Boycott calls worry KU Olympic hopefuls By MATTSEELEY Sports Writer In 30 days the XIII Winter Olympics will be history. In 30 days, barring a military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States' part in the Summer Olympics also may be history. President Carter's announcement Sunday that the United States will buy tickets the Games unless the Russians withdraw from Afghanistan within a month has sent shock waves through amateur athletics. Athletes have attacked Carter and other politicians for using the Olympics as a political tool. Politicians say that the Olympic Games cannot be separated from politics. Bob Timmons, men's track coach and a former member of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Committee, said he thought the United States should use the boxcut only if other methods failed. "Only as a last resort should we demonstrate to the world that no matter how much we love sports, our team can do better." ALTHOUGH ANY decision by Carter would have a great effect on the country's participation in the Games, it is the U.S. Olympic team's best effort to strongly opposed to a boycott, but the committee's president, Robert Kane, has said the committee would "be receptive to any admonition on our government." Timmons' main concern is the athletes. He coached 21 athletes who went to the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials, and in 1986, he coached medal winner Jim Ryun. He said he planned to coach as many this year. "The Olympics mean more to the athletes than any other competitive event from the standpoint of the sport," said Justin Peck, a one shot in four years. It's not like the Super Bowl where every year only the best in America come out. What worries Timmons most, he said, is that the United States might be the only nation to boycott the Games. Saudia Arabia has indicated that it would boycott the games because of its membership in the Olympic Committee, the Saudis have never had a team in the Olympics. Egypt and Fiji have said they would go along with a U.S. decision. Australia and Great Britain are considering a boycott, but France accepted the Russians' invitation to Moscow. "If the United States is the only one to boycott, Timmons said, "it would be a complete shame for the U.S." But Theo Hamilton, assistant women's track coach and a possible participant in: the 1980 Olympics, disagreed. "I don't think we should go over there," he said. "There's too much tumult. Athletes are nonpoliticians. I just hope that everyone gets resolved soon, whether I go or not." HAMILTON, a former KU long jumper who won the NCAI Indoor Championship in 1975, missed the 1967 Monalctic Olympics by a few inches. He said this would be his last try for the Olympic team. Hamilton isn't the only athlete with KU test training for the Lester Mckee and Jeff McKenzie team. The former's teammate for the Olympic Trials. Swimmers Janet Lindstrom and Lanny Shaffer and basketball player Lynette Woodward are headed for the Trials. Darnell Valeniel and her team, probably will receive an invitation to the Trials. "There's nothing we can do to stop the Russians," Lindstrom said. "There are too many people who have been working too long and hard for us to pull out." IF THE UNITED States does go through with the boycott, it will mark the third time in Olympic history a nation or group of nations has withdrawn from the Games. in 1908, Switzerland, and The Netherlands withdrew from the Melbourne Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Twenty years later in Montreal, 28 African nations withdrew in protest of New Zealand's participation. New Zealand had close ties with the aparthood government of South Africa. Tirumms said, "The worst part of all this is the tremendous respect Russian and American athletes have for each other. I know our athletes would be distressed if they were "compete." So, WHAT options does the U.S. have? Timmons said it was not practical to move the Games "There has been some interest in postponing the Olympics for one year," Timmons said. "That's not a bad idea. But, any more than a year's wait, forget it." He did suggest that the Games would be to Timmons, would be to scatter the Games' events. "This would mean boxing in one city, track and field in another, and on so," Timmons said. "The Games might lose some excitement, but that's better than losing them completely." Marian Washington, women's basketball coach, said she knew how an athlete might feel about losing a chance to compete in the Olympics. She tried and failed to make the Olympic track team as a discus thrower. Washington, like Timmons, would favor an alternate site for the Games. "That would be a great way to resolve our concerns," Washington said. "The athletes would get to compete, but it would in no way undermine our government." Editor's note: This is the first of a multipart series dealing with KU and its ties to the Olympic Games. Tomorrow: A look at a pair of old-time Olympians, A.C. "Dutch" Doble and Dean Seemann. Tenant problems focus of Solbach By STEVE YOUNG Reporter Joe rents an apartment in Lawrence with some fellow students. His landlord laughed when Joe told him that the heat was not working. But Joe wasn't laughing because he knew he only had four choices: A) He could live without heat. B) He could fix the heat at his landlord. C) He could sue his landlord. D) He could move. Joe is the type of person that State Rep. Jon