The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Friday, September 10, 1982 Vol.93, No.15 USPS650-640
Reagan crusades for resolution of moral issues
President Reagan displays a Kansas City Royals jacket given to him yesterday after he spoke at a luncheon in Topeka. Reagan
delivered the 58th Landon Lecture at Kansas State University yesterday morning.
Top state GOPs welcome Reagan
By United Press International
TOPEKA—President Reagan was met by enthusiastic Republicans and an unconventional assortment of citizens as he spent his afternoon speaking at two GOP fund-raisers yesterday.
The president urged 700 Republicans attending a luncheon fund-raiser to fight for the state's Republican ticket in the fall elections and lauded Gov. Scott Walker for his age's support of cutting government spending.
Just before his luncheon appearance, Reagan gave a five-minute "peep talk" to about 100 Republicans at a $50-a person reception that was closed to the media.
The president's visit to Kansas, his first since 1980, lent a festive atmosphere to the fundraising activities at the downtown Ramada Inn. In the red-carpeted, chandeliered ballroom, the crowd greeted Reagan with a standing ovation. A seven-piece band "Hail to the Chief."
Small groups of protesters dotted the parking lot in front of the hotel, carrying messages supporting a nuclear arms freeze and opposing
Reagan's economic policies. An elderly man rode a bicycle with a sign saying, "Sorry, Mr. Prez, I don't have $100 to eat lunch with you. A victim of Reaganism."
The employees who work in the handful of massage parlors that dot U.S. Highway 75 south of town, the most commonly used route to Forbes Field, put up their own greetings for the president. On the signs that usually advertise Massage Center messages such as "Welcome President Reagan," "Foxy Ladies" and "Have a nice day," were displayed in bright colors.
At reagan's table in the Ramada Inn were Hardage; Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan; Elizabeth Dole; 2nd District congressional candidate Morris Kay; and other state Republican leaders. Hardage and Kay will be the primary candidates for the two fund-raisers, which will get about $105,000.
Reagan spoke at length about the state of the economy and repeated in part his message, given earlier in the day during the Landon administration, that the nation needed to review its social conscience.
Defending his attempts to spur the nation into the beginning of an economic recovery, Reagan said he had been greeted with a financial "mess" when he assumed office 20 months ago.
"You can't go into the stable and instantly change things that have been piling up for years," he said, drawing laughter from his audience.
When his administration began, interest rates were as high as 21.5 percent, and today they are plummeting around the nation, Reagan said. He praised a Topeka savings and loan association for dropping its home mortgage interest rate from 16 percent to 12.75 percent this week.
"I know that his opponent, the incumbent, thinks the way out of poor economic conditions is to tax and tax," Reagan said of Democratic Gov. John Carlin.
Reagan said Hardage, a Wichita developer, had the right idea about stimulating the state's economy by attracting industry to the state and cutting wasteful government spending.
Hardgee govee guave A kansas City Royals warm-up jacket, hat and baseball when the game is in progress.
MANHATTAN—President Reagan took his crusade to resolve two moral issues to an area often called the Bible Belt when he delivered a lecture at Kansas State University yesterday.
By BRUCE SCHREINER Staff Reporter
The president's speech was part of a day-long birthday party for former Kansas Governor Allison L. Larsen.
There was a different type of "parly" transpring nearby, as about 75 people gathered in the early morning drizzle to protest many Reagan administration policies.
Before a crowd of about 11,000 K-State students and faculty and Lord Lecture series patrons who jammed Aberarn Field House, the university's first school prayer and a ban on legal abortion.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO focused on something that has become a moral issue for him -- balancing the federal budget with a constitutional amendment.
He said that recovery in the economy was in sight and declared that a Biblical prediction that "joy cometh in the morning" would be fulfilled by an economic rebound.
High levels of unemployment remain trouble-
less, Reagan said. Nearly 11 million American
workers are unemployed.
"Recovery has been sighted," the president said, "but these statistics are cold comfort to someone out of work. Unfortunately, unemployment is a last indicator to turn around after a recession."
The "cold comfort" line drew applause of affirmation, not approval, from the crowd.
Record interest rates and double-digit inflation inevitably lead to recession. Reagan said.
Love for America means that "we love our countrymen," he said, "that we reach out with a helping and healing hand when they cry out or do not cry out, to all them, 'do not be afraid, you are not alone.'"
Ragan, whose 38-minute address was interrupted 29 times by applause, received a reward of $150.
constitutional amendment to resurrect school prayer in elementary schools.
"From the beginning of this administration," Reagan said, "I've made it clear that I believe America's children have the right to begin their education." The United States Congress do, with praew
"The time has come for this Congress to give a majority of American families what they want for their children; a constitutional amendment that will make it unequivocally clear that
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children can hold voluntary prayer in their schools."
