The Hill is alive . . .
with the sound of the KU Glee Club They're just 31 guys who sing, hum, chant and croon their way through an hour of credit each semester. And they're out to
show that they've got rhythm, they've got music. Who could ask for anything more? See story, page 3.
Cool
High, mid-50s. Low, mid-30s.
Details on page 3.
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 95. No.25 (USPS 650-640)
Friday, September 28, 1984
Committee calls GLSOK petition discriminatory
By JOHN HANNA
Staff Reporter
Student senators should invalidate a petition calling for a campus election that would determine whether the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas receives student money, a Senate subcommittee decided last night.
The Elections Committee, which would run such an election, unanimously recommended that the Senate take up the issue at its next meeting Oct. 10.
meeting here. Some committee members said during the meeting that the petition and the intent behind it were discriminatory.
They also said monetary allocations to student groups should be handled through
the Senate Finance Committee and not by popular vote.
The vote was 12-0. Chairman Thom Davidson only votes in case of a tie. The vote followed an hour discussion of the petition. About 15 spectators were present.
Steve Imber, Lawrence senior and author of the petition, was not present. He could not be reached for comment last night.
RUTH LICHTWARDT, PRESIDENT of GLSOK, said after the vote that she was happy with the decision but would not say whether she expected the Senate to approve the recommendation.
"I have hope," she said. "That's all I can do."
Davidson said after the meeting that the committee could have rejected or approved
the petition outright instead of allowing the Senate to have final approval.
Davidson told the senators that a final decision could cut into the committee's credibility and raise questions about its fairness in an election.
Davidson later called the recommendation a compromise between an absolute decision and letting the Senate decide.
and letting the senate decide. Committee members still will check signatures on the petition, which was circulated in April, against enrollment lists for the spring semester to determine whether it is valid. Davidson said this would be done because the Senate could reject the recommendation.
memorandum.
UNDER SENATE RULES, a petition to call a referendum, or election, must contain the signatures of 10 percent of the students
enrolled. Imber needed to collect 2,100 names, and more than 2,500 students signed the petition.
Imber circulated the petition after the Senate voted to allocate $505 to GLSOK. He has said that he considers the issue financial, not moral.
His petition states, in part, that the group could be self-supporting.
Imber also was involved in the sale of "Fagubert" T-shirts, which have appeared on campus in recent weeks. The shirts, a takeoff on the popular movie "Ghostbusters," feature a limp-wristed ghost.
Imber on Monday sold a shirt to a University Daily Kansan staff member who neither confirmed or denied his affiliation with the newspaper.
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS said last night that the intent behind the petition made it discriminatory, which put the petition in violation of University policy.
"It's trying to use legitimate means to accomplish illegitimate motives," said Scott Stone, a committee member.
Stone, a committee member,
Stone also said that senators were elected to make decisions for students on matters such as financing.
In other action, the committee decided that voting machines will be used, but only for balloting, in the Senate's fall presidential and vice presidential elections. Four committee members will look into obtaining the machines.
"My message to those who believe that they're not duly represented is that they should get out and vote," he said.
Scott Tate. DeSoto senior, spent part of a wet morning yesterday writing tickets for cars parked illegally behind the Military Science Building. Tate, a Parking Service
employee, said he found more cars parked illegally on rainy days than on dry ones. "I guess they think it's worth it to keep from getting a little wet," he said.
BOCO refuses to change name of show
By JOHN EGAN
Staff Reporter
The Board of Class Officers has refused to change the name of its spring variety show, despite a request to do so from the National Association of Student YMCAs in Minneapolis.
THROUGH 1981, THE annual spring variety show on campus was called "Rock Chalk Revue" and was sponsored by KU-Y. In 1982, KU-Y disbanded, but the show continued under a new sponsor, BOCO, and a new name, "Encore."
In a Sept. 18 letter, Rich Willis, NASY program coordinator, asked BOCO to reconsider calling the show "Rock Chalk Reuse."
HOCO changed the name of the back show to "Rock Chalk Revue" after the secretary of state's office in Topeka awarded the group two service marks for the title on Sept. 17, said Dave Smith, executive director of "Rock Dale Chalk Revue." One service mark protects the show's title, and the other protects any goods sold in connection with the show.
"There is a movement in its beginning stages to revive the KU-YM-YWCA, and your use of the Rock Chalk name could seriously hurt that effort by depriving the group of their best fund-raising program." Willits wrote.
He said KU-Y had held common law rights to the title, but lost them this year. BOCO was the first organization to obtain service marks for the title, he said.
Smith said the show's name would remain Rock Chalk Revue" because BOCO had been able to pay for it.
BOCO RECENTLY CONDUCTED a poll of 31 living groups — fraternities, sororites, residence and scholarship halls — that showed overwhelming support for changing the show's name from "Encore" to "Rock Chalk Revue." Smith said. Of the 31 groups, 30 wanted the variety show's name switched
BOCO also has applied to the Department of Commerce for service marks on "Rock Chalk Revue," Smith said.
"I think we've gone too far already," he said yesterday.
Mondale says he's wary of media image
WASHINGTON — In a revealing interview, Walter Mondale said he was lonely in a crowd, unable to project a good television image and wary of news accounts of his performance, which he characterized as what's this bum done today."
When the Democratic presidential nominee, running far behind President Reagan in polls, and criticized by his own party as a man who lacked a leadership image, said he was aware of the problem but had gotten used to the ridicule.
Willits said "Rock Chalk Revue" had been the major source of KU-Y's financing since the show was founded in 1949.
By United Press International
"It used to hurt bad, but now it doesn't," he said in an interview published in yesterday's Washington Post.
1. KNOW WHAT PEOPLE are saying, I read and listen. I've seen the polls. I don't take it of this tightly. Mondale to Greenfield, the Post editorial page editor
"I realize the problem. But I don't know what to do other than say what I think, and be who I am, and try to communicate as clearly and as directly as I can."
Despite these problems, Mondale said he thought his campaign "is starting to bubble," and that voters would notice he was offering
specific solutions to the pressing problems of the day while Reugan was not.
He predicted he would do well in his two nationally televised debates with Reagan next month because, "I've done a lot of debates. I've got confidence in my ability to deal with issues, and I don't think that's what's hurting me."
what's buring EVEN THOUGH HE has been in many political campaigns and has served as vice president under Jimmy Carter, Mondale expressed frustration at his current situation.
See IMAGE, p. 5, col. 4
Gromyko visits U.N., confers with Mondale
By United Press International
NEW YORK — Walter Mondale had an unprecedented meeting with Moscow's top diplomat yesterday to review superpower relations, and the Soviets suggested that if Mondale were elected president "certain possibilities" for arms control would be opened.
For his part, Monday said he "did what I could to create a hopeful environment" for President Reagan's meeting today with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyky.
Gromyko, in an tough speech before the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, said American foreign policy had been taken over by militants bent on destroying U.S.-Soviet relations. The speech set the stage for a chilly meeting with Reagan.
GROMYKO ACCUSED WASHINGTON of sponsoring state terrorism and seeking military superiority over the Soviet Union through a buildup in nuclear weapons.
"All we hear is that strength, strength and above all strength is the guarantee of international peace." Gromyko said of the Reagan administration "In other words — weapons, weapons and still more weapons."
Mondale, who has repeatedly criticized Reagan for his failure to reach any arms control agreement during his term, had the
90-minute meeting with Gromyko at the Soviet mission to the United Nations
In his comment to reporters after the session, Mondale said that he had hope that something of substance could come from the Reagan-Gromyk talk at the White House today — an expectation the administration has tried to dampen.
has tried to dismiss:
"WHILE IT'S NOT possible to speculate on what the outcome of the talks tomorrow might be. I do believe there is the opportunity tomorrow to make significant progress," Mondale said.
When pressed about his optimism on the Reagan-Gromyko meeting, Mondale said, "I have nothing to go on. . . . It's my judgment."
GROMYKO, IN HIS GENERAL Assembly speech, said, "The tug-of-war between the groups that determine U.S. foreign policy has been won by the militaristically minded.
"They attempt to devalue the existing Soviet American accords by breeching what has been achieved earlier through long and painstaking work on both sides," he said.
"Statements are being made at the highest official levels that the United States is within its right to deliver a first nuclear strike, that is to say to unleash a nuclear war." Gromky
Secretary of State George Shultz, who sat
See GROMYKO, p. 5, col. 4
Enrollment grows by 124 on the two KU campuses
By HOLLIE MARKLAND
Staff Reporter
Enrollment at the University of Kansas has increased by 47 percent, or 124 students, over last fall, according to statistics released yesterday by the department of educational services.
The 20th day enrollment figures showed a head count of 26,744 students on the two KU campuses. The same statistics for fall semester 1983 showed 26,620 students enrolled.
At the Lawrence campus, enrollment is 24,436 students. The figure rose by 217 students from last fall's enrollment of 24,219 students. The fall full-time equivalent increased by 187 from 21,593 to 21,780.
THE FULL-TIME equivalent figure is used by the Kansas Legislature to determine a budget for the University's operating funds.
The full-time equivalent figure is calculated by dividing the total number of credit hours by average full-time credit course loads. For undergraduates, the average course load is 15 hours; for law students, the average is 12 hours and for graduate students, nine hours.
At the College of Health Sciences, enrollment this fall dropped by 93 students from 2.401 students to 2.008 students. The full-time
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF the enrollment figures still must be determined, said Dennis Domer, acting associate vice chancellor for academic affairs.
equivalent figure is not calculated for the College of Health Sciences.
academic artists.
"Naturally we are pleased that the head count and the FTE are up," Domer said, "but their actual meaning still has to be evaluated. No one has had time to carefully analyze them yet."
College Riverside
The 20th day enrollment figures include late enrollees and exclude students who enrolled and then dropped out, said Gary Thompson, director of student records. he said all state schools in Kansas calculated their enrollments on the 20th day of classes so figures would be comparable
Although no official figures have been compiled for class enrollments, the University appears to have an increase of more than 300 freshmen this fall, Gil Dyck, dean of educational services, said in a prepared statement.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig, also in a prepared statement, said the enrollment at the Lawrence campus was higher than he had anticipated.
"THIS IS UNUSUAL and far-reaching. I am convinced that more Kansas students who would have left the state to continue their education are electing to remain and
See FIGURES, p. 5, col. 1
20th DAY ENROLLMENT FIGURES
| Headcount | 1983 | 1984 | Difference |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Lawrence | 24,219 | 24,436 | + 217 |
| Kansas City | 2,401 | 2,308 | - 93 |
| Total | 26,620 | 26,744 | 124 |
| FTE | 1983 | 1984 | Difference |
| Lawrence | 21,593 | 21,780 | + 187 |