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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 8, 1992
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Study says Kansas fared well in recession
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence may be the easiest place in the country to find a job.
According to a study recently released by KU's Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, Kansas' unemployment rate is more than 3 percent lower than the national average.
The study, "U.S. and Kansas Economic Forecasts for 1992," compares the post-recession economic recovery of the United States and Kansas.
A recession is defined as a moderate and temporary decline in economic growth.
Perhaps the most important finding for future college graduates was the forecasted unemployment rates for the entire United States and Kansas.
The study stated that the national unemployment rate would stay steady for 1992 and 1993 at 7.4 percent. But the predictions for unemployment in Kansas were 4 percent in 1992 and 4.2 percent in 1993.
better than the nation and the state during the recession and recovery period. Its unemployment rate was 3.1 percent in July 1992, he said.
Although numbers for individual cities were not included in the study, Mike Pritchard, manager of the State of Kansas Job Service Center, 833 Ohio St., said Lawrence fared much
Norman Clifford, research associate and director of forecasting, put
The study forecasted the economic conditions of the nation and Kansas for the next 18 months. Economic recovery after the 1990-91 recession would be slow, the study said.
While politicians may point out that the recession only lasted six months, Clifford said that the ability for a nation to recover from a recession must also be studied.
"The U.S. economy will continue to grow through 1992 and 1993 but at rates that are usually associated more with periods of lackluster performance than with recovery from a recession," Clifford said in the report.
Clifford said that even though the country was no longer in a recession, it still felt that way because of the economy to recover nicely.
"To say, 'Oh, this isn't such a bad recession because we only had two quarters of negative output,' misses the point," he said. "Having output decline is not the only way the economy suffers. In a sense we've been losing for a lot of quarters."
He said that usually after a recession there was a period of above-normal growth to make up for the loss incurred by the recession.
Clifford listed two reasons why this had not occurred:
Usually once a recovery begins, consumer spending picks up, he said. But because of the lack of consumer confidence, this had not happened.
During the recovery period of the recession, government spending usually increased, he said. Because of the increased government spending could not afford to increase spending.
Clifford said there were several reasons why Kansas fared better than the nation as a whole.
He said the Kansas economy was not overly dependent on any one type of industry. Usually in a recession, one industry is hit particularly hard. If Kansas had been dependent on the auto industry, an industry that has become as a result of the recession, it would be in worse economic shape.
Clifford that large urban areas, particularly Johnson County, fared very well during the recession, improving Kansas' economic averages. The growth in business and service jobs in Johnson County helped offset the failing economies in rural areas.
The durable goods industry was the hardest hit, Clifford said. Durable goods are long-lasting goods such as appliances and cars. He said consumers put off buying these goods because of their lack of confidence in the economy.
Unemployment rates
Clifford said that
source: Norm Clifford, Institute of Public Policy and Business research; Mike Richard, State of Kansas Job Center
although Kansas survived this recession, it did not mean that Kansas was recession-proof.
"Before the early 1980s, Kansas may have been recession-proof," he said. "In the recession in the early '80s, Kansas was hit harder than the U.S."
But Clifford said that Kansas would at least equal U.S. economic performance over the next two years.
Allan Smith, business manager at
Sonny Hill Chevrolet-Geo, 3400 S. Iowa St., said his business had felt the recession.
"We have seen in the last 18 months a drop-off in business," Smith said. "We here in Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City haven't been hurt as bad as most places. We do look for improvement in the next six to 12 months. We can see an improvement; it's not a strong improvement, but it's an improvement."
Smith said that Sonny Hill Chevrolet-Geo was looking forward to Saturn cars coming to Lawrence. He said the popular car should boost sales.
Jim Morey, manager of the Brass Apple, said the service industry had been hit hard by the recession.
"Eating out is the last thing you do when you don't have any money." Morey said. "Business is definitely up to where we would like it to be."
Taking aim
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
John Beat of Wichita, one of 154 participants in the Kansas State Horseshoe Tournament, prepares to throw. The Lawrence Horseshoe Club was the host of the tournament, which ran Friday through yesterday at Broken Arrow Park.
Ministers ride with police
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uations where groups are in confrontation with one another," he said. "There are circumstances where their presence is valuable. As long as the ministers want to ride, I welcome them."
Lt. Mark Brothers, Lawrence police representative, said the officers had enjoyed having the ministers ride along.
"I can guarantee you that the ministers have been in situations where they have helped us immensely," he said. "As ministers in the community who know the kids and their problems, they can almost read them the riot act. Such as, 'What are you doing out here?' and 'How long is it going to be before you' tell your parents or 1 do?"
Brothers said he hoped the ministers would continue to ride along.
"It gives them a much better handle on what the true problems of the city are, rather than the publicized problems in the city," he said.
Mayor Robert Schulte said the ministers were a great help to the community.
