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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
March 9, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 111
(USPS 650-640)
Defeated!
Sophomore members of the Sigma Chi fraternity react to the Jayhawks loss to the Missouri Tigers in the Big Eight Tournament. Left to right are
Darren Harding, Dodge City; Scott Engelland, Shawnee; Joe Low, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Bill Kimmel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Tim Watson, Topeka. Complete NCAA basketball coverage pages 8 and 9.
Indigent cases still require volunteers
By PAUL BELDEN
Douglas County lawyers who have not volunteered to represent indigents won't be required to, even if some cases don't get tried, four district judges decided Friday.
James W. Paddock, administrative judge for Douglas County, said a district court rule required all court cases in indigent cases to be volunteers.
A unanimous vote by the four county district judges is needed to change a court rule, he said, but the judges split their votes evenly.
"It would appear that we couldn't force anyone else to be on the panel," he said.
The district judges in Douglas County are Michael J. Malone, Jean P. Shepherd, Ralph M. King Jr. and Betsy T. Browne, to explain why she judges voted.
Douglas County lawyers have been reluctant to represent indigents because the money to pay court-appointed lawyers ran out in February. The Dougles County Bar Association has been trying to recruit extra volunteers so the case load could be spread evenly among as many
lawyers as possible.
Paddock had said at the beginning of last week that if about 35 lawyers were not available for indigents by Friday, he would consider making service on the panel mandatory for all Douglas County lawyers. Twenty-three lawyers were on the list at the beginning of the year.
Friday, 26 lawyers were on the phone with a client who had been accused of stealing, he said, is from the origin of the case.
He said he hoped that the eight other lawyers from the original panel would agree to stay on also, so that the case load would not overwork the
panel.
"If they will stay with us, we'll have 11 more here than we had to begin with. he said "I think that you will be happy," and think we'll have a problem with it."
Still, Paddock said he was worried about the possibility of the case loading.
"If that occurs, if we see that we are burdening these people down. I guess the cases won't get tried," he said
He said plea bargains and diversion would help reduce the case load.
Stanton has hope for theater on hill
By LISA A. MALONEY
Staff writer
Brady Stanton, student body president, has created a rough design for an outdoor theater on the northeast side of Potter Lake.
"I'm not an architect," he said,
holding a rough sketch. "I'm not going to pretend to be. I'm just a doodler.
"Actually, my hope is that some one in the architecture or engineering school will want to design it, come up with some costs and have the Student Senate administrate it from there."
The theater would consist of three steel supports arranged in a triangle, he said. A rough canvas sheet would hang from the supports to form a backdrop, and a removable wooden floor would serve as a stage.
"I want this in no way, shape or form to be a monster. This is a nice, quaint theater in the park," he said.
Stanton said that the only permanent part of the theater would be the three steel supports and electrical conduits. The outlets would be set into the ground in locked boxes and camouflaged with green paint and shrubbery.
"It really won't take out anyone's view of what's one of the prettier spots on campus," he said. "I'm a big one — the green-space person myself."
Ronald Willis, director of University Theatre, said that Stanton's idea was worth consideration because of University's need for performance space.
Stanton said the outdoor theater could be used as a spot to show free films, to have outdoor concerts and events such as the Jayhawk Jam, the “Knock Out” concert or as “Our Town,” which would require a minimum of scenery and props.
But Wilis said the stage would have to be designed for this type of performance percussion.
The proposed theater location also might be a problem, Willis said.
because the University wants to keep the area around Potter Lake as it is.
Max Lucas, dean of architecture and urban design, said, "The University has traditionally protected the north slope of the hill from construction, so that it will be preserved as a pleasant green space."
I want this in no way, shape or form to be a monster. This is a nice, quaint theater in the park.'
— Brady Stanton student body president
He also said that architecture students had taken on design projects for other communities and non-profit organizations, but only when the projects had fit in with the goals of a specific course.
Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planning, said several student building projects had been completed by the University, including the UMnam Memorial and lighting soon to be installed along Jayhawk Boulevard.
He said that the Senate would have to submit plans of the proposed theater for review by his office.
SenEx wants athletes to take early classes
Staff writer
Stanton said he had sent letters to all University deans last week asking for ideas on the theater. Senators also will conduct a telephone poll of about 250 students to get their opinions.
Rv RFNIAMIN HALL
Early enrollment privileges for freshmen and sophomore athletes shouldn't displace juniors and seniors from high-demand courses, the University Senate Executive Committee decided Friday.
SenEx accepted a proposal that would encourage academic advisers to steer freshmen and sophomore students to high-demand courses and class times.
The report was prepared by Sharon Bass, associate professor of journalism, and Gordon Woods, SenEx student representative.
"Our concern is addressing the issue of junior-senior displacement by freshmen and sophomore athletes." Bass said.
The report said. "We would like to set forth a simple set of guidelines
Bass said the guidelines would encourage athletes to avoid the prime time for classes, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
that would strongly encourage all athletic advisers who have freshmen enrolling in high-demand, lower division courses to take these courses at the earliest hour — the 7:30, 8 or 8:30 a.m. section."
