Monday, Sept. 16, 1985
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Parents ask for caution labels on 'sexual' songs
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Years ago, it was Elvis' pelvis and the Beatles' hair that had parents concerned. Today, the big fear is rock lyrics that deal explicitly with sex, drugs, alcohol, violence and the occult.
Two organizations, one of them comprised of well-connected Washington wives, have set out to relieve the concern by demanding that police carry warning labels, if they include songs judged to be objectionable.
"There's no other consumer product where you have to buy it before you find it's objectionable to you," Ann Kahn, president of the National
Parent Teachers Association, one of the groups pushing for the labels, said recently.
That effort, however, does not strike a chord with some in the music industry who think the groups are engaged in nothing more than censorship.
"First of all, I don't disagree with the protection of children. This patently will not protect children. The net result is censorship," says rock musician Frank Zappa. "If you think rock 'n' roll is ugly ... nobody is making you买 it."
is pending or currently contemplated.
The debate moves to Congress Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee holds a hearing on so-called "porn rock." No legislation
Tippar Gore, wife of Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn., a member of the Commerce Committee, said she became aware of the nature of some rock lyrics after buying Prince's smash-hit "Purple Rain" album for her daughter, then 11.
"She liked it. I liked it and I didn't know anything about Prince. We listened to it in the living room," she said. "Then we got to "Darling Nikki..."
The song includes the lyrics: "I knew a girl named Nikki, I guess you could say she was a sex fiend. I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine."
"I began to wonder what was going on," said Gore, 37, the mother of four.
She later shared her feelings with her friend Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker. She has similar experience with her daughter.
Last spring, the two women and others started the Parents Music Resource Center, joining the National PTA in its effort to label offensive music.
Among the songs that have drawn the PMRC's ire are Judas Priest's "Eat Me Alive," about oral sex, Motley Cruise's "Live Wire," about sex and violence, and Prince's "Sister," about incest.
Although their demands have differed somewhat, the PMRC and PTA recently joined forces on three points. First, they want an 'R' label on records and tapes with lyrics that include explicit sexual language, violence, profanity or that deal with the occult or glorify drugs or alcohol.
They want a record industry panel to set the standards for determining what records need to be labeled and they want the individual record companies to make the decisions based on that standard.
Finally, they want the lyrics of all labeled records available to the consumer before they buy a record or a tape.
Thus far, 24 companies, representing more than 80 percent of record and tape sales nationally, have agreed to use a warning label that reads "Parental Guidance: Explicit LYrics."
The decision to use the label, however, is left up to the standards of the individual company. A spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America, which developed the label, says the group intends to go no further.
"We've done what we're going to do. The industry has made a responsible move. Parental Guidance is what they asked for," said Trish Heimers, the RIAA's director of public relations.
Swedish leader gets second term
United Press International
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Voters yesterday narrowly re-elected Prime Minister Olof Palme's Social Democratic government to a second three-year term over a Conservative coalition that campaigned for lower taxes and less spending.
Conservative Party leader Ulf Adelsohn quickly conceded defeat, telling television viewers last night. "We regret we cannot bring about a
change of government and get rid of Palme."
Palme's socialist bloc won 50.3 percent of the vote, down 1.2 percent from the 1982 election, against 48.2 percent for the non-socialists, according to official returns from all 362 municipalities.
The Social Democrats and the Communists won a 178-171 majority in the 349-member Riksdag, or Swedish parliament, over the Conservative Party, the Liberals and the
Center Party. In the outgoing legislature, the margin was 186-163.
The narrowed gap between the blocs increased the influence of the pivotal Communist Party, although its strength was reduced by one seat to 19.
Communist Party leader Lars Werner, who has vowed not to topple a Social Democratic government, said his party would push for "a more radical policy" by Palme.
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Complex Center in Topeka and at the Regents Center in Overland Park.
Regents Center in Overland Park.
One student, Sandra Lizarraga,
assistant to the city manager in
Santa Barbara, Calif., decided to
enroll in the program this fall after
working in city management for
eight years. She received her under-
graduate degree at the University of
California in Santa Barbara and
decided to come to KU after hearing
about the success of the program.
"I was aware of the high degree of recognition and prestige the program had," Lizrarraga said. "I needed a master's degree and I wanted to get away from the nuts and bolts of everyday work."
Lizrarraza said that the classes were challenging and that she was impressed with the integrity of the course work. After graduating from the program in May, she plans to go back to her job in Santa Barbara.
Nalbandian said that this semester about 160 mid-career students were enrolled, about 20 full-time students were enrolled in classes at KU and about 20 were working in internships. Full-time students graduate from the program after they complete their internships.
Nalbandian said about 40-50 people applied each year to be full-time students, but only 15-20 were admitted.
Tuition
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"The demand for education is growing faster than the demand for other products," he said.
tion. The law states that the price of a commodity increases as its demand increases.
Keith Nitcher, director of business affairs, said labor costs were a key element in increasing tuition.
"We don't ever have fees that are collected that are dedicated to a certain area," he said.
Nitcher said money collected through tuition went to the state. He said this money was combined with money given by the state for education and then the money was distributed to the seven Board of Regents schools.
Nitcher said tuition increases could also be attributed to the Kansas Legislature. He said the Legislature required students to pay for a certain percentage of their education.
"Students ought to pay about 25 percent of their instructional cost," he said. "The Regents have tried to levy the fees to comply with that 25 percent goal."
Nitcher said bringing the University into the computer age also has caused tuition to increase. He said adding computer equipment was a big expense and tuition increases helped to cover it.
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Hello, dolly
Lilly, Mason, 6. Lawrence, finds a doll her size at the Kaw Valley Songwriters Contest at Potter Lake. The doll was used to display contest T-shirts yesterday.
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Bitterly divided trustees of the University of Vermont opted last week for limited divestment of the school's $7.3 million in South Africa-related investments, Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin argued in vain for full divestiture at the emotionally-charged hearing.
State University in Tempe to divest themselves of their $3.3 million in South Africa-related holdings as soon as possible.
The University of Massachusetts divested all of its $370,000 in South Africa-related stocks after years of student and faculty pressure.
As a result of tightened investment policies adopted this summer, Oberlin College announced this past week it had sold U.S. Steel stock valued at $620,000 and IMS International shares worth $142,000 because neither company had signed the "Sullivan Principles," a voluntary code of conduct in which firms agree to work against anparthie.
Among the schools that say they are reviewing their South African investment policies are Harvard, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, and Wesleyan University.
Wesleyan President Colin G. Campbell said his Connecticut school had taken the position since 1978 that U.S.' companies "can help to eliminate the evils of apartheid."
But he said last week, "The ability of companies to meet this expectation is called into question by events of recent weeks."
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