Committee impasse slows Regents budget
By SCOTT C. FAUST
Staff Renorter
TOPEKA—An impasse over state funding of lashings lessons last prevented a Kansas House and Senate Conference Committee from finishing its actions on the plans of Regents budgets, which include a compromise 9 percent increase in faculty salaries.
In a four-hour, shirtsleeves-and-stocking-feet session, committee members failed to reach a compromise on funding of the Tuitum Grant program and Kansas State University.
House Ways and Means Committee
Mairman Kearns of Washington, R-Atwood, refused to endorse Mr. Carter's proposal, but at least $250,000 in state general funds added to Gov. John Kerry's $833,688 budget. The new program and that $150,000 be added to the tuition recommendation for the Tuition Grant program.
The State Scholarship program provides scholarships for Regents school students and the Tufton Grant program provides scholarships attending Kansas private colleges.
In contrast, tentative agreement came fairly easily on the compromise of 9 percent for the unclassified employees' merit salary increase.
The committee struck a balance between House's recommended 8 percent across the board and the recommendation for an 8 percent increase, with 2 percent for increases based on in-
State Sen. Arnold Berman, D-Lawrence.
said he would have preferred the Senate's recommendation but said, "That was clearly not possible."
In Lawrence, T.P. Srinivasan, president of KU's chapter of the American Association of University Professors, agreed with Berman.
"We came out better than we feared back when the governor made his recommendation that we have been happier if the increase had been more than 3 percent, but I'm not disap
The conference committee also tentatively granted a raise in minimum student employee salaries from $2.90 to $3.10 an hour.
They chose to maintain the 60 percent fee waiver for graduate student teachers rather than approve the House's 100 percent fee waiver proposal.
In KU's $220 million budget, the conference committee approved the House's recommendation of six new classified positions and reduce by 6.5 his recruitment rate.
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Funding for other operating expenditures at all Regents schools was increased 7 percent by the committee, with an 8 percent increase to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
The Regents had requested an 8 percent increase, for other operating expenses, with a 9 percent increase for the Med Center.
The committee also approved the Senate's proposal for deletion of $10,000 in salaries the House had intended to pay for previously unfilled, but existing, unclassified positions.
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U.S.severs ties with Iran
From the Kansan's wire services
WASHINGTON—President Carter Westphal issued a new order giving diplomatic allure until midnight tonight to leave the United States and cutting off virtually all remaining trade relations.
Carter's move came in retaliation to news that the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had scuttled the latest attempt at conciliation in the hostage crisis.
THE HOSTAGES will remain under the control of their militant cannons until the
It was the toughest American action against the Iranians in more than four decades. The Iranian president refused to free the 50 U.S. embassy hostages "would increase heavily cost to us."
Earlier yesterday, Khomeini's office in Tehran issued a statement the revolutionary leader had rejected Iranian President Abdulahansi Bani-Sadh's proposal to transfer custody of the Americans in the country.
new Iranian Parliament decides their fate, Khomeim's office announced. Such a decision might be months away.
After lengthy meetings with his top foreign policy advisers, Carter went on
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national television yesterday afternoon and listed four actions he would fake against Iran.
"The United States is breaking diplomatic relations with Iran," Carter said. "Iran diplomatic and consular personnel have been declared persona non grata and must be removed."
Treasury Secretary G. William Miller, Carter said, is to stop virtually all exports from the United States to Iran, excluding Israel. The U.S. Treasury imposed from earlier sanctions Carter accepted.
Carter said any remaining exports of food and medicine to Iran would be minimal or nonexistent.
Miller will also make an inventory of outstanding claims of American citizens
and corporations against the government of Iran. The aim, Carter said, is to seize assets of the Iranian government in the United States, as a result of claims by hostages and their families.
An estimated $8 billion in Iranian government assets was frozen last fall in one of Carter's initial retaliatory steps.
CARTER SAID his administration was preparing special legislation to speed the payment of the claims.
Carter also announced that all visas issued to Iranians have been declared invalid, effective immediately, and no visas would be issued or renewed "except for compelling and proven humanitarian aid" where the national interest requires."
There are about 150,000 Iranians in the United States or holding visas to enter the country. About 66,500 are students at American colleges.
"The hostages and their families—indeed, all of us in America—have lived with the reality and the anguish of their captivity for
five months," Carter said. "The steps I have ordered today are those that are necessary now. Other actions may become more difficult, so you produce the prompt release of the hostages."
CARTER DID not say what other countries would be able to block of Iran was known to have been considered. The United States might also try to enlist the help of its European allies in the fight against Iran.
There was no immediate comment on the developments from the militants in Tehran, who have held the U.S. Embassy and hostages since Nov. 4.
