Juggling his career
Performer Dana Smith was on campus yesterday juggling flaming sticks, standing on his head and telling jokes to spectators in front of the Kansas Union
It was Met to be
Story, page 8
The New York Mets clinched the National League Eastern Division title last night with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
The heat goes on
Story, page 9
Today will be a repeat of yesterday, with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. Tonight will bring a chance of thunderstorms.
Details, page 3
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 97, No. 19 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Thursday September 18, 1986
Professor loses case on salary with KU
Bv KAREN SAMELSON
Staff writer
The University of Kansas did not discriminate against an anthropology professor by paying her less than her male colleagues, a federal judge in Topeka ruled Tuesday.
U. S. District Judge Richard Rogers said University officials had used equal and fair standards to determine the salary of Dorothy Willner, the professor.
Rogers also criticized Willner for her behavior during the May trial, in which she served as her own attorney.
In the lawsuit, Willner charged that she was paid less than her male counterparts and that she was retaliated against when she filed complaints with civil rights agencies.
Shari Oetting/KANSAN
Rogers ruled that Willner was not a victim of reprisals for filing complaints. He agreed with KU faculty who testified at the trial that Willner actually had been given preferential treatment because she was "abusive and arrogant" and she repeatedly threatened legal action.
Robert Lineberry, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said yesterday. "We are obviously very pleased with the decision. It shows that the department of anthropology and the University behaved in a thoroughly professional manner."
Willner was unavailable for comment yesterday.
However, she said during the trial that she intended to appeal the decision.
Rose Marino, associate University general counsel, said Willner had filped another lawsuit that appeared to concern the same incidents.
The lawsuit settled Tuesday originally named 12 individual defendants in addition to the University, but the court later deleted the individuals. Marino said.
The new lawsuit names six defendants, including Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Alfred Johnson, former chairman of the anthropology department, Marino said.
In his decision, Rogers said Willner first had complained about her salary in 1972. However, he said, in 1971 and 1972 only one department member received a higher increase.
Pat Haley, Rogers' law clerk, said Willner tied for the lowest salary increase in the department in 1976. From then until 1985, her increases were on the lower end of the scale, he said.
In 1985, she received no salary increase because she had not submitted the proper materials used in the merit pay evaluation system, Haley said. At that time, her salary was $31,604.
See LAWSUIT, p. 5, col. 1
Bars and numbers line the corridors of the maximum security cell block at the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing. According to a report issued by the U.S. Justice Department, the prison population in the Midwest increased 4.5 percent during the first six months of this year.
Inmate gain puts strain on prisons
By RIC ANDERSON
Staff writer
The prison population in Kansas almost has doubled in the last five years, said a state Department of Corrections spokesman recently an increase that mirrors a national trend of prison overcrowding.
A decline isn't in sight, he said. "It looks like we're going to be serious over our maximum capacity or foreseeable future," Cowger said.
Larry Cowger, legal counsel for the department in Topeka, said the prison population had risen 87 percent from 1981 to 1986.
And according to a report issued
A decline isn't in sight, he said
According to the report, the prison population in the Midwest grew 4.5 percent. Kansas prison administrators said that although the numbers didn't sound like much on paper, the increase in inmates was filling Kansas prisons to their limit.
Sunday by the U.S. Justice Department, increasing prison populations aren't just a local trend
Jerry Judy, administrative assistant to the director at the
The report said the U.S. prison population grew by 25,630 inmates in the first six months of this year.
See PRISONS, p. 5, col. 3
Rehnquist confirmed as chief justice, 65-33
From Kansan wires
Senate's approval a victory for Reagan
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed William H. Rehnquist as the country's 16th chief justice yesterday. The confirmation came after three months of debate about Rehnquist's integrity and commitment to equal rights.
By a 65-33 vote, the Senate approved President Reagan's elevation of Rehnquist to chief justice. Rehnquist has been the Supreme Court's most politically conservative member for almost 15 years. He replaces retiring Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.
The Senate then immediately confirmed, by a 98-0 vote, the nomination of Antonin Scalia, a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Burger's departure.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole immediately telephoned Reagan with the news.
"He's very pleased." Dole said of the president.
Only two of the Senate's 53 Republicans, Lowell Weicker of Connecticut and Charles Mathias of Maryland, voted against the Rehnquist nomination.
Sixteen of the Senate's 47 Democrats vote for the nomination.
Sens, Jake Garn, R-Uttah, and Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., did not participate in either vote.
The Senate confirmed Rehnquist as chief justice despite arguments that he should not lead the Supreme Court. He is said to be insensitive to the rights of women and minorities.
The vote to approve Rehnquist was closely followed by the vote to approve his replacement on the bench, conservative jurist Antonin Scalia. The Senate's approval of Rehnquist and Scalia was a victory for Reagan. He has been unsuccessful so far in pressing his conservative agenda in cases decided by the high court.
Rehnquist, 61, was nominated by Reagan in June to replace Burger, who was retiring. At the same time, Reagan also named appeals court judge Scalia to replace Rehnquist. Rehnquist served as an associate justice of the high court for more than 14 years.
Court watchers think the two judges, both more solidly conservative than Burger, may tip the delicate moderate balance on the court. This might lead the court to adopt a more conservative stand on abortion, for example, or loosen the ban on prayer in public schools.
Observers also forecast Rehnquist, with his sense of humor and incisive intellect, could be more persuasive than the formal and somewhat stuffy Burger. And as the leader of the nine-member court Rehnquist could nurture a gradual shift in its direction during his life-time tenure.
Reagan has made only one other
appointment to the high court. In 1981, he selected Sandra Day O'Connor as the first women on the bench.
