Staff photo by KEVIN KING
Bottle rocket sales are no longer allowed in Douglas County so Steve Mitchell, left, 1810 Tenn. St., finds his favorite firework in nearby Perry in Jefferson County. Ron DeHart, Topoka right, an employee of Peterson Fireworks, says many people from Lawrence use peterson fireworks; bottleneck rocket bottles are one of the most popular fireworks but their use is illegal in Lawrence.
Rocket man
Academic affairs post filled by KU law prof
Dennell Tacha, professor of law and the associate dean of the School of Law at the University of Kansas, begins her duties as vice chancellor for academic affairs today.
She was appointed Friday by Ralph Christoffersen, vice chancellor for academic affairs. Tacha will be filling the vacancy created when Christoffersen was promoted from associate vice chancellor to vice chancellor in November, when former president of Trinity College, Ronald Calgaard, announced his appointment to Trinity University as president.
"We held an internal search for a tenured faculty member to fill the position and we are very pleased with Ms. Tacha," Christofersen said yesterday.
Mondav. July 2. 1979
He said her experience as an associate dean included recruitment, staffing, budgeting for salaries, space allocations and granting tenure.
"SHE WILL JOIN Jerry Hutchinson, associate vice chancellor, and I in the academy office to discuss campus responses for all academic programs, budgets and the supervision of KU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the various professional schools and other activities."
Christofferson said the office involved general administration that required each employee to complete a job.
"She will have specific duties including responsibility for space assignments and reassignment, liaison work between the supportive education services, and helping with recruitment and retention of faculty and staff," he said.
TACHA WAS APPPOINTED associate dean of the School of Law in 1977. From 1974 to 1977 she directed the Legal Aid Clinic in addition to teaching law.
knowledgeable about all aspects of the office (two weeks in the office), and has progressed to make decisions.
Tacha, a native of Scandia, received her B.A. with honors in American studies from KU and in undergraduate, she was elected to several KU committees including Phi Beta Kappa and was named Outstanding Senior Woman in 1968. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1971.
In 1971 she was selected as a White House Fellow and special assistant to Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, after which she practiced law one year with a Washington, D.C., firm. She practiced law in Concordia for a year before joining the KU faculty.
Tacha was named to the KU Women's Hall of Fame in 1972, and recently was elected an honorary member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the senior honorary society. She is listed in "Outstanding Young Women in America."
KANSAN
THE SUMMER SESSION
Vol.89.No.156
10 cents off campus
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
free on campus
Faculty wages go up 7%
By ROBIN ROBERTS Staff Reporter
TOPEKA—The Kansas Board of Regents voted Friday to make 7 percent faculty wage increases part of its 1981 year budget for the University of Kansas.
To help pay for this and other approved increases, the board voted to raise KU's tuition from $25 to $280 for Kansas residents and from $76 to $520 for non-residents. In addition, students pay a student fee set each spring by the Student Senate.
The board said the tuition fee raise, which will take effect in the fall semester of 1980, was needed to maintain the board's budget. The board said University's budget to be paid by students.
The Regents approved total budgets of $122,624,189 for the Lawrence campus and $126,860,434 for the University of Kansas Medical Center.
IN THE BUDGET proposal submitted by Chancellor Archie R. Dykes, the budget would have been a 10.2 percent increase over the 1980 budget. The Regents approved a 3.3 percent increase, with most of the cuts going to new program programs.
"We were not surprised," Dykes said. "We knew what the board's plans were. Funding for new program requests was made." We see the increases for faculty and staff."
Among new requests that were denied funding were requests for $65,118 for additional intercollegiate athletic funding and $73,758 for state funding of Kansas Union room rentals. The Associated Students of Kansas lobbied for these requests, and for similar ones for its other Regents member institutions. ASK represents all of the
Board of Regent universities and Washburn University.
BOB BINGAMAN, executive secretary for ASK and graduate of Emporia State University, said ASK was disappointed by the double defeat, but pleased that the Regents assigned a task force to study the student union rental requests.
"At least they left us the mechanism to research it, he said. "But we're not done fighting for this for this year's budget. We are able to amend it in the legislature."
John Conard, executive officer of the board, said he had requested information on student room room usage and local rental rates from all of the Regents' schools, as well as the reports he received was detailed enough for the staff to make any recommendation.
BINGAMAN SAID there was still time, however, to go back and ask the schools for detailed reports before the Regents' decisions to the governor and the legislature.
Margaret Berlin, KU student body president and chairman of the Regent's Student Advisory Committee, composed of the student body presidents from the Regents schools, submitted a resolution Friday that would give the board approve the plan as it was submitted.