Elections have not been completed for the new Parliament, and no date has been set for it to meet.
A spokesman for as Islamic movement close to the militants had said earlier he expected the "liberal and compromisers" wing of the government" to try again to transfer the hostages to the Iranian government before the Parliament con-
Fiat fun
Penny Herrick of Tonkea pilots his Fiat between the pylons at the Easterkhana Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the K-Mart store at 31st and Iowa. The race, sponsored by the Kansas Region Sports Car Club of America and several Lawrence businesses, attracted over 100 entries.
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KUAC acts on ticket prices, scholarships
Staff Reporters
By STEVE YOUNG
The KUAC Board recommended that student season basketball tickets be sold at $12, after killing amendments to lower the price to $13 and lower the price of student season football tickets to $16.
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation Board last night recommended a lower price for student season basketball tickets and more funding for women's basketball. The university will approve the fiscal 1981 athletic department budget.
Del Brinkman, chairman of the board, defeated the measure when he broke a 49 vote.
If approved by Chancellor Archie R. Dykes, student basketball tickets would cost $2.30 less than announced in February by the department, and expected revenues from student tickets would be reduced by $18,000.
Throughout discussion of next year's ticket prices, numerous questions were raised concernant the KUAC
KUAC student members nearly succeeded in gaining board support for $13 student basketball tickets—a proposal urged by the Student Senate Athletic Seating Board.
Board's role in setting prices, or recommending prices to the chancellor.
As a result, a board subcommittee on ticket policies, headed by David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, will recommend procedures to the board for determining ticket prices.
AMBLER SAID after the meeting that he hoped the committee could meet in the next two weeks, and have its recommendations ready for the next board meeting. The meeting date has not been set.
The board also voted to recommend a $9,000 increase,
to $150,000 in funding of women's athletic cohorthelen-
ship.
Elizabeth Banks, a faculty board member, said the $240,000 at the maximum allowed by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women—would further the department's attempt to meet TITLE 1g guideline
The increase was based on a KUAC commitment made five years ago to fund women's scholarships at the same level as men's non-revenue producing sports programs. The increase in sports will receive $159,000 in scholarship money next year.
The board approved the $9,000 increase after defeating another amendment to increase women's scholarships.
requiring equal funding and opportunities for all student athletes at federally-funded schools
In PAST years, men's scholarships have been funded at maximum National Collegiate Athletic Association levels, though department officials said that would not be true next year because of increased expenses.
The board also recommended increasing the amount of income expected from the Big Eight Conference by $2,700—the amount that expenses exceeded revenues after the board recommended lowering ticket revenues
Income from the conference—including KU's share of other teams' bowl game appearances and television appearances—was the easiest area to increase projected revenue, he said.
The board approved the $3.3 million budget, a decrease of 1 percent from last year. The budget will take effect July 1, 1981, subject to review of salary expenses by the KUAC executive committee.
Craig M. McCoy, KUAC treasurer and University compartment responsible for increasing the revenue projection was appointed by the Board in 2018.
outlay all were cut, the biggest one at the expense of the enmates new program, which was drilled altogether.
Mens't track, sports information service and capital
**FOOTBALL EXPENDITURES for next year increase** $85,799 over the year, to $13,600. The men's basketball budget increased $20,414 to $390,142; the women's basketball allocated increased $20,044 to $18,824.
More athletic revenues are going into revenue-producing sports.
Besides men's track non-other revenue men's sports programs that received a budget cut were baseball, golf.
Women's gymnastics was the only non-revenue women's sports program to be cut.
Funding for women's athletics comes from KUAG, student fees, state appropriations, doubleheader estimated income and University funds. A doubleheader in the women's basketball game is played before a men's game.
Del Shakel, executive vice chancellor, said University funds come from changes in general instructional funds. Funds from the departments of psychology and nursing help build a better women's athletic program. Shakel said.
Consumer office given new hope by Senate panel
By KATHY KASE Staff Reporter
The Student Senate Finance and Auditing Committee overturned an earlier decision by the Senate Services Committee and decided unanimously last night that the Consumer Affairs Association did not support the cases of other Senate-funded organizations.
If preliminary budget recommendations are upheld, Consumer Affairs will be funded $9.872.
The Student Services Committee refused to fund Consumer Affairs last week after that its services provided. The Offices of the Amtica Campus, the Offices of Campus Board, KU Legal Services, the office of residential programs, the Student Assistance Center and the KU Information Centre.
Finance and Auditing chairman Mike Kline should could come whether consumer Affairs or the services of ASK, KU Legal Services and the services of KU Human Resources office of residential program, the Student Assistance Center and the KU Information Center could not be considered because they
JUDY BROWDER, an adviser to the Off-Campus Board, said that the board could not act as a consumer agency, but given time, he was expected to KU Legal Services and Consumer Affairs.
