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Tuesday, May 1, 1979
University Daily Kansan
VERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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From the Kansan's Wire Services
HEW to studu Topeka schools
TOPEKA - The Topeka School District received formal notice yesterday that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare plans to investigate the
district's position on school closures. The district filed against the district, alleging that the Board of Education was violating the 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The complaint, filed two weeks ago by Richard Gellar, a psychiatrist at Topeka Veterans Administration Medical Center, alleged the district was unjustified.
violating behavior. Gellar, whose children attend Central Park Elementary School, said he was
the hope of the decide to make Central Park a middle school.
concernes about the board's statehood in Hawaii. He also said the district was becoming more segregated as a result of the
In the letter, HEW officials said they would look into the policies and practices of the district's policies on school cloaking. HEW said it would contact the district's local council.
FPA wants emergency fund
WASHINGTON—Saying that adequate safeguards were not employed in the disposal of most hazardous wastes, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it would seek legislation to create a $400 million cleanup fund.
Barbara Blum, EPA deputy administrator, said the administration would ask Congress next month to create a $400 million national emergency fund—supplied by the oil and chemical industries—that could be used to clean up oil and chemical spills.
The EPA is to put 50 staff members to work on toxic waste problems soon and will ask Congress for an additional $131 million and 190 jobs beginning this fall.
the effort was aimed at preventing problems such as those at the Love Canal near Niagara Falls, where more than 200 families were sick.
The EPA is awarding a $4 million grant in matching funds to the state of New York to clean up the canal.
Carter urges rationing plan
WASHINGTON—President Carter, saying "We must be prepared for the WASHINGTON," exhorted Congress yesterday to approve his standby gasoline rationing law.
"I urge the members of the House Commerce Committee to place responsibility for the nation's welfare above other concerns," Carter told a news conference, noting that the key committee's vote on the plan is scheduled for today.
"We face the possibility of gasoline shortages even as early as this summer," he said. "Common sense tells us we must be ready."
Meanwhile, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger told a Senate subcommittee yesterday that the probability of the nation needing a gasoline pipeline would be about 10 percent.
Carter's plan was "designed to deal only with circumstances of a dire national emergency, he told the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural
Schlesinger defended the plan against charges of Senate members and farm organizations that it regressed hauling of farm supplies and produce and failed to comply with farm laws.
Reporter challenges sentence
TOPEKA-Attorneys for television reporter Joe Pennington have filed a motion seeking modification or suspension of his 60-day contempt-of-court hearing.
The motion was received in Shawnee County District Court yesterday, but an aide to Judge E. Newton Vickers, who sentenced Pennington, said no hearing.
Fremington, a former Wichita reporter now working in San Francisco, has been free on bail since his 1977 conviction. The sentence was stayed pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear the case two months ago, and the stay expired Sunday.
Pennington was cited for contempt for refusing to disclose the source of a statement regarding the murder of Topeka broadcast executive Thad Sand-
The source, who claimed to have attended a party several days before Sandstrom's death, allegedly told Pennington that he had heard second-hand that the group had been plotting against him.
Pennington voluntarily informed prosecutors and lawyers of the conversation but refused to reveal the source's name.
Aid sought for nuclear plant
WASHINGTON—W. Wilson Goode, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, asked Congress yesterday to rescue the owners of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant from possible bankruptcy and Pennsylvania consumers from sky-rocketing electricity bills.
Testifying before the Senate nuclear regulation subcommittee, Goode suggested loans to General Public Utilities Corp., the parent firm of GE.
He also called for grants to help defray the estimated $800,000-a-day cost of purchasing replacement fuel.
Goode said "it appears the cost will be devastating" both to consumers and stockholders.
Without federal assistance, central Pennsylvania consumers face potential rate increases of 30 percent to 40 percent as a result of the accident.
Meanwhile, Harold Denton, director of operations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said that pressure valves that failed to reclose, a malfunction contributing to the accident, had occurred three times before on reactors built by Babcock & Wilcox Co.
Nicaraguan fighting intensifies
MANGAUAN, Nicaragua—National guard planes fired rockets and machine guns into the northern city of León yesterday while troops in the streets exchanged gunfire.
Leon, 65 miles north of Managua, has been the scene of sporadic skirmishes between guerrillas of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and the guard during the past six weeks but fighting yesterday and Sunday was the heaviest this year.
Witnesses said there were "a lot of dead in the streets," but casualty figures were not immediately available. A Red Cross spokesman, who asked not to be photographed, told reporters that one man was killed.
A national guard spokesman said the guard soon would issue a report about the latest fighting in the 10-year-old struggle of the Sandinista guerrillas to overthrow president Anastasia Somoza, whose family has been ruling Nicaragua for 42 years.
More gasoline shortaaes likelu
NEW YORK—Major oil companies have announced further reductions of the quantity of gasoline they sell to service stations, probably worsening gasoline demand.
The companies say the cutbacks are caused by tight supplies of crude oil and the government's request that they emphasize production of heating oil at the plant.
