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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989
Earthquake hits Soviet republic Up to 1.000 dead in Tadzhikistan
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — An earthquake in Soviet Central Asia unleashed a 50-foot-high wall of dirt and mud that buried a mountain village and swept through at least two villages, killing up to 1,000 people as they slept, officials said.
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offensives and
creating earthquake in the republic of Tadzhikistan was the second to strike the Soviet Union in two months.
"Almost everybody died." Zaidin din Nasreddin, editor-in-chief of Tadzhikistan's official news agency, said by telephone after visiting the wrecked farming settlement of Sharora.
or
He estimated the number of dead
there alone at 600.
Sharora "had more than 150 peasant households before that tragic
force of the heat-sea currents. Tass said that the number of dead in the disaster zone 1,800 miles southeast of Moscow was estimated at 1,000 but cautioned that that was a preliminary figure.
preliminary right: "Rescue work is being continued, and distant mountain villages have not been checked yet." Tass said.
moment," the Soviet news agency Tass reported. "Now most of it is razed to the ground by the ruthless force of the natural calamity."
Damaged roads were hampering those efforts.
The quake struck the southwestern part of Tadzhikistan, a Soviet republic of more than 4.8 million people that borders Afghanistan and China.
The 40-second tremor, at 5:02 a.m. (5:02 p.m. CST Sunday), was centered about 20 to 30 miles southwest of Tadzhikistan's capital of Dushanbe, a city of more than 460,000
Soviet quake
Approximately 1,000 people died in an earthquake centered near the Afghanistan border.
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people, in the fertile Gissar district, a center of grapegrowing and livestock-raising. Tass said.
stock raising.
An official at Dushanbe's seismic center said that the quake was strong enough to knock things off shelves in apartment buildings in the city but that it caused no known damage or injuries there.
or injuries to the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va., estimated the quake at 5.4 on the Richter scale.
by Michele Logan
Sorority membership low
Kansan staff writer
The local chapter of Alpha Phi sorority had its charter suspended Saturday because of dwindling membership, a national spokesman said yesterday.
Panhellenic figures show Alpha Phi membership to be about 100 as of December, including 12 informal fall pledges, a decrease from last year, said Karen Ohnemus, Panhellenic Council adviser.
Joyce Shumway, a spokesman for the Executive Board of Alpha Phi International Fraternity Inc., said the board had started charter withdrawal proceedings because the chapter's membership size has been competitive with the other sororities houses on campus for several years.
Cohen's advice was that University of Kansas' average sorority house had between 160-170 members, and that the largest chapter on campus had 200 members. It was up to each national chapter to determine the appropriate number of members
required to keep a house charter, she said.
To appeal, the chapter must notify the executive board that it does not agree with the board's decision to withdraw the house charter. The executive board then reviews the situation and informs the local chapter of its final decision.
Shumway said that Alpha Phi had 30 days to appeal the charter withdrawal proceedings.
Sonia Crouch, Alpha Phi alumna,
said the membership had dwindled
since the 1960s because of a wave of anti-greek sentiment.
Nationally, the number of Alpha Phi paddles is higher than ever and has steadily increased on campuses across the nation, Shumway said.
If the board gives Alpha Phi a favorable decision, it could start rebuilding the chapter immediately.
anti-greek sentiments The national chapter tried several different ways to help Alpha Phi acquire more pledges, including
extra staff support to develop rush
extra staff and sponsorship of various
activities to generate campus enthusiasm
about the house, Sunhway
said.
Alpha Phi plans to re-establish a chapter at KU when the student body thinks that they are ready for them again, she said. The sorority's house,
1602 High Drive, will be kept in chapter possession for use at a later date.
This is not the first time in Alpha Phi's history that a charter has been taken away, but Ohnemus would not comment on when it happened or on which campus.
The charter revocation not only affects Alpha Phi, but other sororities as well because next year's pledge class probably will be larger.
