University Daily Kansan, April 13, 1983
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Ministries to give cable TV to prisoners
By JEFF TAYLOR Staff Reporter
Inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing don't find much to look forward to as one more day drags by.
Some of the huckle prisoners have color television sets in their cells,
But not much good comes from those sets because reception is so blurred inside the prison, the prison's administrative assistant said yesterday.
"Sometimes it's hard to pick up见 Kansas City," said Troy Baker, the assistant. "We are inside an institution that's also inside buildings with thick walls."
But after two years of planning, Faith Ministries, a non-profit ministry from Tuila, Ohlia, has decided to spend $10 million on cable television system in the prison.
Reaction among the inmates has been positive, Baker said.
'WE HAD A DEDICATION ceremony here and they attended that, at
least quite a few of them did. It was a very favorable reception," he said.
The Rev, James Black, director of Faith Ministries, said that his group planned to install cable systems in 800 federal and state prisons in 11 states.
Prisons in Missouri and Colorado could have cable systems within five miles.
During the next five years, the group plans to spend more than $54 million providing cable television for prisoners in those 11 states, he said.
"We see it as being a very viable point of help rehabilitate the in-
patient."
Four of the 12 cable channels that will be installed in Kansas State Penitentiary will carry Christian programs, he said. The system also will provide educational programming, along with the 24-hour Entertainment Sports Programming Network and the 24-hour Cable News Network.
"WE'RE TRYING NOT to inflame passions with HBO or Playboy Bunny shows," he said. "But we didn't want it to sound like it was a forced religious thing."
Black said his group wanted to provide educational opportunities and spiritual guidance for the prisoners. The system at Kansas State Penitentiary will include closed circuit television, so informative subjects can alcohol abuse and other subjects can be broadcast live or from videotape, he said.
With a good television system, Black said, some tension inside the prison could be relieved.
In a similar program, Faith Ministries installed a cable television system with the help of CCTV cameras.
Black said the warden at the Oklahoma prison thought the system had eased the tensions that had previously fueled violence and riots.
NEARLY ONE-THIRD of the 98 prisoners on death row in the Oklahoma prison had offered themselves to Christianity. Black said, because of the cable system's Christian programs.
"We have seen a drastic change in their lives," he said. "One of these guys just reformed and is being put to death this month or next month."
Primarily, he said, the ministry hopes to change the moral fiber within habitual criminals, so they will not face some crime after being released from prison.
"Our whole effort really is to change the image the person has of himself," Black said. "The only rehabilitation images a man's life comes from the heart."
"You can give him a skill, but that still doesn't change his values."
BY $^*$KEEPING FORMER inmates out of prison, he said, the country will not have to build additional prisons.
Black said that 400,000 inmates currently were housed in state and federal prisons. And by 1988, that sum will more than double, he said.
Former inmates will stay out of prison only if they have faith in themselves and are morally strong. Black said.
"I believe therein the answer to the real prison and crime problem we've had," he said.
Budget restoration finances 6 more math classes
By DAVID POWLS Staff Reporter
A $28,400 restoration to the department of mathematics' budget will allow that department to offer six sections of Math 002 next fall, the chairman of the department said yesterday.
The department will use the money to hire graduate teaching assistants, tutors and lecturers to teach Math 002 and Math 110, a pre-calculus course that is a substitute for Math 113, he said.
"I'm glad to be able to offer some sections of the course to students," said Charles Himmelberg, the chairman.
Last week Himmelberg announced that the department would not be able to train 18 percent reduction in the allocation for graduate teaching
assistants, amounting to $50,000. The department's budget this year is $300,000.
THE PARTIAL RESTORATION means that the math department will now receive about 9 percent less salary than before, next year, instead of 18 percent less.
Robert Lineberry, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the department's faculty members have to increase their teachings.
But Himmelberg said his faculty members could not teach more courses because they were already severely overloaded.
