University Daily Kansan
Monday. Julv2. 1973
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Meager Funds Forbode Problems, Nitcher Says
By CONNIE PARISH
Ksan Staff Writer
Because of inflation and a tight operating budget for fiscal 1974, which began Sunday, Keith Nichler, vice chairman of business affairs, thinks it will take the imagination and cooperation of all to keep the University running.
Salary increases for unclassified full-time persons are 6.36 per cent, Nitcher said, as compared to a 5.73 per cent increase last year.
NITCHER SAID there was very little increase in the non-salaries budget for supplies and operating expenses, and what increased there was eaten up by inflation.
Also, most civil service employees were given a special cost of living increase of five per cent as of Sunday in addition to any other costs they might have received during the year.
For example, Nitcher said, the budget is inadequate to take care of utility costs. A few per cent increase was allocated to cover utilities, he said, but last winter the University had to use fuel oil for 10 or 12 days at an approximate cost of $1,000 a day.
"This year, with the energy crisis, if we have to revert to fuel oil, it will be still more expensive. However, this is not a problem," said Ms. Coffman, whose heads have the same problem." Nichter said.
IF THE UNIVERSITY did run out of funds to operate, Nitcher said, "We could ask the Board of Regents for permission to go before the State Finance Council to ask for financial help. We hope such a problem will be solved," the legislature is in session in the winter."
Another large source of anticipated income for fiscal 1974 is student fees. Nichter said that $9,595,000 in student fees had been budgeted.
readers respond
Ph.D. Not Included On 'Honorary' List
To the editor:
Permit me to offer a slight but important correction to the article concerning honorary doctoral degrees ("British Correspondence School Offers Mail-Order Doctorates," Kansan, June 18, 1973). The honorary doctorates in question, both those acquired the articles and those traditionally conferred by many respectable universities, are not Ph.D. S.'s. The Ph.D.-Doctor of Philosophy—is an earned degree, the result of a varying but significant study and research beyond the bachelor's degree, three years at very minimum; the passing of one or two comprehensive examinations; and the preparation of a senior faculty member) and defense, frequently public, of a dissertation setting out the results of the student's doctoral research.
The variously styled honorary degrees offered by the London firm are all doctorates; it is true, but the Ph.D. is not one of them. The honors given to a honorary degree—and that may have happened in some isolated and exceptional instances—it is no longer the case today. In all Ph.D.'s are doctorates; but not all doctorates—least of all, honorary ones—are PhD's.
The writer showed good sense in checking some of her facts with several knowledgeable and respected KU professors and administrators. Since the teacher is surprising that she did not check one more fact with the office most likely to have the answer—if not all the answers—in that area. A call to the teacher had save her from flawing an interesting and otherwise well researched article.
Arnold H. Weiss
Assistant Dean, Graduate School
Keith Nitcher
In budgeting this amount, he said, the University had to forecast the number of students who would enroll and how much the average fee would be.
NITCHER SAID this was difficult because of the mix of students, which besides in-state students included those from out-of-state, those who carried less than $300 and those assistants who were given the resident rate and students from Missouri in architecture
programs who were given resident rates through a reciprocal agreement.
"In projecting the number of dollars that will be received from (ees), Nichear said, "The money we receive is not as much as we would think."
He said he thought this might happen this year because of the downward trend in prices.
Nitcher said he would be in a better positin to appraise the budget in September after enrollment. If more students enroll than were anticipated, he said, the wieldy would go to the Regents and seek collection to spend the extra money collected.
"IF THERE are fewer students than projected," said Nitcher, "we would take a smaller class."
He said that in fiscal 1973 the University was 600 students short of the projected enrolment, and the legislature did appropriate additional money.
Another problem which Nitcher has to contend with is that the University counts on having to spend two per cent less on salaries and wages. When some positions occasionally stay open between the time one person leaves and another is hired
In fiscal 1974, $30,611,518 is authorized for salary positions. Nother said, but not all of this money can be spend, because the annuity cover may be less than what is expected.
KU will be operating on a tight budget because of several factors in fiscal 1974, but Notcher said that he didn't intend to paint an entirely dimish picture.
Irresponsible Bicyclists Have Police Worried
By SUZANNE OLSON
Kansan Staff Writer
According to Ellison, a lack of responsibility is often displayed by mountain bicycle riders.
Antics by careless bicycle riders are contributing to white hairs on the heads of police officers and others around campus, and in large numbers because of security services at traffic and security.