REAGAN THEN took a stab at the arguments used by supporters of abortion.
The president, who has been criticized by conservatives for lagging in the fight against abortion, did not find unanimous consent for his stand against abortion.
His statement that the people have a sacred duty to protect the life of an unborn child was greeted with supportive applause by a large portion of the crowd.
But, when Reagan admitted that his view was not shared by everyone, a modest round of debate was needed.
He then used the continuing uncertainty over when life begins as a justification to oppose
"Doesn't morality dictate that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is?" Reagan said.
Ragan then focused on a problem that he would like to terminate — towering federal debate.
IN ATTRIBUTING DEFICITS to a lack of discipline by Congress, Reagan hailed the proposed balanced budget constitutional time had come.
"The people have something that is often in
short supply in government — common sense."
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Businesses overloaded by student job requests
By DEBORAH BAER and DIRK MILLER Staff Reporters
"It's an employer's market. We can afford to be doxy." Larry Gossier, night manager of the company.
Lawrence businesses are swamped with job applications from KU students, and some employers are refusing to accept more, several area merchants say.
When KU cut its budget in July at the request of Gov. John Carlin, more than 40 departments cut substantial amounts from their student hourly budgets. Because faculty salaries could not be cut, the bulk of the cuts came from student jobs, supplies and equipment budgets
The School of Business cut its student hourly
By KIESA ASCUE
Staff Reporter
"I see people every day checking on their work-study status." Houston said.
Hall to unfurl giant Jayhawk banner
Staff Reporter
He said he was trying to measure the Jayhawk on the football field at 1 a.m. Aug. 29, his 21st birthday. When he crawled back over the fence that surrounded the field, he fell on his face.
The biggest Jayhawk on campus roosts in Hashinger Hall, the product of two weeks of effort by 60 hall residents.
PAM HOUSTON, coordinator of the Student Employment Center, said many departments now were trying to fill those positions with people eligible for work-study jobs. The federal government supplies 80 percent of the salaries for students in the program.
The Jayhawk, emblazoned on a banner, will make his first public appearance at the KU-Wichita State game tomorrow. Afterward, he would play against the east side of Hashinger every home game day.
Eligibility for the program is determined by income, she said.
In addition to a broken wrist, Phelan said he
PHELAN DREW the giant Jayhawk onto a proportional graph and numbered the sheets to correspond with the graph. He said the Jayhawk had taken a shape, until two days ago, when painting began.
"My idea was to make it the biggest Jayhawk ever produced," said Grady Phelan, St. Louis junior and designer of the banner. "I can't imagine anyone doing it elsewhere."
Phelan broke his wrist while ensuring that his design would be the biggest bird ever.
budget in half, from $62,000 to $30,281, said John Tollefon, dean of the school.
But many students are not eligible, and they are turning from the campus to the city for jobs.
The banner is 44 feet wide and 57 feet long. It stretches along five windows at Hashinger and
are turning from the campus to the city for jobs. And the lack of jobs among KU students may have a "negative effect" on the Lawrence University president of the Downtown Lawrence Association.
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Although the Jayhawk is Phelan's baby, residents of Hashinger helped it grow, said Bryce Burkett, Carroll, Iowa, senior and resident assistant on the six floor of Hashinger.
had to have 10 stitches in his eyebrow, and he injured his knee.
Sixty residents worked two weeks on the project, Burkett said. They sewed white sheets together and painted them with tempra paint after Phelan drew the design.
"The project was to help Hashinger, as a creative arts facility, to salute football. We wanted to put our part into the enthusiasm of our students, and with floor's project, but we did it for Hashinger."
THE HALL GOVERNMENT at: Hashinger contributed funds to the project, and Gibson's Discount Center donated $20 in paint. Students also provided money for "Project Big Bird" from their own pockets, Burkett said. The banner cost between $150 and $200 to complete.
"Everyone was helping, even people not on this floor," said Burkett. "We have a really enthusiastic floor and this helped build our community spirit."
Burkett1 said students worked on the project
from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. almost every night to
complete the project.
Last night students waterproofed the Jayhawk banner and decided how to hang it. The banner still stay at Hashinger permanently.
Weather
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and very warm with a high in the low to mid-89s.
Today will be mostly sunny, windy and very warm. The high will be 90 to 85, and winds will be from the south at 15 to 25 mph for most of the day, partly cloudy, and the low will be 63 to 70.
Grady Phelan, St. Louis junior, lays on his creation — a six-storybanner of the world's largest Jayhawk. Phelan designed the banner, and with the help of sixth floor residents of Hashinger Hall.
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the banner will be displayed tomorrow at the KU-WSU football game.