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April 10.1980
Open mall talk lauded
The Lawrence City Commission is to be commended for its decision Tuesday night to initiate public study on the proposed regional shopping mall.
This project has for too long been hidden under a cloud of non-public discussion, leading some to speculate that the mail developers and the local law enforcement who support the mail are trying to pull a fast one on the people of Lawrence.
Most concerned have been the residents of areas neighboring downtown Lawrence, an area that is often mentioned as a possible site for a new mall. They have continually petitioned the local planning group, seeking a chance to help in the decision process, but they have been unsuccessful.
But now the City Commission has agreed to conduct a study session on the mail issue, to be followed by a series of public hearings, to address the development of shopping areas in Lawrence. This is not directed
specifically toward the mall proposed by Jacobs, Visconsi and Jacobs and Action 80, but any serious discussion would have to address the proposed mall.
And public discussion on this matter is important. No longer is it desirable for local businessmen to make decisions of this magnitude without some input from the residents. The new mall, whether it is built downtown or in a confined to the southwest, will not have enough offices with increased traffic, new jobs and a change in the character of the area in which it is located.
Also, the developers have been trying to get legislation passed by the Kansas Legislature that would enable the mall to be at least partially financed through public monies—through industrial revenue bonds. The mall is a part of the public of the mall and the mall and public financing seems to provide a situation where public discussion of this proposed mall should be required.
Anti-gun control steps trigger controversy
John Barrett's March 19 editorial shows three major arguments against gun control. The first, armed people is impossible to enslave and 2) reduced availability of guns does not prevent gun violence, thus questioning pro-skeptic and well-researched. Unfortunately, neither his logic nor his research will be accepted.
The Second Amendment states: "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Barrett claims that the "antigunners" Kansas columnan Susan Davis are "trying to destroy the Bill of Rights" and "twist the Second Amendment."
The article Namum wrote, however, supported a law that would have required that all guns manufactured in the United States be sold to consumers. The number and that gun dealers make quarterly reports on sales. How that would infringe on anyone's right *Barris* is unable
By ALISON GOLD
Guest Columnist
WITH REGARD TO gun control, Barrett's interpretation of the Constitution leaves something to be desired. He insinulates that any control of guns would lead to a more tortuous life. The 200-year-old Constitution, however, has often been subject to court interpretation. Consider the First Amendment. Would Barrett also claim that our current laws on objection and pornography have undergone a transformation by abridging freedom of speech?
Furthermore, though Barrett's article contends that the authors of the Second Amendment intended for all individuals to be entitled to the right to enraged by England's refusal to allow them to form a militia, the colonists of the revolutionary period were concerned with ensuring that they would not one state constitution of the time made reference to individual defense; some did not even include "the right to bear arms" in their provision for establishment of a militia.
DESPITE BARRETT'S SUGGESTION that the Supreme Court could hold the prosecution to bear arms gun forces have never been successful in challenging any枪官 control legislation in court
Barrett says that "an armed people is immune to ensail." He gives no proof of this, basing his argument on the suggestion that Americans have been forced to disarm a people after taking over a country. If America sinks to such a low state that our entire armed forces are unable to off a takeover, it seems likely that even a small number, untrained civilianni will tin the bil-
aure. Further, in this army of nuclear weapons and laser-aimed tanks, how will we persuade our conqueror to limit his weapon's range and deploy Night Sight Special Force can deliver us?
AND WHILE WE PAT ourselves on the back for our supposed ability to ward off an unlikely threat, 10,000 Americans a year are killed by firearms in accidents involved in firearms.
Barnett's final attack is that "reduced availability of guns does not reduce crime." Although he says there is evidence to-prove that the gun market is unstable, it doesn't exist. States and countries with relatively strict gun control laws have stronger laws than states and countries with weak laws.
In Great Britain, a country with more than 50 million people and strict gun control laws, there were 35 homicides using firearms in the last year. In the country of 207 million people, there were 12,433 murders with the same year. We are a violent nation, and the presence of gun violence is increasing.
