Boycott calls worry KU Olympic hopefuls
By MATT SEELEY
Sports Writer
In 30 days the XIII Winter Olympics will be history. In 30 days, harring a Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States' part in the Summer Olympics also may be history.
President Carter's announcement Sunday that the United States will bill boycott the Games unless the Russians withdraw from Afghanistan within a month has sent shock waves through amateur athletics.
Athletes have attacked Carter and other politicians for using the Olympics as a political tool. Politicians say that the Olympic Games cannot be separated from politics.
Bob Timmons, men's track coach and a former member of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Committee, said he thought the United States should use the boxvoyot if other methods failed.
*Only as a last resort should we demonstrate to the world that no matter how much we love sports, our world needs good schools.*
ALTHOUGH ANY decision by Carter would have a great effect on the country's participation in the Games, it is the U.S. Olympic Committee that would approve the bid, and in 2016 boycott, but the committee's president, Robert Kane,
Timmons' main concern is the athletes. He coached 21 athletes who went to the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials, and in 1968, he coached medal winner Jim Ryun. He said he planned to coach as many this year.
has said the committee would "be receptive to any admonition from our government."
The "Olympic mean more than the athletes that any competitive event from the standpoint of achieving a world record" one shot in four years. It's not like the Super Bowl where every year only the best in America come first.
What worries Timmons most, he said, is that the United States might be the only nation to boycott the Games. Saudia Arabia has indicated that it would host the International Olympic Committee, the Saudis have never had a team in the Olympics. Egypt and Fiji have said they would go along with a U.S. decision. Australia and Great Britain are considering hosting the Rio Olympics, France accepted the Russians invitation to Moscow.
"If the United States is the only one to boycott, I promise said, it "would be a complete shame for the football team."
But Theo Hamilton, assistant women's track coach
and a possible participant in the 1980 Olympics, disagree...
"I don't think we should go over there," he said. "There's too much turbulence. Athletes aren't politician. I just hope that everything gets resolved soon, whether I go or not."
HAMILTON, a former KU long jumper who the NCAA Indoor Championship in 1975, missed the 1976 Montreal Olympic by a few inches. He said this would be his last try for the Olympic team.
Hamilton isn't the only athlete with KU tieups training for the Olympics Lester Mackenzie and Jeff McGregor were also a member.
for the Olympic Trials. Swimmers Jankel Linstrom and Lanny Shaffer and basketball player Lynette Woodward are headed for the Trials. Durnell Valentine and James Chandler, who probably will receive an invitation to the Trials.
"There's nothing we can do to stop the Russians," Lindstrom said. "There are too many people who have been working too long and hard for us to pull out."
IF THE UNITED States does go through with the boycott, it will mark the third time in Olympic history a nation or group of nations has withdrawn from the Games.
In 1956, Spain, Switzerland and The Netherlands withdrew from the Melbourne Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Twenty years later in Montreal, 28 African nations withdrew in protest of New Zealand's participation; act. New Zealand had close athletic ties with the aparthied government of South Africa.
Timmons said, "The worst part of all this is the tremendous respect Russian and American athletes have for each other. I know our athletes would be complete." "We compete," she added. "SO WHAT options does the U.S. have?"
Timmons said it was not practical to move the Games.
"There has been interest in postponing the Olympics for one year, "Timmons said. "That's not a bad idea. But, any more than a year's wait, it forgets. A more practical record, according to Timmons, is that it was 1984."
"This would mean boxing in one city, track and field in another, and so on," Tmussed said. "The Games might lose some excitement, but that's better than losing them completely."
Marian Washington, his basketball coach, said she knew how an athlete might feel about losing a chance to compete in the Olympics. She tried and failed to make it to make the Olympic track team as a discus thrower.
Washington, like Timmons, would favor an alternate site for the Games.
"That would be a great way to resolve our concerns," Washington said. "The athletes would get to compete, but it would in no way undermine our government."
Editor's note: This is the first of a multipart series dealing with KU ack' its ties to the Olympic Games. Tomorrow: A look at a pair of old-time Olympians, A. D.C. "Buck" Longen and Dean Nesmith.
Tenant problems focus of Solbach
By STEVE YOUNG Staff Reporter
Joe rents an apartment in Lawrence with some fellow students. His landlord laughed when Joe told him that the heat was not working.
Joe wasn't laughing because he knew he only had four choices: A) He could live without heat. B) He could heat the heat at his own heat. C) He could use his landlord. D) He could move.
Joe is the type of person that State Rep. Joe Sobach, D-Lavrence, hopes would take over as governor to be introduced to give tenants a legal, affordable remedy when landlords refuse to make repairs.
Under Solbach's "self-help" amendment to the Landlord-Tenant Act, a tenant could
take steps to have needed repair work done if the landlord fails to comply with the lease or existing provisions in the act.
Such work might include fixing broken plumbing or landlord-owned appliances, Solbach said, but not such things as repainting or recarpetting.
SOLBACH SAID the bill, which is expected to put a House Judiciary Committee on hold, said Mr. Barron did not have a legal, affordable means of forcing negligent landlords to comply with the law.
