THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
September 12.1975
Vol. 86 No.14
Parents' Day ready to go
Parent-faculty forums, school open houses and other special events will be offered on Parents' Day at the University of Kansas tomorrow.
Besides the special events, an extra effort to publicize regular attractions and ongoing art and cultural exhibitions are part of the work of our faculty. We recognize parents of University students.
"We're not trying to organize the parents' weekend, we're just trying to provide information about events," Ed Julian, the director of special events, said yesterday.
He said parents registering at the forums, open houses or any organized living group would receive information about exhibits at the Museum of Art, Raymond Nichols Hall, Lindley Hall Observatory and the Museum of Natural History in Dyche hall.
Nunemaker Center, 1068 Engel Road, and the patio in front of the Kansas Union will be locations for parent-faculty forums, he said. Refreshments will be served and administration and faculty members will be present from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Offices of the Dean of Men and Dean of Women, both in Strong Hall, will be open, will the Schools of Journalism, Architecture and Urban Design, Fine Arts and the departments of chemistry, naval science and chemical and petroleum engineering.
The Pearson Humanities Program will host an open house in 128 Joseph R. Pearson Hall, and the language laboratory in 4040 Wescoe Hall also will be open.
an auction to their open house in 101
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Stadium plans set for game
Bud Moore isn't the only one making
tomorrow's season-opening football
game.
Since spring practice began, Kevin Remick, Kansas Union concessions manager, has been ordering plastic cups, toy cars, and shoes sold during the season at football games.
Late this summer, about the same time that two-o-day practices began for the varsity squad, Mike Thomas, director of Security and Parking, sat down with local and state law enforcement officials to discuss traffic control problems.
Last week, when the wire services were announcing their preseason football balls, University maintenance workers began installing intercoms and portable field phones throughout the stadium so that players can press box and find out what's happening on the field.
Remick's strategy includes considerations about attendance, weather and crowd attitude. His team of approximately 100 people can be enough popcorn to fill a railroad boxcar, along with soft drinks cooled with part of the equipment that he has ordered for Saturday.
Immediately after the game, crews begin picking up more than one ton of debris that clutters the stadium and surrounding area. The crewman, director of stadium maintenance.
According to Remick, popcorn is the only concession item prepared for Saturday. During the week, he said, about 2400 boxes are delivered so that they will be ready for the hunters.
The crews usually work three or four hours Saturday evening and for a few hours on Sunday morning, he said, and then begin the wait until the next home game.
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
Reading in the rain
wim the help of the Jayhawk stage in front of Strong Hall and an umbrella, Sandy could escape yesterday's rain and keep dry enough to do a little reading between classes.
Research,grad funds up 6% over last fiscal year
By ALISON GWINN
Staff Writer
An increase in funding kept the University of Kansas well ahead of inflation in its research and graduate programs this year. The number of research administration, said yesterday.
Research awards for the last fiscal year totaled $13,552,579, a 6.15 per cent increase over the previous year, he said. Although that increase is smaller in terms of actual buying power, KU still increased its funds more than most institutions in the country.
Unlike four-year liberal arts colleges, KU receives research and training awards for sponsored programs. Snyder said these programs were one-sixth of the University's income.
Snyder said the growth in funding for KU indicated a growth in its reputation, particularly in the areas of biology, engineering and human development.
Sponsored program grants are divided into two categories: research grants, which make up about two-thirds of the funds; and training grants, according to Snyder.
A training grant provides payments primarily for students, with part of the grant going for supportive staff funding, he said.
A research grant is received after a
faculty member has submitted a proposal to
a subject subject with a particular
objective in mind.
Graduate students frequently receive research grants for study, he said. Theses or dissertations are often written as by-products of the research.
Snyder said research grants had direct instruction benefits for students because they frequently provided direct salaries for graduate students, library materials, research supplies and general operating equipment. In addition, he said, they
See FUNDING page three
Bus pass sale to end
By STEWART BRANN
Semester bus pass sales will end next week after a record-breaking sales camp.
The Student Senate transportation
administration of
sales during a reporting last night.
Steve McMurry, committee chairman,
said the sales would be halted to ease
the amount of bookwork needed to handle
the sale of passes.
As of Monday, more than 3,000 semester passes had been sold, Mcmurray said. That number compares to 2,300 sold during the spring and 2,450 sold during the spring semester.
After a rush to buy passes during enrollment and the first week of school, students are required to complete
said. A total of 35 passes were sold Wednesday.
THOSE WHO want to buy semester
books have until Sept. 19 to do so,
McMurray is.
The committee also approved a pass replacement policy for persons whose name is listed or locked.
