Tuesday April 12, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No.132 (USPS 650-640)
Campus McDonald's a hot topic at debate Integrity candidates defend position
By Julie Adam
Kansan staff writer
The Integrity coalition was as busy as a McDonald's at lunch time last night when coaltion leaders fielded almost all of the questions at the question-and answer part of a coalition debate last night.
The debate was the second of three scheduled before the Student Senate elections. The Integrity, Focus and Top Priority coalitions answered questions from the audience and questions from other coalitions.
Frank Partnoy, candidate for student body president for the Integrity coalition, and his running mate, Brian Kramer, answered most questions about their interest in having a
Partnoy said that he had talked with Bruce Crown, a special projects manager for McDonald's, and that McDonnaj's wanted to come to KU.
Partnoy said that his coalition wanted to clear up some misconceptions that students might have gotten about the McDonald's issue.
But, Partnoy said, "McDonald's has not made a commitment about any kind of numbers."
In a March 29 column in the Kansan, Partnoy wrote that McDonald's had agreed to pay $100,000 in annual rent for a McDonald's at Wescoe Cafeteria and up to $4 million in renovation costs for Union Square in
the Kansas Union
Those assertions were disputed by Crown in an interview with the Kansan on Sunday. Partny said that the misunderstanding was the result of his choice of words in his column. He never intended to imply that an agreement had been reached, he said.
Partnoy also answered questions about the feasibility of getting McDonald's on campus. He said that McDonald's could not make a contract with Student Senate but that it would go through a process to evaluate location and pay for renovations of the area and set-up costs.
Partnoy and Kramer also supported bringing SecureCab back to campus and creating more Student Senate positions.
"It's completely possible and it is "completely feasible," he said. "A McDonald's can be flashy, Just mean it can't be done. You don't mean it's impractical."
They said that they wanted to look into signing a 10-year contract with a cab company to ensure the life of the service, which would provide security to students needing rides late at night.
Brook Menees, candidate for student body president for Top Priority, and his running mate, Pam Holley, answered a question from the Focus
coalition about whether establishing an off-campus center would be creating a service that the University already had in the office of residential programs.
Holley said that the off-campus center, which would have apartment and carpool listings as well as a roommate finder service, was not a service that residential programs offered.
KJHK radio, which sponsored the debate, allowed audience questions after the debate.
About eight questions were directed to the Integrity coalition, two to the Top Priority coalition and none directed toward the Focus coalition.
Steven Greenwood, a Lawrence resident, directed to the Integrity coalition a question disputing the claims the coalition had made about the grade point averages of Partnoy and Kramer.
Partnoy had stated that he had a 4.0 cumulative GPA and that Kramer had a 4.0 GPA for two semesters.
Kramer could not be reached for comment after the debate, but Partnoy said that the GPA was for the semesters of summer 1987 and fall 1987. Partnoy said he did not know how many hours the GPA covered or where Kramer had earned the summer credit.
Fraternity fights for funds to meet fire code standards
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
The Delta Chi fraternity, representative of many Greek houses on campus, is engaged in a massive fund-raising campaign to gather enough money to bring its house up to fire codes.
Ted Lischer, Kirkwood, Mo., junior and president of the Delta Chi fraternity, 1245 W. Campus Road, has been leading an effort to raise $800,000 to upgrade and renovate the Delta Chi house to meet fire code standards.
"The Lawrence fire chief is really cracking down on all the houses after the Sig Ep fire," Lischer said. "It's been on the hit list for fire code violations for a long time, but now it is being hit even harder."
"Now we're faced with doing one of two things. Either bring the structure up to code or tear it down."
The fire department is preparing a report specifying which buildings meet code and what needs to be done to bring others up to code.
Richard Barr, captain of the Lawrence fire department, said at least half of the fraternities and sororites on campus needed to do major renovations in order to meet code.
The report should be ready within two weeks. Barr said. He preferred to wait until then to comment on houses. He could only speak to the Ch house, and other houses.
