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Wednesdav.March 2.1977
University Daily Kansan
Veterans face new pay regulations
Veterans who go to school under the GI Bill could owe money to the federal government if they drop courses or receive nonpunctive grades, Steve Keene, KU Veterans Administration (VA) representative, said recently.
New VA regulations require the agency to retractively cancel assistance payments to veterans for courses that are dropped without a grade, audited, or completed with a nonpuppet grade (one that isn't used to compute a grade point average).
The new regulations went into effect Dec. 1, 1976.
Neaksi said the new regulations applied only when a veteran's course load dropped
Neske also said payments wouldn't be canceled if a veteran could prove that mitigating circumstances beyond his eligibility would satisfy the satisfactory completion of a course.
Mitigating circumstances include serious illness, immediate family financial
Bloodmobile is halfway to goal
By MARSHA WOOLERY Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas Blood Drive is halfway to its goal after the first two days of donor registration. Monte Nighwenger, interim president of Interfraternity Council, said yesterday.
Nightswanger said 350 students had made appointments to give blood in the drive, which begins next Monday. This spring's drive was 25 cents short of its 729-pint goal.
Students can still make appointments today and tomorrow at tables in Wescos terrace, the Kansas University lobby and Dixon Gymnasium from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A bloodmobil from the Wichita Regional Blood Program will be at the Union Monday through Wednesday next week to transport the blood back to the program's center for testing before it is distributed to Kansas hospitals.
STUDENTS CAN donate blood from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday
Nightswinger, who is a Delta Upsition fraternity member, said few people had signed up to give blood Wednesday or in the late afternoons. He also said people who wanted to donate without an appointment could do so.
Vicki Ehlman, campa affairs director for the KU Panhellenic Association, said 21 beds would be used in the Union ballroom to process 12-13 students every 15 minutes. The students will be a day meaning that if all time periods were filled, 900 nets of blood would be given.
Students will be registered in the hallroom by volunteer workers from fraternities, sororities, scholarship halls and Rifles, a student service organization.
OTHER VOLUNTEERS will shake, label and transport the bags of blood while others will offer orange juice and cookies to donors to give them quick energy after they give
Before a student donates blood, volunteer nurses from the Lawrence Red Cross will check his medical history and take his blood pressure, temperature and pulse. He will also have records of malaria, hepatitis or other communicable diseases will not give blood. Also people taking antibiotics or certain medications for flu, colds, allergies and diabetes will not be tested.
Ehrmann, who is an Alpha Gamma Delta sorority member, and those nurses had to be trained.
PERSONS WHO weigh less than 110 pounds or have very low blood pressures may not donate blood, Nighswanger said, for the sake of their own health.
"We're doing this to speed up the flow so we won't be the backside that has been in place."
In past years, students often sat in line two to three hours while two nurses asked students about their medical histories. Now the entire process, from registering to recuperating at the canten, should take only two hours.
Also in past years, Kansas State University has challenged the University of Kansas to a race for the most pints of blood, and has always won. Nijkhaan wered.
"MY BROTHER went to KSU and they really pride themselves in being Snob. Bots
But Jo Byers, a Red Cross worker, said student response had improved. She said that in the 1960s students would protest against the school because food was good to bring men home from Vietnam.
"But the ones protesting would come in donate later," she said, "so it wasn't so hard."
Students who donate can receive free blood for themselves and family members within the next year, and will receive a grant for free beer at the Stables, 1401 W. 7th St.
**THIS YEAR the certificates will be in the form of wooden tokens. Stables owner Ace Johnson said students had brought in forged copies of the printed certificates in past years, sometimes two or three months after the blood drive.**
Both Ehmann and Nighwenger encouraged students under the Greek system to work on the project.
"Even though the Greek system staffs and runs the entire drive, they give only 10 per cent of the blood," Ehmann said. "We could use more support."
Nightwiser said students wishing to work at the drive should contact Sheryl Hauser at the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. For more information about donor stipulations, visit www.alphadeltapi.com; complete at the registration tables today and tomorrow or call the local Red Cross.
obligations and evidence that a veteran sought academic counseling or applied for tutorial aid.
However, Neske said, if a student doesn't show a "good faith pursuit of a course", assistance payments will be terminated retroactively to the beginning of the course.
This means that some veterans might find themselves overpaid under the GI Bill for courses from which they withdrew or received a nonpunctive grade. They will receive a notice from the VA of the amount of money they must repay.
"The new regulations are an outgrowth of the abuse of the system," Neake said.
The VA allows a 30-day period after a course withdrawal or after a nonpunctive grade is received before it stops assistance payments.
Previously, there was no retroactive penalty for dropping a course.
The period is set up so that veterans can submit a statement concerning circumstances of the withdrawal or grade assignment to the VA.
The VA will determine the effect of the circumstances on a veteran's courses and notify the veteran of any change in the assistance payments.
Last semester, 36 KU veterans were affected by the new regulations, but their retroactive payments went back only to Dec. 1, 1978.
Law school . . .
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Lacas said, "Our concern is with the building and with the contractors."
Lucas said he was optimistic that the building would be finished by June 7, Casson's new deadline for completion. Casson formerly had a May 23 deadline, but the state architect's office gave the company a 15-day extension.
The extension saved Cason $7,000 in possible which could have accrued more than $150,000.
"The building is progressing very well," Lucas said. "We told the contractor 'it's an
absolute must that he be done by June 7.
CASSON SAID Monday that the company had put extra men on the site to speed up the building's completion, but that he couldn't specify how many.
"It's possible to be done on time if the contractor puts in the necessary effort."
