University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 29, 1987
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Local Briefs
The Interfraternity Council last week adopted a resolution banning the serving of alcohol at all formal rush events.
Council vote will nix alcohol at rush events
The resolution was introduced as a bylaw to the council's constitution, said Tom Sheehan, vice president for membership. It was adopted unanimously at a general assembly meeting April 22.
Under the new law, fraternities that serve alcohol at formal rush parties would be subject to a fine of $500 or 10 percent of their rush budget, whichever is less. They also might have their voting privileges suspended and be banned from participating in any formal rush event.
Sheehan said the rule would take effect Aug.1.
Rock Chalk Revue donates $12,000
The 1986 Rock Chalk Revue raised a record $12,000 for the United Way of Douglas County. Todd Schulman, executive director of the Rock Chalk Revue, presented the donation April 15 at the quarterly meeting of the United Wav's board of directors.
Rock Chalk Revue is an annual student variety show that has been performed at KU since 1950. It is sponsored by the Board of Class Officers and the Rock Chalk Revue advisory board. Half of the money raised goes to the United Way.
Officials to speak on crime reporting
Douglas County District Attorney Jim Flory, Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain and Maj. Ron Olin, assistant chief of Lawrence police, will participate today in a question and answer forum on the press' coverage of crime.
The forum, sponsored by the KU chapter of Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi, is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. in 100 Stauffer-Flint Hall. It is open to the public.
Campus and Area
Meeting to be held for Fulbright grants
A meeting for graduate students who want to apply for a Fulbright grant will be at 3:30 p.m. today in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union. Study abroad is sponsoring the meeting. Advice will be given about how to write the grant proposals, which are due September 25.
The Fulbright grants are awarded by countries around the world and are allotted for overseas research and study in a particular field that interests the applicant.
From staff and wire reports
KU issues letter of endorsement for trafficway
By TODD COHEN
Without fanfare or notice, the University of Kansas last week officially endorsed a controversial proposed south Lawrence traffic law.
Staff writer
The endorsement came in the form of a letter written by Frances Horowitz, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service. It was read by a University official at a public hearing April 20.
public hearing April 19. "The letter was drafted by Vice Chancellor Horwitz to reflect the University's position," said the official, Robert Zerwekh, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service.
"Her statement pretty well speaks for itself."
Chancellor Gene A. Budig approved the letter. Zerwek said. Horowitz on a trip this
week and was unavailable for comment.
The April 20 hearing was called to solicit public comment on an environmental impact statement for the 14.3 mile trafficway, which is being led by Douglas County and the Lawrence
Zerwekh said yesterday that the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce had asked KU to make a statement at the hearing. But the chamber did not ask KU to take a specific position, he said.
zerekh said that he didn't know if KU had taken positions on other public projects but that the endorsement was appropriate.
"The University, after all, is part of the community and serves the community. It's appropriate in that context," he said.
to alleviate traffic congestion on streets such as 23rd and Iowa streets and to prepare for growth in Lawrence. Horowitz also said the trafficway would improve traffic safety.
in the two-page letter on official KU stationery. Horowitz concentrated on the city's need
"The University is an integral part of this community. As the fortunes of the University impact on the community, so, too, do the universities in the University impact the University." Horowitz wrote.
"Should the trafficway fail to be realized, I believe that all of us who care about the safe and orderly growth of this community will be regretful.
"The traffic problems on 23rd Street, on Iowa and elsewhere will continue to grow. They will not go away. The proposed trafficway is an attempt to help solve some of those problems."
In formulating KU's position, Zerwekk said Horowitz didn't contact trafficway supporters
or environmentalists opposed to the trafficway. Opponents have charged that the trafficway would harm the Baker Wetlands and two rare plant species that in the roadway's path.
Horowitz touched briefly on environmental concerns, writing, "It is important to give due consideration and have concern for the preservation of the environment, and that in construction of the trafficway, care must be taken to preserve those natural environment aspects which are important to our future.
"Assuming that the natural environment protection issues are taken into account, I urge you to proceed with the trafficway plans."
Chris McKenzie, county administrator, said the county had not sought KU's endorsement. He also said he had not been contacted by any KU official about the trafficway.
Students, faculty in Wescoe hot over out-of-order air conditioner
Staff writer
Outside, the sun warmed the afternoon to a sultry 85 degrees.
