University Daily Kansan, September 4, 1980
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Bathroom
THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is now raising money to build an addition to Summerfield, which would include additional bathrooms on the third floor. Tolleson said.
Until an addition can be built, however, any third-floor construction would be wasteful, he said. A decision finally was made to change the room into a women's facility on a trial basis, he said.
After the change was made, one male professor became upset and circulated a counter-petition. As quoted in Tolleson's memo, the petition said: "We recognize there exists a serious problem with respect to restroom facilities on the third floor of Summerfield Hall. However, we object to the arbitrary and ridiculous solution being imposed. It represents a non-solution, depriving about 80 percent of the benefit of 10 percent of the faculty. We suggest the administrative team to generate a more creative and realistic solution."
THE SIGN ON THE third-floor bathroom still reads "Women." however.
According to several workers on the third floor, the administration is toying with the idea of switching the bathroom from "men" to "women" mainly basis, but no final decision has been made.
meanwhile, feelings on the third floor range from amusement to downright indignation.
"This is a humorous issue, but at the same time, there are some men who are really offended," Baderschneider said. "They call it reverse discrimination. Actually, the women just used what they could to turn the situation around. We knew if we disfrenchured the men, we would get a second restroom quickly enough."
One female secretary said the male faculty members had plenty of time to protest the change.
"The funny thing is that when Tolefleon's memo came out, the men didn't say boo," she said. "Once the change was made, though, they got upset."
NOT ALL OF THE MEN are up in arms,
Didn't matter to him where to the bathroom
"When I first came back from vacation, I thought it was a joke," he said. "Then after I saw the fourth memo or so, I realized someone was serious."
To try to inject a little humor into the situation, Arthur L. Thomas, professor of business, added a memo of his own to the growing amount of correspondence on the bathroom controversy.
Circulated last week, Thomas's memo pointed out that the newly altered bathroom read "Women," while the corresponding bathrooms on all the other floors were marked "Ladies." This discrepancy reflected "subtle sexism" on the school's part, the memo said.
One paragraph of Thomas' mea reads: "In ordinary English usage, Ladies is a subset of Women. Thus The American College Dictionary's primary definition of 'lady' is 'a woman of good family or social position, or of good breeding, refinement, etc. (Correlative of gentlemen).' Moreover, the term usually implies chastity (that, the ironic tone of 'ladies of the evening') and temperance (thus, the humor in the policeperson's description of an apprehended miscreant as 'This drunken lady in the gutter here')."
THE MEMO WENT ON to question whether female faculty and staff members could use the bathrooms labeled "Ladies" only if they
"People on both sides of the fence have come up to me and said they were pleased with the memo," he said.
If so, "those of our female colleagues who have eschewed outdated, hobbling stereotypes and who are not chaste, temperate, well bred or refined must either crowd into a single restroom
qualified as such according to the dictionary definition.
or else must repeatedly be made to feel that they are intruding where they do not belong," the men said.
The goal of the memo was to add "a bit of perspective" to the situation, Thomas said.
Until a final decision is made on the gender of the bathroom, the subject makes interesting conversation for staff members on the third floor, several of them said.
"This is our effort to enlighten the other half," Badscherneider said. "We had fun with it, but at the same time, we proved a point."
Professor
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"But one should realize that it's not that easy to divide political and economic influence," he
Sar said the strike also would have international repercussions. During the dispute, the most often discussed consequence was the possibility of Soviet intervention in Poland.
Poland accumulated the debt in the 1970s,萨 said, after it borrowed money to modernize its infrastructure.
Even before the strike, Poland had financial problems, Sar said, including a 17 percent cost of living increase over last year and a $20 billion national debt.
TO COMPLICATE matters, the country's agriculture has been plagued by alternating
NOW, HE SAID, one of the most important effects of the strike is the amount of financial aid Poland has been offered by Eastern and Western countries.
"But fortunately, it didn't happen," he said.
Maybe that problem existed only in journalists'
To help tide the government over, West Germany offered Poland a $670 million loan, and Austria offered a $300 million loan this summer. In addition, Sarl said it was possible that the United States would offer a moratorium on Poland's debts.
Poland's financial troubles were widely known even before the government officially announced them last week, Sar said. The figures could be found in imported publications like I'Express, the London Times and the U.S. News and World Report that were said in reading rooms, he said.
ITS MODERATE POLITICAL climate makes
bound unique among Eastern European
countries.
More than 80 percent of the industry in Poland is privately owned, he said, and the Catholic church is a major influence. About 90 percent of the Polish people are Catholic, he said.
Sar said that to understand Polish socialism, it was necessary to understand the history of the country.
New scholarship benefits Kansans
A new scholarship program has been established this fall at the University of Kansas through a gift to the Kansas University Enrollment Association from Fred B. Anschutz of Denver.
The scholarships are awarded according to academic achievement and financial need. Please visit your yearbook, yesterday, or next week.
"Anschutz Scholarships are restricted to undergraduates who are Kansas residents." Laurie Mackey of the Endowment Association said yesterday.
To apply for the scholarship, students must file a Kansas Family Financial Statement with the American College Testing institute in Iowa City, Iowa.
"Financial need is determined by the Kansas ACT FFS," Rogers said." The scholarship requirement for KU students is 3.3 or above and 3.7 for high school students."
Scholarship winners are selected by a financial aid committee appointed by the chancellor.
Anschutz was born and raised in Russell, the son of a banker and farmland owner. He attended KU from 1922 to 1932. After college, he operated an oil and gas business and moved to Manhattan in 1946. Since 1986, he has devoted most of his time to the management of ranch properties.
"Anschutz scholarships may provide up to 80 percent of the students' costs of attending the university."
"The first Anschutz scholarships were awarded this fall to 83 students. They received a total of $127,300 and are expected to receive the same in the spring," she said.
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