THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Thursday November 10,1977
Vol.88,No.52
Lawrence, Kansas
The University of Kansas
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
*anteotet*, portrayed by BILL Isham, Winnetta, ill., junior, brings a wounded knight back to life in the University Theatre's production of the musical "Camelot," which opens at 8
Camelot
Students get party time
Classes, except in the School of Law, will not be held at the University of Kansas at Columbia.
The law school will have classes as usual tomorrow and Saturday.
The campus will be open to traffic, but buses will not run.
Dykes defends salary proposal
There will be no Kansan tomorrow.
The following buildings will be open: new Green, Marvin and Lindley Halls will be open 24 hours as usual. Murphy Hall will be open 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday. Strong Hall will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but the chancellor's office will be closed. The Visual Arts Building will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wakatsia Hospital will have regular
Staff Writer
p. m. tomorrow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 21 p.m. 11 p.m. Sunday
Watson Library will be open 8 a.m. to 5:30
The Kansas Union will be closed tomorrow. The Union Bookstore will be closed tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
By BRIANSETTLE
For the University of Kansas to remain competitive with other higher education institutions, it must receive the 7 per cent faculty salary increase currently before the Kansas Board of Regents budget hearing, Chancellor Archie R. Dekes said yesterday.
Nov. 11 marks the 90th anniversary of the signing of the World War I armistice and is observed by all veterans of all wars as their dav.
In 1975, however, Rep. Keith Sebelius, R-Kan, was responsible for a bill that changed Veterans Day back to its original Nov. 11 date. Because of a three-year grace period, celebrated Veterans Day on Oct. 24 this year while others will observe it tomorrow.
KU had submitted a 7 per cent salary increase for unclassified employees, which included faculty. State Budget Director Bill Kearns broke the cost requested increase to 15.5 per cent.
Other buildings will be closed.
In 1968 Congress voted to change Veterans Dav to the fourth Monday of October.
Dykes spoke at a budget hearing with Gov. Robert Bennett and Bibb yesterday in Topeka, where the salary increase is being considered.
"It is also extremely necessary for our
faculty because of the cost of living," he said.
Yesterday's hearings covered requests that affect all Resents institutions.
Dykes said he was sure Bennett would do the best he could in approving the institute.
"I'm sure he'll do what he can for higher education. He's shown in the past that he is very supportive of education in the state of Kansas," Dykes said.
Dykes also supported a request for a 10 per cent increase in other operating expenses.
Bibb recommended a 5 per cent increase in KU's operating expenditures.
"In the last three years we've made substantial financial gains for the
University, 'Dykes said. "However we still have a distance to go," because we practically speak in English with the native.
He also cut the Medi-approved budget of $108,967.23) for the Medi Center, to $14,456.18.
The Board of Regents made budget approvals in June. After the budget hearings tomorrow, Bennett will make his budget recommendations to the Kansas Legislature in the first session. The legislature will decide on the first open hearing for the seven Regents institutions this spring.
Tomorrow KU officials will present their case for improved program requests that can be met.
*Good research and equipment is another important facet that attracts the finest researchers.*
Dykes asked the 10 per cent increase in other operating expenses would be very important in the acquisition of science materials that are necessary for quality research.
Bibb last week recommended that KU's Regents-approved budget request of $111,645,227 for the Lawrence campus be cut by $6,294,447 for $105,350,780. Bibb cut
requests for $4,815 for KU women's intercollegiate athletic program.
The seven institutions are KU, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Oklahoma State Institute and Pittsburgh State University.
Senate panel opposes surcharge
Rv ALLEN HOLDER
Staff Writer
With the acknowledged support of about 2,500 students, members of the Student Senate Sports Committee recommended last night that the Senate adopt a resolution opposing a proposed surcharge on student football tickets.
Stuart Brown, Dodge City senior, said last night that about 2,500 signatures had been collected in support of the Senate resolution, which opposes placing a surcharge on student tickets to help finance a $2 million renovation of Memorial Stadium.
The resolution, submitted by Jill Grubbaugh, journalism senator, opposes any unnecessary surcharge on student tickets. Proposed expansion of a Victory Club, the addition of a VIP seating area and a wall around the south end of the stadium should not be financed by any ticket surcharge, the resolution states.
