COLD
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol.86 No.78
Tuesday, February 3, 1976
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Special focus on terrorism
See page 4
Staff Photos by DAVID CRENSHAW
Questions and answers
The Lawrence City Commission continued its investigation yesterday of charges of city mismanagement in a special study session open to the public. Reverend Homer (Butch) Henderson, top right, a member of the six-man committee, raised the
questions that City Manager Buford Watson, bottom right, will have to answer. Police Chief Richard士叉塘 wadded the effects the investigation will have on his department as he read the report compiled by the committee.
City eyes mismanagement charge
Staff Writers
Bv JOHN FULLER
and BRUCE SPENCE
A second city study session yesterday on reports of alleged city mismanagement finished discussion of recommendations of the City Council to consider the alternate report next Monday.
The first report was presented to the Lawrence City Commission several weeks ago by half of a special city committee appointed in late November to investigate 24 charges of city mismanagement that were compiled by employee associations.
A 90-MINUTE study session last Tuesday
reviewed only the first seven of 12 recommendations of the first report, signed by city commissioners Marnie Argersinger and Donald Binns and the Rev. Homer "Butch" Henderson. The special six-man committee was split over differences about how the report on the city investigation was to have been presented.
CLARK said at the beginning of the session that the commission was discussing the first report not to set city policy but to iron out the recommendations so they could be compared to the alternate report recommendations.
The alternate report, presented last Tuesday by city employees Alvin Samuels, Dennis Smith and Muriel Paul, had been criticized by Angersinger as "destructive" that it took a harder stand on city problems and recommended stronger action.
The report recommended that city employees be evaluated regularly by an immediate supervisor or foreman and that employees allowed to review their performance.
Areas covered in the study session
vesterday were:
EMPLOYE EVALUATION
See MISMANAGEMENT page 5
House members tour KU
By LYNDA SMITH Staff Writer
University of Kansas administrators took a Kansas House Ways and Means subcommittee on a tour of the campus emphasizing areas needing improvements.
Members of the subcommittee were rep, James Cubit, R-Garnett, chairman of the committee; Rep. Walker Graber, D-Pretty Prairie; and Rep. Mike Hayden, R-Awwood. Lawrence, although not a member of the law enforcement, accompanied the legislators.
The Ways and Means Committee is to conduct hearings on KU's facial 1977 budget.
The University has requested $4.6 million for an addition to Malotl Hall. $270,000 for
an addition to Robinson Gymnastium and $1.8 million for the Computation Center in
GOV. ROBERT F. Bennett has favorably recommended these requests to the legislature. He didn't, however, recommend a $118,768 physical plant improvement request or a $154,068 request for equipment maintenance and replacement.
Cubit said he thought requests supported by the Governor would meet little
See related story page 2.
resistance in the legislature. For requests not recommended, he said, "We have to really think the Governor has overlooked something before we move to override it."
THE LEGISLATORS, accompanied by
Amendment proposed to state marijuana bill
BY MARY ANN DAUGHERTY
The author of a bill to legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana yesterday proposed to amend the bill to make possession a civil infraction.
The author, State Rep. Michael Glover, D-Lawrence, told the Kansas House State and Federal Affairs Committee through an aide that possession of up to two ounces of unclassified paper should be an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $100.
The amendments also state that possession of any amount over four ounces
Glover's side, Bill Craven, asked the committee to amend the bill to make a first conviction of possession of two to four ounces of martjuna a Class A upstairs, punishable by imprisonment a top down in a county jail or a $2,500 fine-or both.
The committee is hearing testimony this week and will vote either tomorrow or Thursday on whether to refer it to the floor of Representatives, Glover said Sunday.
A SECOND possession conviction would be a Class E felony, punishable by one to five years in the state penitentiary or a $5,000 fine or both.
Glover said current law states that possession of a firearm without bounty but that the law is not mandated.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes, Executive Vice Chancellor Del Shankel, Assistant to the Chancellor Max Lucas and Executive Secretary to the Chancellor Richard Von Robinson, conditions at Malot, Robinson, Springfield Hall, Watson Library and Strong Hall.
"This is basically where we're trying to
compromise," he said.
The subcommittee was first shown conditions in Malott by Clark Bricker, professor of chemistry. Bricker pointed out classrooms, animal and organic materials and that Malott's library to show the subcommittee that we are really hurting for space."