Lischer said, "The fire chief hasn't cut us off yet. I think he realizes that we're making an effort to make some changes. We are trying to adapt to code by putting in fire doors and a fire wall around the boiler."
However, the improvements take money, and that is one thing the Delta Chi fraternity doesn't have enough of.
"We're trying to nickel and dime our alumni, but it's just not working very well. In fact, we're way down," Lischer said.
A Delta Chi alumnus offered to donate $10,000 to the house if the fraternity members could match it by the end of April.
That offer prompted the fraternity to launch a massive fund-raising campaign, which included an omelet brunch Sunday.
Andrew Perry, Boulder, Colo. freshman and chairman of the campaign, estimated the profits from the brunch at $600.
House members also went around to all the sororities on campus, offering to wash all the cars in the parking lot for a flat $100 rate.
"A lot of the sororites were really receptive and said 'no problem' and wrote us out a check." Lischer said. "We've really had an incredible response from the greek community, but we still have a long way to go."
"We've been trying like hell to meet the challenge, but it's not looking like its going to go through," he said. "We will definitely have to reduce membership, and there is a possibility we may have to close the
More money for the effort will come from a Mothers' Club auction. Lischer said about $2,000 will be donated from that club.
The men were hoping to raise the $10,000 by operating a football concession stand, but only raised about $3,000.
house down.
"It's really frustrating because we need $800,000. Even if we do match the $10,000, the question is where do we go from there.
"I keep looking through the tunnel hoping for daylight, and all 1 see is another train coming."
If the $10,000 is matched, the house will still only have about $40,000. Lischer said. The fraternity hoped that alumni would contribute the rest of the money needed when they saw the effort members had gone to raise funds. Lischer said.
Jim Bierkan, president of the housing corporation that owns the Delta Chi house, said the house originally belonged to a do million-dollar renovation.
"The biggest problem we have is the sleeping dorm," he said. "A certain number of square feet is required for each person in the room. He was designed for people, and we have really outgrown the house."
"We had to scale that down after we realized how difficult it was to get alumni contributions," Bjerkan said.
It has been 25 years since any major renovations have been done on the Delta Chi house, and other things need to be repaired. Bjerkan said.
"I believe we'll get there, but I'm probably the most optimistic of all of us. We are making progress even though it hasn't met our expectations. I guess we're kind of learning as we go."
"The study rooms are just falling apart. I mean, I sure wouldn't want to live in them." he said.
Associated Press
President Reagan receives a jacket from Kansas forward Danny Manning. The team was honored at a White House Rose Garden ceremony yesterday.
Reagan praises NCAA champs
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Reagan praised the University of Kansas Jayhawks, yesterday for their underdog victories and their determination in winning the NCAA basketball championship.
He congratulated team members during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden and said, "What happened is a testament to determination, to hard work, lots and lots of hard work, to pride, to teamwork and the courage to dream."
Reagan made specific mention of center Danny Manning and forward Archie Marshall, whose death in December after a knee injury.
Manning, who scored 31 points in the Jahayhaws 83-79 title victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, presented Reagan with two KU letter winners and another student's nickname, "Dutch" Reagan and the other for his wife, Nane.
"Perhaps nothing exemplifies
KU coach Larry Brown said, "We had a real difficult time getting here, but I think the difficulties made it all that more meaningful."
Attending were members of the Kansas congressional delegation, White House and congressional staff members and a throng of Washington-area KU fans who sported buttons that stated, "Manning-Dole '88,"
The team lost several players to injuries and academic problems.
Even Reagan took note of Brown's announcement Friday that he planned to remain at KU by taking an offer to coach at UCLA.
To mixed laughter and applause, the president joked, "I know Jayhawk fans everywhere are rejoicing one moving back to California."
The Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech also were honored at the ceremony for their NCAA title victory.
Senate coalitions release audits; election spending is below limit
Kansan staff writer
By Jeff Suggs
office.
The three coalitions involved in this week's Student Senate elections released their campaign expenditure to the state's Election Committee yesterday.
