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Josing money," Frederick said. Men's basketball makes money. He also gave reasons that KUAC
had financial problems in 1968. "We also overspent our budget on men's basketball, and we had changes in our football coaching staff." Frederick said.
He said football income was in the lower third of the 106 Division I schools.
Bill Haldeman, opponent of the bill,
made a failed motion to bring the fee
increase to a student referendum.
"It might be good to let the students have their say on it." Halde
man said.
In other Senate news, Jeff Morris,
student body vice president, said no
candidates had filed for president or
vice president as of p.m. yesterday,
the first day to file. Candidates can
file until March 7.
Shadow of Riverfront Plaza troubles downtown business
By Chris Siron
Kansan staff writer
A Lawrence mall developer said last night his primary concern was a good mall opening and not the prosperity of other Lawrence businesses.
Steve Felix, vice president of leasing for the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza's developers, told about 70 people at the Downtown Lawrence mall to enter a banquet that the mall would become the anchor of downtown Lawrence.
Mayor Bob Schumm stood up in the middle of Felix's presentation and said he wanted to reassure concerned business owners.
He said that the downtown mall would affect downtown businesses but that it was too early to tell whether that would be good or bad.
He said the company had made a $17 million investment in Lawrence, the largest in Lawrence history, and was as concerned about the community as were downtown business owners.
About a dozen upset people left
Felix said a food court and a children's theater were methods of keeping people in the mall.
"We're selfish," Felix said. "We want people to buy more than an icecream cone."
before Felix finished speaking. They declined comment.
He has said earlier that tenants included Banister Shoe, of U.S. Shoe Corp.; Aileen's, a women's sports-wear maker; Enro Shirt Co., a shirt manufacturer; Leather Loft, a leather-good company; Toy Liquidators; and Peruvian Connection, a sweater company.
Felix also would not say how many manufacturers had signed leases, but he said he recently released a list of 37 tenants to other prospective leseses. The mall has space for about 55 tenants.
Felix refused to discuss names of mall tenants.
Jacki Eckert, manager of the Palace, a card shop at 8 W. Eighth St., said that she did not think the Palace would be hurt by competition
from the mail but that she understood why other business owners were upset by Felix's comments.
"I just collect my check every two weeks, and I'm concerned," she said. "I can't imagine how I'd feel if I bad my life savings invested in a business."
He said that as time went on some businesses probably would lose out to the mall and would close.
Tom Wilcox, owner of Round Corner Drug Co., 801 Massachusetts St., said he thought businesses would crowd to buildings near the mall to attract shoppers from the mall.
David Longhurst, representative for the Chelsea Group, the mall's developers, said the mall would be open every day, except Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter, starting April 28. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Drug may provide cold treatment Relief in sight for wheezes and sniffles
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Scientists have created a substance that that may provide prevention or treatment of colds, a recent study indicates.
A drug based on a manmade protein might be able to prevent or relieve up to 45 percent of colds, said Steven Marlin, co-author of the study.
Marlin cautioned that the study was done in a test tube and that speculating on its meaning for a
The research, which also shows promise in the treatment of AIDS, focused on rhinoviruses. Rhinoviruses cause about half of common colds.
human cold required making huge assumptions.
In the study, the manmade proteins attached to the rhinoviruses, preventing them from infecting human cells.
might be able to prevent colds if given before infection, Marlin said. Scientists would have to do further experiments to discover whether such a substance would help ease a cold that had already started.
The results suggest that the man-made protein or a similar substance
The protein used in the study would have to be given as a nasal spray, but it may give researchers leads for future research that could be taken gravely, he said.
Scientists must also determine how the presence of the protein would affect the body's natural immune system, researchers said. The experimental drug appears to be tolerated without serious side effects.
A Tribute To Six Concerned Citizens
Plastic products accumulate in the environment as waste because they do not rot or decay as do natural products. Some think we are becoming a plastic society as our government increasingly rewards activity which is incompatible with a democratic environment. Consider the vigil against the implementation of the death penalty in Kansas which recently took place at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This vigil's six participants oppose capital punishment because each believes in, as ECM campus pastor Susan Hartley puts it, "the sacredness of life."
I can see why these people would oppose the state's executing, say, Tiny Mercer, who raped and killed a waitress given to him as a birthday present by his biker buddies; or Bob Berdella, who confined and tortured several men for periods ranging from nineteen hours to forty-four days before they died; or Richard Speck, who bound and murdered nine student nurses; or John Gacy who killed some 35 young males; or Ted Bundy, the misogynist whose hatred of females enabled him to savagely end the lives of at least 60 young women and girls.
But I am unable to understand why these six concerned citizens apparently are ignoring the vast majority of deaths for which our government is responsible. This killing, which occurs in many hospitals and all abortion clinics, clearly violates the Fifth, Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments of our Constitution. While glistening governmental functionaries are categorized as working when they bandy about such manufactured criteria as "meaningful life", and "potential life", the aforementioned judicially-sanctioned abattoirs continue mutilating (dilation and curettage), poisoning (saline abortion) or otherwise brutally killing the most helpless and innocent among us.
Perhaps we peripheral folk, who often are accused of being willing to talk but unwilling to work, should thank these concerned citizens for reminding us that jobs are created when some people theorize.
William Dann
2702 W. 24th St. Terrace
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