THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol.87 No.72
Tuesday, December 7,1976
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Staff photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Glen Hardesty, an employee of the University Printing Service on West Campus, looks up at the water dripping from the ceiling as he mops the floor. The flood occurred
All wet
yesterday, but Hardesty said the water had been dripping continuously after rains for about three years. The small press on the right had been covered to protect it from the rain.
KU seen through children's eyes
Bv RICK THAEMERT
After the first few months at the University of Kansas, many students lose their enthusiasm and appreciation for the KU campus and academic life. The hills and sprawling campus become a nuisance, and the activities merely routine.
out through the eyes of third and fourth grade kids, KU is a collection of exciting
When asked last week what KU meant to them, Jon Graller Jr's third grade class and Beverly Van Dyke's fourth grade class at Woodland Elementary school said that KU influenced them both socially and academically.
The aspect of KU that influenced them most was the football program, and the enthusiasm displayed could mean easy recruiting for KU when the young fans grow
DALE JAMES, a fourth grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer James, 716 N. 7th St., said, "I like Lavern Smith when he plays football. I like football because it has
ots and lots of action. I like to play football,
because there is lot of action, played "there"
there is lot of football played."
Doug Groninger, a third grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Groninger, 432 Lyon St., said, "I like Nolan Cormwell. I him, my dad, and dad think they wanted to hurt him."
Some students, like Ricky Davenport, a third grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davenport, $83 Llyon SK., showed that he did not want to student what he sees in the stands at a bad call.
"KU has smart football players, but one time they lost, the other team cheated," he said.
KEVIN TODD, a fourth grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Todd, 724 Elm St., seemed to think enough of the Jayhawks to predict a bright future.
"I think next year the Jayhawks will beat the Golden Buffaloes. And get a bigger football parking lot and add on the museum and art gallery," he said.
Most of the students said that exposure to KU through trips to museums and galleries,
and through student teachers, aides and friends bad helped them learn a lot.
Trisha Vasquez, a third grader and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marian Vasquez, 689 Lyon St., said, "KU is like a world in one. I've been there before with my class. I've been at the museum. They had beds and a big see-through glass with fish. too."
DEBRIE HIGGINS, a fourth grader and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Higgins, 527 Perry St., said she was convinced that she would be a good job must have studied hard to be so smart.
"They're real smart," she said. "They all know the奥密克桑 about the kind of stuff I wear."
Two students, Robert Bartell, a fourth grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bartell, 900 N. Third St., and Darren Roberts, a third grader and the son of Delores Bryant, 865 Lyon St., seemed to be aware of the University's purpose.
"When I think of KU, I think of a practice of life. I think of sports. I think of building. I think of science. I think of poetry," he said. BOWTEN SAID, he could speak, as KU.
ROBERT SAID he would go to KU
"because you will learn to do all sorts of things. Then after you get out of KU, you will know how to do the stuff. Then you are on your own."
Not all Lawrence grade school students are aware of KU, however. Jerry Spurlock, a third grader and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spurlock, 403 Lincoln St., saw KU as an overwhelming and mysterious challenge of discipline and maturity.
"I wonder how it is up on the hill. I might go up there when I'm 16," he said.
Many of the impressions that kids get of KU come from their relationships with organizations such as the Big Brother and Big Sister Program. Some of the kids were astounded to find that their older friends lived with as many as 100 people.
LILLIAN HORNBERGER, a fourth grader and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hornberger, 408 Locust St., said he was a very good student. Big Sister had taken and told her about.
See CHILDISH page three
Doug Groninger said he had a Big Brother
KUMC resumes heart surgery
By BARBARA ROSEWICZ
Staff Writer
The arrival of a new heart surgeon at the KU Medical Center has signaled the start of heart surgery again after a break of more than a month.
Donald Barnhorst, the new chief of cardiovascular surgery, arrived last week from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and is scheduled to perform surgery this
Heart surgery was halted in late October when Malcolm Arnold, the Med Center's only heart surgeon, resigned to take a position in Australia. The Med Center was left without a heart surgeon because Arnold was scheduled to arrive.
Barnhorst said yesterday that there was a modest backlog of surgery that had been completed.
