KANSAN
The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, September 17, 1981 Vol. 92, No.19 USPS 650-640
Budget bill passed amid walkouts, resignation
By MIKE ROBINSON Staff Reporter
In between accusations of power politics and the resignation of a senator, Student Senate passed a controversial budget bill in its first meeting of the year last night.
The budget bill, which originally was proposed last spring, was approved after an attempt to send it back to the Finance and Auditing Committee failed.
"We put a lot of work into it, and I honestly believe it will work," said a grinning Bren Ablett, student body vice president and co-sponsor of the bill. "And now we have to make sure it works."
THE FINAL VOTE on the bill was 28-3, and several Senate members walked out of the meeting in 100 Smith Hall while the vote was beind taken.
"We felt that at the time it was the only action that we could take," said Becky Pyles, graduate student.
One senator took an ever more drastic action after passage of the bill was announced—he
"I feel that we should be representatives of our constituents, and mine are dead set against this bill," said Rod Bremby, who was an Association member at Residence Halls senator before his resignation.
"I failed to get the Senate to understand my constituents' point of view," Bremby said after leaving the room. "Maybe someone else will be able to do it."
THE BUDGET BILL calls for the creation of a new budget committee that will conduct all spring allocations, about $52,000 in student activity fee funds.
The responsibility for allocating that money was in the hands of five Student Senate standing
But some of the major objections to the bill's passage last night were that the Senate and students as a whole had not had enough time to study the bill.
Last week, four members of the Senate Rights Committee approved the bill and sent it on to the Senate. Some senators then objected because they felt the bill was pushed through.
"We felt that the other committees should have a copy of them," said Larry Metzger, a nonsenator and former chairman of the rights committee, said of the changes. "We felt that their input was relevant before we could make a decision, pro or con."
ABBOTT SAID that the bill had been in the rights committee for six months and that there had been ample time for hearings to have been conducted.
He also said notices were sent to all committee members when last week's meeting was called, although several members of the committee said that they had never received notification.
During the debate, Bremby made a motion that the bill be sent back to the Finance and Auditing Committee, but that motion was defeated 29-8.
At that point, the Senate prepared to vote on the bill and David Camellata, a graduate school teacher.
CANNATELLA and several other senators left the room during the quorum count hoping that Senate would not meet the quorum of 32 and that they would not meet without approving the bill. They failed.
Peter Gray, a graduate student senator and one of the senators who left the room, put his hand on the ceiling.
"I think the real treavoy is it's gonna limit non-student inout." he said.
Pyles said, "Almost the entire committee reviewing process was circumvented."
They said the bill restricted non-Senate input in the funding process because it put a limit of 10% of total budget.
PREVIOUSLY, there was no limit to the number of non-senators who could join a committee.
During the meeting, Abbott defended the bill,
as he had throughout much of the controversy.
"I know it's not perfect, but I do know it's a neck of a lot better than what we have now," he said.
Weather
COOL
The KU Weather Service forecasts a high of 65 today under mostly sunny skies. Tonight's low will be 43 and tomorrow high will be in the mid to upper 80s.
BOB GREENSPAN/Kansan Staff
Members of the Iranian Student Association pass out literature and gather support outside the Kansas Union. The group was under the watchful eye of KU police following a disturbance at the Union Saturday night involving opposing Iranian groups.
Suspects in Iranian incident identified
By CATHY BEHAN and
Staff Reporters
Victims of the recent clash at the Kansas Union between two factions of Iranian students identified several of the eight possible suspects late Tuesday night in interviews with KU police.
Jim Denney, director of police for the Lawrence campus, said yesterday that the victims identified the suspects after looking at the suspects the suspects had allowed police to take Sunday.
Denney said some of the suspects the victims identified had not been among the eight original names given to police by the victims earlier this week.
Members of the KU police department met with Douglas County District Attorney Mike Malone yesterday and presented him with a summary of the case and a list of the suspects'
Denney said Malone promised to look over the case and get back with police this morning.
However, Denney added that it was a fairly complicated case and for one man to review all of it and make a decision concerning arrests was a very large job.
"We are hoping he'll be fairly quick in his decision." Dennev said.
Denney said he expected his department to be turning more information over to Malone and following up any requests coming from the district attorney's office.
No arrests will be made until Malone reviews the case and issues warrants.
Malone could not be reached to comment on the case.
The Saturday night fight occurred after a pro-Khomeini group burst into a meeting of an anti-Khomeini group and began throwing ashtrays, coffee pots, dishes and chairs.
Several members of the anti-Khomeini group were cut and bruised and one man was stabbed.
Since the clash, the Iranian factions on campus have been rather quiet. Denney said that a gathering outside the Union to pass out literature would be peaceful and that there would be no expectations.
"I hope they can continue in that peaceful vein." Denney said.
and KU police surrounded the area where pro- and anti-Khomeini groups had set tables.
The atmosphere at the Union was tense
vesteaday as students, photographers, reporters
Several plainclothes detectives stayed by the Union because Iranian Student Association members had predicted more violence would occur if the clash between the two factions Saturday.
IAS members resumed Saturday's interrupted meeting last night in Wescoe Hall. Since the clash, several groups aligned themselves with the Athemnesi group and met with the ISA last night.
A spokesman for the John Brown Contingent to the group and shouted, "Death to imperialism."
A spokesman for Latin American Solidarity said her group would support the ISA's right to free speech at the University. She said that every group had the right to free speech.
The apokesmen would not allow their names to be used for fear of retaliation from pro-Khomeini.
The meeting, most of which was in Persian, was calm, but members stressed that they would fight against the revolutionary movement in Iran.
