Let the sun shine in
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Details. page 2
April 30, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 144
(USPS 650-640)
Legislature approves fee release, pay increase
By CHRISTOPHER HINES
Staff writer
TOPEKA — On the first day back from their recess, the state House and Senate yesterday gave final approval to the University of Kansas' 1987 fee release, fiscal 1988 operating budget, and classified and faculty salary increases.
■ See related story p. 3.
"It wasn't a total surprise," said State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, of the state Legislature's quick approval of the measures. "But it was a little touch-and-go this morning."
Within hours of one another, the full House and Senate yesterday approved budget recommendations made by a joint appropriations conference committee two
weeks ago. The measures now go to Gov. Mike Hayden, who is expected to approve them.
Cancellor Gene A. Budig went to Topeka early yesterday and met with 53 legislators in a last-minute effort to gain support for the University's budget.
"It gave me the opportunity to make the case once again," he said. "It has been a very productive and positive day for the University of Kansas, but we are taking nothing for granted, and I will be back today and tomorrow."
House and Senate action yesterday included a 1987 fee release of $953,000. Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the money would be used to pay for summer courses that were opened Tuesday.
*From what we we're hearing at the
Legislature, they were not going to touch the committee's recommended fee release," Brinkman said. "Students paid those fees, and the money is going where it will benefit them most."
house and Senate leaders met two weeks ago for four days of intense negotiations to work out their differences on several spending bills. During this year's legislative session, the House consistently has lowered Hayden's fiscal 1988 budget, which cut state university budgets, and the Senate has given strong support to his budget recommendations.
The committee recommended, and the House and Senate approved, a faculty salary increase of 3 percent and a classified employee salary increase of 2 percent, both beginning Jan. 1. The House and Senate also restored Hayden's 38 percent
1987 budget cut, which cost KU $3.1 million.
Budig he also met with legislators to win support for KU's 1989 budget, including a new three-year financing plan proposed by the Board of Regents.
"I was there to make a good showing," he said. "This plan is very important to the future of the University."
"You always want to do what we need to do." Winter said. "However, I'm never completely satisfied with anything less than perfection."
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said that final approval yesterday of changes in the corridor system of state university financing was an important victory. The change would add $1.7 million to KU's budget starting in 1989. But Winter said he was disappointed about the small salary increases.
The Senate approved Winter's proposal to return $41,000 that was cut from the University's law school budget. The money would be part of an omnibus spending bill to be approved by the Legislature before the end of this session.
State Sen. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said approval of the committee's recommendations required a delicate coalition of Democrats and Republicans.
"I am really thrilled, and I feel 100 percent better," she said. "I am proud that we got together to support this bill."
Solbach said the universities would have received more money if Hayden had given stronger support to his original budget recommendations.
"Instead of the House moving towards the governor's position, he is moving towards the House position," Solbach said.
Speeders' quick wits can mean no tickets
By PAUL BELDEN
Staff writer
Road warriors, listen up.
You're going to want to clip this article and tape it to your dashboard for the ride home. Because you're not safe yet.
res. Congress did pass a bill to let states raise their speed limits, but as a highway patrol spokesman said, "It's not been raised here. We are still enforcing the 55 miles per hour speed limit in the state of Kansas."
If they pull you over on the flatlands somewhere, you're going to have to be fast with a good story.
So here are some of what the KU police officers consider the all-time best attempts to avoid a ticket. Memorize them if you have to. Some of them have even worked, and all of them are true.
Steve Hoyt, KU police officer,
told of the time he saw a car
speeding east on Ninth Street
about 12:30 a.m.
"I finally got the car stopped after playing siren songs. I approached the driver, asked to see her driver's license and inquired as to what the rush was.
"She burst into tears and said, 'I have head lice!' "
Some excuses are just too ignorant to work.
And she had the medicine to prove it. In sympathy, Hoyt let her off with a warning.
Scott Ferris, KU police investigator, said he once stopped a motorist who had run a stop sign.
"Everybody knows you don't have to stop after midnight," was the driver's excuse. He got a ticket.
Here is another excuse of the ignorant variety, as told to Ferris: "My friend got a ticket here last week, and I wanted to see if I could get away with it." He didn't.
Another driver once told Ferris that KU police couldn't give tickets off campus.
"I proved him wrong." Ferris said.
Always be prepared to back up your story. Don't expect a police officer to take your word for it.
See TICKETS, p. 6, col. 3
John Brothers, KU police
KU police officers like Gene Hatfield hear many excuses from drivers pulled over for traffic violations
Photo illustration by Darcy Chang/KANSAN
All-sports ticket may increase $5
By LAURA BOSTROM
Before taking effect, the KUAC budget must be approved by Cancellor Gene A. Budig and the Board of Regents.
Staff writer
The increase was approved yesterday afternoon at the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation board meeting in the Adams Alumni Center. The ticket price also was increased in 1986.
Student sports enthusiasts may be asked to pay $60 for next year's all sports ticket — $5 more than this year.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletic director, brought up the increase as part of the 1987-88 budget report.
Wachter said that the costs of operating an athletic program had increased and that ticket prices reflected that increase.
"Until football revenue comes up, the Athletic Department has a problem," said Sue Glatter, Student Senate representative to the KUAC board. "They've got to make it up somewhere."
Glatter said increased capital costs and building improvements were using substantial parts of the department's budget.
Students who purchase the all-
sports ticket may attend all home basketball and football games and the Kansas Relays.
