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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 10, 1987
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Local Briefs
Most Kansans support the death penalty, but few think it is a deterrent to murder, a recent poll indicates.
Most Kansans say they favor death penalty
The survey by KU's Institute for Public Policy and Business Research said that 67 percent of Kansans polled supported the penalty, although only 14 percent thought it would deer murder.
Some former supporters of the death penalty argued against it in the Kansas House this session and they said it would be too expensive.
The survey is taken annually on Kansans' views about issues faced by the Legislature. A bill that proposes a new penalty is now in the state Senate.
The survey said 44 percent of Kansans thought the death penalty's cost should be considered.
Registration cutoff nears for primary
Lawrence residents, including KU students who live in Lawrence, have until 5 p.m. Tuesday to register to vote in the March 3 City Commission election primary.
The 12-candidate field will be narrowed to six in the primary. Three commissioners will be elected in the April 7 general No primary is necessary for the U.S.D 497 school board election.
Students can register at the county clerk's office in the Douglas County Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets, and at the city clerk's office in Lawrence City Hall. Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Commission OKs shredder purchase
The Douglas County Commission approved the purchase of a $3.951 new document shredder at its morning meeting yesterday.
County Administrator Chris McKenzie said the new shredder was needed because the current shredder couldn't handle the workload. He said the county shreds two-year-old confidential personal files and job applications, old ballots and old court records.
Documents were shredded rather than thrown away whole to ensure that confidential information wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. McKenzie said.
"The county shreds only for purposes that the state law authorizes and, in some places, requires it," he said.
Strong Office Systems, 1040 Vermont St., was the only company to submit a bid, said John Dixon, county director of purchases.
Commissioners will meet again at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
OSKALOOSA — The preliminary hearing for a 32-year-old Lawrence man charged in Jefferson County with rape and indecent liberties with a child was rescheduled yesterday for March 23.
March 23 hearing set for local man
Michael Cardoza, who was honored in 1984 by former Gov. John Carlin for providing outstanding foster care, is charged with one count each of rape and indecent liberties with a child and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
From Kansan wires.
Travel law called too expensive
By JOHN BUZBEE
Staff writer
TOPEKA — A plan that forces KU faculty to arrange travel through one business is costing the state money, but a Senate bill would restore petitiveness, a legislator said yesterday.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., RLawrence, is sponsoring a bill to permit state employees to shoparound when making travel arrangements.
The state Department of Administration now requires employees to arrange travel through a designated agency in their area of the state. The state then gets part of the agency's profit.
State employees in Lawrence mustmake airline, hotel and other travelreservations through King Travel Service in Topeka.
The bill would not cancel present state contracts, Winter said, but would prohibit new ones.
In a written statement to the Senate Governmental Organization Committee, Winter said yesterday more than other agencies would.
"The plan is monopolistic and anti-competitive," he said. "It removes all free-market pressure from the otherwise competitive travel business."
'W with no contract,it means every day a small travel agent has a chance to bid.
- Chris Armstrong Sunflower Travel
David Stremming, co-owner of King Travel, said the state could get out of its contract if his service didn't offer the lowest cost.
The contract requires his service to prove that it's offering the lowest price.
Representatives from other state travel agencies at the meeting support
"We've noticed a great deal of hostility from KU faculty and staff" toward the current plan, said Chris Armstrong, president of Sunflower Travel Service, 704 Massachusetts St.
Terry Pearson, of Kansas State Travel in Manhattan, said state employees were unhappy with the prices and the service.
When a travel agent is awarded a contract. Pearson said, the incentive to work with him was greater.
"He knows he has the business," Pearson said. "He knows it isn't necessary to go that extra step to keep the customer."
Armstrong said the current plan was particularly hard for small agencies that couldn't bid for the state contract.
"With no contract, it means every day a small travel agent has a chance to bid," he said. "With a contract, they're cut out."
Winter said, "The contract made it impossible for all but the largest companies to sell."
George Barbee, executive director of the Kansas Lodging Association and the Travel Industry Association of Kansas, supported the bill.
"We have small 'mom and pop'
animates that rely on some of this busi-
ness."
State Sen. Ben Vidricksen. R-Salina and committee chairman, said he had not decided whether to support the bill.
Jeff Schmidt, Lenexa freshman, goes for the hoop on a sunny afternoon. Schmidt and some of his friends were playing basketball behind Templin Hall yesterday.
Go for the goal
Police set for spring break
By PEGGY O'BRIEN
Staff writer
Spring break partiers could be in trouble if they ignore city ordinances in the towns they visit, vacation area authorities said.
Police in popular spring break cities such as Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Daytona Beach, Fla., and Padre Island, Texas are warning students that laws will be enforced strictly during spring break
Officials also warn underage drinking and using fake I.D.s.
Ordinances prohibiting carrying or consuming an open container of alcohol on beaches, streets or in cars, sleeping in public streets or camping on the beach will be enforced strictly.
