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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Details, page 2
Thursday
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
March 26, 1987
Vol. 97, N0.119
(USPS 650-640)
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Kim Wolter. Bend, Ore., graduate student, balances cardboard on her head while photographing a crayfish in a nan of water. Wolter said she was using the cardboard to eliminate glare on the water's surface.
BSU and forensics team get revenue code status
By LISA A. MALONEY
Student Senate narrowly passes BSU request
Staff writer
"What I'm hearing from other groups is that revenue code status is a license to steal. It's a way to get around the rules and regulations, especially those on travel."
Senate provides travel expenses only to Graduate Student Council, Anderson said, but several revenue code groups had used Senate money for travel fees anyway.
After weeks of debate, the Student Senate last night granted revenue code status to the Black Student Union and the KU Forensics team.
Michael Foubert, graduate senator, said that BSU should be denied status because it was not a true
Del Bynum, BSU president, said,
"I was just hoping that we'd reach
somebody. I know we'll use the
benefit the University of Kangas."
Michael Anderson, law senator,
said, "I feel that emotional overtones
clouded the issues, but they won fair
and square."
The motion to grant a group revenue code status requires a two-thirds vote of the full Senate BSU gained status by one vote. 33-16. Anderson was the sole dissenting voice in the status vote for the forensics team.
"I don't think that revenue code status is a prize that some groups should get," Anderson said, referring to the forensics team. "All student-organization status means is that Senate wants to keep a little more control of the money.
umbrella group and didn't distribute money to other black student organizations.
"Not one dime goes to another organization except for the fact that they're going to fund travel for the gospel choir," Foubert said.
LaDale George, liberal arts senator, said, "In my dictionary, 'umbrella' does not equal 'money.'"
Bynum said BSU helped coordinate other black student groups, brought in speakers and provided those groups with information and resources.
"I made a commitment to myself and to God that I would do everything possible to make black students as comfortable at KU as possible," Bynum said.
In addition to providing travel fees for certain groups, revenue code status will enable BSU to implement what Bynum called a Phase II program. The five-year plan would solicit money from large companies such as General Electric and Proctor and Gamble. BSU also could send black students to leadership conferences, she said.
"Without revenue code status, we will be losing on out sending quality black students to these conferences to help them learn the leadership skills needed to help them excel at a university," she told the Senate.
Revenue code status will allow BSU to grow and fight the high dropout rate of black KU students, she said.
Glenn Shirtliffe, graduate senator.
said he was concerned that granting BSU revenue code status would encourage other minority groups, such as the Chinese Student Association, to seek status.
"We're opening ourselves up to barrage after barrage of groups saying, You gave BSU revenue code you're being racial," he said. "you're being racial."
Foubert said. "You don't think international students feel discrimination? They don't even speak the language."
Donn W. Parson, professor of communications and forensics director, said that rumors of the forensics team's demise had already reached universities that were competing with KU for prospective undergraduate and graduate students.
"I think it would be tragic to take a program that is currently ranked number one and devastate it," he said of the debate team, which is tied with Baylor University as the country's top team.
Revenue code hearings went on into the night. At the Kansan's deadline. Senate was debating a motion to finance, for $12,000, the Consumer Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St. The finance committee last week denied money to Consumer Affairs.
Legislature's budget bill praised, pay decision blasted
Gilchrist, finance committee co-chairman, said Senate would have to cut the total revenue code budget by $27,000 to provide enough money for student organizations. Requests from student organizations have exceeded by more than $90,000 the $65,000 allotted for them.
House bill that would cut salary increases criticized by faculty, classified employees
By BENJAMIN HALL
Staff writer
A bill that would cut KU faculty and staff salary raises drew criticism on campus yesterday, although a legislative liaison said the bill probably would be softened before final approval.
The cut in salary increases would damage faculty morale. Evelyn Swartz, professor of curriculum and instruction, said yesterday.
The bill, which passed the Kansas House yesterday, would cut salary increases for faculty from 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent for fiscal year 1988. But because the raise would cover only half the fiscal year, the raise for faculty and classified employees actually would amount to 0.75 percent.
"I think it's disastrous," she said.