Subbach, D-Lawrence, hopes would be able to help him with the training introduced to give tenants a legal, affordable remedy when landlords refuse to make payments. Under Solbach's "self-help" amendment to the Landlord-Tenant Act, a tenant could PartI take steps to have needed repair work done if the landlord fails to comply with the lease or existing provisions in the act. Such work might include fixing broken plumbing or landlord-appliances, Solbach said, but not such things as resinseting or recarpetting. He said the amendment would "put a remedy into the Landlord-Tenant Act where one does not now exist." SOLACH SAID the bill, which is expected to get a House Judiciary Committee approval, that Mr. White did not have a legal, affordable means of forcing negligent landlords to comply with the law. Sollahz said in *Lawrence*, the lack of a remedy for getting necessary repairs done most affected students and the elderly —low-income groups that cannot afford to move or pay rent. Under Solbach's bill, a tenant using the "self-help" provision would have to notify his landlord in writing that the tenant intended to have a rear made. If the landlord chose not to make the repair himself, the tenant could have the work done at his own expense. If the tenant fails to pay, the landlord may submit a request for the work, his next THE CLERK would then notify the landlord that the work had been done, and send the landlord the rent check—minus the cost of the remuner. If the landlord wished to protest paying for the repair, he would not notify the clerk. The landlord may have small claims court to be reimbursed and to prevent the landlord from receiving the full payment. Repairs would be limited to $100 or one half the monthly rent, whichever was greater. The court then would decide whether the tenant had made unnecessary repairs or whether the landlord had been negligent. CONTRARY TO what most landlords believe the amendment means, Sobach said, no new responsibilities would be created for the landlord. "I do not foresee tenants using this before they go to see their landlords on an informal basis. Tenants are only going to use it as a last restor." he said. Solbach he thought tenants would use the "self-help" provision only when everything else failed. "I think it's very important that lan diors' interests be protected, and they are protected in this bill," he said. "It won't do a lot to protect us if we use it'll do it's a good landlord." The Kansas Resident Landward-Terran Act, passed in 1975, required landlords to maintain minimum health, building and safe codes in their rental units. THE THE KANSAS Legislature passes the LANDLORD-Tenant Act in 1975, both the House and Senate versions contain "renoir and deduct" provisions. "It's difficult to high-quality faculty like Ericson," Rutledge said. "Not only that, but when we lose them, we need to attract people to take their place. In any job opportunity there are several factors, but salaries are a very important However, when the bill went to a conference committee to iron out differences in the two bills, the remedy was stricken from the measure. Solbach said his bill was designed to offer tenants a remedy and protect landlords rights at the same time. Landlords have vigorously opposed Solbach's "self-help" bill on the ground that renters would have to be raised, because maintenance costs would increase as they feared tenants would be able to afford the provision to make unnecessary repairs. Proposed faculty sala called uncompetitive, However, Solbach and lobbies in suport of the bill said that many landlords misunderstood the bill and that once it wished, responsible landlords would not oppose it. The Kansas Board of Regents has recommended to Gov. Carin that $3.60 million be appropriated to the 1881 KU campus for a lecture for the University's faculty members. Several KU faculty members now are concerned that an increasing number of professors will be bored away because of the faculty's inability to pay competitive salaries. By GRANT OVERSTAKE But the proposal, which represents an 8 percent average increase, has been called inadequate by some faculty members. Charles Rutledge, chairman of the department, said yesterday that he had been sorry to see EricKroon go and sorry that he wanted meaning of convincing him to stay. Staff Reporter Two years ago, Carl Erickson left the tenured position in KU's department of pharmacology and toxicology, and with his colleagues he moved to Austin and the University of Texas. IN ADDITION to v. 9,000 per year raise that Erickson received for taking over the pharmacology department at Texas, he "The facts are that we're behind and I percent probably won't close the gap entirely," he said. "So I think we will continue to maintain efficacy in keeping highly qualified people." According to Joseph Pichler, dean of the School of Business, the lack of major sr increases put the school in a position wwth professors or professors with aid of lesser quality. "The ace we have up our sleeve is a 68-year history of exceptional quality, but this can be eroded over time if people leave." "I was perfectly satisfied with the somed at KU," Ericknon said yesterday. just the fact that a better offer or along." said, he received $3,000 in raises during the last two years. PICHLER SAID the 8 percent raise m not be enough to keep quality professo the School of Business. Rutledge said that KU needed to o adequate salaries in order to compete the few taxicologists who were available "If they aren't going to be paid what are worth, then they won't even show up the interview." he said. According to information in the budget request, the average KU salary levels for assistant professors were 420 and assistant professors for the 1978-79 year ranked between the 36th and 36th Vol. 90, No. 76 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN free on campus The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas 10 cents off campus Wednesday, January 23. 