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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas Vol. 89, No. 83
City's ozone misses relaxed standards
Tuesday, January 30, 1979
Lawrence, Kansas
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Staff photo by BILL FRAKES
Snowu Stroll
Jim Dobson. 231 Illinois St.. trudges home from the grocery store through the blowing snow which
made many of the roads in Lawrence impossible yesterday. Dobson, a retired railway worker, has lived in Lawrence for more than 30 years.
Stephan backs death penalty
By TAMMY TIERNEY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA -Reinstatement of the death penalty, an annual con-
tribution to the Kansas Legislature, received support yesterday
from the governor.
Speaking before the Kansas House Judicial Committee, Stephan said he supported capital punishment for first-degree murder and second-degree murder.
Stephan said he thought the majority of Kansans supported reinstatement of the death penalty.
"Although there is not an exact measuring stick, it was my experience throughout the recent campaign that the vast majority of our people desire to see the reimposition of capital punishment," he said.
Also speaking on behalf of the death penalty were Reps. Ward Ferguson, D-McPherson, and Robert Frey, R-Liberal. Both men sponsored bills this legislative session providing for the reinstatement of capital punishment.
Frey told committee members that although capital punishment was a grusome subject, it was one we must consider.
Grant bill won't affect current med students
"According to recent police department figures, murder is up 30 percent in Teopka. In my opinion, those figures reflect a trend which, in varying degrees, is present in every city in Kansas," he said.
FREY SAID that people accused of murder should be given all the constitutional protection they are entitled to, but that murder victim should not be punished.
BY CAITLIN GOODWIN and TAMMY TIERNEY
Staff Reporters
A bill that would end the Kansas medical scholarship program will not affect the students who are now enrolled in the school as an sponsor of the bill said yesterday.
The sponsor, Michael Johnston, D-Parents, said the bill was introduced last Thursday by the House Committee of Public Health and Welfare because committee members thought the scholarship money could be spent on other health programs.
The scholarship program, which was approved by the Kansas Legislature last year, provides medical students free tuition in the state and they agree to practice in the state of Kansas.
"However, the committee would not alter the contract of those already in the program," he said. "They would go on to fulfill the requirements of their contracts."
Under the Type II program, the student
does not receive the $001 stipend and may pay
the student's own tuition.
THERE ARE two types of scholarships offered under the program. Type I covers all tuition fees and provides the student with a $500 monthly stipend. Also, the student must practice in a medically underserved area of the state.
Although Johnston said the merits of the program have been tested he said the program is not going to be used.
JOHNSTON SAID his other objections to the program were that it was not based on need, allowed a student to quit before fulfilling all the requirements of the program and produced an overabundance of doctors for Kansas.
A letter sent to Johnston by Richard Von Ende, University executive secretary, listed the cost of the program at $2.625 million for 1979 and $2.969 for 1980.
"My objection to the program is that it is 'terribly expensive,' he said. "It will cost more than $2.25 million this year. On an basis, it may cost upwards of $4 to $7 million."
Johnston said he thought the money would be better spent funding the Wichita branch of the University of Kansas Medical Center and other research facilities.
Jim Hamilton, president of the Medical Student Assembly at the Med Center, said he had feared that the bill would leave students unaccounted in the program financially strained.
Last March the Kansas Board of Regents nearly tripled the medical school tuition from $1,125 to $8,000 for residents and from $1,375 to $3,650 for graduates; raise in tuition became effective in the fall.
However, he said, "Mr. Johnston is taking what I think is a very realistic approach to the program. He feels that the scholarship is a real program, and he wants to re-analyze it."
"IN MY CLASS, which would graduate in 1981, and in the class below me, 80 percent of the students are signed up in the scholarship program." It is difficult to come on with the tuition this late."
Johnston also said that some students might later buy their way out of the
"But even if they don't," he said, "the worst thing in life would be to have '200 cars on the street."
"The areas that are currently underserved may not be able to support a doctor and that's probably why they aren't out there now."
Johnston said students' increased interest in becoming family practitioners, the kind of physicians usually found in rural areas, "fill up" underserved areas of Kansas.
Committee hearings on the bill will be next week, according to Johnston.
HAMILTON SAID he thought that many of the 424 students in the program chose to take the scholarship because of the Regents' raise in tuition.
He said the bill would not affect the lawsuit brought by 234 medical students against the Regents, claiming the tuition was illlegal.
"The tuition suit will go on regardless of the bill," he said. "The Medical Student Assembly feels the increase in tuition was arbitrary in nature. It would be even more arbitrary without the scholarship program."
He said if the bill passed, he thought the Regents might reduce the tuition, although it would cost more.