He said he proposed that the bill be amended because he hadn't thought it would be accepted in its original form, or that it would require less than one ounce of marijuana.
The original bill was studied by an interim legislative committee in October. Although the committee didn't favorably recommend the original bill, members voted to prepare the bill so current laws were carried during the 1976 legislative session.
GLOVER SAID the amended bill would accept the basic concept of decriminalization and strengthen the laws against the would-be seller.
Under current law, he said, no specific amount of possessed marijuana is defined as illegal.
William K. Marshall, D-Topka, said he didn't know how he would vote on the bill, but perhaps would vote to send it into the House for debate.
Following testimony, committee member
"Hate to see young people get a criminal record over one marijuana cigarette," he said.
Rep. Randall Palmer, R-Pittsburgh, said, "If marijuana is truly harmless then I don't see any -reason why it shouldn't be decriminalized, but I am not convinced it
See GLOVER page 7
Bricker said that more than 800 students used the facilities in Malott, and that there was room for only 20 students in the lab at one time.
"We're pushing our upper limit," Bricker said. "We don't have reps flexibility."
Von Ende said the labs were substandard by federal regulations. Funds for labs are included in the hall's budget request, he said.
BRICKER DEMONSTRATED the need for equipment replacement by showing an out-dated weighing instrument to the subcommittee.
"It takes 10 or 15 minutes for each weighing," Bricker said. "Students can't get many experiments done if they are sitting around waiting a lot."
Dykes said the equipment indicated the need for a replacement and repair budget request.
Lucas said Malott's science library would be improved by the new addition.
"Now there's studying in the hall," said Iris, who was studying here again being smushed together."
See KU BUDGET page 3
Changing surnames a woman's privilege
Staff Writer
By KAREN LEONARD
S Shakespeare once wrote that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But if roses were called hightopershy, how many romantic sonnets would be written about
People's names are as important an
their their KI IDs or social security numbers.
It isn't surprising, then, to some persons at the University of Kansas that more and more women are retaining their maiden names after marriage.
ANN GRAHAM, graduate assistant to the dean of women, said recently that women realized that their husbands' last names are not her identity, especially if they were divorced.
Graham changed her own name from her husband's back to her maiden name when she filed for divorce. The name change was approved by the official divorce proceedings, she said.
Through her work in the dean of women's office, Graham said, she has helped six or seven women who wanted information on changing their names. The trend toward name changing seems to be escalating, she said.
CASEY EIKE, assistant to the dean of women, never changed her name after her
"I always knew I would never change my name," she said. "It's my identity. We included that whole idea in our marriage contract."
Graham said that even though the women's movement had had an influence on the trend towards the retention of maiden names after marriage, other reasons might have been more important. For one thing, she said, more women are marrying when they are maidens and not just accustomed to using their maiden names than women who marry when they are 18.
Also, women are now more likely to have professional careers and have established reputations under their maiden names, Graham said. If they were to change their surnames, she said, clients and business contacts might no longer recognize them.
Deanell Reece Tacha, faculty director of Legal Aid and associate professor of law, changed her surname to her husband's after she married a graduate of maiden name as her middle name. Tacha said that she had practiced law in Washington, D.C., under her maiden name, but she faced real problems because of her name change moving to Lawrence after her marriage.
THE MAIN PROBLEM with using her new last name, she said, has been maintaining contacts with old friends in other countries, and aren't familiar with her new last name.
Graham said that a woman who had established good credit ratings under her maiden name might lose it after she took her husband's name.
Grubham said a woman might decide to
see NAMES page 3
See NAMES page 3
Cohabitation: 'I live with him because I love him'
By PAUL SHERBO
Staff Writer
The story you are about to read is true. Names have been changed at the request of those involved.
If a Cornell University estimate about students is right, tonight at the University of Kansas almost 2,000 unmarried men and women will be sleeping in dormitories for two nights more nights a week for at least three months at a time.
The word is cohabitation. The people are students, and the reasons vary.
"I think mostly it was easier since I saw her all the time anyway," Bill said.
"I live with him because I love him," Debbie, a KU student, said.
"I was more comfortable that way," said Alice, now married. "I wasn't even like for purely sexual contact."
"I get sick of dorms and I want something a little less impersonal," John said.
The students interviewed also viewed the advantages of cohabitation differently.
