Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
3
News Briefs
Committee chairmen chosen at meetings
The Student Senate Rights Committee and Finance Committee chairmen were elected last night at committee meetings.
Woody Browne, Shawnee senior,
and Michael Anderson, Olathe
third year law student, were
elected as co-chairmen of the
Rights Committee, and Grant Steier,
Parsons graduate student,
was elected as Finance Committee
chairman.
Quorums and attendance policies were set in both meetings. They considered no legislation.
Baby in foster home
A baby boy abandoned Jan. 19 in a Lawrence apartment building has been placed temporarily in a foster house, said a spokesman for Lawrence Social Rehabilitation Services.
Donna Flory, supervisor of protective services for Lawrence SRS, said yesterday that the foster home would provide a family setting for the infant until the formal hearing to determine whether the infant's parents, if found, would have rights to the infant. Until the hearing, SRS only has custodial rights, Flory said.
Student hits hydrant
A KU student whose car hit a firehydrant Saturday night was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, after leaving his car keys, driver's license and a blank check with a nearby resident. Lawrence police said.
A resident of the 1600 block of Cambridge Road told Lawrence police the car was turning left off Sunset Drive onto Cambridge Road when it hit the hydrant and became stuck.
The student then came to the resident's door, gave the resident his belongings and told him he was late for a party, police said.
The student then left the house. The resident then called the police. Police arrived and impounded the student's car.
Opus may get break
Bloom County may go on vacation until Berke Breathed, creator of the comic strip, recovers from a back injury, according to the Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicates the strip.
Breathed was injured when his ultralight airplane crashed last week in New Mexico. Although he was in good condition after surgery, he may be unable to draw for four to eight weeks.
The Washington Post Writers Group has provided newspapers that run the comic strip with previously published, but not widely distributed, strips to cover a two-week period.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high temperature of 45 to 50. Tonight should be clear with a low temperature of 30. Tomorrow should be partly cloudy with temperatures in the low- to mid-40s.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, information from State Rep. Bill Bunten, R-Topeka, was attributed to State Rep. Robert Miller, R-Wellington, in a story about out-of-state tuition fees. The story appeared in Friday's Kansan.
From staff and wire reports.
KU seeks fees held by state
Richard von Ende, KU's executive secretary, plans to ask the State Senate Ways and Means Committee on Thursday to release more than $800,000 in excess tuition money to the University of Kansas.
Bv Lori Poison
The Legislature won't decide whether the University will receive the extra money until the end of the session, von Ende said yesterday.
This is not the first year the University has generated extra fees, von Ende said, but it has been difficult to get that money.
"For the last half-dozen years, the Legislature hasn't released fees," he said.
Enrollment figures for last semester and first day enrollment figures from this semester show that more students are attending the University than officials had predicted, said Keith Nichter, director of business affairs.
Nitcher said the University collected $313,093 more than was expected in fiscal year 1985 as a result of increased enrollment.
Officials expect an additional $491,733 in excess revenue this semester, for a total of $804,772 more than the anticipated revenue from student fees.
Nitcher said the University could not spend the money until the Legislature approved the increase.
"The money is available; it's in the bank," Nitcher said. "But we can't spend it unless the Legislature approves."
Nitcher said the Legislature approved KU's budget during the last session. In order to increase the amount of spending, the Legislature must see a need for an increase, he said.
"We are going to make our best case," he said. "We are doing our best to justify these costs on the basis that we have more students, and more students need more libraries, more classrooms and other resources."
If the extra money is not given back to the University, von Ende said, the Legislature will hold the fees to appropriate for KU's budget next year.
Brice Waddill/KANSAN
Nador Abed, Damascus, Syria senior, right, concentrates intently as Patrick Dalton. Mission senior, makes his move. They competed last night in the semifinals of a double elimination backgammon tournament sponsored by Student Union Activities. Dalton defeated Abed on points, 7-4, to advance in the tournament, which was held in the Kansas Union lobby. The tournament's winner and runner-up will go to Springfield. Mo., to compete in regional competition.
Do or die
Residency bill feared costly
By Abbie Jones
Staff writer
A portion of a bill that would make Board of Regent schools' residency requirements consistent with those of other Kansas schools may be deleted for fear of costing the state too much money, state Rep. Sandy Duncan, R-Wichita, said yesterday.
The House Ways and Means Committee will vote today on a bill that would change the resident requirement for the Regent schools from one year to six months and would allow persons who move to Kansas for employment purposes to pay in-state tuition, said Duncan, a member of the committee.
The change from one year to six months would decrease the amount of money the University generates from out-of-state student fees, and would force the state to make up the difference, he said.