SURGERY SHOULD start this week without a delay for procedural adjustments because Barnhorst and Med Center operating room technicians and nurses have already gone over surgical procedures together.
Barnhistor that said some technicians and nurses went to the Mayo Clinic before he left to compare procedures. When he came to Barnhistor, the nurse conducted it and was conducted to review surgical team work.
Although the Med Center handles only about 150 heart surgery cases a year, Barnhart said he hoped to have 300 to 500 cases a year in two years. By then, the new
A SEASONED HEART surgeron will be able to perform the best when Barnhern is unavailable, he said.
clinical facility, scheduled for completion in October 1978, should be open.
"I'm certain there have been some decreases in the number of cases because of the publicity that the Med Center and the cardiothoracic unit has received," he said.
In the past year, heart surgery at the Med center has been disrupted by complaints of high blood pressure.
ALTHOUGH AN outside panel of three surgeries later declared the Med Center safe for heart surgery, the problems caused some people to seek heart surgery at other hospitals, he said. Most cases are referred to the Med Center by practicing physicians.
Robert Resis and Hammer Hannah, heart surgeons, resigned in February after they complained of substandard operating room conditions. He still is for four months until Arnold arrived.
"People are naturally staying back to see how things go. If we perform well and provide good service, some of the lines of the play and Center will eventually return," he said.
About 4,000 season basketball tickets were sold this year, 3,200 fewer than last year, according to Doug Messer, assistant athletic director. Season football tickets also increased in price, and students bought 10,700 of them—200 more than last year.
Barnhorst said he carefully examined surgical facilities at the Med Center before he accepted the job, and found that they were more than satisfactory. Technical skills and experience in new clinical facility will further improve conditions at the Med Center, he said.
Season ticket prices increased from $10 to $15 for basketball and from $10 to $20 for football after the Student Senate voted last year to end its $47,000 subsidy of athletic fees.
Messer said recently that other factors, such as fans' expectations and the schedule, were responsible for the drop in basketball ticket sales.
"The BASIC motivating factor for buying a ticket for anybody is the anticipation of an exciting team," he said. "There is a relationship between price and attendance."
Prices not criticized for dip in ticket sales
Although basketball ticket sales dropped sharply this year, a University of Kansas athletic official says an increase in student ticket prices wasn't responsible for decreased sales.
Messer said that almost 14,000 nonstudent football season tickets were sold this year, the most ever, and a 12 per cent increase over last year.
About 3,000 nonstudent basketball season tickets were sold this year, *about the same as was last year*. Messer said. He attributed the reason to student ticket sales to this year's schedule.
"I REALLY DON'T think the price had been so low that I could feel frequent comment we've gotten on the website."
schedule, which features two early games in January when the students aren't here and two games at the end of exams."
Although student basketball ticket prices are higher, the lower sales mean the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation (KUAC) will receive about $12,000 less in revenue than last year.
Messer said he was concerned about the drop in student sales because of both finances and student interest. The KUAC always wants as many student spectators as possible at the games, he said.
IT WILL TAKE another year to tell whether the price increase hurts basketball sales. Messer said, because the University of Kentucky, a perennial basketball power, appears early on the home schedule next year. Also, unlike this year, the two early January conference games will be away. The home conference schedule next year will begin after students return from semester break.
The Student Senate, which has debated the ticket subsidy question for several years, could subsidize ticket prices again next year by allocating funds from the student activity fee, which is paid by most students at enrollment. However, it could be made into a policy of no subsidizing athletic season tickets from the activity fee.
"I don't know that the KUAC has a preference on the subdued," Messler said. "I think it really comes down to what system you want." He said he could do it either way. Obviously we have."
Construction for handicapped endured by schools
(EDITOR'S NOTE): This is the second of three articles about problems faced by handicapped children with speech delays.
This story details reactions to the program of campus modifications for the handicapped. The third will look at special concerns of and programs for persons with disabilities.)
By JIM COBB
Fall Writer
Dale Scanrell, dean of the School of Education, sat talking beside his desk in Bailey Hall as he puffed on a pipe. An outburst of construction noises at the rear of the building prompted a smile as he stopped talking and waited for the din to fade.
Since July 1, Bayle Hall has had construction work under way almost daily. First, water pipes that recurrently leaked were replaced. Now, an awning was installed on the building to accommodate the handicapped.
