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Vol. 95, No. 100 (USPS 650-640)
Thursday, February 21, 1985
'Star Wars,' buildup OK by Thatcher
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher embraced President Reagan's arms policies yesterday and predicted that Moscow would hold progress in arms control talks as a hostage for concessions on his "Star Wars" program.
During a 31-minute speech to a joint session of Congress, Thatcher, who may be closer to Reagan philosophically than any other candidate, insisted some of his most controversial policies.
"I firmly support President Reagan's decision to pursue research into defense against ballistic nuclear missiles," she said.
While urging action to reduce huge U.S. budget deficits blamed for high U.S. interest rates and a strong dollar, she supported the military buildup cited by Reagan's critics as a root cause of a mushrooming national debt.
"LET US BE under no illusions." she said. "It is our strength, not their good will, that has brought the Soviet Union to the negotiating table in Geneva."
The speech to Congress — the first by a British prime minister since 1952 — set the stage for some $2\frac{1}{2}$ hours of talks at the White House. Those talks ranged from East-West relations to budget deficits and press relations.
With the strength and solidarity of the Western alliance a top priority for both leaders, Reagan and Thatcher served notice the March 12 resumption of U.S.-Soviet arms talks will not slow a drive to modernize Western defenses.
Stressing the need for allied unity, patience and determination, Reagan said he and Thatcher agreed on the need to continue NATO installation of nuclear missiles on schedule despite the resumption of negotiation over weapons as well as strategic and space arms.
VOICING HOPE THE dialogue in Geneva, Switzerland, will result in progress. Reagan said the alliance remained steadfast in making its forces modern and a determining to enforce Soviet compliance to existing arms acts.
Thatcher, glowing in her praise for Reagan and the state of Anglo-American relations, said the new round of talks in Geneva carry British hopes with them.
In her speech to Congress, Thatcher placed herself at odds with others in Western Europe who fear the Strategic Defense Initiative, if ever deployed, would weaken the nuclear umbrella now over the continent and lead to a dangerous escalation of the arms race.
ECHOING REAGAN'S contention that the Soviet have for years pursued a program to develop futuristic space weapons and defensive arms, Thatcher said. "If we are to maintain deterrence, as we must, it is essential that our research and capacity do not fall behind."
Thatcher also signaled a desire to land some of the $2b billion in projected "Star Wars" research spending for British firms, which later brought a positive, though tentative, response from Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
Steve Zuk/KANSAN
Dave Mills, Topeka freshman, left, and Dave Rankin, Lawrence junior, both members of the KU Pep Band, conduct a sound check between basketball games at Allen Field House. The women lost their game last night to Kansas State 77-76, and the men beat the Wildcats, 75-64.
Tavern to open again as the Rock Chalk Bar
By CINDY McCURRY
Staff Reporter
a tavern at 816 W. 12th St., formerly Hawk's Crossing, will open March 1, if the building passes city inspections and gains approval from the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday.
The tavern will be called the Rock Chalk Bar, Michael Schultleis, Lawrence graduate student who is leasing the building, said last night.
"We played around with a lot of different names," UfJ Langgard, assistant manager of the tawern and Lawrence graduate student, said. "The place was called Rock Chalk for 20 years. It was a big tradition around KU. The Crossing was a big land mark, too.
"We want to put it back on the map like the landmark it used to be.
In 1952, the building was opened as the Rock Chalk Stand 2. In the 1960s and early 70s, the bar became the center of drug culture in Lawrence and in 1971 was closed. In 1985, a new building at Langard said he did not think the name Rock Chalk would have bad connotations.
"THAT WAS DURING the revolution," Schulteis said. "The Rock Chalk had more good years than bad years.
"A lot of local people recognize the name Rock Chalk, but the name will also entice new KU students to come in."
Langgard said he and other friends had been working on the building since Friday to prepare it for sanitation, fire and building inspections. He said that to meet city codes, they were repairing the leaky roof and
installing new bar equipment, plumbing and floor tile behind the bar.
