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Monday, September 26, 1988 / University Daliv Kansan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Opinion
Students wait for wage hike while senators wage battle
While some students are flipping burgers for $3.35 an hour, a battle is being waged in Washington over their paychecks.
Senate Democrats and Republicans are wrangling over controlling debate of a bill by Bill. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., that would raise the minimum wage to $3.75 in January, $4.15 in 1990 and $4.55 in 1991.
Democrats have failed so far to limit debate of the bill. Republicans are stalling any action until Democrat takes action. Republicans have tried.
The Republicans not only have avoided the bill's issue with this power play, but also have defeated its purpose by suggesting that any increase be coupled with a "subminimum training wage" for unkilled workers.
That proposal calls for raising the minimum wage to $4 during the next two years. Employers would be allowed to pay 80 percent of the wage during a 90-day training period. That would work out to be a cut in pay.
The Republican's watered-down subminimum proposal would cancel out any immediate increase in the minimum wage. Jobs with a high employee-turnover rate, such as fast food restaurants, could remain at the 80 percent subminimum indefinitely.
Let's hope this political snarl between Senate Democrats and Republicans unlances soon, without the subminimum training waged attached. The minimum wage has remained $3.35 since 1987, while live workers some credit, at least 40 cents worth, by January.
Christine Martin for the editorial board
Stars and stripes ad nauseam
Old Glory is getting a workout this election year
The people of the United States probably have never seen our nation's flag or the colors red, white and blue more in their lives.
And even though the presidential candidates have skirted around and ignored the real issues, one thing the United States can be sure of: George Bush and Michael Dukakis are working very hard to appear patriotic.
Both presidential candidates are hoping one of the nation's most-loved symbols of freedom will register in voters' minds as a symbol of their own patriotism and devotion to the country.
Both Bush and Dukakis have overused the flag in their campaigns, both subliminally and outright.
Apparently, neither Bush nor Dukes is familiar with the Samuel Johnson's 1775 statement, "Patriotism is the last
They have been seen standing in front of a flowing Stars and Stripes. Dakuki's name has been printed across the red and white in one of his campaign posters. Both use exclusively the pink or blue in their campaign buttons, posters and bummer stickers.
Bush took his show of natriotism even further.
As if to trying to make the Pledge of Allegiance an issue wasn't enough. Bush last week visited a flag factory, where he spoke about patriotism and how flag sales had increased during the Reagan administration
Your patriotism overfloweth, George.
On the same day, Dukakis asked, "Mr. Bush, don't you think it's about time you came out from behind the flag, . . .?"
It is about time that both candidates just leave the red, white and blue alone. Stop abusing the flag for political gain.
What does a show of phony patriotism get them anyway? Do the homeless, the people on welfare or anybody else who is running a business know where they are?
The flag should not be brought down to these candidates' levels. If they really wanted to make a point by using the flag they would honor it by standing behind it, and leaving it and its colors where they belong — flying above the United States.
Julie Adam for the editorial board
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Bush qualified for KU presidency
Right from the beginning, I want to make it clear that I mean no offense to our current student body president,张Monees. I'm sure he's a capable person, but at most, he'll be a campus force to be reckoned with.
But, as I'm sure Brook would agree, part of being a good leader is knowing when to step aside and let someone else take command. Such a time when a person has the power himself to be eminently qualified to lead the students of the University of Kansas. That person is George Bush.
George Bush is a proven judge of character. His choice of Dan Quayle as running mate has finally brought open admissions to the vice presidency. The Bush-Reagan record may be weak on women's issues and civil rights, but Bush's selection of Quayle represents the advancement of a truly community. The C-minus student. Give the coaches and staff a vacation: Put George in charge.
George Bush is a proven patriot. He is willing to back the courts and the U.S. Constitution to force him to accept. He also asked Bring him to KU and we'll not only be recting the pledge, but he'll make durnt sure we're in class to say it. No more cowardly skipping of classes for KU students. Skipping is strictly for commies and
George Bush is a proven communicator. The way he out-yelled Dharn Rather would do John Kerry. And Mr. Trump has made it.
Mark Jost Staff Columnist
George Bush is a proven leader. Under his guidance of the nation's drug task force, drug use has grown to be the most severe problem facing the nation today. And during his two terms as vice president, the national debt has climbed to more than a trillion dollars. Put in charge of charge money for a bigger bank. Put in charge of Campaign Kansas, and prepare to rename it Campaign America.
Go ahead. Make his day.
George Bush is a proven intellectual. Taking the credit for the Reagan record while divorcing himself from Reagan's absurd record on the Iraq war, Mr. Bush went beyond that of most mornals. Bush could simultaneously court Gov. Hayden, bully the Legislature and force him to exercise exam without so much as a wrinkled brow.