Celin Crouch, St. Marys junior, said that at one time she had considered pledging Alpha Phi, but decided to join members pressed her too much.
surely, too. But the one
"I fell like they sat me down and
practically begged me to join their
sorority." Crouch said.
Elderly fill craft shop with works
by Kris M. Bergquist
Kansan staff writer
A brown clot monkey with a red bow around its neck sits on a shelf with his arms crossed. A group of copper-enamel fish pins are displayed next to the porcupine-quill earrings. A green quilt hangs amid a pink and-green striped afghan and a blue pair of mittens.
"You know what I say about this store," said Bessie Leenhard, volunteer and craftsman in the Senior Center Craft Shop at the Lawrence Senior Center. 745 Vermont St.
"It's just like picking strawberries. You pick them, and think you got them all, and then you go back and find some more."
The craft shop does seem to have a little bit of everything, and everything is homemade by people more than 55 years old.
The shop is run by the manager in the morning and by volunteers in the afternoon.
"It's really interesting to see what people will buy, what appeals to them," said Leonhard, one of 155 people who make crafts shop. "We have an assortment we never know what people will get.
will get.
"We just like the customers to look around. We want them to come in so we can share our pretties. If they don't look, then they don't know what we have."
Marjorie Tate, craft shop manager, said that few University students came into the craft shop.
"They just don't know enough about it," Tate said. "It is just such a small store. However, those that come in just love it."
"I was looking for a gift for my mom for Christmas." Shoulds said. "She likes crafty things to put in the kitchen. I was amazed by the things that they made there. They were really interesting."
were really interested Tate,64,has been the manager for almost four years.
"It's an interesting thing," Tate said. "You never know what's going to be brought in and what is going to sell. Some people who come to the center for lunch come in every day and say 'What have you got here that's new?' "
Tate said that making the crafts was strictly a hobby for some but
See CENTER, p. 6, col. 4
ABOVE: Although he has the use of only his right arm, Russell Pardee, Lawrence resident, works on a needlepoint design. Pardee makes pincushions and wall hangings. He sells some of his work at the Lawrence Senior Center gift shop. RIGHT: Woodcrafts, such as these horses, are made by Lawrence senior citizens and are for sale at the gift shop.
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Parking board aims to create more space
bv Thom Clark
In a report next month, the parking board will propose several changes, including redesigning some zones and removing some parking meters near Robinson Center, a board member said.
Kansan staff writer
Bill Moseley, student member of the press board, said that changes proposed at several meetings during winter break included implement a financial plan for the new parking garage and move state-owned vehicles to West Campus.
campus.
Any parking changes would be included in the brief. Park 16 report to the University Senate Executive Committee, Moseley said. They then would be sent to University Council on Feb. 23.
Moseley said the board approved changing the yellow (student) permit parking in lot 50, behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall, to red permit parking this fall. Red permit holders are those staff whose ages, added to their years of service, total from 25 to 65.
10 63. Although the board approved this change, the final report still must be approved before the report is submitted to SenEx.
repeated according to Moseley, the board said that the blue zone in lot 1 and the red zone in lot 52, both behind Carruth O'Leary Hall, were overcrowded. Blue permits are reserved for staff whose age and
years of service total more than 65
years of service total more than 20,000.
Attempting to compensate for the overcrowding,
the committee decided to abolish 8 yellow spaces
in lot 50, behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall,
and reserve the lot for red permit holders only,
Moseley said.
"I can't see how you would alleviate the staff parking problems by giving them the student park (in lot 50)," Moseley said.
he said a number of the Carruth O'Leary staff could not find parking places. However, he said that Ken Stoner, director of housing, had reserved lot 50 as a residence hall lot for
See PARKING, p. 6, col. 4
Lawrence may get second high school
Kansan staff writer
by Stan Diel
Lawrence will have a second high school if the bond issue recommended by the Lawrence School Board last night is passed by taxpayers in a general election.
