STILL WARNED
The University Daily
KANSAN
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 93, No. 154 USPS 650-040
Friday, July 1, 1983
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny with mpg around 90 to 95, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds will be from the south at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows with
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with bighairs around 9 to 15. The outlook for the rest of the holiday weekend calls for warm temperatures and a chance of thunder-
Students who want aid must now file for draft
By MARY ANN COSTELLO Staff Reporter
The Solomon Amendment, linking draft registration to federal student financial aid, becomes effective today, after a long, tug-of-war legal battle that finally ended Monday in New York.
The new law requires all males who file a Family Financial Statement for student aid to prove that they have registered for the draft.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW is retractive, which means that Family Financial Statements that were processed before today for next year must have the draft question on them answered.
"At this time of year, it's a real blow. But its something you come to expect from the federal aid program. They don't show much respect for financial aid administrators."
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Education issue useful tool for president, professor says
President Reagan acknowledges the applause of the crowd in the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School gymnasium Wednesday before delivering his speech on the importance of education.
By DAVID SWAFFORD
Staff Writer
In reaction to President Reagan's speech Wednesday at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Earl A. Nehring, KU professor of political science, said that the president was definitely making education a political issue.
"It's obviously a hot item right now and he's capitalizing on it," he said.
Nehring said that people were always concerned about how to improve education and that when the President of the United States expressed that concern, everyone loved it.
DURING HIS SPEECH, the president maintained that the federal government should not interfere with the nation's school systems. He
He strongly recommended that each school system adopt the Five New Basics plotted out in the Commission on Excellence's report, "A Nation at Risk."
told the student leaders at the conference that they should go back to their communities with a desire to turn their school systems around and "make American education great again."
The new basics are four years of English, three years of mathematics, three years of science, three years of social science and one-half year of computer science. For those considering higher education, two years of a foreign language are recommended.
foreign language REAGAN WAS GREETED with a thunderous round of applause following his recommendation that the Five New Basics be adopted.
Nehring said he agreed with the president's
I will accept any apologies. I am sorry to have missed your reply.
Higher 'sin taxes' to start todav
By ANN REGAN Staff Reporter
A tax increase going into effect today on gas, liquor and cigarettes is expected to generate $94 million in additional revenue for the state of Kansas, the public information officer for the Kansas Department of Revenue said yesterday.
The liquor enforcement tax imposed on beer, whiskey and wine will double today, going from 4 percent to 8 percent.
BARB CLARK SAID the Legislature thought it could easily justify increasing the "sin-taxes" on liquor and cigarettes.
For beer drinkers, this means that six-packs will cost about 10 cents more today than they did yesterday, according to a local merchant.
Cigarettes will cost an extra five cents a pack. This will mean that pack-a-day smokers should expect to pay about $1.50 more a month.
The gas tax increase, two cents a gallon now and an additional one cent Jan. 1, is expected to generate an additional $70 million for the state, Clark said.
She said the money was necessary to pay for repair and construction of state highways.
"There are no adequate funds elsewhere," she said.
SEVERAL LOCAL GAS stations began pumping-up prices earlier this week, much to the dismay of motorists who had planned on filling-up before today's tax increase.
The early price increase was justified, Clark said, because gas station owners were charged an inventory tax on whatever gas they had in stock on July 1.
Other new legislation going into effect today includes:
- A law making it more difficult for minors to obtain a duplicate of an older person's driver's license by spelling out what documents are necessary to prove identity.
- The law also prohibits lending any identification to another person that would help them obtain a fake identification card or reproduce a driver's license.
- A law prohibiting insurance companies from considering speeding convictions for drivers going between 35 and 65 mph when deciding whether to be stopped or when setting automobile insurance rates.
- A law reducing the state medical student scholarship program that pays the tuition of students at the College of Health Sciences who agree to practice in Kansas after they graduate.
- The number being granted has been cut in half. Only 100 will be granted in the coming year and they will be reduced by 25 in the following years until they level off at 50.
- A law creating an Advanced Technology Commission in the Department of Economic Development that would coordinate and promote higher education and education programs at state universities.