He said the amendment would "put a remedy into the Landlord-Tenant Act where one does not now exist."
Sollback such that in *Lawrence*, the lack of a remedy for getting necessary repairs done most affected students and the elderly—lowly able to pay for them—has to bring legal action against their landlords.
Under Solback's bill, a tenant using the "self-behavior" provision would have to notify his landlord in writing that the tenant intended to have a rearrange made.
If the landlord chose not to make the repair himself, the tenant could have the work done on his own expense. If the tenant does not submit a receipt for the work, his next submit a receipt for the work, his next
month's rent and a $2 fee to a district court clerk.
THE CLERK would then notify the landlord that the work had been done, and send the landlord the rent check—minus the cost of the repairs.
Repairs would be limited to $100 or one half the monthly rent, whichever was greater.
If the landlord wished to protest paying for a repair, he would notify the clerk. The tenant must be brought to court small claims court to be reimbursed and to prevent the landlord from receiving the full payment.
The court then would decide whether the tenant had made unnecessary repairs or whether the landlord had been negligent.
Solbach said he thought tenants would use the "self-help" provision only when everything else failed.
"I do not foresee tenants using this before they go to see their landlords on an informal basis. Tenants are only going to use it as a last resort," he said.
CONTRARY TO what most landlords believe the amendment means, Solbach said, no new responsibilities would be created for the landlord.
The Kansas Resident Landlord-Tenant Act, passed in 1975, required landlords to maintain minimum health, building and safety codes in their rental units.
Solbach said his bill was designed to offer tenants a remedy and protect landlords' rights at the same time.
"I think it's very important that landlords' interests be protected, and they are protected in this bill," he said. "It won't do well to ignore it so use this bill if it's got a good landlord."
WHEN THE KANSAS Legislature passed the Landford-Tenant Act in 1975, both the House and Senate versions contained "reair and deduct" provisions.
Landlords have vigorously opposed Solbach's "self-help" on the grounds that rent would have to be raised, because maintenance costs would increase and because they feared tenants would be able under the provision to make unnecessary repairs.
However, when the bill went to a conference committee to iron out differences in the two bills, the remedy was stricken from the measure.
However, Solbach and lobbyists in support of the bill said that many landlords misunderstood the bill and that once it was passed, responsible landlords would not oppose it.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol. 90, No. 76
KANSAN
free on campus
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, January 23, 1980
KUAC revenues short of budget
Bv SCOTT FAUST
Staff Reporter
Low football revenues and the cancellation of a fund-rising jog-a-thon may help increase its revenue. The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation's fiscal 1980 budget unless costs are trimmed
B Joe Biedron, assistant athletic director in charge of business, said yesterday that 1979 football revenue fell $4,700,000 of the budget project for$ 1.6 million.
Bob Marcum, athletic director, was not available for comment yesterday, but he recently said that several thousand fewer (football tickets were sold this year than last.
Birdron said more basketball season tickets were sold this year than ever before and that KUAC would receive all of the projected basketball revenue.
"We feel we'll be making the money we want."
anticipated unless the roof falls in," he said.
Thirty-thousand dollars of projected revenue from a jojo-a-tion will be lost because the event has been canceled to allow the athletic staff more time to prepare the Kansas Relays in April, Biedron said.
organizations, he said, with half of all contributions going to the athletic department.
TEAMS PARTICIPATING in the joga- would have run to raise money for their
Rising travel costs and inflation also contributed to KUAC's shortage of funds, Biedron said.
He said KUAC and administration officials would meet this week to discuss KUAC's financial position.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes want to know what KUAC's problems are, how they came about and what the possibilities of dealing with them are, Biedron said.
Biodron said coaches would have to be more conservative in spending during the rest of this fiscal year.
Spending on team equipment and travel might be trimmed, he said. But none of the cuts will occur in women's sports because they are not as expensive to procure or proprised specifically for women's teams.
BIEDRON SAID that cutting any program completely from the budget was the last thing he wanted to consider.
"We are fighting for every program we've got," he said.
Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Journalism and chairman of the KUAC athletic board, said he was aware that
KUAC income was down and that some expenses would have to be cut.
"I don't think there's really much fat in the budget," the Brinkman said. "But just like any personal budget, if you don't take in as much as you'd planned."
Phyllis Howlett, assistant athletic director for non-revenue producing sports, said she could not comment on where any spending cuts might be made.
Bill Spahn, men's swimming coach, said that his budget already was "bare bones" and that he did not see where reductions could be made.
"I make every effort as it is now to try to save money." Spahn said.
HE SAID that he now was unable to get all the equipment his team needed and that his 4,200 foot equipment became the swimming team was committed to travel for Big Eight Conference games.
While attempting to deal with the fiscal 1980 problem, Biedron said, the athletic department also is working on the fiscal 1981 budget.
He said next year's budget would be less than this year's $3 million budget because the football team only would get revenue
from five home games and have travel expenses for six games. The football team usually plays six games at home.
Coaches are being asked to make changes in their fiscal 2011 budgets similar to those they may have to make this year, Biedron said.