The individual prices reflect a $5 total increase in the basketball ticket price for students and a $1-a-game, or $15, increase for tickets without the student discount. The price of football tickets will not change.
Wachter said the tickets individually were worth $25, $40 and $2, for football, basketball and the relays, respectively.
The student all-sports ticket cost $45 from when it was first used in 1981 until it was raised to $55 a year ago.
Wachter said the all-sports ticket was a bargain compared to those offered by other athletic departments.
Glatter said she was concerned about the proposed ticket price increase when she first heard about it.
"But it's something they have to do." Glatter said. "It's affecting everyone across the board."
Some students said they still would buy the ticket regardless of the $5 increase.
"That isn't anything really," said Ralph Ryan, Kansas City, Kan.
See KUAC. n. 6. col. 6
Staff writer
By JOHN BUZBEE
Fraternity to rebuild; damage was $450,000
Sunday's fire in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house caused about $450,000 damage, a representative of the fraternity said yesterday.
But the fraternity will be back, said Tom Wertz, chapter adviser.
"We're full speed ahead," he said.
"We'll be open, and it will be new."
The fraternity will repair the building, 1645 Tennessee St., this summer and hopes it will be ready for occupancy by Aug. 31. Wertz said
Insurance covered the building and all chapter property. Most members insured their own property. An electrical short caused the fire, investigators said Monday.
gators and riffle Lawrence fire chief Jim McSwain said Monday that fraternity members contributed to the blaze by fighting it themselves and waiting to call the department.
But a statement issued by the alumni board said the fraternity
members called the fire department immediately and fought the fire while they waited for the department to arrive.
Fraternal president Ken Jones, Leawood junior, said the fire wouldn't dent the house's membership or cause any problems for rush.
"If anything, I feel like our house is stronger than ever," he said. "It's really brought everybody together."
None of the building's occupants were hurt in the fire, which broke out around 1 p.m. But many of the 62 live-in members lost clothes, books, notes and everything else kept in their rooms.
Some teachers are giving the members breaks in classes, Jones said, and others are not.
"I guess that's life," he said.
"We're grateful for everything that's going right. With the help from the University and the help from our friends, I couldn't have asked for more."
Few KU applicants to be hurt by deadline, counselors say
Bv BENIAMIN HALL
New deadlines on applications for admission to the University of Kansas shouldn't cause problems for many students, high school counselors said yesterday.
Staff writer
Norm Reidel, a college counselor at New Trier High School, said the new application deadline wouldn't be a problem for students there.
KU decided this semester to begin enforcing deadlines on admission. Tomorrow is the deadline for in-state applications, and out-of-state applications had to be filed by April 1.
New Trier sent more students to KU than any other high school in the Chicago area, Bruce Lindvall, director of admissions, said yesterday.
Reidel said that many universities imposed earlier deadlines than KU. The University of Illinois, for example, has a Nov. 15 priority deadline for applications.
"Most of our kids will already have filed applications by April 1," he said.
Lois Mazuca, a counselor at Glenbrook North High School in the Chicago area, said students were accustomed to application deadlines.
"Many schools in this country have deadline dates. So Kansas was an exception in that area," she said. "The kids just took it in stride here."
Mazzuca said she encouraged students to apply to colleges from September through December.
"If the information is getting to the students in a timely manner, there shouldn't be a problem," she said.
"It's really only fair to colleges to have deadlines, for planning and to know who's coming."
But Sherry Slade, a counselor at Lawrence High School, said the change caused some problems because it occurred in the middle of the year.
'Many schools in this country have deadline dates. So Kansas was an exception in that area.'
— Lois Mazzuca
Glenbrook North
High School counselor
"I think it was confusing, to say the least," she said. "It was done at an inappropriate time, because it wasn't in all the information they sent out."
Slade said faculty members at Lawrence High School had made an extra effort to publicize the deadlines.
"We've made a big deal of it here," she said.
But students at high schools more distant from Lawrence may be less likely to know about the deadlines in time, she said.
stade said she supported the idea of KU imposing an application deadline.
"We've told our kids all along to apply early anyway," she said.
Linnavall said any student applying to KU late in the spring would have trouble finding housing and getting into orientation.
"All of these people have expected this." he said. "They're not surprised. They just ride these kids to say, 'Do these things early.' They're very supportive of what we've done.
Lindvall said the deadlines
"The bottom line is that we're trying to do this first for the students and second to give us a little lead time to do some planning."
wouldn't have a significant effect on the total number of applications received.
June 30 is the deadline for transfer students and readmitted students, Lindvall said.
"I think the toughest group to deal with will be the readmitted students," he said.
Lindvall said that non-traditional students, who hadn't been in high school recently to hear about the new deadlines, also could be affected.
"We're already up in both in-state and out-of-state admissions. And my guess is that by June 30, we will have as many or more transfer students and readmitted students than last year." he said.
"That non-traditional person could be in a bit of a bind," he said. "But that's why we have an exceptions committee set up, to deal with people who have legitimate grips."
INSIDE
No dramatic aid
Since 1970, Watkins Hospital has served mainly as a first aid center because it is not equipped to handle traumatic injuries and major surgery. See story page 3.
Anticipation
Kansas center Paul Oswald had to wait in anticipation until the 11th round of the NFL draft Tuesday night before he found out that Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him. Oswald was the only Jayhawk football player chosen in the 12-round draft. See story page 13.