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University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 29, 1988
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Early risers get up and get fit
Joanie Tajchman, Shawnee Mission junior, takes a swim in the early morning light at Robinson Gymnasium. Taichman was using the gym as part of the Sunrise Fitness Program.
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
At 6 a.m., most students have not even smacked the snooze button for the first time, but more than 50 KU students and faculty members were up and at 'em Wednesday morning for the first day of the Sunrise Fitness Program at Robinson Center.
The program runs Monday through Friday every week. It includes aerobics in Robinson gyms from 6:15 a.m. to 7:15 a.m., weight training in the Robinson weight room from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., swimming in Robinson pools from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and jogging in Anschutz Sports Pavilion from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Rick Cameron, a special events coordinator at Robinson, is in charge of the program. He said KU had officiated over 200 games for at least four years.
Cameron said, "You'd be surprised how many people come early to exercise. It can be snowing, and people will be standing outside the door, waiting to get in, at 6 a.m."
The program is available to Lawrence residents, but Cameron said he hoped it would be used mostly by students and staff.
"Some of the staff like to play racquetball during these hours. It is a benefit for them, too," he said.
Marion Bickford, professor of geology, said playing handball was a great way to wake up in the morning.
“He’s only saying that because he won the first game,” said Bickford's opponent, Edward Manda, a Lawrence dentist.
"Handball is great," Bickford said. "You hit the ball with your hands, so it helps get out all of those aggressions and frustrations from students, or deans or whoowell, just knock the hell out of the ball."
Wednesday morning, more than 20 people were in the weight room.
Mary Gray, Prentiss, Miss,
graduate student, was riding an exercise bike. She said she liked the program because the weight room was less crowded in the morning.
"It really helps me get on up in the morning."Grav said.
Many KU crew team members also worked out in the weight room. "There are probably about 18 of us today," said Libby Elliott, Lawrence graduate student.
"It is hard to get up sometimes," she said. "You really have to make a concerted effort to get out of bed."
Aerobics classes in the gyms are available to students, staff and the community for a $20 fee.
Claire Henderson, Lawrence junior and assistant aerobics instructor, said that many of the participants were working people or mothers who wanted to exercise before their children woke up.
"For a college student who likes to sleep until noon, it will be a challenge to get up early three
days a week, but it will also be good discipline for me," Henderson said.
Nancy Bracciano, Lawrence resident, said she had been participating in aerobics for quite a few years. "It's great for circulating for the day," she said.
"I put six of my children through KU." she said. "Now I'm getting
JoAnne Lorenz, Lawrence resident, said she was trying to build strength through weight lifting and swimming. "There is a lot more space and freedom to swim this stuff," she says. "I'm going to try not to give up on it."
my enjoyment out of it."
Registration for the program is in 208 Robinson during regular
office hours. An all-activity pass for Lawrence residents, including aerobics, weight training and swimming, is $4.5. Each individual program costs $20. Jogging is free.
The program will continue until May 13, excluding spring break.
For students and faculty, everything except aerobics is free with a KUID.
Strict tax laws affect students
By James Buckman
Kansan staff writer
A tax law written in 1986 might prove to be expensive for students paying taxes on 1987 income.
That double exemption was eliminated with the new law.
Before 1987, parents could list students as dependents and claim an exemption for that student. The student, if he made enough to file a tax return, also could claim an exemption for himself.
Greg Shipe, manager of the tax firm H&R Block, Inc., 1601 W. 23rd St., said that for 1987 tax returns, only parents would be able to claim student loans. But the student also be able to subtract the money from his taxable income.
"We are getting some calls from students who didn't know about it," Shine said, "and they are shocked."
The exemption allowed some students to remain below the lowest tax bracket. That privilege no longer is available and it was in 1987 before they would be taxed.
For example, if a student listed as a dependent made $3,300 in 1986, he would not have had to pay taxes. He could have subtracted the exemption, $1,000 in 1986, which would have put him below the lowest tax bracket.
But if the same student made the same amount of money in 1987, he would to pay taxes on the full amount.
Shipe said that the parent was required to claim the exemption if it applied. Students are not able to claim the exemption if the Internal Revenue Service determines that the parents are entitled to it.
As a protective measure, the IRS will be able to use social security numbers to match both the parents' and the dependents' claims to ensure that both parties aren't claiming the exemption, he said.