"To throw this kind of thing on them adds to their dilemma," she said. "They are not and cannot be Consumer Affairs."
Robin McClellan, ASK campus director, said that Consumer Affairs did not duplicate her organization's services.
Eric Harkens, services committee member, had said that Consumer Affairs duplicated ASK's services when it它obtained a contract with the Committee for the Landlord-Tenant Act.
"Our only function is to lobby," McClellan said, "ASK would just barely touch on their services."
Speaking on behalf of KU Legal Services lawyer Steve Ruddick, Consumer Affairs director Susie Hama said that though the law firm has no clients, they offered other distinct services.
Late in the meeting, Harkness withheld his charge of duplication of services for the Off-Campus Board and ASK. However, he left the office to accept an unpaid duplication of services with Legal Services.
Tubist tries to dispell stereotypes
By KEVIN MILLS
Staff Renorter
Michael Thornton, principal tubist with the Cincinnati Browns and the Houston Texans, body, burly frame and large hands seem appropriate to the team.
"Tuba players as a group feel oppressed," Thornton said, "know I do. In the back of every tuba player's mind is, 'Ooh, you should be my friend.'"
"The image of tubists as big and fat is wrong. There really are a lot of big guys who play, but there are little ones."
Wrong, as Thornton would quickly point out. Thornton was at KU last week to play her tuba, and to dispel the band's fear of his presence.
A typical tuba player if ever there was one, right?
Thornton preaches the tuba gospel with a fervor usually restricted to evangelists. But he is careful not to overdo it.
"When you try to something like this, you have to make sure you don't bore the people to death," Thornton said. "As far as trying to create a sort of Aulad Nader of the tuba—well, I don't want to cast that image."
THORNTON SAID he had tried to bring the tubist out of "the shadows at the back of the band." He sponsored a "Tuba Jubalake in Cincinnati in 1978, which drew 250 tubists from across the country.
plumber, little old ladies and college players who were trying to be serious."
"A local rock radio station that’s pretty hip sponsored the duel. We played Dueling Banges" on our tubs, and it was a real boot. "Thornton said, 'All the teenyeyeboppers and I did that,'" he explained, "we learned who the principal tubist with the Symphony was."
Thornton also was behind the planning of Cincinnati's first "Tub Week." He challenged the mayor, a former governor, and a judge.
"We had people show us up from everywhere," Thornton said. "There were real little kids, big ol' fat guys who were
"The main idea is to have a communicative body." Thornton said. "And it's a sort of lobby to a certain extent. But we don't go out and twist anybody's arm or threaten not to vote for them."
HIS DEDICATION to the tuba also has led him to stroll through Cincinnati restaurants as a "gypsy tub," to play the "Call to the Post" for a marathon race, and to send "telegrams" to parties as a benefit for the Symphony.
Tubists have begun to shed the "Tubby the Tuba" image in the last ten years, he said, and are finally entering into
Thornton belongs to TUBA, the Tubias Universal Brotherhood Association, a worldwide liaison for lovers and partners.
"Tubists have always sort of labored under this cardinal sin that occurred," he said. "Back at the premiere of Brahms' second symphony, the tuba player played so hard that it seemed to echo another tuba part. It was sort of like being cast out of the
"But there is a new sense of identity among tubists that is a good one. The players have evolved and the music has evolved. Ninety-nine percent of the awareness has come in 10-20 years, and the tuba has been around for 140 years."
THORNTON CONDUCTED a workshop for area tubists Friday afternoon in Swarthout Recital Hall.
"It's nice to see that Kansas is full of cornfed tuba players," he told the crowd of about thirty.
Tuba jobs are scarce, he said, and the young tubist must be his own teacher if he is to get ahead.
"If you're not moving ahead, then you're not standing
aller" he said, "he because everybody else is moving
above."
"Keep practical, because there is a limited number of jobs. There's orchestras, teaching positions—and if you don't object to throwing your life away, there are armed service bands."
THORNTON SAID the key to playing the tuba well was the proper use of air. If a player breathes relaxed and naturally, he said, then the mind is free to concentrate on musical expression.
He extracted his mouthpiece from the tuba and played a few simple melodies.
"Do moussepiece playing," he said. "Moussepiece playing is good. See the air go away in a color. Maroon, brown, black."
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"If you've never heard anyone talk about tubas this way,
So TN TUBAS now."
Tuba talk
Bob Baker, musical instruments repairman from Kansas City, lectures on the ins and outs of tuba repair and maintenance. Baker's talk was part of a tuba workshop Friday afternoon in Murphy Hall. The workshop was sponsored by the school of Fine Arts and area businesses.