Committee accepts one Regent
By PATRICIA MANSON Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A dispute between former Gov. Robert F. Bennett and Gov. John Carlin over who will name two new members to the Kansas Board of Regents may end in a draw.
The Senate Select Committee on Appointments voted yesterday on Bennett's nominees and recommended that Glee Smith Jr., of Larned, be confirmed for a second term on the board, but that Walter Heisterstein, of Fairway, be rejected.
The committee voted 5-4 to reject Hirsteiner's nomination, with Sen. Tom Price opposing it and casting the deciding vote. The committee voted 4-3 to recommend Smith's confirmation, Rehorn and Sen. Joe Warren, D-Maine, did not vote on Smith's
Smith and Hiersteiner, whose terms on
the board expired Dec. 31, were reappointed by Bennett five days before he left office.
Carlin, however, claimed the privilege to name the new members. He said he would appoint Republicans Margaret Glades, of Yates Center, and John MacDonald, of Hutchinson, if Bennett's nominees were rejected.
SOME MEMBERS of the Senate committee said they thought the Senate would accept Smith's nomination and accepting Smith and rejecting Huerstein. The Senate, which must confirm appointments to state agencies by a simple majority, will vote on the nominations.
Sen. Billy McCray, D-Wichita, a member of the committee, said, "Aparently the vote is to be very close, especially on Mr. Smith. The vote in the
Senate may go the same way as the vote in the committee. Mr. Heisterstein may not be confirmed. Probably the Senate will confirm Mr. Smith."
Sen. Fred Kerr, R-Coats, said, "I think we come out the same as the冠爵组者."
THE COMMITTEE members who voted against Hirsteer's confirmation were Rehorn, McCray, Warren, Sen. Larry Rogers, D-Wampeo, and John Simpson, R-Salina. Those who voted for confirmation were Kerr; Sen. Paul Burke, R-Leoward; Sen. John Croft, R-Gcelar; Sen. John Elaine Pomeroy, R-Toneka.
Those who voted to confirm Smith were Burke, Kerr, Pomeroy and Crofoot. Warren said he did not vote on Smith's nomination but said he was a supporter and Smith, a former state senator, served
together in the Legislature, Warren said he had not decided how he would vote when the nominations come before the full Senate.
Bett, who voted to accept Bennett's nominees, said he thought Bennett had the right to be elected.
"THE CANDIDATES were appointed under the law and I have no choice but to follow it," Kerr said.
However, Simpson, who voted against the nominees, said a precedent had been set in 1975 when Bennett, the newly-elected governor, appointed regents to fill seats that had expired during Gov. Robert Docknall's term.
Shankel says academic freedoms considered
Bv BILL RIGGINS
Staff Reporter
The issue of academic freedom was considered when the decision to cancel the opening of an exhibition of Nazi memorabilia was made last spring, Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday.
Shankel was responding to a resolution condemning the decision-making process used to cancel the exhibit. The executive committee of the American Association of University Professors adopted the resolution at a meeting Friday.
About 10 percent of KU's professors are members of AAUP.
The decision to cancel the exhibit was made on April 20, four hours before it was scheduled to open at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The decision was made at a meeting attended by Shankel; Richard Goffman; Daniel E. Wheeler; George Griffin, curator of the Kansas Collection; and Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Ambrose Saricks, chairman of AAPU,
said the resolution expressed disappointment that more people were not consulted before a decision was made.
A statement released at the time said the opening of the exhibit had been canceled due to a bad birthday, Passover and the showing of the television show "Holocaust," which was broadcast on Monday.
Richard Cole, professor of philosophy and a member of the AAPU executive committee, said members of AAUP were concerned that the decision to cancel the exhibit was an unintentional violation of academic freedom.
Shankel said the phrase "cancel the opening" probably was a poor word choice.
"In retrospect it would have been better to have said 'postoned'," he said.
Shankel said that the reason more people were not consulted before making the decision was that there had not been enough time.
He said the Spencer Library staff could reschedule the exhibit any time it wanted to. A member of the staff said no plans had been made to reschedule the exhibit.
KUAC budget to fund settlement
Bv NANCY DRESSLER
Snorts Editor
The $78,320 to pay Bud Moore, former head football coach, will come from the general operating budget of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation, Bob Marcum, director of men's athletics, said yesterday.
Moore, fired in November from his coaching job, accepted the settlement figure this weekend. It will pay him the full salary amount for the 25 years that remained on his contract.
Marcum said he would consult Mike Davis, University general counsel, today to
discuss withdrawing the money from KIUAC's general operating fund.