And finally, Geroge Bush is truly one of us. In the past, KU has suffered from a reputation of elitism, but no more. A man of Bush's background will put him at odds with the others, it's like to grow up a poor child of upper-class
parents. He, like many of us, had to struggle to make his first million. Bringing George to Snob Hill
By now, skeptical readers may be questioning the likelihood of a Bush presidency at KU. Bush and his administration had the Central Intelligence Agency what we have that if it would come to KU. We believe that if it would come to KU.
A tough question,but a fair one.
Here's a question for you. How many of you would want to run against George Bush? The man who was running against George Bush ever burned a flag, visited a psychiatrist or stayed over past 10 p.m.? Prepare to defend your actions
Think back. Where have you been the last 15 years? Can you remember that weekend when you had the house to yourself? Can you explain that to George, a man able to, because George knows what scares you
The time has come. KU needs a leader, and George Bush is that person. He's a forceful vice president, a tough campaigner and a heck of a guy who doesn't want to go to KU until at least at KU will make the Reagan years look sleepy.
Just one question. With the new KU economy,
we will do with 39 million new parking
space!
Mark Jost is a Lawrence graduate student in journalism.
The lean, mean, fightin' Green Bras
Editor's note: Mike Royko is on vacation. The following column first appeared Feb. 19, 1980.
"And I'll stay pregnant," one of them said,
"every day until I'm too old to go."
In recent days, three draft-age, unmarried women have to take off if called to the Army, the same group whose parents are
Frankly, this attitude disappoints me. Despite what some shrill female fanatics may believe, I have long admired the new, modern, liberated women and have supported their goals. Although they rejected my suggestion, I once outlined how I would do that, by building the state legislature like everyone else does.
And I had assumed that as female-persons sought and won equality, they also would be willing to make equal efforts.
So I'm surprised to hear liberated women now saying that if the need ever occurs, they don't believe women should be drafted. Or if drafted, they must not be required to do anything but the safe jobs.
I just can't believe that able-bodied female persons are now saying the *tow* want to serve us.
Mike Royko
Especially those women who so splendidly sweat and drink and talk mean and jog and slam the raquetball around and learn karate. These, as I said, are well known because enlightened, seem to be very tough bonds.
And I saw myself baking cookies and fruitcakes and sending them off to Private Pam and Sergent Jan and Lieutenant Tamanu. Or at standing at the dock, wawging goodbye to their troopship, while singing "Over There, Over There," and "I Were Going to Love You." And she shouted "Give me, female-person."
Syndicated columnist
I had imagined an entire special forces army unit made up of the toughest of women. Something like the Green Berets. It would be called the Green Bras.
sons!"
I was even planning to volunteer to work at a local USO, serving coffee and cookies and little
Instead, I now have a frightening vision of millions and millions of young women, ages it up to 18, embracing the excitement of teenage pregnancies. An entire new baby boom, brought on by the fear of being classified A-1. Total collapse of our world.
Oh, I'm so disappointed. I hadn't imagined that the same female朋友 who lope so aggressively down the street, jaws judging, boothe thumps him, and then could now be saying: "I'm going to stay pregnant."
That was when I picked up a newspaper and a picture of a group of students at Yale who were on the same team.
But more than she disappointed, I'm now worried. Although I don't expect this country to get into a shooting war, you never know. And I had to push it through to victory, or at least a draw.
My final, flickering hope that America's young males could defend this country against an invasion by, say the Cuban army, a few years ago.
John Wayne never said that.
The reason I was counting on the female-persons that is I don't have much confidence in the young
And in the front rank of the demonstrators was a
ing Is Worth Dying For "
young man holding a sign that said
During the anti-war days of the 1960s and '70s, I saw a lot of placards biding slogans like：“Don't Napalm Babies，”“Make Love Not War，”“Hell No, I Don't Go.” and hundreds of others.
But I never saw one that put it as bluntly as:
"Nothing Is Worth Dying For."
In a way, I respect that young man. He's not trying to kid anyone about moral issues, idealism. He's not asking for advice.
He just doesn't want anybody shooting at him, and that's that.
Had this kid lived more than 200 years ago, he
convention, as Patrick Henry and shouted.
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of love? No, you must know what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or ... uh, or if you can not give me, OK, then
And in 1961, he might have stood through a chilly inaugural address, who John Fitzpatrick Kennedy
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, and ask not what you can do for your country. What I want ask is, will somebody please go do it; instead of me, huh?"
I thought that maybe the liberated female-persons would do it instead of him.
But now I'm convinced otherwise.
So, with the new threat of mass pregnancy, I hope this country don't have to start up the draft again. It was bad enough last time, with thousands of men saving me: "I'm going to Canada."
Now we'll have thousands of young women saying: "I'm going to bed."
■ Mike Royko is a syndicated columnist who writes for the Chicago Tribune.
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