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1 CENTIMETER = 0.3937 INCHES - 1 METER = 39.37 INCHES OR 3.2808.8 FEET 1 OR 1.0936 VDS - 1 INCH=2.54 CENTIMETERS - 1 DECIMETER=3.937 IN OR 0.328 FOOT 1 FOOT = 3.048 DECIMETERS - 1 YARD = 0.9144 METER MAYES
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Monday, January 17, 1983
Vol. 93, No. 77 USPS 650-640
KU's budget requests may be cut in half, official says
By SARA KEMPIN
By SARA KEMPIN Staff Reporter
Facing a fiscal crunch, the Kansas Legislature will give the University of Kansas only about half of the money it requests this year. Richard W. McDermott is executive secretary of the University, said Saturdale.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig will join representatives from the Kansas Board of Regents and two other Regents schools Thursday in presenting budget requests to a joint meeting of the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, he said.
VON ENDE PREDICTED that KU would get about half the salary increases and 60 to 70 percent of the other operating expenses increased it would request at the meeting.
University officials will get an indication this morning of how tight the state budget will be.
when Gov. John Carlin received his proposed 1983 budget to a bimission of the House and Senate.
The Democratic governor, who is starting his second four-year term, has said he would recommend new programs in at least two areas - education and economic development.
Von Ende said KU had been very successful in the past in getting the appropriations it required.
However, he said his recommended funding increase for some state agencies might be less than the amount he received.
"The STATE'S FISCAL situation is considerably different now," von Ende said. "It will be difficult to do."
re said the University would come closer to getting the operating funds it needed because the budget for these expenses was not nearly as large as the one for salaries.
Von Ende said the representatives would ask the committees to give all the Regents schools
Stanley Kopik, the Regents' executive officer,
said the representatives would ask for a 7 percent increase for classified employee salaries, 9 percent for unclassified employee salaries, 10 percent for other operating expenses and 20 percent for utility funds.
more money for salaries, computer and
equipment and other operating expe-
Sandra McMullen, vice chairman of the Regents, said, "We have a great investment in buildings in this state, and many are in need of help to keep them running in getting the maintenance funds we need."
LAST YEAR, faculty at Regents schools received a 7.5 percent salary increase and a 6 percent increase in operating expenses. The Regents had requested an 13 percent increase in faculty salaries and an 11 percent operating expenses increase.
Von Ende said that once the committees heard the Regents' requests, individual universities would appear before House subcommittees for approval of appropriations for peers unique to each school.
Kopik said the group would also request $4 million for maintenance and repair of Regents
Tonight will bring increasing cloudiness with a low in the teens.
Budget will request increases in funding for computing and scientific equipment, von Ende
"Considering the financial situation in the state, it will be hard to get all we are asking for, but we will pursue our goals," she said. "The state is a difficult place to make financial situation in the state, but it is a difficult time now."
TKE members off probation but pay price
She said legislators from Douglas County were committed to increasing funds for higher education, but said she doubled whether a maturity of legislators would agree.
MCMULLEN SAID she thought the Regents would have a hard time getting all the appropriations they wanted from the Legislature.
By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
State Rep Betty Jo Charlson, D-Lawrence, said she could predict now what appropriates her budget.
"If the universities do not get what they need they will be in a difficult situation. But I have a solution."
Tomorrow will be cloudy with a high temperature around 30.
Staff Reporter
The KU Interfaternity Council this weekend officially removed the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity from any kind of University or IPC probation. Brad Becker, IPC president, said
"The Legislature must agree on new sources of revenue before large increases can be made."
The fraternity successfully argued that the probation was unfair and that other sanctions could effectively resolve the problem. Becker said
IFC probation is period during which a house is monitored. Becker said.
"In effect, IFC is saying. 'We're watching you. You've already done something wrong and if there's anything else you are all in hot water,' " he said.
The TKEs turned around the IFC's first decision by filing a written appeal and presenting the case to the IFC Executive Council.
Today will be sunny with a high temperature in the how to mid-30s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds will be from the east to eastwest at 5 to 19 degrees F.
