THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday February 3,1988
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 88 (USPS 650-640)
Faculty bonuses raise questions for FacEx
By Rebecca J. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
A few schools at the University of Kansas might be rewarding certain faculty with extra salary increases at the expense of other faculty who are not receiving their full pay raise, members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee said yesterday.
At the FacEx meeting, in the Regents Room in Strong Hall, members expressed their concerns that officials in some schools were setting aside money from lump salary increases for individual salary bonuses without going through the proper procedures.
Evelyn Swartz, chairman of the committee and professor of education, said she knew of one instance in the past when an administrator had rewarded only certain faculty members.
Swartz said there was a perception among faculty that money was kept back and didn't filter down to faculty members, where it was needed.
"There is a question in people's minds of what goes on." she said.
Sharon Bass, associate professor of journalism and FacEx member, said faculty members thought that deans or chairmen had discretionary funds.
Faculty members question how much the funds might contain, how the money is used, and how deans or chairmen can be held accountable.
But, if there has been abuse, it was not widesnread. Bass said.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, was skeptical about the existence of discretionary funds.
"You have yet to demonstrate clearly that it happens," she said.
The issue of faculty salary allocation was raised when Ramaley outlined her proposed guidelines for salary increases. Ramaley suggested setting aside reserves to provide raises for small departments that don't have a lot of faculty retiring or taking bataticals.
In large departments, money freed up by professors who retire or take sabbaticals can be used to give raises to professors who are promoted. But in smaller departments don't always have the money for promotional raises.
Ramaley said she would keep plans to set aside reserves for small departments on file.
Some department chairmen and deans said they found the FaeEx members' concerns unwarranted.
phy, said a certain percentage of money was put aside with the consent of all the chairmen in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The money is used to give raises to faculty who are promoted, to retain faculty who might get an offer from another employer and to provide an equity pot for people who might have been discriminated against in the past.
Robert Lineberry, dean of liberal arts, said the college typically might hold out 2 to 3 percent of a 5-percent salary increase, or about $35,000 in a salary budget of $25 million. He said the procedure was documented in guidelines on faculty appointments and salaries.
Ramaley said she wouldn't set a uniform standard on the definition of merit for salary increases in her guidelines. Each school or department would write its own definition of merit.
Tony Genova, professor of philos-
In other discussion, FacEx:
■ Scheduled an emergency meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee for 4:30 p.m. today to discuss whether individual schools can set their own add-drop policies.
■ Reviewed a draft of a faculty survey on job satisfaction.
FBI chief criticizes probe
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — FBI Director William Sessions said yesterday that the bureau's investigation of a group opposing the Reagan administration's Central American policy was not properly directed in all instances.
The FBI director, in his first in-depth discussion of the investigation, was asked about a November 1983 memo from the New Orleans FBI field office that said in part, "it is important to ensure that the plan of attack against" the committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, CISPES
Sessions said the New Orleans memo wasn't known to top FBI officials directing the probe from Washington, although it was directed to the FBI director, but that if it had been, "I would hope that it would have been directed differently."
"I would say it was not out of control, but as to that particular facet it was not properly directed," he said.
At a news conference, Sessions said the FBI began the investigation in 1983 after getting information that the group's leaders were assisting terrorists in Central America. But the Justice Department closed the investigation two years later, concluding that the organization was involved only in political activities, he said.
Responding to a question on whether FBI agents in some instances went too far in the probe.
Sessions said, "I think you would have to say that in some instances had the matter been reviewed at that time and sensed at that time that there might have been direction that would have different."
Sessions, who took over as FBI director last Nov. 2, said the investigation began March 30, 1983, as a terrorism investigation of the leadership of CISPES. It was based on
information from informants who said that key unidentified members of CISPES were covertly furnishing funds and material to a foreign terrorist group, the Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberación Nacional.The Justice Department ended the probe on June 18, 1985, after determining that CISPES was involved in political activities and not international terrorism.
Agent's firing upheld
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - The FBI was justified in dismissing a veteran agent who refused an order to investigate peace groups whose views he shared, an administrative judge ruled yesterday.
John C. Ryan, 49, a former FBI agent in Peoria, Ill., had asked the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board to give him back his job. Ryan was fired in September after more than 20 years with the FBI and just 10 months before he was to retire.
religious and human beliefs."
Administrative Judge Christopher Heavin rued yesterday that the FBI proved it had fired Ryan for insubordination and for violating his oath of office when he refused to investigate peace groups because of his "personal,
"I find that appellant's offense — no matter the sincere motivation he may have had — was plainly antithetical to the agency's mission and ran directly contrary to his responsibilities as a special agent," Heavrin said in his 26-page decision.
Ryan, who was making $50,000 a year, asserted that he was a victim of religious discrimination and that the penalty imposed on him was too harsh. Ryan said at a hearing in St. Louis last week that he wanted to go back to work for the FBI in a non-agent position.
Heavin ruled, however, that the agency had not discriminated against Ryan. He said the FBI had shown that it would be an "undue hardship" to accommodate agents with such beliefs.