But inside Wescoe Hall yesterday, where the air conditioning system has been broken since Friday, the temperature felt as if if were in the high 90s, students who attended classes there said.
"It felt like a sauna," said Kristy Regier, Newton junior. "Everybody that came into class said, 'Can't we go outside?' The teacher only agreed to let us out a few minutes earlier. But it seemed like forever in there."
Leslie Lanning, Independence sophomore, said her French 120 instructor decided it was far wiser to take her class outdoors and tolerate noise and distractions than to stay indoors and sweat it out.
"It was a lot nicer outside." Lanning said. "You can't open the windows at Wescoe, so it was sweltering in there."
tor of facilities operations for physical plant maintenance.
Wescoe's air conditioning was shut off last Friday when a water pipe that feeds a cooling system burst, said Robert Porter, associate direc-
Such breakdowns have occurred only two or three times in the last 10 years. he said.
The pipe was more than 15 years old and probably had not been repaired since it was installed, Porter said.
Facilities operations workers today will try to install a concrete patch to repair the pipe. But the patch may not hold, and if it doesn't, a 20-foot pipe will have to be ordered called in place of the damaged section.
"From the looks of it, it seems like it's been in the making for some time," he said.
That, however, might not happen until late next week. Porter said.
Some students and staff wince at that prospect
"It itches every year. As soon as the temperature hits 90 degrees, the air conditioner breaks down," said Travis Patton, a graduate teaching assistant who teaches a sociology class in Wescoe.
we don't need it."
Sue Schumock, a secretary at the Advising Support Center in 4017 Wescoe, said, "It's been 95 degrees in here since the air conditioning broke down. There's no fresh air in here, and there's no way to get fresh air in here.
"We've started bringing our own fans to the office. The University doesn't provide us with that."
Regier said, "I'm just glad I'm going to be out of here by next week."
"And it'll be fixed just at the time
Patton said that apart from the physical discomfort caused by the lack of air conditioning, students also found it hard to concentrate because the heat made them sleepy.
"The problem you run into when rooms are hot is that students fall asleep. So you see more people nodding off," he said.
Porter said his office had received complaints about the air conditioning and had been trying to fix it since Friday.
"There are always individuals who think it can be fixed faster than it's possible to fix it," he said. "But we just do our job as well as we can."
Hayden OKs taxing of illegal drugs
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Gov. Mike Hayden signed into law yesterday a bill that gets tougher on drug dealers in Kansas. The law will add significant penalties to the dealers if they don't buy state tax stamps and attach them to illegal drugs when they sell them
law is defensible in court.
The measure, which the Legislature approved unanimously, is seen by some as potentially leading to violations of the 5th Amendment protection against self incrimination, but supporters said it was written so that the violation shouldn't happen.
Hayden told reporters at a brief signing ceremony that his legal counsel, John Petersen, thinks the
The bill, which becomes law July 1,
imposes an excise tax on marijuana
and illegal drugs, requires dealers to affix state tax stamps to the drugs
when they sell them.
The tax stamps will have to be used within three months, to insure that dealers don't keep a supply of old stamps and put them on bags of marijuana or drugs when they get caught making sales.
The tax rate will be $3.50 for each gram of marijuana and $200 for each gram of a controlled substance. Penalty for violations would be double the taxes due on the drugs, plus a fine of up to $10,000 and a maximum five years in prison.
Dealers would have to be caught
with at least 28 grams of marijuana or one gram of a controlled substance to be legally classified as dope sellers. Lesser amounts could be interpreted as having the drugs only for personal use.
Hayden confirmed that the real purpose of the law is to increase the penalties that can be imposed on drug dealers, beyond what already exists for dealing in illegal drugs.
"We want to send a clear message that we want to make Kansas the worst market for drugs in the country," the governor said. "This bill sends a message that we intend to be tough in this regard.
*This taxes it (the illegal drug) in addition to the other things we do.*
Gareth Waltrip/KANSAN
Fuzzy Friend
Jim Mendenhall, Lawrence resident, holds out one of his ducklings for Caitlin Kennedy, 3, to pet, while her mother, Christy Kennedy of Lawrence, looks on. Mendenhall let his ducks swim in the Chi Omega fountain Monday, until a facilities operations worker told him the fountain water contained a defoaming agent that could harm the ducks.
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