Before the Rehnquist vote, Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, pleaded with his colleagues to reject the nomination and called the event a "very sad night" in the history of the Senate.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass,
said, "Justice Rehnquist might have made a brilliant 19th century chief justice.
"But brilliance of judicial intellect in the service of racism and injustice is no virtue in our times — and no qualification for the high office of chief justice of the United States."
Rehnquist first came to Washington in 1952 to be a clerk for Justice Robert Jackson. After this, Rehnquist practiced law in Phoenix, Ariz., and became active in the conservative wing of the Arizona Republican Party. He worked as a prosecutor and as a field organizer
for the presidential campaigns of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon.
In 1969, he came to Washington as assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel. In 1971, Nixon selected him for the high court.
Rehquinst's 1971 confirmation hearings in the Senate were not easy, but he survived on a 68-26 vote. When Reagan tapped Rehquinst to become chief justice, the 1971 charges were revived.
The 50-year-old Scalia, a well-liked and highly respected jurist, sailed easily through two days of confirmation hearings. The Senate's approval of his nomination makes him the first American of Italian descent to sit on the country's highest court.
While controversy surrounded Rehnquist's nomination, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said there was no basis for challenging Scalia.
Rehnquist's appointment gets mixed reactions in Lawrence
Staff writer
By JOHN BENNER
Reaction in Lawrence to the Senate approval of William H. Rehnquist as the new chief justice of the United States was predictable, and sometimes adamant.
Local Republican leaders supported the move, but Democrats and minority groups were opposed to the appointment.
Ken Martinez, chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Douglas County, said he was pleased that the nomination went through after the lengthy Senate debate.
"I think the president made a good choice," Martinez said. "It sure took a long time for approval, though."
He said he expected only a slight change in the direction of the court.
"Every new chief justice has his way of handling the job," he said. "We must remember, however, that he is only one man among nine justices."
Francis Heller, KU professor of political science, agreed. "It will take a long time for everything to settle," he said. "The new chief justice may or may not be able to steer the court. The configuration of the court has not really changed.
Dean Lebesty, chairman of the Douglas County Democratic Committee, said he was unhappy about the Senate's action.
"I think it would be an over-simplification to say that this is a blow to civil rights. The chief justice has just one vote."
"I'm not pleased with the appointment," he said, "because of Rehmann's positions over the years on
civil rights and his insensitivity toward social well-being.
"The advice-and consent process in the Senate is often a private thing," he said. "Some of the Democratic senators must have thought that his past record was good enough."
Lebestky said he did not know why 16 Senate Democrats voted to conform Rehnquist.
Mike Horak, Emporia sophomore and president of KU Democrats, said he hated to see the nomination go through.
"Democrats are scared that the retirement of a lot of the older Supreme Court members will allow President Reagan to make some more conservative appointments." Horak said.
"While the change of just one man may make little difference, a couple of conservative appointments could shape America for the next 20 to 25 years."
Jordan Yochim, Lawrence senior and co-president of Hillel, a Jewish student organization, said that perhaps Rehnquist's nomination should not have been made because of the questions about his qualifications.
"I'd say that the Jewish community is probably not too happy." Yochim said. "I'm not sure that Rehqunit will change things for the worse, but once he's been installed, he's hard to replace.
"Maybe we should give him the benefit of the doubt and see how he does."
Local summit efforts continue
Delegates take invitations to Washington
A delegation of 11 KU students and Lawrence residents left for Washington, D.C., last night, after attending a rally on campus that celebrated another step in the effort to bring a peace summit to Lawrence.
Bv NANCY BARRE
The delegation went to Washington for a one-day trip to deliver 12,000 personalized invitations each to the White House and the Soviet Embassy.
Staff writer
The delegation, composed of members from three local peace groups, left after the rally on the lawn between Wescoe Hall and Stauffer Flint Hoo.
The invitations are addressed to President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
"We want to show the leaders that the issue of arms control affects every segment of society." Matheis said.
Eric Matheis, Overland Park senior, and president of the KU Coalition for Peace and Justice, announced to the crowd of about 40 people that Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole had been trying to get the delegation an appointment with President Reagan.
Robert Cobb, KU's executive vice chancellor, spoke on behalf of the administration, which supports the invitation campaign.
"What we have here today is an expression of the conviction of each person to do what he can to help advance the issue of peace," Cobb said.
The invitations, in English and Russian, were typed on postcards imprinted with the Kansas flag and capitol building.
The groups sponsored a drive this semester to get students and Lawrence residents to sign the cards.
The cards asked the leaders to meet in Lawrence and discuss arms control.
Kirstin Myers, Shawnee senior and vice president of the KU group, said Lawrence was suited for a summit. But the main goal is to encourage a meeting, she said, regardless of where it takes place
The KU group initiated the campaign, which later received support from politicians. University administrators, Lawrence residents and two other community peace groups.
David Longhurst, Lawrence city commissioner and member of the Meeting for Peace committee, had proposed the idea for a summit in Lawrence about three years ago. Longhurst was mayor at the time.
"Lawrence is an excellent place for a summit," Longhurst said at the
See SUMMIT, p. 5, col. 1
Diane Dultmeier/KANSAN
David Longhurst, Lawrence city commissioner, spoke at a peace rally yesterday before a local delegation left for Washington. Also pictured, from left are Eric Matheis, Overland Park senior and president of the KU Coalition for Peace and Justice; Allan Hanson, professor of anthropology and faculty adviser for the coalition; and Bob Swan, chairman of the Lawrence Meeting for Peace committee.