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KANSAN
CLOUDY
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Vol. 93, No. 150 USPS 650-640
Friday, June 17, 1983
Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. The high will be 80. Winds will be from the
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows will be in the 60s.
Committee recommends graduate assistant funds
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy, with highs in the low to mid 80s.
By ANN REGAN Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - Funds for graduate assistantships were among fiscal 1985 budget requests approved yesterday by the fiscal committee of the Board of Regents.
The Regents will act on the committee's recommendations when they meet today in
The focus of KU budget requests for fiscal year 1985 was to restore about $3.5 million to the budget. KU lost that amount as a result of budget cuts ordered by the Legislature for fiscal years 1986 and 1987.
The University of Kansas had asked the Regents to approve $225,000 to finance 21 graduate assistants in fiscal year 1985.
"I WAS HEARTENED by the support for graduate teaching fellowships also. The University has supported developments in both of these important areas."
THE FISCAL COMMITTEE also recommended that KU receive $68,250 to help finance a graduate teaching assistant tuition waiver of 75 percent and/or reducing assistants receive a 60 percent tuition waiver.
The Regents also gave the University of Kansas Medical Center permission to ask the Legislature to approve an increase in revenue from the Medicaid program to spend $1.8 million to purchase
Other program improvements recommended Board of Regents acceptance include:
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said, "I'm encouraged by the mood to give greater assistance to our graduate teaching assistants. This is an important issue because these individuals need and deserve greater help in the area of tuition waivers.
equipment for removing kidney stones nonsurgically.
name of Lech Walesa, the founder of the banned trade union.
*$200,000 for instructional equipment for the basic sciences — biology, chemistry, physics, geology and geography. KU listed this as its top priority for 1985.
- $220,000 for library acquisitions. Of this,
$180,000 would go to Watson Library and $40,000
to the Law Library.
- Budig, said, "The recommendations for increased salaries and OOE are both conservative and attainable. I am optimistic that we will be able to persuade legislative leaders of the importance of these crucial areas. Our faculty and staff must be treated fairly in fiscal year 1985."
- $200,000 to fund 7.5 classified and 8 unclassified positions for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the professional schools.
- The funds also would be used for laboratories studies in journalism, pharmacy, the arts and sciences.
- $200,000 to be used to add other operating expense (OOE) funds to the budget of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This would cover items such as office supplies, photocopying or
Demonning military rule, the pope said at Warsaw's Okecei Airport that he came to with those who "have suffered and are still suffering" in his homeland.
Budig said, "Without a reasonable adjustment in OOE, our programs in instruction, research and service will be seriously disadvagted. We cannot afford to let this happen."
*$250,000 to be used to expand the port and terminal availability of KU's CP-6 computer and to add 64 additional ports. A port allows computer devices to talk to each other.
Pope pledges support of fellow Poles
By United Press International
WARSAW, Poland — Pope John Paul II kissed the ground of "mother" Poland yesterday and pledged solidarity with his countrymen who are "deprived of their liberty," sparking an anti-government march in the streets of the capital.
"Long live Solidarity," chanted more than 50,000 outside a Warsaw cathedral after the pope's first homily of his eight-day pilgrimage to Jerusalem, second since John Paul was elected Pope in 1978.
"POLAND FOR THE Poles. This is the real Poland . . We want free elections," shouted priests, fathers and children in the crowd, unfurling Solidarity banners and chanting the
Church bells pealed as Poland's president, Henryj Kryjak, greeted John Paul in the
Gov. John Carlin listens to Girls Staters who sang their way from Lewis Hall to Templin Hall yesterday. Carlin later spoke about his role as governor and his dedication to improve education (See story on page 8).
Rulings won't quell abortion debate, activists say
Staff Writer
Bv JUDITH HINDMAN
Both sides said yesterday that the issue had now become a political one and that they would work together to find a solution.
Kansas activists are preparing for new political battles in the aftermath of three U.S. Supreme Court decisions Wednesday that eliminated most state's restrictions on a woman's right to an abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy.
John Ashcroft, challenging Missouri's abortion laws.
JAN WELSH, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Kansas City, said that the court's decisions would affect such issues as abortions during the second trimester of pregnancy, parental consent for minors under 18, informed consent by the pregnant woman and the presence of a second doctor during the abortion procedure.
