KU offers institute in Rome
The 1970 Summer Institute for Mediterranean Area Studies will be held in Rome June 18 to August 19.
The institute is open to upperclassmen and graduate students. Highly qualified freshmen and sophomores may also be accepted, but the enrollment is limited to 80 students.
The institute is sponsored by the American Universities Field Staff (AUFS) and five of its member universities: Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana State, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Focusing on the Mediterranean area, the institute will offer students opportunities to compare the history, governments, and modernization of the nations bordering the Mediterranean. It will also examine the regional organizations that are most pertinent to Mediterranean problems, according to the Office of International Programs at the University of Kansas.
Augmenting the course work in English will be visits by more
than 20 distinguished Mediterranean scholars, diplomats and active political practitioners from European, Middle, Eastern and North African nations of the region.
A series of special non-credit lectures will cover the development of Rome and Italy, supplemented for those interested by field trips to Florence and Naples. For beginners, a course in conversational Italian will also be offered.
Insurance plans for KU students to be considered
The Health Committee of the Student Senate is now awaiting replies from insurance companies who wish to bid on a student health insurance plan.
Before this year students were offered Blue Cross-Blue Shield plans at enrollment time. Price escalations over the years have made this plan no longer feasible, said Dave Blahna, St. Louis Park, Minn., graduate student and chairman of the Health Committee.
When the decision was made to drop Blue Cross-Blue Shield last year, a committee which included William Balfour, dean of student affairs, Keith Nitcher, vice-chancellor of finance, and Raymond Schweegler, director of the health service, decided that the Travelers Insurance Company offered the best alternative plan, but under this plan, married students had to pay higher rates than single students.
The major concern of the committee is finding a plan that offers better rates for married students. They want rates for single and married students to be determined on a more equal basis.
The Health Committee drew up a list of specifications for the program last month. When bids from the companies are received, the committee will make recommendations to the Student Senate, which will make the final selection.
18 KANSAN Mar. 16
1970
Las Vegas active again after strike settlement
LAS VEGAS (UPI) — Dice rolled, roulette wheels spun and slot machines gobbled coins again Sunday after 16 hotel operators along the famed "strip" agreed to give employes a 31.5 per cent raise.
The strike by the 14,000-member Culinary and Bartenders Unions which caused the first gambling shutdown in city history, was called off at one minute past midnight. Entertainer Jerry Lewis was the first player to step up to the crap table, crying "Whooope!"
Some bookies had been giving eight to five odds the walkout would last a full week, but the huge neon lights along the strip flashed on again after 94 hours.
Their shutdown had cost the power company $1,600 a day in lost revenue.
The shutdown also caused an estimated $2 million loss in wages to strikers and those who refused to cross picket lines. The casino operators were deprived of an equal anticipated take from gambling and the state of Nevada lost about a half million dollars in tax revenue.
There was a mass exodus from Las Vegas after the 16 affected hotels closed down all operations Thursday night, leaving 10,887 rooms vacant. Full resumption of service was expected by Tuesday.
Nevada Gov. Paul Laxalt flew here to take part in round-the-clock negotiations between the unions and the Nevada Resort Association. Downtown casinos and three "strip" resorts—Riviera, Bonanza and Circus Circus—had separate contracts.
The new agreement provided a straight 27-28 per cent wage in
crease plus fringe benefits including pension, health and welfare benefits, additional holidays and vacation time resulting in the 31.5 per cent raise. The unions demanded 45 per cent and the hotels offered 25 per cent.
Before the new contract was signed, a cocktail waitress was making $11.40 for a eight-hour shift with up to $40 more in tips. A bartender made $28-31 a shift with $20 in tips and a chef averaged about $34 a shift.
KU students get awards at dinner
Four junior and senior men and women were honored at the physical education department's annual dinner March 8.
The Jack Wolfe Memorial Award for the outstanding senior man was awarded to David B. Standage, Oklahoma City. The award is a memorial to a former KU basketball player and coach at Goodland High School.
The Earl Falkenstien Memorial Award for the outstanding junior man went to Danny Jay Bradfield of Overland Park. This prize memorializes a former business manager of the KU athletic department.
The Physical Education Alumnae Awards, made from annual gifts of women graduates went to outstanding senior woman Jennifer Clader, Winnetka, Ill., and outstanding junior woman Patty Johnson, Overland Park.
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