University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 1, 1988
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Kansas history glimpsed
State led others in public health women's vote
By Rebecca J. Cisek Kansan staff writer
Kansas celebrated its birthday early, a KU journalism professor said Friday night.
David Dary, the professor, said that although Jan. 29, 1961, had been hailed as the day Kansas entered the Union, Feb. 9, 1961, was the day the state actually began to exist. On that day, the territorial governor turned over power to the first state governor.
Dry serve to an audience of about 50 people at the Kansas Day celebration of the Douglas County Historical Society at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. 2120 Harper St.
The event celebrated the 127th anniversary of Kansas' admission
into the Union. Dary's speech was titled "Kansas Day and Some Forgotten Pages of History."
Dary listed many ways in which Kansas was a progressive state. In the political arena, Kansas was one of the first states to replace the state convention system with the primary election system. It was the sixth state to adopt suffrage for women and one of the first to prohibit secret societies as political parties.
Kansas was also in the forefront in improving the quality of public health, Dary said. S.J. Crumbine, a physician and former secretary of the State Board of Health, banned roller towels in restrooms, made hotels change bed sheets every day, required the treatment of sewage before it was dumped in streams, and led a camaign against the housefly.
Dary also gave the history of journalism in Kansas. He said that what was probably the first newspaper in the Kansas Territory was a proslavery paper in Leavenworth called
the Kansas Weekly Herald. A few weeks later, Lawrence's first paper, the Kansas Pioneer, and its second paper, the Herald of Freedom, appeared.
appeared.
Some of the early papers in Kansas had names such as the Scalping Knife in Cottonwood Falls, The Wideawake in Wakefield and The Champion Liar in Perry.
Dary said that Kansas had lost some of its good storytellers. One tail tale said that sunflowers grew so thick between Lawrence and the Missouri River that they were cut up and used as firewood.
Steven Jansen, director of the Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., said that the historical society and Dary's speech encouraged people to learn more about their local heritage.
Orvel Criqui, president of the society, echoed Jansen's opinion. "Every society should recognize its heritage," he said.
KU to celebrate black history
By Kevin Dilmore
Kansan staff writer
February is Black History Month, and "Pieces of a Dream," a three-part program this weekend sponsored by the Black Student Union, begins the University of Kansas's 12th annual celebration.
Boyd is the host of two discussion programs, "Concerning Learning" and "The Educational Rap," on KPRS, a Kansas City radio station. He is also an educational consultant with the Kansas City Mo., school district.
Carl Boyd, an educator and radio commentator from Kansas City, Mo., will give a lecture titled "I Like Being Black" at 7 p.m. Friday at Alderdon Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Admission for the lecture is $1.
The second program is the Mr. Ebony and Ms. Essence competition, an annual talent pageant
open to KU students. The competition will be held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas University Ballroom. Admission is $4.
KU's Mr. Ebony and Ms. Essence will advance to the regional competition, which will be held in Manhattan during the Big Eight Council of Black Student Governments from Feb. 18 to 21.
The Gospel Extravaganza, a performance by the Inspirational Gospel Choir, will end the "Pieces of a Dream" series on Sunday. The choir, which is made up of about 70 BSU members, will perform at 3:00 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Admission is $2.
Individual event tickets or a $5 ticket for the series can be purchased either from BSU members or through Minority Affairs in Strong Hall.
Vernell Spearman, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, said
the month would be filled with events, some of which are still in the planning stages.
About 30 BSU delegates will attend the Big Eight Council of Black Student Governments in Manhattan, said Del Mitri Bynum, Topeka senior and president of the council.
The delegates will attend various workshops during the four-day meeting, Bynum said.
Spearman said the headline speaker for the month would be Robert Law, a nationally syndicated writer, most host for the Black News Network.
Law hosts "Night Talk," a call in program carried locally by KPRS in Kansas City.
Law is scheduled to speak Feb. 25 in the Kansas Union. His topic has yet to be confirmed and will be announced later, Spearman said.
KU has a cheap lunch
Source: each of the universities' food services.
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Dole reminded the audience of his 95 percent voting record in Congress and said he was committed to building on it. "I am doing the job the people of Kansas would expect me to do," he said.
He said reducing the federal deficit was his first priority.
"The biggest single threat we have is not Gorbachev." Dole said.
"It's the federal deficit. It must be reduced."
Dole said he thought that a temporary spending freeze was the answer to America's deficit problems. The freeze would include all budgets except for programs helping those who can't help themselves, he said.
He said he would leave Social Security and other retirement programs the way they were, but
would impose a 2 percent spending limit on other government programs.
Dole offered broad outlines of other issues on his election platform.
"I believe we can have a new commitment to excellence in education that will put us on a par with international competitors," he said.
He said he also wanted to bring
rural America back into the mainstream of the U.S. economy, to fight drugs and the AIDS epidemic, to care for the homeless and the elderly and to reduce welfare dependency.
"I realize whatever I do or say reflects, I hope, well on Kansas." Dole said. "I don't want to take this state for granted. I never have, and I never will."
Richeson said that price increases weren't definite but that he would be looking at them to see if changes were needed. He said that he had
However, students may notice an adjustment in prices soon. Renovations in the Kansas Union cafeteria may cause the increase.
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Food
Richeson said he hoped to expand food services' offerings by 25 percent when the renovations were completed.
Richeson said the students got a fair deal by eating in campus cafeterias. There have been no across-the-board price adjustments during the past two years.
been hesitant to raise food prices because of inconveniences caused by the renovations.
Students can look for several new features at the Kansas Union cafeteria, which will be named Union Square. Those features will include a bakery outlet, an ice cream shop and a juice bar.
Budig backs pay raise
By a Kansan reporter
KU administrators will support Gov. Mike Hayden's proposed pay increase for classified employees and will encourage support from the state legislature as well, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said Saturday.
"The issue of classified employees needs to be addressed early, and a commitment must be made," Budig said Saturday morning to about 15 KU faculty and staff members at an open meeting in the Kansas Union.
Hayden's proposal includes a 4 percent cost-of-living adjustment for classified employees and step increases for those eligible. Discussion of the proposal will begin this week in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Budig read from a letter addressed to Senate President Robert Talkington, R-Iola, in which he urged support of the proposal.
The cost-of-living increases differ from traditional practice. In the past, the Legislature usually has made such increases as last-minute adjustments at the end of the legislative session.
"Such a procedure raises fears among state employees that the Legislature will attempt to balance the budget at their expense," Budig wrote.
The meeting was the third weekly session designed to inform KU employees about legislative issue
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