Opinion
Paga 4
University Daily Kansan, September 17, 1982
Time for responsibility
A problem concerning the control of student finances was highlighted this week with the arrest of Steve McMurry, who until this week was student coordinator of the KU on Wheels bus service.
McMurry was arrested on charges that he stole money from the bus system. David Adkins, student body president, removed McMurry from his job and said that for the time being he would personally operate the transportation board.
McMurry's case should be left to the court, but this incident, and another disclosure this week that the board's fare increase went into effect unapproved by the Senate, raise questions about just who is in control of gathering, spending and accounting for student money.
The most immediate question is why did it take a tip from a source whom David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, declines to name, to
spur an audit of the transportation board?
Adkins said this week that there would be "plenty of blame to go around" in this situation, adding that the Senate already was working on the problem. Just as important, however, was Adkins' statement that he lacks a "day-to-day" understanding of what the many boards are doing.
Has the budget grown so large that the Senate can no longer handle it?
If so, the easy answer would be to let Ambler's office handle the budget without any student participation. But the students, whose money is being spent, deserve to play a significant role in the process.
Sure, there's plenty of blame to go around — for the administration, the Senate and the student body — for not acting sooner. But blame is not needed now.
Responsibility is.
Pot Shots
One afternoon while bored during a class, I decided to peel the red "Another Quality Used Book" sticker off my $18 Financial Accounting book.
I didn't really expect to be able to remove the sticker easily, and I was surprised when it came off in one piece. But more surprising was what was hidden beneath the sticker. I
Tom Hutton
found a two-inch box stating that the book was a promotional conv and not for resale.
I had paid $18 for a book that never should have been on the shelves of the Kansas Union Bookstore.
But it's not the bookstore that should shoulder the blame for this oversight. Instead, the wholesalers that the bookstore is buying the blame for the sale of my promotional copy.
According to a bookstore official, one of the nationwide wholesalers probably bought the promotional copy from a professor who had received it to review.
Distributing free copies of textbooks to professors is a common policy for book publishers, who use it as a method of advertising.
Advertising set aside, I doubt the publisher's intentions were for these professors to sell their books to an unscrupulous wholesaler for profits.
Why not put the books in departmental reading rooms instead of lining personal pockets? Extra reference books are always needed in a department library, and these books are especially hard for most departments to afford now.
Why is that?
The problem is not with the lyricists, although most popular songs these days are
Lisa Gutierrez
The problem occurs invariably in the delivery. Garbled delivery. Do you ever wonder whether Albert Gibbs' voice ever has been sung? Bunk rockers scifi bellium before they record?
sickeningly trite, e.g. I love you, I want you, I need you, please ...
Not all the blame can be placed on vocal quality, because the background music in most songs — music that is ever stranger as it gets — will not lend a loud lifte it replaces the lead singer as lead noise.
And yet, despite the fact that half the words are incoherent, everyone always seems to be aware of it.
They might not know the words. They don't have to, as long as they can at least make noises that sound like what is being emitted from the radio, record, tape.
I have done this. The hard part comes in mimicking words that are intentional now. I cannot make them look like they are.
But what I really want to know is where the crisp, enunciated songs of the Karen and Richard Carpenters, the Simon and Garfunkel, the Yodeling You. You could at least understand their songs.
But you couldn't slam dance to them
To be chancellor for a day
"In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
—Andy Warhol
Maybe the only idea the whole world might agree on without an argument is that; at one time or another, we have all had the desire to be in someone else's shoes.
Many citizens probably wish to exchange places with some of our top government officials. Chances are good that our president often wishes to go back into retirement, where she will be behersone world emergences that always seem to interrupt peaceful afternoon naps.
If Andy Warhol's statement comes true, then will certainly be a lot of short-lived firemen, policemen, peacemakers, politicians, inventors and inventors and other people of heroic proportions.
But until our 15 minutes arrive the Walter Mity in us will have to suffice ... pocka, me!