Regular customers of the Hawk's Crossing nourned when their favorite tavern closed Dec.15.
Dec. 15. Langgard said the Rock Chalk would be similar to Hawk's Crossing, and he expected to see the same customers back.
"There will be the same people, the same atmosphere," Langgard said. "A lot of the old people have stopped by when I've been working. They're just as eager as we are to get the place open.
"IVE SEEN THE people everywhere — the Hawk, the Union. It'll be good to get them back in here."
Schultheis said he was not planning to cater to any one group.
"I think the present clientele will be back," he said. "I think they anticipated the bar to reopen. But we welcome anybody who wants to come in."
Charles Kincaid, co-owner of the building that Schulteis is leasing, said last week, "Send the frat rats along with the punk rockers. In this day and age, everyone ought to have fun together."
The Crossing was known for the variety of music played, the diverse crowd that frequented it and its food.
Higher pay draws students to technical jobs
Rehearsed a tara and said Schulteis said the new tavern would continue the tradition of playing tapes and albums rather than installing a juke box.
Jeff Morrow, the owner of Hawk's Crossing, said last week. "The Crossing was opened when juke boxes were prevalent. I think we were the first to customize and play tapes."
See CROSSING, p. 5, col. 1
By ANN PETERSON
Staff Reporter
Inside Summerfield and Learned halls, sharply dressed seniors wait patiently for job interviews with big-name companies such as International Business Machines Corp., Du Pont and Texas Instruments.
For these students, starting jobs offering high pay seem clearly within reach.
Similar hopes aren't as common across campus at Bailey Hall.
Graduating education students realize that their profession can promise starting salaries only about half those of engineering graduates and about 30 percent less than those of business and accounting graduates.
The average starting salary for this spring's education majors is about $13,500, compared to about $27,000 for engineering graduates, and about $19,000 for accounting majors and about $18,000 for general business majors. The average starting salary for business administrators
THE WIDE DISPARITY among salaries
students can expect to earn once they graduate is playing a larger role in determining which fields students choose as their majors. Enrollment figures reflect this trend.
Enrollment in the School of Business increased by 16 percent, from 893 to 1,036 students, this semester compared to last year. A day enrollment figures released Monday
Dave Shulenburger, director of the business undergraduate program, said that in relation to other areas in the University, job
opportunities through the School of Business were greater.
"Things aren't as bad as they were in the '70s," Shulenburger said. "Enrollment keeps increasing," and I estimate that in the next two years we will have about 1,300 students in our undergraduate program."
BUT ENROLLMENT IN the School of Education has dropped by 17 percent since last year. Last spring, 950 students were
See SALARY, p. 5, col. 4
Senate to debate student group funding bill
Rv NANCY STOETZER
Staff Reporter
A bill that would change the way the Student Senate finances some student groups will go before the Senate tonight joined by a host of opinions about the bill's potential effects.
The bill would grant non-revenue code groups a one-time fund for administrative costs such as rent, utilities and advertising. After the initial allocation, groups would be responsible for their own operating costs.
The Senate would, however, help finance part of the groups' special projects.
The Senate meets at 7 tonight in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
William Easley, student body president and the bill's sponsor, said, "This will encourage groups to become more active by sponsoring more projects."
Non-revenue code groups generally are small groups and must request money from the Senate each year. Most of the groups usually request less than $1,000 each year.
THE SPIRIT OF the bill. Easley said, would give credibility to student groups by
encouraging them to become more self sufficient.
Opinions on the bill varied among members of non-revenue code groups.
outs of not relevant code groups
Victor Goodpasture, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, said the groups should be self-sufficient.
"I think groups, whether conservative or liberal, ought to support themselves," Goodpasture said. "Students shouldn't give money and intimidation they don't agree with about."
or care about.
However, Dale Brooks, vice president of the Black Student Union, said, "The question with this bill isn't whether a group could
become self-sufficient. The question is, should Student Senate support the diversity of groups. I think this bill would kill diversity."
