Friday, Feb. 14, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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Student enrollment up 380, official says
About 380 more students are enrolled on the Lawrence campus at the University of Kansas now than were enrolled one year ago, David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said yesterday.
The full-time equivalency enrollment at the University also increased by about 380 on the Lawrence campus from last spring.
The FTE is calculated by dividing the total number of credit hours by the average full-time credit course load.
The average course load for undergraduates is 15 hours. The average for law students is 12 hours. The average for graduate students is nine hours.
Official enrollment figures will be released today by the office of University Relations, Ambler said.
Petition backs series
The Student Senate Cultural Affairs Committee met last night and unanimously approved a petition in support of a new campus lecture series.
The petition specifically called for officials of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the Kansas University Endowment Association to cooperate with the Student Senate in finding support for the lecture series.
The new series would require a private grant of about $500,000 so that enough interest could be generated for its support.
Roadblocks to be set
The Lawrence Police Department will set up roadblocks for the next three or four evenings to check for suspended driver's licenses and other violations, Sgt. Don Dahlauer said yesterday.
- Roadblocks will be set up at either 23rd and Massachusetts streets; the 700, 800 or 900 block of New Hampshire Street; or the Kansas River bridge, Dahlquest said.
He said officers would be checking for suspended licenses, drivers without their licenses, drivers operating under the influence, open containers and safety violations.
The locations were chosen because of the high probability of offenses. he said.
Dahlquest said the police department had used roadblocks in the past to check for violations.
Bartender arrested
WICHTTA — A tavern operator has become the first person charged under a new city law that prohibits bar employees from allowing customers to take part in drinking games.
Bob Wright, operator of Party Train tavern, allegedly allowed six customers to play a game Tuesday night that involved chugging beer, police said.
The city law, aimed at discouraging heavy drinking, took effect Jan. 17 and carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $600 fine.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy and cold with a high from 25 to 30 degrees and northeast winds from 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low from 15 to 20. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high in the low to mid-40s.
From staff and wire reports.
Divestment urged at meeting
All speakers at a KU Senate Human Relations Committee meeting last night said they favored Kansas University Endowment Association divestment from South Africa.
By Tim Hrenchir Staff writer
In a meeting dominated by complaints and criticism of the Endowment Association and KU administration, 13 speakers urged divestment to help fight apartheid, a form of racial segregation practiced in South Africa.
Speakers represented such interests as the Student Senate, KU Honors Students Association, Black Student Union and residents of Hashinger Hall.
The committee conducted its second and final round of hearings on South Africa last night in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
David Katzman, committee chairman, said he thought the committee would meet again in about 10 days.
Laird Okie, 1982 KU graduate, and Dwayne Fuhhue. Tonanxonie special student and student
senator, said that during the past five years, several Endowment Association trustees also had been executives for corporations that invest in South Africa. This, they said, was a conflict of interest.
Jane Ungerman, Lawrence senior and a member of KU Committee on South Africa, was one of several students who criticized administration actions. Ungerman said student protesters had been treated shabbi by the administration.
Okie said members of the KU Committee on South Africa had made this discovery through reference books such as Standard and Poor's Almanac.
She said some students had been threatened with expulsion from the University for their activism, while others had seen their scholarships and loans threatened.
Norman Forer, associate professor of social welfare, said, "The University is outstanding in its supression of student dissent."
Kirsten Myers, Shawnee junior, said that when she had walked into the office of student financial
aid with a KU Committee on South Africa button on her purse, a secretary had told her that if she wanted a loan she shouldn't bring the button in.
Myers said she didn't like what she perceived to be the attitude of KU administrators.
"If they pat our heads long enough and say they appreciate our interest, they think we'll go away," she said.
Speakers were quick to criticize Chancellor Gene A. Budig.
Heather Cusick, Salina junior, said, "Students and faculty who have demonstrated a sincere concern for the people of South Africa had been subject to acts of intimidation, violations of First Amendment rights . . . and little or no representation from Chancellor Budig."