The desire I have to become another person does not stem from selfishness; my choice has been made in the name of concern for my fellow Kamans, especially for the citizens and students
With all due respect to Chancellor Budig, I
I would like to be Chancellor Gene A. Budig for 15 minutes.
It must be known that I am not at all
particular, but a Tuesday or Thursday will fit
quite nicely around my schedule. Just 15
hours and I should complete my business
during his lunch break.
believe that my ideas constitute what is necessary to put the University of Kansas at the head of this nation's top 10 learning institutions.
KU... a campus barely alive. We can rebust it. Malott Hall has the technology. Don Fambrouch's athletes have the power. Washington, D.C., has our money ...
My first act as chancellor will be to do away with the Jayhawk. There's no room for sentimentality here. Who wants a mascot that doesn't exist? We have been pledging our
HAL KLOPPER
college allegiance to a fantasy. I want something that is alive and plentiful and well-known,
From now on, we will be recognized as the KU Cockroaches.
I can see the headlines now. When the swim team begins its heavy workouts, the newspaper reports that it will be a world record.
Students will no longer be allowed to jayhawk across the streets. The Jayhawk in front of Strong Hall will be replaced by a large fence, blocking flies away, something definitely will be wrong.
Just for the sake of change, a few buildings
will be renamed. The Kansas Union will become the Kansas Confederacy, Wesco Hall will become Tan Man Hall (hence Tan Man Beach) and Snow Hall will become Cauder Hall.
Did Mr. Watkins ever receive treatment at this "Memorial" Hospital? That scares me. Effective immediately, it will be called the Long Wait Treatment Center.
Perhaps the most ambitious of my proposals is the relocation of the Campanile. It needs to be moved three feet to the west. That construction did not obfuscate me ever since I became a Cockroach.
Taking a brief look at the calendar of events I will adopt, residence halls will serve no meals in October to show their solidarity for an oppressed Poland. The University administration will confiscate that money to show its support for who knows what. Residents of Oliver Hall will not take schools from now until Thanksgiving to express their sympathy and distress with the lack of an adequate water supply to the students of Kansas State University.
Any KU student with a cumulative grade point average of 1.2 or less will not be allowed to take the MCTS.
And if, at any time during my brief chancellery, I were struck over the head by anyone who disagreed with my ideas, the leader would up in the police report as a Klöpper top, battery.
Obviously, not everybody will agree with my proposal. But hey, it's tough to be the
Letters to the Editor
Professor says that the senior survey story was misleading
To the Editor:
This is just a quick response to Dirk Miller's article in the Sept. 14 Kansas concerning the survey of graduating seniors.
I wish that Miller had quoted me more fully. I did say quite clearly that, in spite of the limitations, such surveys can and do provide valuable information for institutional analysis.
Secondly, Miller incorrectly stated that I conduct surveys for the sociology department. That department has highly trained people in the survey research field and is quite able to take
Thank you for your attention to these comments.
Howard Baudinger
Professor of psychology and business
Howard Baumgartel
KU offers films galore
To the Editor:
I was pleased to note that the University community has two excellent film series to serve the student body, I doubt that these series compete with one another as much as they complement each other, providing a greater selection for our community.
The series is self-supporting and does not receive any funds from the student activity fee. The films are selected to match some of the themes covered in the Western Civilization courses, but always with an eye to the quality of the presentation. Films are shown in 308 Dyce at 7:30 p.m. Announcements of the films appear in the Kansan, and schedules are available at the Western Civilization office. Some films are free; for others there is a nominal admission fee.
I would also like to point out that there exists yet another film series on campus which has scheduled some very provoking and entertaining films for the year. That is the Western Civilization film series, which is sponsored by the Western Civilization program.
We hope that this series adds further to the selection of quality viewing available at KU and at the same time promotes the educational goals of the Western Civilization program.
Assistant director, Western Civilization program
Lessig thanks students
Lawrence graduate student
Jim Lessig Athletic director
To the Editor
We suffered a disappointing loss, and now the real test of our student body will be this Saturday when we play Texas Christian University. The team will bounce back. We need your help to do it. The game will be televised on CBS. Let's show them how to do it. We'll teach our outstanding student body looks like. Be in Memorial Stadium on Saturday to back your team, the Jayhawks!
When I was named athletic director, I was told that our student body was somewhat apathetic toward the athletic program. They must have been talking about a different student body than my class. I had to conduct at the pre-game party were excellent and your vocal support of the team was super.
On behalf of the University of Kansas athletic department, I want to thank the students who attended last Saturday's football game for their tremendous support and enthusiasm.
Seurer story upsetting
To the editor:
It was the Sept. 13 issue, and it read, "Quarterback scheduled for arrangement." I admit it, curiosity got the best of me, so I read the article. After I read such trash, I threw the Kansan away without explaining another blasted word. The article was about how Frank Seurier (our KU quarterback) struck another KU student at the Off-The-Wall Hall on Aug. 28, and was scheduled for arraignment in the Lawrence Municipal Court.
Well the Kansan has done it again.
I saw the front page of the Kansan today, only to find a strange area boxed off with an article inside it. I knew it had to be “juicy” if it was especially boxed in there like that.
What is the Kansan? A newspaper or a gossip column? I am aware that these kind of articles are being printed every day in the Kansan ... but the front page, enclosed in a box and in bold lettering? Oh and what a time for the Kansan to nail Seurer on the front page. After an unfortunate weekend with the loss of the Wichita State game and especially since the man who
filed the complaint on Frank was from, where else, but Wichita!
I realize Frank is a newsworthy figure — but do you know how many brawls there are in the clubs and bars of this town? Why not put all these people on the front page for everyone to see just now?
Oh and how dramatic that article was! One witness said, "It made me nervous the way he walked in." Can't you just picture it — a 16-foot man-eating machine slowly trumpeting into an alleyway where blood runs through his bloody fight, with women screaming as he thrashes his strong, colossal biceps.
Come on people — why couldn't an article with the headline, "Great crowd and good spirit at KU's opener," be written? Kansan reporters could have written about the enthusiastic crowd on Saturday, the 42,500 people who attended, all the crimson and blue, and the colorful banners that lined Memorial Stadium. And what about our fantastic band?
Stacey Leslie KU graduate and Lawrence resident
Please let's see some good news instead of no news for a change. It's about time KU students deserved a really good story.
Slattery not mentioned
To the Editor:
This type of slanted reporting is unworthy of the Kansas and it is unfair to Slattery. Without open and fair press coverage of both candidates the public cannot make an informed decision.
In the Sept. 9, Kansan, a reporter failed to mention that Jim Slattery was at the Chamber of Commerce Mixer. Slattery's opponent, Morris Jenkins, was one of the first people to believe it was a banishment-only affair.
Slattery has challenged his opponent to a public debate in all 13 counties of the 2nd District, with the people asking the questions. His opponent has refused flatly on several occasions. Without an open, informed campaign the voters cannot arrive at an informed opinion
Even-handed reporting also should be adhered to by the public media.
Cliff Ratner, Jr. Wichita senior
Playboy survey drivel
**iracee Hamilton's desire to see KU among Playboy's top 20 schools of "sex and sin" (Sept. 13 Kansan) dumbfounds me. Playboy's confused criteria for judging collegiate ambiance can only lead to a meaningless ranking. Using my own criterion, I find KU offers many avenues for growth, current with today's wide range of morals and concerns. I don't need Playboy to tell me that. I know that the KU has an outstanding atmosphere, despite what Kevin Cook (Playboy's associate editor in Chicago) would have me to believe.
To the Editor:
I am amazed to see a woman implying that she wishes to be seen as a sexual object, I, for one, will not grant such a request.
Further, I will not act to gain the graces of
Fritz Menninger Topeka senior
Playboy's Cook, especially if that means treating women as sexual objects. As a man, I aspire to see women as I would see all people — for the vast potential they offer as companions with whom to share the many experiences of life. To look at a woman and instantly wonder when I will be in bed with her demeans both her and myself. The act of sex is important, but not to the point of confusing my view of other human beings.
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