"Anytime somebody pays less, somebody else pays more," Duncan said.
The University's operating budget
is financed by the general use fund, which is made up of state appropriations and student fees.
Duncan said the Legislature had considered the option before, but had dropped it because of the cost to the state. It is possible the Legislature will delete the six-month period portion of the bill and consider it in future sessions, he said.
The primary purpose of the bill is to grant in-state residency to those transferred or recruited by employers who have accepted a job, but did not move in time to meet the six-month residency requirement, he said. The in-state tuition also would be valid for spouses and children of those recruited or transferred.
Keith Nitcher, director of business affairs, said the University should not be affected if the decision to change the residency requirement is decreased to six months.
then there are not enough fees to finance a student budget. And then the state would have to pick up the additional fees."
"The impact on the University's budget ought to be zero," Nitcher said. "If student fees are reduced,
Legislators said the change to a six-month residency requirement would make Regents schools' requirements consistent with those of community colleges in the state and Washburn University in Topeka. These schools require six months for resident status.
KU in-state residents now pay $615 a semester, while out-of-state students pay $1,517 a semester.
The Regents schools are the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
"I'd like to see it passed to be consistent with other schools," Duncan said.
Bullterrier bites man in the arm
By a Kansan reporter
A Lawrence man was bitten on the arm by a pit bulletter while getting his mail yesterday, Lawrence police said.
"It was the first time I've ever seen the dot." Woodward said.
woodward said he was treated at his doctor's office for two puncture wounds and was given a tetanus shot and an antibiotic.
He said the pit bull's owners had just moved to the neighborhood and usually kept the dog tied up, but one of their children had let the dog loose. "The lady feels real bad about it,"
Donald Woodward, 745 Lyon St., said he had crossed the street to his mailbox when he was bitten by the dog. The dog then ran away.
Lawrence police said that in dog bite incidents, the dogs were usually quantitated for 10 days either by the state health department or by a veterinarian of the owner's choice. There they are tested for diseases.
The Douglas County Commission recently has been discussing an ordinance that would regulate dangerous dogs and their owners. The commission will meet Feb. 6 with officials from Lawrence, Eudora, Baldwin and Lecompton to decide whether to institute an ordinance against dangerous dogs.
The County Commission has to get the cities' approval to enact a countywide ordinance.
One part of the proposed ordinance would make the dog owners liable for their dogs' actions.
The County Commission proposed the ordinance following a Dec. 8 attack by two pit bulls on 3-year-old Robert Cole Corbidge of Eudora.
Woodward said, "I'll tell you, if I owned a pit bull, I'd have a half-million dollars of insurance on it."
He said he wasn't an authority on dogs, but he thought pit bulls were a dangerous breed. Although the pit bull let go of him after biting, he said, it may have been different if a child had been attacked.
The ordinance might be a good idea. Woodward said.
"Maybe those people (the commissioners) have an argument there," he said.
By Tom Farmer
Staff writer
Patience pays S. African policy is working
American foreign policy in South Africa is a complex process that takes time and patience but is reaching its goals, a member of the U.S. State Department's Working Group on South Africa said last night.
"We want to make a difference," said William J. Jacobsen, counselor in the U.S. Department of State. "We don't want to see that place explode."
Jacobsen spoke to about 100 people in Alderson Auditorium of the Kani-Bay Area.
At a news conference, Jacobsen said the purpose of his speech, sponsored by the department of political science, was to communicate the strategy and objectives the United States had regarding South Africa.
"We think it is important to get out of Washington, D.C., where we know the whole truth doesn't repose," he said. "I think that over the last 18 months we have seen a tremendous increase in America's interest, generally, in the problem in South Africa."
Jacobsen said in his speech that the United States had made it clear to the South African government that
change was overdue and that it was time to see some action.
"Apartheid in South Africa is simply contrary to everything America stands for," he said. "What makes apartheid different is it's a system of institutionalized injustice.
"There may be debate in America about what tactics to accord, but there's certainly no debate about anartheid itself."
Apartheid is a policy of racial segregation practiced by the South African government.
Most Americans get impressions on South Africa from articles in newspapers, pictures of violence and newcasts showing blacks being beaten by whites, Jacobsen said. He added that this was important but not the whole picture.
"D diplomacy, really, is trying to get others to see that it's in their self-interest to do what we want them to do." Jacobsen said. "And that's certainly our position regarding the South African government."
Recent divestment of funds from South Africa has shown that Americans are concerned and that
they have selected this option as a way to show their concern, he said.
However, Jacobsen noted,
American investment in South Africa
is less than $2 billion, which is only 2
percent of all money invested in
South Africa.