Although the fraternity is no longer on probation, it still must meet stipulations that require it to invite four guest speakers to lecture on the subject. The speaker, said Becker, who is a member of the TKE fraternity, the TKEs must submit a list of speakers. All fraternity members are required to attend
One of the programs must be presented at the expense of the fraternity and be open to students.
"We are defining what they have to do and are trying to help rather than just slapping hands."
He also congratulated the IPC for using another University office, the Student Assistance Center, to advise the fraternity on the program.
SHE SAID KU and other Regents schools had fallen behind in faculty salaries and library acquisitions, compared to other universities. In the next few years, she said, legislators will put less of an emphasis on financing new buildings and more on increasing salaries and supplies.
"This is a more functional approach," Becker said. "If a house were on IFC probation for a year they could be goodie-goodies for that year and you go wild again."
The first probation decision came Dec. 14 from IFC's five-member judicial council, composed of IFC members and former fraternity presidents.
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David Geier, TKE president, said, "I believe that the lifting of objections propels for itself."
The fraternity was placed on probation after a pledge became ill from drinking straight whiskey with active members. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where his stomach was cut.
The IFC rejected the fraternity's other argument — that it had never been formally charged — which resulted from a mistake in the course of action. The office of student organizations and activities
The Student Assistance Center will supervise the progress of the program and attend the presentations, Becker said. It will advise and with the fraternity on the success of the programs.
"When you think that the greatest expenditure from the state's general fund is for education, you know the Legislature is committed to investing in these hard economic times," Charlton said.
Art Parmer, IFC adviser, said he thought the method chosen to handle the probation would be useful.
"It's always easy to fine someone," he said. "HIPS, this would result in a lasting relationship."
Area conservationists don't like Kay as EPA head
By NED STAFFORD
Staff Reporter
President Reagan's appointment of Morris Ky as regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency was political and shows that he has seen several area environmentalists said yesterday.
After being defeated for a seat to the U.S House of Representatives last November, Kay was appointed to the $38,500 post at the request of Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan.
Kevin Kennedy, chairman of the Wakaura group of the Kansas Sierra Club chapter, said, "We believe it was a political appointment, an African man and has more political clout than some do."
of the Wakarusa Group had recommended that Douglas County Commissioner Beverly Bradley be appointed to the post. Sen Nancy Landon and John McKenna will serve Bradley for the post, but Reagan appointed Kay
Kennedy said that the conservation committee
"To me that seems inappropriate for an administrator of the EPA to be pro-
Pete Rowland, KU assistant professor of political science and adviser to the KU Sierra Club, agreed that Kay's appointment was political. He said, however, that he thought Kay's view was consistent with Reagan's view on environmental issues.
Reagan favors a pre-development view, as opposed to a conservation view,
Kay said, "I'm very excited about the EPA job and happy to be able to serve President Obama."
Kay was in the Kansas House of Representatives for six years, was the Republican nominee for governor in 1972 and was Republican Party state chairman for three years before resigning from his position. He was a member of Representatives so last summer. He was defended by Topeka Democrat Jim Slattery.
The regional office Kay heads covers Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri, which puts the Times Beach, Mo., dioxin problem under his jurisdiction. The office has more than 300 employees ranging from chemists and engineers to attorneys.
Kay said his management and business background, along with his ability to work with state and local government units, would be key elements in out of the serious situation" at Times Beach.
"I've been put into the role of solving the problem," Kay said.
way has made trips to the Times Beach area and to Washington to brief congressions on the
In the early 1970s, dioxin was mixed with waste oil to be spread on roads in Times Beach to keep the dust down, and was used as a base for parking lots. Kay said the clean-up effort had been complicated, because each site had been treated independently.
Kay said the problem was worsened by recent floods
Dixin adheres to soil, he said, and the EPA is conducting tests to determine whether flood waters spread that soil to other areas. He said that pre-flood testing had shown that dixion was
See KAY page 5
Report says U.S. must prepare for nuclear, outer space war
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — A chilling Defense Department blueprint for rearming America urges preparations for winning an extended nuclear war against the Soviet Union and for waging war
As part of what it calls an essential element of U.S. strategy, it also refers to plans to expand any conventional conflict with the Soviets to a global scale.
