger."
inje. It mutes.
El-Moutoukak admits she is not
elected to the helmet who won the
gold medal. Part of that is because of
the plane crash last fall that killed
the Iowa State women's cross-country
team and two coaches, she said.
tryman and two butchers. "I feel like I am not the one I used to be and that's frustrating," she said.
After competing in the Olympics.
El-Moutawakel said there was a lot of pressure on her to win, pressure she has since learned to cope with.
"I like to be in the underdog and not expected to win," she said. "I can tell the crowd gets depressed when I don't win. This isn't the first time I was beaten. I used to it. It makes you stronger."
She has become familiar with much of her competition and has become friends with many. She said that although on the track everyone is a competitor, she is friends with her opponents all of the time.
"I ran my own race," El-Moutawaiak said. "I was out of fuel. I was not in the top of my shape. I know I can do better."
ASK assembly debates Washburn membership
By Barbara Shear
Staff writer
In February, the Associated Students of Kansas debated whether Washburn University should be a state school, but now some ASK members are wondering whether Washington would even be represented by ASK.
At the April legislative assembly this weekend, the student body presidents of KU and Wichita State University, David Epstein and Jeff Kehars, presented legislation asking the student lobby organization.
"I think Washburn should pull out of ASK," Epstein said. "They are not a Regents school so what are they doing in it anyway?"
ng in my house.
However, the legislative assembly did not pass that proposal or another one asking Washburn to stay in ASK.
"It was a really divided issue." Epstein said. "The small schools were opposed to Washburn pulling out. KU and Wichita were the only schools who wanted them to pull out."
About 40 students from the six state universities and Washburn attended the assembly, KU and Wichita State are the largest universities represented.
one KU senator opposed discussing the Washburn issue at the legislative assembly, Gordon Woods, holdover speaker, said he did not think it was the assembly's place to decide.
"I voted against both proposals," he said. "I was Washburn's decision. I think it was inappropriate for the assembly to be deciding that."
Woods said some emotional issues were discussed at this weekend's
assembly, but in a more controlled manner than at the February assembly. However, some derogatory comments were made.
"There were a few barbs thrown among the schools," he said.
among the schools.
At February's assembly, ASK man
cannot not to take a stand on
Washburn's proposed entrance into
the Regents system.
Nine KU students attended the assembly Saturday. KU has a total of 24 votes, but each representative was dismissed for not voting in its votes more than any other school.
ASK members also discussed a program that would reduce the number of students attending the assemblies to five from each school.
Kris Kurtenbach, campus director, said everyone at the assembly seem-
Regents consider raising student fees for 1987-88
See ASK, p. 5, col. 1
By Leslie Hirschbach
Staff writer
Staff wifi
KU students are facing a tuition increase of 5 percent next year, but they have to dig deeper even in their pockets for 1967-88, Keith Nitrich, director of business and fiscal affairs, said yesterday.
Nicher said the Kansas Board of Regents accepted at their meeting Friday a first reading of an incidental fee increases for fiscal 1988.
Increased incidental fees, which cover the cost of a student's instruction, would increase residents' tuition by 2 percent and out-of-state tuition by 9.5 percent.
privilege fees. Campus privileges are non-educational benefits, such as the student unions.
In addition to incidental fees, students now pay $120 in campus
$640 in the fall might be paying $655
in fall 1987 because of incidental fee
increases. Out-of-state students who
will pay $1,156 in the fall might be
paying $1,174 in fall 1987.
Nitcher said that under a Kansas legislative proposal adopted several years ago, students must pay 25 percent of the cost of their instruction
cent of the cost "As the cost goes up, fees go up," he said.
Nitcher said incidental fees covered not only instructors' salaries, but also the cost of using the University's resources, such as the
libraries and computer center
"It provides $30 million or so for the operation of the University," he said.
sard.
The Regents will approve or reject the proposed fee increase at its next meetings May 15 and 16.
methanol Board also read through a fee increase proposal that would raise students' tuition to help pay for the renovation of the Kansas Union
revolution.
The proposal is passed by the Regents at the next meeting, students' tuition would increase $3 as a semester and $2 during summer sessions to cover Union construction costs.
See REGENTS, p. 5, col. 1
Few students vote in poll to stop Union renovation
By Barbara Shear
By Barbar Staff writer
dum in November.
Only 410 students participated in the poll, which was given Thursday and Friday.
Staff writer
The Kansas Union renovation will continue as scheduled after an informal student poll failed to show enough opposition to put it to referendum in November.
The informal poll asked students whether they thought the Union should be renovated. If 7.5 percent of the student body, or 1,850 students,
were opposed to the renovation, a formal referendum would be conducted in November and the Union renovation would have been postponed.
David Epstein, student body president, said that although he hadn't expected 7.5 percent of the student body to participate in the poll, he had thought about 700 students would sign the petition.
The poll was the result of a compromise between KU's student body officials and state Sens. Frank Gaines, D.Augusta, and Wint Winter Jr., R.Lawrence.
"I was expecting more people to participate," he said. "I think if the weather had been nicer more people probably would have voted."