Berlin said she also was dissatisfied with the board's decision on the additional athletic funding, which would have been made to a central institution for KU's women's athletics program.
te IX calls for equal funding per capita for the men and women's athletics. The Kansas University Athletic Corporation budget now comes from gatp and media receipts.
"I was not pleased with the outcome of the intercollegiate athletics funding request," she said. "As I understand it, to have come from the men's program." have to come from the men's program."
"But I guess I have a problem with tax dollars going to support athletic departments," Haines said. "Sure it would be a $60,000 bonus for KU but we're already funding them half a million dollars for coaches' salaries and travel expenses."
THAT FUNDING request was of only two requests applying to KU that were vetoed by the board after being recommended by the executive staff.
The board's executive staff had recommended a total of $217,830 for the additional athletic funding for the seven Regents institutions.
THE LATEST HEW interpretation of Tithe executive staff, which makes recommendations to the board after studying the budget requests from its member banks. The bank also most new programs not receive funding.
The other staff recommendation voted down was a request for $150,000 to buy a twin-engine airplane for the Medical Center's Outreach program.
Regent Robert H. O'Neil said it would be more economical to charter the plane, which would be used to fly medical students throughout the state for training.
"Outreach is beginning to be referred to by other universities as outgrab." ONeil T
ALTHOUGH FEW changes were made from the staff's recommendations, Regent Pallorini has been very happy.
proval was not just a formality or rubber stamping process.
"The public should know we've had these books a week before last week," he said. "Today is not the only time we've looked at them."
Among the new programs that were recommended by the executive staff and voted into the Regents budget were;
- $12,471 for improved information systems for financial aid.
- $7,020 for Student Employment
Assistance to most student wages to the
student.
- $21,343 for services for non-traditional students
- $30,731 for solar and other alternative energy sources program
Tom Rawson, Regents' research officer,
said that programs denied funding in the
Regents' budget could still be funded
through budget transfers.
"I truly believe the flexibility exists, that if administrators say "We want $8,000 per hour," they can take it out of their solar project or some other program." Rawson said. "We just
Jordan Haines said that although several new programs were denied funding, all of the major program improvements had been satisfied.
The Regents approved $342,906 to start the KU law enforcement Training Center to provide training for new staff.
THE REGENTS' budget now goes to Gov. John Carlin and then to the Kansas Legislature in September. Final approval comes during the 180 legislation session.
However, funding for the center will come from a special Regens fund, not held by the charity.
By TONY FITTS
Staff Reporter
Power plants cut from budgets
The Regents also denied a request for $335,000 in preliminary planning money for a new library for KU, to be located near the military science building.
TOPEKA—The Kansas Board of Regents denied a request for planning money for a solid-waste fueled power plant for the University of Kansas, but approved a building projects totaling $8,411,200 for fiscal year 1981 in its meeting Friday.
KU HAS BEEN planning the waste-powered plant for a number of years, Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said Friday. The plant is designed to trash from surrounding areas, including
The power plant request of $850,000 for final planning was denied pending the results of a legislative study on power generation at other Regents institutions. The grant from Kansas State University for funding a coal-fired power generating plant.
Topeka and Shawnee County, for power generation.
But Topkea is building its own solid-waste fueled heane, said he.
"That trash is no longer available." Dykes said. "The power plant we have now will be adequate for years to come. The only problem we have is the cost of gas and oil. Natural gas is still the cheapest way of generating electricity we have.
"The state is going to have to make up its mind with regard to energy for the Regents institutions. When that committee works, it will answer a lot of questions."
DYKES WAS REFERING to an interim legislative committee study K-State's proposal for a coal-fired power plant in the region, and a desire to see what the legislature decided to do with the K-State plant before approving any power plant for any of the Regents
The Regents approved requests for renovation funds for Flint. Snow and
Strong Halls. They also approved funds for a new utility tunnel for Allen Field House, the replacement of underground steam lines to scholarship halls, and the completion of renovation projects in Watson Library, Marvin Hall, and Lindley Hall.
The projects approved were among KU's top priorities according to written material prepared by KU for the Regents. Mr. Regent said he was not disappointed with the Regents' choices, although the administration had hoped to get the new library app
THE REGENTS APPROVED $28,131,962 in capital improvements for the seven Regents schools. The Regents support the University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburgh State University and the Kansas Technological Institute.
The board approved $5,123,200 in improvements for the University of Kansas Medical Center, including $6,450,000 for construction of a new medical library.