Ungerman said the chancellor should use his office as an ex-officio member of Endowment Association to call for and mediate discussions between opponents and proponents of divestment.
Four students from Hashinger said many students in their hall had no opinion or didn't care about divestment.
Craig Sanda/KANSAN
Cartoonist describes Mad work
By Peggy Kramer Staff writer
Staff writer
For over a quarter of a century, a Lawrence native has put his pencil to paper to humor a national audience.
Paul Coker Jr., 2120 Terrace Road,
has entertained readers of Mad, Esquire and Playboy magazines with his cartoons.
Paul Coker Jr., 2120 Terrace Rd., watches as about 25 people look at his sketches from "The Mad Pet Book." Coker, a cartoonist and illustrator for Mad, Esquire, and Playboy magazines, discussed his work yesterday at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Coker shared his experiences as a cartoonist and illustrator with about 25 people yesterday at the Spencer Museum of Art. He was the guest speaker for the Brown Bag Talk, a series of monthly presentations sponsored by The Friends of the Art Museum.
Sally Hoffman, public service coordinator at the museum, said the Brown Bag Talks were informal and usually were held every second Thursday.
"I liked controlling the project from start to finish." Coker said. "I
Coker displayed about 50 sketches from his book, "The Mad Pet Book," and explained the stages a sketch traveled through before it was considered finished.
"The Mad Pet Book" was copyrighted in 1983. It features 192 pages of some of Coker's favorite Mad cartoons. Everything from choosing a pet to housing it and determining its diet is illustrated in the book.
The book was dedicated to Coker's Dalmatian dog, Pup, which died in 1980. A lot of the ideas for the pet sketches in the book originated from Pun. Coker said.
laid out the pages, wrote the script and illustrated the pictures."
Coker worked for publications in New York for 12 years before he moved back to Lawrence 13 years ago.
He began sketching in junior high school and was encouraged to continue.
Coker is a graduate of Lawrence High School. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1951 with a bachelor of arts degree in art and design.
"I majored in drawing and painting, but when I got a job as a cartoonist everything fell into place from there," he said. "Drawing and painting provided an excellent background and discipline for what I'm doing now."
"Animals have some of the same expressions as humans, and it is interesting to portray those similarities." he said.
Some people associate Mad magazine with Alfred E. Neuman, the little Mad character with the oversized head. But Coker said that Alfred E. Neuman was not a product of his work with Mad and that no one really knew where the character originated.
Writers make part of Coker's work easier. The writers submit the cartoon script, on which he bases his ideas and drawings.
In addition to being a cartoonist for Mad magazine, Coker also has illustrated greeting cards for
Hallmark Cards for almost 30 years. He said he still free-lanced for Hallmark.
The Lawrence High School Chesty Lion mascot is an example of Coker's early work. The lion began as a promotional decal and was introduced to the Lawrence community in 1946. Coker said he didn't take credit for the idea, just the drawing.
Coker said he considered two highlights of his career to be "The Mad Pet Book" and the annual trips Mad magazine sponsors for its regular contributors.
Cold spell ails work in Fraser
By Monique O'Donnell
Staff writer
Faculty, staff and students in Fraser Hall are shuddering by the sudden chill that has crept up on them without warning.
Joane Nagel, associate professor of anthropology, said yesterday that she was unable to work in her office because it was too cold.
"It's always a mystery to facility operations when you complain to them about how cold it is in here," Nagel said.
Sharon Cox, administrative assistant for the department of sociology, said the staff had been informed by facility operations before semester break that a contracting agency was updating the heating and air conditioning system to make it more energy efficient.
Cox, who was wearing a wool hat,
several sweaters and a shawl, said
the heaters were shut off at intervals
in the last two weeks. The problem,
she said, was that no one was ever
given an advanced warning.
"I don't understand why they can't tell us ahead of time when they'll shut the heaters off," Cox said. "All they ever tell us is that the contractors will be finished in March."
Cox said she had complained to facilities operations. The main issue, she said, is that the work is scheduled on weekdays when it's cold out instead of on warmer days or on weekends when it wouldn't bother anybody.