"You might say it's financial, too," said John,
"taking a trip together, splitting costs."
"It's very nice to wake up and find somebody you can trust," Janet said.
"It's more for warmth than for sexual reasons," Alice said.
"IT'S MORE economical to live together," Debbie said.
The estimate of 2.000 cohabitants at KU is based on the Cornell study, which said that from 10 to 33 married women were in the study.
sincerity about their own relationships, a few said they doubted the sincerity of others.
"Most people live together because they think it's fun." Bill said.
"Some of it may be because people think it's
superstition, but they don't want to be thought of
as superstrict."
"Whatever the reason given for cohabitation, all those interviewed found problems..."
problems. Parents were mentioned as obstacles several times.
Although all the people interviewed expressed
Whatever the reason given for cohabitation, all those interviewed said they had encountered
"We hold radically different value systems," Jeff said.
"It made it easier for me for her to know," she said, "but it really upset her."
Debbie said that she regretted telling her mother about the relationship.
"I don't think they would've understood that it went beyond sex." Also said.
Not everyone had these problems. Bill said that his parents thought cohabitation before marriage
"They openly accept it," he said. "They actually advocated it."
Another of the problems students ran into was finding the proper living conditions. Some said they were in a cramped room with a small toilet.
But four managers of apartment house complexes in Lawrence said they didn't forbid cohabitation in their buildings.
"WE'RE INTERESTED IN securing the very best tenants possible." Andy M. Galyard, manager of Meadowbrook apartments, 15th and Crestline Drive, said, "because they make good neighbors.
I'm not nosy. I'm not looking around to see what they're doing. We treat all of our people as we do.
Janice Hodkinson, manager of Eldridge House,
seventh and Massachusetts, said there was no set
picture.
"it just doesn't come up here," she said. "I haven't had any problems, really."
Kathy Hayward, manager of Birchland Garden apartments, 19th and Tennessee, and Village Square apartments, 858 Avalon Road, said, "We really don't ask."
One apartment complex manager, who asked not to be identified, said, "Often times there's less room."
J. J. Wilson, housing director, said there was no official Policy on cobaltation.
"WE DON'T get into making bed checks," he said.
Wilson said the housing office neither encouraged nor interfered with cohabitation.
"if they want to do it, that's their decision," he
said. "I don't think there's too much im-property."
Wilson said there had been only one time when the housing office intervened in a cohabitation case. It involved two women roommates, one of whom had a regular sleep-in boyfriend, he said.
The situation grew bad enough that the two girls had to be separated, Wilson said.
Students interviewed said there were also personal problems within the relationships that had to do with them.
"If you say to yourself, 'God, I wonder how long this is going to last,' you start acting differently."
"The longer you stay with somebody, it gets into whether you like it or not. You both have to give
Of the people interviewed, one couple said they had married as a result of their cobaltation and
"Students concluded that the advantages of cohabitation outweighed the problems . . ."
other couple said they planned to be married soon. All that said there were definite advantages in cohabitation. Three people said they had decided not to get married as a result of their cohabitation.
John said, "I suppose one keeps looking for something a little better letter each time. You certainly know that."
AT LEAST two legal problems face students who cohabitate. One is an 187 Kansas statute that says that persons cohabiting are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined $500 to $1,000 or
imprisoned from 30 days to three months. The statute is rarely enforced.
The second problem is that of common law marriage. If two people living together pose to their friends as husband and wife and have present insistence on the fact that it may actually take a divorce to separate them.
THIS DIDN'T seem to cause concern among the people interviewed.
Society is accepting cohabitation more than before, Janet said, although the main reason people have to do it is because
There was reluctance to be interviewed on the part of some people. Two people refused outright and two more were interviewed who didn't want to be interviewed, only one student offered to have his name printed.
Each of the nine students interviewed said he didn't think cohabitation was for everybody. One said he didn't see any difference between cohabitation and marriage.
"Marriage is formalized cohabitation" he said.
"People still cheat on each other and people are still
in love."
Bill said he thought that an increase in cohabitation would lead to a corresponding decrease in the divorce rate. The divorce rate in the United States in 1965 was 0.25 per thousand, and in 1974 was 4.7 per thousand.
All students interviewed concluded that the advantages of cohabitation outweighed the disadvantages.
"They're the same problems as having a roommate of the same sex," Debbie said.