SECTION TWO
THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1990
KU recruit begins healing after devastating accident
By Paul Augerl
By Paul Augen
Kansan sportswriter
nearly two weeks have passed since a train crushed the right foot of Chris Lindley, a Raytown, Mo., South High School basketball standout. Now the healing process has begun, for Lindley and the KU basketball program.
programm, mainly a top recruit in KU's class of 1990, originally was given an athletic scholarship by Kansas coach Roy Williams during the fall national letter of intent signing period.
Williams said he wished Lindley was still physically capable of playing basketball for the Jayhawks.
Because his basketball career is over, Lindley has been offered a four-year institutional scholarship by Chancellor Gene A. Budig. Details of the scholarship have not been finalized, Budig said.
"Education comes first and we did the right thing," he said. "We very much want him as a student at the University."
"We do have two more (scholarships) for next season, but I'd much rather have one to give," Williams said. "Whatever the school would or should do, Chris will get his education paid for. Roy Williams will pay it for."
Lanney's right foot was amputated Jan. 7 at Truman Medical Center, a day after he tripped and fell under the wheels of a moving train. His left leg also was injured in
the accident, which occurred at First Street and Grand Avenue near the ASB Bridge in Kansas City. Mo.
Avenue near the ASB, Roberts Hospital is principal at Raytown South, said Linda Bentley of Drumman Medical Center were administering physical therapy and were optimistic after a successful skin graft operation on his left leg last week.
"They are trying to get Chris to move quickly; he's out of intensive care and in his own room." Blaine said. "Chris has been on a roller coaster of emotion. He has been up and down at times."
"（The）players have responded very well to the fact that Lindley is no longer a member of the team," Blaine said of Lindley's Raytown South teammates.
Blaine said he appreciated what Kansas had done for Lindley.
been up and down 6-0four. 8-225-pound power forward on the unsteamed Raytown South squad, was rated among the top 51 high school seniors in the nation, according to Bob Gibbons* All Star Sports Publications.
"It just demonstrates that KU is a class operation," he said.
Kansas forward Mark Randall and Jayhawk point guard Kevin Pritchard met Linden when he came to Kansas on a recruiting visit in November.
See LINDLEY, p. 9
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A boy and his dog
Jesse Santuaria, 10, is followed by his dog, Vincent, as he deliver newspapers along Crescent Road. Santuaria was taking care of his route Monday afternoon.
Decision on Willner still with committee
Hearing cost more than $15,000
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By Pam Sollin and Doug Fishback
Kansas staff writers
The fate of Dorothy Willner, professor of anthropology, is on hold until the Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Related Problems renders its decision after hearing two months of testimony for and against the revocation of Willner's tenure.
Dismissal hearings for Willner, which began Oct. 16, ended Dec. 18 when Rose Marino, associate general counsel, and Donald Koster, Willner's adviser, delivered closing arguments to the committee.
Willner, who became a full professor in 1970, is the first University of Kansas faculty member to undergo dismissal proceedings. The charges brought against her by Chancellor Gene A. Budig are for unethical behavior and failure to perform academic duties.
Ingemann said she didn't know how soon they could give their decision to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee for implementation
Frances Ingemann, committee chairman, said the committee met Friday, but a decision had not been reached. After one month of deliberations, the committee members are reviewing the evidence individually.
"We don't really know at this point," she said. "We have met several times, but we haven't come to a decision."
The committee has only two options — to dismiss Willner or to dismiss the charges.
Marino turned in her 19-page brief last week. Koster's 30-page brief was turned in the next day.
After the decision is rendered, either party has the opportunity to appeal to the Board of Regents. Ingemann said there was no guardan-
tee that the Regents would hear the case.
Willner refused to comment on the bearing or to predict its outcome.
"I don't feel it is appropriate for me to comment now while the committee is still considering its decision." she said.
Koster said he thought his argument was persuasive but said he was unsure whether it convinced the committee.
committee.
"You can never tell about a committee, just as you can never tell about a jury in a trial." Koster said.
Marino refused to comment on her expectations of the decision.
Willner said she had the greatest regard for Koster, a retired professor. Koster contacted her after she requested help from the National American Association of University Professors.
