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University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 2, 1990
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Greeks react to alcohol decree
By Christine Reinolds Kansan staff writer
The Interfraternity Council amendment that prohibits providing alcohol at open parties has received mixed reactions from throughout the University of Kansas.
The amendment was passed Tuesday night.
Kevin Fine, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity vice president, said the amendment would not affect closed parties that already had been planned. The number of open parties at Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1116 Indiana Place, is fewer than three a year, he said.
"It takes care of problems that could arise from the open parties such as accidents," he said.
Fine said he hoped that membership would not decrease because of the amendment.
'It takes care of problems that could arise from the open parties such as accidents.'
— Kevin Fine
Kevin Fine
vice president Alone Enslon Pi
vice president, Alpha Epsilon PI
fraternity
Nell Loomis, Acacia fraternity treasurer, said fewer than half of Acacia's parties were open. The party is located at 1100 Indiana St.
Jennifer Ruwart, Alpha Chi Omega sorority junior, said the amendment was a step in the right direction.
"There were a lot of misuses going on and the underage drinking was getting out of hand," Ruwarl said.
Sigma Kappa, Pi Beta Phi, and Chi Omega sororites declined comment.
Cynthia Fisk, Rose Hill senior,
said she had attended open parties
at Sigma Nu fraternity, 1501 Sigma
Nu Place, Alpha Kappa Lambda
fraternity, 2021 Stewart Ave., and
Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, 1941
Stewart Ave. Fisk is not a member of
the KU Greek system.
"I think the amendment is fair," Fisk said. "But I don't think they should be responsible for people who are not in the fraternity."
Jeff Risley, IFC vice president for public relations, said the amendment was needed to stop a spike in homicides or a fraternity from being gained.
"We are trying to use preventive measures," Risley said. "I'm sure people will try to get around it at first, but they will adapt."
If fraternities violate the amendment, the IFC judicial board will review each case and decide the penalty.
Penalties include fines up to $750, suspension and/or expulsion from IFC, suspension of IFC privileges, a written statement to the IFC court, affirmation of other penalty deemed advisable by IFC judicial board.
Risley said that the IFC president at the University of Missouri had contacted him to find out about the amendment and how people had reacted to it.
KU students design rail system for KC
By Sandra Moran
Kennan staff writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KU students presented a proposal yesterday that could link Kansas City's downtown convention center to Crown Center and a renovated Union Station.
Kansan staff writer
Mainlink, a four-part plan designed to construct a light-rail system that would run from an expanded Bartle Hall to Union Station and Crown Center was presented by a KU professor and 13 students in the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
"What this proposal intends to do is link that mile between Bartle Hall and Union Station and create within that a real convention, tourism and entertainment backbone," said Glenn Fountain of architecture and urban design.
He said that the plan would not be used but that the concept was possible, although it would take place during a period of 25 years. LeRoy did not know how much the project would cost.
He said the students in his Architecture 500 class incorporated many of the ideas that had been introduced to Union Station into a cohesive plan.
Kent Carpenter, Lee's Summit, Mo., senior, said he and the other students began work on the proposal in August 1989 and worked on the project for a semester.
Carpenter said each of the students spent about 30 hours a week on the project.
The students worked a total of more than 8,000 hours, and if they had to work in professional situations with Roy said, the project would have cost $335,000.
LeRoy said the project received a lot of community support. Many of the services such as the slide show and materials were donated. If the University had to pay for the donated
The class consisted of 11 undergraduate students and two graduate students. LeRoy said this was the first time students from both levels had worked together.
services, it would have cost $35,000,
he said.
Wolfgang Stroetmann, Lawrence graduate student, said the class taught him to apply the techniques he learned in his other classes.
"It allowed me to be involved in the actual architecture and design world," he said.
The reason that we do this is not as a definitive plan to be adopted by the city.'
— Glen Lerov
— Glen Leroy associate professor of architecture and urban design.
LeRoy said that creating a real-life situation for the students was one of the project goals.
"That's our primary mission," he said. "To put students in a real-life kind of situation.
Leroy said that during the past three years the publicity from the KU projects had created a lot of public interest.
"The reason that we do this is not as a definitive plan to be adopted by the city. We do it to raise awareness. We start the discussion in Kangas City."
This is the third year students have presented a proposal. The other projects were the Kansas City Riverfront development and the Southtown neighborhood in Kansas City.
LeRoy said that though no decision had been made about next year's project, he was considering the Swope Park area in Kansas City.
