University Daily Kansan / Monday. January 25, 1988
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Bankruptcy increases Rise was less than state officials expected
The Associated Press
HAYS — A total of 7,287 bankruptcy cases were filed in Kansas in 1987, an increase over 1986, but fewer than the state's federal bankruptcy clerk had anticipated.
In 1986, 7.217 bankruptcy filings were made in the state's federal bankruptcy courts in Kansas City, Wichita and Topeka. In 1985, there were 5.503 cases.
"We were looking at a 20 percent increase," Brenner said. "Then it slowed substantially toward the latter part of the year in all three locations."
The 1987 increase fell short of what Russell Brenner, clerk of the federal bankruptcy courts in Kansas, had expected.
Brenner said uncertainty in the agriculture, oil and aerospace industries prevented him from making any prediction for the number of bankruptty filings in 1988.
Brenner was concerned that the closing of General Motors' Leeds plant in Kansas City, Mo., which put 1,600 people out of work, could have an effect.
"That could have an impact on Kansas City and Topeka," he said. "Usually, when you have something like that happen, it has a domino effect. I would anticipate having an increase in filings."
As in previous years, the Wichita court handled the largest number of bankruptcy cases in 1987.
The Wichita office received a total of 3,543 cases, Brenner said. That compares to the 1,839 cases that were filed in Topeka and the 1,905 cases filed in Kansas City.
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Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, stands next to the new Online Catalog computer system. The system was introduced at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at Watson Library.
Library file system unveiled
By Jill Jess
Kansan staff writer
Amid ceremony and speeches.
Watson Library's online catalog
system opened officially Friday
afternoon,
"For official purposes, this is day one," said Clinton Howard, assistant dean for technical services.
Although the terminals for the catalog system have been used since November, the activities of the ceremonial beginning of the system.
About 20 percent, or 400,000, of the library's books are listed on the system. Eventually, Howard Koehler should be recorded on the computers.
The periodicals index also would be added to the catalog system as
well as circulation status, Howard said.
Students can call up books by author, subject, title or call number. A "help" function explains how the computers work.
Hardware for the computer system cost about $105,000 and programming cost about $60,000.
"If we had any scruples, we would not ask for any more money for awhile." Howard said. "But, we don't."
After speeches by Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, and Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, Mary Roach, assistant head of the cataloging department, cut the blue and red ribbon on one of the terminals. Then, John Miller, library analyst,
called up the ceremonial first record.
"It's good when you christen something new like this to stress the continuity with the old, so the first record I'd like to call up is for the book whose gard was the last card filled," Miller said.
Appropriately, the book was "By the Sweat of Their Brow", by Angela V. John.
Howard said he was proud of the catalog system and the work that had gone into preparing it.
"I'm happy to be able to present this information in a form that we've wanted to all along and in a way we're really proud of," he said.
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The ACE chapter is alive and thriving this semester at the University of Kansas. The organization is one of over 500 internationally affiliated college chapters that consist of students who either currently own their own business or have interest in doing so in the future.
ACE would like to invite students from every school to attend our first general meeting this Thursday, January 28 at 7 p.m. in the Pioneer Room Level 3, Burge Union. Kevin Wickliff from legal services will make a presentation on the legal aspects of entrepreneurship.
ACE provides a unique opportunity for all members to meet entrepreneurs from both the local and national levels through a series of "Guest Lectures" sponsored solely by ACE. Through this process, the organization provides a communication network between student members and the business world.
For more information and meeting location call 843-3277
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