THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol.86 No.28
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
October 2,1975
Budget paring completed; defense begins next week
By JIM BATES Staff Writer
The Student Senate Finance and Auditing Committee finished its budget deliberations last night and is preparing to defend its recommendations before the Senate next Wednesday.
"We've probably made a lot of people mad," Jul Anderson, committee chairman.
The committee, which had $27,000 to allocate, parcelled only $14,105 among 30 officers.
Ed Rolfs, student body president, advised the committee in a letter earlier this week to hold back about $8,000 of the $27,000 so he could fund worthy programs later in the year.
Requests by the Kanans, the Cottonwood Review, Douglas County Legal Aid, the University Concert Series and the Liberal University Business School Council were completely cut.
Anderson told the committee to be ready for criticism at next week's Senate meeting. "I hope you will all be as outspoken there as you were here," she said.
Suffering size cuts were the Black Student Union, from $7.750 to $100; Connery Affairs Association, from $3.727 to $128; the Tau Sigma Dance Ensemble, from
$899 to $100; and the Anthropology Under-
graduate Association, from $5,858 to
Two groups, Operation Friendship and Rehabilitation in Psychology, received the entire amount they requested. Operation Friendship was allocated $66 and Rehabilitation in Psychology was allocated $100.
The largest single allocation was to
received $5,000, after requesting $11.031.
Two non-committee members appeared at the meeting hoping to influence the committee's recommendations. Only one was successful.
Jim Supica, Leawood graduate student, spoke for the Student Services Council, an association of eight organizations which decided last spring to cooperate rather than compete in the struggle for scarce Senate funds.
Supica told the committee he was concerned about the committee's allocation to the fund. "We've got to cut the night before from $1,011 to $246. KU-Y, he said, had unedificated selfish budget cuts in the spring to allow other companies to have enough money to survive the summer."
KU-Y was eventually allocated $561.
Dial DRUG message altered after criticism
The Dial DRUG message was changed last night in response to criticism from Lawrence city commissioners and Lawrence High School officials, Bing Hart, chief consultant of the Dial DRUG program, said yesterday.
"I think this (Dial DRUG) is promoting the use of drugs," Binsn said. "I think calling drugs 'fantastic' is encouraging kids to experiment with drugs."
By BRENT ANDERSON
The controversy surfaced when Binnis criticized Dial DRUG at Tuesday night's city commission meeting. He said he hadn't ever listened to the Dial DRUG message, which tells about drugs in Lawrence, until a vice-principal at Lawrence High School told him about the recorded drug information message.
BINNS IS A TEACHER at Lawrence High. So is Carl Mibeck, another city commissioner, who also said at the commission meeting he disapproved of the service describing the drug traffic around Lawrence High.
City Commissioner Donald Binsnai said
the Dial program in La Jolla stopped
program in La Jolla.
Bimns said at the commission meeting he was opposed to the drug line and said yesterday he was trying to find out what the commission could do about Dial DRUG.
The members of the Student Services Council, which were tentatively allocated $30,000 per semester.
Kevin Flynn, communications committee chairman, spoke unsuccessfully for giving the Kansan at least part of its $15,900 request.
Hart said the message didn't describe certain drums in Lawrence as 'fantastic.'
"We have always maintained a policy of free information," Hart said. "The word 'fantastic' was used by someone who called in. We were simply relaying that information to the public, as we have always done."
Hart said he thought the controversy marted because it was reported on the drug court, where he was charged.
It is important, he said, that the Kansan
High, Hart said he had been informed that heroin was being used in the high school.
THE MESSAGE, WHICH can be heard by dialing 41-DRUG, was changed at about 6:30 last night. The new message encourages those who call to express their feelings. The commissioners by calling them and attending next week's commission meeting.
KU Amateur Radio Club
Hickory Clubs
Hickory Music
Trial Stats Dance Ensemble
Trial Stats Dance Ensemble
Commission on the Status of Woman
Commission on the Status of Woman
KU-Y
Operational Friendship
Operation Friendship
Volunteer Claring House
Volunteer Claring House
University Concert Series
University Concert Series
Native American Alliance
Native American Alliance
University Daisy Kansan
University Daisy Kansan
BUI
Rugby Club
Rugby Club
Rugby Club
Rugby Club
SUcer Club
SUcer Club
Dougison College Association
Dougison College Association
Dougison College Legal Aid
Undergraduate Philosophical Club
Undergraduate Philosophical Club
university Sage Associate Association
university Sage Associate Association
See MESSAGE ALTERED page seven
have at least enough money in its reserve fund for one year's operation. He said his committee had been unanimously in favor of granting the Kansan's request.