Glen LeRoy, associate professor of architecture and urban design, uses a model of the Bartle Hall area.
Phil Ellsworth/KANSAN
City commissioners consider drafting code of ethics policy
By Kathryn Lancaster Kansan staff writer
Ordinance will be completed by end of the semester, mayor predicts
Mayor Bob Schumm, who presented the issue in December, said
City commissioners have agreed that Lawrence needs an ethics policy. Now they face the task of deciding how that policy should be shaped.
yesterday that an ordinance should be drafted by the end of the semester.
The ordinance should outline the limits of acceptable and ethical behavior for elected and
appointed officials, he said.
On Jan. 8, commissioners met with Jim Kaup, an attorney for the League of Kansas Municipalities. Kaup presented several policies adopted by Kansas cities and discussed problems that could arise.
Commissioners haven't had a chance to discuss the options and issues presented in the Jan. 8 session. They will voice their concerns at a Feb. 26 study session.
"The major problems most cities
encounter are with definitions," Kaop said yesterday. "Some cities go too far in who they try to include or what provisions they include in a policy."
Although the state has a conflict of interest law, the League of Municipalities encourages cities to draft laws that allow them to their communities, needs, Kaap said.
Commissioner Mike Rundle said, "There is a crying need across the country for ethical behavior."
Commissioner David Penny said the issue should be addressed soon.
"I do think we need to draft some type of ordinance." Penny said. He said a code of ethics should define what could and could not take place commission meetings and he conflicts of interest should be handled.
Schumm his main concern was that elected officials not make it into government.
The city has had an unwritten policy of not buying or selling goods from elected officials, Schumm said. He would like the policy to include appointed officials and would like it in writing.
Elected officials should not become involved in any discussion or vote on any agenda items in which they have a direct financial interest. Schmurr said.
Schum, who owns Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse, 719 Massachusetts St., and the Massachusetts Street Deli-catteness, 941 Massachusetts St., said he would abstain from voting on any issue that had a direct financial
Commissioner Shirley MartinSmith said commissioners should study the issue carefully.
'I feel that you can't represent the city as a whole unless you remove yourself from all special interests.'
"The commissioners need to clarify the intent and scope of the proposal," Martin-Smith said. "I want to talk about it and get additional information."
Schumm said he would like to pass an ordinance that would include penalties for abuse rather than one that would just make a policy statement. All officials that make up quasi-judicial groups, department heads and city management staff would be covered by the ordinance, he said.
Schumm said any proposal should be written so that commissioners would know what actions were permissible, and so that the community understand what the commissioner's obligations were regarding their behavior.
Commissioner Eob Walters was out of town and unavailable for comment.
"I feel that you can't represent the city as a whole unless you remove yourself from all special interests," Schumm said.
Students find plotting course for map library a challenge
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansan staff writer
Students almost need a map to find the new government documents and maps library.
Donna Koepp, head of the library, said she and other employees began moving from the basement of Spencer Research Library to the sixth floor of Malott Hall near the end of last semester. The move was completed two weeks ago.
"The way we operate is a lot different," she said. "To find us is a lot different. We are well into the world, and people are not finding us."
Koeppe said the library now had more phone business but not as many walk-ins.
Mark Bogner, teaching assistant for Meteorology 105, said that one of the assignments given to his class this week required students to use maps to locate the latitude and longitude of several areas in the world.
"I had one student say, 'I went up to the map library and there were just a whole bunch of boxes,'" he said.
However, Koepp many students took the wrong elevator and ended up at the south end of the old science library.
The documents library now occupies the north end of the old science library. A wall recently was built between the two sections. The south end will be used for offices.
To get to the documents library, she said students should enter Malott through the north doors, those closest to Wescoe Hall, then turn left and take the northeast elevator to the sixth floor.
Koepp said the library, which has the 14th largest map library among U.S. academic institutions, moved because it needed to be open at night and because it never was intended that such a library be in Spencer.
All of the documents and maps in the library are issued by the government, she said.
"The library covers international documents as well as U.S. documents," Koepel said.
The library has information on such things as federal regulations, education, foreign relations, Central Intelligence Agency publications and maps, declasified documents, U.S. Geological Survey documents and congressional records.
In addition to the new location, Koepp said the library had extended its hours and had acquired new computer sources. The library's new hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m on Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
"Even though we're all moved and we're all in one building, it's going to take a few months to get settled in," she said.
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