age 8 University Daily Kansan, March 26, 1981
By ALVIN A. REID Staff Reporter
Flamboyant attorneys and dramatic opening statements affect jury decisions as much as evidence, evidence to a KU psychology professor.
Lawrence Wrightsman, psychology department chairman, said that everything a juror heard during trial went into his decision-making process. Many times the judge recognize what is and not evidence.
"The state assumes that jurors consider only solid evidence in their decisions, and this simply is not true." Wrightsman said.
"A jury feels pressure to do a good job and make a fair decision," he said. "They begin to form opinions, anything but facts and evidence."
WRIGHTSMAN SAID witnesses as well as lawyers used dramatic language and gestures to persuade the jurors in their favor.
"Sometimes lawyers have trouble deciding which witness to use first—one who gives a convincing statement or one who gives helpful information but in a non-flashy style," he said.
Wrightsman said making videotapes of the trial available to the jury and giving exact definitions of "evidence" and "reasonable doubt" were two ways to simplify jury decision-making.
"During jury deliberation, much argument takes place on exactly what was said in the courtroom and in what context." Wrightsman said.
"This problem could be eliminated by having a videotape recorder available so the courtroom question could be studied over again."
He said jurors usually were not allowed to use notes during deliberation so the video recorder was sent to the jury to clarify a great deal of confusion.
WRIGHTSMAN SAID the defendant was at a disadvantage because many jurors don't know what reasonable doubt is.
"In most jurisdictions, juries are not given any instruction on reasonable doubt until right before deliberation," he said. "The jury should be given these instructions before the trial. By the time a juror is advised, he already has an idea how he will judge the defendant."
Wrightsman said in cases where the jury was informed about reasonable before the trial, a percentage of defendants were found not guilty.
He said that for his two solutions to become part of trial procedure, the U.S. Supreme Court would have to address the "effects of a "psychological evidence".
"Since juries are burdened with difficult decisions, they should be given as much assistance as possible," Wrightsman said.
The NCAA had projected that schools in its tournament would receive $90,000 plus expenses for first- and second-round games, $225,000 plus expenses for regional games and $300,000 plus expenses for final-round play.
By REBECCA CHANEY Staff Reporter
Under the Big Eight's revenue sharing plan, all income from the tournament goes into a pool and is divided into nine parts. The schools in it take two parts of what they earned and the other seven schools get one part.
The giant-killer basketball teams from Kansas, even though they failed to advance to the Final Four, should provide a giant financial boost for the team.
KU may get $170,000 in tourney income
According to National Collegiate Athletic Association projections, KU may expect to receive about $170,000 from the NCAA.
LINGLE SAID the exact amount of
OF KU'S PROJECTED $170,000,
$90,000 should come from the three
games played by the Jayhawks, $70,000
from Kansas State University's four
games and $10,000 from the University
of Missouri's one game.
However, Art Lingle, KU assistant athletic business manager, said he thought the NCAA predictions could be overestimated.
"Whether our expenses will be more or less than the NCAA expense account, I don't know. It'll probably be a couple of weeks before we know for sure."
In any case, this additional income will help decrease an athletic department deficit that is now between $100,000 and $500,000.
All Big Eight schools should receive at least $115,000 from the tournament.
"We won't really know how much income we'll get from the tournament until we get a final report from the Big Eight Conference in mid-June." "Lingle
"I'd estimate that football income this year was about $100,000 less than budgeted and that basketball income was about $12,000 less," he said. "And expenses for everything are a little bit over."
Lingle said he thought the department probably would be a little in the red on June 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Shankel will meet with the KU Athletic Corporation Board in April to set the budget for fiscal 1982. He said he would budget a project that was not balanced.
Athletic Director, Bob Marcum, said
"I can't responsibly approve a budget that isn't at least balanced," he said. "That might mean we have to identify additional sources of revenue."
"I expect we will be able to end this year with a balanced operating budget," Shankel said. "It should help to receive a little bit more in basketball revenue than we had anticipated earlier."
the deficit would not be known until the department's March report was completed, but that he expected the figure would be less than $100,000 after receipts from the NCAA tournament basketball ticket sales were included.
As for the current fiscal year, Shankel said, "We are clamping down in every way possible to economize wherever possible."
it was too early to accurately assess the department's financial position until after spring break. He was unavailable for comment yesterday.
But of the $1 million in contributions budgeted, he said, the fund has only received about $550,000.
Whether the department will end the fiscal year in the black depends heavily on the amount of contributions received by the Educational Fund, Linda said.
Acting Chancellor Del Shankel said he thought the department would probably end the year in the black.
Lack of profits fails to disappoint author-
Staff Reporter
By CORAL BEACH
Throughout history, authors, musicians and artists have received notoriously scant compensation for their work. Bunch, a local poet, is no exception.
Earlier this month, Bunch, a lecturer in the English department, published the fifth issue of "Tellus," a literary periodical consisting mostly of poetry and short stories. For the fifth time he suggested a monetary收 on the publication.
Bunch is in charge of the editing, producing, publicity and stapling of the magazine. In short, he does everything except the original writing and the final printing. He also pays for the entire production.
"All of the expenses come out of my own pocket," he said. "I feel I'm doing well it can cover the printing costs."
always had enjoyed it and wanted to continue with it on a part-time basis.
"Making a living at it is unlikely, that idea just doesn't coincide with poetry in this country or anywhere in the world really." he said.
Three years ago, Bunch's strong interest in poetry gave birth to "Tellus." The magazine is published from writers across the country.
Bunch took the name for the magazine from the ancient Roman goddess of the Earth. He said his interest in mythology and the word's built-in pun convinced him there was no other name quite as suitable.
BUNCH SAID HE probably never would make a career of poetry, but he
"I felt there was a need and room for writers an early literary periodical in this area. I try to strike a balance between local writers—not just from Lawrence, but throughout the midwest—and writers from other parts of the country that people here wouldn't normally be exposed to."
"Several of my friends knew that I was interested in doing it and they encouraged me to," Bunch said. "Finally I did."
BECAUSE OF THE large cost involved, Burch said he usually had only about 150 copies of the magazine printed.
"Oddly enough though, 'Tellus' is available in San Francisco, Rochester, New York and Alququerque," he said. "People find out about it pretty much through grapevine-connections and word of mouth."
"The work I do on it is not regular." he said. "Just old hours here and there. I put the magazine together in my spare time. The final typing usually takes between eight and 16 hours, usually on the weekends."
Receiving two or three contributions a week, Bunch uses his spare time to work on the magazine. He said that in 1986 he worked for the publication was not widely known.
He fears he would be swamped with material from aspiring writers if more books of his kind were published.
Besides working on "Tellus" in his off-hours, Bunch also writes poetry. His work has been published in several journals and periodicals including the
"Cottonwood Review," a locally published poetry periodical.
"I doubt that there is anything of mine that people would be familiar to him," he said, "except for the Cottonwood." **30** Kansas Poets Anthology.
AS A POET, Bunch can sympathize with the authors who contribute work to "Tellus," knowing that they will not be paid. He said that sometimes the satisfaction of just knowing their work was getting published and read was the only compensation many poets ever got.
"They (the "Tellus" poets) deserve to be paid, but that's just not possible." Bunch said. "The only thing they get for it is two free copies of the magazine."
Bunch said the magazine originally was supposed to be published in the fall and spring of each year, but problems with its fall's issue to be postponed until now.
Copies of "Tellus" are available at the Orend Bookstore and several local libraries.
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