The University Daily
KANSAN
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 93, No.152 USPS 650-640
Friday, June 24, 1983
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with highs in the low 90s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds will be from the southeast at 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight will be fair with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s.
Challenger landing delayed by weather
By United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Challenger's astronauts, ordered home because of an earlier turbine problem, were diverted to the desert base in California today because clouds and patty fog prevented the first-ever landing attempt at the Florida spaceport.
Astronauts Robert Crippen, Frederick Hauck,
Sally Rise, John Fabian and Norman Thagard
were scheduled to glide to a landing at Edwards
Air Force Base, Calif., at 8:57 a.m. CDT.
Officials ruled out extending the six-day mission another day because of lingering concern about the cause of an earlier problem with one of the aircraft's engines, one flight control needed for the glide to Earth.
The Challenger crew, largest ever to fly in space, earlier had two opportunities to descend to the Kennedy Space Center bordering the Atlantic Ocean, but mission control decided that clouds and fog over central Florida would have impaired the pilots' landing visibility.
The weather at KSC is getting worse instead
of better." Guy Gardner in mission control told the astronauts at 5:35 a.m.
"So it looks like we're no go for KSC, so you guys can sit back and relax a little bit," he said. "We will be going into Edwards on the following orbit."
The astronauts matter of factly acknowledged the order to change course and prepared to stay in orbit three hours later than the original Florida landing time.
"We would like to go in there very much, but if the weather is bad then that is not the right thing to do. We understand." Crippen said.
Mission managers originally planned to extend the shuttle's flight by a day or two to wait out bad weather, if necessary, at Cape Canaveral. But the crew did not have time during a test yesterday changed their minds.
The unit worked during a second test yesterday but engineers do not know why it quit on an earlier test and, as a result, they decided to bring Challenger back today, even if it meant landing
The shuttle can land with two, or even one, turbine operating but mission rules say all three
See SHUTTLE page 5
Student committee gets most of its FY'85 budget requests
By ANN REGAN Staff Reporter
Instead of carrying a long "wish list," the Student Advisory Committee of the Board of Regents brought three solid proposals for the fiscal 1985 budget to last week's Regents meeting, the committee's chairman said yesterday.
"And we got nearly everything we wanted for a change," said Raine Bob, committee chairman and student body president of Wichita State University.
The proposals submitted by the SAC to the Roberts were:
- A 10 percent increase in regular student salaries to reflect the 10 percent tuition increase approved for fiscal year 1985.
- The Regents recommended a 7 percent increase
- 250 fellowships for graduate research assistants at $1,000 each, awarded on the basis of
    completion of a thesis.
The Regents recommended 230. Of the 230 fellowships, 100 were recommended for KU
- An appropriation of $336,000 for the State Scholarship program.
Students are designated state scholars based on their ACT scores and their financial need.
The Regents requested that the state appropriate $200,000 for the State Scholarship
No student representative from the University of Kansas was present at the meetings when the meeting took place.
Lisa Ashner, KU student body president and SAC representative, said she did not attend the meetings because of her summer job in Kansas City, Mo.
The SAC was created by the Legislature in 1974 to advise the Regents on student concerns, according to Gerald Bergen, the staff member of the Board of Regents responsible for student
Raine said, "It's really damaging for the
See ADVISORY page 5
George Wilson, owner of George's Pipe Shop, 727 Massachusetts St. says that his business is partly a hobby. George seems to be
Stephen Phillips/KANSAN
just as happy to talk to someone as he is to sell them something. He says he is there to enjoy himself,
Smoke gets in his eyes,but pays off
By DOUG FARAH
Staff Writer
"When the Indian is out, George is in," reads the sign by the cigar-store Indian in front of George's Pipe Shop. 727 Massaheusets St., and George is almost always in.
Unless it's Monday during summer.
"It's fishing season. Closed Monday" reads another sign.
GEORGE WILSON, 70, has owned and operated George's Pipe Shop in Lawrence for 33 years and says it was the first specialized tobacco shop in Kansas.
He sits comfortably at the back of his narrow, crowded shop, in a car seat taken from a Volkswagen van he once owned, and watches television.
He is surrounded by pipes of every shape and size, ranging in price from $1.50 for a cornbock to $300 for a hand-carved meerschaam pipe from France. The store also includes two aquariums Wilson made from television sets, a pipe made from wood, a cabinet with antiques, and the inevitable cloud of smoke.
Wilson is constantly smoking something, and
William S. Brown Jr.
Regents review praise programs of Architecture
See WILSON page 5
BY LAURA FLEEK Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
JOE MCFARLAND, academic officer for the Regents, said, "The purpose of these reviews is to give information of the strengths and demands of programs to the Regents."
He said the list of questions to each school included:
W. Max Lucas, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said, "We basically explained the curriculum, our enrollment, and admission procedures and requirements, and gave them a tour of the school. They were very complimentary."
"It's a great school and we're very proud of it." Pickert said.
PICKERT SAID, however, that he had yet to read the reports submitted to him by the school and that he could not make suggestions for any possible changes in the School of Architecture
A two-member committee from the Board of Regents said yesterday that the curriculum, faculty and administration of the KU School of Architecture was outstanding.
Congress defies Reagan with passage of budget resolution
The committee, composed of Regents members James Pickert and Norman Brandeberry, spent the day touring the school and reviewing its programs.
The reports were in response to a series of questions designed on by the Regents' staff office.
