The University Daily
Section B University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Friday, October 9, 1981 Vol. 92, No. 35 USPS 650-640
Coleman absences irritate committees
By MICHAEL ROBINSON Staff Reporter
Members of the Student Senate executive committee last night charged that Bert Coleman, the student body president, spends "on the average about 20 minutes a week in his office."
StudEx said it would ask Coleman to delegate some of its committee posts to other students of the university.
"This is a really, really sensitive subject to bring up," Loren Buxen, Finance and Auditing Committee chairman, said. "Our student body is the most confident about average 20 minutes a week in the office."
Tom Berger, graduate student senator and member of the Senate executive committee, said Coleman missed an important meeting of the Financial Exigency Committee, which is forming a policy to deal with KU financial emergencies.
"The committee met once and the committee was upset that Bert was not there," Berger said. "I know that he has letters coming from a couple of other governance bodies."
Berger said the committee needed student
work to make sure the proposal would present a
final proposal by the end of November.
COLEMAN DENIED that he had been chronically absent during office hours. He said that during the last few weeks, he had been absent, but not unavailable.
"The last couple of weeks I've missed some," he said. "I mean it's classes first. As far as being
Several SenEx members agreed that classes probably helped explain Coleman's absences, but the committee also agreed that he had not been fulfilling his duties.
abreast of the issues, I think I've done a really good job."
"We have a tremendous opportunity on getting "on the right foot with Chancellor Budig," said Mark Holloway, Sports Committee chairman, "and I think Bert's been kind of lax."
THE COMMITTEE decided to send Coleman a letter about his absences and to have several others.
In other action, the committee placed the Finance and Auditing Committee's budget recommendations at the top of the agenda for Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.
"I think those concerns are well warranted," David Adkins, StudEx chairman, said.
The committee also tentatively placed two bills on the agenda that would specify the number of members to be elected.
One call called for the elimination of ballot boxes from all living groups. The other would have boxes placed in on- and off-campus living groups and at off-campus locations that students
ADKINS ALSO SAID there were tensive
elections in form before Senate
election floral deadlines
He said the forum would inform interested students about the duties of senators and Senate
The date of the forum is undecided. Filing deadlines are Oct. 21 for presidential and vice presidential candidates and Oct. 30 for senators.
Street violence kills 10 since Sadat's murder
Bv United Press International
CAIRO, Egypt—Moslem fundamentalsalists firing machine guns fought street battles with security forces in a city south of Cairo yesterday, and a terrorist group threatened to kill Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during torture for funeral for assassinated President Raad Al-Sharab.
One of the four captured assassins told interrogators he knew he would be killed or captured, but was not afraid. He knew he was going to kill him and his sister, Razala, her defense minister, said yesterday.
OFFICIALS SAID at least 10 people were killed and many more wounded in Asult, 325 miles south of Cairo, in the first serious outbreak of violence since Sadat's assassination Tuesday.
Egyptian Vice President Hosni Mubarak said Sadat would be buried in Egypt's most halowned ground next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier when he was killed. He was killed while reviewing a military parade.
But Mubarak also said the funeral procession
would be shortened and its ceremony greatly curtailed because of the security risks posed by the foreign dignitaries who would attend the graduation Begin and three former U.S. presidents.
MOVING SWIFTLY to consolidate power 24 hours after Parliament unanimously nominated him to succeed Sadat, Mubarak asked the United States to stand by Egypt and remain a "full partner in the peace process" that Sadat helped begin.
Mubarak said there would be "no turning back" on the policies Sadat pioneered, including peace with Israel and a greater alliance with the United States.
Immediately after Sadat's assassination, Libyan leader Moammar Khadfy warned that Mubarak would face assassination if he continued the slain Sadat's policies.
But yesterday in an interview with CBS News, Barbara Tubarau would take a "wait and see" approach toward KKR.
"I'm not going to say any bad words against hadady, although it am hearling lots of bad words in the rest of the book."