"Less than 2 percent of the total investment in South Africa being American doesn't provide the kind of leverage you can use to change a government overnight," Jacobsen said. "It's important psychologically, but it's not an overwhelming economic lever.
"Rather than disinvest and turn our backs on South Africa, we should stay involved. We should stay committed. And, we should stay relevant to the future of South Africa."
Jacobsen declined to comment on further actions against the government of South Africa.
"Nobody likes to telegraph his punches," he said. "Obviously, there are options available, but we hope that will not be necessary. We hope that the government there will see the light."
Students share names of the rich and famous
Staff writer
The Hollywood phone directory isn't the only place to find famous names.
By Lynn Maree Ross Staff writer
Among the 23,000 names listed in the student directory are Walter Disney, John Davidson, James McMahon, William Perry, a Hemingway and at least four different Hitchcocks.
Walter Disney, Fairway freshman,
said yesterday that the question most
people asked was "Did your parents
mean to do that to you?"
Disney said he was named after his father, not the creator of Mickey Mouse. When Disney's father was born, Walt Disney wasn't famous yet, so people didn't make a connection between the two men.
Because he is interested in genealogy, Disney said, he plans to find out whether he and the famous cartoonist are related. Disney said he had been told that his grandfather was a cousin of Walt Disney but the information wasn't confirmed.
Disney said he thought having an unusual name helped people remember him.
Lloyd Hemingway, Wichita graduate student and English instructor, said few people commented
Although some students at KU have the same name as someone famous, most people don't realize it because the students use their middle names.
Sports enthusiasts might not know that William Perry and James McMahon are enrolled in classes at KU. Even some of their friends don't know.
McMahon, Leavenworth junior,
said he went by Kevin, his middle
name. Most of his friends didn't know
his first name was really James,
he said, and few people made the connection between him and Chicago Bears' quarterback Jim McMahon.
But that might change since the
Bears won the Superbowl, he said.
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"It's a good name for an English teacher," Hemingway said.
"Sometimes people ask if I am scared of the birds," he said, referring to director Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "The Birds."
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Marc Hitchcock, Arkansas City junior, said people made comments about his name every day.
Although the name is readily recognized, Hemingway said, some of his students still misspelled it.
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.1986 SPRING PROGRAMS
JANUARY
28 MAKING THE MOST OF ME!
Regionallist Room, Kansas Union 7-9 p.m.
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
4 GRADUATE WOMEN'S
DESSERT POTLUCK
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Bid. (upstairs), 1204 Oread, 7:30
p.m.
13 THE ABCs OF PERSONAL
= FINANCIAL PLANNING
Regionalist Room, Kansas Union
7-9 p.m.
19 WOMEN'S CAREER FAIR
Big Eight Room, Kansas Union,
7-9 p.m.
14 SUSAN B. ANTHONY BIRTHDAY PARTY
Open House, Women's Resource Center, 218 Strong Hall, 2-4 p.m.
Strong Flight, 1-3 p.m.
25 PERSONAL FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE
Women's Resource Center, 218 Strong Hall, 1-3 p.m.
Sponsored by
THE EMILY TAYLOR WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
Women's Resource Center, 218 Strong Hall, 9-11 a.m.
MARCH
4-10 WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK
20 PERSONAL RESUME & INTERVIEWING SKILLS
ASSISTANCE
Women's Resource Center, 218 Strong Hall, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
26 PERSONAL FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE
26 AUTO MECHANICS FOR BEGINNERS (1)
APRIL
2 AUTO MECHANICS FOR BEGINNERS (2)
CUP & SAVE
Location to be announced, 7-9 p.m.
(8)
Byron's Autohaus, 1906 Vermont St., 7-9 p.m. ($)
9 AUTO MECHANICS FOR BEGINNERS (3)
Byron's Autohaus, 1906 Vermont St., 7-9 p.m. (*)
17 WOMEN'S RECOGNITION PROGRAM*
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas
Union, 8 p.m., Reception following
in the Watkins Room, Kansas
Union
29 MARKETING YOURSELF
Regionalist Room, Kansas Union,
7-9 p.m.
MAY
1 WIELDING YOUR WAY IN THE WORK WORLD
Governor's Room, Kansas Unlon,
7-9 p.m.
5 MARKETING YOURSELF
5 MARKETING YOURSELF
Regionalist Room, Kansas Union, 1
3 p.m.
- This event is sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women, a student organization.
Other programs will be announced later in the semester. Watch the Daily Kansas for details. The Center also offers career information, a lending library and more. For more information call 843-3524 or visit 218 Strong Hall between B. am. and noon or 1-5 p.m.
$ These three sessions are one program. The fee is $12.