University Daily Kansan, April 11, 1983
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Lawrence mayor to be elected tomorrow
By NED STAFFORD Staff Reporter
Three newly elected Lawrence City commissioners will take their oaths of office and elect a new mayor tomorrow, but not until the old commission takes action on several ordinances it has approved on first reading.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall, Stork and 25th floor.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets. The first order of business for Mike Amyx, Ernest Angino and David Lombardo is that commissioners Barkley Clark and Nancy Shontz, will be to elect a new mayor to replace outgoing Mayor Marci Francisco.
FRANCISCO, RUNNING as a
write-in candidate, and Commissioner Don Binns were defeated last week in their attempts to gain re-election.
Commissioner Tom Gleason did not seek re-election.
Shontz, who served as vice mayor the past year, said last week that she thought it was her turn to be mayor, citing her two year's experience and her first-place finish in the 1981 election.
Clark said last week that he would resign from the commission later this month. Shontz might then be the only incumbent commissioner. Commissioners say they may choose a replacement from among the primary election candidates, but they are not bound by any requirement.
LONGHURST, AMYX, Angino and
Clark said last week that they were not sure who they would support for mayor, but that one criterion would be whether the mayor could work well with the city
In other action, the commission will consider a request from Cottonwood Inc. for use permits to operate two group homes for the mentally handic
One site is at the southeast corner o Harvard Road and Jane Drive, and the other is on the south side of Trail Road, where it intersects with Stockade
The Lawrence/Douglas County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the sites last month.
Cottonwood has received a grant
from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to build four group homes in Lawrence, but has gotten approval from the city for only
COTTONWOOD WITHIDHREE three sites from City Commission consideration in February. Two of the sites had restrictions placed on them by the developer and the other was withdrawn because of neighbors' opposition.
In other business, the commission will consider a resolution that would allow the parent company of Lehigh Kansas Color Press to move equipment from its Lawrence plant, 2201 Haskell Ave., to a plant it operates in Dallas, Texas. The city-approved industrial bonds is paid off. The plant will close down in July.
Faculty complain of little say in sports decisions
By JOEL THORNTON
Staff Reporter
Recent hirings and firings in the KU athletic department have left some faculty members wondering how much say they have in the University sports program.
Three professors on the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation board told the University Senate Executive Committee Friday that they often felt left out of the decisions made in the athletic department.
"MY FRUSTRATION has gone up exponentially over the last few months," said Don Green, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering and a board member. Green was on the search committee that found a replacement for basketball coach Ted Owens.
He said that Athletic Director Monte Johnson should have contacted the KUAC board before Owens was fired. The board, composed of faculty, administrators, alumni, students and athletes, advises the athletic director and chancellor on budgetary, academic matters of the athletic department.
The decision should have been presented to the board because KU had to buy out the remaining year of Owens' contract, he said.
"I think, personally that we start breaking contracts, that's a matter of
policy," he said. "In no sense was the athletic board contacted before the decision. The turnover of coaches has created a financial burden."
JOHNSON WOULD not comment on Green's statements.
Gerbard Zuther, chairman of the English department and board member, said, "My seven years on the board has been largely characterized by frustration. It is essentially a congregation that is preached to. The present athletic director prepares his sermon more carefully than the last one."
David Dinnen, professor of French and Italian and board member, agreed with Green and Zuther, but said that the board had few other options than to advise Johnson. The whole structure of the athletic corporation would have to be changed if faculty wanted to have direct input into athletics, he said.
It would be easier to drop sports than to change the structure of the athletic team.
"I don't think there's much of a chance of changing that unless you change the by-laws," he said.
HOWEVER, Laurence Rose, professor of law and chairman of the search committees that chose new football and basketball coaches, said that faculty must to recognize the proper and improper functions of the athletic board.
The board should make sure the athletic department is run smoothly
and within the rules, but should leave personnel matters to the athletic director, he said.
"I'm concerned about imposing the administrative burden of 40 besses," he said. "The fact that I was not informed of the recent coaching decisions annoyed me as a person, but not as a member of the athletic board.
"The hirings and fringes within are the responsibilities of the administrator of the department. I don't think athletics is any different."
James Seaver, chairman of SenEx,
said he had received some letters from
faculty who thought the University was
placing too much emphasis on winning
SEVERAL SENEX members said they were concerned about possible academic abuses among athletes and coaches.
Charles Kahn, professor of architecture and urban design and SenEx member, said he thought faculty members of the athletic board's academic committee should report to SenEx several times a year.
AND JAMES CAROTHERI, professor of English and SenEx member, said the athletic department should be involved in solving problems of KU's academic sector.
in sports. Some professors say they do not know what goes on within the classroom.
"The academic side of the University is in pathetic situation," he said. "I find it difficult to explain to my colleagues outside of the University why we come to the university. I think academic difficulties when we pay thousands of dollars to hire new coaches."
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Legislative Roundup
Leaders poll Kansans
Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature will be traveling through the state this week to listen to their constituents. They will also gather opinions about the progress they made during this session.
House Speaker Mike Hayden,
R-Atwood, and Senate President
Ross Doyen, R-Coronado, will head
the Republican delegation.
The legislators want voters' response to their tax package, which would raise income taxes, reduce state income tax deductions and increase the taxes on cigarettes and alcohol.
Tax proposals unsettled
Kansas Democrats said they were afraid that the Republicans would present a one-sided message to the people.
A number of tax proposals remained for lawmakers when they left Saturday for a 10-day recess, including a proposed change in the state's income tax upper bracket, and bring in an estimated $47 million.
Saturday was the last day of the
regular legislative session. Kansas senators and representatives will return to Topeka for a wrap-up session on April 20.
When the legislators return, they will also have to deal with property reappraisal. Gov John Carlin has said that he will not sign a reappraisal bill unless it is amended to include reclassification of property, which would tax different kinds of property at different rates.
Property was last appraised in 1964. Reappraisal would bring those values up to current market levels.
Bills await governor
Finally, lawmakers gave Carlin a $420 million appropriations budget in the Board of Regents. That includes funding for high technology research.
Also on Carlin's desk is a bill that would make marital rape a crime by eliminating all protection spouses have from rape charges. If Carlin signed the bill, Kansas would be one of 10 states in the nation to have a spousal rape statute.
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