Kansan Summer Weekly
Wednesday, June 17, 1987
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Local Briefs
Social activist to lecture at KU on 'new poverty'
Michael Harrington, social activist and author of 14 books of social criticism, is scheduled to speak on "The New American Poverty" at 1 p.m. Friday at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Harrington, a professor of political science at Queens College in Flushing, New York State, was a consultant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has been an adviser to several U.S. trade unions.
He is co-chairman of the Democratic Socialists of America and a regular political commentator on National Public Radio.
Harrington's KU visit is sponsored by the College Honors Program, the School of Social Welfare, the sociology department and the Kansas University National Education Association.
Veterans' families meet alumna artist
Performance artist and KU alumna Barbara O'Brien will be in Lawrence Thursday, June 25, to do research for two performances to be given in Lawrence this fall.
O'Brien will be at the reception room of the Spencer Museum of Art from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., Thursday, to talk with families of deceased veterans buried in the Veterans Circle in Bonner Springs Cemetery, where her father also is buried.
Her performances, which will be presented at the art museum in October, combine body motions and photographic images and are
Campus and Area
Any families interested in meeting with O'Brien should call the museum at 864-4710 to schedule appointments.
Women and success topics of workshop
Women and success will be the joint subjects next week of a workshop moderated by Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
The workshop will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., June 23, in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
Elizabeth Blanchard, graduate assistant of the center, said the workshop would stress economic achievement.
Students in classics honored at reception
Five KU students received awards at a department of classics honors recognition reception May 3 in the Kansas Union.
Jenat Anderson-S story, Baldwin jian, received the Austin Lash brook Memorial Award, which is outstanding on an outstanding classics major.
Eleanor M. Hardin, Lawrence senior, won the Mildred Lord Greef Award. The award is presented to a junior, senior or graduate student for the best classics paper.
Marc Richard Alterman, Nortonville senior, won the undergraduate Sterling Walker Prize for "Greek studies and Mark Ira Milne, Kansas City Mo., graduate study." Walter Walker, Sterling-Walker Prize in Greek.
Joseph Andrew Johnston III, Columbia, Mo., sophomore, received the Hannah Oliver Latin Prize. This award recognizes an undergraduate major in classics.
New KU phones spark+ and—responses
Benefits seen down the road
By KEITH ROBISON
Staff writer
The new KU phone system will be an exercise in patience.
According to Dewey Allaire, KU director of telecommunications, the phones eventually will save the University money.
"Unfortunately for us, initially we won't save money," he said. "It will be two years before we'll have savings, but, over eight years, the University is expected to save $3 million."
Although the phones were installed in the spring, the state decided to install a new phone system four years ago, Allaure said. It took the state that long to plan a phone system for the largest Regents schools and for the Topeka government buildings.
The waiting isn't over. Some KU staff members will need more time to learn the new telephone technology, and the system will not be completed until January 1988.
"Basically it works well, but there are so many features on it, it's confusing," said Jean Wetzel. Lawrence graduate student and a part-time secretary in the department of art history.
Johnell Fendley, secretary for the department of facilities operations, said it took some time for her to get used to the new phones.
“They're all right; nothing spectacular. They're not what they were beat up to be. The lightning took out three of them yesterday,” she said.
Alaire said the main reason for the new phone system was rising costs.
"Costs are going to be a little higher this year than last, and this has forced a little budget squeeze in some departments.
"Cost containment is what we want," he said.
"Without our own phone system, we would be at the mercy of regulatory commissions and FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and KCK (Kansas Corporation Commission), or at the mercy of an unregulated company that would change prices at its own discretion.
"The second largest consideration was the use of this system for the transmission of data and, in the future, video. We'll have capability for use for high-speed data or most grades of video; all grades of video except full broadcast grade." Allaire said.
"That could have some large ramifications in the teaching area and certainly some large ramifications in the information area," he said.
The third major consideration was to link four of the largest Regents schools and the Topeka government buildings in one state-operated network, he said.
Besides the Lawrence KU campus and the Topeka buildings, the network will include the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas University, Wichita State University and Fort Hays State University.
"Most of the lines are in the dorss. The dorms contain almost 2,600 lines," Allaire said.
There are about 5,000 telephone lines at the Lawrence KU campus and about 6,400 telephones.
This fall, KU students living in residence halls will have to furnish their own telephones, Allaire said. Residents in the eight scholarship halls have had to provide their own phones since fall 1986.
Students may purchase one of the University's used telephones for $15 when they check in for the fall.
New telephone system allows computer hookup
By KEITH ROBISON
Staff writer
University housing residents will eventually be able to connect their computers to the KU's mainframe through the new telephone system being installed on campus, a housing official said.
Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, said, "The new phone lines are essentially computer-ready. You can access the University mainframe."
The old telephone jacks in the rooms have been replaced with bigger ones. The new jacks will allow both computers and telephones to use telephone lines simultaneously. The old jacks only allowed for one or the other.
"This is something most people can't do in their homes. Before, the kids could use the phone or the computer. Now they can use the phone and the computer simultaneously with an adapterack. Stoner said."
The adapter jacket fits into the wall jack. It splits into two outlets of different sizes.
the phone can be plugged in at the same time.
It will be some time before the system is ready.
Jerry Niebaum, director of computing services, said, "There are a number of dominoes that have to fall before we can start announcing and advertising this service."
