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Mondav. April 18, 1977
University Daily Kansan
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Jobs or rebates?
The prospect of receiving a $50 tax rebate check this summer withered away last week when the Carter administration decided to move plan in its economic-stimulus plan.
We can only hope that that is true.
President Carter reportedly changed his mind on the subject because he thought the economy would improve enough without the stimulus.
The immediate reaction to Carter's change of attitude--among older taxpayers anyway-seemed to be one of, "Aw, it wasn't worth it," and bought one week's worth of groceries."
To the college student however, the tax rate brought rays of hope. After all, 80 bucks.
CARTER'S AIM when proposing the tax rebates was to give the economy a quick stimulus by handling $1 billion to consumer-minded Americans. One might prefer a larger rebate, per student, but the student who has only summer months in which to earn any income.
An investment tax benefit totaling $2 billion also is withdrawn by Carter. As Press Secretary Jody Powe explained last week, "I don't need the one, you don't need the other."
It is hoped that Carter substitutes new proposals for the plans he has so suddenly discarded. But it also is hoped that the President doesn't succumb to the wishes of a
Senate Republican caucus has called for a permanent tax cut instead. That proposal would enhance purchasing power only through a tax increase, which stimulus that the rebates were designed for.
A PERMANENT tax cut also wouldn't
bottle customers don't pay any taxes—the
poor and elderly.
Americans can only hope, therefore, that the Carter administration replaces the tax rebates with something that's been needed much too long now—the creation of jobs.
Unemployment in this country has hovered between the 7 and 8 per cent margin too long. Administrations seem to keep coming up with promises and slogans—“Whip Inflation Now” immediately comes to mind—to battle the steady rate of inflation. The recent administration concentrated its spending efforts toward the creation of jobs.
THERE are those who content that public service jobs are too temporary and are wasteful because of mismanagement by the city governments that supervise them.
A temporary job, however, would be just as quick a stimulus as receiving a $50 tax rebate check. As for the mismanagement part, that's a good problem for the reorganization-minded Carter administration to tackle.
President Carter made a sudden decision in scrapping the $50 rebates. Just maybe he'll suddenly decide that jobs were always the better answer.
Writers of angry letters to the editor often like to throw in a few shots at an the Kansan's reputation as an "award-winning" college newspaper. The digs usually occur in lines like "I don't know what kind of awards you get," which is an award-wining paper, "I sure hate to see the ophers."
As an avid and experienced reader of other college newspapers, I feel fairly secure in saying that most people who scanned such papers would have a higher opinion of the Kanans or at least a lower opinion of college journalism. The Kanans isn't the only good option, but it can be compared favorably with just about any school newspapers we get in the mail.
BUT THAT does not justify the adjective "award-winning." For that term to mean anything one has to know something about the award that was won. Any two people can get together, then themselves a committee and give each other an award.
The main awards that Kansan degraders (and boasters) refer to are the Associated Collegiate Press' (ACP), All American and Pacemaker awards. The Kansan is awarded by the acedemic-the ACPI's top rating- for the last 15 semesters or so. And it also won a special Pacemaker award, given to the two college
Garbage goes to the dogs
The Revolution mightn't be caused by the Republican Party, after all. It is entirely possible that a major revolt against the government of the people in the United States be caused by dogs insanis, the crazy canis Lawrence.
What has caused so much concern is a letter that was sent today to members of the Lawrence City Commission. The letter, which is probably the work of radical students in California, does deals with what most experts consider the most important problem facing the new city commission.
The group, which called itself the Bloody April Boys Movement (BABM) in the letter to the commissioners, warned of action if the city continued to refuse to enforce existence leash
USING TECHNIQUES not unfamiliar to the Symbiontes Liberation Army, the group is so strong that several demands that must be met so that the city won't be perilous a potentially perilous situation.
Kansan has award-winning habit
and confinement laws in Lawrence.
Said BABM: "We will execute, in accordance with the sacred rites of the Bloody April Boys Movement, one dog, caught in the act of turning over a tran can, chewing into a
has been so much trash in the streets of Lawrence.
The problem came about as a result of the inability of the city's sanitation employees to pick up the trash. Despite the help of then-Mayor Barkley Clark, the city employees were
Brent Anderson Editorial Writer
plastic garbage bag, or otherwise cause trouble in this city, until the city of Lawrence enforces the leash and confinement ordinances now in existence.
THOUGH THE reaction of the city commissioners to the demands of BABM isn't known at this time, it is clear that the implications discussed about the implications of the demands BABM has made.
There is little doubt that the city has been through the most serious trash crisis in its history. What has caused division among the citizens of the city, however, is why there
unable to keep up with the garbage.
Smith was unsuccessful, however, and the dogs and the trashed continued to rule the city. Then the city had elections, and the make-up of the commission changed.
IN A LAST ditch effort to keep the workers caught up with the trash, city worker Dennis Smith and a security guard in city's two trash trucks. Although Smith's doctor had ordered Smith not lift a finger for six months, he sacrificed that time, so that the city might be saved.
The new city commission has been in power for only seven days, but we hope they realize that the dogs have the power. When it comes to keeping of the city can only command authority.