Wee said some people thought it was their right to consume as much beer as possible when it was cold.
He said he thought students were more responsible when they paid for their own.
Gene Wee, Student Union Activities program adviser, said SUA spring break trips no longer offered free beer on the bus as part of the trip package.
"Your drinking habits change when it's your own." Wee said.
Commander Lou Villagamez of the Corpus Christi, Texas, police department, said that class A misdemeanors were the most frequent violations in the Padre Island area during break. These include littering the beach, and drinking and driving.
"We've never had a riot or all-out confrontation," Villagame said of the offenses, which are mainly thefts.
A joint effort to keep Texas beaches under control will be made by police, sheriff's offices and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
KU peace activists feel slighted by city
"The situation is getting better and better," Villagomez said. "We just do double duty and public relations as much as possible."
Ot Cfkten, Fort Lauderdale police department media relations director, said vacationers needed to be aware of the open container law, which applies to streets, beaches and cars. He also said maximum capacity codes would be observed in bars.
"A strict code will be enforced in hotels and bars." Cefkin said.
Staff writer
By TODD COHEN
Bitter opposition to a trip to a Moscow peace forum by four Kansans this week has flared up from the unlikeliest of sources: the KU Coalition for Peace and Justice.
Two Coalition leaders said this weekend that they were furious about the trip by Lawrence Mayor Sandra Praeger, City Commissioner David Stern and the committee chairman Bob Swan and Kansas Attorney General Bob Stephan.
"People who have no connection with peace activism are going to the Soviet Union; the attorney general and mayor in particular," said Eric Matheis, Coalition president and Overland Park senior.
Matheis said the Lawrence delegation never contacted "grass-roots" peace activists about the invitations. He said he would have consulted the Coalition, he said.
Coalition members traveled in September to the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., to deliver 6,00 postcards signed by KU students and Lawrence residents. The postcards led the leader Mikhail Gorbachev to visit Lawrence. The comes to the United States to meet with President Reagan.
The Coalition also delivered 6,000 postcards to the White House to promote their work.
"B basically, we feel our good intentions are being used by this group. "
Kirstin Myers, Shawne senior and Coalition vice president, said the Coalition never received a reply from either Gorbachev or Reagan. "We don't feel that was too much to ask," Myers said.
"To add insult to injury, we find out there have been four Kansans, none of whom were crucial participants, invited to this peace conference."
Praeger said Sunday that she could understand why Coalition members may feel overlooked. But the Soviets' invitations were in response to the overtures made by Lawrence residents and KU students since the summit was first proposed, she said.
"I feel very lucky and probably undeserving. But the invitation was extended to the mayor of Lawrence."
Praeger said.
"It's a case of being in the right place at the right time. I happened to be mayor."
Nick Franano, Ottawa sophomore, who traveled to the Soviet Embassy with the Coalition last fall, said he was happy for the people invited, but he wished a student representative had been included.
Both Matheis and Myers said the delegation was more interested in promoting a Lawrence summit than peace.
"We don't feel the desire to make money for Lawrence or Kansas overrides the need for any summit, no matter where it is." Mvers said.
Lighting becoming priority for engineers
Staff writer
By TIM HAMILTON
KU architectural engineers would have to go pretty far away to find what they can find right here in Lawrence.
The University of Kansas and Penn State University are the only two universities in the country that offer programs with an emphasis in illumination and electrical systems engineering.
The emphasis is offered through KU's Architectural Engineering program, said Kim Tolms, the program director. Professors hired to teach the courses
He said the program dealt with the application of lighting in both extern-
today is done by electrical consulting engineers," Helms said. "Lighting is something that is taken for granted. People don't understand the interaction between lighting and the human visual system. Lighting has a subtle effect on people."
"The vast majority of lighting
Helms said that improper or inadequate lighting could reduce product visibility.
He said people didn't realize the hazards of improper lighting because the human visual system adapted so easily.
"If you're standing there sweating, you know you're sweated." Helms said. "Since people don't realize the importance of lightening, it becomes a low priority."
"Demand is high for this type of training because electrical engineering programs in the country are no longer available, training and electrical systems," he said.
Helms said that in the late 1950s, electrical engineering programs shifted concentration from lighting and power systems to research, education and development of electronies and computers.
Marc Belcher, assistant professor of architectural engineering who teaches lighting and electrical systems courses, agreed the emphasis had originated to fill a gap in electrical engineering programs.
fill the void created when electrical engineering programs moved from lighting and power distribution to electronics and computers," he said.
Helms started the emphasis in 1982 when he came to KU from the University of Colorado. In 1983, an educational grant allowed the program to hire another full-time professor. Believe it or not, she has the largest in the country until Penn State recently added a second full-time professor.
"One thing we're trying to do is to
Helms said that since the emphasis' conception, 10 to 15 students had graduated with an emphasis in illumination and electrical systems, and 12 more would graduate this year.
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