Shipe didn't think that the new law would affect many students. He did say, however, that it might cause problems for some.
The new law won't affect students listed as independents. A student can be considered an independent if his parents provide less than one-half of his financial support.
"One student I talked to didn't have to file last year," he said. "This year, he will end up owing from about $160 on the same amount of money."
He said that figure was based on an income of about $4,000.
"I don't think I'm going to get hit that bad," he said. "It looks like it will be a matter of $50 or $60 dollars, which isn't going to be a problem. It will affect me, but not to the extent that it's going to stop me from doing whatever I need to do."
Ken Sutton, Overland Park senior,
looked over his taxes and said he
didn't think the new law would have a
big effect on him.
USAF cuts ROTC
Tight budget downs K-State program
By Dayana Yochim
Kansan staff writer
KU will have the only Air Force ROTC program in the state when the U.S. Air Force completes a cutback in college programs, including one at Kansas State University.
The Air Force has announced that it will close 30 Air Force ROTC college units and consolidate an additional seven into nearby schools because of budget cuts.
A K-State Air Force ROTC official said yesterday that the closing came as a surprise but that the cancellation was a positive change.
"On the national level, this is a healthy move," said Maj. Richard Brown, a professor of aerospace studies at K-State. "By cutting back on inefficiency, we are able to remain remaining operations a chance to be more efficient."
Brown said that he found out about the cancellation Tuesday.
The changes will be phased in over 18 months to allow juniors and seniors in the program to complete their studies.
Capt. Joe Goldblatt, KU assistant professor of aerospace, said that there was a possibility that some K-12 students in ROTC students may transfer to KU.
"If those students want to become commissioned officers, we will see transfers from K-State to here," he said.
Goldblatt said that entry into the ROTC program was unlimited at the freshman and sophomore level but that it was more selective at the junior and senior level.
"There are a lot more uniformed men on campus than 10 years ago," Goldblatt said. "We have been much more selective within the last two years. There are many more academically qualified individuals."
There are 101 students in the K.
State Air Force ROTC program.
"Everyone is surprised because the decision came without a lot of fanfare and warning." Brown said. "The students enrolled in the program have two months to decide whether they will stay in the ROTC and transfer to a different unit or leave the program altogether."
Brown said that the K-State administration was supportive of the students in the program and that they would try to help them financially.
The Air Force spent $128 million in fiscal year 1987 on its ROTC program. Approximately $14 million of that was for the 37 units being closed or consolidated.
Legislation may aid maternity, parental leave, speakers say
By Rebecca J. Cisek
Kansan staff writer
Current provisions for maternity and parental leave are not adequate, but legislation on the federal and state levels could improve them, a law professor and state senator said last night.
Maternity and parental leave was the subject of the 1988 February Sisters Memorialary Forum sponsored by the KU women's studies department. About 50 people attended the forum in the auditorium of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont
State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Lawrence, said he was drafting a bill on maternal and health leave but the bill probably would not come before legislators this session. No legislation that deals with the state policy on maternal and family leave has been introduced in
The February Sisters was a group of KU women who took over the East Asian studies building 16 years ago, demanding more programs and rights for women on campus.
one of the four panelists, gave the status of a U.S. House of Representatives bill that is expected to be voted on this session.
The bill would affect businesses of 50 or more employees who have been with the business for at least one year and who work 20 or more hours a week. It would allow up to 10 weeks of unpaid leave in a two-year period to care for newly born or adopted children or for children and parents with serious illnesses. The bill also would give employees up to 15 weeks of unpaid leave in a one-year period for a personal disability.
Elinor Schroeder, KU professor of law and
The act provides for the continuation of the employee's health insurance and insures that the employee can return to the same job or an equivalent one.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' predictions, women will make up 60 percent of the work force by the year 2000. Schroeder said.
Peggy Billings, president of the Lawrence chapter of the National Organization for Women, said one of the problems with the house bill is that 95 percent of the employers in the nation have fewer than 50 employees
According to the national NOW office, the majority of employers currently offer no family leave.
Panelist Linda Wimberly Freking told her story of being denied restatement in her job and unemployment compensation as a result of the maternity leave she took.
and 62 percent of employees work for these employers.
"The employer said that if I wanted a career, I should never have had a family," she said.
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