One of the decisions handed down by the court involved a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood had initiated against Missouri Attorney General
The lawsuit claimed that Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case, had established that a woman has a right to have an abortion, especially in the first trimester of pregnancy, without restrictions.
MELISSA NESS, director of Kansas National Abortion Rights Action League, said that her group would monitor legislation and any attempts to put new restrictions on abortions.
“One of the things we will do is to maintain pro-choice legislation at the state and congressional level.” Ness said. “We do feel that the people feel that abortion should not be outlawed
"Even though we see this as a clear pro-choice victory, there are battle lines still being drawn."
"I think we'll see a lot of pieces of nuisance legislation, especially about parental consent."
PAT GOODSON, legislative director for Kansas Right to Life, said that her group had not
yet decided what direction it would take after Wednesday's court decision.
"There are several pieces of related legislation that we are working on," she said. "We
'The court's overall decision strongly reaffirms the basic principle of Roe v. Wade and demonstrates the courts unyielding commitment to abortion rights.'
Jan Welsh Planned Parenthood
keep watching the funding of family planning clinics. We oppose that funding."
Goodson also said that there were several pieces of legislation on related issues. The CBI, which includes legislation
prohibiting civil action for wrongful birth in which a child could sue the parents if it was born defective, parental consent for minors to obtain custody and legislation on the definition of death.
"NOW PARENTAL CONSENT is almost meaningless because the judge can overrule the parents," she said. "I suppose that could be beneficial in some ways. Probably it would give the girl some incentive to think over her actions and be more careful."
Welsh said, "By requiring parental or judicial consent, the court, unfortunately, has put each woman under 18, who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy, in the position of proving that the decision to have an abortion is in her best interests or that she is mature enough to make a decision on her own. The court did, however, reaffirm that the parent did not have an absolute veto power."
Ness said that her group thought that the court's ruling on parental consent meant that if
See ABORTION page 5
Colombian student sees herself as good-will ambassador
Stephen Phillips/KANSAN
Yolanda Suarez de Balcazar, graduate student in Human Development and Family Life, works at her desk in Blake Hall. Suarez, Bogota, Colombia, finds community service and work with people rewarding.
By GUELMA ANDERSON Staff Renorter
"I HAVE BEEN sharing a lot about my country," she said. "I try to show them how different it is in Colombia — the difference in culture and family life — and I try to concentrate on the good things."
But since she arrived in Lawrence in 1981, Suarez has shared not only the tourist attractions of her country but also her academic and social talents with the University of Kansas, the Lawrence community and Stouffer Place, her home in Lawrence.
Suarez, a graduate student and research assistant in the center for public affairs, is a self-appointed good will ambassador for her native Colombia. She and her husband, Fabricio, show brochures, slides and pictures of Colombia to students, such as senior citizens, professors and students.
Within the cramped, green office in Blake Hall, the first one notices one is the smiling, warm face of Yolanda Suarez de Balcazar.
Saurze has organized a two-hour Spanish workshop for the office of study abroad to prepare students for study in Latin America. She is also head of the cultural activity committee for the Association of Latin American Students. And last year, the office of study abroad offered KU foreign
The KU Commission on the Status of Women recognized Suarez's contributions and named her the Outstanding International Woman Student of 1983.
"I never thought that I would be nominated," she said. "I was very glad and very flattered about it, and at the same time, I thought I deserved it."
Rosa Hidalgo, president of the Association of Latin American Students, said that Suarez was also responsible and creative.
- And last year, the office of foreign student services selected her to represent KU foreign students at a regional conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs.
"She is very enthusiastic, and she motivates people to work," she said.
Stouffer Place as well. She is a member of the executive board of the Stouffer neighborhood association.
Suarez spreads her enthusiasm throughout
"We tried to look for methods that would make more foreign students become involved because they occupy about 200 of the 300 apartments," she said.
In addition to her work on campus, Surrez combines her thesis work in human development and family life with community service. She helps organizations identify and discuss their concerns.
She also trains staff members at Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St., a local social services agency, to work with the disabled and their families. As a member of Penn House's ex- executive board.
Bessie Nichols, office manager of Penn House,
said that Sunner was understanding of and sym-
phorized with the department.
