Thursday March 31, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 124 (USPS 650-640)
Student body leader vows to veto budget amended by Senate Krakow obiects for $1.600 for Crew
By Jeff Moberg Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Student body president Jason Krakow last night vowed to veto any budget that contained additional money for the KU Crew.
"If this is the only capital expenditure request made, I don't think it's a sound budget and I will veto it," Krakaw said during a special budget session of Student Senate. "It's not consistent."
Senate last night amended the Senate Finance Committee's proposed budget and voted to give KU Crew an additional $1,600 to buy a set of eight oars. The committee's original recommendation called for KU Crew to receive $7,875. Krakow said it would not be fair to other student organizations to give only the crew team money for capital expenses.
Krakow also objected to KU Crew's
"Obviously, that was not the case." Krakow said. "I thought they would stick to what they said last year with a good faith agreement."
Earlier in the evening, John Cissel, liberal arts senator, made a motion to restore a request from KU Crew that would have used Senate money to buy a four-man shell costing $8.200. This request was denied by the Finance Committee during budget hearings because the committee was hesitant to finance any large expenditure unless it was necessary for a group's survival.
Cissell said that KU Crew deserved the new shell as well as the set of oars.
"They not only bring good times and an education, but they bring recognition to the University," he said.
Glenn Shirlttie, Finance Committee chairman, said that the Senate should not finance the shell because of the cost and because KU Crew needed to plan for future expenditures.
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"If this goes through, they are going to walk out of here with one-fourth of the budget," Shirlteff said. "really have some problem with that."
Roger Templin, Nunemaker senator, noted the amount of money KU Crew had received in the past.
"We do have a fixed amount of money and there will be future requests," Templin said. "The question for this body to decide is whether they want to spend that much on one organization, especially with the large amounts we've spent in the past."
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gathers near his home. Once, he picked persimmons that had fallen from a tree near Strong Hall and flavored a batch of wine with them. This year, if all goes well, he will try flavoring a batch with pawpaws that ripened under his neighbor's rosebushes.
The first step in Burnham's winemaking is to check the sugar content of the juice. The amount of sugar determines the amount of alcohol in the finished wine. During fermentation, sugar converts into equal amounts of ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, grape juice with 24 percent sugar will make wine with 12 percent alcohol, which is just about right. The carbon dioxide gas escapes into the air.
If the sugar percentage is too low, Burmash adds sugar or fruit concentrate. After he corrects the sugar level, Burmash checks the acidity. Too much acid will make the wine harsh. Not enough will encourage bacteria growth. After fine-tuning the acid, he is ready to add yeast. Enzymes in the yeast cause the sugar to break down into alcohol.
The mixture, called must, goes into its first fermentation in a five-gallon plastic tub covered with plastic sheeting — loosely, so that the yeast cells still can get oxygen to multiply. The must hums and bubbles furiously for five to 10 days. When the must settles down, most of the sugar has changed into alcohol. At this stage, the brew is technically wine, although it doesn't look like wine and it tastes terrible. The wine must go into a second fermentation, which clarifies it, mellows the acid and ferments out any traces of sugar. To do this, Burnham siphons the wine into a glass jug, filling it to the top and capping it with an air lock. The airlock allows gas to escape but doesn't let contaminants in. At this stage, the wine is vulnerable to invading bacteria.
After a month in the second fermentation, Burnham siphons the wine into another jug, leaving the dead yeast cells behind. Then, he filters the wine, siphons it again and adds potassium metabisulfite to inhibit the growth of wild yeasts before he bottles it. Finally, he siphons the wine into bottles and stores it for final aging. He could drink it after only three months, but he always waits at least a year before uncorking. The wine is much better then, he says. Each bottle costs him about $2.50, but he says the quality compares to an $8 or $10 bottle.
Burnham's basement or Chateau Latour?
Burnham celebrates his winemaking efforts with an annual May Festival by breaking out plenty of bottles of homemade wine. This gives his friends a chance to sample his newest recipes and compare them to earlier vintages.
He has other wine-tasting parties throughout the year. Often at these gatherings, he will serve commercially made wines along with his own to see if his guests detect a difference. Last year, he invited several buddies to taste wine. Ralph Clement was one of them. Clement and Burnham work together with the Boy Scouts in Lawrence. He says Burnham bought 10 fine European wines and added two of his own. He removed all of the labels, then asked his friends to pick out his wines. Out of a dozen people, only one identified the homemade from the store-bought variety. Clement couldn't tell the difference.
The winemaking process seems simple when compared to the process of brewing, Burnham says. "Wine is a natural occurrence," he says. "You just leave some fruit around, and it makes itself. Beer is another story. It's so complicated, I wonder how they ever invented it. Everything has to be done just right."
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Khalid Najib, president of the group, said that the purpose of the exhibit was to show the American people that Palestinians are a people who are proud of their heritage and customs. Najib's family was forced to leave the West Bank in 1948.
The group also sponsored a demonstration yesterday. Najib said that approximately 40 students participated in a peaceful march from the Kansas Union to Strong Hall and back.
Kansan reporter Kathleen Faddis contributed information to this story.
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Treeby said that the national Presbytery might dismiss Swaggart from the denomination if he resumed preaching May 22 but that Swaggart could appeal that.
"The General Presbytery overwhelmingly and without a dissenting vote affirmed the authority of the Executive Presbytery to make decisions on matters concerning ministerial credentials," she said yesterday.
Juleen Turnage, a spokeswoman for the national office of the Assemblies of God in Springfield, Mo., said Swagart's option to return after three months "does not exist anymore."
Although the 13-member Executive Presbytery, which acts as the church board of directors, interrupted its regular bimonthly meeting to watch Treeby's televised news conference. "We don't consider that we've heard from finny Swaggart, because we don't communicate through television news conferences with our disciplined ministers," Turnage aid.
The Rev. G. Raymond Carlson, he assemblies' general superinendent, said Tuesday that if waggart did not accept its ruling, the 'Executive Presbytery would to doubt take action to dismiss
Asked if Swaggart had considered leaving the Assemblies, Treby said, "He is considering his possibility of an appeal.
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