Oil companies have been limiting the allocations of gasoline to dealers for several months, generally to about 95 percent of the amount in 1978.
Standard Oil Co. of California is cutting its allocation of gasoline to dealers from 95 percent in April to 80 percent in May. Atlantic Richfield has cut from 95 percent to 85 percent. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana has cut from 100 percent to 90 percent and Exxon has cut from 95 percent to 80 percent.
The companies, however, must supply certain customers designated by state governments as hardship cases at levels similar to last year.
Weather
Scattered showers and thundershowers are likely today. The Nationan Weather Service says there is a 70 percent chance of rain, with the high today in the 60s and the low tonight in the upper 48s. The chance of thunderstorms will continue through tomorrow.
Busy students seek goals
There is an aurora that surrounds KU students who do more than just study and attend classes, who invest anywhere from 10 days a week in extracurricular activities.
Staff Renorter
By TAMMY TIERNEY
How do they do it and why?
"I guess some people get the idea that I join everything I can." Katie Rhoads, Leawood senior, said. "It's not that way, though. I really just want to learn."
This desire to learn has led to Rhoads' involvement in a number of campus activities, among them Lambda Sigma, Mission Board and Sacred Heart Board and Sacrem and Campus Crusade.
She joined the groups, she said, to obtain a background for a career in medicine.
"It was like getting a second education," she said. "My goal has always been to be a doctor and because that's a people-oriented profession, it's very important to develop that aspect of my education."
WHILE IN SCHOOL, Rhoeds said, activities that applied to her career took top priority. At times, she said, she had felt over-committed.
"I definitely have had to miss out on a lot of social things, but my social life hasn't been all that dull. I really get to meet a lot of people.
"Also, I figure I did it to myself, so I just stay up later, work harder and get sick a
Despite long hours and a heavy class load, shadda said, her time investment in exp. has been minimal.
“This will sound corny, but I really enjoy serving people,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve always fulfilled my potential, but I’ve tried a lot.”
In contrast to Rhoads' progression toward a fixed goal is Steve Pegg, station manager of KJHK. His involvement with the station, be said, stemmed from a love for radio...
Pegg's feelings are reflected in his small talk as he prepares to go on the air.
"YOU KNOW, I helped to build this studio," he said, waving toward the tiny room that houses the station's radio equipment. "It only took us nine days."
Then, shifting his attention, he began cleaning up the album-littered room and discussing what records he would play with the disc jockey who was going off the air.
Suddenly, with a shout of "Standby". Pegg went on the air and began a smooth stream of patter—the weather, weekend events in Lawrence, spring housecleaning. During a station break, he discussed how he became involved with the station.
"I just fell in love with it 9 years ago," he said. "Since then, I've gone from nobody to me."
Pegg said KHJK had been his primary activity and took about 20 hours a week.
In addition to working at the station, Pegg has a paying job at the Lawrence Opera House, which leaves him little time for homework or socializing.
"SCHOOL JUST hasn't fit in for me," he said. "But I figure that it's going to come and, as far as I'm concerned, there's more to learn here."
"As for my social life, I've pretty much
sua films
punted that. I'm not looking for an ideal relationship or to get married so that 'OK.'
Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Vera Elena. One of the most fast-moving energetic movie musicians ever made.
Tuesday, May 1
ON THE TOWN
Although KJHJ broadcasts 24 hours, as long as most professional stations, Pegg still works in the lab.
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"I see myself as learning a profession," he said. "This is tremendous preparation for a future career—I learn things here that I could not get anywhere else."
Despite spending nearly three years preparing for a radio career, Pegg said he is not ready to leave the job.
One student who considers himself strict a professional is Barry Massey, a teacher at the University of New York.
Wednesday, May 2
Kurosawa/Samurai:
SANIURO
"I think I'd like to be 12 to 6 a.m. jock at a progressive station in the Southwest or Colorado," he said. "What I'd really like, is be so qualified to be so qualified that I can just pick a job."
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Dir. Akira Kurosawa; with Toshiro Mifune. Sequel to "Yojimbo". Japan/subtiles.
"I pray to God we're not considered just a student, paper," he said. "We should be
SANJURC
SUPERVISING A staff of almost 70 people takes about 60 or 70 hours a week,
However, even if he had the time, Massey said, he would not be free to participate in a game.
Although being a Kansan editor could aid him in getting a job, Massey said that was not the case.
"The Kansan certainly takes priority over any other activity," he said. "One of the reasons is that you can do better than that you have to juggle two jobs—going to school and being a professional journalist. We demand a high standard from our readers, so we work in a good day's work on the paper alone."
And, with that kind of time commitment,
attends few classes or social events
regularly.
"To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, a good editor will divorce himself from outside interests. People should be able to look at and see that you are free of bias."
"It all bolts down to basic professional ethics," he said. "A newspaper sets itself up as being objective and the editor has to set an example,
Jay Howard, president of the Student Union Activities also enjoys working with his staff, though not for the experience, but for fun.
