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Tuesday, February 22, 1977
University Daily Kansan
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ASK not necessary
Myth has it that the University of Kansas is the odd man out among the state's colleges and universities, that KU, the rich kids' school, considers itself a notch better than
A story in the Kansan last week would seem to add some substance to the myth. The story noted that a semi-official group has been lobbying, with some success, for student interests in the state legislature during the last three years. As the story also noted, the group, the Associated Students of Kansas (ASK), has been working without the support of the students at KU, the state's largest school.
ASK has the monetary support of students at Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia Kansas State College, Kansas State College at Pittsburgh, Hays Kansas State College (the other Board of Regents schools) and Washburn University.
STUDENTS AT THE six schools kick in a quarter apiece, through their activity fees, to give ASK operating money.
Support from KU students would add another $10,000 or so to the ASK till. But it is more than eagerness that keeps KU's Student Senate from funneling student funds to the ASK cause; it is a knowledge that such a student student money could be better spent elsewhere.
Don't look for KU to jump on the ASK bandwagon. ASK has approached the Senate for support each year—until this year. Perhaps that is a sign that the group realizes that its chances of getting KU monetary endorsement are slim.
At any rate, there hasn't been and isn't now any substantial support for ASK among KU student senators. They've cited such reasons as a reluctance to spend student money to pay professional lobbyists and a preference for voluntary lobbying.
BUT PERHAPS the overriding reason is a knowledge that there are some fundamental differences between the needs and desires of KU and her sister institutions.
KU's strength is in its professional schools, graduate schools and liberal arts and sciences programs. Other state schools primarily emphasize the sciences and vocational education.
Even K-State, the other state school most superficially comparable to KU, is intrinsically different. It is an agricultural school, rural in setting and with a student body that is different in background and preferences from KU's.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, KU is the school that has grown the most in the last five years and the only one of the state schools that can reasonably anticipate a steady enrollment in years to come. The other state schools already resent that fact—witness the recent squabble over the number of KU alumni on the Board of Regents—and the competition among state schools can only become more fierce in years ahead.
Whether small college administrators want to admit it or not, there will be times in the near future when declining college enrollments will cause state officials to combine some of the state's academic programs in a central location. KU and K-State are the logical choices for the central location, and KU, with its strong professional schools, is likely to receive the lion's share of any benefits.
SOME WILL ARGUE that ASK has done an admirable job in supporting such issues as landlord-tenant legislation, which benefits all students. That is true, and because the KU students are reaping the benefits of legislation that others worked to implement.
But the fact remains that KU is a school that can better look after its own interests in future years.
KU's Student Senate has been wise to avoid committing student funds to support a program that it didn't start and has never heartfully supported. ASK has done a good job, but its interests can never accurately mirror those of KU students.
By ANDY WARREN
Guest Writer
Secession unwise for Quebec
Journalists are having great fun with the situation in Canada these days. Since Rene Leveque of the separation committee elected provincial Prime Minister of Quebec last November, nearly every major newspaper in the United States has run some sort of predictions about the future of Canada. Those predictions have run from Canada's becoming a collection of independent and private provinces applying for U.S. statehood.
This is sensational and a little inflammatory. It confirms my suspicions that when there is no news, journalists try to invent it. It is highly unlikely that Canada will break up and it would be extremely unwide to do so.
SINCE GENERAL James Wolfe defeated French Field Marshall Louis Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and claimed the entirety of Canada for Britain, nationalism always, and separatism occasionally. He also speecked proclaim of Quebec. It occasionally has led to violence and has resulted in the formation of the now eight-year-old parti Quebeacois, which was founded on the principle of separatism for the province of Quebec. Last November, parti Quebeacois candidate Léon Dauphin elected provincial Prime Minister of his native province, and promised a referendum on independence within two years.
civil servants. Its growth rate in new jobs lags 30 per cent behind Canada's other provinces, themselves in an economic mess. Its own unemployment is above 10 per cent.
THERE ARE A number of pragmatic reasons that Quebec would be ill-advised to opt for independence. Quebec is plagued with serious and sometimes crippling labor problems. The staff played host to strikes by 95,000 teachers, 80,000 hospital employees, 9,200 waterworks workers, 5,500 nurses and 5,200
A new country with this sort of climate does not have a bright economic future. Especially one which will need investment as badly as an independent Quebec.
