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Wednesdav. April 13, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Amtrak runs here only at night; commuter service unlikely now
By DONNA KIRK
Staff Renorter
**Note:** there are two instances that fade into darkness, the Lone Tone Ariamtrik passenger train that travels between Victoria and Melbourne, and renameur in Lawrence only at night.
The No. 10 train leaves Kansas City's Union Station, Pershing Road at Main Street, at 12:30 a.m. and returns at 11:45 a.m. E17th Sewen, at 1:10 a.m. another train, No. 16 leaves Lawrence
Group study of insurance is upcoming
A Council of Presidents' subcommittee which has examined academic liability insurance policies will report its recommendations to the Board of Resedents schools tomorrow.
According to Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor and subcommittee chairman, two proposals will be submitted to the Council of Presidents. Both proposals address issues in law, faculty, staff and administrators in lawsuits stemming from their academic work.
However, Shankel said, the proposals differ in both rates and coverage.
Specific details of the proposals, including
the amounts of protection offered, won't be
discussed.
ONE OF THE proposals would require a payment of $20 a year and would include a deductible clause. Employees in different positions would be charged the same rates for coverage.
The second proposal has no deductible clause. Payment for the coverage would be at the time of payment.
Both proposals would be open to all faculty, staff and administrators, Shankel said, but no employee would be required to purchase the insurance.
According to Shankel, the Council of Presidents could decide to use both proposals. The employees would then decide between the two.
Kansas State University is the only Regents school that offers a liability insurance policy. Marvin Thompson, treasurer of the Teachers and Employers Association at K-State, said that even though the policy wasn't required, 802 members have purchased the insurance, provided by a Toneka agency.
THE POLICY is renewed each year, Thompson said. K-State has had some type of liability insurance from different sources and amounts for the last four years, he said.
Thompson said he thought that K-State would agree to join the other Regents in the effort.
According to Shankel, 2,000 employees from the Regents schools would have to purchase the insurance in order for all to participate in the policy.
Mike Davis, University of Kansas general counsel, said, "There is a real need for me to work with the agency."
LAST SPRING a survey was conducted in which 81 per cent of the respondents at KU indicated that they would purchase the dress. A second survey found that would be higher than originally estimated.
The misconception in many people's minds, he said, is that state employees can't
However, he said, it is only the state itself that applies. Employees can be sued and frequently are.
Violin equipment lost in theft; suspect held
Musical equipment with an estimated $1,755 value was reported stolen from a KU student's apartment sometime Sunday or Monday.
Lawrence police said a duplicate key was used to gain entry to the apartment.
Stolen were a 200-year-old violin, a violin
and an amplifier hook-up for the violin.
at 1:20 a.m. and stops in Kansas City at 2:15 a.m.
Police have a suspect and are investigating the theft.
Although the arrival and departure times aren't convenient for commuters, a commuter service between Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka is out of the question for now, according to an Amtrak reservations agent in Los Angeles.
"JUST TO ADD two extra cabs for
between Los Angeles and
San Diego on a Saturday."
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New services are added only after Amtrak has conducted a study to determine the potential number of riders, profits and cost, the agent said. A proposal to establish a county must be approved by the county county and city agencies affected by the service.
The federally owned Amtrak, in operation since 1971 when the government bought bankrupt passenger lines, will be six years old May 1. Amtrak continues to replace old lines by hiring staffing restoring Robert Casey, public affairs manager of the Chicago Amtrak office, said.
"WE LACK equipment to begin new services," he said, "but we're planning to build more coach cars for our Amfleet for distances under 500 miles We've got some metroliners in use in Philadelphia, Chicago and on the West Coast."
He said that a section of the Amtrak Act authorized state governments to establish local services, but that the process took a long time.
Ray McKinley, state director of transportation, said establishing a commuter service to conserve fuel was a good idea that wouldn't work. He said the state wouldn't want to spend the money necessary to set up and operate a commuter service.
THE KANSAS Legislature would have to
McKinley said that an Amtrak commuter service would also have to obtain an operating license from the Kansas Corporation Commission after showing that the service was needed and it had been approved by the legislature.
John McNeal, state director of planning and development, said a computer service could be established to help coordinate transportation or the state division of planning and research had conducted a study to determine the advantages of the new system. But the results were not done so, he said.
LARRY DANIELS, manager of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber had received no inquiries about commuter train transportation.
appropriate one-third of the cost of establishing an intra-state service, according to the Amtrak Act.
A Lawrence Amtrak official said "lots of people" rode the late-night trains between Lawrence and Kansas City, but he said he didn't know how many bought tickets just for the Lawrence-Kansas City round trip, which costs $7.
The local Amtrak official said he couldn't be identified because of Amtrak regulations. The regulations also specify that the only schedule information local stations can provide is to say whether a train is on time, be said.
"No one's really expressed any interest,"
**w** said.
People who want information about Antrik arrival and departure times must call Antrik intercity rail passenger services in Los Angeles at a toll-free number, 1-800-
The reservation agent in Lost Angeles said the trains that stopped in Lawrence and Kansas City were on daily runs between Chicago and Houston.
Rate hikes boost KU energy bill despite drop in natural gas use
Although the University of Kansas has an natural gas conservation program, it is not an option for most students.
KU has lowered its gas consumption; and rates have increased dramatically to raise KU's gas bills. Max Lucas, University of Wisconsin, said the increase in KU received its seventh natural gas rate rise in the last nine months with the February bill, he said.