BARRETT DOES PRESENT a string of examples suggesting that handgun training programs decrease crime. Nobody is arguing against handgun training.
But Barrett dismisses a General Accounting Office study showing the link between the availability of guns and crime on the availability of GAsH to aid in anti-gun propagation and the spike in atest's. In light of this accusation, it is curious that Barlett's list of "facts" has taken verbal attribution from an editorial in the reddit quotes a section of the article which states that in Orlando, Fla., rape decreased 90 percent in the year after a handgun training program for women was instituted, and that the decrease in major crime that year,
ACCORDING TO THE Uniform Crime Report for that year, however, rape INCREASED from 8.1 occurrences per 100,000 persons to 10.3 per 100,000 persons. Major sources of it is disturbing to realize that pro-gun forces are shoddy researched on reports that are shoddy researched.
Barret's justification for the unrestricted use of guns is not strong enough to offset the need for a weapon, so he may hit her husband. if a knife is handy, she may stab him, and he has a one in 30 chance of dying. If a gun is available she is likely to kill her husband, and there are one in six. Unfortunately, nearly half of all murders in the United States, according to the U.S. Crime Reports, occur as the result of an argument.
More than 900,000 Americans have been killed this century by guns—more than have died in all the wars we've ever fought, combined. People kill Guns. Guts help.
Alison Gold is a Lawrence freshman in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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Mormons consider themselves to be the one true "restored" church. They believe God inhabits a physical body of flesh and blood, which is often used in decribes such as original sim and the Trinity.
THE ADVERTISEMENT also stated:
"We believe in being honest, true,
benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to
the poor." It is the admonition of Paul. We believe in all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything that is virtueful, we should seek it with pride; we praise worthy, we seek after those things."
They believe that their ancestors can have the chance to accept the 'restored gospel' if only on Mountains on earth are baptised on the ground. This is true to billions of names are contained in the
One advertisement that has appeared, appropriately enough, in the conservative Reader's Digest, defined the "Seven Keys to a successful first," first "Fashion makes you welcome each new day." "Temperance: For health and happiness," "Work is something to enjoy." "You are a caring and a responsibility." "You are an expert," "Always try to stand on your own feet."
History has proven his words to be correct. Today, Salt Lake City, the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, rises high above the valley.
Mormons promote a healthy, clean-cut image to the public. The vicious smiles of
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Membership in the church continues to grow each year. Mormon missionaries, clean-cut young men complying with the church's belief that men should give two years of their life to missionary work before they are allowed to account for many of the conversions. Post advertisements in national magazines also bring "germals" about Mormon beliefs.
On July 24, 1847, Brigham Young stared down treadly into the barren Salt Lake Valley and said, "This is the place."
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Once labeled as an un-Christian and dangerous sect, the Latter-day Saints, common among many missionaries, one of the most religiousRelative groups in United States. Sunday, the Mormon Church celebrated its 150th anniversary with a lavish reception the church's president, Wor王 Kimba.
Mormons 150 years old and growing
In advertisements on and in national magazines, Mormons are portrayed as ideal neighbors—conservative, devout, law-abiding, middle-class Americans.
The Mormon Church remains a mystery to outsiders—a modern church steeped in adherence to beliefs such as prophecy and visions from heaven.
BUT CHURCH TENETES are closely guarded from "gentiles," as non-Mormons are labeled by members of the church. Once a Mormon temple has been consecrated, Mormons are the only ones who are allowed to enter the temple. They visit church and baptisms—as any visitor to Salt Lake City who wishes to see the inside of the elaborate temple soon finds out.
The Book of Mormon describes two migrations of ancient Jewish tribes to the World's. The immigrants prospered in the new lands, and they established a extensive civilization that they had built throughout the Americas was shattered by the arrival of the settlers. According to the work, a battle with the predecessors of North American Indians at Hill Cumorah overwhelmed the strength of the Native Americans.
There is no widely accepted archaeological proof to back up the Mormon stories, however, and the Mormon Church expressed no interest in excavating the site.