"For all practical purposes, it isn't a pay raise at all.
"We know that the state is in financial trouble. But we also know that that kind of token raise is not conducive to feelings of self-worth."
Arthur Skidmore, associate professor of philosophy, said the actual out-of-pocket difference between the original raise and a 0.75 percent raise wouldn't amount to much for many faculty members.
But the small raise would be an
insult, he said.
"It's effect on faculty morale is just disastrous," Skidmore said. "If they don't provide raises to cover cost-of-living increases, they're telling us that we're not worth what we're being paid."
A raise that doesn't cover cost-of-living increases is essentially a pay cut. Skidmore said.
"I don't think that the salary issue is paramount," he said. "It's really a case of being insulted by being told we don't deserve even what we were paid last year. I think that's the really important gesture."
roonn Davis, professor of physics and astronomy, said he understood Kansas' financial troubles.
"But it's extremely disappointing, especially in view of the fact that we're already behind in regard to other institutions. All of us want our efforts to be appreciated," he said
KU police Sgt. John Brothers, president of the KU classified senate, said a raise of less than 1 percent would not cover inflation.
"If enacted in this form, it would represent a decrease in buying power for classified employees." he said of the about 1,600 classified, or non-faculty, KU employees.
The state should ensure that its employees pay keeps pace with
inflation, Brothers said.
"I see an extremely fiscally conservative, maverick group of representatives — the ones who are the driving force behind the elimination of cost-of-living increases — that takes almost an adversarial stance versus state employees." he said.
Poor salaries, in addition to poor work conditions caused by the state's budget problems, might send KU's most qualified classified employees looking elsewhere for work.
"We're the ones who have to make 20-year-old equipment work. We're the ones that see deteriorating physical plant conditions." he said.
James Bibb, KU's legislative liaison, said KU officials had hoped the Legislature would approve the Board of Regents request for 8 percent raises plus 1 percent for retirement.
The bill approved yesterday also was lower than Gov. Mike Hayden's proposed 2.5 percent raise for faculty. But the 0.75 percent increase probably won't get through the Senate. Bibb said.
"But realistically, at the start of
his career, he had a high heels
hole that I for that," he said
"I'm confident there will be some changes made. I don't think it's in its final stage," he said. "I think sanity will prevail. It usually does."
Senate bills may reduce amount of money cut from KU's 1988 budget, legislator says
By CHRISTOPHER HINES
Staff writer
TOPEKA — Some of the pressure on the drive in the Kansas House to cut KU's 1988 budget may have been reduced yesterday as a result of Senate action, some lawmakers said.
The Senate yesterday approved two revenue transfer bills that would give the state's general fund an extra $33 million over the next two years.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, that any extra money added to the state's general fund would help out the University of Kansas' budget.
"This is the stick of dynamite that breaks the budget logjam," Winter said. "In terms of the political realities at the Legislature, these bills are needed."
The Senate action comes on the heels of House approval on Tuesday of about $23 million in new budget cuts, including $2 million to KU's 1988 operating budget, faculty and classified employee salaries, and capital improvement projects.
The House Republican leadership recommended about $13 million of the new cuts. But maverick Republicans won approval Tuesday for more than $9 million, which was cut from the state's office equipment and supply and travel budgets.
The $13 million in cuts is part of a $25 million program to make up for money lost after the House rejected two of its own revenue transfer bills two weeks ago. The House bills were similar to the Senate bills approved yesterday.
The House transfer bills would have generated about $22 million dollars for the rest of this fiscal year and fiscal year 1988 and about $50 million during the next three years.
Gov. Mike Hayden had expected approval of the House bills when he drew up his 1988 budget proposals, but the rejection of those bills left the state about $20 million short for fiscal 1988.
So the House Republicans, under the guidance of State Rep. Bill Bunten, R-Topkea, chairman of the Republican caucus, began to make cuts in state budgets.
The Senate bills, if approved by the House and signed by Hayden, would return about $16 million dollars to the state's fiscal 1988 general fund. Winter said the bills would offset the need for the Legislature to make the additional KU budget cuts.
Bunten said that the $23 million in cuts should remain untouched until the state had a better understanding of its fiscal situation.