Weather
There will be showers lingering in the morning hours today and clearer later in the afternoon, according to the Naples weatherkeen. The high will be in the upper 80s.
Tonight will be mostly clear with light, northwesterly winds and a low of 65°.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high in the upper 60s.
Carlin repeats call for minerals tax
Kansas Governor John Carlin finished his visit to Lawrence with a town meeting yesterday at the Ramada Inn.
By STEVE ROBRAHN Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
"These problems must be addressed or things are going to change." he said.
The quality of life in Kansas will be lower if state government can't solve tax, crime and transportation problems, Gov. John Carlin said yesterday at a town meeting in
MARK McDONALD/Kansan Staff
THROUGHOUT THE one-hour meeting at the Lawrence Ramada Inn, Carlin stressed the need for the state to impose a severance tax on mineral production.
The tax would reduce the property tax burden to support schools, he said. Kansas is the only mineral-producing state in the region that doesn't leave a guarantee state.
A severance tax is a tax on minerals extracted from a state.
Carlin promoted the severance tax during
the legislative session, but it was not
Passed.
"Keep in mind that you're paying severance taxes to everyone else," Carlin said. "Kansans are educating kids in Wyoming and building roads in Oklahoma."
recent tax cuts for individual mineral producers approved by President Reagan are three times larger than the proposed Kansas severance tax, he said.
LEGISATORS WILL FIND it more dif- ferent from the federal tax law. Carlin predicted.
Tax problems can lower the quality of education, and good schools can help fight crime.
As he began discussing crime issues, Carlin said he didn't 'tavor capital' punishment.
"I know a significant majority of the people in this audience oppose my position," he said. "But I oppose capital punishment for many reasons."
THE STATE can't correct mistakes after someone has been executed, Carl said, and the poor and minorities usually receive more than their share of capital sentences.
However, capital punishment might be a deterrent to crime, Carlin said.
Capital punishment is sometimes used as a method for suicide, such as the 1977 case of Gary Gilmore in Utah, he contended. It also can make negotiations with suspects more difficult when a capital crime has been committed.
"I acknowledge that if you hang someone they will not commit another crime," he said. Instead of capital punishment, Carlin proposed increasing minimum sentences.
HE SAID THAT capital crimes amounted to only 4 percent of all crimes and the discussion must be broadened to include the other 98.6 percent.
The causes of crime must be attacked for crime prevention to be effective, Carlin said, or it won't matter how well prepared the judicial system is.
"Keeping kids doing well and staying in school will help fight crime," he said.
See CARLIN page 5
Class dismissal for parade is optional
By LISA MASSOTH Staff Reporter
During today's homecoming parade, floats will lumber down Jayhawk Boulevard and administrators will smile and wave, but the attendance of some students will be up to their
THE COMMITTEE that plans homecoming activities has asked faculty, when possible, to let them attend the event.
He said the committee was not asking faculty to cancel classes, but simply not to penalize them.
that follows, Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday.
The parade will begin at the Chi Omega fountain at 2:30 p.m. and wind down Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Drive to the parking lot. A pep rally will complete the afternoon.
department, said it was up to each teacher to decide whether to hold class.
"Every individual will make up his or her mind," he said. "Some faculty run a tight ship and don't want to mess up their syllabus. There may they should be pressured to dismiss class."
Gerhard Zuther, chairman of the English
HOWARD MOSSBERG, dean of the School of Pharmacy, said it was an instructor-by-instructor decision, but indicated that he
See HOMECOMING page 5
City ponders future of Opera House
By JOE REBEIN Staff Reporter
ROCK PROMOTERS say they need a flat-floor design for dances, although theater productions prefer slanted floors for better visibility.
The city's plans to buy the Lawrence Opera House and turn it into a civic auditorium might be slowed by the question of whether it can produce productions and rock 'n' rolls are compatible.
