University Daily Kansan, October 4, 1982
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Panel will seek high tech industries
By BRUCE SCHREINER
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Overhailing Kansas' image will be a primary task for former U.S. Senator James Pearson and his blue ribbon committee that was formed to hure new high technology industry to the state, a local economy said yesterday.
Pearson, who represented Kansas in the Senate for 17 years, last week was appointed by Gov. John Carlin to head the committee that will try to woo high school students.
Both Carlin and Republican gubernatorial candidate Sam Hardage have pinpointed high tech industry as a means of rejuvenating the state's economy.
To attract high tech industries currently located mainly on the west and east coasts, state officials need to bury conceptions of "tornado alley" and the "Wizard of Oz" and replace them with the notion of a program focused on research economist at the Institute for Economic and Business Research.
"DON'T THINK the state is viewed as positive place to live by people outside of it."
An administrator in the Department of Economic Development admitted that Kansas needed to wage an ambitious public relations campaign to entice industry to develop a new product so that they could have to sell ourselves more," said Roger Chris
tiansion, director of the development division of the DED. "Many people seem to either have a non-image or a negative image about Kansas. But when they come to areas like Lawrence they are impressed."
Pearson's appointment as an ambassador for Kansas' economic interests could help bolster the state's image and stand by its standing, another DEB official said.
"I THINK the senator can be very valuable to us," said Jamie Schwartz, secretary of the DED "He has an email address contacts and a wealth of knowledge."
The state's universities will be a prime attraction in luring high tech industries that now are looking to expand. Pearson said.
"These industries like to be around educational institutions that have demonstrated a dedication to research." Pearson said.
reason, who has farmed, worked with a well-known law firm and guest taught at the University since his 1978 retirement from the U.S. Senate, said the creation of a network of high tech industries could be attained in Kansas City, Kan., Lawrence, Manhattan and Webita.
ONE MAJOR advantage for Kansas is the state's labor pool, Sexton said.
"Kansans are workers who are highly sought after. They are well known for being hard working and reliable workers," Sexton said.
Sexton also listed the state's climate.
with many months of warm weather and a "relatively low" taxation system as other incentives to high tech industry.
He said Kansas probably never would become a hotbed for high tech industry, but it was imperative that the state garner a portion of the industries in their eventual movement to the Midwest.
"IF KANSAS does not get its share of these growth industries, then there is no way the state will be as prosperous as in the past," Sexton said.
"There is no way to expect great things of the traditional manufacturing companies. And I don't see agriculture going sector in the immediate future."
Agriculture, Kansas' primary industry, will continue to be bounded by high interest rates and excessive supply over demand. Sexton said.
New high tech firms eventually will broaden the tax base, which could protect the state from a future budget crunch similar to the one now experienced, he said. It would also create new jobs in other businesses.
New businesses, such as restaurants, hotels and retail stores, would appear if the state drew several high tech firms, Sexton said.
BEFORE THE state approaches the high tech industries with its sales pitch, several more studies will have to be concluded, both DED officials said.
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BURGLARS STOLE $2,950 worth of stereo equipment, furniture and other items Saturday night from a house in the Bronx. 718-428-3161 Street, Lawrence police said yesterday.
BURGLARS BROKE THROUGH the front window of goldmakers Jewelry, 9 E. Eighth St., about 5:15 a.m. yesterday and stole $726 worth of jewelry and other items, police said.
The burglarys, who seemingly used some type of pry tool to get into the house, took record albums, cassette tapes and vinyl records and tabletles for two lumps, police said.
The alarm in the jewelry store went off when the window was broken, but police were not able to arrive in time to stop the burglar from taking an ancient vase, an antique silver box, several wooden boxes and silver pendants.
BURGLARS STOLE $1,600 worth of stereo equipment from a KU fraternity, Sigma Nu, 102 Emery Road, sometime Saturday night, police said. The burglars entered through a locked sliding glass door, police said.
THEIEVES STOLE $500 from Head-
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THEIVES STOLE a $400 1982 composite picture from the ACA fraternity, 1100 Indiana St., about 2:45 a.m. Friday, police said.
POLICE SAID TIEY arrested a juvenile Saturday night for breaking into the Anderson Excavating & Trucking, 2150 Haskell.
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The KU office of study abroad is offering an alternative to the quick lunch most students rush through — a Lunch Abroad program.
The monthly program, which is open to the public, allows students to bring a lunch and hear speakers who will tell them about life in a foreign country, Ann Getting, study abroad adviser, said yesterday.
Speakers for this month's program, which will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in Alove D of the Kansas Union, are Howard Bungartgel, professor of psychology, business, and speech and drama, and Rukhsana Pathan, Gujarat, India, graduate student.
BAUMARTEL SAID he had to India four times to work with the development and evaluation of management education centers, which were set up along the lines of the Harvard School of Business.
Boungarts said they would speak on the development of business education and economic achievements of India, the Indian family and problems of the role of Indian women. There also will be a brief slide presentation showing different aspects of Indian life.
Pathan, who is a professor on leave from Gujarat University, will speak about the role of women in India, Baugaral said.
Society receives award
The KU chapter of Lambda Sigma Honor Society this weekend received the highest honor given to Lambda Sigma chapters.
Of the 22 chapters nation-wide, six were given Outstanding Chapter awards at the 1982 Lambda Sigma National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa.
"Our purpose is to promote scholarship and service in the school and the community," Keith Heaton, Topeka sohomore, said.
Heaton said the Lambda Sigmas participate in service projects, such as selling chrysanthemums on Parent's Day. This year, the chapter donated their leftover flowers to a nursing home, he said.
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The KU chapter began in 1976. Its 30 members are selected annually because of their qualities of leadership, trustship, fellowship and community service.
Students in the society must be sophomores with at least a 3.0 grade point average and participate in other extracurricular activities.
A panel of judges chosen from among KU faculty, administrators and student leaders selected the top candidates for membership based on applications for membership and three letters of recommendation.
Shutz winner to speak
David Shulenberger, the winner of the 1982 Schultz teaching award, will give a lecture on Oct. 26 about President Reagan's program to eliminate power-
In his lecture, Shulenburger associate professor of business, will examine the success of Reagan's economic program and that of similar programs in the past. Shulenburger said the programs were similar because they were based on the poor pulling themselves up by their bootstrap and private businesses voluntarily helping them.
Shulenburger will give his lecture at 8 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
SHULENBERGER, along with Joseph Sicilian, assistant professor of
continues, was named last spring the winner of the Byron Zonkz Award, which carries a $2,000 honorarium. The 1983 winner and Sicilian is the 1983 winner.
Sckillan will give his Shutz lecture next spring.
The Shutz Award was established in 1978 by KU alumnus Byron Shutz to honor outstanding teaching in economics, said Jerry Hutchinson, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. Hutchinson was the chairman of the faculty committee that selected the Shutz winners.
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