This year, the Regents will review programs in the areas of architecture, engineering, physical sciences, library sciences and engineering technology.
Yesterday's review was the first in a series of reviews of Hegents' schools over the next five
Pickert said that the school stressed the need for increased faculty salaries, and the need for space and equipment.
- Past and future enrollment trends.
- Academic program objectives*
* Curricular strengths and weaknesses*
- Past and future enrollment trends
The Regents will submit a formal report on their recommendations to the schools this Spring.
*Special needs of the school - such as equipment.
- Academic program objectives.
- Today Pickert and Brandeberry will review the architecture program at Kansas State University.
- Qualifications of faculty and staff
Reagan's own 1984 budget proposal was rejected by Congress. The $443 billion plan would have increased defense spending 10 percent, virtually frozen non-defense spending at current levels and raised only about $2.3 billion in new taxes in 1984 for an estimated deficit of $183 billion.
Bv United Press International
WASHINGTON — Defying President Reagan, Congress yesterday approved an $859 billion 1984 budget that would boost taxes, slow his military buildup and pump more money than the president wants into non-defense domestic programs.
The spending plan projects a $179 billion deficit for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
This year's deficit is estimated to be $208.6 billion.
DESPITE REAGAN'S opposition, the Republican-led Senate gave final congressional approval to the spending plan on a 51-43 vote. Nineteen Republicans, including leader Howard Baker, voted for the budget. Only 12 Democrats voted against it.
The only hitch in passage of the bipartisan
compromise, put together by Senate Republican and House Democratic budget leaders, came on a move by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Dole, Dile, R-Kan, to make a last-minute change.
Dole, whose committee writes tax law, tried to scale back the three-year, $73 billion in tax increases in the budget plan to $8 billion over three years. But his proposal was defeated.
THE PREPENDENT DOES not sign a budget resolution, because it basically is a guideline for Congress, but he can veto the spending and tax that are based on the numbers in the report.
Reagan, who called for the defeat of the budget, opposes the plan on the basis it increases taxes too much, does not spend enough on the budget, and too much money for non-defense programs.
- Non-defense domestic programs would get $22 billion more than Reagan wants, but $8.5 billion of that is for new recession-relief initiatives — such as mortgage foreclosure relief
- Taxes may be increased $12 billion in 1984,
$15 billion in 1985 and $4 billion in 1986 for a three-year total of $72 billion. It does not specify how to raise funds, leaving that decision to the committee.
*Defense spending would grow at a 5 percent "real" rate after accounting for inflation, rising from this year's level of $244.6 billion to $268.6 billion — a $24 billion increase. Reagan sought a 10 percent "real" increase or $280.2 billion, $11.6 billion more than the congressional budget plan.
Reagan repeatedly has threatened to veto spending or tax bills that he exceeded his budget.
Under the budget compromise adopted by Congress.
"IF WE LOST IT, we'd lose all our cover on a veto fight." Chiles said. "If you're within the budget resolution, you're voting within a limit. If you're not, you're going to be rationale — you're just opposing the president."
and a new jobs bill — that is in a "reserve fund" and would not be used unless Congress first authorizes the new programs.
Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., said passage of the budget would strengthen the hand of Reagan's opponents in any potential veto fights.
Full-time students can get discount on Zenith computers
Steven Purcell AMY AM
Albert Weaver, senior programmer for Information Systems, uses one of the new Zenith microcomputers recently purchased by the University. The microcomputers are available for purchase by students at a special price.
Staff Reporter
By GUELMA ANDERSON Staff Reporter
Students tired of fighting for a terminal at the Academic Computing Center can work on their own computer — if they have $1,717 to spare.
Any full-time student now can buy microcomputers at discount rates from the same company that sells computers to Regents institutions.
Jim Smith, divisional sales manager for Zenith Data Systems, in Lenexa, said that the computer retailled for $3,340, and that a printer was available for $600, but was available to students for $395.
"THE BEST REINFORCEMENT for course work is to have access to the computers," he
He said that although the center purchased 14
HERB HARRIS, assistant director of the center, said that the price was a bargain, but that it was too expensive for most college students.
Victor Wallace, chairman of the department of computer science, said that the company was
"But. I wouldn't say that students need to buy them." he said, "I would be a convenience, just a place for them."
He said that an important advantage to buying the Zenith microcomputers was that a student could connect their personal model to other computers such as those in the computer center.
Zenith microcomputers for student use, they would still be in great demand.
Classes from the departments of art and design, political science, geography and electrical engineering will be using the center in the fall, he said.
"Microcomputers are becoming more and more prevalent," he said. "In the future, you will not be an educated person without knowledge of a computer."
Harris said that the Zenith system met the center's need for a heavyweight microcomputer and that the Zenith had offered a lower price than Victor or IBM.
THE BOARD OF REGENDS signed a one-year contract with Zenith in May to supply Regents institutions with computers.
Kenneth Ratzlaw, director of the electrical design laboratory in the chemistry department, said that the Zenith microcomputers had better graphics and ran faster than IBM computers.
He said that the only problem with the Zenith model was that the printer was not reliable.
The chemistry department bought three Zenth computers — one for general purpose, one for lab and research work and one for freshmen chemistry classes for use in this fall, Ratzlaff said.
TWO PROFESSORS AND some students have already purchased the computer for personal use.
"I've been a fan of it for a year," he said. "I'm looking forward to owning my own."
Students interested in owning a Zenith microcomputer should contact the computer support department.