The surcharge, recently proposed by Clyde Walker, KU athletic director, would increase student ticket prices by $ 50 cents per seat. The surcharge would be a game and public tickets: by $ 1 a game.
THE TICKET SURCHARGE resolution probably will go before the Senate Wednesday, with an appeal for funds for hang gliding activities.
The committee recommended last night that the Senate allocate $1,310 to the KU board.
Senate members voted last week not to allocate money for the Recreation Advisory Committee.
Randy Hansen, Denver senior and president of the hang gliding club, said last night that he thought the club had been treated unfairly by the Senate.
The Recreation Advisory Board had requested $613.85 in fall supplementary funding to purchase a truck, weight equipment and a langer glider. But members of the fall budget committee recommended the glider as the best glider. The Senate also denied that request.
Dykes said KU officials would be pushing for several brocures tomorrow.
"I THINK that senators have misc-
eptions about what we do and what the
government is doing."
Senate members questioned allocating money to buy a bang glider because, they said, it would not save lives.
Hoch's use to decide fire code violations
Staff Writer
In place of Tuesday's findings that Hoch Auditorium violates the Kansas fire prevention code, Bill Shelton, head insider, said yesterday that enforcement of the rules would not be as stringent if the building were not used for classroom space.
By LUCY SMITH
Shelton said the number of people using Hoch for classroom purposes would determine which code must be complied with.
Shelton will inspect Hoch today as part of a yearly inspection of campus buildings to determine how much of the building is used for educational purposes.
Brubaker found storage rooms on the fourth floor filled with chair robes, boxes and other flammable items stored among the wooden building rafters. The fourth floor balcony, which is used only for sellout attendance at concerts, has only one exit, and the state code calls for two exits on every floor.
Clark Brubaker, deputy state fire marshal, inspected Hoch and found many violations of the state fire prevention code, which were reported to the agencies and an exit door in violation of the code.
THE EXIT DOOR opens inward rather than outward, as required by the code. There is a lock on the door in violation of the code. The door is an emergency exit door should not have locks.
He found that fiberboard was widely used in the construction of the fourth floor. Fiberboard emits toxic fumes when it burns.
In the basement, Brubaker found several rooms filled with discarded electrical wiring.
Senior scholars audit courses
See FIRE page six
"Beyond the faculty salary raise and the
10 per cent raise in operational expenses
that all the institutions dealt with today,
we're also offering a $2 million library
renovation funds," Dykes said.
"Damage does occur, but repairs can be made," Hansen said.
Duncan said most of the recruiting of members for the program was done by her and Colette Quigley, a government Green Thumb worker, at congregate-meals and at meetings geared toward retired citizens.
gliding could be done only during certain times of the year.
TO ENROLLI in a course, a senior citizen may contact Duncan at 864-4794 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Tuesday through Saturday).
"Actually, it's getting pretty much around with the over 45 crowd." Duncan said.
adviser to the senior scholars, often suggesting courses she feels are fitting.
Fourty-six senior citizens have descended upon Mount Oreach this fall bearing witness to the edge that "one is only as old as one feels."
"I contact the professor and try to place them in classes that won't be too crowded
"A lot didn't have a chance to go to college. They were the classes around the Depression. They find that this is something they did and they truly appreciate it." Duncan said.
He added that the hang gliders were in perfect condition each time they were flown. Hansen also said seniors were mistaken when he said he could have done beckone only during warm weather.
"Students have the privilege of doing as much as they want or as little as they want." Beulah Duncan, coordinator of the senior scholar program, said last week.
DUNCAN SAID that the Regents ruling she had known of one or two senior citizens who had "braved" attending classes, but that they were former University faculty members who knew their way around.
In its year of existence at KU, the program has grown from 12 participants in the fall of 1976 to 48 today. The oldest senior scholar is 86.
See SCHOLARS page six
The 46 are members of the Senior Scholar Program, a division of Continuing Education, set up to aid persons 65 and older in their studies, take courses at the University of Kansas.
KU has requested $1,008,227 for library renovation funds. The request was cut completely by Bibb last week, after the Regents cut the request to $100,000.
Staff Writer
By DAVID PARRIS
Most senior scholars are not former faculty members.
