Thursday, Feb. 13, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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News Briefs
Student foils theft, suffers cuts, bruises
An apparent prank went awry early yesterday morning when the attempted theft of a statue resulted in a KU student being pulled into the would-be thieves' car and thrown out a block away, Lawrence police said.
At about 1: 10 a.m., several people tried to steal a lion statue at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, 1301 W Campus Road, police said. The student, a resident of the house, confronted the pranksters. The suspects then dropped the statue and tried to flee in their car, police said.
The student reached into the car and tried to grab one of the suspects. He was pulled into the car, which then drove south on West Campus Road, police said. The suspects, whom the student could not identify, threw him out of the car in front of the Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, police said. The student suffered minor cuts and bruises. Dolly Lee is a nurse.
Fire report is false
The Lawrence Fire Department yesterday responded to a report of a natural-gas leak on campus, but discovered it was just a lab experiment.
Two fire engines and a ladder company responded to the 11:15 a.m. call. Firefighters found that a student experiment in a fifth-floor laboratory in Malot Hall had produced hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. The odor was mistaken for natural gas, said Maj. Dan Marrow of the fire department.
$ ^{21} $ Firefighters searched for a gas leak before finding the source of the odor. Marrow said.
Lt. Jeanne Longaker, KU police, said the odor was reported at Stauffer-Flint Hall and at the facilities operations building.
Students go to D.C.
David Epstein, student body president, and Amy Brown, vice president, will travel to Washington, D.C., during spring break to lobby against educational budget cuts.
Epstein said Tuesday that he and Brown would meet with Bob Dole, Senate majority leader, and Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, E-Kansas, across three days to discuss why student representatives were against all educational cuts.
All seven Regents schools in Kansas will be represented at the conference.
Epstein and Brown will be accompanied on the trip by Chris Graves and John Allen, Associated Students of Kansas lobbyists. The University of Kansas Alumni Association will finance the trip.
The Regents schools are the six state schools and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
KU receives fossils
The University of Kansas Museum of Invertebrate Paleontology recently received a microfossil collection from a retired Houston scientist.
Frank Van Morkhoven, a research geologist with Shell Oil Co. for 30 years, donated his complete library of fossils and slides to the museum.
The museum is for research and is open to KU faculty and students and others who study invertebrate osteontology.
temperature of 15 to 20. Tomorrow should be partly cloudy with a high temperature in the lower 30s.
From staff and wire reports.
Fuel transfer from reactor was success
Though there was no immediate danger to the public when fuel was transferred from the KU nuclear reactor two weeks ago, KU officials demanded tight security.
By Grant W. Butler
Staff writer
Federal regulations required secrecy about the process for 10 days.
"This material is radioactive, and it's not something you'd want some crazy to get a hold of," said Harold Rosson, director of the reactor's dismantling process. "So for public security we sealed off the area."
Sixteen units of used uranium-235 were transferred from the reactor in two separate shipments on Jan. 28 and Feb. 2. The units were removed from the reactor by a crane and transported in fire-shelled shipping casks by flattened truck to a reprocessing plant in Savannah River, S.C.
During the fuel transfers, KU police surrounded the building and would not allow anyone to enter the building.
Other than an electrical malfunction in a crane that slowed down the transfer on Jan. 28, the operations were completed without problems, said Rosson, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering. The crane breakdown occurred during a practice transfer and not with an actual fuel unit.
There was no significant danger to the public at any point in either of the fuel transfers, he said.
"I've never seen anything go so smooth in my life," he said.
Bob Bearse, associate vice chancellor for reasearch, graduate studies and public service, agreed that the fuel transfer was successful.
"It went superbly," Bearse said. "Everybody did a fantastic job. Actually, it went better than planned."
"The only thing we regret is that we couldn't talk freely about the transfer because it was of community interest. But federal regulations prohibit the disclosure of information for ten days."
Bearse agreed that there was little danger to the public in the transfer.
"There was about as much danger as being struck by a meteor during the process," he said. "There's always some danger, but it was about that small."
Rosson said the shipping casks used in the transfer were strong and capable of handling nuclear materials.
"This thing is like a tank," he said. "It's been dropped from 30 feet onto a concrete test pad with absolutely no damage, so it's a real moose."