Junior.Javhawk
Jed Spencer, an 11-year-old Lawrence resident and Jayhawk basketball fan, practices slam dunks on a 7-foot goal in his driveway. Other Jayhawk fans will pack Allen Field House tonight to cheer for the KU men's basketball team, which will play the Oklahoma Sooners. Tip-off is at 8:08 p.m.
Tanning booths just as risky
Physicians warn against possible damage from sun, booth
By Maren Malecki
Special to the Kansan
It's that time of year when college students flee to tanning booths to get a head start on spring break tans. But they may be getting more than they pay for. Physicians warn that health risks are part of the package deal.
tan skin is a damaged skin." said Lee Bittenbender, a Lawrence dermatologist. Bittenbender's primary concerns are long-term effects, such as premature aging accompanied by loss of elasticity in the skin, as well as the development of cancerous growths.
"Skin tans as a response to ultraviolet injury. So it can be said that a
A person's chances of experiencing an adverse reaction to ultraviolet rays, termed a photosensitivity reaction, might be increased without his knowing it. Bittenbender said. Diseases and drugs such as birth control pills, diuretics, tetracycline for acne, or griseofulvin for athlete's foot, increase photosensitivity reac-
Tanning beds attract sun worshippers by giving them the opportunity
See TANNING, p. 5, col. 1
Robertson says founder of Planned Parenthood planned a 'master race'
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. — Republican presidential contender Pat Robertson charged yesterday that the long-range goal of the family planning group Planned Parenthood was the creation of a "master race."
"Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, was an advocate of what was called eugenics. She and her disciples wanted to sterilize blacks, Jews, mental defectives and fundamentalist Christians. I don't really favor getting myself sterilized. And I certainly don't favor the programs of the Nazis.
In a room overflowing with abortion foes, the former television evangelist told a New Hampshire legislative committee that he strongly opposed a bill to repeal old state anti-abortion laws and codify the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion into state law.
At one point, Robertson was asked if he supported continued federal funding for non-abortion programs of Planned Parenthood. He replied:
"But some of her literature undergirded the genetic experiments of Adolf Hitler. The long-range goal of Planned Parenthood . . . in my estimation, is to provide a master race."
Sanger "wanted a master race, or a super race, and the long-range goal of her
Pat Robertson
"I believe Planned Parenthood right now is very heavily involved in sterilization as one of their means of birth control. And I do not approve of their long-range goals.
"I have no objection to planned parenthood, per se. The organization I am extremely opposed to."
organization, at least at that time, was to bring about so-called eugenics through sterilization." Robertson continued.
Proposals intended to toughen state's underage drinking laws
People under 21 would face jail terms for consuming alcohol
By Elaine Woodford
Kansan staff writer
For many KU students, a weekend isn't complete without a trip to a favorite bar. But if new legislation passes the Kansas Legislature, underage students convicted of consuming alcoholic beverages might face stricter penalties.
Two bills aimed at toughening the state's underage drinking laws were introduced Jan. 10.
Under one proposal, people between 18 and 21 convicted of consuming alcoholic beverages for the first time would be punished by up to one month in jail and a $500 fine. On the second offense, the person could be punished by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Minors 17 and under wouldn't be affected.
Now, people under 21 convicted of consuming alcohol can be fined up to $250, assigned to 40 hours of community service. or both.
Under the second proposal, selling or providing cereal malt beverages or beer with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent to minors would be punishable by up to one year in jail, and a possible up of up to $2,500 for a second conviction.
Now, the penalty is up to six months in jail,
a fine of $1,000, or both.
Several KU students said that proposed penalties did mean underage students were expelled.
Tracy McKenzie, Lenexa sophomore, said that although a friend had been convicted of
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Considering the problems we have with underage drinking in Lawrence, stricter penalties might dissuade more people from drinking. '
Jerry Little
Lawrence city prosecutor
underage drinking, she might drink, though not in public places.
"I have been more cautious since the drinking age increased, but I still might drink, but not at bars," she said.
McKenzie said she thought that increasing the penalties against underage drinkers
"I think they have penalized students enough," she said.
But Jerry Little, Lawrence city prosecutor, said stricter laws might help to curb under-
*Considering the problems we have with underage drinking in Lawrence, stricter
"It would make me more careful, but it wouldn't completely stop me from drinking," he said.
Mark Holley, Topeka freshman, agreed that stricter laws wouldn't affect underage drinking.
penalties might dissuade more people from drinking." Little said.
The measures, requested by Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan, were introduced by the House Judiciary Committee.
Sgt. John Brothers, spokesman for KU police, said that law enforcement officials would continue to enforce drinking laws to their fullest extent.
Stephan and Gov. Mike Hayden are also pushing the Legislature to pass two bills targeted at preventing children from obtaining drugs.
State Rep. Robert Wunsch, R-Kingman, who is chairman of the committee, said that the bills had a good chance of passing the Legislature but that there might be obstacles to enforcing the bills if they became laws.
"It may not be good that we have to look at the prison situation before we pass a bill, but we can't arbitrarily increase penalties when the prisons are overcrowded," Wunsch said.
Under the proposed drug legislation, a person found guilty of selling, administering or prescribing illegal drugs to children under the age of 18 could be punished with life imprisonment.
Also, using any communication mode, such as a telephone or computer system to sell or purchase illegal drugs could result in a two-to-10-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine.