University Daily Kansan, September 24, 1982
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Democrats criticize Kay's voting record
By JULIE HEABERLIN Staff Reporter
Launching the first major attack in the 2nd District congressional race, Democratic candidate Jim Slattery released figures yesterday that show Gov. Kay missed 641 roll votes during six years in the Kansas Legislature.
Unrolling a computer printout of Kay's missed votes down the steps of the state capital building, State Rep. Vic Miller, D-Dopteka, blasted Kay during a press conference for "not showing up for work."
THE VOTING record statistics, compiled from legislative journals by Slattery volunteers, were released by her office. Other Democratic state representatives.
Torie Clark, Kay's press secretary, said that Tatler's attack was part of his continued strategy to avoid the real issues of the campaign.
"He (Slattery) hasn't been issue- oriented; he isn't now and he won't be in the future." Clark said. "It's the act of asperate man who knows he is being."
"FRANKLY, I'm getting tired of it and I think the people of the district are too. They want a good, clean campaign, not attacks like this from a man who is struggling with his personal problems."
According to the statistics, 437 of the votes Kay missed were final action on the case.
Miller said the 614 votes not in include those missed during excused absences.
Both Kay and Slattery served in the Legislature for six years, but Miller said Slattery missed only 62 call votes during his stint from 1973 to 1978.
KAY SERVED from 1968 to 1972 and was House majority leader from 1970 to 1972.
Miller said that Kay missed 212 votes during his term as majority leader, while the present House majority leader, Joseph C. Brown, missed 212 votes in the past two years.
Frey verified his voting record but said he could make no value judgements since the House's system now was structured differently.
PAT HURLEY, a former Democratic
leader, said that missing
pilots. 32 police was
searched.
"The only reason I can think of a major leader missing a vote is if he is preoccupied, or if he's ducking the vote." he said.
But Dorn Everett, who followed Kay as majority leader, said the figure could be misleading because the 'moose' of the Legislature had gone.
"I DOUBT very seriously that I missed half that many votes," Everett said, "but in fairness to Kay, the age of legislators went down drastically after his term. There was an appeal by both candidates and Republicans for more participation."
Kay struggled without the help of an administrative staff that majority of them were from the public.
"Majority leaders can also miss votes because the Speaker often picks them to serve on conference committees," he said.
Cooperative living
Tolerance makes Sunflower House work
By KIESA ASCUE
Staff Reporting
By KIESA ASCUE
Staff Reporter
Sunflowers come in one basic shape and color, but the people who inhabit Lawrence's Sunflower House vary as well. The didwflowers, the director said yesterday.
When it originated in 1969, the Sunflower House, an experiment in cooperative living, was a hobot of controversy. Now, the co-ed, self-initiating house, is beautifully peaceful, free of the rumors and problem that haunted its earlier years.
"We have驾 Christians and avid atheists, people who voted for Ronald Reagan and people who voted for Barry Commoner," said Tom Welsh. "But all the people here are extremely tolerant of other people's perspectives."
RESIDENTS range in age from 18 to 35 and represent almost every major field of study at the University of Kansas. Welsh said.
The house has 30 residents - 22 men and eight women.
The house has been a victim of rumor and bad press in the past, Welsh said.
"It has been misunderstood by the "student body. People think it's a religious cult or a commune and that's not what it is," said Debbie Altus, Santa Barbara Barbera. Calif., graduate students compiles up images of the 1960s and a lot of freaks living together in an unstructured situation. That's not what it is at all."
WELSH SAID the house, 1406 Tennessee St., began as a research project by Miller, professor of human development at the University of went to the fallering KU Student
Housing Association and asked it to finance the project.
At the time, the association had management problems, Welsh said, so the group was interested in Miller's ideas for a self-governed house operated on principles of behavior modification.
Behavior modification programs present rewards for desirable behaviors to increase the likelihood of those behaviors happening again.
WHEN THE cooperative began, it was named the Campus Improvement Association, Welsh said. In 1976, the house was renovated and all of the areas were painted sunshine yellow. It was renamed the Sunflower House.
The department of human development and family life conducts experiments in the house to improve living conditions there, Welsh said.
For instance, the residents meet weekly to discuss house business. For the past five years, students from the department have worked on increasing the number of meetings through training programs for meeting leaders, Welsh said.
MEMBERS of the research group explain to residents the intent of the experiments, so no one feels threatened by the projects. Welsh said.
Richard Couch, a graduate assistant
working on the project, said, "In the house we have a system of behavior modification. If you do your chores, you can reduce reduced rent. Anybody can do any job."
In practice, each of the 30 residents of the house must do work worth 100 credits, or about 10 hours, every week, Welsh said. Rent increases $2 for every task that a resident fails to complete on schedule.
Sunflower House is similar to a scholarship hall, said David Darrar, Lawrence graduate student. However, he decide how to manage their own funds.
"IN THE LONG run, on a regular basis, it works pretty well," Farrar said, looking at the system without work-sharing system and went to pieces, we re-instituted it.
Residents earn credit by maintaining the physical appearance of the house and attending meetings. People who have completed special training sessions by checking the work of the others. A third person supervises the checkers.
Farrar said, "We have to keep things running on deadlines. You can't put assignments off till the next day. It's regulated."
RENT COSTS for the single rooms at Sunflower House range from $99 to $133 a month for each person, including
utilities, Welsh said, and meals cost about $39 a month.
He said a high quality of food was one of the best things about the house. Residents bake fresh bread twice a week, and vegetarian food is available at every meal. The house has a nine-week meal cycle, so the same meals are repeated only once in nine weeks, he said.
Farrar said, "People working together can get anything done better and cheaper. I like the idea of living in a town with lots of people and cheap rent."
Welsh said he expected one room to become available at the house this session.
"We USELALL fill up the house," Farrar said. "When we don't, we get pretty edgy because we are obliged to wear it." He also did more work to keep the house clean."
Potential residents fill out a questionnaire about their job skills. A committee interviews each interested person and tries to insure that the people selected to live in Sunflower are responsible and tolerant, Welsh said.
"Everyone's expected to do their fair share of work and be tolerant of different styles," Welsh said. "If people are tolerant, they can get along with all of us, and we can get along with them."
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