The governor has made revenue
estimates for fiscal 1988 that are far from sure and could put the state in a disastrous situation," Bunten said. "If his revenue estimates are true, then we can come back next year on strong footing and do some exceptional things."
Tuesday's cuts would reduce KU faculty salary raises from Hayden's recommended 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent. The 1.5 percent raise would not begin until Jan. 1, resulting in an annual raise of only 0.75 percent for both faculty and classified employees.
The Senate bills would reduce the amount of money the state returns to local governments and the State Highway Fund from the state's general fund. The money is collected from the state sales tax, which is expected to generate $650 million in fiscal year 1988.
The House revenue transfer bills were strongly rejected by both Republicans and Democrats, but Bunten said bills probably would in appraisal.
"I think this time around people have had time to think about it and realized that it's not fair to higher education and welfare and social programs for the state to cut those budgets and not touch highway and local governments," he said.
Sexologist, frog promote fun sex
By IERRI NIEBAUM
Staff writer
Roger Libby, a sexologist from Amherst, Mass, declared this the week for love and happy sex because of springtime lust.
Dennis Dailey, KU professor of social welfare, said he thought National Orgasm Week would give people who were stressed out about sex a push to find help.
National Orgasm Week started Sunday.
"Sex doesn't have to be a problem," he said. "Go ahead and enjoy sex."
"For both men and women, orgasm has caused problems," he said.
Libby, 44, will be talking this week to spring-breaker in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he will hand out free condoms and buttons that say, "Safely Sex NOW, National
Dailey, who teaches a sex education class, said educating students about sex would help prevent unwanted pregnancies and sex-related health problems. And sex education also could help people form meaningful relationships.
"They're not using condoms in Florida." Libby said. "They're in a partying mood, and they're not even worried about pregnancy."
Orgasm Week."
She wears a black neg利ege and fisnet stockings that are held up by garters. She's horny and green, and her name is Roxanne. Roseane Ribbit, that is, she's a stuffed.
Libby, who speaks at colleges across the country, travels with a 5-foot-3 blonde with usucious, red lins and large, sparkling eyes.
"Most kids don't have it," he said. "What they get is reproductive education at best."
Roxanne is Libby's model for a lusty, independent woman who enjoys sex. "I ribbbit for sex," she writes that Libby ages for scepticism.
Libby said women had given him many toads over the years, so he decided to use a woman-sized frog as his mascot.
soft-sculpture frog.
Roxanne was with Libby earlier this week when he was stopped for speeding. Libby said the police officer tested him for driving while intoxicated because of the giant frog tucked into the seat next to him. Roxanne waited in Libby's canary-yellow Saab Sonett while Libby walked the line without any problem.
"I'm a horny toad," he said,
"It's always been my favorite part of sex — sex."
See WEEK, p. 6, col. 3
WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Iran-contra committee, angered by a report that lawmakers believe William Casey was the mastermind of plans to supply the contras, vowed yesterday to fire members who leak details of the panel's inquiry to reporters.
Leaks about Casey make senator angry
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, would not confirm or deny the substance of the report in The New York Times. Instead, he promised to fire committee staff aides who leaked information to the media.
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"It's not a question of whether it's right or wrong." Inouye said.
"I think it would be wrong for any member of the panel to be discussing
The Hawaii Democrat said an inquiry, described by a congressional
Committee spokesman Lance Morgan said he did not know if there was a precedent for removing members of Congress from a select committee or if the Times story would lead to such action.
If senators are involved, Inouye said, he would "not hesitate" to ask the Senate leadership to replace that member of the panel.
Don Ritchie, the associate Senate historian, said there had never been a case in which a member had been expelled from the Senate for leaking information to the press.
aide as "quiet and informal," would look into the sources of the Times report. Inouye said that if that investigation, or future ones, determines who was "responsible for the unauthorized transmission of information," he would fire them.
INSIDE
A group of walkers complete a two-mile route on campus three days a week as part of a new program sponsored by the Recreation Services Center. See story page 3.
Walk on
Tarkanian tale
Richard Harp, the son of a former Kansas basketball coach, helped write a biography of Jerry Tarka nian, UNLV's basketball coach. See story page 13.