"The other day one officer witnessed a girl riding her bike down sunflower Road by Flint Hall," Ellison said recently. "She got to the intersection of Sunnyside Drive, couldn't brake and ran into a car. Luckily she was only bruised."
Incidents like this are accentuated by what Ellison referred to as the "horrentine blood of the town."
Ellison said riders needed to keep their bicycles in safe condition, to obey traffic rules, especially on the steep hills on the mountain. A careful judgment on how and where they ride.
Registration of bicycles is extremely important, especially when bicycles are stolen, Ellison said. Many bicycle thieves merely intend to ride the bicycle for a short period and drop it somewhere. Registered bicycles are easier to return to the owners, he said.
Although years ago a city ordinance used to require checking bicycles before issuing a license, Ellison said this practice was no longer enforced. A rider must still register his bicycle, but he is required only to provide the serial number, make and model of his bicycle. A safety regulation check is not required.
The gasoline shortage will be discussed at the Lawrence Sierra Club meeting at 7:30 tonight at the South Park Recreation Center. Guest speakers will be William Leroy, president of the Lawrence Survey, and George Bishop, vice president of Phillips Petroleum, refining division.
Gas Shortage Is Topic
Schultes said there were at least three kinds of marijuana and that after the leaves were broken, as was the case with 99 percent of samples taken from suspects, there was no test that would identify one from the other. The standard police test for marijuana—dousing it with a chemical—exactly the same result in all three.
ESENN AND ALTER called Richard Schultes, hard professor and "a world authority on botanic hallucinogens," accolade given by his deliver expert testimony on the marihuana.
However, Hugh Cotton, associate dean of pharmacy at KU, said Friday that any expert pharmacognosisist would be able to distinguish each species by a microscopic examination.
COTTON SAID THE other species of Cannabis had been known for a long time, and that Cannabis ruderalis would probably be anyone high, except psychologically.
Schultes, according to the article, did not know about the three species of Cannabis that are often used in medicinal studies.
Wilcox was found not guilty.
Tapes Answer Student Queries
Because universities are growing larger and more complex, students often think they're getting a runaround when, in fact, they aren't. No matter how wrong place, Nexus must be the solution.
LEXINGTON, KY—By their very nature, college students are full of questions. Nexus has
Nexus is an experiment begun recently at the University of Kentucky to provide tape recorded information on a number of students to students who telephone to ask for it.
The warm summer nights have brought out hundreds of fireflies, which make the most beautiful lit Christmas tree look like an exercise in commercialism. The trees and the field the fireflies light up appear to be a celebration of nature in an area of small farms less than a mile and a half from downtown Lawrence.
At least two other species of Cannabis exist—Cannabis indica and Cannabis ruderalis. The two defense attorneys, Richard Essen and Benjamin Alter and Tom Morgan, assistant public defender, admitted that their client was in possession of the drug, which they asked the prosecution to prove that she was in possession of Cannabis sativa L.
A new defense for people arrested for possession of marijuna was established in a Florida court court last April, according to a federal judge. The case relates to the St. Petersburg Fla. Times June 17
The defense attorneys of Ruby Wilcox, who was arrested No. 12, 1972, in Miami's Coconut Grove and charged with possession of marjuanja, took advantage of the motion of marjuanja in Florida law. The Florida law reads the same as the Kansas definition of a crime related to Substances Act: "Marjuanja means all parts of the plant CanCan sativa L."
By BOB COOPER Associated Press Write
By CAROL GWINN
Kansan Statt Writer
word for "to connect."
"COMMUNICATION has long been a great concern of universities, particularly in relation to those students who live at home or work from home. Our university's Human Affairs Center, says.
"There is a common complaint that
students living off campus don't know
what to do."
To overcome the problem, the university here borrowed an idea from the University of Chicago, and developed a new
TO BEGIN with, Neusx has a file of 87 tapes, each numbered and titled, dealing with problems that might face students. He will be added as the program continues.
Nexus advertises its tapes in the student newspaper and a list of tapes has been sent to students.
Most popular in the first days of operation were three tapes dealing with student health—two about pregnancy and one on drug intoxication and overdose.
At the end of each tape, a list of persons is given from whom the student can get more information.
If a student wants information, say on the school's swimming program, he merely dials the Nexus number, asks for tape No. 602 and listens.
NEXT WAS a tape about off-campus student housing.
Dalton said that Nexus had been in the planning stage for about a year. During that time, discussions were held with students of the university staff to decide what tapes to start with.
Florida Marijuana Defense Challenges Court to Prove Type of Cannabis Used
About one block outside the city limits of Lawrence is a night jail where you should see at least five inmates.