McMurray said that about 40 persons had come to him so far this semester requesting replacements. Last spring 110 persons reported their passes lost or stolen, he said.
The committee decided to levy a $$ charge to replace a bus pass.
Master's degree proposal combines separate fields
Replacing bus passes can be a problem because the committee has no efficient way to check the legitimacy of each claim, he. In addition, bus drivers don't have permission from the manager's pass to see whether a student's ID number matches the number on the pass.
By GREG HACK Staff Writer
A master's degree allowing students to combine different areas of study into a single program will be proposed at the next meeting of the Graduate Assembly.
Anthony Smith, chairman of the subcommittee that drafted the proposal, said yesterday the degree, known as a master of special studies, would allow students to pursue courses of study that cross departmental and out the establishment of new departments.
"Given the increased complexity *x* d diversity of knowledge and study, the departmental system is just not appropriate for all students. Special studies would let students study important new areas without the cost of new departments and the administrative staff a cost."
He said the Graduate Council turned down the proposal at first, but approved it unanimously after a few revisions. Some schools in the University had been con-
men are about being forced to offer such a degree, he said, but they were sifted by a change that left approval of the use of the decree up to each school.
If the degree proposal is approved by the Graduate Assembly, it will be sent to the chancellor's office and then to the Board of Regents for approval.
The Graduate Assembly will meet sometime in the next month, according to William Argersinger, dean of the Graduate School.
Smith said the proposal was written to make requirements for the degree the same as those for a regular master of science or master of arts degree. Applicants for a master's degree ordinarily need an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 and submit one year of graduate work, a research thesis or enrolment in research in order to receive a final test that can be oral or written.
Vote on PUD to be reconsidered
The commission voted 3 to 2 to allow the moving of 27 apartments units from the southeast corner of the Heatherwood planned unit development (PUD) to its northwest corner. The Heatherwood PUD is at 23rd and Kasold streets.
Smith's subcommittee set up other guidelines for the degree program in
was contingent on extension of an access road from the apartment units to 23rd Street. This extension will be part of the Roadway and won't be built until 1979.
A mistake in calculation made before the Lawrence City Commission meeting Tuesday night has affected one of the commission's decisions.
The commission's approval of the change
Owners of the land within 200 feet of the 77-acre PUD filled a protest petition before the city commission meeting. According to city officials' calculations, the petition contained signatures of the owners of 17.5 per cent of the land in the area. The petition
needed 20 per cent to affect the commission's vote.
However, according to Carolyn Counts, 2331 Melhland Road, one of the petition leaders, city officials miscalculated the percentage.
The petition had been signed by the owners of 20 per cent of the land before the meeting began, according to Counts.
s said that under the circumstances
See PUD page seven
Counts said that under the circumstances,
--The student must check with graduate advisers to ensure that his needs can't be met through an existing program and that he is eligible for opportunities for his degree are available.
—The student must develop a study plan and discuss it with a professor qualified in the student's area of interest. The professor must normally be a member of the graduate program. You may also take dissertation committees within a school that approves the special studies degree.
- If the professor agrees to advise the student, the student picks two more graduate faculty members to serve on his advisory committee.
He had said earlier that most of the problems resulting from a higher demand for bus service had been worked out. Additional buses are being used on some routes during the mornings to handle areas with high concentrations of passengers.
MCMURRY SAID the replacement policy would actually be a savings to the student who lost his pass because he wouldn't have to nav the full $15 for a new one.
See MASTER'S page three
McMurray told the committee that Diane Ogle, manager of the Lawrence Bus Co., was investigating the purchase of two more buses for the line.
McMurry reported to the committee on the increased number of passengers riding the buses this semester. He said the buses were averaging 8,000 riders a day, an increase of 3,000 a day more than the same period last fall.
IN ABOUT TWO or three years, McMurray told the committee the University and the City of Lawrence could be joint owners of a bus system serving the campus and the city.
Presently, the bus system is privately owned and contracts with the Senate to operate it.
McMurry said the committee was in the preliminary planning stages of acquiring the new system. The city will soon apply to the Department of Transportation for a $40,000 federal planning grant. The money would be used to hire students who required recognition from the University and to the city concerning the type of system best suited for Lawrence.
AFTER THE initial $40,000 grant, McMurry said, additional federal funds might be available to buy the equipment and facilities for the bus system.
For both the planning and the construction grants, he said, the University and the city would have to provide at least 20 per cent of the total funds.
McMurray said it would take at least a year to acquire the initial federal funds for the project.
He said he would be meeting soon with Ed Rolfs, student body president, and Mayor Barkley Clark to discuss the new system and to apply for the planning grant.
