Page 4 Opinion University Daily, Kansan, April 7, 1983 Let Binns replace Clark Tuesday's election began what will likely be a year of adjustments and readjustments for the Lawrence City Commission. Three new commissioners — David Longhurst, Ernest Angino and Mike Amyx — take office Tuesday. Then, along with incumbent Nancy Shontz, they face the first issue of the new session: finding a replacement for Barkley Clark, who has served on the commission for 10 years and has two years remaining on his third term. Clark said Tuesday that he would resign within a few weeks. That will leave only one returning commissioner, Shontz, who has two years' experience. Of the rest of the present commission, Tom Gleason chose not to run again, Marci Francisco, now mayor, finished a write-in campaign seventh of eight candidates, and Don Binns finished fourth. Binns would seem to be the frontrunner to replace Clark. But after Tuesday's tallies were in, he said he did not think voters wanted him, or anyone else from the present commission, in office. Certainly, election results indicated that Lawrence was ready for a change. But where should the city look for its fifth commissioner? Further down the list, perhaps to the seventh-place finisher? Off the list, to someone who did not even go before the voters? Fourth place in a race with eight viable candidates cannot be considered a rejection. Binns may not fit every Lawrence resident's ideal as a commissioner, but his eight years on the commission could be a valuable asset to the new commission, particularly during its first year. "I could have contributed a lot of continuity and experience," Binns said Tuesday. He still can - and should. Fear of violent crime grows, affects both men and women An American street at night. A solitary sight illuminates a circle on the ground between them. Two people, a man and a woman, approach from opposite directions. The man tips his hat as in passes. "Good evening, ma'am," he says "Good evening, sir," she answers with a smile and a nod of her head. Two people at night exchanging a courteous meeting. An image from a time long ago, but not forgotten. These days, it would happen like this These only work in large interiors. A campus street at night. A solitary streetlight illuminates a circle on the sidewalk: in front of a large library. Two students, a young man and a woman, approach from opposite sides. As they near HARRY MALLIN the light where their paths will inevitably intersect, a strange change takes place. The woman's pace quickens, she clutches her purse closer and her eyes look at the ground in amazement. The man steers to the opposite edge of the sidewalks, being careful not to make a sound as No greeting is exchanged and the two exit the scene of an American tragedy. Whatever happened to that friendly American street with the amiable man and woman? Was it lost in the throes of a civilization reeling from the collapse of a city as Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler? People have always feared the "things that go bump in the night," but how far has that fear We live in a society where a woman is raped on a pool table in a bar, while dozens of onlookers cheer, a society where rape is a reality of life. That's a hard pill to swallow, but isn't it true? Lately, I've noticed that although there hasn't been what could be termed a "rash" of sexual assaults in Lawrence, they are certainly a constant problem. It seems that when the furor dies after one assault, and people begin to get careless about putting the chain on the door, violent crime is committed, and we are never safe. It is never "all over" and it never will be. So, with every setting of the sun comes the rising of that primordial fear of night and its creatures. A woman may fear that she will be caught. A man may fear something quite different. Last year I was walking at night on campus, headed toward my home. A woman was in front of me, no doubt headed in the same direction. In our group, she said, "I don't see people, many people take the same route home." After I had been walking behind her for about three minutes, a change in her behavior was evident; the tightly clutched backpack, the determined pace — she was afraid. So I did something I wouldn't normally do. I took the long way home. But I didn't do it soley to ally her fears. I felt like the guilty party. I was the rapist, violating her sense of security. I would never be committed. I escaped from this person that society had built around itself. But I really didn't escape from anything. I had only acknowledged the presence of this phobophonia, this "fear of fear itself," that has invaded our lives. Gallant efforts have been made to combat this fear. The installation of the "blue phones" on campus is one example. But, gallant or not, these efforts are also tragic reminders of our vulnerability. H hasn’t a rapa already been committed when the fear of venturing outside overbalances the joy of venturing inside. You'll find no answers in this column, only questions. And I'm not going to urge you to say "Good evening" to everyone you see on campus tonight; I know I wouldn't dare do it myself. College athletics cuts into education By PATRICIA McCORMACK By PATRICIA McCORMACK United Press International Big time college sports took a drubbing when Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, put them through his wringer. It happened at the Sport and Higher Education Conference in mid-March at Skidmore College, New York. What Boyer, of Princeton, N.J., said is of interest to parents of kids warming up for Little League, peewee football, or playtime basketball. "It was a great time," he added of full hope for athletic scholarships to college "Today, gambling, television and professional sports have their own agenda," said Boyer. "And it's money. Students are simply used as raw material for the profit makers. And the nation's campuses have become the farm clubs of pro football and basketball. "The situation can only get worse." The situation can only get worse. It will get worse, Boyer said, because the United States Football League is now on the scene. "What was once an autumn-winter sport will now go into spring and summer," he said. Pressure to recruit players before they gain the playing field. And the likelihood of abuse will increase." Boyer deplored gambling that goes on in concert with big time sports on campus. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently estimated angering on college sports annually prizes $1 billion. "The truth is that a small but influential core of the nation's colleges and universities are caught in a corrupting web of activity that deceive students, distorts priorities on campus Letters to the Editor Johnson's actions harm KU athletics To the editor: Is this Monte Johnson's University, or yet the University of Kansas? His strip-c事 gestures (while yet in diapers as athletic director) display (or more ignorance than humor. Within the past four and a half months, Johnson has taken the credit for dumping two KU coaches, Ted Owens and Don Fambrough. Don had been elected Big Eight Coach of the Year for 1981-1982. Ted took the Jayhawks into the NCAA (again) as late as 1981. Now you tell me and all other members of KU's alumni, present and past student bodies, as to who has done the most over the years towards KU basketball. Johnson hasn't been buying the tickets and been the basic financial backbone throughout the year at KU. This money has been given to build up the University, not watch it be ripped apart in four and a half months! The past two seasons weren't the best in the won-less column. But we dedicated Jayhawks never lost respect for KU, our coaches and the teams. Who could? When you saw players try to shake injuries and stay in the game, picking themselves up off the floor, Kelly Knight's drive and determination as he continually hobbled up and down the court in pain; Calvin Thompson remembering his father's fatal heart attack; and on down the line through other injuries, sprains, etc. They were 100 percent dedicated to Ted both on and off the court. losses. Only the fourth lossen season for Ted's Jayhawk teams in 19 years. But did Johnson ever take time to realize that five of this season's losses ranged from overtime to only one, two or three point games? "One can't get much closer to what could have been an 18-11 season. Or one could score it as 11 games lost by seven or less and be a near 25-5 season. And with fresh players!" Anyone with an unselfish attitude, knowing the game of college basketball, knew KU was in a recruiting era. As to Johnson's slap at Ted and the team for having a lack of consistent success, I ask the following: Ever see a baby walk on his or her first day in this world? Freshmen, newly recruited players, don't just automatically turn into All-Americans overnight, either. All in all, Johnson severed a very close relationship of KU's coach, players and fans. He will never deserve, not receive, the respect we'll have for him, and he will be his 19 years of dedication will never be forgotten. KU closed out this season with 13 wins and 16 Someone had better bring Johnson down from that pedestal before the entire KU sports program goes down the drain. His acts against Ted and Don were awfully cheap. Derele W. Knepper, Clay Center resident Bob and connects higher education to professional athletics, gambling and vice," Boyer said. "The greatest tragedy is the terrible disservice to youth. Big time sports is depicted as a way to fame and riches." That's off the mark, he said, for the following reasons: — Only a tiny fraction of those who compete in big time college sports make it to the pros. And only a fraction of those who do will earn the astronomical salaries of top stars. - Just being in the race to stardom academically diminishes many. In 1982, for example, only about half the college seniors who competed in major college basketball conferences throughout the nation graduated in four years. - In the Big Ten conference, whose membership includes some of the most prestigious public colleges and universities, less than one-third of the basketball stars were able to get a diploma on time. In the Southwest, only 17 percent of those playing graduated in four years. - The majority who have poured their energy into sports often find themselves consigned to a life of frustration and failure for playing instead of learning. Boyer said there was something disgrueful about keeping athletes on campus for four years to use up their eligibility, then letting them go for their failure to make academic progress. He finds something disgraceful, too, about college coaches flying in university-owned jets to swoop down on recruits and sign them before the competition gets there. Royer noted that acadails in college athletics have been exposed and reforms proposed for them are lacking. "All of this goes on while the old generation wonders what has happened to the morals of our society." Though pessimistic about the scene in general, he applauded recent action by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA is set to host the national tournament for players and more rigid recruitment rules. "But more than rule-changing and tinkering is needed." Bower said. / "Reduction of sports abuse will come only when a wave of moral indignation sweeps across the world." "Perhaps the time has come for faculty at universities engaged in big time at letics to organize a day of protest ... to examine how the justice is being subverted and how integrity is lost." Boyer favors an iron-fisted approach when serious athletic violations are discovered. "The accreditation status of the institution should be revoked — along with the eligibility criteria for admission." "I also propose that president of universities and colleges begin to say publicly what they acknowledge privately: that big time sports are out of control." Letters Policy The University Daily Kansan welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typewritten, double-spaced and should not exceed 500 words. 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