*The Kansas Age Discrimination Act, apply to persons between the ages of 40 and 70. It will prohibit employers and unions from discriminating against someone because of age in hiring, membership, salary, promotion or other work.
*A law recognizing that rape can occur between husband and wife and eliminating an existing requirement that rape victims must prove that they tried to resist their attackers.
- A law limiting the amount of federal income taxes that Kansans can claim on their state returns to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for couples filing joint returns.
Money woes on tap for fall semester
By GUELMA ANDERSON
Staff Reporter
Though one budget woe has been averted in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, students still will face crowded classrooms and fewer course selections in the fall, an official of the college said yesterday.
Michael Young, associate dean of the college,
said that on the positive side, almost $150,000 for teaching assistants had been retrieved from unexceeded faculty leaves.
THE COLLEGE'S RUDGET for teaching assistants was cut by $175,000 last summer.
"We were worried that with the economy being the way it is not as many faculty members
Although the TA crisis had been avoided for the coming school year, Young said, budget cuts have made it necessary for some departments to
cancel upper level courses to allow room for freshman-sophomore level courses this fall.
He said the departments of computer science and economics were especially hit hard because they handled projects that were difficult to complete.
Thomas Weiss, chairman of the economics department, said that five 'to six graduate courses were canceled for fall as well as four elective courses.
"THE PROGRESS OF some students' programs will be delayed because some of the canceled graduate courses are requirements." he said.
"Things will be worse in the spring because some of our staff members are scheduled to leave after the fall. If they leave, we will have to cut four more courses."
Victor Wallace, chairman of the computer science department, said the department's course load had not been keeping up with demand.
He said that demand for computer science courses had increased 60 percent during the past two years.
"We HAVE TO STRETCH things." he said.
"Class sections are larger than they should be. Normally, classes would have an average of 30 students, but now there are 50 to 60 students."
Gharam Zuner, chairman of the department of English, said his department would not be able to meet the demand for introductory courses because of the lack of money available.
"We have not had to cancel any literature classes," he said, "but we had to cancel classes in grammar and usage, advanced composition and technical writing."
Norman Saul, chairman of the history department, said there had been a loss of staff and a decrease in graduate seminar courses in the department during the past two to three years.
A fest of fun, food, fireworks begins Sunday
Staff Reporter
By PAT COONEY
The University of Kansas will be the scene of two significant events during Lawrence Independence Days this Sunday and Monday — a bluegrass concert, which will be broadcast by KANU-FM Sunday, and a fireworks display in Memorial Stadium Monday.
KANU will broadcast a live bluegrass concert 7:30 p.m. Sunday from Burcham Park, according to Alan J. Berman, development director at KANU
THE CONCERT WILL feature performances by two nationally known bluegrass quartets by
Masters of ceremonies for the concert will be Mike Allen and Rick Desko, co-hosts of the
regular Sunday evening program on KANU's "Flint Hills Special." Berman said.
The broadcast will last until about 10:30 p.m. and admission to the concert will be free with the purchase of an Independence Days button, available from local merchants for $5 in advance or $5.50 at the park. Admission for children under 12 is free.
In addition, Memorial Stadium will be the site for the annual fireworks display, sponsored by the Lawrence Jaycees. The fireworks will begin about 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Horizon, a band from Lawrence, will perform in the stadium at 7:30 p.m. Monday before the fireworks display.
A separate admission price of $2 will admit people who do not have Independence Days buttons to the activities in Memorial Stadium, said Rick Bellinger, Jaycees president.
BELLINGER SAID THAT $6,300 had been spent on fireworks this year.
"This year's program will feature a salute to John Riggins, former KU football player, and will last from one to one-and-a-half hours," Bellering said.
Bingham Jr. Riggins was thrust into the national limelight last January when he earned the Most Valuable Player award in Super Bowl XVII.
The stadium gates will open at 6:30 p.m., and parking near the stadium will be free.
Lawrence Independence Days is sponsored by the Convention and Visitors Bureau of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and will take place on April 15, 2013 in Kansas River. This is the first year for the event*
"This is something we are trying to do to illustrate the history and the heritage of the world."