The added $26,400 will accommodate 390 math students in the fall and another 390 in the spring. Himmelberg said.
Lineberry said yesterday that the math department was the only one so far that would definitely receive more money.
He said his goals were to protect the College's strong graduate programs and to maintain its basic operating needs.
"IF WE ARE CONFIDENT we can pay back the shrinkage bill, we will allocate more money," he said. "We need to be willing to pay." We feel we can allocate them.
Lineberry said he was not sure whether the restoration would come from the College's base budget or from shrinkage money. Shrinkage is about 2 percent of the College's salary budget that must be made up in the case that if the year because faculty members go on leave, transfer or die.
At a meeting with the English department last week, Lineberry said he did not think any shrinkage money would be left over.
Victor Wallace, chairman of the department of computer science, said that the new course is better for all.
more money but that none had been guaranteed yet.
"The University's students can't stand the shortfall of enrollment we've been envisioning." Wallace said.
WALLACE SAID LAST week that his department would receive 25 percent less money than this year to replace them, and eliminate many sections of CS 200.
Zuther said last week that his department would receive 10 percent less money than this year to hire teaching assistants, causing some sections of English 359, 360 and 362 to be eliminated.
Gerhard Zuther, chairman of the department of English, said he had not discussed with Lineberry the possibility of extra money.
And Lineberry has said that he thinks English professors should teach more courses to make up for their department's budget reduction.
New director confronts Union's financial woes
By JENNIFER FINE Staff Reporter
He said that he hoped to put the Union in a better position for next year by evaluating the Union's services, continuing cost reduction programs and looking for new ways to decrease expenses.
"The important thing is to take an optimistic outlook toward the future and to be creative with limited resources," he said this week.
After two months of working with the economic problems of the Kansas Union, Jim Long, the new director, is trying to remain optimistic.
"THE REAL CHALLENGE has been and will remain to cut our cost where we can and increase our revenue where we can and, at the same time, maintain the quality of our service," he said.
Higher costs and lower revenues this year have caused losses in almost every category.
When the first half of fiscal year 1982-1983 was over in December, the Union had suffered revenue losses in the departments of food services, Union Activities, recreation and building maintenance and administration.
So far, Long said, the Union is attempting to decrease costs by installing energy-saving thermal-pane windows, placing a freeze on all glass in buildings, and cutting travel expenses by sending fewer people to national meetings.
He said the Union officials would also examine supplies to determine could be eliminated and would assess the pricing policy to see if it was efficient.
THE UNION WILL try using new marketing approaches and upgraded operations, and will be evaluating sales to see which products are selling, he said.
Long said that the Union had been doing better since students returned from winter break. But he said that the problems were not meant that the problems were ending.
"This is not to say that we're out of the woods for this year at all. We still have a long way to go." he said.
He said that Union officials were beginning a long/range plan for building improvements and renovations of the Kansas Union and the Burge Union, in areas such as administration offices, schools, office, and parking. Part of that master plan, he said, is to come up with the funds for the renovations.
"I THINK IF we had a viable program that we could put together that would convince students as well as the Memorial Board that we have a direction we're moving in, they would support us through fees or use of the building," he said.
The Union has three main sources of income: The Union fee included in student tuition, money from the Union's benefit and recreation, and a reserve fund.
Long said that he could not say now whether the Union would have to increase the student fee. But he said that what he did want was for more people to realize what services were available in the Unions and use them.
Long begin his job as Union director Feb. 1, replacing Frank R. Burge, who retired after serving as director for more than 30 years.
BEFORE COMING to the University of Kansas, he was associate director of the student union at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg for 10 years.
He is a native of Newton and a graduate of Emporia State University. He also was program director of the Emporia State's student union for five years.
Long said that the toughest adjustment as new director was moving his family from Virginia, but that he was glad to be back in Kansas.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to be back and involved with the work of the Kansas Union," he said. "Frank Burge has certainly set high standards. It will be a challenge to follow in his footsteps."
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