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Monday, January 24,1977
University Daily Kansan
Bill proposed eliminating KU Regents domination
A bill introduced by a Manhattan state senator will eliminate majority membership by University of Kansas alumni on the basis of Regents if passed by the 1977 Senate. Separate
The senator, Donn Everett, R-Manhattan, said last week that Regents were selected only after the "systematic exclusion" of non-KU graduates.
Seven of the nine Regents, who are appointed by the governor, are KU graduates.
"IF YOU WERE an administrator from Emploria State and went to the board with a proposal and saw that seven of the nine officers were in charge, did you be subly intimidated?" he asked.
"What qualifies a KU alumnas more than others? If this is so damn fair, why don't we have to?"
Everett's bill, which has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, would require that only one regent be appointed; any one of the seven Regens schools.
"I'm trying to make a point about the balance on the board." Everett said. "I realize that the bill is unrealistic, and it probably won't pass.
"IN MY OPINION, this has been a historic understanding that the Board of Regents were KU graduates, and unless it is done, that's the way it's going to stay."
Everett, a KU graduate, said 17 regents have been from KU, six from Kansas State University, two from Emporia Kansas State University, and one from FHays State College.
Everett's home district includes K-State, KU's major competitor for state money, but he wouldn't say whether constituents' complaints prompted his bill.
"Since I wrote the bill, I've felt strong sentiment from other legislators and people that the balance has been historically unfair and should be changed," he said.
"To carry this one step further, you can see that not one member is in plant or animal science, and it's my understanding that agriculture is one of the most impor- tant economic ecosystem. The board shows abysmal ignorance when it comes to agriculture."
The Regents distribute state money to the
seven Regents schools, KU, K-State, Emperor State, Fort Hays State, Kansas State College at Pittsburgh, Wichita State University, National Institute. Gov. Robert Bennett, a KU graduate, has said he opposes Everett's bill to present the system is fair.
EVERETT SAID the people of Kansas should compare the state institutions' stadiums, field houses and classroom facilities and examine "the way the KU Endowment Association builds buildings that are maintained with state money" to see whether board decisions had been slanted toward KU.
Lawrence's proposed Haskell Loop, the $2.5 million roadway that East Lawrence didn't want, died Dec. 21 at the hands of city commissioners.
Loop death city's major action
Staff Reporter
By JOHN MUELLEB
Other commissioners, except for Carl Mibeck, had backed the roadway and finally gave it their official blessing in summer 1975
Commissioners voted 4-1 to kill the loop and table indefinitely plans for its construction. Only Mayor Fred Pence favored the loop, which would have carried traffic from 11th Street and Haskell Avenue to Seventh and Connecticut streets.
COMMISSIONERS APPARENTLY changed their minds about the loop because they were dissatisfied with an en-
gagement for their leadership. Oblinger-Smith of Wichita, the com-
Two citizens' groups, the East Lawrence Citizens for Housing Preservation and the East Lawrence Improvement Association (EA), aided with Mibbe in opposing the loos
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"I used to wonder who that was," one Post Office Committee member said, "until one day he showed up for a committee vote and sat behind his name plate."
Nix was present for two of 23 committee votes in the last Congress, the record shows, and didn't attend a series of crucial House hearings. The $100,000 subsidy bill, even though he was appointed
WASHINGTON—The new chairman of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, Rep. Robert Nix, D-Pa., is known to some of his colleagues as the man who watches television soap operas in the bedroom on the days the House is in
Nix is black, and many members were afraid that a vote against him for the chairmanship would raise charges of racial discrimination according to some on the postal committee.
to represent the interests of House
calepaces. He was appointed because of his
knowledge of the Constitution.
missioners had said that the report wasn't covered any negative effects of the loop.
The ELIA, like the commissioners, for-
warded the support loop, but last fall wasd
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The records at the International Relations Committee, on which Nix serves, show that the group has been a major force in the anti-Western agenda.
“It’s a very awkward situation,” a committee member said. “There’s no question that if he were white, he wouldn’t stand a ghost of a chance. I don’t think it helps the cause of race relations to appoint incompetents.”
Postal chairman called negligent
the votes there in the last Congress. His subcommittee on International Economic Policy had only about seven days of bearings a year the last two years.
During the Vietnam War, Nix was chairman of the subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs, yet he held only about a dozen hearings.
"he never asked any hearings unless he is forced to," a senior member of the In-
Ninety-one members voted against him for postal chairmanship even though he had no vote. They cheated the chairmen.
Nii will oversee the operations of the troubled Foetal Service and the Civil Serv-
*tion*.
Association, in another commission development, decided to sell Lawrence land
The Endowment Association said it planned to sell—for $1 an acre—the 117 acres on the current airport site that it now leases to the city. An additional 211 acres owned by the Endowment Association is to be sold to the city for $350,000.
The association's offer includes two conditions guaranteed to KU: full and free use of the airport and representation on future airport governing bodies.