Mormonism was born in 1830. Joseph Smith, a prophet from Palmyra, N.Y., founded the church. Smith claimed to have had a vision from Jesus Christ, who told him that he would die in doctrines of the day as abstinence. Smith later said that he was instructed by Jesus to go to Hill Cumharral, near Palmira, where, again at the direction of Jesus, he dug up golden tablets that he later translated. The latter ascended to heaven, according to
THE TRANSCRIPT from the tablets eventually became the Book of Mormon, the Mormon equivalent of the Bible, according to church beliefs.
BUT LACK OF scientific proof for stories in the Book of Mormon has not deterred converts from the religion.
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MORMONS BELIEVE in the gift of tongues, and its interpretation. They also believe in visions, prophecy, revelations and prophecies. They also believe in the power of the dollar.
After suffering through years of financial troubles, the Mormon Church now has a gross income in excess of $1.3 billion a year. Members turn over 10 percent of their gross income to the church. The church takes in more than a million a day in donations from members.
genological files in Salt Lake City and the city has become a haven for genealogists.
The church's extensive holdings include a large chunk of property in downtown Salt Lake City, a 36-story apartment house in New York, hotels, office buildings, a retail store, and a shopping mall and a village in Hawaii. Other church holdings span the globe.
THE MORMONS HAVE expanded their holdings to many foreign countries, including Japan, Mexico, American Samoa and Brazil.
Church membership has increased astronomically during a time when many new missions were being launched in the church has increased fourfold since World War II, and membership has increased 30 percent in the last five years. Currently there are 4.5 million Moravians.
But the Mormons have had their problems. The church has had a hard time making a smooth transition into the 20th century.
Translations of the Book of Mormon, the first one published in the late 18th century after the Morron Church fought a loss against the U.S. government over the practice of polygamy.
FOR YEARS, many members of the church had protested racist teachings of the Book of Mormon. The book states that dark skins are a sign of disfavor from God, and the Book of Abraham declares that blacks should not be taught in the church. After the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People went to court to end racial bias in Mormon Boy Scouts, and pickets had demonstrated against Mormon racial teachings, the book called for traditional stance. In 1978, black males were become priests for the first time.
But the church takes a different stand on the issue of allowing women into the priesthood. Kimball has said in the past that she had served in Mormon doctrine was "impossible."
EVEN MORE RECENTLY, the church has again become tl · center of controversy. Sonia Johnson, a practicing Mormon, was charged with felt that her work in favor of the proposedEqual Rights Amendment went against the church's stand on the issue. The church called for the ERA would underline the family unit, and that is very important in Mormon beliefs.
the future of Mormonism remains uncertain. But if its past is any indication of what the future will hold, the Mormon will grow even stronger in the years to come.
To the Editor:
Divestiture group seeks open talks
The KU Committee on South Africa is extremely disappointed that the Endowment Association failed to meet with its delegation on March 27. We had hoped to discuss the Endowment Association's interest in South Africa, the companies that operate in South Africa.
The University's administrators pro-
pose to be objective and open to an exchange
of ideas with the local university. When
when our delegation peacefully went to the
Endowment Association's headquarters the
university will be able to offer
Our argument for disinvestment from South Africa is a moral one. To what extent
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should an institution like the University make profits from racism? Should not a university live up to the moral principles it professes to uphold?
Yet the University's Endowment Association has ignored this issue of moral responsibility. Its most recent excuses are that it failed to recognize the Association's president, recently told the Kansean that the Endowment Association will not disinvest for fear that donors could have any legal liability for security investments." Fear not, Seymour. The KU Committee on South Africa has just compiled a report on the Endowment Association's financial stewardship study reveals that the yields from its investments in corporations involved in South Africa were lower than the yields from other states. The stocks it was 5.5 percent versus 5.9 and it bonded it was 7.8 percent versus 8.9 percent. It seems the Endowment Association accounted for all the investments in the investmentstainted by South Africa.
So far almost two dozen universities have distinued these. Include the universities in the U.S., like Oregon, Oregon. We wonder why and how KU should encounter legal problems where these universities are located.