There is no reason to think that BABM isn't serious in its demands. Not only has it made its demands known but it has shown its ability to enforce those demands. Unless the city is able to control the dogs of this BABM and the dogs will rule.
THAT AUTHORITY,
regardless of how unimportant
or insignificant it may be, is the
power of words with groups like BAM. Unless they react, they will most likely have the blight of hundreds of
We can only hope that Watson and the city realize that unless we enforce our leash and confinement ordinances, we will be faced with a bad situation.
THIS AFTERNOON, the commission met withBuford Watson, our city manager, to discuss management problems and, most likely, to discuss the BABM demands.
Individual Kansan staffers have won numerous awards in the William Randolph Hearst prize, and the prizes are given for published news stories, editors, photos, sports stories and features.
Editor's Note
Jim Bates
Although framed certificates on the wall are certainly very nice to look at, their real im-
newspapers in the nation, in 1971 and 1975.
aren't necessarily the same as the editor or news adviser. Journalism isn't a science, and there are no absolute wrongs. The Kansan has come close to missing an opportunity because he judge didn't like the way we set our outlines, the kind of cartoons we ran or the size of our type.
IN GENERAL, then, the Kansan can be considered an award-winning newspaper. And the people who work on the paper are proud of this tradition and want to see it continue.
Awards have also been won in the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Ministry of Excellence competition.
FURTHERMORE, journalism is a competitive field, but it isn't an athletic event. College papers can compete for prizes and envy or degrade the one another, but they can win or lose.
are nothing but a guide to point out weaknesses and strengths. They shouldn't be taken too seriously.
My general opinion of awards and rating services is that they
I will admit, however, that every time I've won an award I've enjoyed it immensely.
And I also will admit that I'd love to see the Kansin win another Pacemaker award.
Because the Kansan has had a nasty tendency this semester of ruining a fine issue of the paper with one silly mistake (like leaving off the date or writing an inaccurate reply, perhaps they won't win one. But, still, it would look nice on the wall.
Letters
We are naive champions
To the Editor:
They asked who the crazy man was. Delighted that the question was finally asked, I'm moved to respond, even from
I don't normally find that much of interest in the pages of the University paper, or the journal someone (like me) of a conservative bent. But my interests have even been sparked to a reply by the most recent ad of Association, a parable in which the Soviet Union was a scheming scoundrel exploiting his good-natured, rich and nainly educated course, us, the States.
the depths of my normal,
hopelessly conservative attitude
of "What difference does it make anyway?"
The answer is that we are the crazy men. When I say "we," I don't mean the U.S. government or Carter or Vance, I mean "we." The public opinion. We, who stay silent in the face of this mad policy movement, we do naturelly" allow our goodment to try to appease Russia with "detente."
Political crazies cook up recipes
The book's main subject was security and international perspectives of crazy or irrational behavior, and ways to detect and prevent it. Because Dror didn't wish to stimulate the thinking process of children, he didn't mention that did not mention the ways in which crazy behavior might be carried out.
In 1971, Yehezekel Dror, professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published a book entitled "Crazy States."
RECENTLY, HOWEVER, an anonymous international terrorist organization (AN-TER) collected various methods concocted by the early, imaginative crazy states. AN-TER published its findings in a book, "The Terrorist," and called it "The Terror." It should be on newsstands by mid-August.
We've had readers from as far away as South Africa and the U.S.S.R. write in their own regional variations on this recipe. No one is quite sure where or when the pie originated, but variations of one sort or another have been used for thousands of years.
For our "Joy" readers we've simplified the recipe. Only spices are needed to give it an ethnic flavor.
Alack, potentially crazy political states, political organizations and individuals were temporarily thwarted in their research for methods of craziness used to reach ideology claims and had to rely on their imaginations.
The following are excerpts from "Joy" Readers should keep in mind that, though AN-TER received recipes for terrorism from all over the world, they have a variety of the more illustrious contributors for parts of this release.
LAW AND ORDER PIE
1 dictatorial government
1 bushel active political dissidents
1 basket innocent persons vaguely connected with political dissidents (Relatives twice removed will do)
Diane Wolkow Editorial Writer
1 supply root-control equipment
1 supply torture equipment (ff)
(remains twice removed will do)
1. supply riet-control equipment
MIX TOGETHER in a country, and let rise. The reaction of the ingredients should produce a catalytic effect. Riots will form, and bombs will ensue. Arrests will occur, and torture will follow. Done when government bolls over and falls.
a captivated news media
Here's a recipe that's very popular this year in the United States. We've received copies from as far away as Columbia, Mo., and Cincinnati. This particular variation has been adapted by Abdul Khalis, of Washington, D.C.
Idi Amin, a noted African leader who uses the recipe frequently, said it worked well only with innocent people. He serves it for dessert.
your local store doesn't sell it, try A.L.D.
1 slightly demented individual
HOSTAGE BROCHETTE
4-36 innocent bystanders
TAKE DEMENTED individual and commit an aggrievance against him. Let simmer slowly until it burns. (Bubbles should form on brain.)
Place innocent bystander in a closed area. Unwed mothers' homes are particularly good for this. Enter the individual and 42 caliber pistol.
