Campus and Area University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, February 11, 1987
Local Briefs
KU freshman is charged with forgery
Vincent L. Bommarito, Prairie Village freshman, was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of forgery.
The charge against Bommariar
states that in November, while he was living in Joseph R. Pearson
Hall, Bommariar to forgone two checks belonging to another JRP
member. Bommariar was arrested
Feb. 3.
Although the sum of the two checks was less than $20, the two counts were class B felonies, punishable for a violation in prison, a $5,000 fine or both.
Bommarito is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 18.
Student arraigned for drug possession
James R. Price Jr., Shawnee freshman, was arramed Monday in Douglas County District Court on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paranormalia
Price pleaded not guilty to the two misdemeanor charges and requested a court-appointed attorney.
The charges stem from a Feb. 1 incident in which KU police received an anonymous telephone call from a Joseph R. Pearson Hall resident. The caller reported the smell of marijuana smoke in the building.
After responding to the call, KU police officers were invited into Price's room, where they found drug paraphernalia and marijuana. Price was arrested at the scene.
Price's trial is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on March 24. He is free on his own recognizance.
15th Street bridge now open to traffic
The Douglas County Public Works Department will open to traffic today a new bridge one mile east of the Rockwell Avenue on East 14th Street.
The bridge is finished except for a layer of asphalt. In April or May the county will lay the new asphalt surface over the gravel that is now on the bridge.
Today is deadline for adding classes
Today is the last day that students may enroll in a class for the spring 1987 semester. It is also the last day to add a class or change a class section.
Feb. 16 is the last day that students may drop a regular 16-week class without receiving a withdrawal notice on their transcript.
Where to call
Readers are encouraged to submit story and photo ideas to the Kansan. To submit an campus story, send a cover letter to ask for Alison Xloug, plannar@kansas.edu.
For sports ideas, ask for Mark Siebert, sports editor, and for arts and entertainment ideas, ask for Patricia Feeny, arts and entertainment editor. Photo ideas should be submitted to Diane Dultmeier, photo editor.
If you have a complaint or criticism, ask for Frank Hansel, editor, or Jennifer Benjamin, managing editor.
From Kansan wires.
Remodeling plan upsets residents
By JOSEPH REBELLO
Staff writer
A $250,000 University housing plan to remodel Battenfeld Scholarship Hall will provide residents with new furniture, a larger bathroom and possibly even a computer room, but also residents are pleased about the plan.
The problem, residents say, is that the plan would rid the hall of its large sleeping room, and replace it with several smaller rooms.
For housing officials, the measure will make the hall more attractive to
For many of the hall's 41 residents, it means putting an end to a long and popular tradition.
Battiefen is the only all-male hall where each resident shares a study room with two other residents and in a common room with all residents.
"I think it's important since this is our home that we we're given the opportunity to have our say about removing the sleeping rooms."
"This is the one point that identifies us on campus," said Eric Roth, Overland Park senior. "It's what makes us different.
Because the common sleeping room is on the third floor and the study rooms one floor below, residents can study late at night without
Carol von Tersch, housing coordinator for hall improvements, said demolition work would begin on the second and third floors this summer. The project was designed for two or four residents, will be constructed on those floors, she said.
Von Tersch said each suite would be equipped with and studying areas separated by pavement.
But some residents said they thought the wall would not be thick enough to keep noise from the sleeping areas.
The housing department is remodeling the hall because the building needs renovation. Also, many prospective residents choose not to live in the hall when they learn about the sleeping room. Von Tersch said.
"Generally, Battendell is the last nail to fill." she said. "The preferred method is not to use a screwdriver."
Fred McElenhie, director of residential programs said, "Our system runs on revenue that's generated from residents. If we have a hall that does not generate sufficient income, then that becomes a problem."
He said that at one point last year the hall housed 13 fewer students than its capacity of 52 students. This amounts to $2.320 in housing fees that cannot be collected. This year the hall has 9 open slots.
disturbing anyone who wants to sleep, Roth said.
Changes considered for gifted program
Bv IOHN BUZBEE
TOPEKA — State educators are sharply divided over a state Board of Education committee proposal to increase workloads of gifted teachers in public schools.
Staff writer
"It can hurt the students by making the gifted program a skeleton," said Vonda Sinha, who teaches gifted students at West Junior High, 2700 Harvard Road, in Lawrence.
The proposal would increase from 45 to 75 the number of gifted students whom consulting teachers are allowed to work with. Students with exceptionally high Iqs are considered gifted. Other special education programs would not be affected by the proposal.
Woody Houseman, program specialist for the board, each Monday. "I think it was a really good day."
At a board meeting yesterday, proponents and opponents spoke for an hour about the plan.
The proposal would drastically limit the amount of time that teachers of gifted students spend in the classroom because they would have to coordinate programs for more students, he said.
Board member Richard Robl said during a break in the meeting that he
would support the plan because gifted students didn't need a lot of personal contact with their instructors.
Robi said that the board needed to determine whether the state should offer special programs to nurture gifted children,
"With a plan and guidance, they can do a great deal on their own," he said.
Rob said that in high school his children could participate in other activities, such as debate or National Honor Society.
