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University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 30, 1990
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Sunflower games blossom into reality
Mayor Schumm receives the Sunflower State Games proclamation from KU cycling club president Sean Jackson.
By Rod Griffin and Brent Maycock Kansan staff writer.
Eric Montgomery/KANSAN
TOPEKA — Gov. Mike Hayden kicked off festivities for a mini- version of the Olympics four months early yesterday when he signed a proclamation creating the Sunflower State Games.
Identical resolutions were introduced simultaneously yesterday in the house and Senate by State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, and State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence.
The games will be in Lawrence from July 27 to 29. Kansas amateur athletes of all ages will compete in 14 women's basketball, shooting, cycling, wrestling and soccer.
"Not only is it a healthy thing for them to be doing, it's a good economic development move," Branson said.
"I think it's a win-win situation for the state," she said.
Branson said the games would draw people to many areas of the state to compete.
the state, she said Kansas will become the 41st state
to conduct a state game competition. Winter said he planned to compete in the games.
"It is a first in the state, and I think it will enhance the need for us to recognize the importance of exercise and our health." he said.
Winter said he probably would compete in the 10-kilometer road race and possibly the triathlon. He could be competing against Secretary of State Bill Graves, who was on hand for the signing.
Graves said he has competed in three triathlons but has not won any of the
After signing the resolution, Hayden passed it to Sean Jackson, president of the Kansas cycling club.
"I've finished," he said. "That's been my claim to fame."
Jackson and eight other members of the club rode for two hours through the mist from Topeka to Lawrence where they presented the proclamation to Mayor Bob Schumm about noon in front of City Hall.
opportunity for amateurs to display their skills and gain competitive opportunities in the state."
"Economically, it will bring a lot of people to the city, Schoomm said. "It's very important to the community because we are presenting an
Schumm said the Lawrence City Commission had not planned involvement in a promotion for the games. However, he said he expected to receive a recommendation from the commission soon.
that will need to take place," Schumm said. "We will wait and receive a report from their (Sunflower State Games) advisory committee. I'm quite certain we'll try to accommodate it in every possible way we can."
ago.
"There will be a lot of coordination
Joe Baker, chairman of Lawrence Sports Corp., said Lawrence was not the only beneficiary of the games.
"We were the best-equipped city for the inaugural games," Baker said. "We got a little experience with the Junior Olympics last year, so I think we had a headstart on some of the other cities."
"I think they're most important to the state of Kansas," he said. "I think we are the ideal city to have the games. It brings lots of people, lots of revenue to the community and of course lots of publicity."
Baker said the games had been in the planning stages for almost three years. The process of selecting the site of the games began about a year
Schumm said the selection as host city for the inaugural games was prestigious for Lawrence.
Senate presents budget to its own committee
Kansan staff writer
By Eric Gorski
This is one article in an occasional series about Student Senate and its role and responsibilities at the University.
Every two years, Student Senate faces the dilemma of allocating money to itself.
As one of the 22 student organizations that are classified as revenue code groups, Senate has to make a budget request to the Senate Finance Committee, which rules on all committee activities. It also makes the presentation. But the treasurer is also on the finance committee.
How can he be in two places at once? He can't, and he isn't.
"The treasurer makes the request and excuses himself from the deliberation," said Pat Warren, Senate Finance Committee co-chairman. "It's kind of like when the federal government has to fund itself."
About 25 people are on the finance committee, Warren said, and two or three of them also are senators.
Carl Damon, Senate treasurer, did not have to deal with the situation this year. Revenue code groups last
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filed their requests in February 1989 and will file them again in February 1991.
Warren said groups that had a long standing with the University and had proven they could operate on a two-year budget were classified as revenue code groups.
Senate allocates revenue code groups an annual amount, which they receive for each of the two years, Warren said. For example, Senate, which received $79,708 in 1989, will receive the same amount in 1990. Senate's budget ranked sixth among the revenue code groups.
Other than revenue code groups, Senate finances student groups classified as student organizations, which file requests every year. Senate last week allocated $38,496 among 35 student organizations.
Warren said that Senate requests differed from other organizations' demands.
"It's less of a wish list," Warren said.