Joseph Waters, assistant director of facilities planning, said he was not aware of any complaints. The contracting agency should be completed within a week, he said.
Waters said all departments in Fraser where notified about the scheduled work dates when the contracting agency received the commission.
Joni Randel, secretary for the anthropology department, said her office had been cold all week.
"We knew they were installing a new system, but we didn't know they would turn off the heat," Randel said. "Nobody ever seems to know what's going on."
Raises help revitalize police
Mark Griffin, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said that students might not be subjected to the chill as long as office workers and faculty but that they have resorted to wearing their coats in classes.
Cox said she was sure students were freezing in their classrooms too. But she said she thought it was worse for people who had to sit in their offices all day.
Staff writer
By Brian Whepley
Morale and the quality of service have improved at the KU police department with the reclassification of officers and the consolidation of the department into one building, the director said yesterday.
Before February 1984, KU police officers were classified under the civil service system at the same level as security guards or state hospital orderlies, James Denney, director of the police department, said. Reclassification increased the officers' pay about 50 percent and practically eliminated turnover.
In 1883, the department lost 13 officers out of a force of about 30 because of low pay, Denney said. The department has lost only two officers in the last two years.
The department served as a training ground for other police departments for too long, he said. Now, the pay is good enough that officers want to stay.
At one time officers were paid so poorly that some had to resort to food stamps to feed their families.
"We couldn't hire anyone for the dollars we were paying," Denney said.
Morale has further improved since the consolidation of the department on the third-floor north of Carruth'O'Leary Hall in July, Denney said. When the department occupied four different locations on campus, communication suffered and factions of "us and them" existed, he said.
"I hadn't seen certain patrolmen for a month," he said. "Now some of them even recognize me."
The move and reclassification completed the transformation of a department that students and faculty
A $58,000 renovation is underway at the offices. A lobby is being created, and the center of the north wing is being isolated as a security area, said Srt. John Brothers.
Renovations had not yet been completed when the department moved into Carruth-O'Leary, Denney said.
"It was so important to get everyone together that we decided to move."
once looked down upon, Denney said. A bad image problem existed because many people did not consider the department a full-fledged police department — and often times it wasn't. Denney said.
The high turnover rate resulted in many inexperienced officers who often made mistakes, he said. Too much time was spent correcting mistakes.
Because of the changes, officers are now willing to think of the department as a career. Denney said.
For example, the renovation has not cost taxpayers any additional money because the department cut its existing budget in other areas.
In 1983, the most experienced patrol officers had been on the street for $2 \frac{1}{2}$ years, Denney said. Now the highest level of experience is six years.
"It's no longer a part-time or retired persons' job," he said.
The KU administration supported the department's transition, Denney said. Many of the changes have been paid from the existing budget.
Morning blaze leaves family without home
Staff writer
Alan and Rosemary Beers and their children, Chad and Kevin, weren't home when the fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. at the house, which is owned by Raymond and Betty Baumgart of Osakalao.
A fire destroyed a two-story wooden house at 1217 Kentucky St. yesterday morning, leaving the tenants of a first-floor apartment homeless.
By Brian Whepley
Maj. Paul Findley of the Lawrence Fire Department said the damage was estimated at $50,000. The cause of the fire was thought to be an improperly installed ventilation pipe for a gas heater.
Firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 9 a.m. and found the first floor in flames. Firefighters stayed on the scene for three hours as the flames continued to work their way into the walls and attic of the house.
Steve Tomac, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore and resident of a neighboring house, said he smelled smoke and called the fire department.
By the time firefighters appeared, Tomac said, the flames on the first floor were intense. Tomac said he was worried the flames might spread to his house, which is about 15 feet away.
The Beers usually leave their house before 8 a.m., Tomac said.
Police blocked off the street and redirected traffic east and west on 12th Street. As students walked between classes at St. John's School, they watched the firefighters battle the blaze across the street.
Firefighters used axes to chop at the house's eaves, roof and interior and exterior walls so that water could be sprayed on the flames.
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