"In my case," he said, "I didn't
too that' where I wanted my child-
Robal has three children who qualify for the gifted program, but none of them are eligible.
"I think they need to be with other students." he said.
The gifted program is important because it gives students contact with their peers, said particularly by women who are married or in a particular activity are more limited.
John C. Quinn, editor of USA Today, jokes about a USA Today weather map that indicates Kansas' warm weather. Quinn showed the map yesterday after he received the 1987 William Allen White Foundation National Citation at a luncheon in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"All research indicates that gifted students need more time with their mental peers, rather than their age peers," she said.
But, Sinha said, "Gifted students cannot just make it on their own."
'Junkfood editor accepts KU citation for excellence
By CAROLINE REDDICK
Staff writer
John C. Quinn, editor of USA Today, knows many of his professional colleagues think about his newspaper.
"It has been acclaimed far and wide ... for bringing new depth to the definition of shallow," he said.
Quinn yesterday received the 1987 William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit, given annually to a distinguished journalist. The award was presented at a luncheon in the Kansas Union sponsored by the School of Journalism
White, for whom the school is named, owned and edited the Emporia Gazette from 1895 until his death in 1944.
During Quinn's speech, "The Press Has Nothing To Fear But The Press Itself." he joked about USA Today's reputation as "the junkfood of journalism."
But Quinn also defended his paper.
"Many of our watchers have realized that while we're not doing what a lot of papers do, we're planning what we set out to do," he said.
Quinn said some people might think White would have disapproved of the editor of USA Today's receiving his award.
Quinn asked whether White
would have compared the USA Today editor to Frank Munsey, a newspaperman who acquired and merged newspapers.
Quinn quoted White, who once said Munsey had 'the great talent of a meatpacker, the morals of a moneychanger and the manners of an undertaker.'
"Your 1987 National Citation recipient ... hopes that Mr White looks down here today and sees not a latter-day Frank Munsey, but also believes strongly in doing what he cannot do for the love of our craft," he said.
When asked whether Allen Neuharth, chairman and chief executive of Gannet Co. Inc., appreciated his disparaging remarks about the paper, Quinn said, "Al Neuharth stole my speech. He's been running around the country doing my jokes. I have to be careful not to tell them any place where he's already been."
Kautsch, the school's dean-elect, said, "He (Quinn) disarmed a lot of critics there — it was a great touch."
Quinn also gave his audience of faculty, students and professional journalists several tips which he emphasized to good news coverage.
He urged his audience to pay heed to White's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial "To An Anxious Friend."
Quinn quoted White. "So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold."
The president of the White foundation, Davis Merritt Jr., said of Quinn's selection for the award: 'He's very much a hands-on newspaper man. He's very close to his paper and cares very much about
Dana Leibengood, associate dean of journalism, said, "I think you can look at his credentials and see why he was picked."
In addition to being editor of USA Today, Quinn also is executive vice president of news for Gannett, a newspaper conglomerate with more than 90 papers, six television and 13 radio stations.
Quinn has worked for Gannett for 21 years, including stints as news director and executive editor of the two Rochester, N.Y. papers, the Democrat and Chronicle newspapers, that he worked for the Providence R.I. Journal Bulletin for 23 years, ending as day managing editor
In 1890, one year after he became president of Gannett News Service, the service won a Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service.
Resorts offer summer fun and employment for students
By PEGGY O'BRIEN
Staff writer
Students from Kansas can squeeze some work into their play by finding a job in a Cape Cod resort, job service officials say.
In fact, acting early could help students land summer jobs in many resort areas while their friends spend the summer at home.
The past few years, New England resort areas have sent the University of Kansas placement office press releases advertising employment opportunities resulting from a labor shortage.
"Any student who would want to carry three jobs over the summer could do it because there is so much available," said Abbie Newell, a
worker at the Cape Cod Summer Job Bureau, a private company in Bainbridge, Mass.
Newell said that the job scene was quite critical in the Cape Cod area and that for the past few years employers have had to go New England to look for summer workers.
"This has been a mecca for college students." Newell said.
William Branton, division of employment service manager in Hyannis, Mass., said the Hyannis and Yarmouth, Mass., areas, which are adjacent to Cape Cod, probably would have employee shortages this year.
"They come from all over, even Kansas," Branton said.
close to where they will work, usually by referring them to people renting rooms. Branton said housing in the area averaged $75 a week per person.
Branton's agency helps students find housing
The Cape Cod Summer Job Bureau said students made 35 to 40 percent more in Cape Cod during the summer than at other places. Newell said a chamber maid could make up to $12 an hour.
"The cost of living, food and clothing especially, is low." Newell said.
Lake of the Ozarks, a Missouri resort area, also offers summertime employment to students.
Bob Wright, of the Missouri employment security division, said it usually was difficult finding workers for the peak tourist season.
"Resorts have gone as far as Texas to recruit." Wright said.
Wright said many employers start looking for summer help at this time of year. But it's usually too early for students to commit.
For some students, though, planning is worth it.
Kim Dwork, Overland Park junior, said she and three friends worked at the Lodge of the Four Seasons at the Lake of the Ozarks last summer.
Dwork said they went down to the Lodge of the Four Seasons the first weekend in January last year to interview.
"A lot of people come back summer after summer to work," Dwork said.
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