He said that he hoped to have more of the essential equipment by late July or early August.
Stoner said the computer hookups would be optional in residence hall rooms.
Niebium said that residents would have to pay a fee of about $60 for the computer access and a $10 monthly service charge.
Stoner said the potential for video transmission also existed with the new phone system. He said it possibly could be used for posting announcements and coming campus events.
Police chief Stanwix retires after 34 years
"It's low-grade video, like the information screen on cable Channel 6. I don't believe we're talking movies or TV images or anything like that." Stoner said.
Staff writer
By KRISTEN HAYS
Richard Stanwix, Lawrence police chief, will officially retire June 20 after 34 years of service.
In 34 years with the Lawrence police, Richard Stanwix fired his gun at someone one time, in self-defense.
"I can remember it as plain as day," he said. "I held my gun, and he said. Stand still and don't move, or kill you. It was him or me, and I saw him, enough to get out of that situation. I wounded him, but didn't kill him."
Stanwix's chances of having to go through something like that again, at least as a public servant, will soon be gone.
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Stanwix, 56. Lawrence police chief since 1970, said he would retire from the force June 20.
But, he said he would never lose his interest in police work
"It's a profession a lot of people really don't care for or care about," the Lawrence native said. "It has some good times, some trying times, but I hate to leave. I work with good people. We have a good relationship with the sheriff's department, and I miss police work."
Stanwick said he's known he wanted to work in law enforcement since he toured the police department on career day at Lawrence High School.
Stanwix was further encouraged to become a police officer when he served for three years with the U.S. Army in the Korean War. When he arrived home, he was hired as a patrolman in Lawrence and began climbing up the department ranks.
Stanwix said that as a detective, he endured a particularly difficult time.
"I was here during all the unrest during the late '60s and early '70s," he said.
Lawrence police were forced to seek the National Guard's help in patrolling the city during a time when students rioted and the Kansas Union was burned.
In 1970, after only four years on the force, Stanwix was promoted from captain to chief of police.
"Going up through the ranks has been difficult during these times, from the fifties to 1987." Stanwix said. "With society changing, people are different, so the police department must change with society."
Sgt Don Dalquest, Lawrence police, said he had worked with Stanxin since 1965, the year Dalquest joined the force.
"We've had a good relationship. We've had our differences, but we've always been able to work them out. He's a good chief, and I'm going to miss him," he said.
Stanwix said he prided himself on being fair.
"I've been a believer in equality and fairness," he said. "Especially as chief, I always listen to stories and problems.
"Policemen are only as good as their informants. It would be hard to be a policeman without friends. We've got to be honest. If I give a person a minor traffic offense, that person might come back with information."
Stanwix will officially retire June 20, but he will rejoin the department July 2 and stay until City Manager Buford Watson can hire a replacement, Stanwix said.
"After staying for 34 years, I have the best plan pension I know of.
"With a maximum of 35 years, I can get 70 percent of my salary. Under the current (retirement) plan, policemen and firemen get 13 checks a year, one a month and an extra."
"As of July 1, though, I only get 12 a year, so this was the main thing behind my decision to retire in June."
Ladonna Laing, Stanwix's secretary for 10 years, said. "I've really enjoyed working for him, and I'll miss him." Laing said she hoped Watson would take until January to replace Stanwix.
Jim Denney, director of KU police on the Lawrence campus, said, "Over the years, I have become aware of the frequent rivalry
between law enforcement agencies. In Douglas County, this doesn't and hasn't existed, due largely to Dick Stanwix and his attitude about law enforcement. He set the tone for cooperative law enforcement in this county.
"The relationship between the campus police force and the Lawrence police force has been outstanding, again largely due to Dick Stanwix."
Stanwix said. "I like the city, I like the University, too. I go to the basketball games and enjoy myself."
Commission talks about sidewalks
He said he would always have a policeman's mentality. "I'm not a carpenter, I'm not a plumber, and police work stays with me."
Staff writer
By KRISTEN HAYS
most of last night's Lawrence City Commission meeting was spent on "sidewalk talk."
Tim Miller, chairman of the Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission, asked the commission to commit $50,000 for sidewalks for bicyclists and pedestrians. Mayor Mike Amyx, however, was reluctant to allot a definite amount of money.
Miller did not state any specific location for the placement of the sidewalk.
Commissioner Dennis Constance said, "In comparison to what we spend on various projects around the city, $50,000 is a modest sum."
Amyx wanted to defer a decision until July 14, after he could see the city's proposed budget, so the commission agreed to have the city staff draft a resolution that would leave the dollar amount blank.
Miller said the proposed sidewalks would be high yield investments, not just expenditures, because the more sidewalks are built, the more they are used.
Carol Bowen, 411 Nebraska St., said, "We've forgotten what a pedestrian needs, and we have a lot of catching up to do." She suggested a public campaign to support the construction of more sidewalks.
The commissioners agreed that the resolution would say they would put 'X' amount of dollars in the fund, and that Amyx would insert the amount when the resolution was drafted.
In other business, the commission approved a change in zoning for a lot at 508 Locust St., from an intensive industrial zone to a general commercial zone, so that the Los Amigos Saloon, located on that lot, could change from a tavern to a private club.
The commissioners also said goodbye to City Clerk Vera Mercer, who will retire June 19 after 21 years of service.
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