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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 7 (USPS 650-640)
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Reagan pushes tax reform bill
By Jennifer Benjamin Of the Kansan staff
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — President Reagan said yesterday that his tax reform bill was a big step toward economic power for those who had been denied such power for generations.
Reagan, who spoke at Independence's 13th annual Santa-Cali-Gon Days celebration, said, "If our fair share tax plan didn't bear within it the promise of more justice, more equity for every American, I would never support it."
Reagan stopped over at the celebration, which celebrates pioneer days at the juncture of the Santa Fe Springs way from California to Washington.
Reagan, returning to work after a three-week vacation, chose Labor Day weekend to kick off his fall tax reform campaign and spoke at the Jackson County Courthouse in front of the statue of Harry S. Truman, who came from Independence. Reagan had been recuperating from a July 13 operation for removal of a cancerous colon growth.
Reagan said a report from the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, called his tax plan "pro-family" and fair to low-income working families, large families and average-income [families].
"That sounds like a pretty fair appraisal," Reagan said, "and it comes from the Democrat majority."
He said the current system yielded great amounts of revenues, but even greater amounts of discontent, disorder and obedience.
recently found that 17,000 taxpayers with incomes from $250,000 a year to millions of dollars a year paid taxes of less than $6,272.
He said the Treasury Department
That figure is about what a family of four with two workers and an income of $45,000 pays, Reagan said.
Under Reagan's tax plan, the middle class will be helped by an increase in the personal exemption from $1,040 a year to $2,000, and standard deductions would increase to $4,000.
The first $12,000 for a family of four would not be taxed at all, Reagan said.
"Even as we clean up the current system, we will be lowering rates for the vast majority of Americans," he said.
Also under the plan, the 14 current tax brackets would be reduced to three brackets of 15, 25 and 35 percent.
Those who earn $20,000 a year or less would pay 18 percent in taxes than in the past, Reagan said. Those who earn $20,000 to $50,000, a year would receive a 7 percent tax cut and those who earn more than $50,000 would receive about a 6 percent tax cut.
Reagan said he didn't have any political considerations in the decisions he would have to make about the tax system.
"Like you, I'll be living with everything we do in these next few years," Reagan said. "That's why I want tax reform for all of us."
Reagan encouraged people to write
to their congressmen and senators
and their staff.
"If you do, I promise you. We're going to win this time," he said.
See REAGAN, p. 5, col
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — President Ronald Reagan and wife; Nancy, talk to a spectator before the President's speech in Independence
ASK seeks student pay hike
Rv Garv Duda
Of the Kansan staff
Despite double-digit increases in tuition costs at Kansas universities this year, most students working for the schools still will receive only minimum wage, a director for the Associated Students of Kansas said last week.
John Allen, director of legislative affairs for ASK, said that although more student jobs were created by money appropriated by the Kansas Legislature each year, nothing was ever done to help keep salaries in pace with the rising cost of educations. ASK will lobby for changes when the Legislature convenes in January, he said.
"Tuition levels have been running consistently higher than increases in student salaries," Allen said in a statement prepared for the Kansas Legislature.
Chris Graves, executive director of ASK, said that while universities received more money for
students' jobs each year, money could not go for salary increases.
In the report, Allen said that tuition at the state schools has increased by more than 50 percent since 1982. During that same time period students' salaries have increased by only about 16 percent.
"This is not even a fair depiction of the burden of these increases upon the average student during this period, since increase in student salaries typically do not go to individual salaries but rather enlarge the total salary pool." Allen said in the statement.
He said the problem was compounded by across-the-board cuts in financial aid and limits on how many hours a student can work a week.
"Generally on-campus jobs are locked on to minimum wage and locked on to a maximum number of hours a week." he said
Alen said that ASK had been trying for the past two years to get the Legislature to split the money given for student salaries in two ways.
ASK is not the only party interested in seeing the package pass.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that the University of Kansas would benefit from increases in student salaries.
Because the University cannot pay competitive wages, good employees are often lost, he said.
"We also have to compete for student employees with the private sector." Ambler said.
Ambler said that while KU had received freedom to increase some salaries, most student salaries were locked at minimum wage.
Storm rips Gulf coast
Elena's winds hit Mississippi
United Press International
BILOXI, Miss. — Hurricane Elena, after days of threats, turned its 125-mw mph wrench on Mississippi's coast yesterday, spawning devastating tornadoes, creating tides that leveled island homes, sparking fires and explosions and leaving 225,000 without power.
No one was seriously hurt when Elena made its Labor Day assault on the same coastline battered by killer Hurricanes Camile in 1969 and Frederic in 1979.