February's bill showed that 43,877,000 cubic feet, costing $53,312,000, had been used at KU. In February 1976, KU used 41,750 cubic feet but paid only $41,750,000.
The cost rose 32.6 per cent in 1976, but consumption went down 15.3 per cent.
Lucas said that good weather helped the conservation program. Gas is used for heating and lighting.
RATES FOR gas jumped from $1.24 in February 1977 to $1.26 in February 1977.
The program included lowering the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights.
"It was warmer in February than last year," Lucas said. "We also have an energy conservation program that has been in operation for two years and people are paying attention."
Gas rates have risen a total of 34 per cent since June 1976, Lucas said. Since July 1975, gas prices have fallen by more than 20 per cent.
BECAUSE OF higher rates for utilities, including natural gas, the University was forced to ask the Kansas Legislature for more money for KU's 1977 energy budget.
KU asked for $275,680 extra in October 1976, to cover rate hikes for all utilities, as well as $112,382 this February to cover a budget in the bedget by high fuel oil costs.
The change made the budget less flexible than before and made extra money harder to acquire.
Martin Jones, associate director of business affairs, said that KU was budgeted $100,000 to pay for the item used was for the first time this fiscal year instead of placing energy programs on the campus.
endanger service to homes and to high-
priority institutions, such as hospitals.
During those times, between late December
and early February, KU alternated full fuel-
oiling with 50 per cent oil and 50 per
cent gas.
KU IS ON an interruptible-service contract, which allows the gas company to pay for services.
In the more than eight months since the 1977 fiscal year began, Jones said, natural gas has accounted for 25 per cent of the energy budget. Electricity took 61 per cent, fuel oil 10 per cent, and water and sewer service 2 per cent each.
KU has used natural gas exclusively since Feb. 4. Jones said.
Imagine studying in an environment of massive stone walls and lush foliage. Imagine studying at one of the largest women's universities in the world or living among some of the world's friendliest people.
This was how Cameron Hurst, associate professor in East Asian Studies and in history, described a coeducational study abroad program in the Republic of Korea.
South Korea opens doors to Study Abroad program
The University of Kansas, in cooperation with Ewha Women's University, is inaugurating the program in the 1977/78 academic year. The program is in Korea by an American university
Three or four KU students and 12 from other American colleges and universities will be offered.
Hurst, co-director of the program, said recently that all parties connected with the program were pleased with its reception and that different benefits would arise from it.
"I WAS IN Korea last November and December and I had a chance to talk to the government," Hurst said. "The Blue House, very enthusiastic. The White House, was very enthusiastic."
Hurst said that through the program the department of East Asian Studies hoped to increase student participation and to give a real understanding about Korea.
"If you make access to a country easy, people are more likely to study that country. It's more fun to study in a country where people are less likely to study it in the middle of Kansas," he said.
The program will involve four courses of academic work in the Korean language and English.
TWO COURSES will be devoted to an intensive Korean language program of 10 classroom hours per week under the supervision of native speakers.
A third course will be a lecture in English on a Korean subject. For the first semester there will be a team-taught course on contemporary Korea, which will provide a detailed introduction to the political, social and cultural patterns of Korea today.
The fourth course will be an independent study project, designed to take advantage of the location in Korea so that students can materials not available in the United States.
ONE OTHER aspect of the program is to help dispel the image people have of Korea. Hurst said that people remember Korea after its invasion and scandals involving the Korean government,
"Lots of students study in Japan and China but few study in Korea because of its size, the war and the biased publicity it receives," he said.
"Right now, people who study Korea have
Big 8 Softball Tournament at Holcom Sports Complex (Back of Park 25 apts.) April 15-16
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Friday 2:30-7 p.m.
Championships 5:15 p.m. Saturday
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$1.00 Children 12 and under
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already been there with either the Peace Corps or the army. Very few are the "Joe College" type, and we would like to change that," he said.
He said many of the Peace Corps workers stay in Korea after their service to teach English, study foreign languages or
"I KNOW FOUR people from KU who have stayed there and enjoyed living there," Hurst said. "I don't think I ever would have gone into East Asian studies except I had a chance to go and study in Japan."
In addition to the academic program, there will be field trips and other cultural activities throughout the year. Participants in this course normally earn 32 credit hours through KU.
Although the program is only offered by KU, students from all over the country are required.
The cost of the program is $3,200, which covers transportation from the West Coast, all academic fees, room and board. It includes an expense of transportation to the West Coast.
A few fellowship grants of up to $1,000 are available.
Applications can be obtained from Hurst in the office of Study Abroad until Friday.
Greeks paired for Rock Chalk
Fraternity and sorority pairings for the Rock Chalk Revue were announced
The pairings were made by the KU-Y from preference lists submitted by intersted Greek groups, Jo Bedard, KU-Y coordinator, said yesterday.
These are the fraternity-sorcery pairs: Alpha Tau Omega-Alpha Gamma Delta; Beta Theta PI-Chi Omega; Delta Chi-Apha PI; Kappa Pi; Sigma-Gamma Pi; Phi Delta Theta PI-Beta Pi; Phi Gamma Delta-Kappa Kappa Delta; Phi Kappa Pi-Sigma; Phi Kappa Pi-Theta Alpha Pi-Sigma. Chi-Apha Chi Omega and Sigma Nu-Delta Gamma.
Independent organizations interested in participating in Rock Chalk should notify
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