THOUGH QUEBEC receives $1.5 billion in aid annually from Ottawa, its debts passed the $4 billion mark last year. Cutting off this aid would surely make for a burdensome national debt before the new country even opened its books. This, coupled
with the balance of payments deficit sure to arise from Quebec's importation of oil, natural gas, wheat, and the scads of raw materials needed for its already ailing industries, enough to crush the fledgling nation before it raises its flag.
Other small, but not insignificant questions arise. How to settle claims of federal assets within Quebec? Those assets belong to all the citizens of Canada. The maritime workforce is the remainder of Canada. Would a transportation corridor have to be negotiated? Parti Quebecois suggests that one of
every four Air Canada aircraft be given to "Air Quebec." How many Anglophones will accept that? There are hundreds of airlines that offer what to do about the Armed forces, currency and customs.
PERHAPS THE MOST important obstacle in the way of an independent Quebec is the residents themselves. The Financial Post of Toronto points out that a pre-election poll showed voter support for ministries only per cent. Whether part Quebeceans even has a clear mandate to administer the province is questionable. It polled only 40 per cent of the
Leveques and his more militant Quebecois are likely to push hard for independence, but in light of the obstacles looming large and the lack of popular support in Canada they may occur. Canada is a great nation, a great people (French and English) and relatively speaking, a good neighbor. It would be a shame to see the divisiveness of Quebec now any further. I agree. Leveques's probable failure will be the end of the notion once and for all.
Andy Warren is a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Readers discuss Judaism, Owens and politics
Hitler denounced To the editor:
I wish to take exception to Bill Snifffen's editorial which appeared in the Feb. 3 Kansan in the new age antiquates absolutism."
in the first place, the editorial board of the Kansan acted irresponsibly by printing an editorial comment concerning a campus activist and interviewing a news article. Individuals who were not in attendance at the talk on Monday evening, Jan. 31, and who read Sniffers of the unabusably blamed and one-sided account of the content and tenor of the presentation.
Secondly, Sniffen himself has made several errors in fact in an obvious attempt to discredit Herschell Katch, who delivered the talk. Sniffen correctly believes that he should have believed the Holocaust was a general punishment to the Jewish people for our failure to keep all God's commandments properly. However, Sniffen incorrectly identifies the fact that she implication, all Orthodox Jews) "might be doing a bit of revision" by observing only approximately 150 commandments when, according to tradition, 613 commandments were God to Moses and some 600,000 Jews Sinai.
Many commandments relate to animal sacrifices that can only be performed in the Holy Temple which used to exist in Jerusalem but was destroyed almost 2,000 years ago by the Romans. Still other laws can be observed today, actually living in the Land of Israel. Some Jews living in Israel today can and do observe these particular laws which pertain directly to the Land. But Tratk, along with the majority of Jews today, lives outside the Land. The image cannot be any stretch of the imagination observe commandments which pertain directly to the Land of Israel.
When these two groups of commandments, together with several other laws which cannot currently be observed by any Jew representations or degree of commitment, are annulled by virtue of the present state of affairs e.g., no Holy Temple, then the over-all number of com- mands and observable today is substantially reduced from 613 to approximately 150.
Sniffen also suggests that organized religion negates freedom of choice by persecuting those who insist on solitist principles". Absolutes do not negate free will or deprive one of choice. Rather, organized religion upholds ethical norm by which an individual can choose to behave.
Nowhere in his editorial did Sniften make mention of the fact that Tkatch repeatedly condemned Hitler for having perpetrated this nefarious and dastardly crime. In fact, more than half the evening was devoted to discussing the question of whether we have any logical basis for such a policy which to Hilder's actions were wrong. Tkatch said he believes Hitler was wrong because "The Torah (the written and oral Jewish legal tradition) says it's wrong to bring suffering upon other people."
Brian Salvay director, KU Hillel
By neglecting to mention that Tkatch's whole presentation was a condensation of Hitler's actions, Snifffen has unjustly misrepresented Tkatch and has lead untold numbers of persons who read his editorial to记住 that Tkatch's deliberate insinuating the morality and humanity of what Hitler and all the Hamans of the world have done to the Jewish people throughout history.