KU police officers were also at the meeting to prevent any violence.
Reagan may cut two departments federal workers
By United Press International
WASHINGTON-President Reagan is considering proposals to abolish the departments of Energy and Education and to postpone cost-of-living increases in Social Security and all other federal benefit programs for three months, it was learned last night.
White House officials said the package of cuts, totaling $18.3 billion from the 1982 fiscal budget, also provides for the dismissal of 75,000 federal employees.
KFITH FLANFRY/Kansan Staf
Officials said the deferment of the cost-of-living increase in the 1982 budget would not only apply to millions of older Americans on Social Security but also to millions more who are underpaid or unable to pay on other military programs, those who receive food stamps and black lung beneficiaries.
Eliminating the departments of Energy and Education from the Cabinet would fulfill a Reagan campaign promise. Officials said the function of the two departments would be redirected to other agencies in order to reduce the federal bureaucracy.
Officials said the slashing of 75,000 federal workers from the payroll would save $300 million in 1982 and $3.3 billion over a three-year period. They said that it would reduce the federal payroll by 6.5 percent and the dismissals would apply to all agencies across-the-board.
The drastic cutbacks to meet Reagan's target of a $42.5 billion deficit in 1982 were drafted at a meeting yesterday on Capitol Hill between budget director David Stockman, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and White House chief of staff James Baker.
Many of the functions of the Department of Education would be returned to the Department of Health and Human Services, where they were once located. The department of education is the Education and Welfare.
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The officials also reported the $2 billion Reagan intended to trim from the 1982 defense department budget was included in the $16.3 billion overall cutbacks for next year.
Students gather daily around the television set in the lobby of Corbin Hall to watch soap operas such as "General Hospital."
Soap operas popular among students
Bv LISABOLTON
Pouting voluptuously, the pale-skinned, darkeyed Erica refused to let tall, ruggedly handsome Brandon—who is seeking a divorce from Sara—into her apartment after their date.
Staff Reporter
After several minutes of playful arguing, Erica said, "Oh, all right, since you're not giving up, you may set your foot inside my door—and then right back out!"
By LISA BOLTOR Staff Reporter
A NUDIENCE of about two dozen men and women in the Kansas Union television room snucked into an anticipation as they watched Mr. Erica dared to attach to the other while Erica dalled with the keys.
At last, she swept into her apartment and flicked on the light to reveal several massive bouquets of flowers.
Breaking into a radiant smile, Erica whirled and flung herself into Brandon's arms, crying. "You're the most wonderful man!"
The befuddled Brandon mumbled, "But I didn't send them."
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"They'll probably drag that on for another year or so," said John Schutter, Ottawa sophomore, a regular member of the audience in the Union.
The audience laughed and the credits rolled on Tuesday's episode of "All My Children," an ABC series.
SCHUTTER, a soap opera fan for the past four years, has a website that she uses to Union because he did not have a television set.
"I watch it about every day," he said. "Right now, Brandon's getting a divorce from Sara, and he's not paying.
Once the thought to be the pastime of housewives, who followed the passions and traumas of their fictional friends while ironing, soap operas have captured the college student
The "addiction" starts as early as the freshman year, Kathy Davis, a Corbin Hall desk assistant, said that "General Hospital" was the favorite among Corbin residents.
"I think the majority of the crowd hits 'G. H.' because it's on later in the day, when more people are out of class," she said.
"General Hospital" is broadcast at 2 p.m. on ABC stations.
The addiction has spread to sorority houses, too. In an informal survey of 14 soap opera fans who follow their shows from the Alpha Chi Omega living room, six said they watched "General Hospital," three said they watched "My Children" and five said they watched both.
"Ryan's Hope," "One Life to Live," "The
Years We Have Left" and "Guiding Light"
were also mentioned.
"G.H." and "All My Kids" are the fastest-selling items in line of key chains, ahsys- selling
"There's one guy who comes in every afternoon for his G., H," she said.
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The soaps even add dash to the afternoon hours in local bars. Bottoms Up, 175 Massachusetts St., draws a regular crowd of pinn-players and soaena fans, bartender Cindy Denning said.
As the furor over the federal budget cuts impedes the agency agencies can only hope the budget will miss them.
Day care centers, vocational rehabilitation programs depend heavily on federal money for support.
An immediate effect of the cut was the elimination of day care benefits for non-working employees.
Staff Reporter
Local agencies expecting to hurt from budget cuts
By JOE REBEIN Staff Reporter
"We are all on pins and needles to see what is going to happen," Faith Spencer, area manager for Social Rehabilitation Services said yesterday. "A number of agencies like the Salvation Army will have problems because of our problems."
SOME LOCAL, agencies have had budgets cut 25 percent. Additional reductions of 10 to 15 percent are anticipated before the latest round of budget trimming is over.
spencer said Douglas County had 516 cases of aid to families with dependent children. She said that 230 families would have some change made in their allotment.
Gail Shrederf of the Children's Learning Center, Inc., 331 Main St., said the Douglas County Development Association had made a move to keep these students in the program.
"The DCDA requested the use of day care fund allocations to be used for local scholarships to help out with day care," she said. "The money was obtained, with the approval of the City Commission, from the fourth quarter allotment of the city, as well as the 1982 city allotment."
SPENCER SAID day care facilities could have SRS allotments cut as much as 50 percent, with low-income dependents shifted to other areas for funding.
"We got a figure Tuesday that the day care allotment would be half of what we got in 1800," Shrederd said. "We used to have half of our farm allotment. Now that figure is down to about one-third."
Sherdeff said a student could return to the SRS program for dependent children if they worked.
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