"Last week, we had five on the site," Casson said. "This week, we have 10 or 15."
The company has 30 employees, according to Casson.
Lucas said that more concrete panels were expected to arrive today.
Bonnie Ritter, director of the Office of Affirmative Action, said yesterday that no complaints had been filed but that it was the effort to investigate any possible discriminatory.
Discrimination controversy investigated by Greeks, Office of Affirmative Action
After recent controversy over discrimination in this spring's soiré rush, the KU Office of Affirmative Action is unable to handle discrimination in KU's Greek system.
On Jan. 26, Nancy Toledson, Lawrence
Senior, wrote a letter to the Kansas
charging that members of her sorority
admitted a black woman because of
her race.
Cinda Osmess, Panhellenic Council president, said at that time that she didn't think there was any discrimination during spring rush.
Ritter said that if any evidence of discrimination was found, the results would be very simple—discrimination would have to stop.
The Regents policy on organizational membership prohibits "discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religious faith or national origin within the institutions under its jurisdiction." The policy covers abusively, sororites and other campus groups.
The Office of Affirmative Action is conducting the investigation by reviewing laws that deal with racial discrimination, and Board of Regents policy.
There cannot be any endorsement of discrimination in any way by the United States.
The Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils announced this week that they
have formed a task force to examine discrimination within the Greek system and develop communications between all of its member states and members of sororities and fraternities at
Ritter said the Office of Affirmative Action would submit a report on its study to Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, later this week.
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TODAY'S EVENTS
NOT LOST IN THE CROWD
Wed., March 2
12:00 Alan Hamant, brumpet and William Gilinsky, baritone
--is now serving Michelob on Draught! Hurry down and try a nice cold glass.
Wednesdays—cover 50c
Large Draws 40c Small Draws 25c 9-11
2:00 Critical Symposium on HOMER9CA with Horny Heaves, Saturday Review, Giles Fowler, Kansas City Star, and Sylvia Drake, Los Angeles Times. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
4:00 Ken Irby, poet
Pine Room, Kansas Union.
Faculty Recital Series Swarthout Recital Hall
HWSTOOO
8:00 Tommy Brittain, woodwind
Forest, Foothill Series, Sumner Park
8.00 HOMERCA
Kansas Union Ballroom.
*3.50 Tickets for reserved seating at SUA office.
The Mad Hatter
Thursdays—the usual
Fridays & Saturdays--cover $1.00 Includes two small draws or setups Free before 11:00.
7th & New Hampshire Memberships Available 842-9476
THE MAD HATTER
2 FREE Draws with any pizza ordered at the Wheel between 5 & 7 Featuring today's special— Green Pepper
THE RUGBY CLUB (WHO ELSE?) PRESENTS . . .
AN ORGY OF CARTOONS
67 YEARS OF SEX, VIOLENCE, AND GENERAL BAD TASTE
"TRIP TO THE MOON"
1902
The first cartoon ever made—a surrealistic fantasy feature, a magic umbrella which zaps the moon natives at the flick of a fork.
"GERTIE THE DINOSAUH"
[1909]
"FELIX (THE CAT) IN
"Godh! I wish I was a fairy!" says our hero, and an aroused witch takes it from there
"ALICE'S EGG PLANT"
[1924]
A Disney cartoon on an Egg
Layers' strike, where the hens
need Ex-Lax more than they
need the CIO
"BOOOP-OAP-DOOP"
1932
On the perils of America's favorite curbside hostess as she escapes the pains of her job.
The happy tale of a lecherous farmer who lives happily ever after with a nymph from the Zodiac.
"BARNYARD LODGE"
"BOOP-OOP-A-DOOP'
1932 BIRCHS the family scene and is promptly scared out of her tree by a woman of gorilla imagining her famous face enraged chant
"PECKER ISLAND") 1934) The infamous EVERYhard Hard on leaves no hole unplugged in his great crush to eliminate the fear of stealing from the barnyard. Easily one of the funniest cartoons ever made.
"PECKER ISLAND" [1934]
"MINNIE THE MOOCHER" (1932)
STRIKE!
TELL YOU
STRIKE!
"THE BAND CONCERT"
"MOVING DAY" [1936]
An Academy Award winner from that long ago time when Mickey was an undomesticated dog, the sock something like a real Duck.
Another color Disney, this one co-starring Pete the villainous sheriff who spits out his hat and Donnell's back in a spittoon.
BUGS BUNNY'S
*HARUM SCAR-UM* (1938)
The first B.B. color cartoon, an Ode to Anarchy costing the one and only Eimer Fudl.
DAFFY DUCK [1949]
in color, our transsexual heroine) lays a Golden Egg and quickly wishes (she) hadn't.
MIGHTY MOUSE [1952]
Mighty carries on the class struggle by dumping the facsimile king into the alligator pit, while the masters lieuts out areas of appreciation.
BUGS BUNNY'S
BUGS BUNNY'S
"WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?"
(1955)
An Academy Award winner teaturing Bugs in drag, with Elmer as his lover!
On the theory that if you've seen one Roadrunner you've seen'em all, we present the Roadrunner even marie.
ROADRUNNER [1961]
LENNY BRUCE'S
Acc
ment
are o
sex,
BRIN
LENNY BRUCE'S
"THANK YOU, MASK MAN"
[1969]
A cartoon version of Bruce's classic skit about the Lone Ranger's REAL interest in Tonto and Silver.
Fri., Sat., & Sun., March 4-5-6
Wescoe Auditorium, Room 3140
7, 9 & 11:00 (No 11:00 Sunday) $1.50