KANSAN
The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, April 21, 1982 Vol.92, No.137 USPS 650-640
KUAC budget projects rise in expenditure
By BARB EHLI Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas Athletics Corporation yesterday approved projected KUAC budget recommendations for 1982-43 that will offer a 7.5 percent increase in the total program. The budget now will be presented to Chancellor Gene A. Budig for final approval.
Wachter said that KUAC hoped to receive a $21, 000 increase in football revenues, a $83, 000 increase in basketball revenues and a $60, 000 increase in television and bowl contracts.
Specific items in the proposed budget allow for an expected increase in the income from the football program, the basketball program and the track and field team. The program has Wachter, business manager for athletics, said.
Del Brinkman, KUAC chairman, NCAA faculty representative and dean of the School of Journalism, said the Big Eight Conference assured him that a $60,000 projection for television and bowl contracts was not an unrealistic assumption.
Money earned at all of the Big Eight schools
television contracts and bowl games is divided
into two categories:
Brinkman said the projection for television revenue increased because of the contract signed with station WTRS in Atlanta, which will televised night games on Saturdays and a few on Sundays.
A PROBLEM with scheduling night games is having adenate lights in the stadium.
Although the University of Oklahoma is the only Big Eight school currently equipped with lights, other schools in the Big Eight, Atlantic Coast and Pacific Islands would have access to lights, Brinkman said.
Wachter said all the money from the Big Eight was not in yet, and with funds from the KU Endowment Association that were expected from the month of March, KUAC hoped to have a 3.5 to 4 percent additional money cushion available in the fall.
But as of March 31, the KUAC board was not talking in terms of revenue.
Wachter said she showed a $42,000 shortfall in income based on earlier projections of the football program income and a $8,000 shortfall in other projections of the basketball program income.
But, she said, the increase from this year over last year of $2,000 in contributions and the increase of $1,200 in revenue from the Big Eight would offset the shortfall.
THE RESULT will be a budget that breaks even, Wachter said.
Another item in the proposed budget allows for
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MARK McDONALDI/Kansan Staff
Above- Anti-ERA speaker Phyllis Schilfy addressed an overflowing audience of both supporters and hecklers at the Kansas Union last night.
Right- Steve Robinson, Wichita senior, symbolizing barefoot and pregnant, and Don Kunonen, Little Rock, Ark., graduate student, among the ERA supporters who heckled Schaffly.
MARK McDONALD/Kansan Staff
Schlaflv labels ERA as destructive legislation
Gets booed, cheered
By JIM LEHNER Staff Reporter
Facing a crowd of vocal hecklers and supporters, Phyllis Schlafly, self-proclaimed anti-ERA speaker, told an overflow crowd of 1,200 in the Kansas Union Ballroom last night that the ERA was dangerous to the American family.
"I believe in a God's home country," she said. I think it is the most destructive of all sins. "We have been so used."
The crowd responded to most of Schaffly's comments with a mixture of boos, cheers and shouted comments. Schaffly's speech was sponsored by Student Union Activities.
only thing the ERA would give women is a gender-free society.
People in the crowd responded by demanding to know exactly what she meant.
Schlafy, dressed in a pink suit, said that the
"The ERA supporters want the women of this country to be drafted along with men," she said. "Women aren't 'capable of doing an equal job as a man is, when it comes to
Schlaffy said that women were physically inferior to men.
"The football player, Rocky Bler, said that while he was in Vietnam, he severely injured his leg," Schaffy said. "He was in desperate need of assistance because he couldn't walk. So a friend of his picked him up and carried him to safety.
"Now I ask you ladies—would you have
rather had a woman try to carry you off, or a
physical capabilities to perform such a fea
The audience immediately responded. Two women, in front shouted, "That a way, Phyllis, older members in the audience come," "Comfort, now, Phyllis, you can't get away that easy."
Throughout the evening, the majority pro-ERA crowd responded to Schlafly's comments by heckling her and displaying occluded members of cardboard signs attached to balloons.
However, anti-ERA supporters also were present. Members of a mostly male group, the National Educator, a California-based newspaper dedicated to supporting Schaffly's
opinions—cheered her on w' whenever they could.
Signs were prevalent all over the ballroom, some supporting the anti-ERA sentiment of Schafft, some denouncing her as incompetent and some telling her to go home to work.
Many people in the front rows of the ballroom wore circus-like attire. One man was dressed like a clown, another man as a pregnant woman and there were hosts of women resembling little girls. Many of Schaffly's supporters wore anti-ERA buttons.
Schlafly replied to her hecklers by saying
"You are not a slave."
EFA supporters are rude and inconsiderate.
'You can see why we've been winning for 10
see SCHLAFLY page 10
Victims of obscene calls dial police for protection
By LISA GUTIERREZ Staff Reporter
The phone rings.
Hello.
Silence.
Then, heavy breathing or may be an explicit sexual suggestion or comment. If maybe, a
Whatnow?
