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University Daily Kansan, May 4, 1981
Athletic stories reaction varies
By REBECCA CHANEY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Following publication of a series of stories looking at the condition of revenue-producing sports at the University of Kansas, the Kansas State University from various members of the University community about the stories.
Some indicated that they knew of various abuses not addressed by the Kansas, a few of which were later inflicted but some of which could not be.
Others said they had reason to doubt that the picture of KU athletics presented in the stories was complete.
STILL OTHERS were contacted by the Kansas, some sources for the stories and others not, to see whether they thought the series accurately portrayed problems in KU sports programs.
"I thought the coverage was quite fair, very thorough, and quite accurate as far as I could tell." Acting
Chancellor Del Shankel said. "I didn't see any indications of bias."
Shankel said he believed the articles emphasized the idea that problems plaguing KU athletics were problems at universities across the country.
Athletic Director Bob Marcum said he could not comment on the articles yet as he had not read all of them.
"I don't know of any exaggerations," said Susan Shaw, associate dean of the School of Journalism and chairman of the KU Athletic Corporation board. "There was one of them that I missed reading, but I haven't had any problems with what I have seen."
DAVID AMBLER, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he had read the stories and believed there was an element of truth to them, especially in identifying sources of the problems.
"But to what degree this is accurate is difficult to measure," she said. "The articles were judicious and informative, but I don't know how good my perspective is."
"I'm aware of some of the more bizarre cases, but I don't think that's reflective of all athletes."
Bert Coleman, student body president and KUAC board member, described the articles as "amateur" and said he believed they were accurate.
"It was something we kind of knew was happening," he said. "It makes you think a little bit."
DONNIE VON MOORE, a former KU basketball player quoted in stories in the Kansas City Times about alleged recruiting violations and academic infractions, said he hoped the articles "raised the consciousness of some people" about KU athletics.
"Making people aware of the problems is the important thing," he said.
Von Moore had declined to be interviewed by the Kansan earlier because of the implications of his interviews with the Times.
Head football and basketball coaches Darnbrough and Tedown, a Florida athletic academic admissions officer. Mike Flicker could not be reached for comment.
The 26th Kansas Legislature was supposed to end last Friday, but political squabbling and reluctant compromising that has marked the entire session kept the legislators in Topeka at least until this morning.
By BRAD STERTZ Staff Reporter
By BRAD STERTZ
Squabbles keep legislature in session
In the frantish final days, what has divided Democrat from Republican, urban from rural and House from town when the resolution of two major issues.
Friday, in a clash between House and Senate Conference Committee members, the two issues—property tax reclamation and ending funding—were left for final action today.
The genesis of maneuverings on the school finance issue is a deep-rooted split between the House and the Senate over how much money the state's general fund should contribute to school funding.
In the original conference committee agreement, state property taxes would have gone up $43.8 million next fall. Because man senators felt that the state government should use $1 million from the state's general fund to keep property taxes down.
Those funds would have lowered the property tax increase to $21 million for next fall.
House conference committee members, however, wanted to move a maximum of $5 million from the state general fund into the school districts'
THAT BASIC DISAGREEMENT, in tandem with a dispute over how to allow the Board of Regents to use a tuition increase, separated the Senate and the Senate sides of the conference committee much of the afternoon.
The sparring between the House and the Senate representatives on the conference committee mirrored differences shown earlier in the session.
The Regents had already approved Regents spending of almost all of a 22 percent tuition increase when the House rejected the expenditure items.
The House decision was that the 22 percent increase was all too sudden and it should save rather than spend some of the money generated by the tuition increase.
LATE FRIDAY EVENING, however, a compromise was apparently struck when the Senate representatives, led by the senator R-Wichita, agreed to the Houseposal, a million into school funding rather than $16 million. The Senate in return wanted to allow the Regents to spend funds from a 15 percent tuition increase and strictly limiting their spending funds from the 22 percent tuition increase.
- The majority of the House Republicans, however, would not accept that compromise as it was worked out Friday. State Rep. Mike Hayden, chairman of the House Ways and Centers Committee and an Atwood Republican, said if there could be no serious compromise, then he was prepared to finish the 181 session without passing the omnibus appropriations bill.
Hess, however, said that something would be worked out for final consideration today.
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