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University Daily Kansan, September 6, 1984
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Prof warns about book bans
By CHRIS BARBER Staff Reporter
The lists of books that have been banned in some parts of the country include many that a college professor or bookstore manager would call classics.
"The threat of censorship is always a real one," said James Carothers, associate professor of English. "There can also be a problem in prior censorship. Teachers can fail to include books in required reading lists."
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY Association has provided local book merchants with a list of books that are, or have been, subjects of controversy. The list is part of a move around the country to publicize instances of book banning. The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday declared Sept. 8-15 as "Banned Books Week in Lawrence."
The association's list includes such favorite targets of censors as J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" and Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which often have been objected to because of strong language.
The list also contains many of the works of such authors as John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut and William Faulkner.
"The Treasury of American Poetry" made the list when it was challenged at Gretna, Va., High School in 1981 because it contained eight objectionable words. The view committee injuried on the pages containing the cutting out the pages containing the words, orinking over the words, according to the list.
IZ CALDWELL, MANAGER of Act One LTD., 1025 Massachusetts St. said, "book banning is still occurring and people need to be aware of it."
But while parents and administrators in other parts of the country have been haggling over objectionable passages in the books their children read, the Lawrence school district has managed to stay free of these troubles, local administrators say.
trators say. "As far as I know, in the recent past there have been no problems locally with book bannings," said Dan James, principal of Central Junior High School.
Bob Taylor, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, agreed that instances of objections to books were rare in Lawrence and attributed that to the general attitude of the community.
"The COMMUNITY TRUSTS that the school district will operate a fundamentally sound program." Taylor said.
a book that has been the subject of controversy may have a note specifying this on a teacher's reading list." Taylor said.
The main reason Taylor cited for the lack of controversy about books in the area was that at least at the secondary level, books aren't "banned."
"But if a student raises an objection, we try to talk about it with the student and his parents and offer some alternatives," he said.
James said that at Central Junior High, teachers put out recommended reading lists for the course, but any book not on that list was available for students to read.
"IT ISN'T AN attempt to control what they read, but more to see that the content of the book is at an appropriate reading level for the student." James said.
However, he said that certain books were considered inappropriate for young readers, such as sexually explicit books.
"We try to channel the kids away from books like that," he said.
James also said that he couldn't remember a conflict with a student being denied a book he wanted to read.
Taylor said that he was against book banning in general and that if people weren't aware of it, they needed to be.
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incomes, wanted larger deductions. She said legislation to extend the expiration date probably would fail.
State may suffer money shortage
Branson also discussed women's issues. She said that next year the Legislature might appoint a commission to investigate pay inequities between men's and women's jobs in state government.
Branson was the guest speaker at a University Forum luncheon at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, St. Paul Ave. About 30 people attended.
Branson, who is running unopposed for a third term in the Kansas House, said voters had been bulled into complacency by a healthy budget this year. However, state finances might suffer next year if a 1983 income-tax bill is allowed to expire, she said.
But she said that the successful passage of such a bill could not be predicted until after the fall elections.
THE BILL, WHICH LIMITS the amount of income-tax deductions a person can declare to $5,000, brought about $50 million to the state this year. Branson said. Unless the Kansas Legislature introduces a new bill, she said, the original one will expire after December.
By SUZANNE BROWN Staff Reporter
Kansas may face a serious money shortage after this year when higher deductions on income taxes probably will be allowed, State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said yesterday.
However, Branson said many Johnson County legislators would fight any effort to delay the bill's expiration because their constituents, many of whom earn high
REPRESENTATION FOR WOMEN in the Kansas Legislature has improved in the last several years, Branson said. This year, 23 women — or 14 percent — served in both state houses, a percentage slightly higher than the national average of 13 percent.
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Branson said the investigation of pay inequity in Kansas might receive impetus from the recent decision of a federal court in Washington state ordering the state to pay $850 million in back pay to women state and county workers. Leaders in Washington government have appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In 1983, Gov. John Carlin commissioned a study to research pay inequality in Kansas. The study was to have been completed at the end of this year, but Branson said it take longer because of the detail involved in describing and classifying state jobs.
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"I strongly feel the need for this in Kansas," she said.
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