Forty-two people reported obscene phone calls to the KU Police Department during the fall and spring semesters of 1881, Mary Ann Cronk and her police department, said yesterday.
Approximately 10,268 Kansans reported naive phone calls in 1961, a Southwestern banker. In the 1970s,
"These included harassing, threatening, obscene and interference calls," Gene Regan, staff manager for regulatory information, said.
Robinson said, "Numberwise, it's fairly serious," referring to calls reported on
"The report it generally when it becomes a nuisance or it becomes so obscene, so flagrant, that they become apprehensive." The Lawrence Police Department.
But many people don't report one-time obscene calls.
BROTHERS differentiated between the obsolete and the harassing call.
"An obese phone call is the one that has sexual overtones in the conversation," he
said. "A harassing call can be anything from prank calls to just pestering somebody."
Harassing calls include the heavy breathers and people who call others and hang up when the phone is answered, Brothers said.
"But they don't report these until they become a nuisance," he said.
anonymous phone calls are made by a variety of people for a variety of reasons.
"I don't think you can say there is any one reason for making them," Brothers said, "And there's really no character profile of the caller."
maine mates, Douglas County district attorney, said that 50 percent of those charged in Douglas County were juveniles. About 10 to 15 people are charged a year.
But Charles Neuringer, KU professor of psychiatry, often tends to be fairly individual individuals.
NEURINGER SAID the obese phone caller may have different motives than the person making a harassing or threatening message to the obese calls were also mingled with hostility.
"They are callers hiding behind the anonymity of phone calls," Neuringer said. "They feel safe making threats over the phone."
"They harbor a great deal of resentment or anger and can't express it directly to the person."
"I assume it's pretty much the same as the harassing call, in that there is some sexual
See OBSCENE page 5
Weather
It will be mostly sunny today, with temperatures in the upper 50s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Skies will be clear tonight, with temperatures dropping to the low to moderate. Snow will be sunny and warmer, with temperatures reaching the upper 80s.
Prisoners' wives endure guilt, abuse
By KEVIN HELLIKER
By KEVIN HER
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
For better or for worse.
Watching her husband disappear behind the walls of a federal penitentiary, Martha recalled those words and shuddered. Ten to 20 years for bank robbery.
She never thought it would get this bad.
But it got worse. She lost her health and car insurance because she was a prisoner's wife. Because she was a prisoner's wife, she had trouble finding jobs and a home to rent.
"Other parents wouldn't let their kids play over at our house, but I thought I'd brought them another room," the other room said.
Her home became off limits to the friends of her children.
A prisoner's wife soon understands that in society's eyes, she is guilty, too.
During the fourth year of her husband's sentence, Martha moved to Lawrence from a smaller town in Kansas. She wanted to start a new life in a place not far from Leavenworth.
Now, nearly three years later, she is a part of the community. She holds what she considers a good job in Lawrence. Her two children attend Lawrence schools.
but when she needs someone to talk to about her husband, about her commitment to "serve time with him," she turns to two other Lawrence women who have made similar commitments.
Few people here realize her husband is a convict, she said.
ALL THREE SAY they have endured abuse because of their refusal to divorce a husband who is a prisoner. Their children have suffered, too.
Because of this, the three women—all middle-class college students—have to have a job that is identified in print.
But their meetings together reflect a national trend of prisoners' wives combine to fight isolation, financial problems and societal ignorance of the families involved in the penal system, said Sidney L. Hammel, founder of the families group for the families of Kansas prisoners.
Brinkel, who works for Catholic Churches in Kansas City, called prisoners' wives the party to force.
"Prisons aren't designed to keep families together." she said.
But through her four-year-old organization, prisoners' wives in Kansas have learned from each other how to keep their families intact, Brinkal said.
"The wives of prisoners don't know who to turn to for anything," she said. "Since Outside Connection was formed, I have had many wives tell me, 'It's so neat to be here. There's finally somebody who understands why I've chosen to wait for him.'"
Why do these women remain faithful to convicts?
Beth, a Lawrence woman whose husband last year entered the Kansas State Penitentiary on a drug conviction, said she had only one reason for awaiting him.
"Unconditional love," she said.
VISITING ROOM conditions at penitentiaries are hardy conductive to carrying on personal conversations, said Karen Mitchell, a graduate counselor with the Office of the former employee of Outside Connections.
Usually, guards and other visitors are within hearing distance of all conversations in the
'Although I hold my husband responsible for his actions, I can't tell him,"you're no longer a human being," or "I no longer love you."'
—Martha, wife of a prisoner
room, she said. And guards make sure the prangers and visitors don't touch each other.
Martha and Beth agree that visits are a hassle, but they say their weekly visits to their husbands are brief interludes that keep their relationships alive.
Although visiting privileges vary from prison to prison, most institutions afford visitors about 20 hours a month, with weekend hours counted double-time. Martha said.
Those visits can keep a marriage going, she said.
