Campus and Area
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday. March 24,1987
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Local Briefs
Trail of blood found in library Sunday night
Watson Library staff reported around 10:15 p.m. on a trail of blood leading from the lobby pay phone to the curb of Jayhawk Boulevard. KU police found no one bleeding.
At about 9 p.m., as two people were leaving the library, they asked the information desk worker about the blood. The worker said he didn't see any blood when he came in at 7 p.m. From the direc- tion center, he said the person would have had to walk past the information desk worker, but the worker said he didn't see anyone bleeding.
The worker later spotted several pools of blood and told his supervisor, who called KU police.
The worker said that between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. he heard a loud groan but paid no attention because of the usual noise people made while entering the library.
Nobel recipient to speak tomorrow
Yuan T Lee, professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, will give a speech entitled "Molecular Beam Studies on Elementary Chemical Reactions" at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Apollo Room at Nichols Hall on West Campus.
In 1968, Lee, together with J.C. Polanyi and D. Herschbach, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his contributions to the understanding of elementary chemical reactions.
Groups discuss proposed budgets
The Student Senate Finance Committee met last night and heard student organizations' members speak on their proposed budgets.
Organizations scheduled to speak and the amounts requested were Academy of Students of Pharmacy, $5.295; AIESEC, an international economics and commerce organization, $7.450; Hispanic-American Leadership Organization, $607; KU Free Theatre Company, $7.745; KU India Club, $1.958.80; KU International Folk Dance Club, $580; KU Slavic Club, $600; KU Squash Club, $543; Model United Nations, $422; Korean Student Organization, $1.730; Le Cerule Francais, $380; KU Vietnam Association, $1.730; National Society of Architectural Engineers, $149; ScORMEB, a minority engineering program, $390; Jayhawk Course Source, $10.080; Biology Club, $1.075; Chinese Student Association, $2.609; Commission on the Status of Women, $1.525; KU Rugby and Football Club, $7.319; and the KU Table Tennis Club, $1.343.
Clarification
Because of incorrect information supplied to the Kansan, a story in yesterday's paper reported that the KU Forensics squad could not receive Student Senate funds next year because budget allocations had already been made.
Allocations have been made for fiscal year 1987. However, if the group receives revenue code status, it can receive funds in fiscal year 1988.
The group could receive revenue code status if a motion to suspend rules and regulations is made.
From staff and wire reports
Outhouse conflict spurs zoning changes
Neighbors to The Outhouse would like to slam the lid on the rural Lawrence building that is frequently used for late-night parties and concerts.
By TODD COHEN
Staff writer
But The Outhouse's owner said the neighbors were picking on his operation because they were afraid of punk rock fans who often partied at the building, three miles east of Lawrence on an extension of 15th Street.
"I had one neighbor call me up and say a whole lot of nasty things to me," said The Outhouse owner, Don Mellenbruch Jr. "They feel threatened by the punkers."
Complaints by 40 neighbors about noise, litter and traffic from the parties sparred Douglas County commission to do better regulations.
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, also was aware of the complaints and said that he was monitoring the situation.
The new regulations imply that county approval was needed for expanding or changing the use of buildings that don't conform to building-use codes.
The Outhouse violates zoning in the area. Chris McKenzie, county administrator, said. But it is allowed to operate, under a grandfather clause, because it was built before current law was enacted in 1966.
County Commissioner David Hopper said the county was trying to improve its zoning laws.
"Just to pick on The Outhouse was not the intent," he said.
Janet Schaake, a neighbor, said parties were loud and didn't end until the early morning hours. The partygoers also became drunk and unruly, she said.
"They wouldn't be able to get away with that in town." Schaake said. "I just don't think that it's a desirable place. I'd really like to see it closed down."
Karen Pendleton, who lives a quarter of a mile from The Outhouse. said, "We can stand in our
sale. Pendleton said that she wasn't opposed to people having fun but that parties disrupted the neighborhood and bothered area farm animals.
yard and hear everything that is said down there."
Fliary said the county could close the building down if it was determined that they had violated law or been declared a public nuisance. He said he was still reviewing complaints and couldn't comment further.
However, Terry Coover, Eudora township fire chief, said, "I could probably shut them down every night of the week. They do not conform to fire code."
But Coover said he preferred the county to take action against The Outhouse. "That's just not becoming of the fire department going around harassing people," he said.
Coover also said partygoers often parked on both sides of the road, blocking traffic.
we couldn't give a fire truck through. We had to go around on another road." he said.
Mullenbruch, however, denied that charge. He said the neighbors were just picking on The Outhouse and had been very hostile.
Moreover, Mellenbruch said he had installed a dumpster on the property and renters were required to clean up after parties or forift a deposit.
Mellenbruch said complaints about litter were unjustified. “There’s always been a beer can problem out on that road,” he said.
"It's just the kids that worry the neighbors. But they are not the problem. The neighbors don't know what to think of them.
"We don't allow any alcoholic consumption except for a couple sneaky ones out in their cars," he said.
