University Daily Kansan, September 10, 1982
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Reagan
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he said. "They understand that making this government live within its means will ultimately protect their earnings, bring down interest rates and unemploy back to work than anything else we would."
"The gist of the message I've been receiving is: No more its, ands, but nuts or maybe we — want an amendment to the United States Constitution making saline-adapted beds the law of this land."
In his appraisal of the economy, Reagan used several statistics to give his policies high marks in battling economic problems.
"Federal spending growth has been cut nearly in half from that suicidal 17 percent-a-year growth rate it was running at 1860," he said. The rate has dropped from 12.4 percent to 5.4 percent to far this year, and prime interest rates are down from 21 and a half percent to 13 and a half."
Yet, Reagan conceded that the improved futures were no comfort to the millions of unemployed. He labeled unemployment as an inherited problem that will take time to overcome.
THERE WERE MANY labels and political slogans outside Ahearn Field House during the morning, as about 75 people tried to tell Reagan how to overcome his problems.
The issues that protesters concentrated on ranged from the environment, with signs such as "Reagan and Watt: It's Not Nice to Fool With Mother Nature," to nuclear disarmament, with the sign "End the Arms Race. Not the Human Race" scattered throughout the crowd.
Other placards denounced the administration's foreign policy and its budget cuts in recent years.
One of the protest's coordinators called the efforts, which included a skit, music and distribution of a four-page satirical newspaper on Reagan's policies, a success.
"We have had all different age groups here with us," said Neil Schanker, a coordinator of the protest and a 1978 K-State graduate. "There are college and high school students, professors, townpeople and senior citizens. So I would call it a real grassroots effort."
ONE PROFESSOR participated by playing the role of Reagan in the five-minute skit performed throughout the morning by K-State theatre majors.
Jim Hamilton, a K-State professor of philo-
sophy, donned a crown and was given a throne
by his grandmother.
was spirited and sometimes humorous and touching.
But the president was unhered into the field
by a route that kept him from seeing the
demonstrators.
Once inside the arena, though, the atmosphere
During the procession of the dignitaries onto the stage, Sen. Nancy Landon Kasebaum, Landon's daughter, walked to the wrong part of the stage before being ushered back to her assigned seat by her colleague, Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan.
Then a few moments after Reagan appeared on stage, an overly exuberant student yelled, "That a boy, Ronnie." Reagan responded to the cheer with a smile and a wave.
AT THE OUTSET of his speech, Reagan led the packed crowd in singing happy birthday to the visibly touched Landon. And at the end of the ceremony, Reagan embraced the elder statesman, who was the GOP presidential nominee in 1936.
Following his appearance in Manhattan, Reagan flew to Topka where he was the main commander.
Reagan addressed about 700 people who attended a $100-a-plate lunch. Before that, he delivered a five-minute talk to about 100 Republicans at a $500-a-person reception.
The main beneficiaries of the fund-raisers are Sam Hardage, Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Morris Kay, Republican candidate for 2nd District congressman.
MERCHANTS SAY the city already is saturated with student applications.
Retail
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Ken Wallace, owner of the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., said his bar had five times the normal number of patrons.
At Taco Viu, about 30 people a day turn in
their resume at the beginning of the semester.
Gleaser said.
Stacks of students' applications sit unread at
Jacks-Barrand Retail Liquor, 2004 W 3rd St.
in Greenwich Village.
"People come in all the time," she said. "We just start refusing applications."
LAWRENCE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE fluctuates around 5 percent, but Phil Eaton, senior vice president of the Lawrence National Bank, 647 Massachusetts St., said students were better off than that figure because they were part-time workers. The national unemployment rate is 9.8 percent.
Some local merchants said they had noticed not only that more students were applying for jobs in the city but also that students were spending less.
Schumm said, "Certainly when people lose jobs and don't have dollars to spend, it's going to have a negative effect on the business community."
At Godfather's Pizza, 711 W. 23rd St., business has dropped 10 percent from last year, said manager Tim Wagner.
Wagner said that he could not pinpoint the reason for the drop but said that the budget cuts played a big part. He said the cuts would affect future business, too.
Louise's Bar, 1009 Massachusetts St., and Louise's West, 1307 W. 7th St., have also experienced a slight drop in student business, said owner Don McClure.
A reduction in business has also been noticed at The Attic, Harbour Lites, Gammon's, Minsky's Pizza, Hatch Bookstore and King of Jeans, according to managers and owners.
"I expect business to be up and down," said Jim Carruth, an Harbour Lives.
SCHUMM SAID the Downtown Lawrence Association would be responsive to a change in students' spending habits. He also said the association already had scheduled a major sale month, but he said it might alter specific events that more items could be offered at sale prices.
Schumm said that the University was an important part of Lawrence and that the university's history was profound.
"It's very important that KU remain a really well-funded institution for the economic environment."
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