University Daily Kansan, November 2, 1984 Page 5 Storm continued from p. 1 Pearson, 30, had lived in the trailer park for only two months. "I lived in Topeka for the last eight years," Barnes said. "We just moved out here. What a stupid place to move." Barnes and Pearson were in unusually high spirits as they searched through piles of wood and metal, looking for items that still could be salvaged. "I guess it might seem odd that we can be in pretty decent moods after losing almost everything," Pearson said. "But what we lose is what it's important — we're still alive." Barnes said he was in the shower when he first heard the storm, and Pearson had just gotten out of the shower. "I RAN OUT of the bathroom and yelled at Taunia to hit the deck," Barnes said. "It was just like they say it is. It sounded like a train was coming through my living room. "Or maybe more like three or four trains." Pearson said the storm could not have hit at a worse time. "I was ironing something to put on after getting out of the shower," she said. "But we both ended up laying out in the open without a stitch on. About nine miles from the trailer park, just before Highway 75 hits Topeka, an orange and green neon sign flashed "Modern Mobile Homes Sales" last night. "There are only two things I am positive about right now." Barnes said. "Number one, we're damn lucky. And number two, I will never live in a mobile home again." Debate continued from p. 1 special projects and now has a balance of close to $140,000, to give groups grants to start out with so that they would become self-supportive. & "Toto Too" candidates Coffelt and Tim Boller both said that they would solve most of Senate's problems by restructuring it. They said they favored representation by student living groups because it would bring students in touch with their representatives. "It's not people that make Student Senate good or bad, unproductive or inefficient." Coffelt said. "It's just the system." candidate for the Beautiful Day Commission, called upon the Senate to get students involved in the University. DAVID SPEAR, VICE presidential Spear also said that although more than 50 percent of the students were women, only 10 percent of the faculty and administration were women. "The University would be made stronger with more women as administrators and professors," he said. "Protect your interests." The Associated Students of Kansas, a non-partisan, statewide student lobbying organization, sponsored the debate as a part of Task Force 84, a voter education project. continued from p. 1 Politics campaign rally nearby. No injuries were reported. REAGAN APPEARED LATER yesterday at a rally at the Rochester War Memorial, less than one-half mile southwest of the city's Reagan-Bush headquarters. The blast blew a small hole in the window of the downtown campaign headquarters. The bomb went off as police arrived at the scene, blowing a hole 12 inches in diameter in a plate glass window. Cap. Arthur Reynolds of the Rochester police department said a witness reported he saw a man in the area of the headquarters shortly before the bomb went off. Ronald Starkweather, Monroe County Republican chairman, said the Secret Service and police tightened security for the rally because of the blast. In New York yesterday, Mondale and Ferraro made their last joint appearance of the campaign. "I can feel victory in the air," said Monday. "We're going to carry New York. We're going to get elected and have a people's president in the White House." And he went on the offensive against Reagan for the president's charge last week that Monday is is "soft" on anti-semitism. "Voters here want to have a congressman who has access to the president," he said. **Congress** continued from p. 1 Van Slyke and Slattery are in a race for the 2nd District, a 13-county area in northeastern Kansas that includes Douglas County. In 1982, Slattery won 57 percent of the vote for Republican Morris Key for the seat vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Jim Jeffries. VAN SLYKE SUPPORTS the Republican Party's call for a Constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget, calling it the only way to reduce exorbitant government spending levels. Slattery has called the balanced budget issue a "smokescreen" and said such an amendment would do nothing to require Congress to keep within its means. "It's one of the phonetic political issues I've seen in a long time," he said. Instead, Slattery said, Congress should halt government spending at current levels and enact a "pay as you go" plan that would require the government to raise any extra revenue it needed rather than borrow more. Van Slyke has said such a freeze would only lock in the deficit, which was $175.3 billion for fiscal year 1984. But Slatterty said that increasing government revenues each year from the natural growth of the economy would eventually eliminate the deficit. VAN SLYKE'S TELEVISION advertisements have concentrated on criticizing the freshman congressman for his support in 1983 of a budget resolution calling for Jim Van Slyke Jim Slattery spending above the levels requested by Reagan. line charges have increased in recent weeks, with both candidates calling news conferences to defend their positions. "A budget resolution doesn't spend a dime." Slattery said. "The fact of the matter is I've voted for billions of dollars of spending cuts in the budget throughout my term. "For anyone to say I'm for increased government spending is nuts." Slattery also supported the compromise legislation in the 1983 congressional session that protected Social Security benefits but removed the residual risk in the retirement are from 65 to 72. AS PART OF his plan to reduce deficits, Slattery wants to take entitlement reforms further by limiting the growth of future benefits to 2 percent below the value of money according to the Consumer Price Index. Because she does her homework Linda Lubensky Knows that the Douglas County Commission is important to KU. The County helps fund community agencies which provide accessible, affordable services to KU students, such as: Women's Transitional Care Services - About 15 percent of the battered women who receive help and support from WTCS are KU students, staff, or faculty members—or their spouses. WTCS is important to you! I'll work to keep it there. Linda Lubensky COUNTY COMMISSION International Dinner Sun., Nov. 4 Your choice of African, Arabic, Chinese, French Indonesian, Italian, Latin American, Malaysian and Thai foods at the Community Building downtown, 11th and Vermont. Dinner starts at 5 p.m. with a film afterwards. Members-$2, Non-members-$3 Don't miss this international event! MAIN ENROLLMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATES SPRING 1985 (Graduate Students see page 2 of the Timetable) CAUTIONS - Enrollment Center opens Nov. 12, before the advising period ends. Don't miss your enrollment time; make an appointment early to see your adviser. - No Early Add/Drop. Plan ahead! Avoid problems! List a good selection of alternate courses. KEY DATES - Enrollment Card Pickup. Nov. 5-9: See Timetable, page 2 - Advising Period. Nov. 5-16: Two weeks only! Nov. 12-16: Co-Advising—Pre-professional school students see Timetable, page 2 - Enrollment Center. Nov. 12: Appointments start. Dec.5: Appointments end. Dean's Stamp. Nov. 5: First day. Nov. 16: Last day. * A Christian-Muslim DEBATE ! "Christianity and Islam" SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES MUSLIM SIDE BY 1.Gary Miller A Mathematician Cath. Chris., who converted to Islam 2. Steve Johnson A Former Jesuit Priest, who converted to Islam CHRISTIAN SIDE 1.Gene Tuel PLACE: BALL ROOM , The Navigators Area Representative 2.Rick Clock Southern Baptist Campus Minister KANSAS UNION TIME : 7:30 P.M. , MON. , NOV 5TH , 1984