University Daily Kansan
Wednesdav. March 22. 1978
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Destiny part of poet's life
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
By SUSAN WOODARD
Staff Writer
Although she is not particularly religious or mystical, Diane Wakoski, English department poet in residence, says she does believe in destiny.
Cosmic contemplation
"When you see certain things stacked in certain ways, it only makes sense to work in those areas that seem to go well," she said. And according to Wakisaki, she could see still a student at the University of California, so that writing poetry would go well for her.
Wakoki will be the English department's writer in residence this week. She currently teaches writing at Michigan State University.
"I had been studying the piano and practicing many hours a day," she said. "And it was a gesture of my dedication to teaching." She also and lost interest in school I could write.
But this will not be Wakoski's first visit to KU. She was her one day seven years ago to work at the hospital.
WAKOKSI DESCRIBES herself as a prolific writer. She has published 11 collections and 12 books of poetry since her first book was published in 1962. Her newest book, "The Man Who Shook Hands," was published last month.
Diane Wakoski, visiting poet in residence, lectures about various schools of poetry yesterday in Wescoc hall.
Until about two years, ago, Wakoski wrote
of 60 poems a year, but recently her pace
Wakoski said that she was almost pathologically shy when younger and described poetry as a shy person's occupation.
"I think it is because I don't want to start repeating myself," she said. "I'm more interested in long poems now, each needing two or three months to gather material."
"A shy person usually wants to speak very badly, but he can't make himself do it," she said. "With poetry, you can write in private and then send it into the world."
"One of the reasons I started writing was because I was shy and writing was a formal way."
WAKOSKI SAID that she had conquered her shyness over the years, particularly after her experience as a junior high school teacher in New York City.
"I taught junior high school in the slums of Manhattan," she said. "In teaching myself to become a gestapo officer, I got accustomed of my idealism and drastic shyness."
According to Wakowski, America has gone through a golden age in poetry since 1945. She said the dominant style that developed over that period was the personal narrative—semi-autobiographical poetry with long, prose-like lines.
Wakowski said her recent work has dealt with finding beauty in the world and with man-woman relationships. She said some of the women she was a mythical search for the ideal man.
In "The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems" published in 1971, Wakoski used a motorcycle rider as the image of "machomasculinity," she said.
"THE BOOK an exploration of when we assume the roles society gives us instead of when we are in control."
society's roles betray us. You must claim your individuality and have the only thing that matters is you.
Wakowski said she worked with the theme of destiny in "The Man Who Shook Hands". She said she thought people were destined to be certain things in their lives and could either fight against the tendencies or work with them.
"I couldn't avoid a be poet," she said, "and since realizing that, I have been able to have a stronger and more useful destiny."
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think it was a matter of holding them to a 7 percent increase."
The 7 percent increase would be coupled with a proposed 7 percent increase for the base budget of the entire University for a 14 percent total increase.
In regard to equitability between the men's and women's athletic programs, Hess said the Senators had checked out the implications of Title IX carefully.
By law, any federally funded institution faces loss of federal funds if it does not comply with Title IX, which states that sexual harassment of both sexes" must be provided by July 21.
Hess said that Title IX is still subject to interpretation and that legislators often reject it.
However, Hess emphasized that although
"They've taken it out of the base in the
way that just depends on what the University
wants to do."
"EVEN IF THE allocation is labeled as women's athletics." Hess said, "there is nothing to prevent Chancellor Dykes and the administration from shifting funds from other areas to prevent the loss of federal funds.
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William Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor, who is in charge of women's athletics, said he hoped the full amount would be reinstated and that the administration was awaiting the legislature's decision.
the bill had been seriously hampered in the sub-committee, it still had a long way to go.
Anne Levinson, president of the Council of Women Athletes, said she had tried to organize a phone campaign in a final effort to contact senators.
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After almost three hours of discussion and debate with concerned residents, the Lawrence City Commission last night appointed a new city development board to Community Development funds for 1978-79.
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A major difference between the two groups' proposals was the question of funding for the conversion of the old police station in the Vermont streets to a senior citizen's center.
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The commissioners voted to accept the staff recommendation to use $100,000 of Community Development funds to install an elevator in the building and to renovate the second floor. The review board's recommen- dation did not include an allocation for the project.
OPPONENTS OF the senior center allocation argued that Community Development funding was designed to determine donor commissioners said that the city had used the funds in previous years to start the project and that no other funding source was needed.
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"It's not wise to terminate the project without making the second floor usable," Susan said.
In order to provide for the center's allocation, the commissioners decreased a review board recommendation to spend $100,000 for demonstration rehabilitation.
Demonstration rehabilitation involves
purchasing deteriorating property, renovating it, and selling it to owner-occupants.
The review board's proposal for the demonstration rehabilitation included spending at least $40,000 to renovate a historic house at 945 Rhode Island St.
THE HOUSE, BUILT by Col. T.B. Eldridge in 1857, is currently owned by the Salvation Army and is scheduled for demolition unless a buver can be found.
Richard Kershenbaum, representing the East Lawrence Improvement Association, said that unless Community Development funds were used to buy and improve the house, a part of Lawrence's history would be lost.
The commissioners regretted the possible loss of the house, but said they did not want to spend that much money in public funds for one house.
"You're putting us in a position of
abestist history," Commissioner Row said.
Although the commissioners deleted the allocation for the house, they agreed to work with the ELIA to save it and suggested private funds be solicited for that purpose.
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Glenn Kappelman, chairman of the review board, said after the meeting that the group was disappointed that its recommendations were not approved.
Student Senate to fill positions on committees
No legislation will be considered at tonight's Student Senate meeting, but nine representatives to various University organizations and the StudEx chairman will be chosen.
Reggie Robinson, student body vice president, said yesterday that during the 6:30 meeting in the Kansas Union's Big 8 room senators would fill the StudEx and committee positions there and discuss the upcoming Senate seminar.
The approved allocations will be sent in an application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enable the city to deliver the Community Development funds.
The seminar, which will be April 2,
replaces the traditional Student Senate
retreat when senators officers and in-
terns attend. It will make plans for the
coming year's activities.
In other action last night, the commissioners voted to defer any action on an ordinance to make Vermont Street one-way south from Sixth to Seventh streets and to make New Hampshire Street one-way from Seventh to Sixth streets.
The ordinance had been designed to decrease traffic congestion around Sixth and Massachusetts streets when the Vermont Street bridge over the Kansas River is
But City Manager Buford Watson said last night state-approved traffic signals at the intersection of Sixth and Vermont streets will be installed until the second span of the bridge is built.
When the Vermont Street bridge is opened, sometime this spring, the existing Massachusetts Street bridge will be replaced.
Watson said last night a replacement truck had been found, and it could be detained.
The transmission problem was the last in a series of mechanical troubles with the truck, which had been delivered in October, 1977. The truck, termed a lemon by the commissioners, was returned to the dealer two weeks ago.
THE COMMISSIONERS also heard a report from Watson at the city's trash truck situation. Last week the commissioners voted to reject a troublesome front-loading trash truck when the truck's transmission broke.
The commissioners gave Watson approval to negotiate a price for the truck, up
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