"One statistic that I find amazing is that the average married couple spends about 27 minutes a week talking about things that are substantial," she said.
Still, the visits can be painful.
'I am forced to spend more time than that every week talking with my husband about my life.'
Wait, the first word is 'I am'. The second word is 'forced'. The third word is 'spend'. The fourth word is 'more'. The fifth word is 'time'. The sixth word is 'than'. The seventh word is 'every'. The eighth word is 'week'. The ninth word is 'talking'. The tenth word is 'with'. The eleventh word is 'my'. The十二th word is 'husband'. The十三th word is 'about'. The十四th word is 'life'. The十五th word is 'time'. The十六th word is 'spend'. The十七th word is 'more'. The十八th word is 'time'. The十九th word is 'than'. The二十th word is 'every'. The二十一th word is 'week'. The二十二th word is 'talking'. The二十三th word is 'with'. The二十四th word is 'my'. The二十五th word is 'husband'. The二十六th word is 'about'. The二十七th word is 'life'. The二十八th word is 'time'. The二十九th word is 'than'. The三十th word is 'every'. The三十一th word is 'week'. The三十二th word is 'talking'. The三十三th word is 'with'. The三十四th word is 'my'. The三十五th word is 'husband'. The三十六th word is 'about'. The三十七th word is 'life'. The三十八th word is 'time'. The三十九th word is 'than'. The四十th word is 'every'. The四十一th word is 'week'. The四十二th word is 'talking'. The四十三th word is 'with'. The四十四th word is 'my'. The四十五th word is 'husband'. The四十六th word is 'about'. The四十七th word is 'life'. The四十八th word is 'time'. The四十九th word is 'than'. The五十th word is 'every'. The五十一th word is 'week'. The五十二th word is 'talking'. The五十三th word is 'with'. The五十四th word is 'my'. The五十五th word is 'husband'. The六十th word is 'about'. The六十一th word is 'life'. The六十二th word is 'time'. The六十三th word is 'than'. The六十th word is 'every'. The六十一th word is 'week'. The六十二th word is 'talking'. The六十三th word is 'with'. The六十四th word is 'my'. The六十五th word is 'husband'. The六十六th word is 'about'. The六十七th word is 'life'. The六十八th word is 'time'. The六十九th word is 'than'. The七十th word is 'every'. The七十一th word is 'week'. The七十二th word is 'talking'. The七十三th word is 'with'. The七十四th word is 'my'. The七十五th word is 'husband'. The七十六th word is 'about'. The七十七th word is 'life'. The七十八th word is 'time'. The七十九th word is 'than'. The八十th word is 'every'. The八十一th word is 'week'. The八十二th word is 'talking'. The八十三th word is 'with'. The八十四th word is 'my'. The八十五th word is 'husband'. The八十六th word is 'about'. The八十七th word is 'life'. The八十八th word is 'time'. The八
Beth said, "Your whole week is geared to the visit. Then, it's such a teddy. When you leave, you realize you have to start the routine over for another week.
"But you fight down the feeling of resentment and you fight down the feeling of bitterness and you paste a smile on your face because if you are not going to be able to good chance it will be taken out on your spouse."
Because their spouses are helpless against the prison authority, their frustrations often are out of hand.
"So you stand up and leave with as much dignity as possible. And you never cry until you release."
Many times, the atmosphere of the visiting room is a reflection of what's happening inside the prison, Ann said. If some prisoners recently received divorce papers, for instance, then other prisoners would start to question their wives' fidelity.
He can refuse to see his wife
One of the few choices a prisoner has is the option to receive visitors. For the otherwise helpless husband, this represents a string he can pull in his marriage, Beth said.
THIS EXPERIENCE is humiliating for the woman who drives to the prison, submits to searches by the guards and waits in a crowded visiting room, said Ann, a KU graduate student who waited six years while her husband served time.
"It's a horrible experience," said Ann. "You're left sitting there and sitting there in the waiting room. And pretty soon a guard comes up says your husband won't come out to see you.
Not all women who choose to stick by their imprisoned husbands include in that commitment the decision to abstain from sex with other men.
One problem is that many men, especially prisoners' friends, think the wives of prisoners are sexually available. Beth said. But the reality of that assumption varies from wife to wife.
"That's a touchy topic." Beth said. "It's a real individual commitment."
But Martha said she had remained sexually faithful to her husband.
"I have a hard time dealing with superficial relationships," she said, "or with woking up next
So, for intimacy, Martha depends on her visits to her husband, she said. In between times, she worries about his life behind bars at least as much as he worries about hers on the outside.
TO EASE IT Worry, Outside Connection
to an assistant woman with the life of a prisoner.
"It alleviate a lot of anxiety if the wife knows on it in going there," Mitchell said.
Still, there are times when prisoners do not run normally. A wife lives in fear of those times,
"You're always hearing something on the radio—somebody says and they're not somebody." WIVES men.