THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday April 27,1988
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 143 (USPS 650-640)
Margin faces Legislature vote Hopes are high the bill will pass, giving KU increased funds
Bv Rebecca I. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
the Legislature reconvenes today in Topeka, expectations for the passage of the Margin of Excellence are high.
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"I am 99 percent sure that the Senate will adopt it," said State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Lawrence.
Winter said that he was not as sure about the House of Representatives.
Winter expects the bill to come before the Senate today and the House tomorrow. If it passes both
bodies, Gov. Mike Hayden would have the bill on his desk next week.
Kathy Peterson, press secretary to the governor, said yesterday that Hayden was planning to sign the bill for the University of Kansas budget that set financing for the Margin at 83 percent.
percent.
If all goes smoothly, Winter said,
KU could begin spending money from
the Margin July 1.
Although the University has suffered through what administrators and faculty call several poor-budget years, the money from the Margin could help alleviate sagging faculty morale and increasing enrollment pressures.
Approval of the Margin at the 83 percent level would give KU's budget the brightest outlook in seven years.
Michael Johnson, professor and chairman of English, said that faculty in his department had suffered from low salary increases.
"The time is now to pay properly the people who need it," he said. Did he say that the next two years
But he said that the next two years
of the Margin plan were important because all problems couldn't be taken care of in one year.
KU tentatively has received the 1988 base budget of $118.5 million, a base or maintenance increase, and 83 percent or about 1.7 million of the Regents recommendation for the Margin of Excellence. The total general-use operating budget is more than $129 million.
The base increase includes:
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
    note: 1989 figure is not yet approved
See BUDGET, p. 12, col. 1 Source: KU Budget Office
Richard Stewart/KANSAN
1980 boycott didn't stop swimmer
'Rowdy' won gold medals in '84 Games
Rowdy Gaines, three-time Olympic gold medalist
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sportswriter
Two lap swimmers were splashing around in lane five of the Robinson Center swimming pool. A third was forced to continually swim laps around them.
But, he didn't seem to mind. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, he had to swim around a lot of people.
Recently, every couple in He's Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, and he was unbeatable in a pool between 1979 and 1984.
between 1974 and 1986.
The former world record holder and three-time Olympic champion was in Lawrence last weekend to speak for the National Junior Olympics. Gaines was promoting the event that will be held in Lawrence this August.
Traveling is his job, spending about three weeks a month on the road speaking, working at clinics and universities in the United States Olympic Committee.
"I love it," Gaines said. "I love traveling, and I love meeting new people and going to new places.
"I feel like I've given a lot to the sport, as far as speeches and clinics than I'm a good role think of me. I have a lot to me. I love my sport."
Gaines developed into a role model by being one of the most successful and most popular swimmers in history.
The Auburn graduate held world records in the 100 and 200 freestyles, both in meters and yards, along with being on the world record holding 800 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle and medley relays teams during his career.
At age 25, after being denied a chance to compete in the 1980
in my mind though, the eight years was worth every yard I put
Olympics because of his country's boycott, Gaines battled the "over-the-hill" stereotype and won the 1984 100-meter freestyle Olympic championship. He was on the winning 400-meter freestyle and medley relays.
See ROWDY, p. 13, col. 5
try really.
"That was such a combination of feelings," the 29-year-old said. "11
had been eight years of training and waiting. Swimming doesn't have a Final Four or a Super Bowl — we have the Olympics, and it's every four years.
FDA to investigate popular acne drug
The Associated Press
ROCKVILLE, Md. — A federal advisory committee declined yesterday to recommend withdrawal of a popular acne medication known to cause birth defects in pregnant women.
However, after reaching that unanimous decision, the panel of outside experts asked the Food and Drug Administration to look into the legality of requiring some restrictions on how the drug, Acutane, is prescribed and taken.
10 also adopted a series of recommendations to strengthen the warnings supplied to doctors who prescribe the drug and to word more clearly the warnings given to patients themselves.
One of those recommendations embraced a proposal by the maker of the drug, LaRoche Laboratories of New Jersey, to market it in packaging, on which stringent warnings against ingestion would be placed at the factory to make sure the warning reaches the consumer.
FDA Commissioner Frank Young told the advisory committee the agency has not found legal justification in the past for partial restriction of any drug approved for sale, but he promised to ask lawyers to restudy the question.
the questions.
A variety of court opinions over the years has reinforced the FDA's traditional position that it has little control over how doctors prescribe a drug once it is approved for sale.
Machine spends Sunday handing out extra cash
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Bank error in your favor: Collect $20 for every $5 you wanted
amounts requested.
They weren't playing Monopoly, but some Manhattan bank customers were able to take advantage of just such a chance when a cash machine went berserk during the weekend.
If you asked the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester cash machine for $40 on Sunday, you got $160; if you asked for $60, you got $240. And so on. And accounts were charged only for the
A line of eager card holders quickly formed at the machine when customers discovered the flaw.
"I called everybody I knew," a writer who asked not to be identified for fear of prosecution told New York Newsday.
First Federal said it would try to track down customers once it determined how much was lost and who was making withdrawals while the machine was in the giving mood. Bank cash machines in the city typically hold about $100,000.
New liberal arts dean is selected
By Stacy Foster
Kansan staff writer
A new dean of liberal arts and sciences, James Mukesks, will take over August 1. Chancellor Gene A. Baldig announces yesterday.
Muyksen is the acting provost of Hunter College of the City University in New York, which has an enrollment of about 19,000 students.
