THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol.86 No.70
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
December 8.1975
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1975 Christmas Vespers
Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Julie Ralston, KU sophomore and daughter of James Ralston, associate professor of Choral Music, lights a candle before the Sunday evening performance of the KU
Christmas Vespers at Hoch Auditorium. This year's program, which involved the University choirs and orchestra, was the 1st annual Vespers presentation by the School of Music.
Proof of bias could bring reform
By BILL SNIFFEN
Staff Writer
If evidence of sex discrimination is found at the University of Kansas, new merit salary increases would be considered as a measure to correct past inequities, according to Ron Calgaard, vice cancellor for academic affairs.
"I don't dispute that we might have some cases of sex discrimination," Calgaard said yesterday. "And, if there are documentable them, we should bring them will be one of the first priocies."
CALGAIRD SPOKE in reference to a study by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP), which indicates that average salary differences between men and women teachers at KU favor men, and many cases, those differences are growing.
The Kansas legislature will decide whether to grant part, or all, of a 10 per cent salary increase to KU teachers in February.
If it does grant salary increases to KU teachers, some of that limited pool of additional funds for salaries could be used to pay for other staff. The vice chancellor, executive vice chancellor, said recently.
This move could hurt men teachers, Shankel said.
"When salaries were moving out of balance before, the men moved ahead at the expense of the women. If that happened, you've got to reverse it." he said.
Bonnie Patton, director of the Office of Affirmative Action, said additional funds should be awarded on the basis of merit and qualifications in unequivocal inequities between men and women.
"The definition of merit should be enlarged to include merit previously unattainable."
but there is disagreement about whether sex discrimination was common at KU.
Shankel and Calgaard said sex discrimination was the exception rather than the rule. Distribution of more of the additional funds to women "would have a modest impact at most" upon men teachers, Calgaard said.
But Patton, citing information from the OIRP study, and an AAUP study which says that of the top paid administrators and teachers at KU, the highest paid woman was ranked 99th, said sex discrimination was more common.
THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION office has identified 11 cases where women, who have *equal* or more year-in-rank as their male peers, are paid less. Patton said.
The average salary difference in these cases ranges from $277 less a year to $832,632.
In the department of computer science,
the one woman professor, who has 6 years
in-rank, earns $8,787 less per year than
the average in-rank, whose mean average
year in-rank is 4.33.
In the department of human development and family life (HDFL), the four women associate professors average 6.25 years-inkr, but learn $1.25 less than the two men associate professors, who have years-inkr averaging 3.5.
At the assistant professor level in HDFL, the two women assistant professors, averaging 4.5 years-in-rank, earn an average $3,632 less than the one man assistant professor who has 3.0 years-in-rank.
"I'm not implying that salary inegues don't exist," he said.
James Sherman, acting chairman of HMXL, said that the discrepancy didn't prove anything.
Other factors that affect salary levels need to be considered, he said.
For example, of the HDFL department's associate end assistant professors, some hold Ph.D. degrees and others have Master's degrees. The few common women teachers just have Master's degrees.
THE PH.D.'S ARE paid more than the master's he said. That could be one reason for salary discrepancies between men and women in the HDF Department, Sherman said.
For example, a woman with a Master's degree and more years-in-rank could legitimately earn less than a man with a Ph.D, and fewer years-in-rank, he said.
But besides credentials, teaching, research and service are factors that affect the delivery of the program.
Courses are listed
The 37 courses to be offered during the Jan. 2-1. Jan. 15 period are listed on page eight. Enrollment for the courses will be announced and will run through December, Dec. 12.
This is the first time intercession classes have been offered. Seven liberal arts and sciences departments and seven schools are offering courses, some of which won't run for the entire two-week period.
Included in teaching are the total number of students taught, the type of class (lecture, lab, seminar, etc.) and evaluation of the teachers by students and peers, he said. Research includes total number of works published, the type of research and whether it is "same" or some "systematic thrust"—direction—rather than random approach, he said.
Information about fees and when and where to enroll is also given on page eight.
Service to the department and University, by participation in various groups and committees, as well as service to the department, is placed in the setting of salary levels, he said.
Average figures of salaries and years-in-rank aren't very informative, he said, but the numbers are good.
As to the specific examples Patton cited, Sherman said, "I don't know to what to attribute those salary differentials. It may be some sort of inequity within the system or it may not be. It depends upon the individual."
WITHIN THE SCHOOL of Education, the Affirmative Action office has identified five departments in which women with more years-in-sank are paid less than men are,
In the department of health, physical education and recreation (HEPER), the one woman instructor, who has 7.0 years-in-rank, is paid $1,099 less than the two men instructors with the same mean-average years-in-rank.