He said recruiting costs probably would not be cut because "if we don't get players, we have a loss season and we don't get people into the stadium."
In the long run, Biedron said, all the teams will have to be more selective about scheduling road games.
HE SAID that some football and basketball games had been scheduled as far in the future as 1888, but that non-revenue games only were played and basketball games only are contracted a year in advance.
But even the football and basketball schedules can be altered by trading already-scheduled games with other schools and bringing them to home to replace them, Biedron said.
"You want to stay very competitive as a Division I school," he said, "but the costs of going to play a UCLA or a San Diego State are just prohibitive."
March 15 new financial aid date
By CINDY WHITCOME
Staff Reporter
KU students hurry to meet the application deadline for financial aid and breathe a little easier year because the institution been changed from Feb. 15 to March 15.
The change was made to give students' parents more time to gather information for their income tax forms, which are used in the process of filing taxes. The director of financial aid, said yesterday.
"Some parents weren't even getting their income tax forms before the deadline," Rogers said.
Delaying the deadline was agreed upon by all Regents schools last year, Rogers said. Kansas State University will not be using the new deadline because its financial aid department had already printed its materials in the new date was selected, Rogers said.
March 15 is only the preferred date for application. This does not mean a student
cannot apply after that date, according to Rogers.
"Students who apply before this date will have a better chance of getting all the financial aid they need. There is still aid available," Rogers said. "We can't promise anything." Rogers said.
Applying early does not give students any advantages except that it allows time for the forms to be received by the ACT Student Service in Iowa City, Iowa. Rogers said
Students wish to receive aid through KU must complete the ACT Family Financial Aid (AFI) Package at the office of student financial aid. Income information must be provided.
The ACT forms make a student eligible for scholarships, National Direct Student Loans, Educational Opportunity Grants, Health Professions Student Loans and Basic Education Opportunity Grants.
Proposed faculty salary increase called uncompetitive, inadequate
By GRANT OVERSTAKE Staff Recruiter
Staff Reporter
Two years ago, Carl Erickson left his tenured position in KU's department of pharmacology and toxicology, and with his two years of experience moved to Austin and the University of Texas.
Several KU faculty members now are concerned that an increasing number of professors will be lured away because of the University's inability to pay competitive
The Kansas Board of Regents has recommended to Gov. Carlin that $3.05 million be appropriated to the 1881 KU faculty because for the University's faculty members.
Charles Rutledge, chairman of the department, said yesterday that he had been sorry to see Ericsson so and sorry that he no financial means of convincing him.
"It's difficult to lose high-quality facility like Ericsson," Rutledge said. "Not only that, but when we lose them, we need to be able to attract people to take their place. In any job opportunity there are several factors, but salaries are a very important
But the proposal, which represents an 8 percent average increase, has been called inadequate by some faculty members.
said, he has received $3,000 in raises during the last two years.
According to Joseph Pichler, dean of the School of Business, the lack of major salary increases puts the school in a position where students are not for professors with schools of lesser quality.
"I was perfectly satisfied with the personnel at KU." Erickson said yesterday. "It was just the fact that a better offer came along."
IN ADDITION to a $9,000 per year raise that Erickson received for taking over the pharmacology department at Texas, he
"The facts are that we're behind and the 8 percent probably won't close the gap entirely," he said. "I think we will continue to effectively in keeping highly qualified people."
"If they aren't going to be paid what they are worth, then they won't even show up for the interview." he said.
"Theace we have up our sleeve is a 56-year history of exceptional quality, but this can be eroded over time if people leave."
PICHLER SAID the 8 percent raise might not be enough to keep quality professors in the School of Business.
According to information in the budget request, the average KU salary levels for 1978-79 were 3400 for assistant professors for the 1978-79 school year ranked between the 30th and 50th percentiles.
stitutions, which are the Universities of Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, North Carolina and Oklahoma.
Richard Cole, a member of the American Association of University Professors executive at KU, said an 8 percent increase in the effects of inflation, considering the effects of inflation.
"It is a mistake," Cole said. "Maybe the money's not there. If it isn't there then they can't do what they want to do is improve the quality of education at KU, and it takes money to do
THE DEPARTMENT of chemical engineering has been able to keep most of its faculty despite constant offers from Harold Rossen, department chairman.
"One of our professors had a job offer to him. He was August 12, 2007. Rossen said that he would give him $3,000 a year and at that time he was making$ 19,500 for nine months. He had a job offer to teach," Rossen said.
"Our people don't leave," he said. "But it's not because they're paid good salaries." Reason, who has been on the staff since 1983, said she had left the department since he arrived.
"It's going to get tougher and tougher to keep this record up if we keep getting screwed by the Legislature. I think it's this year, but I don't know about the next."
Power puffs
SCOTT SMITH/Kansan staff
power pulls The only thing breaking up yesterday's clear skies were these billions of smoke flowing from the Kansas Power and Light generating plant on the Kansas River in North Lawrence.
billows of smoke flowing from the Kansas Power and Light generation plant on the Kansas River in North Lawrence.