The program is the result of a ruling by the Kansas Board of Regents on F. 5, 1976, which granted persons 65 and older a special status that allowed them to attend classes without paying fees if they had the instructor's consent.
Staff Photo by PAUL ROSE
Another important program is the graduate fee waiver funds. Dykes said.
The senior scholars audic the courses. If they want credit for their work, they must
Vivian Springer, 79, says she enrolled in this psychology class and one other this semester because she got tired of playing cards and
going to lunches. She is one of 46 persons over age 65 now involved in the Senior Scholar program, approved last year by the Board.
"We fly whenever we can. When it's cold, you just eat stuff, that's all." he said.
Hansen said that about 30 of the club's 85 members participated every weekend in a tournament.
The organization already owns three hang gliders, which were purchased through membership dues, but Hansen said he thought the club should be allocated money to buy another glider so more students could participate in the organization.
Senior scholar
requests to reduce, or eliminate additional fees of students hired as assistants. Dykes has said the fee waiver is necessary if KU is to compete for high-quality graduate students. Dykes said a variety of additional requests would be discussed at the hearing tomorrow.
"We'll also concentrate on funds for moving into the new Med Center building, Women's Intercollegiate Athletics, and Minority Affairs, all of which are necessary for KU to remain a high-quality University," Dykes said.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From the Associated Press, United Press International
Israel bombs Lebanon in reprisal
Burns predicts bad news
In Washington, the State Department urged both sides to show restraint but declined to condemn the Israeli bombing as it had the earlier Lebanese incursion.
BEIRUT-Israeli warplanes launched repeated bombing raids on Palestinian positions in southern Lebanon yesterday in reprisal for guerrilla rocket attacks earlier this week that killed three Israelis. Lebanese officials reported that persons dead and 82 wounded, many of them apparently civilian refugees.
Burns
Meanwhile, congressional negotiators took up the big job of recroring House and Senate versions of President Obama's economic agenda.
In a rare Capitol Hill appearance, Burns also told the Senate Banking Committee that the Fed had decided to tighten credit during the next year and that tax cuts for individuals and business might not be practical.
WASHINGTON-Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns criticized Congress yesterday for passing inflatationary legislation and said the nation's economy would show little improvement during the next year.
HEW to act on sex discrimination
WASHINGTON - More than 400 school districts and 100 colleges have failed to promise to halt sex discrimination, and the Department of Health, Education and Human Services has denied it.
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano will announce in a few days that HEW's Office of Civil Rights is notifying the school districts and colleges that they must appear at hearings to explain why they failed to file assurances of compliance under law's Title 1X, which bans sex discrimination in schools.
See story page two
Congressmen share Army hunt
WASHINGTON—The Army said yesterday that Reps. Robert Sikes and Robert Leggett attended a military briefing at the Aberdeen, Md., proving ground last week and joined a public deer hunt on the military preserve the day before. Washington by Army helicopter so they could arrive in time for a roll call vote.
"When you put it together, it looks kind of slimy," an Army spokesman said in response to reports that the congressmen had gone hunting while supposedly on patrol.
"But let me assure you," he said, "we wouldn't have brought them up here if hadn’t them. We would go to doing any more for them than we are, and another member of the public."
Sikes, D-Fla., is a member of the House defense appropriations subcommittee. Leggett, D-Calf., is on the House Armed Services Committee.
Liquid protein linked to 10 deaths
WASHINGTON—There is strong evidence that liquid protein caused or was a contributing factor in the deaths of 10 obese women using it to lose weight, the study found.
FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy said that the agency would require a warning label on predigested liquid protein and that it would use every regulatory tool at its disposal to take it off the market if the problem proved more widespread.
the FDA said that the 10 deaths were caused by irregular heartbeat and that all of the women were under medical supervision when they died. Eight of them
Locally...
Any belief that meaningful relationships between gays cannot exist is unfounded, according to Dennis Dauley, associate professor of social welfare. Dalley reached that conclusion after completing a pilot study of relationships of married, cohabiting and gay couples. Although a limited number of people were interviewed, the results suggested they may be heterosexuals. Dalley says he found few important differences in the relationships of heterosexual and gay couples. See story page seven.