The University Daily
KANSAN
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, August 28, 1981 Vol. 92, No.6 USPS 650-640
A professional clown from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Crown demonstrated his flair in front of an audience during clown tryouts yesterday at Kemper Arena. See related page 6.
Budgeting changes draw fire
A Student Senate bill designed to streamline the Senate budget process by creating a budget committee has come under heavy fire from several senators, including one of the bill's sponsors.
By MIKE ROBINSON Staff Reporter
Loren Busby, Financing and Auditing Committee chairman and a co- sponsor of the bill, said he had reservations about its content and relevance. "I'm not sure if I'd vote for it or not," he said. "I'm still not sure if I'd vote for it or not," he said.
"I'm still not sure if I'd vote for it or not," he said.
The bill would amend the Student Senate rules and regulations by creating a budget committee. All allocations would be made by that committee.
Each of the present seven standing committees allocates money in its own area.
The bill went to the Student Senate Rights and Responsibilities Committee last spring after an unsuccessful attempt by Bren Abbott, student representative, to submit the bill directly to the full Senate.
Busby said he objected to the bill because it limited the number of non-student senators on the committee.
Because the funding of groups is probably Student Senate's most important function, Busby said, limiting non-students to 10 positions would close a major part of the student government
He said that for many non-senators, their only opportunity for participation was to join a
See COMMITTEE page 5
Today will be mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Today's high will be in the mid 78,
and tonight's low will be around 60.
Tomorrow and Sunday will be partly cloudy with highs both days between 80 and 100 degrees.
KU to study pre-enrollment
BY SHARON APPELBAUM Staff Reporter
Calling KU's present enrollment system archaic, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said yesterday he would examine pre-enrollment as an alternative.
Staff Reporter
"The present system of enrollment is inadequate," Budig said. "It needs to be modernized. The students at KU deserve better."
Budig asked Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, to review enrollment methods and to talk to faculty and staff. Budig said he expected a report by January.
The question of pre-enrollment has been debated for about a decade, with various committees reviewing the process.
out David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said this time might be different.
He said that former Chancellor Archie R. Dykes didn't support pre-enrollment the way Budig did.
"I believe there is more support for this kind of system than there was in the past," Amlerd said.
A few years ago, pre-enrolment was impeded because the University didn't own the proper computer. Amber said a new computer now stored the records and could handle enrollment, too.
The new system would allow students to enroll in the fall for the fall semester and in November for the spring.
Ambler cited several reasons for using preenrollment. First, from a management point of view, he said, scheduling would be easier.
"We do not know until Friday at the end of enrollment the number of students enrolled," he said. Sometimes an unexpected number of students enroll in a class.
"We have between Friday and Monday morning to find the money and the instructor."
He said that instructors who were called on at the last minute had no time to prepare and that instructors would have to wait.
With pre-enrollment, Amber said, students would be able to stay at summer jobs longer because the first day of classes would be moved closer to Labor Day.
"I know students who miss the first week or so of class. They're in a terrible dilemma."
Ambler said the system would help catch students who thought about dropping out of school.
He said advising would be improved because advisers would have more time to talk to students.
"We'll know who isn't coming back and we
will ask the other person, we reason they
didn't on their enrollment," he said.
See PRE-ENROLLMENT page 5
County seesaws in state redistricting
BY STEVE ROBRAHN
Staff Reporter
Douglas County may find itself in any one of three congressional districts after a decision on redistricting is made by the 1982 Kansas Legislature.
Kansas House and Senate committees are expected to decide by January on where to draw the lines to equalize populations in the state's five districts.
But, no matter what happens, 3rd district Congressman Larry Winn, R-Overland Park, will continue his support of the University of Illinois's Jimin's administrative assistant, said yesterday.
"Mr. Winn is a graduate of KU and his support for the University will continue, that's for sure." Bond said. "He would hate to give up Douglas County with the close friends and ties he has there, but it's not his decision—it's the Kansas Legislature's decision."
Bond said the 3rd district had 20,000 more people in it than it should, which meant the city would have to grow.
The problem is compounded because two counties are divided between districts, and people in those counties want to be in one district or another, said State Senate Dan. Dan Thessen, R-Independence, who heads the Senate Legislative and Congressional Apportionment Committee.
Sedgwick and Wyandotte counties have been split by congressional district lines.
No decision has been made about redistricting, Thiessen said, adding that meetings were conducted this summer in different areas of the state to get citizen opinions on the redistricting issue.
Douglas County would end up in the 5th district if a plan proposed by former Congressman Keshia Keith were adopted.
