University Daily Kansan, October 8, 1982
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Cuts part of the game Schulte says KU is a business
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
Recognizing that the Kansas economy could soon be bleak, Republican state representative candidate Bob Schulte said yesterday that he would not necessarily resist future budget reductions for the Regents system.
"I think KU needs to recognize that the state is a business," Schulte said at a School of Law forum in Green Hall. "The University is a part of the state. It's certainly at the top of the funding list, but it is unreasonable to budget should remain untouched in light of another revenue shortfall."
Schulte is running against incumbent Democrat Jessie Branson for the 44th District house seat, Branson will be chosen to School of Law forum later in October.
During a question-and-answer session, Schultze said he had no specific proposals for improving faculty benefits at the University.
"I don't think benefits are too bad at the moment, although I'm not familiar with exactly what they are," he said. "I think they can use the swimming pool whenever they want to."
BRANSON, in a telephone interview later, said she supported increased faculty benefits because it was difficult for a legislator to vote for faculty salary increases in a diverse district.
"By increasing benefits, we help them financially, and it also helps them because they do not have to pay federal income tax on this they would on increased salaries," she said.
Branson said she especially favored a higher state contribution to the faculty retirement program and an expanded health benefit plan that also would include some faculty members' families.
Schulte said that he would vote for a severance tax but that other state legislators had convinced him his passage alone would not provide enough revenue for education and highways.
Although he said he was in favor of not adding any additional taxes, he also said a package including a severance tax and an increase in the gasoline tax might be the best solution to the state's financial problems.
SCHULTE, who said he was not a "hard-line" Republican, also supports broadening the tax base after improving the state's business climate through the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
He said he would support a capital punishment bill for some crimes, although he said he did not think it would be a deterrent to criminal offenders.
Branson said she opposed capital punishment and had voted against it in the past.
Branson, who has opposed construction of the Burlington plant because of nuclear waste hazards and expense, said she would support a ban on disposal to remove the situation from federal government regulation.
In answer to another question, Schulte said that he had no position on the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant or the "probably ought to get one."
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SCHULTE ALSO was questioned about his position on the Equal Rights Amendment, which could be reconsidered. The committee bats in the next legislative session.
He said he would vote for the amendment, but suggested that it be "clarified" to assure its passage.
Branson, also a supporter of the ERA, said she did not understand how the amendment's language could be clearer.
But she said she had "second thoughts" about voting for the state ERA if it was not also passed at the federal level.
Union promotes awareness of safetv
By MATT BARTEL
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The Kansas Union is promoting increased awareness of public safety to its employees, Bill Towns, Union operations manager, said yesterday.
He said the promotion was part of a program of physical improvements to the building and safety training for Union employees.
Towns said he started the safety campaign about a month ago, when a woman fell down a flight of stairs at the Union.
"It was just one of those things. She wasn't in an unsafe area or anything," he said. "I think her heel just caught on something, and she fell all the way down to the landing and landed on her head.
"Iran to get the first aid kit and all it had in it was Unguentine and gauze."
The next day, Towns said, he updated
the aid kits in the building. The incident
had been reported.
other areas 'in the building might need improvement.
"It sort of served as a catalyst," he said.
THE UNION is also sponsoring free
resumption training
for its employees.
"We've had over 50 people sign up for the CPR classes," he said, "which is the a娇 class."
He said that although the program was aimed primarily at staff and employees, the result would be a change in the organization who used the facilities at the Union.
"I can't say we'll be there for every emergency, but I do want the public to be able to rest assured that we do have trained people in CPR." Towns said.
He said that safety was especially important in a building like the Union, which handles up to 10,000 people a day and has rooms and more than 10 departments.
The Union will also develop an evacuation procedure, Towns said, and plans are underway to make it easier.
addition to the physical improvements currently being made.
Pat Beard, maintenance engineer,
said that would mean installing magnetic locks capable of closing all the doors to the stairwell on command.
He said the doors would still open from outside the stairwell, but once inside, the lock could be kept from re-entering the building, where a fire still could be burning.
Beard said all sensors for the fire alarm system had been updated within the past four months.
A report filed by the Kansas State Fire Marshal's office confirmed that improvements were being made, an official for that office said.
John Mullens, KU coordinator of public safety, said the Union was not alone in its efforts. He said the Classified Employee Safety Committee was putting together a manual dealing with safety-related issues.
"Awareness is the basic groundwork for any type of safety or security related activity," Mullens said.
Heat, hot water to be off in campus buildings
Heat and hot water will be off for several hours today in 13 buildings on campus to ease the transfer of steam between old and newly constructed steam lines, Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations, said yesterday.
Anderson said steam was to be shut down last night to Murphy Hall, Allen Field House, Summerfield Hall, Robinson Center and Watkins Hospital. Service to the first three buildings will be back on by noon today and service will be resumed to Robinson and Watkins by 7 p.m.
Steam also will be shut down between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. today to Malot and Robinson steam line junction, smaller buildings in the area of the Haworth-Robinson steam line junction.
had been reached to use the X-ray processing system at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in case of emergencies during the shutdown. Routine X-rays will wait until tomorrow morning, he said.
Anderson said that shutdowns were a routine event and that his department tried to schedule them to interfere as well, but the daily operations of the buildings.
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JIM STROBLE, assistant director of Watkins, said he had been told by facilities operations personnel that if a sudden cold weather spell moved into the area, the shutdown would be postponed until next week.
Strobil also said that the X-ray processing machine at the hospital, which uses hot water, will be unaffected. He was unable to speak. He said, however, that an agreement
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