"Some of these tapes probably will find seasonal use, like those dealing with academic subjects," Susan Pillams, program coordinator, says.
Simple skills such as cooking, sewing and farming may qualify KU students for agricultural volunteers in Service to America), according to a recently recruited, Cook director of local VISTA recruitment.
SOME 200 topics came from these discussions and they were bulked down to the 87 that are now on file. They will be constantly updated and revised.
VISTA is looking for people with a skill. A college graduate's skill is his degree, Cook She said that too many times people interacted with a volunteer don't think they have a skill.
"We talked with secretaries—front people, so to speak—who hear the problems and questions of the students. We didn't know what they were, who have their calls screened," he says.
By LIZ EVERITT
VISTA recruits mostly minority volunteers. They like to attract persons from minority groups because they work better with their own particularly minority group.
To be a VISTA volunteer one must be 18
VISTA representatives will be at the Kansas Union on July 11 and 12 to discuss the VISTA program with interested students.
Fireflies Enchant Summer Nights
Exports on campus prepare the scripts
for the tapes and Student Center staff
mess with the student servers.
Cook said, "Traditionally KU has been the best school as far as the number of students. She said they get most of their volunteers from KU students with liberal arts degrees.
Kansan Staff Writer
VISTA Plans to Recruit KU Students in July Visit
Dalton said that less than $2,000 was spent to set up the program, about $1,500 of that for the electronic equipment. Tapes can be added to the file for only 60 cents each.
The first step in volunteering is to talk to a representative and filling out an application. The application is sent to Washington, D.C., where the final decision is made. This process takes from three to four months.
"We also keep a record of what tapes are called for and can provide various campus agencies later with information about our student interest lies in a given area," he said.
Half of the volunteers are placed in rural areas and half in urban areas. Forty-nine states have VISTA agencies. The governor of each state must invite VISTA to their state. Mississippi is the only state lacking a VISTA agency.
In Kansas City there are eight new volunteers who work in the Westport area, a low income area. Their plan is to set up daycare centers in that area.
years old and a United States citizen. He must also have some kind of skill.
She said that there had been an excellent response from law, education and business students.
VISTA volunteers are sponsored by a local agency involved with low-income people. The people and the agency determine what the needs of their particular community are. The volunteer is then ex-posed to work to try to help fulfill those needs.
It would be unfair to give the exact location of this phenomenon. The discovery of the sight makes it that much more fantastic.
Once accepted to VISTA, a person is committed for one year. Cook said that over time, he has learned that
Firefighters tend to congregate where there is warmth and moisture. They are more common in Lawrence this year because of the amount of moisture there has been in the weeks, according to Charles Michener, professor of entomology and curator of the ontological museum.
The flashes you see are the mating signals of the fireflies. Different varieties of
The fireflies do not appear on the cooler summer evenings, but if you are in the mood for exploring some warm night, you might look for them. If you do see them you may realize that you have found something very, very special.
Michener said that there were no fireflies west of the eastern Rocky Mountains because the summers west of there were too dry, and when it was wet, the temperature was too cold for the fireflies to survive.
fireflies for slightly different lengths of time, with slight variations in color.
THOMAS WILLIS, LAW professor at the University of Miami, disagreed, saying "these convicted under the old law were likely to remain convicted."
Francis Heller, KU professor of law and
Russian study. Pharmacology books have listed the three species since at least 1859,
In the report Essen said, "Anybody convicted of a marjuanita case in the past will have a reasonable chance of setting aside prior conviction based on the evidence that we have only recently become aware of several species of Cannabis."
Laws would need to define marjuana as British courts define it—"all species of Cannabis"—rather than the limiting definition to Cannabis sativa L.
Heller said police investigators wouldn't know what to do if the information on the three species of Cannabis proved correct, so he asked them to improve the definition of marijuana.
political science, said the Firdia case would probably have a prospective rather than a retroactive effect. He said changes based on new interpretations of the law or definitions rarely affected prior convictions.
KU English Prof Writes Book Examining English Poet Drayton
"Michael Drayton and the Passing of Elizabethan England," a book written by Richard Hardin, associate professor of English at Columbia University, released by the University Press of Kansas.
Drayton was one of the most widely published and respected poets of his time in Ireland, but Hardin says his book is the first to explore Drayton's special qualities as poet.
According to Hardin, Drayton's distinctive quality was his intense devotion to England and to English traditions. The book first surveys Drayton's early work in the city of Chelsea London. It then examines his cabbage and late historical poems and satires.
According to Hardin, the Renaissance in a crucial period for understanding the state of Europe.
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