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Tuesday October 28,1997
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CAMPUS/AREA
Jayhawks for Higher Education, a group of alumni who informally lobby the Legislature for the University of Kansas, will meet Friday to attend the dedication of Budig Hall. Mortar Board will recognize five faculty members as 1997 Outstanding Educators Saturday during halftime at the homecoming football game.
NATIONAL
BETHESDA, Md.: Millions of impotent American men are about to get a treatment revolution — new pills that promise to restore sexual function without the discomfort and embarrassment of traditional therapies.
WASHINGTON: A provision in the legislation to overhaul the IRS could save taxpayers more than $1 billion by placing new limits on penalties for repayment of back taxes.
CAMPUS/AREA
Lobbying alumni to meet for Budig Hall dedication
Jayhawks for Higher Education, a group of alumni who informally lobby the Legislature for the University of Kansas, will meet Friday.
Kay Henry, senior vice president for the University of Kansas Alumni Association, said members of the group were invited to attend the dedication of Budig Hall. The group will attend the dedication of the building, then meet at 3:45 p.m.
At the meeting, Chancellor Robert Hemenway will outline the University's legislative priorities. Following the chancellor's presentation the group will tour the facility.
The group usually meets on a fall Saturday in conjunction with a football game.
"We usually have 250-300 people come," Henry said. "However, since it's a Friday, that might affect the attendance a bit because of work schedules."
Henry said she expected at least 100 members of the group to attend.
Mortar Board to recognize five outstanding educators
The University of Kansas chapter of Mortar Board will recognize five faculty members as 1997 Outstanding Educators Saturday during the homecoming football game.
Members of Mortar Board, a senior honor society, nominated and selected Laurence Draper, professor of microbiology; Susan Gay, associate professor of mathematics and of teaching and leadership; Thomas Hellke, associate professor of political science; Don Marquis, professor of philosophy; and James Shortridge, professor of geography, for the award.
The winners will be recognized at halftime of the Kansas-Iowa State football game and at a reception at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
Draper previously won the award in 1978, and Shortridge won the award in 1979.
Kansan staff reports
NATIONAL
Oral medication restores erections of impotent men
BETHESDA, Md. — Millions of impotent American men are about to get a treatment revolution — new pills that promise to restore sexual function without the discomfort and embarrassment of traditional therapies.
The first oral medicine for impotence — a drug that can cause erections within 20 minutes after swallowing the pill — could be available by April, impotence specialists said yesterday.
"Some of these drugs are very potent.
very unique," said Harin Fadma-Nathan of the University of Southern California and director of The Male Clinic in Santa Monica. "We could combine them in a cocktail, ... some to work in the brain and some to work locally, for the best effect."
Patients who have tried the experimental pills say they work easily.
"My wife said it was like I was Tarzan," said Alfred Pariser of Los Angeles. Pariser was impotent for a year following prostate cancer surgery until he tried Viagra, the drug that works in 20 minutes.
Between 10 million and 20 million American men suffer impotence at some point in their lives. Impotence increases with age and about 80 percent is caused by disease, particularly diabetes and heart conditions that restrict blood flow, said Irwin Goldstein of Boston University. Impotence also can be psychological or a side effect of certain drugs.
New IRS legislation could save taxpayers $1 billion
WASHINGTON — A provision in legislation to overhaul the IRS could save taxpayers more than $1 billion by placing new limits on penalties for repayment of back taxes.
It's among a host of taxpayer-rights initiatives, some benefiting divorced spouses, the mentally impaired and low-income workers that have gotten little notice in the political maneuvering surrounding agency restructuring.
Most of the discussion and dispute on the bill has concerned broader issues such as the proposed creation of an 11-member oversight board to draft the IRS's budget and improve management of the agency.
"There are some immediate benefits from this legislation," said Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, an architect of the legislation.
The Clinton administration reversed course last week and backed the bill when sponsors agreed to retain the president's authority to hire and fire the IRS commissioner.
The administration said it still wanted further revisions to an item that would shift the burden of proof from taxpayers to the IRS when disputed cases reach court. Treasury Department officials said the bill, as currently written, could strengthen the hand of tax evasion artists, an assertion disputed by the bill's sponsors.
