University Daily Kansan, October 26, 1982
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Docking charges GOP plan skips school
By JULIE HEABERLIN
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
During a short campaign speech in front of Wescoe Hall yesterday, Tom Docking, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, accused Sam Hardage, Republican candidate for governor, of proposing an economic plan that was unspecific about financing higher education.
"They say they are going to finance education by cutting out waste and fat in government, but never say where or how they are going to do it," said Docking, Gov. John Carlin's running mate.
"Earlier in the campaign, they said they could cut out bureaucracy by abolishing the Department of Education. When the consequences of that action were blocked of that. They just have a completely different approach to education."
HARDAGE HAS PROMISED to finance education by eliminating government bureaucracy, and has proposed a 4-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase to be used for repairing and maintaining state highways.
While talking informally to students
yesterday, Docking said he thought the recent 4 percent budget reduction for Regents schools had affected faculty salaries and the incumbent governor only slightly.
This summer, Carlin asked all state agencies to reduce their budgets 4 percent because of Kansas' revenue shortage.
"I think most of the faculty understand the state situation, and have been willing to take their share of the cuts." Docking said. "I'm pleased with student support, too. I think students should be able to perceive that our opponent isCampaigning in generalities and is even modifying or reversing some of his positions."
A SEVERANCE TAX on oil and natural gas, supported by Carlin and estimated to bring in $120 million annually for education and highways, will not solve the short-term fiscal crisis. Docking said. He did not mention the issue. He no further cuts for Regents schools, and said Carlin's full support of higher education would continue once the state financial bind was over.
Docking also said that polls showed increasing support for a severance tax, but the Democrats have not agreed.
close and would not hinge on that single issue.
"The election is only a week and one day away," Docking said. "Nobody on the ground."
"My biggest worry at this point is that we are going to be outpent. We've tried to concentrate on the issues — it would be disappointing to have things turned around by a flood of television ads."
DOCKING, A WICHTHAT attorney who specializes in tax law, said there were several economic alternatives should be considered before it to pass the Legislature next session.
"The world is wide open if you abandon the idea of the severance tax." Docking said. "There is a possibility of a small increase in the gasoline tax, a sales tax increase, an adjustment to the state income tax.
"But if Carlin is elected, the Senate could well read that as a mandate from the people for support of a severance tax. Wendell Lady's refusal to endorse Hardage underscores a deep split in the Republican Party on the issue of the severance tax. It has to be a blow to Hardage's camp.
"Hardage said time and time again he expected Wendell to come out with
Tom Docking, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, and Eric Kudlow, Ku student yesterday while on campaign for campaign for John Carlin.
his support."
BUT LADY, who lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to Hardage, announced last week that he would not endorse the Hardge campaign.
Burr labels Wolf Creek 'white elephant'
Lance Burr, Democratic candidate for attorney general, said last night that recent natural gas rate hikes would be miniscule compared to electric bill increases if the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant went into operation
Burr is challenging Republican incumbent Robert Stephan.
Speaking at the Kansas Union, Burr called Wolf Creek a "white elephant in cement" that would cost Kansans
millions of dollars because of rising construction costs.
"If the governor and the attorney general are concerned about 38 to 40 percent hikes in gas bills, they surely should be extremely concerned with 100 more units of state increases as a result of operation of the Wolf Creek power plant," he said.
to block a natural gas increase, Burr said he would announce ways to avoid a similar outcome with electric bills at a press conference today.
ACCUSING GOV. John Carlin and Stephan of reacting too slowly in trying
"The governor did request the attorney general to assist him in legal action to block the gas rate increase," he boasted, indicating of indicace of once again moving too late.
sure further construction is stopped until we get a proper environmental impact statement filed and until we have some assurances from the federal government that they know what to do with the high-level waste."
"It is extremely important to make
BURR, A Lawrence attorney, criticized Stephan for ignoring legal avenues within his power to intervene in Wolf Creek's licensing proceedings.
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For Jess Branson, going door-to-door in the 44th district is different two years later.
These day, KU people talk about quality of education and dwindling revenue. Older people mention utility bills. Unemployment is depressing
Not every problem can be solved in Topeka. But some can be, and Jessie Branson is there, voicing the concerns of the 44th. Energetically.
"The only way I've learned to get anything done over there is by hard work," she says.
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New enrollment system may shorten book lines
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
Early enrollment could mean less hassle and shorter lines for students trying to buy textbooks, representa-
tions of a book in Kansas Union bookstores said yesterday.
"Everyone stands to win," said Scott Foster, assistant manager of the Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road. "It's about time we had early enrollment at a university the size of this one."
Foster said he thought the bookstore would have textbooks several weeks before the start of the semester, which would reduce the number of students who flooded the store right before school started.
"WeLL HAVE TO go through it once to see what problems we might have, but we expect that by spring of 1984 we should see quite an improvement in the whole process." he said. "When the University works out the problems in their system, then we'll work out the ones we have with ours."
One problem that has always plagued the bookstores is that faculty members often wait too long to submit a list of the books for review, and the for coming semester, Foster said.
"As long as they wait, semester by semester, to decide what books they're
going to use, we'll have problems," he said.
Foster said he hoped early enrollment would force professors to better plan for their book needs.
He said the Jayhawk Bookstore purchased its booklist from the Kansas Union Booksbooks.
STEVE JEWETT, textbook coordinator for the Kansas Union Bookstore, viewed the change with cautious optimism.
"That's obviously a pretty inexact science," he said.
"I hope it will help," Jewett said.
"This is a new experience. We'll just have to wait and see."
Jewett said the Union bookstores asked professors what books they would require, and then ordered what thought would be a sufficient number.
The University wants to enroll as many students as possible, especially those with a keen pinch, Jewett said. More sections of these classes might be opened if needed.
THOSE ADDITIONAL sections would need additional books, be said, and this has been a problem in the past, since re-ordering usually takes to daws.
But under the new system, the bookstore should have enough time to re-order books that are needed, Jewett said.
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