The self-reported audits showed that as of yesterday, all three coalitions were below their spending limits.
Each coalition is limited in the amount of money it can spend campaigning for the election. To show a record of its spending, the coalitions had to turn in an audit form with the receipts of their expenditures yesterday by 5 p.m. at the Student Senate
Jason Krakow, student body president, said the Election Committee would look over the audit forms and receipts today for any flagrant violations. Next week, Krakow said, the Elections Review Board would have the final say on any campaign spending violations.
If any coalition goes over its spending limit, Krakow said, that coalition would be disbanded.
The Focus coalition has a spending limit of $1,137, and the Integrity and Top Priory coalitions have spending limits of $1,172. Focus's spending ceiling is smaller than the other two coalitions because it does not have
- Focus has spent $967, according to its audit form. Among its expenses were: $131 for 2,000 campaign postings; $269 for 1,200 campaign buttons.
- candidates running for the two School of Pharmacy seats.
- Integrity has spent $1,094, according to its audit form. Among its expenses were: $338 for 2,000 posters and art work, $332 for 1,100 campaign buttons and $267 for photocopying.
Top Priority has spent $962, according to its audit form. Among its expenses were: $303 for 1,300 campaign posters, $256 for 1,000 campaign buttons and $113 for an advertisement in the Kansan.
KU's minority student population through the years
RACISM AT KU
Source: Division of Student Affairs; Office of Institutional Research and Planning
Blaise, Stefan (2014) ANALYSIS
Richard Stewart/KANSAN
Statistics on minorities trouble officials
Editor's Note: Today is the second day of a five-part series examining racism on campus. Tomorrow, the Kansan will look at the number of minority faculty on campus.
By Kathleen Faddis
Kansan staff writer
When Deborah Owens, Wichita junior, visited her sisters this year at Morehouse College, a predominantly black college in Atlanta, she encountered something she had not seen before.
What she saw was a pride in being black and the feeling that black people were doing things and going where they are not find at the University of Kansas.
Owens now plans to transfer to Swinnell College, a private black college in Memphis.
"If they could see what they're
missing, I think a lot more people would be leaving," Owens said.
That is a problem that vexes University administrators. KU officials say that despite programs to promote minority enrollment, a smaller percentage of black students are enrolled today than were 10 years ago. And some of the most significant decreases in black and American Indian enrollment have taken place in the last two years.
"Minority students differ, but many are looking for a place that appears to be comfortable," said Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor at KU. "Lawrence, Kansas, does not have a large minority community. The fact that we don't have many minorities here makes it harder to attract them."
Sims of trouble
Between 1976 and 1986, as total
enrollment at KU increased 14.5 percent, minority enrollment grew 38 percent. Even so, minority students represented only 6.3 percent of the student population in 1986, according the "Student Profile," a publication prepared by the Division of Student Affairs. Minority students include black, Hispanic, American Indian and Asian-Americans.
The numbers in that period are especially disturbing in the case of black students. The number of black students enrolled at KU increased from 730 in 1976 to 879 in 1980, or 20.4 percent. Since then, black student enrollment has fluctuated, generally exceeding a downward trend. Between the fall of 1986 and the fall of 1987, the numbers dropped from 788 to 716, or 9.3 percent. This spring, only 679 black students were enrolled.
The picture is even more bleak for American Indian students. In fall 1977, American Indian students, at 137, composed 0.6 percent of the student population. This spring only 93 students were enrolled. That is a 32 percent decrease. Between 1986 and 1987 alone, their numbers dropped from 191 to 106, or by 44.5 percent.
"This is a red flag as far as I'm concerned," said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs. The low numbers could indicate a permanent problem with minority enrollment. he said.
One area, however, where KU has made significant gains, is in the enrollment of Hispanic and Asian-American students. Hispanic student enrollment increased 19.3 percent, from 259 in 1977 to 309 in spring 1988.
See RACISM, p. 12, col. 4