In the department of music education and music therapy, the one woman professor, who has 8.9 years-in-rank, is paid $1,737 less than the three men professors, whose average is 2.67.
In special education, the one woman professor with 11.0 years in-rank is paid $25,000 a year.
SenEx is cloudy on energy cuts
By SHERI BALDWIN
SenEx was informed that actions would be 'taken to conserve energy during the Christmas vacation, but the members have no idea how far-ranging the plans are, according to Gerhard Zuther, SenEx chairman.
Zuther had last night that SenEx had sent her to several family members was to take care of them.
THE LETTER, sent by Deil Shakel, executive vice chancellor, didn't include the buildings would be closed, the temperature that would be maintained, what buildings would be closed and which floors of the building would be occupied at present temperature range. Zuther said.
SenEx drafted a resolution at their Friday meeting requesting a meeting with Shankel during the first part of this week to discuss buildings closings.
See DISCRIMINATION page seven
Sankel said the reason that nothing definitive was stipulated in the letter was that it wasn't a formal request.
Max Lucas, assistant to the chancellor and chairman of the Energy Task Force, has proposed the closing of Flint, Twente and Marvin halls during the vacation, saying the temperature would be reduced to about 45 degrees in those buildings.
Hankel said that parts of other buildings would be closed or lowered in temperature but that he was still awaiting responses from schools before making any final decisions.
"If they present a reasonable case why u should be left open, we'll leave them吧." his hand.
JAMES SCALLY, SenEx assistant secretary, said there were uncertainties involved with a proposal to cut back the heat on the fourth floor of Wescoe Hall
"Will they also cut the heat on the first for all the graduate student offices?" he回答.
Charles H. Kahn, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, has protested the possible closing of Marvin Hall, but was unavailable for comment.
Shankel's letter said the Lawrence campus was surveyed in an attempt to identify buildings and spaces that could be closed during the vacation or in which temperatures could be reduced to a minimal level.
"It is anticipated that many faculty offices will not be heated, except in those cases where it is essential to do so because it is important for students to be carried on elsewhere." Shankel said.
Heat will be reduced to a minimum level in areas of Wescole Hall not containing administrative offices, be said. Due to the large number of administrative offices in Wescole, the entire building won't be shut down, he said.
In other SenEx action, a job description for the position of SenEx assistant secretary was completed and will go to the Office of Affirmative Action for approval today.
Scaly has resigned his position, effective next semester.
A draft of a revised affirmative action plan was referred to the University Senate Human Relations Committee for consideration.
ACCORDING TO Adrienne Hyle, SenEx member, the original affirmative action plan was drawn up about three years ago by the University Council.
Gov. Robert F. Bennett sent SenEx a response to an earlier letter from Zuther in support of faculty salary provisions in the fiscal 1977 budget.
Bennett said that he intended to recommend the faculty salary improvements to the Kansas Legislature as part of the third budget. He added, "Regents' three-year faculty salary plan."
"Other parts of the (Regents)' recommendation may not fare well but the challenge is to fight on within constraints of moderation plus the acknowledged need for improvement in this area as certainly in the two-year program." Bennett said.
Hyle termed the letter "a very non-
committal response."
At least two members of the University of Kansas faculty and staff attended a recruitment conference sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency Oct. 23 and 24
KU faculty and staff attend CIA meeting
The conference, at the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Va., met so that career opportunities in the CIA for minorities may be better presented through recruitment at colleges and other locations. Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday.
SHAKEL SAID the CIA sent a letter to the KU administration requesting names of people at KU who could give it helpful information in the minority recruitment programs.
The administration provided the agency with the names of about six KU faculty and staff members with a description of their responsibilities at KU. Shankel said.
The CIA also asked for a statement by the administration on why the potential conference participants might be helpful to the conference. he said.
Shankel said it was the policy of the University to provide names of possible
representatives from KU to any governmental agency that made such a request.
"THEY WERE paying round trip expenses and all we did was give them some cash."
Shankel said he wann’t certain how many people from KU to the CIA had asked to attend the event.
"It's a pretty innocuous thing" Shankel said, "they were interested in was minority research."
Although Shankel didn't have access to the names suggested by the administration last night, he acknowledged that Munib, resident director of Lewis Hall, and Richard Lee, director of Supportive Educational Services, were suggested.
Mumhi said she had attended the co-ordination thought that two or three other people from
LEE COULDN'T BE reached for comment last night.
Shaink said he wasn't aware of any active KU recruitment on the KU campus.