"What I hope they can do is help the kids that might be out and possibly creating a disturbance," he said. "I don't see them as an extension to the police, and I don't think they want to be.
potentially defuse what could be a dangerous situation," Schulte said. "They volunteered to do two things. One, to defuse a possible situation, and two, to understand the situation and to see what's going on out there." Schulte said the ministers had spent
Schutte said the ministers had spent a lot of time with the program.
"I think they want to affect the lives of the people that are out there and have a positive influence on them," he said. "I think more people should learn from their example and get involved, and maybe we wouldn't have more of those type of dangerous situations."
Ron Olin, Lawrence chief of police,
said he was pleased with the program.
We asked for assistance from the ministers, and they have come through immensely," he said.
"We're currently studying opening up the ride-along program communitywide for any adult that would like to help," Olin said. "It's been very educational for everybody — for the officers and for the ministers to see the kinds of actions and activities the officers are involved in."
Rev. Garland Hall, associate pastor of the Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church rides with officers once a month.
Hall also said the program was not focused only on youth. He said the ministers also were helpful in domestic situations.
"I think it does a lot because when you're out in the street with all the racial tension and gangs involved, it helps to see someone there from a neutral party," he said.
Hall has experience in counseling and working with people with mental and behavioral disorders. As a case manager at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, he said his experience in this field allowed him to help the police with a domestic situation the first time he rode with them.
Hall said he thought people were more calm and cooperative once they saw a minister with the police. Hall also said that in some cases the ministers knew the people that were out there, so they were able to help keep their behavior under control.
"Two or three of the pastors that ride along have been in the community a long time," he said. "They know more people in the community. They know some of the youth and their parents."
Pastor William Dulin of Calvary Church of God in Christ, said the ride along program was a positive solution that had produced good results because the community and police were working together.
"I don't look at it as helping the police," he said. "I look at it as helping the community as a whole by establishing a better relationship with the community and the police. Hopefully, it can be another building block in the community."
Spiderman comic valued at $500 stolen from store
Kansan staff report
A comic book valued at $500 was stolen last week from a local comic book shop.
Stuart Shutt, owner of Comic Corner, said the comic book was a special dealer is issue that was high-priced because only 10,000 copies were distributed instead of the usual 1 million.
According to police reports,
Platinum Spiderman, No.1, a
1990 issue, was taken from
Comic Corner, 1000 Massachusetts St.
Police reported that Shutts discovered the theft Sept. 2 and that he believed the book was taken on either Aug. 31 or Sept. 1.
Shuts said he probably was in the back of the store helping a customer when the comic book was taken.
"It was behind a glass case that was in the front of the store for everyone to see," he said. "The person that stole it opened the glass case and took the comic book while I had my back turned."
Shutt's told the glass case was not locked. He said he could not comment on whether he would start locking it in the future.
Western Civilization department goes beyond the books
Kansan staff writer
By Muneera Naseer
Students who are enrolled in a Western Civilization class this semester can wiggle their hips with a belly dancer to earn extra credit.
For the first time in its history, the Western Civilization department at the University of Kansas is organizing activities that deal with parts of the readings that are not communicable in a classroom setting.
The program, called "Experiential Learning," is offered to students enrolled in Western Civilization 114, 204 and 234. In spring semester, activities related to readings in Western Civilization 115, 205, and 235 also will be offered.
Kae Chatman, senior instructor in the department, said, "There's a gap between the world of those texts and the world you've seen.
"If students see art, hear music and participate in activities, they'll feel
closer to the times, the people and the literature that they're studying in Western Civilization."
The activities are available to any student, not just those enrolled in Western Civilization. But only Western Civilization instructors have the option to use the program for extra credit in their classes.
Chatman said that instructors had given students information about the program but that she would not know how many students were interested
in it until they showed up for the activities. The first activity, belly dancing, is tomorrow.
Zada al-Gazayeh, a professional belly dance from the Kansas City area, will conduct the activity at 3:30 p.m. at 308 Dyche Hall. With al-Gazayeh instructing, students will learn dance, evolution and history of the dance.
Another activity involves the KU theater program. Graduate students in the theater will direct Western Civiliza
tudent students in readings of ancient plays such as "Antigone" and Medea." Students will learn some of the techniques used in ancient Greece.
Along with professionals from the Kansas City area, staff members from the Wilcox Classical Museum in Lippincott Hall, the Clyde Tombaugh Observatory and the Spencer Museum of Art are donating their time to help direct the activities.
Jim Young, an undergraduate stu
"My idea was to provide a visual exposure to create a context where the ancient world will be more tangible to students," he said.
dent who served on the Western Civilization Program Committee, developed a scavenger hunt activity in the Wilcox Classical museum.
Young said the activities also would expose new students to a variety of elements in the University community and would use the museums and departments as learning tools.
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