The committee told Flynn it was unanimously opposed to allocating the Kansan money to pay off a deficit because that would be a bad precedent.
"with all the other groups," said Diane
"a committee member, we take their
deficit from the state."
Both Flynn and Roffs said the Kansan shouldn't be punished for the deficit.
"I can't emphasize enough that it doesn't matter and nothing do with this巫
Rolfs fault."
Rolfs said the Senate had encouraged the Kansai to run a deficit in recent years. He
See BUDGET PARING page three
Senate size debated
Cutting Student Senate membership is a big step in the right direction, several Senators said.
Ed Rolfs, student body president,
proposed Tuesday in a letter to the Senate
Rights and Responsibilities Committee that
Senate membership be cut from 110 to 50.
Such a cut, he said, should result in a more informed and responsive Senate.
Steve McMurray, Senate rights committee co-chairman, said the Senate had structural problems but cutting the size of the Senate wouldn't accomplish much.
"Students need a bigger voice in government, not a smaller one," he said.
THE SENATE IS UNRULY at times, he said, but no chaotic.
According to Rolfs, 10 senators came into his office yesterday to talk with him about the proposal. Most of their comments were negative, he said.
Some changes in the structure of the Senate are needed, he said.
"Ed does have some good points to make, though." McMurry said.
No one, however, was violently opposed to the idea, he said.
"I just hope people can look past the political aspects," he said.
Dave Shapiro, Sports Committee chairman, said he had mixed reactions to the game's decision.
The Senate should check out other possibilities before taking such a drastic action.
The Senate's size should perhape be cut some, he said, but not by as much as him.
"THE MORE WE CUT, the less representative the Senate becomes," he said.
Bruce Woner, StudEx chairman, said Rolf's idea was fundamentally a good one. "I StudEx becomes weaker," he said, "the urge is going to have to become stronger."
Werner said that in the past StudEx often had to act on behalf of a confused or uninformed Senate. If StudEx is weakened, he has gone to going is going to have to take up the slack.
StudEx's power is being redefined by the Rights Committee.
Women said it was a good idea for the Women Committee to widen its study to include women in the administration.
Bennett on campus
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
As a guest of the Young Republics, Gov. Robert F. Bennett met
with students and members of the local media last night in an informal question and answer session.
Bennett supports faculty increase
By ALISON GWINN
Gov. Robert F. Bennett said last night he would support 10 per cent faculty pay increases for fiscal year 1877, but was unsure if the plan would increase in relation to employment,
himself on the 15 per cent increase in the University's overhead budget for fiscal year 2013.
At an informal meeting with about 100 Kansas Young Republicans in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union, Bennett said he had supported the salary increases for the governor. He didn't know if the Kansas Senate and since he was elected governor, he wouldn't commit
"Really, institutions of higher education have the stepchildren of the state," he said, "so that funds have increased less in higher education than in other areas.
"One reason I've supported education is
I'm not nearly as concerned about
today."
Bennett said he would leave the question of the sale of beer in student unions up to the "sound discretion" of Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and the Board of Regents.
Title IX could be death for honor societies
BvG3EGHACK
Star Writer
Honor societies at the University of Kansas will probably have to disband or accept members of the opposite sex, according to Bonnie Ritter Patton, director of the Office of Affirmative Action.
Patton said yesterday that Title IU of the Education Amendments of 1972, which barred KU from giving "significant assistance" to organizations that support the sex of sex, clearly applied to four KU honor society.
"The Title IX guidelines have defined 'significant assistance' rather narrowly," she said. "I don't even think the guidelines would allow us to provide faculty or staff advisers for the groups, much less funding."
The groups are now operating as in the past, although changes are being considered. The groups and their membership are: Sachem, senior men; CWEWS, sophomore women; Society, junior men; and CWEWS, sophomore women.
