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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday
April 13, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 131
(USPS 650-640)
Kansas House, Senate recess
By CHRISTOPHER HINES Staff writer
The state Legislature took a two and a half week recess Friday without finishing some of its homework, including several bills concerning money and programs for the University of Kansas.
"This year is exceptional in that so many bills are in conference and that so many issues are unresolved," said State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence. "This is becoming more so every year."
State lawmakers did, however,
approve a state lottery, liquor by the
drink and a bill prohibiting nuclear
waste disposal in Kansas, before
going into recess. Two weeks ago, the
Senate threw out by four votes the
death penalty, despite strong support
from Gov. Mike Hayden.
When lawmakers return on April 29 for a three- to four-day wrap-up session, they will have several appropriation bills to approve in order to allocate $3.9 billion for the state's budget, $140 million for the 1988 fee releases, 1988 budget increases, and faculty and classified employee salary raises.
A House-approved bill that would put the state's community colleges and Washburn University of Topeka under the supervision of the Board of Regents probably will not be decided by the Senate until next year.
"It doesn't address the needs of the vocational schools or Kansas higher education as a whole," said State Sen. Jim Allen, R-Ottawa, a member of the Senate education committee. "We will probably wait for a report from a joint education study committee this summer."
Two other bills, one that would eliminate open admission at state universities and another that would increase tuition based on the quality of each university and each course, were thrown back to House committees.
"These are two major policy changes," said State Rep. Elizabeth Baker. R-Derby. "We just can't jump into this without further study."
The House approved a bill supported by Hayden that would allow National Merit scholars a reduction in their state income tax if they decided to live and work in Kansas after graduating from college. The bill awaits Senate approval.
Another bill, approved by the House and Senate, would immediately allow employees and their families who transfer to Kansas for a job to pay in-state tuition. The bill also would allow 12 months for Kansas high school students whose parents move out of state, to enroll at a university and pay in-state tuition. Havden is expected to sign the bill.
"It makes recruiting for Kansas businesses easier," said State Rep. Rochelle Chronister, R-Needeshona, the education is one of Kansas's strong points.
A number of joint conference committees will meet this week to work out differences between House and Senate versions of the bills.
The Senate also raised faculty salary increases from the House's proposed 1.5 percent increase for half of fiscal year 1988 to 2.5 percent for the entire fiscal year.
An appropriations conference committee will meet tomorrow to discuss KU's budget and fee releases. The House approved about a $600,000 1987 fee release, but the Senate raised that to about $900,000. Both the House and the Senate agreed on a 1988 fee release of about $600,000.
Alan Haagman/KANSAN
The city hall in Mound City was built in 1868 and houses the old city jail.
Mound City retains small-town values lifelong residents say
A first-grader at Mound City Grade School practices his shot during morning recess. The small agricultural community is at the junction of Kansas Highways 31 and 7.
By LAURA BOSTROM
Staff writer
Alao Haoman/KANSAN
MOUND CITY — At 7:30 Thursday morning one car was moving down Mound City's Main Street. The sun was up, but the morning was still cool.
From Sugar Mound east of town, a visitor can see the land rumored to be the home of the Jayhawk legend, a century-old courthouse, trees used for hangings and three church spires rising above the dust.
At the junction of Kansas Highways 31 and 7 sits Mound City, the county seat of mostly agricultural Linn County.
The town has a colorful history. Its 699 residents still are living much the same as they did when the town had 635 residents more than a century ago. Nearly all of the churches are the same. The Town is the same. In in are the same. The attitude about small-town life is the same.
the school, built in 1922, originally was the town high school but now has 17 kindergarten through
Today's residents still are living in that history, distinctly different from Lawrence or Kansas City, although some elements of modern life have encroached upon the small town
Ken Otto, principal of Mound City Grade School, walked up the stairs of the school Thursday morning, singing.
sixth-grade students.
The memories of the earlier students linger in the unused lockers on the first floor, in the hardwood floors and in the school auditorium with its tiny stage, now used for fifth- and sixth-grade band practices.
Otto repeated what many other Mound City residents bragged about. "The people are the nicest thing about the town," he said.
People trust each other in a town this size, and it isn't imperative to know the news right away. Everyone will hear about it eventually, like the mayor's race. Actually, there wasn't a race, because no one was on the ballot, Otto said.
City Clerk Vera Murray said write-in candidate Tom Swan won with an unofficial 64 votes. Swan works for the Kansas Fish and Game Commission and was burning grass all day Thursday.
Coming to the drive-in is a ritual that began in his youth. "I've
Swan's daughter, Sara, a fourth-grader, said that she thought that her father would take her to that but that he didn't really want it.
By 8:30 a.m., City Councilman Gary Schmitz was already "at coffee" at Scott's Drive In. Schmitz and a couple others enter the restaurant's back door for their morning ritual before the drive-in opens and the 9 a.m. regulars arrive.
Thursday, Schmitz and other residents talked of the changes in Mound City.
"We had four grocery stores, now we can barely support one," drive in worker Rosemary Whiten said from over the counter.
"Our folks never went out of town for shopping."
Phil Powell, night patrolman,
said. "Groceries and gas are
always going to be more expensive in a small town. People want to shop at Price Choppers and get kiwi fruit."