The city will buy the land if the Federal Aviation Administration gives Lawrence $2.4 million, or 90 per cent of the acquisition costs.
THAT MONEY would be used to build a new strip to handle light business jets and add 900 feet to the current 3,000-foot runway.
Commissioners also recently changed trash collection policies. The city landfill is now available, without cost, to private trucks that haul residential trash. Automobiles already had free use of the landfill.
Cinda Ossa, president of the Panhellenic Council, said late last week that the number of women going through rush was "just what we expected," even though bad weather caused some women to be late to parties.
Sororities pledge 264 despite foul weather
Cold, snowy weather didn't seem to keep down the number of women going through spring rush, and University of Kansas sororities bridged 254 women.
The majority of the pledges, most of whom were freshmen, won't move into their bachelor's degree.
Panthellen was pleased with this year's rush, she said, because for the past two years women have become more interested in cycling—an interest that seems to run in cycles.
"Students and their families are realizing that there are several living options at KU," she said. "There's more acceptance of living where you want to live."
Caryl Smith, associate dean of women, agreed that interest in sororities has increased.
Rush was open to second semester freshmen and older women students, all of whom had to have completed 14 hours with a 2.2 grade point average.
During rush week, prospective pledges visit all 12 KU sororites. The sororites then invite back the women they wish to pledge, who return if they are interested in pledging that sorority. This procedure occurs two times before the women officially pledge.
"No one ends up pledging a house they don't like, and no house gets someone to pay for."
Trash problems came to a head in late December, when collection was cut back from twice a week to once a week. The outcure resulted largely from budget changes, increased operating overheads and increased equipment maintenance costs.
Those nledged:
Those piedged:
ALPHA CHLOMEGA
Shimaya Bhook, Glennon E., Eliason Borman, Athena A. Carnegie, Overland Park, Kincumber Exau, Concordia Erice Floorplay, Wichita Bishops
PACifica, CA
PACifica, CA
Barbara Braden
Barbara Braden
Darcy Burgess
Tongue Jade, Catherine
Tongue Jade, Catherine
Martha, Collea
Susan Anderson, Wichita, Melanie Danue, Kansas City, Mo. Trail, Jack, Crewe, Moe, Christine City, Pa. Paul, Dennis, John, Mary, Pratt, Prairie Village, Harbert Karp, Glenneway, Ill. Janet Bassett, Harbert Karp, Glenneway, Ill. Barbara Vilareau, McAkeney, Overland, Pellencia Village, Barbara McAkeney, Overland, Pellencia Village, Parkville, Overland, Pellencia Village, Parkville, Swain, Martha Bolthe, Overland Park, Vickie Swain, Wayne Grisbein, Praigle Village, Lika Weich, Overland Park, Praigle Village, Lika Weich, Overland Park
enm, Witches; Kabryman Dammann, Leeward, Keedley Davis, Johns; Agilein Adele, Allison Sice Fitch; Hutchinson, Dan; Jackson, Robert; Stockton, Mary Hawkinson, Cordelia, Donna Stuart; McLennan, Matthew; Naryon, June; McQuillan, Lawrence Naryon, Naryon, June; McQuillan, Lawrence Naryon, Naryon, June; Prairie Village, Michele Pickard, Wilmette, III, Lila Bostock; Stoll, Timothy T. Carroll; Clyllan Silliman, Overland Park, Carla T Mallau, Ohio.
Hlager, Lawreno
CHIOMEGA
Am Austin, Cleland, Ohio, Lisa Biltzner, Leawood, Beth Bodhini, Kansas City, Kanis Carly, Sandra Carper, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Leslie Coverle, Health, Ohio, Mary Creech, Stanley, James Crane, Houston, Waco, Janet Grassie, Jane Grande, Beautish, Wash., Sarah Hyen, Wailer, Peter Tolkein, Baskin, Patrick M. Larson, Petrina K. Buckin, Pamela McCrawley, Lawrence, Sharon Moffett, Overland Park, Dona Moeer, Lawrence, Brian Mott, Winnipeg, Lawrence, Hebe Thomas, Leavandre, Francis M. Nelson, Helen Watson, Wendat Waltz, Manchester, Mo., Tammiyward, Hutchin
Jacques Coleman, Hutchison, Michelle Hayes, Kanaka Wakame, Wendy Wiggers, Alexandra Dodds, Nikki Wiggers, Oceana Haane, Perry Lannan, Karen, Kansas City.
Club Arady, Balbain, Mo; Mr. Ehrenesse, KI; Durand, Edgar; Musselman, Michael; Leah Burkstra, Dusan Nuan, Susan O'Neill; Marie DeCasa, Jeremy Jackson; Maria Del Cagnaro, Welsh; Mole, Eagle, Kansas City; Mary McGraw, Bridges; Robert Hirsch, Kansas City; Kim, Charles Tulsa, Tulka, Uda; Phillip Harden, St. Louis; Kim, Charles Tulsa, Tulka, Uda; Phi
Am. Alainiqi, Topkapi; Susan Burke, Rock Port, Mn.
