University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 16, 1989 5 Weather warmest in years, prof says by Max Evans Kansan staff writer Roude D. McFaherty/KANSAN Glen Marotz, professor of geography and meteorology, spoke yesterday about the "Greenhouse Effect and Global Weather." Last summer's drought and this winter's wildly shifting temperatures are regular weather events and not directly caused by the greenhouse effect, said Glen Marotz, professor of geography and meteorology. But, he said, we are living in the warmest century in the last one million years. Marotez spoke yesterday to about 70 people at a University Forum at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The greenhouse effect is so-called because the global warming trend parallels the action of a greenhouse, trapping the sun's heat. In the case of global warming, the sun's heat, in the form of radiation, is held by gases that have been released into the atmosphere as by-products of industrialization or through the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal. The recent drought and January's warm weather were not caused by the greenhouse effect, Marotz said. They were the effect of pressure systems created by air flows and warm and cold water masses in the oceans. The ocean masses, known as El Niño and La Nina, react with jet streams and trade winds to shift normal weather patterns, giving differing results of the world unusually warm or cold temperatures and precipitation. But the cold trend that began Feb. 1 should mark an end to the La Nina that was responsible for strange weather in 1988, Marotz said. Even with a return to normal winter conditions locally, global temperatures have been rising this century. Marotz cited studies that showed that temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere have risen about 0.4 degrees Celsius or 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit. This has led to a 15 percent depletion of the ozone layer, Marotz said. This depletion is serious because the ozone shields the earth from harmful ultraviolet waves, which are transmitted to the earth beyond the stratosphere. The ozone depletion has been primarily the result of carbon dioxide given off by the burning of wood or coal. Campaign Kansas crosses country Kansan staff writer by Scott Achelpohl Kansas staff writer Although many individuals and corporations in the four-state region donate heavy to Campaign Kansas, demand extends to the national level as well. "A campaign of this kind is always national," said Todd Seymour, president of the Kansas University Endowment Association. "But, half of our constituency exists within Kansas." Campaign Kansas is the University's five-year $150 million fund-raising drive. The campaign is nationally successful, he said, partly because of its size. The origin of donations has been spread across the country, Seymour said. "There aren't as many corporations giving to the campaign as there are alumni," he said. "Although corporations have a lot more resources for donation than do alumni." Local and national corporations have many self-interests in mind, he said, when donating to a well-known university such as KU. "Corporations get a tax write-off if they donate to the University," Seymour said. "Corporations realize major universities are where their employees come from. Top management comes from universities like KI." Corporate support of the campaign has been given by corporations such as Southwestern Bell Corporation, Petroleum Kerr-Meck Gnee Inc. Seymour said donations from people with no affiliation with the University of Kansas, usually called friends of the University, also were important to the University and the campaign. Robert Riss, national vice chairman for Campaign Kansas, said the campaign made every effort to explore national financing avenues. "We've been contacting almi all over the United States." Riss said. "We go through the Alumi Association for names and addresses of almi that might want to contribute, or from the Endowment Association, names of people who might be helpful. There a key in every door." Riss said the campaign extended to possible contributors as far away as New York and California. Muggy says he needs rezoning for more space by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer The commission on Tuesday denied the Jayhawk Bookstore's request to rezone Muggy's property from residential to commercial. The board had allowed Muggy to expand the bookstore by more than 50 percent. Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager, said Muggy could sue the city at large if he thought the commission's decision was unreasonable. He also could name specific individuals in the lawsuit, Wildgen said. Bill Muggy, owner of the Jayhawk Bookstore, yesterday said that he would not rule out the possibility of a lawsuit against the City of Lawrence because the City Commission denied a rezoning request for his business. Price Banks, city planning director, said that Muggy could return to the commission with the same plan after one year, or he could present a substantially different plan at any time. Substantial difference would be determined by the city staff, Banks said. Bookstore owner may sue the city The bookstore's site, 1420 Crescent Road, is not zoned for commercial use. The bookstore will continue to operate under a non-conforming use provision because the store existed on the site was zoned. Banks said. The commission decided there was enough evidence to address the rezoning issue. After listening to presentations from Vieux, city planners and neighbors, the commission denied the rezoning request. Under this clause, Muggy could ask the commission for permission to expand the store by at most 50 units of its original size. Banks said. A comedy about one nice guy who got pushed too far. Vieux said he also would not rule out the possibility of a lawsuit. "I think they bent to the desires of the neighbors," Vieux said. "They said they didn't want retail zoning out of the mouths of the neighbors." The'BURBS "I think there are a lot of individuals around here who are long on education and short on common sense." Muggy said. Muggy, who opened Jayhawk Bookstore in 1978, said the biggest headache arising from the commission's decision was that he would receive more than a 50 percent expansion to operate the store at the level he desired. Muggy said he thought the number of people who had spoken at various commission meetings had been the result of pressure on the commissioners' decisions. "It's really a case that I have not given up, but the neighbors have been totally impossible to deal with," Muggy said. A comedy about one nice guy who got pushed too far. IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS A ROLLINS-MORRA-BREZNER PRODUCTION "THE BURBS" BRUCE CARRIE FISHER PRODUCED RICK DUCOMUN AND COREY FELDMAN WRITTEN DANA OLSEN MUSIC BY JERRY GOLDSMITH PRODUCED DANA OLSEN PRODUCED LARRY BREZNER AND MICHAEL FINNELL PRIVATE SALEMENT SUBSEQUENT IMAGINE DIRECTED BY JOE DANTE A UNIVERSAL RELEASE Muggy said he did not attend Tuesday's meeting because he expected the commission to grant the deferral. Muggy said the neighbors' arguments that the store did not fit in with the neighborhood aesthetically were not valid because they had never objected to the store, only the rezoning. He said he had tried every available option to expand during the past 11 years. "I really feel that the comment that is an eyesore is really off base." Muggy said. The architect for the proposed expansion, Mike Vieux, wrote a letter to the City Commission before Tuesday's meeting requesting a three-week deferral of their decision. He reasoned that the proposal would require to revise the proposal after the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission recommended that the He said that even before he bought the property two years ago he had put profits into improving the appearance of the building. city deny the rezoning, Vieux said Tuesday. OPENS FRIDAY AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU. "I am not a slumlord, and I have as much pride in this area as the other residents." Muggy said. Natural Fiber Clothing For Women Wearmen NATURALWAY 820-822 Mass 841-0100 The Castle Tea Room CANCUN Spring Break '89 ONLY 8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS $439 "COLLEGE TOURS" p.5 Thursday nights are free drink nights! 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