The most significant piece of the taxpayer-rights section involves a change in installment agreements for repayment of back taxes. It could save taxpayers $1.03 billion over five years, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Currently, taxpayers who fail to pay their taxes are subject to a penalty of 0.5 percent per month of the unpaid amount, up to a maximum 25 percent penalty, plus interest. The legislation would drop the maximum penalty to 9.5 percent for taxpayers who reach an installment agreement to repay back taxes.
For example, a taxpayer who owes $100 and has failed to pay the bill after two years would owe $125 plus interest under the current formula. The legislation would reduce the total to $109.50 plus interest if the taxpayer reached an installment agreement.
The bill's sponsor, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer, R-Texas, said the provision sought to reverse a trend in the 1980s in which several tax bills boosted IRS penalties and allowed the government to collect more revenue without raising taxes.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Mustang SVT Cobra's four center caps and emblems were stolen, and the car's front quarter panels were damaged between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the 900 block of West 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The damage and items were valued at $676.94
A KU student's backpack and computer disks were stolen between 4 p.m. Saturday and 4:32 a.m. Sunday from the 600 block of Gateway Court, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $80.
A KU student's Pioneer cassette stereo was stolen and car dashboard damaged between 12:50 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Neismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The damage and loss were estimated at $200.
A KU student's driver side window was damaged between 1:05 and 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
A KU student's brown leather wallet, driver's license and other items were stolen between midnight and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 2300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $23.
A KU student's glass window pane was damaged between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 8:40 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Sunflower Road, KU police said. The damage was estimated at $15.
A KU student's Kansas registration plate was stolen between 4 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday from the McColum Hall parking lot, KU police said. The plate was valued at $30.
The August 1997 issue of "Spectrum" magazine was stolen between 2:40 and 2:45 a.m. Friday from Anschutz Library, KU police said. The magazine was valued at $15.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS will hold Brown Bag Lunches from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today in Alcove E of the Kansas Union and tomorrow in Alcove A, A Halloween party for the Jayhawker Towers Tenant Association, Stouffer Neighborhood Association and OAKS members will include children's' activities from 5 to 7 p.m. and adult fun from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Academic Resource Center of Jayhawker Towers and the courtyard.
Contact Susan Randall, 864-7317.
The Office of International Proparams. Col-
The Office of International Programs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for Russian and East European Studies will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. tonight in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union. Lectures will be given by Yuri Shapoval of the Historian Institute of Archaeography, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev and Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Prystalko, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Security Service. Contact Bette Luther, 864-4236.
The Tae Kwan Do Club will practice from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday in 207 Robinson Center. Contact Adam Capron, 842-9112.
■ KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today. Contact number: 864-7325
The Christian Science Organization will meet at 7 tonight in Alcove A of the Kansas Union to discuss "Protection from Contagious Diseases."
The Native American Student Association will meet at 7 tonight in the Multicultural Resource Center. Contact Liax Hauxwell. RdL 1,585-2 or Racing Group, 630-926-600.
Student television station KUJH will tape "Speak Your Mind" from 1 to 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union lobby. Contact Hilary Johnston, 749-1478.
The International Student Services and the University Placement Center will hold "Career Employment and Job-Seeking Skills, A Workshop for International Students" at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Daisy Hill Room of the Burge Union. Tips will be given for successful cover letters, resumes, job applications and interviews. Contact Lynne Vanahill, 864-3617.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the Sunflower Room of the Burge Union, Contact Pennir 864-7736
■ KU Pro-Choice will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, Contact Regan Cowan, 838-9084.
The KU Roller Hockey Club will hold a team meeting and practice at 9 p.m. tomorrow at Sport 2 Sport. Contact Sean Cosgrove, 864 8243 or Stu Costlow, 749-4557.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will sponsor a Halloween Necessity Drive to benefit Hannah's House from 4:30 to 5 p.m. Friday. Contact Meredith Seymour, 843-0357.
Proponents of Animal Liberation will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union. Contact Michael Schmitt, 838-4469.
- The Feminist Union will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Governor's Room of the Kansas Union. Contact Jan Kelner, 331-2514.
■ The Interaction Student Group or LSVT meet from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building for meal, discussion and common prayer.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Danforth Chapel until the end of the semester. Contact Father Raymond E. May Jr., 843-0357.
A vegetarian lunch, sponsored by Environs, PAL and ECM, will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. The event is open to the public. Contact Matt Caldwell, 838-3124.
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