Cheaper prices in the bigger towns of Fort Scott, Pittsburg and
Kansas City now are attracting Mound City citizens.
the councilman said residents were talking about the new sewer lines that the town was putting in and about the renovation of the historic band wagon.
The old-timers came into Scott's
See MOUND, p. 8, col. 1
Local beer bar changes into private club
By JOHN BUZBEE
Staff writer
Another Lawrence beer bar has changed its name and closed its doors to 20-year-olds as tavern owners scramble for customers in an ever-shrinking drinking market.
The Bottleneck, formerly Cogburns, at 737 New Hampshire St., had its grand opening as a private club Friday. The bar has been remodeled and has started serving imported beers and liquor shots to change its image, co-owner Brett Mosiman said.
most freshmen and sophomores aren't old enough to get into taverns. Every day, fewer people can get into Lawrence's beef bars, and Coburts' business had been剥削 because of their shrinking market. Mosiman said
The Bottleneck will continue to have nationally known bands such as Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs, he said, but it will cut down on weekend bands to keep cover charges low.
"This was always kind of a freshman and sophomore place," he said. "The juniors and seniors . . . think of this as a place they came when they were younger."
With the increasing drinking age.
"Once you get 21," he said, "I don't b
you want to hang out at a b
a hotel."
The West Coast Saloon, 2222 Iowa St., and Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St., are among the local taverns that have changed to private clubs since 1985, when the state said
Johnny's still sells a lot of beer because it merged with Up and Under, which was a private club above Johnny's, co-owner Rick Baum said. Most people drink downstairs, but go upstairs to drink liquor.
people born after July 1, 1966,
couldn't drink until they were 21.
"It's just so much more profitable," he said. "It has not changed the place much at all. It's a technicality in the law more than anything else."
The Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., would become a private club if the city would allow it, owner Ken Wallace said. But the Hawk, the Wagon Wheel Cafe and the Rock Chalk Bar, which are bars near campus, can't become clubs because of zoning
restrictions.
Beer bars may want to become private clubs so they can stay open later and serve lice. Wallace said. The beers would be more costly beer and wouldn't change much.
Because the Hawk's business is down, however, it may be selling beer somewhere else next fall, or it may not be selling anything. Wallace said that after the state Legislature wrapped up for this year, he would consider moving the bar and changing it to a private club or closing the bar. He can't go on forever selling 3.2 percent beer, he said.
"We might ride out the football season before we make a change." he
A bill in the Legislature would allow only restaurants with at least
30 percent of their business in food sales to sell liquor by the drink.
The changes in the liquor laws could drive little bars and private clubs out of business, Wallace said. Then national restaurant chains that meet the 30 percent food requirement in Michigan's, might do well in Lawrence.
But Johnny's Up and Under will become a liquor-by-the-drink establishment, maybe as soon as July 1, Renro said.
Johnny's is expanding its menu to sell more food and meet the 30 percent requirement, he said. It's still unclear which of the other Lawrence clubs will become liquor-by-the-drink establishments. And it's unclear how the changing laws will affect competition in Lawrence.
Templin Hall turns lobby to casino at annual party
Kirk Boyum, sporting a derby hat with a playing card stuck in the hatband, leaned over the blackjack table and said, "Place your bets folks, place your bets. Let's keep the betting going."
Staff writer
By JOSEPH REBELLO
At the annual Templin Hall Casino Party, where Boyum was a volunteer blackjack dealer Saturday night, that invitation was all the guests needed to hear.
Monday Morning
They swarmed around Boyum and placed their bets. The stakes were in millions of dollars.
When the game was over, Boyum, Brea, Calif., sophomore, was a million dollars in the
Unfortunately for Boyum, they were better gamblers than he.
For about five hours, the 400 students who donned tuxedos and evening gowns to attend the Templin casino could well have been in a Las Vegas casino.
"I've never seen people get so aggressive over a game." Boyum said. "It's just play money, but they were fighting over it like animals. Everyone wanted to win so bad."
Fortunately for him, his loss was only in play money.
Only, instead of sipping a dry martini, they drank Coca-Cola, and instead of making a fortune in hard cash, they contented themselves with toy money.
The party, a 20-year-old tradition with Templin residents, takes place every April to celebrate the beginning of spring and the end of the semester, said Laird MacGregor, Templin president and organizer of the party.
"This is a deviation from the normal day-to-day life of the college student," he said. "It's a nice interruption in the routine. It gives students the chance to put the books down for a while and socialize."
Rod McIntyre, Templin Hall director, said, "I think what it really does is allow people to step into a world of fantasy for a while. You feel the freedom of being in this realist just waiting for Humphrey Bogart to step out."
McIntyre contributed to the mood of that scene by conducting the Tempelin-Lewis Jazz
The ensemble played "On Broadway" and three other songs.
Ensemble, a group of 12 Lewis Hall and Templin musicians.
Students were given $10,000 in play money as they entered the lobby, and the clatter of rolling dice quickly drew them to the gambling tables.
"It's kind of fun to be able to sit there with a stack of money." he said.
Troy Bateman, Spring Hill freshman, was in the game only 30 minutes before he made $200.000.
Bateman, and most other guests, bought raffle tickets with the money they had made.
"I think deep down people really like to gamble. But what we're using here is just play money, so nobody really gets hurt."
New look
KU softball coach Bob Stancill decided to make some defensive switches after the Jayhawks committed nine errors while losing two games to Creighton on Saturday. See story page 9.