"IT'S NOT THAT much more impressive than any other job," he said. "I really enjoy it. I don't want to do anything related to managing the paper. Working with so many people has been fantastic—if it helps me, I will."
Friday & Saturday, May 4 & 5 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Dir. Lewis Gilbert; with Roger Moore as 007, Barbara Bach. Music by Marvin Hamillisch.
Leaning back in a swivel chair in his office, Howard explained what attracted him to the job.
Midnight Movie
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS
WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT SEX
Dir. Wooody Allen; with Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Burt Reynolds, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine.
Dir. Joshua Logan; with Mt Miyakon,
Borraza Shabra, Ray Walston.
Includes the songs "Some Enchanted
Spring" and "No Springtime,
and "Nothing at All."
All films M-R shown in Woodruff Aud.
at 7:30 unless otherwise noted. $1.00
admission.
"Mainly, I wanted to meet people and to know the University. I also was impressed with the fact that SUA has something to offer every student at KU,
Tuesday, May 8 Rogers & Hammerstein: SOUTH PACIFIC
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Weekend shows also in Woodruff at 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 or 12 midnight unless otherwise noted. p 150 admission.
"I come by my office constantly because I really enjoy the people here," he said. "We have an excellent group-confident, creative and fun to be around."
Although Howard spends from 15 to 20 hours a week overseeing the organization of SUA events, trips and rentals, he said, he did not consider his position to be work.
which is a contrast to some other organizations that are pretty honest."
HIS EXPERIENCE at SUA could be applied to any profession. Howard said, "I'll always want to be a teacher."
"If I enjoy my job as much as SUA, I'm set for life," he said.
Working with people is a common theme among students who are immersed in extracurricular activities. Jeff Chanay, Topeka junior is another example.
Wearing khakis and a button-down shirt, the dark-haired, blue-eyed Chanay seems to exemplify the image of a typical American college student.
When he talks about the groups he belongs to, he fits the image even more.
As president of his fraternity, chairman of the Student Senate Sports Committee and Chairman of the Kansas, Chanay has more than enough to fill his schedule. This is not including the time he heps as a student senator and a member of Concerned Students for Higher Education.
Trying to achieve a balance between his academics and extracurricular activities is one of his greatest challenges.
"My solution is to eliminate time wasting and my social life," he said. "Tonight, for instance, I have four different things going on at the same time. What I do is just weigh the importance of each and decide which to attend."
**WHAT DETERMINES** his priorities, Chanay said, is what is most important at the time. Usually though, it is his fraternity, rather than himself, his schoolwork and finally his social life.
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Although he is sometimes overcommitted,
Chanav said he finds it hard to say no.
"I just have to try to work harder," he said. "I don't think my commitments keep me from doing a good job, but they always keep me from doing my very best."
Just down the hall from Chanay in the Student Senate office is the home away from home of Margaret Berlin, student body president.
Unlike Chanay, Berlin is not over-committed because the cannot say no, but
they can't.
Spending an estimated 60 hours in her office each week, Berlin concentrations on computer science and legal services program, an off-campus board, plans for a University research
center and overseeing the Student Senate budget.
"I didn't run for student body president as a preparation for the future," she said. "I just wanted it. I enjoy this type of job and I knew could it."
SHE PUTS SO much time into her job,
because of a responsibility to the student he.
"We were elected not to represent ourselves but to represent students. Those are the kinds of things they are interested in and will benefit from."
Another contrast between Berlin and some of her counterparts is her motivation.
In contrast to some other organization leaders, Berlin said she 'had to have a different way' of doing it.
"I'm just like anyone else. I like to go out and drink and dance. Finding the time on the phone is essential."
Khomeini severs relations with Egypt
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Ayatollah Rubola Kohmenei ordered that Iran cut its diplomatic relations with Egypt yesterday, and the U.S. responded by summoning its diplomats home.
Khomeini's move was made in support of the Arab nations that have sieged ties with Cairo in retaliation for Egyptian President Bashar Assad's signing of a peace treaty with Israel.
Almost all of Sadat's fellow Arabs have condemned the peace pact.
The revolutionary regime in non-Arab but stamouche Moslem Iran has expressed strong backing for the Palestine Liberation Movement, which stands for the return of Israeli-occupied land.
Iranian revolutionaries were angered, too, when Satad played host to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for a few days in January after the monarch fled Iran and went into exile in the face of mounting opposition to his rule.
Kansan applications available this week
Applications for news and business staff positions for the summer and fall 2015. The forms are available. The forms can be picked up in 105 Flint Hall; the Student Senate office, Suite 108 Kansas Union; and the office of public organizations and activities, 230 Strong Hall.
Completed applications must be returned by 5 p.m. Friday to 105 Flint Hall.
DON'T FORGET STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE
1) Advise, consultation on any legal matter
2) Preparation, drafting and review of contracts leases and other legal documents
3) Correspondence and negotiations with adverse parties or their attorneys in an effort to settle a case short of litigation
4) Legal research necessary to adequately advise or represent interest of student
5) Incorporation of bonafide non-profit student organizations.
6) Notarization of documents
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