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KU salaries miss mark of peer schools
by virginia Marghelm Kansan staff writer
Faculty salaries at the University of Kansas are falling behind those at other universities.
According to a report in the Chronicle of Higher Education, KU's faculty rank in the bottom 20 percent of faculty salaries at other doctoral institutions.
Low salaries are not new at KU, said David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
"We've been behind for a long, long time." he said.
Shulenburger said that the problem grew worse in the mid '80s when other institutions began to increase salaries significantly and the Kansas Legislature did not follow suit.
Last year, the Legislature allocated more for faculty raises at KU — 6 percent — than to other Regents institutions. By doing this, the Legislature recognized that KU was falling too far behind its peers, Shulenburger said.
The raise was a good start, but it would take several years of such raises to bring KU up to a more competitive level, he said.
But this year, the Legislature has returned to giving an across-the-board raise allocation to every Regents institution. The Board of Regents requested a 3.5 percent increase for Regents institutions for the 1996 fiscal year, but the Legislature has not yet decided how much money to allocate for raises. It will make a final decision this week.
KU administrators are worried that KU's low faculty salaries are hurting their ability to recruit and retain professors. Shulenburger said that although the University was doing a good job with what
resources it had,it was losing people to better offers that KU could not match.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said he agreed. If KU's salaries were low and everything else were high, salaries would not matter so much. Meyen said.
But KU also has no money for science equipment, which compounds the problem, he said.
A large number of professors who were hired in the '60s, when universities were expanding, soon will be
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When the lights come on at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., the glamour of the rock 'n' roll fantasy once again is shattered.
Dollars and dates.Fame and fortune. These are the myths at the ground level of rock 'n' roll.
Story by Jake Arnold Photos by Lisa Perry
West Scandin works his way to the bar at The Bottleneck. Long hair and disheveled clothes don't draw attention here. He talks to the bartender, gets a beer and, unmiffed, makes his way back to a small group of friends sitting in the bleachers near the store.
The Bottleneck is jammed. The room is crowded with sweaty, boisterous college students screaming conversations over pitted tables and spit beer. From the pool room to the bathroom there is barely room to hold a draft — everywhere but on stage. That darkened corner of the room is off-limits except to a select few.
There are two sides of the spotlights in a rock bar, fields and outfields.
On the bright side of the stage lights, Wes becomes the lead singer for Puddle of Mud, full of confidence and mischief.
"Can I get four Jigermelsters up here?" he yells
into the mike, reveling in his power.
The guitars scream, and Wes launches full tilt into the set.
★★★
Wes is part of, a tide of original rock bands flooding Lawrence and the surrounding area. Another generation is chasing the phantasm of rock stardom, but this time the rules have changed.
Alternative music has created an explosion of garage bands reaching for the brass ring. Nobody is impressed with drugged-out, sex-crazed rock attitudes. Signing a record deal isn't a meal ticket, and just being in a band doesn't make you unique. A good sound and a lot of luck are what counts.
When every label is looking for the next Seattle, Lawrence and its thriving, diverse music scene is getting a lot of attention. That little extra fosters a lot of hopefulness.
Brett Mostman, owner of The Bottleneck, 737
New Hampshire St., estimates there were half a dozen cover bands in Lawrence and one or two original bands when he opened the bar in 1885.
Until the mid-1980s, record labels carried a few superstar bands and everybody else was in a cover band, grinding out renditions of somebody's hit tune. Now record labels sign everybody and hope for a runaway hit.
lawrence can boast of 60 or more original bands. Mosiman estimates, several of which are full-time bands or at least have record deals. Mosiman can't remember the last time a cover band wanted to play the Bottleneck.
"This is a mini Mecca for musicians and bands," Mosinan said. "We are, 1,500 miles from the nearest cool place, yet this month we have 34 major label acts. Between Dallas and Minneapolis, St.
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'Equal' wins ordinance amendment
Sexual orientation vote passes in 3-2 decision
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Lawrence became the first city in Kansas to offer antidiscrimination protection to people on the basis of sexual orientation last night when the city commission voted 2-3 to add the words "sexual orientation" to the city's human relations ordinance.