1980 BASKETBALL HAS A TALL TRADITION IN THE BIG EIGHT Legendary coaches and imposing players have highlighted 60 years of conference play. BY DAVE REYNOLDS tag it's o'c the le- formation (Colorar- lahoma of the) o'f NCAA and two titles be- tween the Bi considie Dr. Jr. chartier man wing an Nation stands What Do You Think of Sports Bulletin? We hope you enjoy this issue of Quarter Bulletin. To help us improve the next issue, please click on this card and drop it in the mail! Thank you. 1. How much time have you spent reading Sports Rules? 2. Do you intend to spend more time reading it? 1. I try 30 min 15 min none 2. I intend to spend more time reading it. 3 On a table of 10 x 10 x 10 being excellent, 1 being good, how would you rate your Sport Build project? Excellent 10 9 6 7 6 4 3 Poor 4. What did you like most about Sports Bulletin? 4. Compared to other sports coverage you current read, would you say that Sports Bulletin is *more entertaining*, as entertainment, than entertainment. 5. If you were the owner of Sports Bulletin, will you want to read it? ___ yes or not Kan 7. What did you like most about Sports Bulletin? State's Bob Kurian, whose chiefs the most successful rulers If you The Jayhaws have had to have the loop ligh堤 in recent years because of a recent fire. The Wildcats have claimed 10 titles to Kansas 'since the season became the Big Eight 20 years ago. A team with the most competitive 'conference top dog. And it all began with student of Naismith's, Dr. Foreste C. Allen, better known as Jake. Allen, a star player at KU in the early 1900s, became the Javhawks' league is football, they aren't far off to football, you're not far off to football, but the current eight were in the Missouri Valley Conference, the Jayhawks have won or shared 37 of the 72 conference championships. They have been among the Final Four of basketball winning the title in 1952 and finishing second in 1940, 1953, and 1957. In fact, Kentucky is the only school in major college basketball games more mage picture than Kansas. Kansas two greats. Will Chamberlain was unforegrounded on the court, Claude Leveleuve (tied) Kelso to the 1952 championship and (or) Jimmy Guebner (tied) Kelso to the 1953 championship. ack in 1908. His team went in conference play that l) launch the career that they had with his players—Dalip Jophr, ky's longtime mentor become the only coach to win. *w was a man with strong is about the game he couched inset osteoplast, he also says at the forefront when it to research and new de- sign in the area of athletics methods were obviously ful, as he turned out a soulmate in college. game's best college coaches. rk Rupp who learned from his father. org, who coached cw western, John Bunn at Stanford, Forest Cox at Colorado, Louis Davis at North Carolina, Smith at North Carolina But what Allen wanted most for Kunika was a national title. He first played in the national team and received an additional bonus when his top six players were chosen to represent the United States. He helmied Helsinki, Finland. They brought home the gold medal. It was a victory over Austria, Lovellte, whose outstanding shot helped him establish many other successes. Hekui is his senior season of 1952. Lovellte led the country in scoring with nearly 80 points and a 28-42 win. An earlier Kansas队 to teach the NCAA final was a whoopsily shot by Kirkland which finished second to Indiana and was led by Howard Engleman. SPORTS BULLETIN 5 sked to make changes dgets similar to those like this year, Biedron nes and have travel es. The football team is at home. easily probably would f we don't get players, uson we don't get in. "." some football and d been scheduled as far 1, but that non-revenue econ games only are Biedron said, all the more selective about es. eutral and basketball or trading already with other schools or to home to replace t very competitive as a je said, "but the costs of A or a San Diego State ate to receive aid through the ACT Family and the KANSAT Act at the office of student government must be federal tax forms. make a student eligible National Direct Student by jobs. Supplemental Loans and Hasta Opportunity Grants. 1957, said that only four people had not left the department since he arrived. "One of our professors had a job offer from a company in August of last year," she recalled. "I got $30,000 per year; he $30,000 a year and at that time he was making $19,200 for nine months. He had a job with another company." "It's going to get tough and tougher and to keep to it the record up if we keep getting screwed by the Legislature. I think it's going to be a year, but I don't know about the next." Power puffs The only thing breaking up yesterday's clear skies were these SCOTT SMITH/KANSAN STAT billows of smoke flowing from the Kansas Power and Light generating plant on the Kansas River in North Lawrence.