Jr. Kawakami Gaines called for a student referendum in the minutes of the Union renovation bill when it was before the Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee. A referendum would mean that the students would vote on the issue in November.
See UNION, p. 5, col. 4
Nighttime is the right time for quiet computer use
By Brian Kaberline
Staff writer
Staff writer
Students lean over small piles of open books and strew papers. A jumble of tapping sounds seep in from two adjoining rooms, breaking the silence.
It's midnight at the Computer Center. While most students on campus are winding down their studies for the night, these people are just beginning theirs.
In the smaller rooms, 15-20 other students are hunched over computer terminals, pecking away at keyboards and staring hystically with monitors.
begining there. There is a good crowd at the center court. There usually is. Some are attracted by the computer terminals and the 14 microcomputers, others because the center is open 24 hours a day.
But one of the biggest reason these students come every night even during holidays, is the unique atmosphere the center takes on as the rest of the campus settles down. One member of the midnight shift is center supervisor. Howard Shannon, with experience on the winkle shift," he is the closest thing to an authority on the midnight studiors.
"This is only a recent phenomenon," he said of the late night crew. "Normally, let's say a year ago, we really didn't have people there all night long."
who are here all night long, or at least until five in the morning "
ple use "Usually, most people were gone by two o'clock, three o'clock at the most. But for some reason, since we have the micros (microcomputers) right upstairs, we're getting people
Shannon said the number of studiers probably had grown because people were telling their friends about the center.
"We come here because we want to help each other," Ypo Kranenburg, Niyerald, Netherlands, graduate diplomat, said as he looked up from his book.
Rumaloved, Valasquez, El Tigre Edo, Venezuela, junior, leaned over from the next table and said, "There are people that come just because their friends like to study here. Most of them relate to studied projects so they work here."
By 2 a.m., the once-bustling workrooms are transformed into the quiet, friendly atmosphere the studios have come for.
"You can't really study for five hours, if you want, during the day," Valasquez said. "You have classes so you have to stop one thing and start another."
bother.
"As it gets later, people get more quiet. There are fewer people, and they talk less."
Velasquez' friend, Victor Palacios,
Bogota, Colombia, senior, said,
"They get more sleepy."
They get Kranenburg said the center also offered time for students to get together.
"I think it's hard to coordinate people during the day," he said. "Not everyone is free during the day at the same time."
Bill Pearson, a computer operator on the midnight shift, said many people weren't aware of the benefits of getting their work out of the war at
night. The late-night, flexible hours help the students as well as Parrson use their time more efficiently.
"If I've got a party or a date or something in the evenings, I can sleep during the mornings." Parson said. "If 'don't have anything planned for the evenings, I can stay up in the mornings and get things done."
And while most of the daytime studenls leave to sleep, the people of the midnight shift come to the center to escape sleep.
"The people that study here are the people that say 'OK, I want to study and not be interrupted.'" Velasquez said. "And if you stay home you have your bed near you saying 'Come to me, come to me,'"
"I you almost have the best of both worlds in a way."
me; come to me!
Velasquez said he didn't see many people fall asleep studying at the center, although he knew how easy it would be to lie down for a five-minute break and sleep until morning.
ork and Chuck Hallenbeck, professor of psychology, teaches a course on sleep and dreams. He said the environment of the computer center might help the midnight studiers stay up.
"When people are doing intellectual work, they want the environment to be as dull as possible," he said.
salt.
allenbeck said a lack of distractions allowed people to devote more energy to their studies. The center's atmosphere also may help the student get into a groove and study longer before getting tired, he said.
Ron Phelps, Leavenworth senior, takes a break while Lyndall Yarnell, Topeka senior, continues working on their computer science project. The two recently worked on the project in an all-night study session at the Computer Center.
The typical person requires seven to eight hours of sleep each day, he
said. But the amount of sleep an individual needs may vary from as little as four hours to 10 hours a night.
Velasquez said he thought the students of the night shift had regular schedules like their daytime counterparts, only the hours were switched.
"I think most people that come here have a really rigid schedule," he said. "For example, if you come down the hallway you see all of the same people."
As long as a person gets the amount of sleep he needs and maintains a set schedule of sleeping, he can function at peak ability.
Velasquez said many of the people of the midnight shift at the center were foreign students majoring in high technological fields that required use of the University's computers.
computer. The foreign students, because of the culture, also require more from themselves, Velasquez said. Foreign students seem to study harder because usually only the best students study abroad.
Shannon said he became familiar with many of the students because they were there so often.
He said he knew what it was like to study all night and have classes the next day. He takes one or two classes each week and awards a prize in computer science.
"I see a lot of the faces there on a regular basis, barring those times when there are projects due, when you have different people here," Shannon said.
degree in computer science.
Although it takes some dedication to study all night, he said, it doesn't prove that the midnight studiers are
any more dedicated to their studies that their daytime counterparts. They may just have more things to do and need the extra time.
and need the extra time.
As 5 a.m. rolls, most of the studiers who have stuck it out through the night start to head home
for a few precious hours of sleep. The piles of books disappear, leaving only a few scratched-out notes and crumpled candy wrappers in their wake.
See COMPUTER, p. 5, col. 4