$68,000 for energy conservation improvements, and $700,000 for a radiology suite for the emergency room in the new Bell Memorial Hospital,
Phase II of the E. B. Allen hospital renovation at the Wichita branch of the Med Center. totaling $1.3 million for fascia from the Med Center's budget request.
THE BOARD ALSO approved $4 million for major repairs, special maintenance and remodeling for the seven institutions that use federal revenue sharing funds for fiscal 1980 for repairs, maintenance, remodeling, and special remodeling for handicapped access, to be used for curb and modifications to building entrances.
The approved budget requests will go to the state budget office for study, modification and approval. They will then be submitted to the Kansas Legislature as part of the governor's budget request for the next legislative session.
Portraits honor athletes
Bv SCOTT FAUST
Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas is prolific when it comes to producing sports greats, such as Wilt Chamberlain, James Naismith and Gale Savers.
In 1973, the KU athletic department decided to "toot its own horn" and promote its athletic heritage with a $28,000 Hall of Fame. The university sports information director, said last week.
The Hall of Fame, in the main east lobby of Allen Field House, officially opened in November 1978. In the hall are 79 portraits by nationally-recognized sports artist Ted Watts and large trophy cases for Hall of Fame trophies, pictures and memorabilia.
The athletic department is planning an extension of the Hall of Fame to honor team coaches who took teams to bowl) games and basketball coaches who had teams in the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. These people are
BY SEPTEMBER, 13 more portraits by Watts will be mounted on the walls between the football and basketball offices in Parrort Athletic Center, Baker said. The athletic center is annexed to the west side of the field house.
The idea for the Hall of Fame, Baker said, came from the University's last athletic director, Clyde Walker. Walker thought the Hall would pay toribute to the people who developed KU's athletic tradition and also serve as a recruiting tool.
"to a prospective recruit seeing the
first time," the Baker said,
"It's all a bit tough."
Baker said he and Walker had heard of
The brightly-colored KU portraits, usually made from sports photographs, are true to life rather than abstract. Watts said, when he worked with some pencil work for a mixed-media effect.
Watts's work for universities across the country and they traveled to the University of Arkansas where Watts did some All-American work. He then commissioned him for the KU project.
WATTS, WHO IS from Oswego, began spending about one-third of his studio time on the portraits in February 1977, and completed the last in January of this year.
When new inductions into the Hall are made, Watts will be the artist to the Hall design.
Watts said he used realistic backgrounds, geometric patterns and contrasting colors in the scenes.
"I try to bring a little bit more to it than just a representation of what the photograph shows," Watts said. "I try to make an interpersonal."
For his portrait of basketball star Tommy Johnson, KU's first All-America in 1999, Watts said, all he had to work from was a faded yearbook picture.
WATTS SAID he had difficulty in doing the pre-1928 portraits because the photographs were too blurry.
Watts said he considered the KU works to be among his best. He is proudest of his portrait of Naimith, who was basketball II and KU's first head coach from 1896-1937.
"Because of who he was," Watts said, "probably had a little bit more inspiration."
Another of Watts' works at KU is a portrait montage of Will Chamberlain, an art teacher, in his portrait
NINETY-FIVE PERCENT of Watts' work deals with sports, he said, yet he also does some western art and political por- tions. He just finished a portrait of Gov. John Carlin.
Watts said he also did a drawing for a marble sculpture of KU sports now in a building.
eventually will be given to Chamberlain as a gift from the University, Baker said. It is a face portrait surrounded by scenes from Chamberlain's career.
Watts was working in advertising while doing free-lance art work when he decided to make a switch to full-time art work, he said.
"I thought, goosh, if I can make this much money just tinkering around in the evenings," Watts said, "what can I do if I work at it full-time."
Watts said he was glad his works were on display in the field house where many people had come.
"I like knowing that my work at KU may leave a memory or some response in people."
TO BE ELIGIBLE for the Hall, athletes in team sports must have achieved All-America status as recognized by the NCAA. Players in this category are NCAA champions in their respective sport.
Teams are eligible if they have been NCAA champions or, in football, if they attended a bowl game. Basketball teams are eligible if they have won an NCAA Regional Championship or have been a National Invitational Tournament winner.
Special admittance to the tour goes teams or individuals who have made contributions that have brought distinction and honor to the University.
Super signature
Demis Leonard, City Kings Royals pitch, autographs a baseball hat as part of the Royals Dav '78 activities that were held
Stall photo by MICHAEL PATTERSON
Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Downtown Lawrence Association.