Willner said Koster had a great concern for academic freedom and tenure. She said he left his New York home for two months to argue this principle.
She denied to comment on the cost of her defense.
The hearing has cost taxpayers more than $15,000 so far, according to the University Governance expense accounts.
The most expensive item of the hearing was the 3,467-page transcript composed by various court reporters. At $2.50 a page, the original transcript cost $8,583.
Various reporters used during the 120-hour hearing charged $10 an hour for another $1,200.
University Governance also bought copies of the transcript for Willner and Marino. At 85 cents a page, these copies totaled $4,695.28.
See WILLNER, p. 2
The University got permission to
Union OKd for part-time nurses
Kansan staff writer
A Public Employee Relations Board officer ruled that 133 part-time nurses could become members of the union, said David Hauber, business representative for the Kansas University Nurses Association.
University of Kansas Medical Center nurses got a shot in the arm Dec. 18 when it was announced that part-time nurses would be allowed to join a proposed union.
The ruling came after an October attempt by the University to exclude the 113 classified nurses from the unit because they worked less than half-time.
from becoming part of the unit, Hauber said.
"The creation of this unit would allow the KUNA to discuss terms and conditions of employment with the administration," Huber said.
He said there were many ongoing issues the unit would want to discuss with the administration, including low morale because of the nursing shortage.
"Nurses are working mandatory overtime, and many feel a lack of control over the terms of their employment. The pay scale is also not up to par with that of private hospitals." Hauber said.
Med Center officials opposed the inclusion of the part-time nurses into the unit but decided against filing an appeal of the ruling, said Jackie McClain, director of personnel services.
"Our position was that part-time nurses, particularly those who only work occasionally, did not have the same interests as full-time nurses and should be excluded," McClain said. "We did not file an appeal, because we don't want to drag the process out."
"The problem I foresee would be at the meet and confer table. The best interests of full-time and part-time employees could be different. This could present difficulties."
The administration did not oppose the formation of a unit for the part-time nurses, but did not feel they should be included in the same unit with the full-time nurses, McClain said.
Although this was a step for KUNA, further steps would have to be taken before KUNA could represent nurses. First, the Public Employee Relations Board must verify that at least 30 percent of the eligible nurses signed the KUNA petition. After the number is verified, an election would be held in which nurses would vote whether they want to be represented by KUNA.
On Tuesday, KUNA received a letter from the relations board stating that the University had until January 22 to compile a list of names it wished to exclude from the petition, Hauber said. Kansas law states that supervisory positions are excluded from the labor unit, and therefore could be excluded from the petition.
Med Center confronts nursing shortage
By Steve Bailey
Kansan staff writer
The shortage of nurses at the University of Kansas Medical Center has reached a critical level, a Med Center official said Tuesday.
Jackie McClain, director of personnel services, said the 74 vacancies on the nursing staff were a matter of grave concern for the upcoming year.
"This is a cyclical problem," McClain said. "This crisis has been going on for about the past three years. We don't feel we've compromised patient care, but we have had to refer patients to other hospitals."
other hospitals.
A lack of intensive care nurses has forced the hospital to refer ambulances to other hospitals or deliver emergency care to stabilize a patient and then transfer the patient to another hospital, McClain said.
David Hauber, business representative for the Kansas University Nurses Association, said the morale of the nurses was low because of mandatory overtime and transfer to other units.
A recent ruling allowing part-time nurses to join a proposed union was an attempt to alleviate some of the problems.
hauber said the Med Center was flying in part-time nurses from Ulysses to work some shifts.
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The hospital has 650 licensed practical and registered nurses, but the increased shortage this year has intensified the problem.
Although enrollment in the School of Nursing has increased since 1897, the number of nurses working at the Med Center continues to decline. One reason for the problem is the inability of the hospital administration to respond to market wages because of the inflexibility of the state civil service system, McClain said. This system sets a framework on how state civil service workers are paid.
"I don't think it is an issue of dollars in base pay as much as it is in premium pay," McClain said. "Some hospitals can pay a higher rate of premium pay. Other hospitals offer no benefits but can offer a higher rate of pay. We can't do this because we are a part of the state Civil
Service System."
Service System.
Base pay is the regular hourly rate a nurse would receive, while premium pay involves additional pay for special considerations, such as only working night shifts or working overtime or on holidays.
