THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.62
TODAY KANSAN.
SPORTS
KU's Boddicker calls it quits
Kansas assistant baseball coach Mike Boddicker resigns to spend more time with his family. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Slowdown at Haskell
The federally financed university feels effects of the government shutdown. Page 5A
(USPS 650-640)
NATION
Vice President Al Gore will take his place as he stays behind to wrestle with the budget impasse. Page 6A
Clinton cancels trip to Japan
WORLD
California couple survives avalanche
The vacationers barely escaped a Himalayan disaster that killed 46 and trapped hundreds. Page 7A
WEATHER
WARM & BREEZY
High 64°
Low 37°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Scoreboard . . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . 6B
National News . . . 6A
World News. . . 7A
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Heave ho!
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Beta Theta Pi pledges Matt Tweito, Hutchinson freshman (left), and Mark VanBlairicum, Pratt freshman (middle), help Mid American Concessions employee Bonne Willis load concession supplies at Memorial Stadium. Now that the football season is over, the concession supplies are being moved to Allen Field House.
Hauling snacks for cash
"I don't know how much fun manual labor
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
is, but we didn't have to be serious and keep a straight face."
Tim O'Donnell
Wichita freshman
more than a dozen KU students had their hands on hot dogs, pop and candy.
But instead of eating the snacks, they moved them.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity pledges spent Tuesday evening transporting concessions from Memorial Stadium to Allen Field House to raise money for their pledge class fund.
Fifteen pledges raised about $185 that will be spent at the pledge class's discretion.
"If our class wants to go into Kansas City for a night, we have the money there and don't have to go scrambling for it," said Tim O'Donnell, Wichita freshman and member of the Beta fraternity pledge class.
Billy Marshall, Salina freshman and member of the Beta pledge class, said that he went to get a job at the stadium for extra money. His pledge class was offered the job at the last minute.
The job, which consisted of loading boxes full of soda, candy and other concessions onto trailers,
transporting them from the stadium to the field house, and then unloading and stocking them, was meant to be bonding time for the pledge class as well as a way to earn a little money. O'Donnell said.
The experience was hard work, but the pledges also got to goof off and get to know each other better, he said.
"I don't know how much fun manual labor is, but we did not have to be serious and keep a straight face the whole time," O'Donnell said.
Mona Kloster, Mid-American Concessions athletic assistant concessions manager, said the process began with emptying the stands. Once the stadium was clean, the process took only two evenings, two trucks, and about seven hours.
"You have to get it organized," she said. "When you have that many people, you don't need that many hours."
Kloster said there were fraternity members, along with some volunteers, who helped with the move. Among them were Phi Kappa Psi fraternity pledges, who moved concessions last night to raise money.
Got'em? Don't smoke'em
Kansan staff writer
Bv Joann Birk
Today is the 19th annual Great American Smokeout, a national effort by the American Cancer Society to make America smoke-free.
The American Cancer Society hopes that millions of people across the country will quit smoking today, even if they will start again tomorrow.
Candyce Waitley, health educator at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that studies have shown that about 20 percent of smokers will quit for at least 24 hours for the smokeout. Even if many smokers don't actually quit as a result of the smokeout, Waitley said she hoped it would get students thinking.
"If they realize they can actually quit for one day, then they may realize that it is possible to quit for longer — possibly the rest of their lives," she said.
Ways to kick the habit
- Set a target date for quitting
- Switch to a brand that is low in tar and nicotine a couple of weeks before your target date.
Make yourself aware of how much you are smoking by not emptying your ashtray.
Make smoking inconvenient.
Stop carrying cigarettes with you
to class or work.
But Waitley said that the number of students who would refrain from smoking after the
Grade dispute reforms would slice red tape
- Hide your lighters and ashtrays.
- Spend time where others are not smoking.
Drink large quantities of water and fruit juice.
"The students that I have talked to say they would like to quit, but they do not see it is a great possibility." she said.
smokeout was probably low
According to a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health, more than 20 percent of college students have smoked cigarettes within the last 30 days.
Julie Francis, health educator at Watkins, said the best method for quitting varied with each individual smoker. Suggested strategies for overcoming nicotine addiction include starting an exercise program, spending time with non-smokers, and finding things to keen your hands and mind busy.
Francis said the exercise program was especially important because almost every college smoker she talked to was afraid of gaining weight.
"People who are going to be successful are the ones who really want to quit and are confident that they can," she said.