BUT EASLEY said the bill would have a positive effect on the diversity of student
"This would open up funds so that more groups could be introduced." Easley said. "Also, more groups could hold special projects."
Under this proposal, non-revenue code groups that received no money for adminis-
See SENATE, p. 5, col. 1.
Reports of sexual abuse increase
By TROY LOFFLIN
Staff Reporter
The caller on the air choked back tears as she told the radio host how her child had been sexually molested.
The airwaves buzzed with story after story of sexual abuse against children. Some callers told how they themselves had been sexually abused. They talked about the mental traumas they had suffered through the years.
Adult employees of day care centers in California, Alabama, Minnesota and Nevada were accused of sexual abuse against children. Sen. Paula Hawke hosted national conference on sexual abuse of militants that she had been sexually abused as a child.
the years.
The show was on KCM-OAM in Kansas City. Mo. In the station's studio, Marshall Saper, a psychologist, listened to people in sexual abuse crises and offered suggestions and comfort when he could.
Shocking stories of sexual abuse against children permeated the news last year.
THE PROBLEM HAS affected the Law-
rence community as well.
For 1984, Social and Rehabilitation Services of Douglas County, 619 E. 8th St., received 67 reports of suspected sexual abuse against people under the age of 18. In 1983, 57 cases were reported, and 24 were reported in 1982
Donna L. Flory, SRS supervisor of protective services and separated families, said recently that the increase in reported cases was due to increased public education, television specials and stories in the news.
"People are more willing to report and talk about it." Flory said.
BUT SRS DEALS only with cases reported to it. Calls to the police are handled by the police and do not become SRS statistics.
about it. Prey and
SBS is required to investigate all reports of
The federal government does not require
l Lawrence police to keep statistics or child
birth records.
physical, emotional and neglectful abuse of children. These statistics also are on the rise. For 1984, 627 cases of suspected abuse and neglect were reported to USPS, compared to 531 for 1983 and 472 for 1982.
"Keeping statistics is not a useful way to serve the public," said Mike Hall, crime
Pat Davis, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
'Sexual abuse against children doesn't just happen suddenly. We are coming to the understanding that the child who was abused 35 years ago grows up to be an abuser.'
analyst for the police department. "We would rather be helping families than compiling statistics."
Statistics on child abuse are kept at the child development lab in the department of human development and family life at the University of Kansas. But Elizabeth Goetz, director of the lab, said the records were confidential.
At Lawrence day care centers, officials say careful screening in hiring employees has prevented sexual abuse problems like those last year at dary care centers in other states.
Vicki Julian, director of La Petite Academy, 3200 Clinton Parkway, said she hired employees who were honest and good teachers. La Petite Academy cares for as many as 106 children a day, ranging in age from 12 months to 12 years.
"I TRUST MY employees," Julian said. Before hiring anyone to work at La Petite Academy, Julian said she determined how well a potential employee worked with children at the center and whether good rapport was established easily. She also said she examined educational background, experience and references.
Employees at La Petite Academy usually start as substitutes or as part-time teachers.
"We are different than what happened in the past," said one of the licensees laws checked out with the KBF.
Children's complaints are taken seriously at La Petite Academy, Julian said. A part of her job is to monitor children and employees for inappropriate behavior.
At Creative World Inc. 2401 W. 25th St.
Lisa Alsona, director, oversees eight children
ranging in age from 3 to 5. So far, she said,
she hasn't had to deal with sexual abuse.
"Although you don't want to define it, you always have to expect it," she said.
AT LA PETITE Academy and Creative World, the most severe form of punishment is a "time-out." Children are removed for a short period of time from the activity in progress. State regulations prohibit corporal punishment.
"Someone is bothering me" is a phrase frequently used by children to describe sexual molestation. Adults should take any complaints seriously, Flory said. Adults also should explore any problems with professionals trained to know what to look for, she said.
See ABUSE, p. 5, col.1