The shipping casks, however, only have a capacity of ten units. Rosson said, so two separate but identical operations were needed in the transfer.
Two units of unused uranium were removed from the reactor in early January, Rosson said. These units were not dangerous, so no security was necessary.
"They were shipped out by Yellow Freight," he said. "Federal regulations allow us to do that."
The unused fuel was shipped to Oak Ridge, Tenn., in two 55-gallon drums welded at the ends.
"I've called to initiate some action to have our license changed from an operating license to a possession license," he said. "This will allow us to possess the facility, but not operate it.
The next step in the decommissioning process for the reactor center is a change in the center's license.
"Obviously, since we don't have any fuel we can't operate it. It's kind of silly terminology. I think," he said.
Some minor radiation in the reactor still remains in the concrete shield and in the aluminum structure that held the fuel units. This radiation might be removed, Rosson said, or entombed by filling the reactor with concrete.
Mary Burger/KANSAN
It's a Jungle
Musa Olsen, Wilton, Conn., sophomore, rehearses for Rock Chalk Revue. Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Kappa Sigma fraternity practiced their act, "Bungle in the Jungle," last night in Hoch Auditorium. Rock Chalk Revue will be Feb. 27, 28 and March 1.
Big firms lure law students with profitable internships
Hv Sandra Crider
Staff writer
Dan Cunningham laughed and rolled his eyes as he described his summer internship at a top Washington, D.C., law firm.
It has been said that there is no such thing as a free lunch, but some of the top students at the KU School of Law may have found an exception.
"It's basically like going through rush," he said yesterday.
The firm took interns, or clerks, to Orioles baseball games, Boston Pops concerts, the National Theatre, lunch with Ted Kennedy, Shenandoah National Park and Chesapeake Bay for an outing on a large schooner.
In addition to the enticing benefits, he said, law firms have clerks participate in what Cunningham called an obscene, embarrassing practice.
Most clerks in Washington get $650 to $1,000 a week for their summer job, Cunningham said.
"There's no way we can be worth that," he said. "Those salaries are given to get the best law students in the country.
"I'm embarrassed to say how well we get paid."
In fact, he was too ashamed to say exactly how obscene it was when he interned at Arent, Fox, Kintney, Plokin, & Kahn. The embarrassment doesn't quit when the law student graduates. A first-year employee in a large Washington law firm makes $42,000-$46,000 a year.
The big dollars may be enticing more and more people to law school. According to James Lichtenberg, director of the University Counseling Center, 65 students will take the Law School Admission Test this Saturday.
A high score will help get them into law school and give them a chance to get a high-paying internship.
Cunningham agrees, but not wholeheartedly.
But if they are paid so well, there must be hard work and high pressure involved.
He admitted employers had high expectations, but said, "Too many people have the impression that life and work in a large law firm, particularly in Washington, is cold and impersonal.
That's why Cunningham plans to go back to Washington after graduation. Large firms offer great learning opportunities, he said.
"But, both in D.C. and when I worked in Kansas City, I found the firms warm, personal and filled with intelligent, kind people."
"At this point, I'm ready to give that firm my complete commitment, he said."
According to Maggie Cartar, director of the KU placement office for the law school, dedication is expected and given between employer and clerk in the large firms.
"It it is unusual for it to be understood that the firm is saying to the clerk, 'You will have a job here for as long as you live.' And for the clerk, 'I'll work for you for as long as I live,' Cartart said.
Only about the top 10 percent of KU law students are recruited for the big practices, she said, and there are
drawbacks to even the sweetest deals.
The hours are long, and total dedication is required, Carttar said. Also there is no assurance that the clerk will move up in the hierarchy.
Perhaps even the most silver of clouds have their gray linings.
Shaking his head, he added quietly,
"It doesn't matter, the project has to
be done."
Cunningham acknowledged,
"When a job needs to be done,
everything else stops."
Robin Miles, Lawrence third-year law student, also said he knew the big-time law scene had its black marks. But he was encouraged by the fairly normal hours he observed associates working at one in the largest practices in Houston.
"Some lawyers work 70 or 80 hours a week," he said, "but I'll work my 50 and quit.