The groups don't have to admit members of the opposite sex until a court or KU's Tide IX review committee rules that they must. Such a ruling would force the groups to disband, to allow members of the opposite sex or to continue operation without support from the University.
Donald Alderson, dean of men, said the national
Donald organization, Omicron Delta Kappa, had
given local chapters the option of admitting women,
although KU hadn't done so.
"There's a chance the two groups might come up with some sort of coordinating structure so that equal opportunities could be provided for everyone without the groups losing their separate identities," he said. "But I don't know if such a structure would satisfy the legal requirements of 'Title IX.'"
Parm Horne, assistant to the dean of women, said Mortar Board would have a convention in the middle of October.
Ed Rolfs, president of Sachem, said Sachem hadn't exercised this option because Mortar Board provided opportunities and goals for senior women similar to those of Sachem.
"Mortar Board has done more research on this question than the other honoree societies," she said.
The whole point of Title IX was to advance the cause of women and
minorities . . .
"They're anticipating a court case. I don't know of any who asked them to leave because they don't allow men."
Wendy Martin, a member of the CWENS national
executive board, said CWENS also was having a convention in October.
"The president from each chapter is supposed to come and tell how her chapter feels about admitting men," she said. "I don't know what the Lawrence chapter feels."
She said the national organization would like to see the current member court case, preferably in favor of the current members.
"CWENS is an organization dealing with women's feelings and women's goals and, frankly, we'd hate to hear it."
Horne said it would be ironic for Mortor Board and CWENNs to be forced by TITLE IX to change.
"The whole point of Title IX is to advance the cause of women and minorities," she said. "But in the case of honor societies, women have been in a good place." The committee, which serves men, also, would be a setback for women."
The Owl Society, which only exists at KU, hasn't discussed or planned any changes. Alderson said.
Horne and Martin said groups, if forced to change, would probably disband or allow members of the opposite sex, rather than trying to continue without university support.
"Some CWENs chapters could operate without official support, but most would probably disband or open up their membership before they'd try to make it on their own." Martin said. "We could probably find
faculty people at KU to help us on their own time, but it would be difficult to get help at smaller colleges."
The groups don't have to admit members of the opposite sex until a court order takes place.
Horne said it would be hard for honor groups to find
... rules they must.
advisers and office equipment. Also, organizations would be able to enroll in schools to provide grade 12 curriculum candidates.
Mike Davis, University general counsel, said he wasn't sure whether Title IX would outlaw such
Operating apart from a university would go against the philosophy of most groups, she said, because they honor students for their work at their universities and try to serve their schools through various projects.
"Even if candidates could get copies of their grade records on their own, the added trouble might discourage some from applying," she said. "This would have to be addressed to reach as broad a base of candidates as possible."
"My initial reaction is that the groups probably cannot operate with memberships of one sex," he said. "However, I would like to study the issue more and wait to see what our Title IX committee decides."
He recalled that when he had attended college, he was appalled among学生 government members.
"So you see," he said, "after 30 years,
there's still the same question."
Bernett said he thought KU had "survived rather well" under the statewide hiring freeze that was instituted earlier this year. No positions have been refused the opportunity to work at state institutions the opportunity to carefully consider the positions they need to fill.
He said he supported the Regents' recent appropriation of $100,000 in planning funds to study a trash burning system for supplying KU's fuel. All six state schools must submit a report on energy conservation to the governor's office soon, he said.
"We must look at the energy crisis in both the short and long range," Bennett said. "There's no assurance that fossil sources will be available for long."
BENNETT SAID HE WAS in favor of the proposed nuclear power plant in Burlington, saying there wasn't any question that the plant could eventually have to use nuclear power.
President R. Ford R. Ford has indicated that he will "make every effort" to be at the Governor's Conference in Wichita on Nov. 14, when a recent presidential security problems.
"Kansas is not like California," Bennett said. "I doubt that there is the same necessity for security here. I'm not at all concerned about the Presidential security when you come to dinner or lunch, it's not like you or I meet dining on or street."
Bennett said he wasn't in favor of general gun control, although he said he supported control on the sale of "Saturday night specials."
BENNETT SAID HE agreed with the theory that it wasn't the gun, but the man behind the gun that was the security problem.
The person who wants a gun for lawful
See BENNETT page 10