China's proposed restriction could affect KU departments
Bv Mea Fisher
Special to the Kansan
Potential restrictions on the number of Chinese students study-
Siegfried Lindenbaum, director of graduate affairs of pharmaceutical chemistry, said,"Money for financing Ph.D. dissertations and
big in the United States threaten to reduce the number of research and instruction at the University of Kansas.
Nearly 500 chemistry students in the lab sections could be affected by a shortfall of Chinese GTAs and an increase of undergraduate instructors.
In January the
the January 15th. The Chinese government proposed a research students work in China for five years before pursuing graduate studies in the United States. This proposal is still being discussed, but foreign study has been discouraged since the Jumei riots in Tiananmen Square.
At KU, chemistry, engineering and biological sciences are programs that would be most affected by the proposed cutbacks, said Clark Coan, director of Foreign Student Services. The programs would experience staff reductions in Chinese graduate teaching assistants and students who serve as research assistants.
Though less than 20 percent of the department of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry consists of Chinese students, their research is necessary in vying for research grants from business and government, Lindenbaum said.
research would be in jeopardy if we became understaffed."
The department of chemistry, in which 18 of 35 GTAs are from China, would be particularly hard hit.
At least 10 of the 70 planned lab sections of Chemistry 184 and 188 may be canceled in Fall 1900 if a shortage occurs, said Peter Hierl, associate chairman of the department of chemistry
In addition, nearly 30 lab sections would be staffed by undergraduates, an increase of 12 from this year, Hierl said.
Because many foreign students are not fluent in English, the department tries to maintain a balance between foreign and U.S. GTAS, he said. To maintain that balance, the department has used courses to teach some lab sections during the past two semesters.
Nearly 500 chemistry students in the lab sections could be affected by a shortfall of Chinese GTAs and of undergraduate instructors.
The chemistry department has no set plan to deal with the potential problems. Hieri said.
There are not enough U.S. applicants to make up for a loss of Chinese students, he said. Only 33 U.S. applications have been received for the 1990-91 academic year, compared to 190 applications from foreign students, primarily from China.
Lawrence officers pull plug on band
By Kathryn Lancaster Kansan staff writer
Sin City Disciples, a band known in Lawrence for its loud, distorted, blues-belting sound, was silenced Wednesday night at a local tavern.
Lawrence police asked the band to turn off its amplifiers about 11 p.m. after receiving complaints that the music coming from The Crossing, 618 W. 12th St., was too loud, said bar owner Tom Conroy.
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The band, which had just finished its second set, was given no warning to tone down its sound. Conroy said.
They weren't even playing that loud one. They played with much louder in the past."
Chris Mulvenon, police spokesman, said officers received several requests shortly before 11 p.m. to do something about the noise. Officers are not required to issue a warning notice. The police have raised noisemakers to lower sound levels
The local noise ordinance, which went into effect Feb. 14, allows officers to act on noise complaints 24 hours a day.
This was the second time police had asked for less noise at The Crossing. Two weeks ago, police asked a band to turn the volume down.
The ordinance makes it easier for police to do their job effectively, Mulvenon said. The ordinance has not meant that police are pursuing noise problems more actively than in the past.
Melanie Tuasquellas, special events coordinator for Student Union Activities, said she was surprised and impressed by how much could shut down a show in a bar.
Tusquellau, who was among 200 people at The Crossing on Wednesday night, said she hoped SUA would have no noise complaint problems when area bands played for Day on the Hill on April 28.
Yesterday's request by police was not unique, Mulvenon said. For years police occasionally have had to ask bars to lower noise levels.
Conroy said this was the second time police had asked for less noise at The Crossing. Two weeks ago, he and a band to turn the volume down.
He said he hoped that anyone with a noise complaint would call the bar before calling police.
Employees at the bar are courteous and are willing to lower noise levels, he said.
Since the law has gone into effect, at least nine people have been cited in violation of the ordinance.
On March 21 six KU students pleaded guilty, and two KU students pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the ordinance.
On March 18, four days after the law went into effect, the first noise ordinance citation was served to Derek Bridges, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 1645 Tennessee St.
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