"To me it's just a rental property. Mainly, I think it's just one neighbor rousing everybody else," he said. "There really hasn't been any trouble."
A view from an abandoned outhouse next to The Outhouse shows the Pendleton residence. Karen Pendleton and others have complained that parties and concerts at The Outhouse have brought increased noise, traffic and litter to their rural neighborhood.
Consumer Affairs to appeal decision to deny financing
Staff writer
Bv LISA A. MALONEY
The Consumer Affairs Association will appeal the Student Senate Finance Committee's decision to deny its financing at tomorrow's Senate meeting, the association's director said yesterday.
Clyde Chapman, out-going director for Consumer Affairs, 819 Vermont St., said, "We hope to appeal their decision, but if we can't, our demise is imminent."
But Clarissa Birch, finance committee chairman, said, "I think that's more of a scare tactic. They'll still be there. They'll still exist."
said.
Consumer Affairs, which has had revenue code status since 1973, had its status renewed Feb. 28 by both the finance committee and the Student Senate Executive Committee.
But the finance committee denied the $19,680 requested for the two-year revenue code group financing period, although it had granted revenue code status. The committee thought Consumer Affairs duplicated services already provided by Legal Services for Students, another revenue code group, Birch said.
But Chapman said that there were several differences between the two group's services. In some cases, the association is the only place for KU students and faculty to go for help, he
Legal Services will not handle any dispute involving one student against another, a student against the University of Kansas, or University faculty and staff problems, said Cynthia Woelk, director of Legal Services.
Dennis Prater, director of the Douglas County Legal Aid Society, said that most students would not be eligible for legal aid from his service because its guidelines are based partly on federal guidelines for poverty. The income of most students' parents is above the maximum income figure, he said.
Chapman said, "We're not limited in the type of consumer problems that we deal with. We deal with almost anything where there has been a problem in a business transaction involving money."
He said that the most common problem students had was landlord—tenant disputes, but that Consumer Affairs also handled complaints about faulty merchandise, contract disputes, mail schemes and warranty problems. In addition, some students use the association to do consumer research, he said.
Students also can use the service to find out more information about certain companies or products before they spend their money, because
Lawrence doesn't have a Better Business Bureau, Chapman said.
Prater said, "Without Consumer Affairs, that information will not exist in Lawrence."
He said that Consumer Affairs differed from legal organizations because it acted as a mediator between the client and the business to work out an agreement before the case reaches court.
Camille Dalager, who will replace Chapman on April 1, said that she would like to see Consumer Affairs become less dependent on Senate funds, but that it would take time to find other financing sources.
"I really feel that it would cause the demise of the organization before we could recover and find other sources of funding." she said.
Birch said that the Senate had no money left to allocate to revenue code groups for 1988-89.
The finance committee has made financing recommendations for the other 19 revenue code groups, Birch said. The Senate will vote at tomorrow's meeting on these recommendations, which total $1,167,727.
"The only alternative is to raise the student activity fee," Birch said. "Now how would you explain to 26,000 students that their student activity fee is going to be raised again?"
Restrictions added to curb enrollment
By ROGER COREY
Staff writer
The KU administration is taking steps to deal with problems from enrollment increases by enforcing new deadlines for admission applications.
Kansas students who have not enrolled for fall 1987 have until May 1 to submit applications. Del Shankel executive vice chancellor, said yes tertay.
The deadline for out-of-state applicants is April 1. Transfer students and those seeking readmission have until June 30 to apply KU professional schools may have earlier deadlines.
"The deadlines for application are new." Shankel said. "In the past the last day to apply was June 1, but it wasn't enforced."
Shankel said the deadlines would help the administration plan appropriate course offerings for returning students and those new to the University of Kansas.
The new application dates are among a list of steps taken by the administration to deal with the pressures of increased enrollment. The measures are based on recommendations from an Enrollment Planning Task Force appointed by Shankel in late February.
the short term," Shankel said.
"We don't know whether these changes will make any difference in
In a prepared statement, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said, "We are concerned about maintaining the quality of our academic programs. These steps will help protect that quality and preserve students the excellent opportunities that have drawn them to KU."
Other steps include sending letters to freshmen advising them about academic expectations and encouraging prospective students to complete prerequisite high school courses before coming to KU.
The Kansas Board of Regents has recommended that Kansas high school students complete four years of English, two years of algebra, and one-half year each of geometry and trigonometry.
The KU administration is advising students with less preparation to complete such courses, if possible, before enrolling.
A news bulletin to be mailed this week advises new students that math and English ACT scores less than 20 may indicate the need for more preparation.
This isn't a requirement," Shankel said. "We're simply saying that it's important for students to get a good high school preparation before enrolling at the University."
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Rock Chalk Advisory Board will be interviewing for the following 1987-88 staff positions:
- Executive Director
- Producer
- Asst. Producer
- Business Managers (2)
- IBA Coordinator
- Promotion Coordinator
Applications can be picked up at the Organization and Activities Office in the Burge Union.
Must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Mar.25.