Another explanation for the problem could be the way that nursing is looked at as a profession nationwide, McClain said.
"Nursing has traditionally been viewed as a female profession," she said. "As more career choices have been available to women, traditional professions like nursing and teaching have suffered."
McClain said the School of Nursing had always had a very assertive recruiting program, and she did not think the crisis would hamper enrollment in the school.
"There is a supply and demand problem for nurses nationwide," McClain said. "We are pretty far from the graduation of new classes, but we hope that the recruiting program and the graduating class will help the problem."
Curtain goes up for exchange with Soviets
By Bryce Tache
Kansan staff writer
Coinciding with the crumbling of the Iron Curtain, the University of Kansas and a Moscow theater arts institute have completed negotiations to exchange theater students during the 1990-91 school year.
Mark Jennison, Milwaukee graduate student, will spend the 1990 fall semester studying at Moscow's Lunacharzyk State Institute for Theater Arts (GITS).
As part of a student exchange with the Soviet Union, Mark Jennison, Milwaukee, Wis., graduate student, will study theater in Moscow in the fall.
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Elena Kreindlina, GITIS graduate student, will study at KU during the spring 1991 semester.
This will be Jennison's second trip to the Soviet Union. He spent four months trekking across the Soviet tundra five years ago as a theater and Soviet studies undergraduate at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. For this trip, however, he will be studying in a school dormitory rather than camping under the open sky.
William Kuhlke, professor of theater and of Soviet and East European studies, said that only one KU student besides himself had studied at GITIS in the past 20 years.
"I'll more or less have an open program," Jennison said. "I'll be studying Soviet rehearsal technique, directing a play and I may be performing in another as well."
Maia Kipp, associate professor of Slavic languages and literature, helped organize the exchange. She said she hoped glascoset and the changes it had created would make it easier for a long-term exchange program to be established between the two countries.
"It's a most exciting time right now," she said. "Moreover, people who come from the West to the Soviet Union can see more, do more than before. They really can learn."
Kipp said that the Soviet system allowed more experimentation in theater and art now that censorship rules had been lifted and more freedom of expression was allowed.
Kukhie said he was the first U.S. citizen to study at GITIS. As a graduate student at GITIS, he did research in the late 1960s.
"Artists had to be careful about coming up against barriers of ideology when I studied at GTITIS." Kuhike said.
Kuhli said he was enthusiastic about future exchanges.
Glenn Pierce, professor and chairman of the KU theater and film department, said he was also excited about the exchange.
"The philosophy of the department is, in order to be a good theater person, one must be culturally aware of what's going on, not just in Lawrence or Kansas, but in the world," he said.
KU benefactor's trial progresses in Topeka
By Buck Taylor
Kansan staff writer
A key witness in the fraud trial of prominent KU graduate and philanthropist James W. Hershberger testified last week that investors in Hershberger's oil company were wrongly charged more than $90,000 in a scheme designed to bail out the company when oil prices declined.
"Jim Hersberger has been a very strong alumnus to this University," Timmons said. "He has been an active participant in the Kansas Relays for many years and has provided support and financial aid to athletes in many of the intercollegiate programs."
Hershberger, a 1953 graduate, has been a generous benefactor to the Kansas athletic program, said Robert Timmons, former KU head track coach. Timmons, who has known Hershberger since he coached him at Wichita East High School, said that scholarships and championship rings were among many gifts Hershberger had donated to KU athletics.
In 1969, Hershberger donated $125,000 to build the track inside Memorial Stadium. He was honored the following year when the 45th Kansas Relays were dedicated to him for his continued support of the track program.
While attending KU, Hershberger was a member of both the track and cross country teams and led the mile-relay team to victory in the Big Eight Indoor Relays in 1961. He participated in several sports at KU and won a Kansas Relays watch in 1961, said Jarret Schmidt, graduate assistant in the Sports Information Office.
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After graduating from KU, Hersherberger joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Forbes Field in Topeka. In the Air Force, he held the world record for the second fastest 220-vard dash. Schmidt said.
In addition to providing support to KU, Hershberger has aided programs at Wichita State University and the University of Oklahoma, Timmons said.