The periodic racket of workers hasn't set a good atmosphere for study this semester, Scannell said recently, but most people in the school understand why the elevator is needed. But he said, the school is sympathetic to the improved accessibility for the handicapped.
COMPOUNDING THE inconvenience of construction in Bailey is a worsening need for office space. To make room for new access corridors to the elevator, entire offices have been removed and others are being condensed. The remaining office is shrunk by one third because of construction.
"The faculty and students have been very cooperative," he said. "But their patience has been very low."
Bailey isn't the only campus building with construction and space problems. An elevator is one of many.
space also was a casualty of modifications for accessibility.
"It seemed we were getting the elevator before other things we needed," Brinkman said. "Never has there been an opposition to this for it, but rather that there are other things needed."
Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Journalism, said that he had objected strenuously to the elevator proposal at a meeting last summer with facilities planning officials.
"At this point, it's fine that the elevator is going in," Brinkman said. "I don't think we've been hurt. Part of my resistance and the fact that we are not left out in the cold with a lack of offices.
HOWEVER, HE continued to object to the loss of three offices in the tower area. When the administration agreed to provide new offices, Brinkman relented.
Brinkman was less opposed to the project after learning that the elevator would be in a tower at the building's northeast corner. Brinkman said, construction would cause the fewest problems.
Four new offices were made from what previously had been a classroom.
Two new faculty members and enrollment growth in journalism make Flint Hall space valuable, Brinkman said. The School of Fine Arts also has temporary studios in Flint.
Brinkman said that he knew of no students with disabilities in the School of Journalism and that he couldn't recall ever telling a prospective student that he couldn't study journalism at the University of Kansas because of a lack of accessible facilities.
*Sometimes these things have a way of happening, without their ramifications being
SCANNELL SAID that there were handicapped students in education, but that he didn't know what mobility problems they had.
Max Lucas, University director of facilities planning, said that when construction of elevators began in the two halls, there were no problems. But when they were disturbed at the disruption of their routines.
And although some students and faculty may complain about the inconveniences, no one apparently wants to oppose changes that would benefit handicapped people.
"The elevator is a good thing, but the construction itself is a handicap to many people in our city."
Brinkman said that anytime one's life was disrupted in any way, there was resentment.
Roger Williams, chairman of the Committee for the Architectural Handicapped, admits that there has been criticism, although subtle, of the program to improve accessibility.
"I KNOW THAT some people haven't been too joyed about it," he said. "But you can't get the idea through unless you've put a person in the situation."
"The way to get understanding of the problem is to put him in shackles, buckle them to a wheelchair and wait until he needs to use the them and must go all the way over to Wescoe."
Williams said the most- often asked question about campus improvements for the handicapped was how many students and faculty would benefit from a more accessible campus. He says the question is irrelevant, except when used to set improvement priorities.
"The point is that they (the handicapped) are not here. We're keeping people off. There are people there."
Harlan Harber, who is an assistant to the dean of men and works with the handcuffed, said that he was a regular at the court.
disabilities that were readily apparent. These include those who use wheelchairs or have visual impairments.
MARTHA PEARSE, whose job is the same as Harber's, said there was no way to know how many students had disabilities if they chose not to be identified. She said it also was virtually impossible to identify the people who had chronic diabetes, who could be included among the handicapped.
Such diseases include cancer, diabetes, arthritis and cystic fibrosis.
Another group of people whose concerns are now linked to those with permanent disabilities are the temporarily handicapped—e specially those with broken limbs.
Watkins Hospital rents from 450 tr. 500 pairs of crutches each year and Harber guessed that about 50 people might be using crutches on campus on any day.
Williams said the percentage of total students at KU who were handicapped should approximate the 7 per cent average of those handicapped among the general population. Seven per cent of 25,000 students and staff workers would be 1,750 people.
The fact that there aren't nearly this many handicapped people at KU indicates that they are staying away because they couldn't cope with overcrowds in KU's buildings, Williams said.
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TRADITIONALLY, Kansas students with disabilities go to Emporia Kansas State College, which has the most accessible campus of the major state colleges and universities. Robert Thacker, director of rehabilitation services at Emporia State, said the college's past concern for the handicapped was reflected in its enrollments of handicapped students.
A concrete step can be a barrier