Miles said he earned $650 a week plus housing and travel subsidies for Bracewell & Patterson in Houston, where clerks for large firms can get up to $800 dollars a week. He agreed with Cunningham that clerks were "horribly overpaid."
Dara Trum, Leavenworth second-year law student, also pleaded guilty to being paid more than the duties were worth. Trum worked last summer at a Kansas City law firm and will work this summer at the nation's fourth largest practice in Houston.
Trum said, however, that there was a method to the seeming madness of the firms.
She said, "To get me down there, they've got to make it sweet."
Psych chairman resigns post
By a Kansan reporter
Baumgartel, professor of psychology, informed the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences office of his decision several weeks ago. He had originally agreed to serve a three-year term.
"I'm stepping down for my general health," Baumgartel, 65, said. "I'm also still interested in teaching and research."
After two years as chairman of the psychology department, Howard Baumgarel will step down at the end of this academic year.
"I think he's done a fine job," Lineberry said. "His colleagues and I both appreciate the effort he's put into his work."
decision
Robert Lineberry, dean of the College, said he respected Bumartel's
The standard term for a chairmanship is three to five years, but Baumgartel had originally requested a two-year term because of the demands of the office.
A search committee has been formed to find a replacement, but will not meet until next week, when a committee head will be chosen.
Lineberry said the committee would decide whether a replacement would be chosen among the present faculty or through an external
search.
The search committee will then make $ \varepsilon $ recommendation of two or three candidates to the department, which will review the recommendation and send a report to Lineberry.
Lineberry will interview the candidates and discuss his findings with the vice chancellor for academic affairs and the vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service. He then will make a final decision.
"We will be looking for a person who has good scholarly attributes as a psychologist and can understand a complex department," Lineberry said. "He must be fair."
Haskell bill would drop BIA control
By Brian Kaberline
Staff writer
A bill attempting to gain autonomy for Haskell Indian Junior College is meeting resistance from Haskell students and others in the Indian community.
The disagreement is over a bill that would remove Haskell from the control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a branch of the Department of the Interior, and permit the college to seek financing directly from Congress.
The current National Haskell Board of Regents is approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The bill would establish for Haskell a new board of regents nominated by tribal leaders and appointed by the president, speaker of the house and the Senate majority leader. It was introduced into the U.S. Congress by Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kansas.
Opponents of the bill say the sponsors should have asked for more input from the Indian people. Also, some are saying the bill is too vague.
The bill was drafted after groups, including the National Haskell Board of Regents and the Haskell Foundation, informed Slattery that the school needed a change, said Renee Wessels, Slattery's press secretary. She said Slattery agreed and worked with the groups to draft the bill.
Wessels said Slattery was in the process of sending letters to tribal leaders to get more information. The bill is still in its infancy and may be changed before it is voted on in Congress.
Camilla Wishenko, Topeka graduate student and Haskell graduate, said the promoters of the bill should have talked to Haskell students and Indian leaders before taking legislative action.
Wishenko said the bill was vague, and she feared what was not in it as much as what was. She said the bill did not say that Haskell would remain a school for only American Indians. The bill also does not guarantee that the majority of the new board of regents would be Indian.
Gerald E. Gipp, Haskell president, will discuss the bill tonight in his state of the college address.
Manny King, sponsor of the school's student senate, said students were waiting to see whether the speech would clarify the proposal. If the students still think there is a need for further discussion, they will hold an open forum on the topic.
In the meantime, a group of stones is circulating a petition to stop the
City Commissioner Sandra Praeger, president of the Haskell Foundation, said that if the bill was passed, the tribes would have more control because Haskell no longer would be one of the many concerns of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Praeger said that because the bureau might get out of education and because budget restraints prevented any long-range planning by the school, something had to be done.
"Haskell cannot continue to function the way it has for the last 100 years," she said.
Charles Gebo, dean of instruction at Haskell, said he understood the disagreement over the bill. The students and staff of Haskell are concerned about the school and any changes affecting it.
Geboe said he was on a committee of students, faculty members and school staff working to draw up a fact sheet on the bill. The sheet will outline the measure so that people can make an informed decision.
The school administration has been willing to discuss the bill, he said, and is glad to see concern about the school.
Venida Chenault, president of the Inter-tribal Alliance, a group of KU American Indian students, said the bill was important.
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