Amir Amalai, Topkapi; Susan Burke, Rock Port,
Gaylord, Overland Park; Theresa Herman, Overland Park;
Ogden, Wyoming; Prima Holland, Omaha, Salem
Heide, Prairie City
Janie Calhoun, Chickasha. Okla; Debbie Chessy, Overland Park, Cheri Chessy. Evergreen, Coke. Ohio; Michelle McDowell, Overland Park, Overland Park, Mary Howard, Overland Park, Diana Kessler, Overland Park, Michael McDougall, Perry, Jerry Newman, Michelle Benjamin, Leeward, Peggy Ryan Cooper, Elizabeth Baldwin, Sandy Clark, Catherine Winner, Overland Park, Snowy Clark, Catherine Winner, Overland Park
Jubei Beck, Milton Hills, Kyle Burk, Leeward, Cowdray,
Gilbert, Lakewood, McMullen, Dunlap, Danielawn, Julie Gibbons, Dowden, Iowa, Mary O'Reilly, Mason, Niles, Anne Diederman, Jill Hutchison, Lawson
Jilje Aull, *Ulverstone College*, Overland Park, Eldora Board, Pearl Ridge, Jilje Curtis, Overland Park, Elmo Board, Pearl Ridge, Larsa Laybøe, Overland Park, Saly Magsu, Prairie Village, Pamela Overland Park, Teresa Magsu, Prairie Village, Pamela Overland Park, Carole Nester, Beleker, Ilira, Debra Overland Park, Susan Owen, Salina, Jane Robbins Overland Park, Susan Owen, Jane Robbins Joy Schul, Toekmei, Toekmei Starkley, Michelle
Sare Brown, Overland Park, Modula Cadde, Lake Jackson, Pine Ridge, Plains Marina, Robert E. Babanko, Kiahana City, Mo. Javanese Village, Cottonwood Creek Shawnee Mission, Calico Green, Saline, Linda Griffin, Parraville Village, Elmley, Leeswood, Carlin Land, Prairie Village, Elmley, Leeswood, Carlin Land, Alpine Mollweide, Wishla, Mabel Webb, Tamaruck Prarie Village, Lausanne, Kansas City, Maveri
Cycle helmet revival dies
TOPEKA (UPI) - The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee has killed a bill that would have restored the ADA program, violated by a legislative error last session.
Hein and other members said it was up to the individual to determine whether he should wear a helmet for his safety, and should not be a legislative matter.
As 35 long-haired motorcycles looked on, the panel approved a motion by Sen. Ron Stokpa, to kill the bill rather than allowing it to be spending University of Kansas helmet study
"I suppose we could do a study on seatbelt" Hein said, "I suppose we could mandate people to turn on their furnaces in the dormitory."
Sen. John Croftoff, R-Cedar Point, introduced the bill to reinstitute the law after Attorney General Curt Schneider ruled that prosecutors were required to prosecute for failure to wear a helmet.
Commissioners haven't acted formally on the charges against McClanahan, but they have unanimously told Buford Watson, city manager, to improve conditions in the planning department. According to Clark, the department-meets Iring McClanahan.
The staff members, Myles Schachtler and Deanne Vieux, said McClanathan was frequently absent from work and made improper planning decisions. Although McClanathan has denied the allegations, Commissioner Barkley Clark said last week that McClanathan probably would be forced to resign.
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THE KANSAS University Endowment
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said late last week that residence halls probably would have between 94 and 96 per cent occupancy, meaning a few spaces would be available. That figure is close to the occupancy last semester.
Last semester, there was a housing shortage on campus so severe that some students had to live temporarily in residence hall laundry rooms.
The exact number of people living in the balls cast is determined until all the figures are completed.
Lawrence student housing unlikely to burst at seams
Houses, rather than apartments, have most of the available spaces, he said.
housing. Joe Stroup, president of Associated Property Co., Inc., 850 Avalon Road, said that apartments in Lawrence were close to the school, but that no housing shortage was forseen.
There are also vacancies in off-campus
Barry Nall, real estate salesman for Martin Real Estate, 1424 W. 23 St., agreed that there was no housing shortage and said that only four students came to his real estate office last weekend looking for apartments.
The company handles rentals for Birchwood Gardens and Village Square
FIAT ANNOUNCES A $400 FACTORY REBATE ON THE '76 FIAT 131.
To get your rebate, just see your local Fiat dealer before March 31, 1977, pick the 76 Fiat 131 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan or wagon you want from his stock, and purchase it (Your dealer will be a bargaining mood because it's end-of-year clearance time). Then, simply take delivery of
vour Fiat by March 31.
You can apply the $400 rebate towards the down payment, or Flat will send you a check for $40 if you like.
Either way, you'll be getting a Fiat that's bigger and more luxurious than any Fiat you've ever seen. A car that offers a wealth of standard features comparable to cars
costing thousands of dollars more
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