Just this spring 40 major religious and educational groups, including the national Lutheran church, launched a major Lutheran churches, launched a major Lutheran churches, cut back their South African
should KU remain on the wrong side of this issue?
Seymour indicated to the Kanass that it was unlikely he would meet with us. We maintain that there is an evident need for him to speak in our case. Seymour to meet with us as soon as possible.
Submitted by Anita Chan
for the KU Committee on South Africa
Faculty deserves parking privileges
Kate Pound's column last Friday concerning faculty parking tickets was perhaps a good vehicle for the writer to blow off his anger, but apparently, beyond that it struck me as painful. Pound depicted these academic parking fiends as immoral outlaws; as though the teachers who violate parking laws were guilty against the inferior masses of students.
To the Editor:
My God! All those people want is a place to park, just like anybody else. And I think it's pretty ridiculous that after all the people they have had, after all the degrees they have earned, they are employed by the University, they have to grovel and fight for a parking space on campus. Students can opt to skip class or not pay the fees, but you must be teachers Can not. They are paid by us and they are here for our benefit, Mp. Pound, but taking into account that they are underpaid and overworked, it seems rather cruel to put them on a basic privilege of a place to put their cars.
Your argument that students and teachers are equal is a fear—if my instructors don't know it but a lot more than they do, I should hire to "serve us," the reason they are serving us is that they know things we don't. Maybe we should spend a little less time complaining about where they part and where they work in a regular basis, with a little respect thrown in.
I think that the whole parking service is a disaster and that it is in dire need of reform. I will see to it, but should be given a parking space, perferably with his name painted on it, as is usually the case with other jobs with equivalent pay. This would be doctorate and were teaching journalism at
Karen McLachlan
Raren McLachlan Overland Park senior
university, she might even feel she deserved a place to park for all her years of work. I certainly think the instructors at KU do.
Does Lewis favor Carter, whose first lie to the American people was saying he would never tell one? or who like Ragen, the father of his mother—who, after Wichita, apparently had to consult a dictionary to find the definition of partly and who did not know it?
The distract about John Anderson of Illinois written by David Lewis convinces one that Lewis is for Carter, Reagan or Bush. A rebuttal is required.
Perhaps Lewis' here is George Bush, who portrays himself as a World War II hero. Bush tries to be all things to all people and succeeds in being only a bush-leaguer.
Anderson's platform compared. affirmed
To the Editor:
I believe abortion, performed solely by the doctor, is grossly unjust just as I believe government should do everything possible to prevent it from starting in life. Having said the above, I do not believe a government should have the right to tell a pregnant woman what to do about it.
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the decision whether or not to have an abortion was a personal one. In all fairness, poor women should have rights equal to those of more fortunate women. Am I and my mother therefore probaotion? I think not.
As for Anderson's new position on nuclear energy, we would want a president incapable of changing his mind? Again, I think not. There is no conflict whatever between Anderson's position on SAT II and the nuclear bomb or the B-1 bomber.
As a KU graduate, it was heartwarming to see Hoch Audifield米迪 during an Armenian independence fight. An independent, if he does, I hope young college men and women will register and vote for him. If elected, we would again have to fight against it, but also our friends and foes could respect.
If the next president is either Carter or Reagan, then I must conclude Spengler was right and we are going down the slope.
In closing, I want to say something good about Lewis. Anyone named David can't be all bad.
David C. Brain
2424 Melrose Lane
841-8711
To the Editor:
Anderson articles show true picture
I wrote to thank you for the wonderful articles, written by Dave Lewis, Scott Faust and Blake Gumprech in the March 31 paper.
You would be surprised at the number of Anderson supporters who did an about face when I discussed Kennedy's and Anderson's nuclear policies with them.
The only reasons I can guess for Anderson's continued support on campus is that perhaps a few Reagan and Bush people who supported him may also support Anderson. Another reason may be because the legion of "groovy," "anti-weave," "with it" kids who vote for a charismatic candidate without examining probably not read the paper either.
In light of Dave Lewis' article, I feel I was too charitable to Anderson in my ad, which ran on last Tuesday.
Terry Grund Lawrence resident
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