TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20.1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SPORTS
'Hawks survive Cornhusker run
No. 5 Kansas overcame a Nebraska blitz in the second half and won 81-71. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Wanted: A date
Personal ads and dating services provide ways for love-lorn people to meet. Page 3A
NATION
New Hampshire primary today
Dole and Buchanan fight for first with Alexander close at their heels. Page 5A
IRA claims responsibility
WORLD
In a telephoned statement, the IRA said they regretted the loss of life that occurred. Page 6A
WEATHER
JUST PLAIN NICE
High 70° Low 40°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 5A
World News... 6A
Scoreboard... 2B
Horoscopes... 4B
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Car thieves hit four lots
Victims believe work was done by expert group
By Amy McVey
Kansan staff writer
KU police are investigating a spree of car burglaries that occurred in two residence hall parking lots and Jayhawker Towers lots last weekend.
Nine car burglaries, totaling more than $8,000 worth of stolen stereo equipment and damaged car doors, have been reported.
The majority of the burglaries occurred in the back parking lot of McCollum Hall late Friday night
and early Saturday morning, said Sgt. Chris Keary of KU police. Students also reported burglarized vehicles in the Oliver Hall parking lot and two towers parking lots.
Jerod Lyles was one of the nine victims. Lyles, Olathe junior, thought he had protected his
"That shut the alarm off, and they were able to take the stuff out," Lyles said.
tem to the battery and the cables to the ignition.
Sullivan's compact disc player amplifier, speakers and radar detector were stolen.
Abel Sullivan doesn't think that it was an amateur who stole $750 of stereo equipment from his truck.
"They knew what they were doing," said Sullivan, Hugoton sophomore. "They had the equipment to unbolt everything."
Sullivan said he was walking to his car at 7 a.m. Saturday in the Oliver Hall parking lot when he noticed the door had been opened.
car from thieves until it was burglarized early Saturday morning in McCollum Hall's parking lot.
Keary said that most of the bur-
Lyles said that the burglar disarmed his car alarm system and stole two speakers, a 10-disc compact disc changer and a car radio.
"They knew what they were doing, because they punched in the passenger-side door lock," he said. "By doing that they were able to open the passenger-side door and pop the hood from the inside."
Lyles said that the burglar then cut the cables from the alarm sys-
glarized vehicles were locked and the doors were pried open.
Police have no suspects and are trying to contact the owners of other vandalized vehicles. But they couldn't estimate how many unreported cars were burglarized.
"This particular night had probably
a higher number recorded than we usually have," Keary said. "Whenever we get a lot of them together like this, we will take a look at the times and pass it onto the patrol officers so they have a better idea when to watch."
But Keary said that police can't do everything.
"We need people to look as they're walking into the building at other cars to see if there is anybody in the cars," he said. "Give us a call if you see anything suspicious."
Parking Lot Crime Wave
Nine reported burglaries cost car owners more than $8,000 in damage and property loss between Friday night and Saturday morning. The reported crimes took place in four lots, each shown below with estimated value of vehicle damage and property theft:
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
A taste of spring
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
Top:
Eric Norris, Hays junior, plays frisbee with a few friends in front of Watson Library yesterday. Many students took their activities outside because of the warm weather.
Right:
Shannon Smith, Topeka freshman, and Amir Sufi, Washington, D.C., freshman, relax outside Watson Library and enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Temperatures reached the upper 60s yesterday.
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
Sorority to sponsor drive
Kansan staff writer
By Scott MacWilliams
Morgan said that Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities would assist with registration.
Zeta Phi Beta sorority will sponsor the fifth annual bone marrow registration drive tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jayhawk room in the Kansas Union.
Bone marrow transplants could save lives of those stricken with leukemia. According to the Heart of
"We started the drive in 1992," said Krista Morgan, KU alumna from St. Louis, Mo., and a drive organizer. "We wanted to add to the Black History Month activities and also celebrate the Feb. 25, 1979 founding of the Zeta Phi Beta chapter at KU."
America bone marrow donor registry in Kansas City, Mo., contributing bone marrow is a painless procedure that poses no risk to the donor.
Jacinta Carter, Zeta Phi Beta president, has participated in the drive for five years.
The bone marrow registration drive was established to increase enrollment of African Americans in the program, Morgan said, but last year the emphasis shifted to include other minority populations.
"We average 25 registrations per year, and I'd say they're mostly from the African-American community." Morgan said. "But we are open to register people from all racial and ethnic groups."
"Our chapter was the first in the nation to hold a bone marrow transplant registration drive." she said.
Carter said the registration process should take about 20 minutes per person. During registration, potential donors must complete a questionnaire that will determine initial donor eligibility.
Morgan said a blood specialist would draw from donors two tablespoons of blood required to complete the registration process.
Charles Yockey, a physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said matching bone-marrow donors with recipients was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
"A bone marrow transplant is like any other transplant operation -- the closer genetic match you can get, the greater the chance of success," he said.
Classified workers urged to rally for higher pay
By John Collar
Kansan staff writer
Longevity bonus cuts would hurt
KU's classified employees are hoping that the power of the pen is mightier than Gov. Bill Graves' hold on the Legislature's purse strings.
The employees describe Gov. Bill Graves' salary recommendations for state employees as the worst that have been proposed in 14 years.
Classified Senate is a group of classified employees elected to represent about 1600 state employees at the University. It is urging all classified employees to put their thoughts on paper, said Thela Simons, the group's president.
"It would make my heart very happy to take a bag full of letters and dump them on the governor's desk," Simons said. "If we can get a couple hundred letters, that will generate a response."
Graves has included a 2.5 percent increase for state employees, but no cost of living adjustment. Graves
also has recommenced cu tting longevity bonuses, which are given to employees with 10 or more years of service.
Classified
employees' salaries are determined by the state, while the salaries of unclassified employees, which
"If he does that to the budget this year, it will establish a precedent," she said. "We'll never get it back."
The employees were encouraged by State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-
Members of classified senates at Regents universities met with about 60 legislators on Feb. 6 at the Statehouse. They discussed increasing their raises, but they were not satisfied with the results.
include faculty members, can be modified by KU's administration. Classified employees are most concerned about the change in longevity bonuses.
Lawrence, who said she would introduce an amendment to the spending package to guarantee that longevity bonuses would be reinstated next year.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said that the austere budget was fair because the low amount of growth in state government was applied equally to all employees and agencies.
Simons is asking employees to leave their letters at Classified Senate's office, 308 Strong Hall. Senators will deliver the letters in Topeka.
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