"Only the general evacuation saved us a lot of injuries and deaths. When they saw it coming, they said, 'Lets get out of Dodge.' " civil defense officer Michael Hampton said
Gov. Bill Allain asked President Reagan to declare Mississippi's 80-mile resort coast a disaster area.
Elena's 12-foot storm surge cascaded over Dauphin Island near Mobile Bay, where 1,400 people have
vacation homes. Residents said 50 homes and business were swept off the west end of the island.
The season's fourth hurricane claimed two lives and injured 31 people — all in Florida — while stalking the Gulf of Mexico for three days before turning on Mississippi Omaha's coast and Florida's Panhandle.
The only official damage estimate available was from Pensacola, Fla., where officials said Elena destroyed $1.6 million worth of property.
Gov. Bob Graham toured Florida's Gulf Coast and met an angry crowd being kept from their homes at Cedar Key. There were scuffles, but no arrests, and Graham promised residents they could return home last night.
"Most people felt good after hearing that," Graham said. "They were tired, anxious and angry."
In Gautier, Miss., volunteer firefighter Glenda Underwood said two
shopping centers with 10 to 12 stores were totaled by tornadoes that "just blew in and cleaned the place out."
"I have yet to see a structure in Gautier that doesn't have some sort of damage," added volunteer Fire Capt. Robert McLaurin. "I dare say we don't have the first business that can operate. We need food, water and gasoline."
Harrison County Civil Defense Director Wade Guice said seven tornadoes hit Gulfport — two ripping into emergency shelters — and fires burned several homes and businesses. But there was only one minor injury.
"This has been the most aggravating, fickle storm that we have ever been associated with. She taunted us and teased us and forced us to evacuate five days ago, then came back and slapped us and went on her way." Guice said.
Small fraternity promotes dog's life
By Kady McMaster
Of the Kansan staff
That's what the men of Delta Omega Gamma tell people who are interested in becoming a member of their fraternity, at $1247_{2}$ Kentucky St.
Membership is open to almost anyone, and the house is not affiliated with the Interfraternity Airos, Aarons, Leavenworth sophomore.
University men who want a taste of fraternity life — but not the established Greek system — may find themselves in the doghouse.
"We're not looking to get a charter." Aarons said. "It's not official. It's just our own private little joke frat. We're not slamming fraternities, either."
Arons said that the house gave the members and their friends a place to party and to go after football games. "We are just out to have a good time," he said. "It's just a spoof name that a friend suggested to me."
The traternity was the brainchild of Aarons and Bill Colgan, Leavenworth sophomore, who both lived in Oliver Hall last year. Along with two friends, Scott Barnes and Tim Ogg, Overland Park seniors, they decided that they didn't want to live in a residence hall or apartment. Barnes
See DOGHOUSE, p. 5, col. 5
Pete Aearons, left, and Bill Colgan, Leavenworth sophomores, are two of the founders of the Delta Omega Gamma fraternity at 1247½ Kentuoky St.
Students,profss agree study data 'baloney'
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
Some KU students and professors gave low grades yesterday to a ten-year sociology project that said study time had little effect on grade point averages.
Two sociologists, Edward J. Walsh and Howard Schuman, who examined the relationship of study to grade point averages at the University of Michigan, concluded this summer, after 10 years of research, that study time had little influence on grades.
But at KU, two professors and several students aren't buying the study's findings.
"I think it's baloney," said Gerard H. Zutter, professor of English at U.S.A.
He said that 30 years of teaching had convinced him that studying was
Beatrice A. Wright, professor of psychology, said, "It's plain wierd."
She said that that the only time studying wouldn't help a student get better grades would be when the teacher did nothing to do with test material.
student's position in the classroom and class attendance did.
It concluded that students who sat in the first few rows in a classroom and students who attended class were higher GPAs than other students.
Holly Nanninga, Garden City junior, said she didn't believe the report's conclusion about studying. She said that when she first came to KU, she learned that she had to spend time studying.
However, Nanninga said students in the front row probably did get bored.
"The teacher gets to know you, and so you have to listen." she said.
Kevin Predmore, Beatrice, Neb.
graduate student, said the relationship between grades and study time
was better in the class and the professor teaching it.
"Sometimes test questions all come directly from the lectures," he said. In that case, studying isn't as important and attendance is necessary.
Predmore said, "People who sit in front are usually more interested." He said it was also harder to daydream in the front row.
Anita Evans, West Point, Miss,
sophomore, agreed, "People in the
back are more likely to go to sleep."
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