Nichols said that Suarez was learning a lot about the differences between the customs of the United States and Colombia and that Suarez compared the problems of Lawrence families to those of Coloman families to see whether they were related.
"D'LICE TO go back to Colombia when I finish and work there because I feel our people need people who are trained and have gained knowledge." Suarez said.
"I am a privileged minority there because a lot of people would like to have the experience, but only few get it. My responsibility and my commitment are to go back for my people."
Sureza used her upbringing was the most important source of her achievements and drive.
Because her father was a lawyer, she said, she lived in the medium upper-class society in Bogota, the capital of Colombia. Of the 12 children in her family, 11 have either graduated from or are attending college. The youngest still is in high school.
since we were little my mother was always
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BUT IT WAS her mother who was her role model.
"She was always doing volunteer work in poor neighborhood's." Surrez said.
Spotters give early warning to Lawrence
Staff Reporter
By MARY ANN COSTELLO
"I wasn't thinking tornado at that point," said Rankin. KU assistant director of personnel.
Phil Rankin sat in his car at 23th St. Terrace and Lawrence Avenue on the night of June 19, 1981. Baseball size high pounded the windshield as the wind grew stronger.
Soon tree limbs were blowing as the wind neared 100 mph. Then suddenly the wind
"I NOTICED a silvery background on both sides of me and debris was swirling. Trees next to me went in the air. It was very dark. Then the car started to flood."
Like Dorothy's house in the "Wizard of Oz," Rankin's car was lifted off the ground. His windshield was shattered by debris.
"My glasses looked like a snowwoman," he said. "On the inside of the lenses were large slivers of glass."
Glass entered Rankin's right eye, and he was in great pain.
"The concession was unbelievable. You can't describe it unless you've been in a serious auto accident or tornado and know," he said.
Rankin was working as a spatter for SKYWARN when he was swept up by the tornado almost two years ago. Despite his pain, he remained motionless and direction of the tornado within seconds.
"His actions definitely saved lives. People were able to hear the siren within seconds. Like a gunshot."
SKYWARN IS A volunteer unit of the Douglas County Emergency Preparedness Center. The
Belcher said that the Lawrence Police Department, ambulances, and the Douglas County Emergency Preparedness Center, were investigating an incident because of the information transmitted by Rankin.
Marion Becher, coordinator for SKYWARN,
said, "How did he it with the kind of pain he was in. I still don't know. I'm not sure I could have done it."
Rankin's contribution to the tornado rescue was recognized by Gov. John Carlin and the Kansas City regional office of the National Weather Service.
The tornado caused one fatality. A KU graduate student was killed when the tornado touched down seconds later at K-Mart on Iowa Street.
But Rankin has paid a price for being a hero. He has had to endure four operations on his right eve.
"You come to learn a lot about your eyes," said Rankin.
When they discovered the glass he had to wait three more months for a cornea donor because a woman with them was born.
FOR A YEAR, Rankin lived with a piece of glass in his eye, almost 15 million-longs.
If all goes well with the transplant, he will get extended-wear contact lenses this fall and there will be no more surgery.
Because of the current blurriness in his right eye, he is not working as a spitter now. But he remains active in the SKYWARN operation. When severe weather strikes, he coordinates the group's radio operation from the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center
Yet Rankin is not bitter
"ID LIKE TO be in the open where you can see and observe things first-hand, but
Rankin said that SKYWARM members were aware of the risk they took every time they were deployed.
But they are also aware of the need for trained spotters to support the weather service, he said.
prior warning it if becomes necessary," he said.
"Well, if you listen to us when they're
"Hopefully, if people listen to us when they're frightened by bad weather, we can let them know when it isn't a severe weather situation."
He said people should be calm until there is something to worry about.
RANKIN HAS BEEN a SKYWARN volunteer since the unit was organized in 1976.
"You develop a healthy respect for the severe weather that can develop in this part of the country."
Rankin said that his experience had made the members of his family believers as well.
"When the sirens go off now they go to the basement" he said with a grin
4:30 a.m. a ppm.
Beleicher said Rankin is a "guding light" to the SKWAPN team
"Both back then and today it would be very difficult for us to get along without Phil," he said.
"Trying to think of SKWARN withRank in
is like calling a day gorgeous without the sun."