Coping with final exams puts studentry to the test
By ANN SIGMAN
Staff Writer
Some students face the problem by pulling all-nighters. Students have to figure out how they're going to stay awake, what they're going to do and how they're going to wake up if they fall asleep.
As finals approach, students are eating more, staying up later, going to bars less and crowding into the library. Getting through the pressures of school work requires changes in the lives of many students.
**DRINK LOTS of coffee and coke and a smoke a lot of cigarettes.** Farn Kern, Leewood freshman, and
"It also helps if there are other people staying up with you."
Other students said they took speed to stay up all night studying. One senior, who declined to be identified, said staying up all night on speed was a tradeoff.
"A student can a good night's sleep and take the test with a clear mind," he said, "or can stay up all night and take the test with a fuddled mind backed up by eight hours of studying."
But Sydney Schroeder, a physician at Watkins Hospital, disagreed. He said that sometimes it was
He said he did better on exams if he studied all night and took speed to star wake.
more important to be rested and alert during an exam.
Schroeder said that in small doses legal stimulants sometimes would keep a person awake and alert. Drinking coffee also fills a need for energy, but it can be frustrating, said because students think that if a little bit is good then a lot is better. Then, he said, students are probably too disorganized to study, but they can't
"The effect of people in exhorta, he said. "It gives people a feeling nothing is too difficult and painful."
A lot of emotional feeling is tied to the use of feed, he said, and the let-down the next day is a fearful experience.
Speed makes students feel more able when they may be doing worse, he said.
After pulling an all-nighter, a lot of times students sleep through their classes, Michael Smyrster, St. Louis senior, said. Smyrter he stayed up all night working on design projects in architecture.
Some students also said they weren't sure staying up all night was beneficial because of problems they faced.
WHILE STUDENTS ARE staying up late studying, they often eat more.
Jim Marshall, owner of the Hole-in-the-Wall
delicatessen, said there was more business and more deliveries at night.
Boe's Jakey does a little more business at night, Mona Smith, wife of the owner, said. She said students came in and bought in large quantities for a group of people studying.
Kevin Brady, manager at Pizza Hut, said that business picked up late at night at the end of the day.
Bob Floyd, manager of the Jayhawk Food Mart, said he sold more legal stimulants and snacks.
"There is less partying and more seriousness at the end of the semester," he said, "instead of being part of it."
MANY STUDENTS SAID the pressure of having several important examinations in a short period of time is high.
John Guenther, St. Louis senior, said, "I get really anxious and nervous at the end of the day."
Danita Bedford, DeSoto sophomore, said she was under a tremendous amount of pressure.
"My tests are all piling up at once," Bedford said, and I feel like I've got my candle burning at both
Nancy Bengel, circulation librarian at Watson Library, said everybody got more desperate at the
"Everybody gets a little upset because books aren't available." Bengal said.
Bengel said the circulation at the end of the semester was increasing. Last Wednesday, 1,100 books were checked out and 1,200, were returned, Normal circulation is about 1,000 books a day.
The library is noisier, she said, and the photocopy machines are used constantly. She said the librarians had a harder time getting people out of the building.
Students not only check out more books at the end of the semester, they also have to buy them. Students buy more study notes and books from the criticism section, Julie Stulough, an employee of the Oread Bookstore, said. She said they also sold more law outlines.
Davis said he had more work during finals.
Malcolm Burns, assistant professor of economics,
"Everybody's talking about all the work they have to do," he said, "but everybody seems to be."
Stuart Davis, a lecturer in the School of Religion, said students were fairly nervous and had more difficulty concentrating.
Richard Sheridan, professor of economics, said he was busier.
said, "Grading exams is a real burden. It's one of the most mindless activities there is."
"I ASSUME BECAUSE I'M a lot busier that my students are." he said.
Finals are a challenge, Sheridan said. Society has conditioned students to make the extra effort. He said he thought finals were different from several years ago because the semester now was a more formal course and needed to end after Christmas break. Students probably do better with the present system, Sheridan said.
Although some students make a big effort to work during finals, others say they don't let bothers the teacher.
"I don't love any sleep over them," said Patii McCarthy, Des Moines senior.
"If I'm not ready, I'm not ready," he said.
Dennis Teepe, Lawrene junior, said his life didn't change at all during finals.
EMPLOYEES OF several bars said there was less business during the week before finals but that business picked up during finals. The Jayhawk Cafe and the Jawdah Cafe customers the week before classes end. Ken Wailman, customer services officer
"Business increases during finals week when people are either celebrating because their finals were successful or worrying about the