That plan is supported by the entire Kansas congressional delegation, the former congressman said in an interview yesterday from his Norton law office.
"I know Sedgwick and Wyandotte counties were holering to be put back together and this was about the only way I knew to do it," Sebelius said.
His plan hasn't gained a lot of support in other circles yet, Sebelius said, but it is about the only way to equalize populations in the districts and avoid splitting counties between districts.
The Sebellius plan would place Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami and Linn counties in the 3rd district.
Another redistricting plan, proposed in July by an Ottawa banker, would put Douglas County in the 2nd district.
"If we have, a geographically sound redistricting, that's the only place Douglas Hoye, vice president of the First National Bank in Kwaiza, who drafted the alternate redistricting plan."
"It does the best job of rapportment that I've seen yet," he said. "I was objective and didn't think about Democrats or Republicans as I did it."
Hay said his plan had an overall population variance of 75 percent, although the legislative committees have called for a variance of 15 percent. The Sebelius plan has similar population differences from one district to another.
"But. 15 percent absolutely can't be done without splitting counties," Hay said. "I like the geographies of my proposal because it doesn't have any impact like the congressional (Seibelian) plan does."
See REAPPORTIONMENT page 5
Top tennies Joggers say running shoes worth their weight in gold
By MARK ZIEMAN Staff Reporter
Only Dorothy has ruby slippers, but anyone may wear a pink Dash Shoe," according to a recent magazine survey.
Running Times, a magazine for joggers and running enthusiasts, has released its fourth annual shoe survey, which rates the per-owner satisfaction of running shoes available to the American consumer.
In the category of men's jogging shoes, Gold Shoe awards went out to the Adidas Marathon Trainer, Adidas Oregon, Addidas TRX Trainer, New Balance 680, New Balance 730 and the Nike Colorado.
All that's gold may not glitter, however. The magazine also reported that prices for top shoes had risen. Still, to some runners, price may not be a factor.
For women, the Gold Shoes were the Brooks Lady Vantage. New Balance 420, New Balance 525
"It kills you to think that the shoes are going to wear in out a few months or so and you're going to have to plow down another 50 bucks, but that's not what we want," she said. "You need quality. You need the support."
"If you're going to be a serious runner, you don't worry about price," Craig Nausta, a coach for the United States, said.
Nuta, who runs six miles a day, said he wore Brooke Vaught. He was pleased to learn that his coach had been very helpful.
rankings and four out of 57 in the rankings of motion control.
Candyce Wainley, owner of the Running Racquet, W2. 3rd St. said her store had many of the rated shoes in stock, but she didn't have them on sale. Gold Shoe might not give them a leash to stand on.
"That's great," he said. "but I've been showing for a N Balance 660 anaway."
For other area joggers in search of Gold Shoe status, a good place to start may be the local
"We don't say, 'Hey, this is a good shoe, wear it.'" Waitley said. "You have to look how each individual is wearing his shoe and see if there is any problem."
Watley said that she chose the shoes she sells by reading about them and that she and her employees wore the shoes to see how they performed.
For runners aspiring to use their gold shoes for a gold medal, Robert Timmons, KU head track coach, said that Nikes were the shoes most often tracked on the track.
"We don't sell shoes just for the sake of selling them, and we want it. We try to base our sales on our own knowledge."
"We're in Nike shoes right now." Timmona said, "put in the past we used Puma. Addias
Once again, however, it all comes down to the feet.
"We really don't recommend any certain item," Timmons said. "It all depends on the guy's tenor."
JOHN EISELE/Kansan Staff
Debra Fredrickson, a clerk at In Season Sporting Goods, displays many styles of athletic shoes that the store stocks.
Committee report tries to untangle red tape snarls
Staff Reporte
By SHARON APPELBAUM Staff Reporter
A University committee on red tape has submitted a report to the executive vice chancellor ways to avoid the bureaucratic problems faculty and staff must deal with.
"It's becoming less and less attractive to be a faculty member. We do what we can to reduce the frustration," said Ernest Angio, chairman of the University Senate executive committee.
The red tape committee, officially named the Committee on Policy/Procedures, has been talking to University directors and researchers since March 1980.
The solutions are designed to save time and money.
Some of the problems identified by the committee include;
- Departments and researchers are forced to purchase items through Topeka, and the time required is 42 days. Purchasing through the department is not there aren't enough workers to handle the flow.
- A state statute requires universities to state permission before buying computer equipment.
- The report states, "With wider use being made of microcomputers and the availability of lower priced software packages, the number of small workstations resulting—thus the paperwork becomes a burden."
- When ordering materials, departments use catalog prices that are much higher than actual prices.