"I'm interested in seeing the building able to accommodate both theater productions and rock groups." William Craver, owner of the Off-The-Wall Hall, 737 New Hampshire St., said. "I don't think that using the building just for community theater productions would bring in a 10th of the money needed to operate the building."
Both groups presented their views about the future use of the building yesterday afternoon
"We need the facility, but we can't use a barn-type design," Sibley said. "We are going to have to decide which groups are going to call this place home."
But Carmela Sibley of the Lawrence Civic Choir said smaller production groups had been looking for a building that was suitable for their performances.
DAVE EVANS of Design Build Architects, 704 Massachusetts St. presented a tentative plan for the building. The Lawrence City Commission hired the firm in August to determine the feasibility of transforming the building into a civic auditorium.
The commission has also directed Gerald Cooley, the city's attorney, to lay the groundwork for buying the building from its present owner, Skip Moon.
Craver brought up the possibility of an individual leasing the auditorium from the city so that he could obtain a liquor license, and increased revenues at performances.
BUT CITY MANAGER Buford Watson said a choice between an auditorium for rock concerts and dances or one for theaters, with similar productions might have to be made.
"We may have to make that choice," Watson said. "The rock groups make the money, but are they compatible with the other groups?"
The person could operate the auditorium with the stipulation that it be open for use by the city's performing arts groups, Craver said.
But Evans said that although the KU Student Union Activities Association had only moved five times, it was still a major factor.
Lawrence last year, they had 26 percent of the attendance and 65 percent of the ticket sales.
"If you want something that makes a lot of money, you bring in rock groups and not the metal."
"The big question is how you justify the use of the building in frequency and revenue."
EVANS SAID the building would probably not be suitable for touring Broadway shows. He said if "Camelot" were to play at the show, he would have to charge $14 a ticket to break even.
The building is better designed for regional touring companies that charge $4,000 artist fees instead of the $10,000 to $25,000 a national touring show cost, he said.
Evans told about 30 people at the hearing and had a seating capacity of about 800 people.
The interior of the building, which was built in 1912 and has been used as a theater, movie house, restaurant and bar, would have to be brought in to bring it up to the city's codes. Evans said.
He said many different changes had left little historical or architectural significance
THE TENTATIVE PLAN would significantly increase the lobby size, utilize the basement for storage and makeup, and
See OPERA page 5
Famous editors fade away, but Emporia Gazette goes on
Staff Reporter
EMPORIA—On a May evening 86 years ago, the brush new owner of the Emporia Gazette, 27-year-old William Allen White, rode through this midwestern town with a dollar in his pocket and the sense that he had “the world by the tail with a downhill pull.”
Bv MARK ZIEMAN
After leaving the University of Kansas without a degree, White had gone to work for the El Dorado Republican and later the Kansas City Star. Finally, on June 3, 1895, he began writing in the paper that would make him famous around the world.
"In the first place, the new editor hopes to live here until he is the old editor . . ." White wrote "I have always loved this work."
Today, Emporians and the Emporia Gazette are still proud of "the first words of the signature." Signs heralding "Emporia, Home of William Allen White" surround the city. Within
"He hopes always to sign 'from Emporia' after his name when he is abroad and he trusts that he may endear himself to the people that they recognize in words of the signature as he is of the last words."
the offices of the Gazette, memories of the "Voice of Manifest" still linger.
"I think the ghost of William Allen White is always there," Ray Call, managing editor and editorial writer for the Gazette, said last week. "We're especially reminded of it when we make mistakes or changes. People will say, 'Well, White would never have allowed that to happen.'"
"It give us more pride than most papers.
We're trying to build on his tradition."
TRADITION IS inherent at the Gazette. Revolving around White's old office in the center of the main room, mute typewriters, framed newspapers and autographed pictures—Herbert Hood Roberts, Teddy Roosevelt, Paddy Crowell, Grover Cleveland and others—only present a visual history of the paper.
"What we want to do someby is make a little museum so that when we take kids through on a
See EMPORIA page 8