Monday, Jan. 21, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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Computers popular as prices shrink Dealers want byte in student market
By Leslie Hirschbach
Staff write:
A home computer system may not be affordable to most students now, but as computers grow in popularity and shrink in price, local computer dealers say most students will have home computers in the not-so-distant future.
Within the next five years, computers will probably be used extensively by KU faculty and students, said John Robinson, sales representative at Computerland, 1420 W. 23rd St.
Faculty members now use computers more than students for word processing, but in the future, the numbers should balance out, Robinson said.
Chester Sullivan, associate professor of English, doesn't own a personal computer, but said he didn't object to students doing out-of-class homework on them. How students did
their homework was beyond his control, he said.
"If you want to be sure they're doing their own work, make them write in class," he said.
Sullivan said he wasn't worried that reliance on the computer would keep students with poor spelling skills from improving.
John Seitz, associate director of academic computer services, said, "If anything, they'll improve their spelling skills if words are corrected in front of their eyes."
"They can't help but benefit from that quick feedback." Seitz said.
Seitz said that about 80 percent of the personal computers bought were used for word processing.
Robinson said buying a home computer wasn't impossible for college students.
With alternative means of finance such as credit cards, more students were able to buy computers, he said.
"The average computer system that students buy costs about $1,500 to $2,000." Robinson said.
Students often are reluctant to buy a computer because they are afraid they won't be able to operate it, said Ken Koehn, salesman at Computerark, 711 W. 23rd St. Koehn said anyone can learn how to use a computer with time and practice.
He said Computerark offered instruction to customers to teach them the basics about their newly-purchased computers.
Computerark also rents computers to students, and Koehn said he expected rentals to increase. He said students can rent software from various departments at the University.
"It's just renting a towel at the gym," he said.
patrons that hook up to KU's main computer. Each person with access to KU's computer has a password, an I.D. card, and an account with the computer center, and is provided access to only certain areas within the system, Seitz said.
Every residence and scholarship hall except Grace Pearson Hall and Outhart Hall has one or more com-
"For instance, students would not have access to the mass administrative computer that contains information about grades, personnel and the budget," Seitz said. Only faculty and administrators have access, he said.
Liz Walz, president of Associated University Residence Halls, said the computers in the halls were frequently used.
Rafael Ospina, Uetikon, Switzerland, senior, said he owned a home computer and recommended that all students take a course at the computer center before their computers become desk decorations, collecting cob-webs.
Man gets probation in benefit fraud case
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A suburban Kansas City man has been placed on probation for five years after pleading guilty in November to illegally accepting his slain son's Social Security benefits for more than four years.
The man, Edward Lee Hobson Jr., 43, of Roeland Park, also was ordered by a federal judge Friday to repay the government more than $8,200.
Hobson was charged in October with accepting the benefits between September 1980 and August 1984, government officials said.
The government had been making the payments to his son, Christen Hobson, 13, since 1976, following the death of his natural mother.
The boy was slain in April 1980. Sueanne Hobson, his stepmother, and James Crumm, her son, were convicted the following year of first-degree murder and are serving life sentences.
Testimony in the Johnson County District Court trial indicated Mrs. Hobson plotted the youth's death because she thought he was disrupting her marriage to Edward Hobson. The couple was divorced about four months after the body was discovered, but they later reconciled and remarried.
Victims file suit against Goddard boy
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WICHITA - Two people who were shot and wounded by a troubled teenager at Goddard Junior High School nearly a year ago have filed suit against the boy, his parents and the school district.
The suit was filed Friday in Sedgwick County District Court on behalf of student Daniel Williams and teacher Don Harris. They seek damages in excess of $60,000.
James Alan Kearley, now 15, on Jan. 21, 1985, walked through the school firing weapons taken from his house. He killed Principal James McGee and wounded Harris, Williams and teacher Dawn Swingeners.
Named as defendants in the suit are Kearbey, his parents, Wayne and Mary Kearbey, who now live in nearby Wichita, and the Goddard School District.
He currently is incarcerated at the Topeka Youth Center and undergoing psychiatric treatment. He was found guilty of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery. Kearbey legally can be held at the youth center until he turns 21 but can be released earlier
Kearby, who liked to play war games, was armed with an M-1A semi-automatic rifle and a .357 Magnum — weapons his ex-Marine father kept accessible at home.
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The lawsuit said the parents should have known of their son's penchant for violence and failed to exercise due and proper care by making firearms available to the youth. The suit also alleged the school district should have known Kearbey could be violent and claimed the district was negligent because it failed to do anything to prevent the shootings.
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