The 136-page document, directing a significant U.S. policy shift, is laced with references to the current status of global climate change.
Titled "Fiscal 1984-1988 Defense Guidance," the document is accompanied by a cover
memorandum dated March 22, 1982, signed by
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
"The document speaks for itself," said Pentagon spokesman Henry Catto. Weinberger would have no further comment on the report, Catto said.
"We regret that people leak this kind of thing." Catto said.
Some elements of the study appeared in late May and June in the New York Times and the
In reaction to a May 20 story in the Times that said Pentagon policy-makers had accepted the premise that nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union could be protracted, Weinberger said June 20. "We're not studying plans to fight a protracted nuclear war."
The document, a key component of President Reagan's strategy for countering the Soviets, reflects the thinking of the Pentagon and the National Security Council about the specific directions of military policy over the next five years and its general trend through the decade.
It sets priorities in policy, strategy, force and resource planning, and for fms the basis for Pentagon spending for that five-year period, which is projected to be $1.35 trillion.
As a general guideline for America's defense, it ignores the possibility of accommodation or deterrence.
The Pentagon's civilian leadership, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heads of military commands throughout the world and National Security Council officials contributed to the document.
Thus, it represents a thorough outline for achieving defense goals within what Weinberger said in his memo would be limited resources and would be liable to the Pentagon during the five-year period.
The Soviet Union will use the Defense Department blueprint for nuclear war to justify an acceleration of the arms race, a Syracuse University political science professor said
The professor, John Hodgson, a Soviet affairs specialist, said the Soviets would view the report as a confirmation of their fears concerning the United States.
Hodgson, who has traveled in the Soviet Union several times, said there probably would be little change.
By ELLEN WALTERSCHEID Staff Reporter
Races join to carry out civil rights leader's dream
Martin Luther King Jr's dream shined Saturday at the Campanile.
More than 50 people, bundled against the cold, marched in honor of King's birthday from McColm Hall to the Campanile, where they heard a recitation of civil rights leaders' "I-T" sermon, in a speech.
King, who was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn., would have been 54 Saturday.
The marchers included blacks and whites, students and faculty. Some of the participants carried signs urging that King's birthday be made a national holiday.
They walked slowly, in silent rows, arms linked.
As they neared the Campanile, the marchers
Monday Morning
began to sing so softly, their breaths making tiny clouds in the biting air.
Craig Scott, East St. Louis, III, freshman, delivered the speech that, King gave almost 20 years age in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963, who had demonstrated which 20,000 people attend a
"I have a dream today," Scott recite in the quivering, dramatic voice which King . . . led to.
"Deep in my heart, I do believe we shall overcome someday," the group sang quietly.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal'," he recited.
"Many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and our destiny is bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone."
"' I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment
Luther King, but I didn't know these guys felt like that. It really made me feel good."
Two white men standing next to Tami Weathersby, Black Student Union president, were moved to tears as the speech ended. One reached out and touched her hand.
Weatherby, whose organization sponsored the march in cooperation with Gertrude S. Pearson Hall's Black Caucus, said later, "I knew a lot of hall people were interested in Martin
One of the marchers, Belva Wilson, Leavenworth junior, said, "The most important thing about Dr. King is that he was a black man whose concern was the betterment of all people."
King advocated peaceful cooperation in solving racial differences and spoke out strongly
against the Vietnam War. For these reasons, groups across the country want Congress to increase aid for the war.
The date already is an official holiday in 17 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and many large cities, but legislation to permit them to observe the session of Congress when it has been introduced
Last week, however, the Kansas Senate passed a resolution to the U.S. Congress asking for a federal hearing on the issue.
Scott said he didn't think blacks had continued King's legacy.
8. Say, "We're not where we should be," he said.
Although there are more blocks going to see MARCH page 5
more than 50 people participated in a march from McCollum Hall anniversary of the birth of civil rights leader Martin Luther King to the Campanile Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 45th Jr. The march was sponsored by the Black Student Union.