Law professor proposes keeping evidence from original hearing to speed up process
"They say that the average weight gain is 15 to 30 pounds, and I can't afford the extra weight," he said.
Mark Katz, Northbrook, Ill.
senior, said that weight gain was one reason he would not quit for the smokeout.
As chairman of the Judicial Board, KU's highest grade dispute resolution committee, Rick Levy saw grade disputes drag on as if they were the O.J. trial.
By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
Katz said he did not believe that the smokeout would motivate many students to quit.
So Levy, professor of law, has proposed a set of reforms to make the University's grievance process quicker and more organized.
Levy presented his recommendations to seven members of the Unclassified Professional Staff Association yesterday at the Kansas Union.
"People will quit when they want to quit," he said.
Levy was convinced the structure had problems, especially in the amount of time that grievances usually took to resolve.
One of Levy's suggestions was scrutinized by Senate Executive Committee.
Under the existing format, grievances first are heard by a committee at the unit or department level in which they arise. When a decision is made, the losing party can appeal to the Judicial Board for a new hearing. The process must start from the beginning, because the board is not allowed to hear evidence from the original hearing and must disregard its decision.
Levy's reform would allow one hearing and one appeal. The appeal board also would be able to judge whether evidence at the original hearing was used appropriately. Unless either of the persons involved objected, the initial hearing automatically would be at the unit or department level.
The initial hearing would be held at the Judicial Board level only if both parties agreed or one provided a legitimate reason.
Alan Black, SenEx president, said the proposed policy of grade appeals being decided at the department level hadn't been welcomed by students.
Students had been concerned that members of a department who served on appeals boards
The five most significant recommended reforms to the grievance process, according to Rick Levy, professor of law:
The initial hearing would be before the department or unit level. The hearing would be held at the Judicial Board level only if both parties agreed or one provided evidence to its necessity. There would be a single appeal to the Judicial Board based on the record of the hearing.
The mediation phase would occur before the initial hearing, when the situation is more likely to be settled or compromised. Also, a single trained or experienced mediator, rather than three Judicial Board mediators, would participate.
The procedures would be rewritten to improve clarity. To avoid interpretive problems, many provisions would be accompanied by notes to explain their rationale and operation.
Also, the Judicial Board chairman would keep an annotated version of the procedures. The notes would help keep a record of how codes and rules were being applied.
The chairman would have power to manage grievances and authority to address problems in individual cases that were not
t it, ual cases that were not addressed in the procedures, but his or her role on hearing and appeals panels would be limited. The chairman also would assist the parties in working through the system and understanding their rights.
The system of computing the grievance's elapsed time would be based on calendar days rather than class days. Several of the short, specific deadlines attached to specific actions would be eliminated, and comprehensive deadlines for each phase would remain.
might be biased to rule in a professor's favor, said Stevie Case, SenEx member.
But the rest of the reforms, Case said, were welcomed by SenEx. Case said she was impressed by Levy's recommendations.
Andrea Reitman, a recent KU graduate, once appealed for a grade change. The appeal board members, although colleagues of her professor, had been understanding and cooperative during the hearing, she said. She won her case.
"There didn't seem to be any bias," Reitman said.
Players' court date postponed
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Two KU football players accused of fleeing a taxi ride without paying applied yesterday for a diversion program.
The hearing for Dion Johnson and Elliott Shaffer, both freshmen linemen from Detroit, which was to have been yesterday, was postponed until 1:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the request of their attorneys.
The applications will be reviewed by Rick Trapp, assistant district attorney, who will determine if they are eligible for the program, said Craig Stancliffe, attorney for Shaffer.
Shaffer and Johnson have been charged with theft of services in connection with an October incident. After receiving a taxi ride from Kansas City International Airport, the men allegedly left the cab in front of Jayhawker Towers without paying the $65 fare, according to a KU police report.
A diversion would suspend the case until the men complete certain tasks, such as performing
community service and paying court fees, Stancliffe said.
"If the person is successful at doing those things, the case is dropped," he said.
Shaffer and Johnson were originally arrested on charges of aggravated robbery. The taxi driver involved alleged that the men held him at knifepoint and stole $20 from him in addition to not paying the fare.
That charge was not pursued by the district attorney's office after further investigation did not provide adequate evidence that a knife was involved. However, the taxi driver has maintained his story.
Shaffer also was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. That charge also was not pursued.
"The district attorney's office did a good job sorting out what happened from the original sensationalism." Stancille said.
Shaffer and Johnson declined to comment. Johnson's attorney, Halley Kampschroeder, also declined to comment.
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