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University Daily Kansan, July 6, 1983
League of Women Voters studying U.S. security policy
The League of Women Voters is studying the pros and cons of U.S. national security policy to plan for the future. The official official of the league said last week.
Janet Meyer, first vice president and national security chairman of the Kansas League, attended a conference held in New York last month as part of the national study.
Academic and professional experts briefed Meyer and 50 other league leaders from around the country on national security policies.
"I learned that there aren't any easy answers, although some found it easier to choose sides." Meyer said.
Meyer said that the group wanted to lobby more effectively in Congress for social programs, such as unemployment and welfare.
The Lawrence League of Women Voters will conduct public discussions in September and October about U.S. national security issues.
She said the league thought social programs were being neglected, but said, "You can't lobby for money if you don't understand what the demands are in other areas."
"This is something that the average citizen should be concerned about, and not just take someone else's word on the potential dangers," Meyer said.
McMurrv's sentencing set for Friday
Former KU-on-Wheels director Steven McMurray, who was convicted last month of embezzling $20,425 worth of Student Senate bus funds, will be sentenced by Douglas County District Judge Ralph Kirk at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
McMurry, 122 Concord Road, had originally pleaded not guilty to five counts of embezzlement.
But after Assistant District Attorney Harry Warren told McMurry that he might file additional embezzlement charges, McMurry agreed to change his plea.
McMurray also agreed to reimburse the University a sum negotiated by his lawyers and University legal counsel.
On June 9 Judge King found McMurry guilty and ordered a presentencing investigation.
The investigation concluded during the past week, and Friday was scheduled as the sentencing date.
McMurray faces a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years in prison for each of the five counts. Fines range up to $5,000 a count.
On campus
RICHARD REBER, PIANIST,
will present a faculty recital at 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
FACULTY AND STAFF performers will present a Midwestern Music Camp recital at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Swainthorpe. Rectal Hall, Murphy
SENIOR HIGH JAZZ ensemble will present a Midwestern Music Camp recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Swarthout Reef Hall, Murray Park.
SENIOR HIGH CAMP bands will present a Midwestern Music Camp recital at 1 p.m. Saturday in Crafton-Freeman Theatre, Murphy
KELEY STONE, ORGANIST,
will present a master's recital at
8 p.m. Saturday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Murphy Hall.
CONNIE HAVERKAMP, PIANIST, will present a senior recital at 8 p.m. Sunday in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
DON COOK, ORGANIST, will present a doctoral recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
CAMPUS CRUSADE for Christ will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas University Chapel to pray for recovery Tuesday evening through July 25. Everyone interested is welcome to attend.
By MATTHEW HARRISON Staff Writer
Director seeks research money
Energy research is not the hot topic that it was 10 years ago, but it still is a serious problem, Shirley C. Domer, interim director of the KU Energy Research Center, said last week.
The energy research center serves two important functions — as a source of finding energy research funds for KU system and a servous system for KU energy research.
DOMER TOOK LOST last year when the center's first director, Robert Riordan, took an administrative position with Kansas Power and Light Co.
Domer, who holds a doctorate in communications, said that she had worked to expand the center's ability to conduct research on disciplines involved in energy research.
"As a professional communicator, I see my job as a terrific opportunity to bring together people from a variety of backgrounds to address the problem of national importance," she said.
The center monitors federal agencies and surveys public and private publications in hopes of finding funds for energy research. When possible funds are lower, theOWER said, one contender researchers she thinks might be interested.
"I SEE MYSELF as a link between people in different disciplines," she said. "Sometimes the areas of interest
don't match up with the funding opportunities."
Domer said that one time a conflict existed between a researcher and potential funds because of a difference in political philosophies.
"Last year I had a faculty member tell me that he could not accept the funding opportunity because the results of his work might be used for political purposes and he didn't want that," she said.
Domer recently discovered funds that were available for studying the energy situation in undeveloped countries.
After a long search, she heard of a professor in Latin American Studies who might be interested in the project. She then put the researcher and the source of the funds in contact with each other.
She said, however, that nothing had been finalized.
DOMER MUST ALSO ACT as a liaison between the University's energy programs and the public's concern for how tax money is being spent on energy development.
She said that although people were concerned about natural gas rates, they
"We have looked in the past to the federal government and the Department of Energy to push energy research in all fronts." Domer said.
She said, however, that under the Reagan Administration more than 70 percent of the DOE funds appropriated last year went for nuclear research, while a solar research program in Colorado, Colo., had been "cut to the bone."
DOMER SAID THAT interest in energy would return when the public found once more long gas lines or utility bills that were unbeagged high.
Although there still is a lot of interest in natural gas, other areas of energy are undergoing rapid development.
"People don't think there a crisis anymore since gasoline prices went down," Domer said. "Personally, I feel we still have a crisis in that our supply of natural gas will probably not outlast what has something to be done and done fast."
"Energy affects every aspect of civilized life. To ignore the social, political and legal aspects in the energy industry will lead to a largerarge part of the problem." Domer said.
had not maintained the same interest in energy that they had 10 years ago.
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