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University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, November 12, 1980 Vol. 91, No. 57 USPS 650-640
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KU officials awaiting affirmative action's fate
Rv KATHY BRUSSELL
Staff Reporter
KU officials are not worried about the future of the University's affirmative action program, despite a plan to abolish such programs proposed by a future U.S. Senate committee chairman.
Mike Edwards, director of KU's office of affirmative action, said this week that he was not sure how much significance to attach to a statement made recently by Serr. Nell G. Hatch.
Hatch, who is scheduled to become the next chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said last week that he would push for a constitutional amendment to outlaw affirmative action programs that give special consideration and women in employment and education.
WHEN THE Republicans take over as the majority party in the Senate in January, Hatch also will become chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, the panel that has original jurisdiction over proposed constitutional amendments.
"It's distressing, particularly for all of us who work so hard in the areas of affirmative action and equal opportunity," Edwards said of Hatch's statement.
"I don't know that it's not too early to tell the impact on a number of federal programs, including education and special services. The critical question is to what extent the other members of Congress, and especially the committee, agree with his (Hatch's) views."
The defeat of several liberal Democratic senators was bound to bring about a change in Congress's top leadership positions, Edwards said.
However, until he hears more public statements about how the Reagan administration will deal with various issues, he
won't know the effects on his own program, he said.
Bob Fillmore, associate general counsel for the University, said no reason for concern is stated in a statement.
"I personally have seen or heard nothing to indicate that President-elect Reagan would not be committed to affirmative action at either the federal or state level." he said.
The constitutional amendment proposed by Hatch would have to be ratified by the states, and the influence of the Reagan administration could enough to get the amendment passed, he said.
because Congress cannot repeal state laws that require compliance with affirmative action regulations, passage of a constitutional amendment to abolish affirmative action programs, he said.
According to Edwards, businesses and schools do not have quota systems for hiring minorities unless they are under a judicial order to do so, which KU is not.
instead, most institutions use a system of "goals and timetables," which seeks to employ members of minority classes in proportion to their availability in the labor market.
For example, if members of a minority, such as blacks, make up 10 percent of all trained teachers, they also should constitute 10 percent of all employed teachers.
e employed teachers
If less than 10 percent of the teachers are black, that group would be considered "under-
utilized" or under-represented.
Although KU's affirmative action program has been in effect since 1972, the University has not established a unified system of goals and timetables.
wuilam Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor, said at least some of the goals and timetables system should be finished in the next two weeks.
According to statistics compiled in 1975 for the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 42 percent of workers
sion, the percentages of women and
see AFFIRMATIVE page 5
ROBERT POOLE/Kensan staff
Members of the Dorsey-Liberal #14 American Legion post lower flags at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence last night. Seventy flags were raised at the cemetery yesterday in observance of Veterans' Day.
Weltmer petitions to regain job
By ARNE GREEN
By ARNE GREEN Staff Reporter
John Weltmer, former women's sports information director, said yesterday that he had filed a petition with the University Judiciary to get his job back.
given. Waltmer, 26, who was fired effective July 1, filed the petition against the KU athletic department, Bob Marcum, athletic director, and Don Baker, former sports information director, contending that the reasons for his dismissal were "unlawful, arbitrary and capricious."
Weltner said on May 20 Baker told him he had been fired for questions raised about his loyalty to the University and the athletic department, his rapport with various coaches and staff members and his competence in his daily work.
"It is mainly the reasons for my dismissal I dispute." Weltmer said. "I am asking for reinstatement and to be reimbursed for the loss of pay and benefits since I was dismissed."
WELTMER SAID that he gave the petition to Regina Kossek, chairman of the Judiciary, and that she told him she would put it on the docket. Kossek could not be reached for comment.
Marcum and Baker both said they were unaware of the petition.
"I don't know anything about it," Marcum said.
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Baker said, "I'm not really aware of this action. John was a subordinate of mine prior to my resignation and terminated him."
resignation and Performance
Baker was sports information director for
seven years until he resigned in July to work for
Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
Weltner said that if he did not win at the district level, "we can count on it going to district court."
KU professor receiving data from Voyager J
See COMPLAINT page 5
Staff Reporter
By DALE WETZEL
Thomas P. Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, will be watching with special interest as the Voyager I probe makes its closest approach to Saturn late this afternoon.
The experiment measures the effect that low-energy charged particles from the sun, known as the solar wind, have on Saturn's magnetic forces.
Armstrong helped design an experiment aboard Voyager. Today he is receiving data from the spacecraft at the Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore.
ARMSTRONG SAID yesterday that his readings were inconclusive so far.
"Saturn appears to be relatively quiescent," he said.
However, he said, as Voyager comes closer to Saturn, he expected to begin receiving more
data. Voyager is scheduled to come within 80,000 miles of the planet today.
One object of Armstrong's curiosity, the solar wind, is "certainly figuratively like a wind, if not literally," said Stephen J. Shawl, associate professor of physics and astronomy.