The report also said advisers should refrain from enrolling freshmen athletes in upper-division, high-demand courses and instead enroll them in lower division or low-demand courses.
"The intent of this recommendation is to alleviate the most distressing displacement of students that results from allowing all athletes to enroll early — that is the displacement of juniors and seniors in high-demand courses that fill early but
are required,'' the report said.
The proposal calls for a listing of courses in which athletes may be displacing other students. Bass and Woods distributed a list to SenEx with 18 courses in which athletes displaced other students.
For example, the list said that 32 freshman and sophomore athletes enrolled early in Communication Studies began junior non-athletes and two seniors.
"In the eyes of most students, in terms of morale and their perception, any preferential treatment for
Four freshman and sophomore athletes enrolled in Psychology 574, while 66 seniors and 107 juniors couldn't enroll in the course.
Michael Anderson, SenEx student representative, said some students still would object to early enrollment for athletes.
athletes is poorly received," he said. Richard Lee, academic counselor for athletes, said the new enrollment plan was workable. Lee also said it would encourage that athletes did not participate in campus decision-making.
"Student-athletes really don't have time to participate in anything else other than athletics and class," he said. "That is really a problem."
Bass and Woods distributed a list of practice times, meetings and study halls for athletes on KU teams.
Some sports, such as football,
greatly restrict available class
times. Football players must finish
playing at 1:30 p.m. during the
fall semester.
Tennis players, on the other hand,
are restricted by just two hours of play.
KU students' parents have higher incomes aid profile indicates
Staff writer
By BENJAMIN HALL
Parents of KU financial aid applicants made about $5,000 more last year than parents of applicants at Kansas schools, a profile shows.
The profile compares KU applicants with those from the Board of Regents schools and with applicants statewide.
The comparison also shows that KU parents contributed about $1,100 more to their children's education than other Kansas parents.
"I think it's obvious that our population is not as needy as the Regents
as a whole and as the state as a whole," said Jerry Rogers, director of student financial aid.
But KU's independent applicants, or those who don't depend on their parents' income, made less than $1 million in counterparts, according to the study.
Rogers said the state figures also included community colleges and other schools not in the Regents system, such as Washburn University. Both the Regents figures and the state figures include KU.
The average parental income for
See MONEY, p. 6, col. 5
Dale Turner, Young Man of the Year in 1961 and former minister of the Lawrence Plymouth Congregational Church, returned to Lawrence to win over hearts and inspire souls a at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center fund-raiser. See story page 5.
The good word
Jayhawks split
Kansas blew a five-run lead in the last game against the Illinois State Redbirds and split the four-game series over the weekend at Quigley Field. See story page 10.
Sarah Baptist, left, Leawood sophomore, Johanna Foster, Carson City, New., graduate student, and Craig Paul, Lawrence resident, practice the "Created Hen," a Danish folk dance. The three, who are members of the KU International Folk Club, practiced Friday night at the St. John's school gym, 1233 Vermont St.
Students and residents give folk dancing a whirl
By KIERSTI MOEN
Staff writer
They are members of the University of Kansas International Folk Dance Club, which meets Friday nights in the St. John's School and practises international folk dances.
Friday nights, when most people gather in clubs to dance to rock music, some gather in a gym to folk dance.
They all have different reasons for liking the club.
To Marian O'Dwyer, Lawrence resident, folk dance is a kind of meditation, a way to get in touch with her cultural roots and a way to stay in shape.
Sarah Baptist, Leawood sophomore, said,
"It's just plain fun."
"Just whirling is really neat exercise," she said.
"Susan Hitchens, Lawrence resident, said, "I'drather dance than eat. I guess."
And the nine dancers who showed up for practice Friday night did seem to have fun as they stomped, jumped, whirled and pivoted when they were accompanied by folk music from many countries.
Dancers chatted with each other during dances that didn't require too much concentration. And when they performed a French-Canadian dance, "Avant-de-deux Travers," or "Before-the-Two Travers," they were tired to ram each other while laughing and shouting, "Watch out!" and "Squish them!"
Monday Morning
"Two, two, one, one, two Two, two, one, one, two," Craig Paul, Lawrence resident, counted as the dancers performed a speedy Serbian "Raca."
Other dances required more concentration. In a Romanian dance, "Floriciana Oltenesca," intricate steps reached a feverish tempo while dancers moved back and forth in a chain formation.
The club, which was founded in 1965, has acquired more than 200 records and tapes. The collection includes folk music from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East, South America, North America and Scandinavia.
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Right now the group is into Scandinavian dances. That's partly because one member, Johanna Foster, Carson City, Nev., doctoral candidate, participated in a Scandinavian folk dance workshop in Boulder, Colo., last winter and teaches the group what she learned there.
Scandinavian dances are a favorite with Baptist, who recently joined the club. Whenever she can, she requests polkas, reinnenders, hambos and sharishes from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
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Caryn Mirrison-Goldberg, Lawrence graduate student, said, "Scandinavian dances are wonderful. When you do them well, you feel like
See DANCE, p. 6, col 3