Marcum does not need the approval of the KUAC board to withdraw the funds, according to Del Brinkman, dean of the School of Journalism and chairman of the KUAC
Marcum and the amount of the with-
drawal would not threaten other budgeted
KUAC expenditures. One reason is a check
on the amount of expenses expects to
receive sometime in February.
The check, from the Big Eight conference, is KU's share of post-season bowl earnings.
Moore, who will be out of town until next week, has asked to have the salary check by tomorrow. Marcum said he intended to meet that deadline.
NO OTHER ACTION had been taken by Moore involving settlements as of yesterday. It is not known whether Moore intends to take legal action to seek fringe benefits that are not specifically stated in the contract.
Moore had threatened to take the University to court after it offered him a settlement that was less than what was required for the contract of $7,320 the second offer made by KU.
Woman black belt finds karate increases confidence
Bv.JULIA GOPLERUD
"I usually don't get scared," she said. "I'm pretty confident I can take care of myself unless I have a gun or a bad idea."
When Sue Thompson walks alone through unit areas of campus she doesn't glance nervously over her shoulder or increase her pace. But then, few who are karate black belts worry about attackers.
Staff Reporter
Karate is a structured form of self-defense that uses karate shoes. Physical contact is light and no weapons are used.
Thompson, a Leawood senior major in physical education, is a black belt in tae-kwon-do, which is the Korean style of karate.
"there are many different styles of karate, like Korean, Japanese and Chinese," she said. "In 'nakwon-kow we put more emphasis on kicking than on our hands. I'd say we 70 percent legs and 39 per cent."
style, Hapike involves grabbing an attacker, but also includes kicking, breaking holds and throwing.
She also practices hapkido, a Japanese karate
Thompson said she started learning tue-kwo-in November 1976. She said she used to work out in Allen Field House, where the class was held, because she wanted to watch a friend who was taking the class.
THOMPSON SAID she learned karate through the Choon Lee Tae-Kun-Do Club. The club, which is not student-sponsored and costs $25 a semester, holds classes twice a week in Robinson Gymnasium.
“It’s not a university class” Thompson said. “We’re not supposed to use the facilities because we’re strangely stupid at it.”
"Jeel Coabel, an assistant to Mr. Lee, saw me running and stretching out. He saw that I was lumbered so he said I might as well get into the line-up," she said.
Thompson said that in the class of 40, she was the only woman for the first year.
"I FELT,self-conscious at first, but that didn't last long-only the first couple of months," she said.
She's been the only woman to stick with the class, she said.
'orts are in and out but they aren't consistent.'
They usually go to a green bell and drop out, she said.
The belts in order of increasing difficulty are white,
yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black.
styles have more," she said. Thompson is a first-degree black belt, which is the
"Our style has nine degrees of black belt. Some styles have more," she said.
Thompson said she did not have any problems setting along with the men in the class.
"There's no problem. They'll fight you like anyone else, but they might be just a little more careful with it."
"MR. LEE WILL, say something to a guy if he is too aggressive, but he'll say that no matter who he talks to."
Kurt Goddin, an assistant to Lee, said he was glad Thompson was in the class.
"I think it's great, not only because it helps other women in there who are hesitant about
Free-sparring is fighting with a partner using light physical contact.
something of this nature, but it's good for guys to free-swap with her because she doesn't hold back," he said. "It shows guys they don't have to hold back with her."
A kadak is a routine of attack and defense that uses kicking and punching. Thompson said that as the belt got bigger, he found it easier to hit.
Thompson said she became a black belt last August, one year and nine months after she started. She said it usually took from 2% to 3 years to get a black belt, depending on how hard a person worked. She said that for a six-month period she worked out five nights a week.
She said brown belts must break two sets of boards.
"YOU TEST EVERY two months," she said.
"Three or four Koreans from around the area who are fifth or sixth degree black grade us. We do keras and free-snarring."
"Bets from blue on up break table," she said. "Blue bets break on one of two half-inch thick pine boards."
One set must be broken with a hand and one set with a
hand that it was harder to break boards with
band than a hand.
Black belts also must breast: two sets of boards, each with a different foot.
"The Koreans grade on control, technique, endurance and form of power," she said. "Even in kadas when you aren't actually touching anything, they can tell how hard you punch or kick."
THOMPSON SAID she thought limberness, balance, coordination and a good sense of body awareness.
Thompson, who competed on the KU women's gymnastic team until this year, said gymnastics had been a challenge for him.
Mike Roberts, a student in the class, said it was a challenge having Thomson in the class.
"She doesn't mind if you get rough with her," he said. "She's able to handle herself."
'She's better than most of the men in there. At our school, if you're a black belt you're good, no matter what.