The sun, Shawl said, emits streams of protons and electrons. The intensity of the streams vary with the amount of solar activity. For example, a solar storm that emits jets would produce more solar wind, he said.
The solar wind's interaction with the magnetic field of Saturn is Armstrong's chief interest.
The interplay between the solar wind and magnetic forces on Saturn could help scientists identify trends in long-range climate conditions on the Earth, according to Pat Briggs, Sacramento, Calif., graduate student and an assistant to the experiment. One of the experiment's goals is to examine the possibility of such a correlation.
AS THE SOLAR wind approaches the planet, Armstrong said, the planet's magnetic forces, which radiate outward from the planet, gradually become strong enough to dominate the wind's charged particles. This area, where the charged particles meet the magnetic forces of the planet, is called the magnetosphere, Armstrong said.
Saturn's magnetic field is really just a component of the magnetosphere, Armstrong said. "It's what holds the magnetosphere in place," he said.
Briggs said:"The magnetic field of a planet is an intrinsic force. Think, for example, of the earth as a giant magnet. Like a magnet, a planet has inherent magnetic forces.
"The solar wind's effect on the magnetosphere is like the bow of a ship moving through the water. When the solar wind collides with the magnetosphere, some of its energy is retained, and some of it sort of veers off to the side, like water off a bow."
The solar wind's assault on the magnetosphere
the solar wind's assault on the magnetosphere of Earth could eventually affect long-term climatic conditions on the Earth, Briggs said.
"Right now we don't have enough exhaustive data to arrive at a cause-and-effect relationship between the solar wind, the magnetosphere and the weather," he said.
THERE ARE TWO approaches to this data problem, Briggs said. The Earth itself could be "studied to death," or other planets could be studied.
in mms case, the alternative examples—Saturn and Jupiter—have advantages in being much different from Earth. They are gas giants, while the Earth is solid.
Voyager I already has provided relevant data on Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager II, which will fly by Saturn next August and Uranus and Neptune in the late 1980s, will provide more information. Briggs said. Voyager II carries particle-
measuring equipment identical to that of Voyager I.
Armstrong said the theory that the solar wind could affect the Earth's weather was "certainly on a good track," but he emphasized that solar wind could not help man in predicting next week's weather.
The Earth's weather is affected primarily by the sun, and the Earth's seasonal tilt in relation to the sun. The wind's effect, if any, is secondary and long-term, Armstrong said.
"It might be able to tell us when the next Ice Age might be," he said.
"Uranus and Neptune are both total unknowns, and we'll just get one shot at them. There will be no Voyager I for Uranus and Nentue." Armstrong sali
After the Voyager mission, Armstrong has Voyager II to look forward to, and he's excited about the prospect.
After Voyager I finishes its run at Saturn, its mission will be completed.
Home-cooked meals were Pentimento's specialty
BEN BIGLER/Kansan staff
Nancy Moulding, owner of the Pentimento, stands in front of the coffeehouse and cafe which closed in September. Its contents will be sold by auction on Dec. 6. The Pentimento Cafe provided Lawrence with home-cooked food and home-grown entertainment for two and one-half years.
By VANESSA HERRON
Staff Reporter
On Friday, Nancy Moulding watered the plants at the Pentimento Coffee House and Cafe, 611 Vermont St. She inspected the kitchen and its empty refrigerators and checked the lock on the office door.
It was 2:30 p.m. Previously, the quiet hum of the late-lunch crowd and the smell of brewing coffee filled the air around that time of day.
But Friday, the tables were empty and the musty smell of disuse hung heavy in the still room.
The Pentimento Cafe, which had provided home-cooked food and home-grown entertainment for 2% years has closed—for now.
Moulding, a KU special student who owns the cafe, arranged Friday to have everything in the restaurant sold in a Dec. 6 auction.
SINCE THE PENTIMENTO'S closing in late September, Moulding had considered selling the cafe with furnishings to 20 former customers and employees. The sale fell through, however, for the same reason that contributed to the Pentimento's closing.
"They couldn't find enough money to complete null it off." she said.
money always had been a problem at the cafe. But Moulding and her husband never said they were shrewd businessmen when they created the Pentimento in 1798.
The Mouldings furnished the Pentimento with pillows, wooden chairs and low-slung tables. They decorated it with Japanese kites and art work done locally.
"We just wanted to have a place that we would want to go to ourselves," she said.
The tables encircled a stage where local talent, band members, magicians, singers, dancers and harpists gathered.
See PENTIMENTO page 5
Applications available for Kansan positions
Applications for Spring 1981 Kansan editor and business manager are available at the office of student affairs in 214 Strong Hall, at the Student Senate Building, and at 106 Flint Hall. Completed applications are due at 5 p.m. Nov. 20 in 105 Flint.
Weather
PLEASANT
Skies will be partly cloudy today, with a high in the lower 70s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds will be from the south at 10-15
Tonight it will be mostly cloudy with a low in the mid 40s. The high tomorrow will drop to the upper 60s, and skies will be clear with moderate chance of rain or snow by Friday.