Muyksen will succeed Robert Lineberry. Lineberry announced in September that he would resign as dean at the end of this academic
There was a national search for his replacement. Rex Martin, professor of philosophy, chaired the search committee and conducted a detailed interview for the position.
"I am impressed by his honest interest in all the disciplines." Ramaley said yesterday. "There are a lot of good things about to happen. For the first time we can look confidently to the future."
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said that Muyksens was ideal for the college and the University.
"My first reaction was, 'Are you kidding?', Muyksen said. "But I've also known, as a professional, of the University of Kansas. I was intrigued by the position. I think KU is in about as strong a position as any institution in the country."
Muyksen said that at first he did not think the job was ideal. He has lived in New York for the past 17 years, and Kansas did not appear too appealing. But the more he thought about it, the better the idea sounded.
During his two visits to KU, he said that he liked what he saw.
Muyksens said that he was eager to face the challenges that lay ahead of him.
"I think the faculty has done an excellent job developing the curriculum," Muyskens said. "I am excited to work out the details of that development."
He said one of his first priorities would be to strengthen the quality of teaching at the introductory levels. Strengthening the introductory levels would strengthen the students' overall education.
"the outlook is very bright now," he said. "I understand a lot will be thrown at me. My first stance will be to listen very carefully to find out what the problems are and what the strengths are."
He has been a faculty member at Hunter College since 1971. For six years Muyksen was the chairman of the philosophy department. He was associate provost for three years before becoming acting provost in December. Since 1981, he has been a member of the doctoral faculty of the City University of New York Graduate Center.
Muyskens, 45, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Central College of Iowa. He has a divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He also has a master of arts and a doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan.
He said that working his way through the bureaucracy of the State University of New York, which Hunter College is a part of, would help him work through the administration at KU.
"There are a number of similarities when you get down to it," Muyksen said. "Both have an open admissions policy. They both draw diverse students. And the sizes are similar."
Muyksen said that his diverse work experience at Hunter College and prepared him well for his job at KU.
Memories begin as terms end
By Jeff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
Jason Krakow and Stephanie Quiney don't think they accomplished all they set out to do when they became student body president and vice president.
But, they said, they are satisfied with the things they did get done, such as creating a Senate Task Force on AIDS and lobbying for fee waivers for graduate teaching assistants.
Tought, Krakow and Quincy will bid goodbye to their colleagues on Student Senate at its annual turnover meeting. Their term officially ended last week.
week.
Quincy said that "bigger and better things" came up during their term, such as lobbying for the Margin of Excellence, which recently received approval from a legislative conference committee for 83 percent of its funding.
for 15 percent of its funding. But she said she was most proud of Senate's efforts toward increasing AIDS education on campus.
campus.
"I think we had a civic responsibility to educate our population to the problem." Quincy said. "We went far and above what a lot of people thought we could accomplish. I think with experience we prioritized things the right way."
prioritize
know agree that Senate had significantly
increased AIDS awareness on campus.
that is a tahrier in In last year's Senate elections, Krakow and Quebec's Bottom Line coalition won by more than 40 seats and took 42 of the 51 senator seats. Their coalition emphasized its experience and campaigned to get library hours extended, to alleviate campus parking problems, to establish a grade appeals board and to set up an ex-officio student seat on the Lawrence City Commission.
"When you use the term in the big picture of things, it dealt with a world problem on a campus level, and that's not easy to do," he said. "I think that is a major accomplishment."
"We picked three or four issues to key on, but that's never the way things work out." Quincy said. "Things come up. I'm not using that as an excuse, but we did put forth effort on everything we said we were going to."
seat on the Lawrence city council. A year later, the library hours have not changed, the proposed Board of Grade Appeals has not materialized, and Krakow said that until people changed their attitudes toward parking, it would remain a problem. He also said that the student voice on the City Commission or the town meetings did not work out as he had hoped.
Krakow said he also was pleased with the work done in the Legislature and with being able to
Jason Krakow
increase funding for financial aid and the office of financial aid.
On April 14, Krakow and other student leaders from Regents schools proposed to the Board of Regents that 1 percent of the planned tuition increases be put into a fund to supplement financial aid. This additional funding would mean about $150,000 for the University of Kansas and would be available in fall 1989. Krakow also was pleased with the proposed 100 percent fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants. The Regents will vote on the GTA fee waiver next month.
I'll be bold enough to say that without our efforts there would not have been that kind of money for financial aid," Krakow said, adding that the two proposals would make for a diverse
When Quincy arrived from lola to begin college, she knew she wanted to become involved in student government and therefore ran for an engineering
Krakow and Quincy followed different paths toward their offices.
"You don't learn a lot in too homogenous an environment." be said.
Aadh Bracklin/Special to the KANSAN
Stephanie Quiney
seat her freshman year. Her coalition won that year, and she thought of seeking a higher office despite the fact that she thought it unlikely a nongreek woman could be student body vice president
I did plan to be here. That's what I wanted to do." Quincy said. "It was really weird the way I fell into it. I guess he wasucker than most people, but bala was a freshman, and I was not really intimidated."
not really humiliated.
For Krakow, it was a different story. When he came to KU from Prairie Village, he described himself as a typical, and clueless, freshman. But later that year, Krakow got his first experience with Senate when he protested its decision to use student money to bring Louis Farrakhan to campus.
Farrakhan's visit was Krakow's first defeat in Senate, but Krakow said he realized something after that.
Any student organization has the right to present whomever it wants on campus as long as it's a viable activity, and Senate had the policy of
See SENATE, p. 10, col. 1