University Daily Kansan, February 21. 1985
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Lawmakers to lobby for farm aid
By United Press International
TOPEKA — The list of Kansas lawmakers lobbying Congress for solutions to the farm debt crisis grew a little longer yesterday.
Two House and three Senate leaders selected earlier to attend an annual National Conference of State Legislatures' leadership conference yesterday and today in Washington now have a second mission.
They will join their counterparts from other farm states for a flurry of meetings in an attempt to influence agricultural policy, writing of the 1985 federal farm bill.
House Majority Leader James Braden, R-Clay Center, is one of the five selected for the trip. Shortly before departing yesterday, he said message the Kansas delegation would take to Washington was simple.
"We're going to express the seriousness of the situation here and, hopefully, Congress and the others we meet with will see that something is being done to fix this farm problem." Braden said. "Oklahoma's the quickest route would be to lower interest rates and raise the farm market rates by devaluing the dollar,
but that's probably not going to happen right away."
A highlight of the Washington visit by the five legislative leaders will be a White House briefing today with President Reagan and David Stockman, director of the Office of Finance. The president also will meet with Senate and House committee leaders regarding the farm crisis.
Their trip to Washington will be followed by a visit by a select bipartisan group of eight House and Senate members Sunday through Tuesday. The select group will have three to five appointments Robert Dole, R-Kan, the Legislature's recommendations for the 1985 federal farm bill.
The message carried by the eight-member group is a resolution that was the result of a study of Kansas farm problems by a special House-Senate agriculture study committee. House and Senate members earlier this week gave their unanimous approval to the joint resolution, which includes a recommendation for a two-tiered pricing system for agricultural commodities.
The two official delegations will not be the only Kansans making a pitch for agriculture in the nation's
capital. About 35 House members, mainly Democrats, will take advantage of a two-day leave of absence from work or self for next Tuesday and Tuesday.
Members of the group will pay their own way and plan to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures' convention Monday and Tuesday. They will also do some free-lance lobbying of congressmen
Braden said he doubted that the ad bro company would have much influffs.
"I think a small group that has access to the right people is going to be a lot more effective than the big group that is going, probably, just to be going," he said.
Rep. Robert H. Miller, R-Wellington, echoed Braden's sentiment about the effectiveness of the ad hoc group.
"How can people from Johnson and Wyandotte counties talk to a congressman from an urban state about farm policy?" asked Miller, who is a farmer. "All they can say is we've got a problem."
Some Republican lawmakers have accused Democrats of playing politics with the farm issue and attempting to show their concern by going to Washington at their own expense.
Writing contests allow students to gain recognition, win money
By KEVIN LEATHERS Staff Reporter
When Edward Bulwer-Lytton said that the pen is mightier than the sword, it's unlikely he knew just how might it could be hundreds of years later at the University of Kansas.
For a dozen or so students each year, contests and scholarships in the English department have made them wealthier individuals.
They're scholarships and awards, though, that few students seem to know about, said Alan Lichter, associate professor of English and chairman of the awards committee.
"Each year there are a number of endowed contests that are supervised by the English department," Lichter said. "There is quite a bit of money available, but students seem to know about them."
LICHTER SAID THE English department awarded four scholarships ranging from $575 to $775 each year to undergraduate or
graduate students based on nominations the department receives from other students or faculty members. He said winners were then chosen based on the works they submitted.
He said three other contests also offered students the opportunity to test their literary or critical writing skills. The contests usually offer scholarship awards to the top three entries, Lichter said.
Sharon Warner, who is now a lecturer in English, won the Edgar Wolf award for fiction writing last year when she was a graduate teaching assistant for her short story "Learning to Dance."
"WINNING THE AWARD gave me a real boost of confidence," Warner said. "Not only did it make me feel good about my writing, but also gave me quite a bit more energy." I m glad I decided to enter."
KU also has one of the country's most prestigious poetry contests, Lichter said. The William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Contest was established about 50 years ago as an endowed fund that would
recognize some of the best poets in the country.
The contest is open to all KU students and includes as a judge David Wagoner, one of the country's top poets, Lichter said.
"We receive about 100 entries each year," Lichter said. "But we'd like to see more."
THE WINNER OF last year's Edna Osborne Whitbull Award for fiction writing, Darren Sextro, Prairie Village sophomore, said he was a great opportunity for students to have their works discovered.
"I think it's a really great ice for the University to have contests like these," Sextro said. "Although there is a literary magazine on campus, there are relatively few bookstores here that recognize his works recognized. These contests at least give students the chance to have their work seen."
Nominations for the scholarship awards must be turned in to the English office by March 8, Lichter said. Entries for the three writing contests must be submitted by March 22.
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