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Retiring assistant dean of Liberal Arts prepares to put ruby slippers to rest
BY GUELMA ANDERSON Staff Representer
Staff Reporter
Much of Dorothy Haiglund's life parallels that of the legendary heroine in the "Wizard of Ox."
Haglund, a native of Lawrence, began her trip down the "yellow brick road" of the University.
Today her journey officially ends. Haglund is retiring as assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and director of its graduate division.
ACCORDING TO HAGLUND, her career at the University was a "Duke" — a surprise occurrence, just as was the tornado that swept the fictitious Dorothy to the Land of Oz.
Haglund started at KU in 1938, filling in for a vacationing friend who was a secretary for the Bureau of Information.
Later, she took the place of another secretary who worked in the graduate school. She faced a "wicked witch" the first day on her new job—organizing summer enrollment. She survived and went on to spend the rest of her career with the University in the graduate school.
when she came back nothing was said about my leaving, and so I just stayed on," Haglund
Then in 1972, the graduate school was decentralized, but she continued her work in the same office, which was by then the graduate school of the College of Liberal Arts and Science.
As an enrollment in the school increased, assistants in her office were added to help with
"The first year, nobody paid any attention to me at all in the College, but I just carried on as usual," she said.
"THE NEXT YEAR, I sort of gained a reputation on campus of being the grad school. Even now, other graduate deans will call me because they'll come to a problem they've never
bad. Students from other schools are told to come in and talk to me."
Ruth Hillers, a clerk for the College's graduate division, said that Hagland had the most organized office in the College and that she admired Hagland's fairness toward students.
Haglund said, "There are about 28,000 graduate students who've gotten degrees, and of that number, 75 percent have gone through my course. We've influenced the lives of some 21,000 students."
She said that during the 1960s, student behavior was frightening and difficult to handle.
"Now students are not nearly as aggressive as they were then. We always been, generally, on the students' side because they need it," she said.
"I LIKE DEALING with students, but I don't like the people who come in and to try put something over on me as though I'm a stupid scumb-bunny. They didn't get anywhere with that."
"If she did something for one student, she did it for them all," she said.
"I've had people that I told what I thought was the best thing for them to do and they went on and did what they wanted to do. And later, Well, you were right, I never do that again."
"I know a lot of people probably don't like me because I bad to say 'no' sometimes. But, I do."
"Students have difficulty in meeting the rules sometimes, quite often in fact. So I try to help them meet the requirements without really having to. Many times there's an out that they don't see."
Haglund was guided by so many chancellors over the past 45 years that she has trouble remembering their names and order.
"Let's see, Linden was in office when I came, and there was Malot, Murphy, Chalmers, Dyche and
was another one, a little short one — Wescoe — and now Chancellor Budg."
TODAY, HAGLUND HAS fond memories of her unexpected stay at the University and of the friends she has met along the way. She said she had received many letters wishing her well, bouquets from professors and thank you cards from students.
"I'm going to miss my contacts with students and the faculty," she said.
Louise Byrd, a secretary at the graduate school, said she respected Haglund's dedication and her ability to answer anyone's questions about graduate procedures.
"We're all going to miss her," she said.
Haglund said that she had received a pin, a plaque and a portable electric typewriter as going-away presents and that about four parties had been given in her honor.
At one of the parties, friends and co-workers put on a coat and guard of Oe" and followed them.
"They gave me a darling, little, fluffy dog with Toto on it," she said.
Haglund now has a new challenge — finding activities to keep her busy.
"I'M NOT WORRIED that I won't find things to do." she said.
"I hope to travel, and I'm going to get into various activities. Maybe I'll work as a hospital volunteer or maybe I'll get into the Meals on Wheels program."
She said that now she would have time to go shopping downtown and attend activities on the Hill, such as concerts, plays and basketball games.
"Of course, I'll be back at the office for a couple of months in the fall to help out. I told
me it would be a bit more difficult."
Like the child star Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," for Dorothy Haglund, there's no place like home.
Steve Zuk/KANSAN
Dorothy Haglund, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, retires today after 45 years at the University.