Wait for phone call to news media.
Wait for aggrieved individual to negotiate through news media.
Wait.
Meanwhile, keep scooping it up and giving it to the news media. Serve hot. It provides delightful conversation at cocktail parties.
CHOPPED LIVER a la P.L.O.
Wait a little longer.
Set TNT in an old ice box. Place in crowded area and wait until large group of people congregates. Light fuse and run.
1 large group innocent bystanders preferably children
1 crowded public area
The liver is chopped when the explosion is over and the smoke has subsided. Test to see if done by reading next day's newspaper.
a long fuse
SKYJACK AIRPORT
1 minimal security airport (May
we recommend Greece, Turkey or
France?)
SKV.IACK-APPLES
1 airline corporation (Avoid E! Al and TWA—they are hard to work with.)
1 plane with large gasoline reserve
1 large group innocent passengers
1-4 skijackers with innocent-looking faces, handguns and explosives
SLIP SKYJACKERS with explosives and handguns hidden in their clothing past airport security and onto plane. Wait until plane lands to get out. You have skyjackers detain air hosts and hostesses by pulling guns on them.
At the beginning of the most recent talks, the irritated Brezhnev "warned" Vance that continued American criticism of Soviet human rights abuses and be it constructive development of relations between the two countries."
Demand to speak with pilot. Order him to change course and fly to Antarctica. Wire plane with ex-vehicle. Order order passengers to back of plane.
When plane lands, hold its human contents hostage (see second recipe) until demands are met through news media negotiators.
Jackie-on-the-Spot
Happy Cooking!
Food editor, The Morning Flash News
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Vance's response? A quick assurance that we will not single out the Soviet Union in what we say about human rights and "that our concerns are universal in nature."
Later, after Brezhnov had rejected our proposals, news releases by presidential spokesman Jody Powell "generously" excused the Soviets by saying it is "important to be patient with us." We were not instrumental in forming the basis for further discussion."
The parable is clear—at least in the head of a sane man, that Jesus sends to the champions of naivete to believe that the Soviet stockpile of arms, paid for by us (the good people), is easy to way to peace. Mary Maspassan
Mary Passman
1246 New Hampshire
I must disagree with the stand that Roy Earle took on the Title IX issue in his April 8 letter. Although some of the Title IX requirements may be somewhat unrealistic, if universities are to mahail athletes, women are still entitled to their fair share of the funding.
Earle's arguments about who should pay are somewhat illogical. He states that the University should be paying for this rather than having it come from the student activity fee. Everything else would come from the taxpayers of this state?
Women need funds To the editor:
Earle says that women's athletics can't support themselves; this is probably true, but they don't demand directors recognize this. As such, they don't demand completely equal funding. Instead, they only desire an amount consistent with the developing a competitive women's athletic program.
I also believe that his crack about the quality of women's clothing has perhaps Perhiza it isn't as exciting as the men's game (which was of doubtful quality itself this year) is still plenty of competition.
Tom Cadden Glenview, Ill., senior
Ad deplorable To the editor:
And besides, I think Ida Lupino is a fine actress.
I am shocked and concerned about an advertisement that I noticed in the Kansan April 13. The University of Michigan (KUAC) is running an advertisement for Sunflower Hostesses for the next academic year. This advertisement is not in compliance with Affirmative Action policy. University policy requires that all correspondence related to employment contain the equal opportunity clause, enforcing gender and minorities to apply.
Persons with disabilities also ought to be included in the equal opportunity clause; this is mandated both by federal law and by the dictates of conscience. The advertisement in question contains no such afterthoughts or purposeful conclusion for priority clause. The Hostesses presumably will be acting as representatives of the University and will deal with football recruits and their families. As representatives of the University, they should be recruited and should be chosen from a pool of qualified candidates. I didn't think that the KUAC was beyond the reach of University policy.
I also am concerned that the advertisement is directed at
"hostesses," which I take to mean that only women will be considered. Is there any reason why male students also couldn't attend this year's representatives in this regard? Surely being female isn't a bona fide occupational qualification for dealing with football recruits and their families. The question is whether young thing will be more productive in recruiting football players, but surely the KUAC don't expect the pretty young thing to offer additional information would be a bona fide occupational qualification. And if so, the KUAC is engaging in deplorable and reprehensible conduct that appears to the Corporation is in violation of Title IX.
I realize, or rather I assume, it was meant to be a joke, but it didn't. Gentlemen, and I use the term losely, please do not repeat this performance. It says more about you than it does about me.
Kathy Pruessner
Wichita law studen
Who's to judge?
To the editor:
Recently I witnessed something which has left me with a combination of contempt and disgust. I refer to the exhibition of rating females with cue cards by a group of males. That this is an accident should also infantile cannot be argued. It is a tragedy that a University would be the scene of this stundacy.
Women are not cattle. Many of them resent being treated as packages of goods or brands of objects to be rated, and judged by their foliolishness is a source of potential senseless hurt to those women not meeting the standards of the “judges.” It behooves us to minimize the hurt in the world, not to add to it.
Robert Gorton
department of entomology
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