Ben Zimmerman, co-organizer for Simply Equal, the coalition that proposed the change, said the new ordinance would provide people in the community with legal recourse if they were discriminated against based on their sexual orientation.
the ordinance change sends a very powerful message to people that Lawrence won't tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation," Zimmerman said. "People who feel they have been discriminated against can now file complaints with the the human relations office."
For Zimmerman and other Simply Equal members, the vote culminated two years of campaigning and signature collecting to get the commission to make the ordinance change.
"I am delighted. It has been a long wait and a lot of hard work." Zimmerman said.
Before the vote, about 50 opponents and proponents of the proposal spoke to the commission about the issue.
Jo Barnes, former city commission candidate, said she opposed the ordinance because it would legitimize a homosexual lifestyle.
"It is a lifestyle that is not natural, not designed to promote the family and not designed for the welfare of our children," Barnes said. "If we give that approval, we are telling children that anything goes."
Moody, who voted against the ordinance change, said he worried that the ordinance change might worsen discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the community.
"IIf I felt for one minute, for one minute, that the ordinance change would end discrimination, I would vote for it," he said. "But in fact, it may drive the wedge deeper. You can't legislate tolerance, you have to educate against intolerance."
Commissioners Jo Andersen, Allen Levine and Vice Mayor John Nalbandian supported the change. Commissioner Bonnie Augustine and Moody voted against the proposal.
Gayle Luedke, Kansas assistant softball coach, is a true Jayhawk and has given 11 years of coaching and playing to Kansas. But a head coaching job could be in her future.
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By Paul Todd
Students featured for bizarre break up
KU couple's split makes 'The Ricki Lake Show'
Devon Haase and Mark Dwyer sat in the waiting room of "The Ricki Lake Show," a popular daytime talk show, and received instructions from the show's producers. The boyfriend and girlfriend had recently broken off a year-long relationship.
Kansan staff writer
"They told us to be mean," Haase said. "Don't smile or laugh,' they said. 'Take it seriously and be mean.'
But there was not the usual talk show brawl — the two are still friends, after all.
Haase, Lawrence junior, and Dwyer. Merriam graduate student, were taped for "The Ricki Lake Show" on April 12,
for a show that will air at 3 p.m. Friday on channels 5 and 27. The theme of the show was "People who had broken up with their significant others on important days." Haase said.
This break-up definitely fit the bill.
The two had gone to Harbour Lights, 1031 Massachusetts St., last month to celebrate Dwyer's 21st birthday. The relationship had been rocky for a while, Haase said. When Dwyer was taking shot number 16 of the traditional 21 shots for turning 21, Haase cracked.
"Another girl sat down next to Mark and took my seat," she said. "He didn't make her get up."
Haase was marking on Dwyer's hand how many shots he had taken. When she went to write number 16 on his hand, she also left a surprise.
"Mark, I love you to death," she wrote. "But I can't date you anymore." She told Dwyer she had to go to work
She told Dwyer she had to go to work
"It was going to happen anyway," Haase said. "The way I chose to initiate the break-up was different."
*We were all shocked that they called
"She saw the show and called in as a fluke," said Haase's friend, Chessa Bieri, Lawrence sophomore. Bieri was with Haase when she called. A producer called back less than a week later and left a message with Bieri, who then called Haase.
Dwyer was not available for comment.
early in the morning and left the bar. Dwyer did not realize he was single again until the next morning when he woke up.
During every episode, "The Ricki Lake Show" flashes a phone number a viewer can call if he or she fits a certain show's guest profile. Haase called about a week after the break-up and left a message explaining how she had unhitched her boyfriend.
But Lake was not the person Haase thought she would be.
back," Bieri said.
The show's producers flew Haase and Dwyer to New York, and the two took the show's limousine to the set. After waiting for other segments to be taped, it was time to go on.
"She totally staged the whole thing," she said. "They told us what we had to say and when we had to say it. Ricki looked so unimpressive."
"She would be nowhere without the cue signs — she's just a face."
Even though Haase said that Lake had let her down, the experience still was interesting, she said.
"It was the weirdest thing that ever happened to me." Haase said.
So which talk show host would Haase have preferred?
"I'm sure Oprah is a thousand times better," she said. "She is on top of things."