The board, in a 5-1 vote with one abstention, passed a proposal to build a new high school at a projected cost of $20-$25 million.
"I'm pleased with the decision," said Mary Loveland, the board member who made the motion for the vote. "I'm pleased the process was as thorough as it was."
Without an expansion in the secondary schools, the system would have to handle nearly 3,100 ninth, through 12th-graders by the year 1995, board member Harriet Shaffer said. The junior high schools, which have a capacity of 1,850 students, would have to handle more than 2,400, she said.
"People don't live in a smaller city for big schools. There will be more realistic opportunities for students from town to know each other. With big classes, they're insulated by numbers."
If taxpayers pass the bond issue at an election to be scheduled later, there would be a mill levy increase of 10-13 millions. Loveland said.
A mill bill is a tax of $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value
Board members discussed options including building a new junior high
school, the expansion of Lawrence High School, the mid-high concept and the building of a new high school
The mid-high concept would have placed seventh and eighth graders in one building, ninth and 10th-graders in a second building, and 11th and 12th-graders in another.
In voting to build a second high school, the board rejected the proposal of a 20-member task force that had recommended the mid-high system.
If voters pass the proposal, a study of possible sites for the new school would follow with boundaries drawn to maintain as much socioeconomic and minority equity as possible between the two schools, Loveland said in her motion.
ten.
Both the new high school and the current structure would house ninth-graders. The junior high schools would become middle schools and would have only seventh and eighth-graders.
junior magna s.s. was not documentation that large numbers of students at Lawrence High School have been denied opportunity." Morlan said.
Board member Larry Morlan, who voted against the proposal, supported a proposal to build a new junior high school.
opportunity. She suffered, said building a fourth junior high would be more costly in the long run because eventually a high school addition would be needed and facilities would need to be expanded.
Owner blames KUEA for rezoning problem Jayhawk Bookstore hopes to expand
by Stan Diel
Kansan staff writer
The Kansas University Endowment Association orchestrated an effort to a rezoning request that would allow the expansion of the Jayhawk Bookstore, owner Bill Muggy said yesterday.
say said yells.
Several petitioners to deny the rezoning request, with a total of 233 signalling have been filed with the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, which will vote on the issue tomorrow night.
issue tomorrow night.
If the rezoning is needed, the bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, will expand, doubling its retail space at a cost of $600,000 to $800,000. Muggy said.
said.
Muggy said the Endowment Association was behind the petition drive to deny rezoning because if passed, he would cut into the profits of the KU Bookstores.
"The Endowment Association has not been behind that," Seymour said. "The Endowment Association has nothing to do with the petitions."
"Endowment is hand-in-glove with the Kansas Union Bookstores," Muggy said.
Muggy said.
Todd Seymour, president of the Endowment Association, said that KU Bookstores were separate from the association and denied any involvement in the petition drive.
nothing to do with what Price Banks, Lawrence's planning director, said that the planning commission, which only recommends
action to the city commission, decided that the expansion was too large before the petitions were filed, but that a final decision was deferred.
ferred. The recommendation will go before the city commission Feb. 7, planning commission member James Woodson said.
Muggy said no problems existed with the neighbors until petitions were circulated.
were circulated. Neighbors said there had been a history of distrust and problems with Muggy's store.
Muggy's boss said, "There has been very little good advice, no trust," said Don Contrad, who has lived in the neighborhood for 23 years. "There has been no effort to make the place more attractive."
Conrad, however, said he thought the issue should be looked into more carefully before petitions are signed or decisions are made.
Muggy and Mike Vieux, the architect who designed the proposed expansion, said the expansion was designed with the neighborhood in mind.
"The largest part of the expansion would be under the parking lot. Vieux said." "We would also be adding to the landscaping on the west side."
Muggy said he might take legal action and charge the University with restraint of trade if the rezoning request is denied.