Merit of winners' training table debated. defended
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
sports Editor
If you play better than others, you eat better than others. That's a maxim University of Kansas football coach Bud Moore has followed the past 18 years.
That conduct has been established by Moore at KU, where selected Jayhawk football players are now eating in a special room, at a “winners” training table." It separate from the regular training table facility, where the rest of the football sadden eat. Both are in Jayhawker Towers.
"This is for winners." Moore has said, "It could be just one or two people, or it could be 30 or 40."
One player who catats at the winner's table echoed the feelings of several players, saying, "I don't like it myself. I think the team should eat together. We're a team. I'm one of the starters and I don't like."
HOWEVER, SOME PLAYERS CONTACTED by the Kansan yesterday criticized the setup. About an equal number were either indifferent to it or approved of. It players who sit at the winners' table and players who sit at the regular table were contacted.
Another player who eats at the winners' table said, "I think it's going to hurt team confidence." I guess he'll stick with that.
feelings from the point of view of the team and even the third and second teams. We're a team. These guys (at the regular table) go out and don't hard as we do and they should get the same food."
"It's a good idea," he said. "The only players who are a little apprehensive are the ones who aren't on it now. We all feel a little funny about them. But they're also one chance, regardless of what team they're on."
ANOTHER PLAYER EATING at the winners' table said he approved of the setup.
"It's worked on the past. I fought my guts out to the winning training table because it was a win."
Moore expressed surprise yesterday to the critical comments made by some players and fans.
I don't know why people are questioning this. I don't care. Everyone has an experience. Every place that I've ever coached. It been done.
"I don't personally think I'm wrong. I don't know that's wrong with putting a premium on winning. That would be a mistake."
MOORE PLAYED FOUR YEARS at Alabama, then was an assistant coach at Kentucky, Texas A&M. North Carolina and Alabama, before coming of those of each school had a winners' table, he said.
"This is the first time an issue has been made of it in 18 years," he said.
"We were hired to bring a winning football team we know we're going to beat it as best we can. We know we're going to be critical."
"I'd like it if it was for the whole team," a player said, "And what happens after a game and a player isn't on the list to eat in that room and he thinks he should be." That could cause problems.
Several players said team spirit was being adversely affected by the new practice.
MOORE REFUTED THE POSSIBILITY that the special eating setup would divide the team.
"It never has broken up a squad I've seen before," he asserted. "It always served as an anchor."
A player who eats in the regular facility said, "I don't eat on it and I don't really like the new setup." Asked whether the new table had affected their appetite, he could later on if the players change every week.
Another player who doesn't eat at the winners' table said, "As far as I'm concerned, I indifferent to it. Our food is the same as it's ever been. I guess it's good for the guys eating here."
Some players questioned the fact that all players would be rated fairly by coaches.
"IF YOU PLAY REAL HARD, and you don't
make it, what happens?" a player asked. "They say if you practice hard you can make it, even if you don't play. A lot of players don't really believe that."
Moore maintained that players would be fairly evaluated, both in practices and in games.
Another player said, "Some of the players think, even if they played hard, they wouldn't make it."
"It doesn't matter if a player just gets in for one play," he said. "If that player makes a super play, he's going to be on the winners' table." Daily workouts also will be considered by all the coaches to judge players in their attempts to make the special table, he said.
"The difference is not so much in quantity as in quality," he said. "We're trying to upgrade the
Paul Sinclair, manager of the training tables, said the quality table served at the regular table must be able to answer any question.
The possibility that this controversy might affect team morale hasn't been brought to his attention. Moore said, because he didn't think there was a problem.
"THE PLAYERS KNOW WE HAVE an open-open policy here," he said. "I haven't heard any complaint about the food served at the training table, ever."
entrees, just the meat generally speaking." As an example, he said, on the days the players have to play in the stadium, "the meat is always there."
Mike Davis, University general counsel, said he didn't think the extra food some players were receiving would violate the legal clauses in player scholarships. Although players theoretically receive the same kind of treatment as other player recipients, equality is hard to obtain, he said.
THE MONEY NEEDED TO BUY the higher quality of food for the winners' table is coming from scholarship money, said Dou Messer, assistant athletic director for the business office.
Asked the amount of money being channeled for the food, Meer said, "it's not significant."
J. Hammond McNish, KU's academic faculty
representative of the Big Eight Conference, said
that the college's athletic director
"I wouldn't see anything wrong with this," he said. "I would look upon this as special recognition. I think it's more psychological than anything. After you get all the same write-ups in the newspaper."
Of any controversy that might follow the new winners' table setup, Moore said, "I don't know—we're just trying to do something for the winning players and give them some recognition."