On March 25,1971,the Kansas Jayhawks were in the Houston Astrodome,preparing to
Time for change
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contest UCLA for the right to play Villanova two days later for the national championship. At the time KU's record was 27-6, Villanova came away victories. It was the fifth time in six years that Kansas had won 20 or more games. For the third time in six years the Jayhawks were in three championships; the third two times they finished in second place.
Business Manager Janice Clements
Since that night in Houston, the Kansas Jayhawks have a record of 90-71 (56 per cent). They have won 20 games once. They have won two big Eight championships, but has been unable to keep up easily in the other four years. They have had three non-winning seasons. They are 5-9 against Kansas State (0-4 in Manhattan), 5-9 against Missouri (1-5 in Columbia), and 2-16 against Indiana, Notre Dame, Kentucky, tucky, a former No. 1 overall team has fallen. And the media now concentrates on attention on Crum, Gale Catlett, Dean Smith, Leffy Driesell and Drew Phelps.
five thousand KU. fans had driven eight hundred miles the right before to support Pierce Russell, Roger Brown, Aubrey Nash, and All-Americans Dave Tews. The Ted Wenski was the third winningest coach in the nation (149-41), 78 per cent. His 1966 team had come within an inch of a national championship, his 67 team had won its first game, his 88 team finished second in the NIT, his 69 team played in the NIT, and here he was, in 1971, in the Astrodome. When the media wanted quotes from the nation's top coaches, the Aldap Rupp, Guy Lewis, the Adulph Rupp, Guy Lewis, the McGuire boys and Ted Wenski.
Probably no Kansas fan expects a national—or even Big Eight—championship every year. But wouldn't it be nice to at least content for the Big Eight title from Iowa or go to like Lexington, Bloomington, South Bend, and Nashville without being laughed off the court and out of town; wouldn't it be nice to be on national television occasionally, which can only happen if you are confident months in advance that Kansas will field a strong team; and wouldn't it be nice to spend the good years (as 1978 looks to be) without dreading the turnovers, the fouls, and the illustration that you'll probably bring? Wouldn't it be nice for KU to BE "The Basketball School," rather than just talk about it?
Hopefully, the coaching staff or athletic director will quickly take those steps necessary to return KU basketball to its place of prominence—a place where they can flourish every third or fourth year, but by winning with seniors one year, then winning without them the next. If KU is not willing, or not able, to take those steps—whatever those steps may be —the new manager appropriate, theme for the souvenir programs.
On March 25,1971, thousands
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University Council meeting of the previous day, gives a totally inaccurate picture of what transpired with respect to the "proposal" for a pre-finals dead week.
Your headline states, "Council recommends prefails dead week." The Council did no such thing. It discussed briefly an idea that was being considered by the Academic Council and the Committee. Oscar Haugh, professor curriculum and instruction, made no "proposal," but rather asked for our
apparently accuse gun groups, and the National Rifle Association in particular, of glorifying Fred Cowan, a psychotic killer, or making excuses for his actions. I'm an NRA member and have put up with your regular cheap shots at the organization for some time now. It is disgusting to watch people carry on a smear campaign against about 100 angry About ignorant bias should not be the trademark of a newspaper.
Readers Respond
of KU fans wore buttons that claimed "We're Number 1: It's A Way Of Life."
Mark Robinett
Mark Robinett Lawrence graduate student
Congratulations! You have lowered yourselves to the same depths as the Lawrence Journal-World. Your article on the "Gong Owens" movement rivals the Journal-World's coverage. I was shocked to see the "Gong Owens" T-shirts in the library. I don't understand the students at the University of Missouri acted in this manner. I'm sorry to see some KU students are doing likewise.
Craig Levra Lawrence freshman
Owens good coach
To the editor:
Inaccurate picture To the editor:
Coaches Owens, Miranda, and Reid have done an excellent job. Coach Owens has been named Big Eight Coach-of-the Year four times. He is the 20th coach in the country, KU has won the Big Eight Championship five times and the Big Eight Tournament six times under Owens' tenure, and he ranks No. 1 among all-time coaches in the Big Eight meet. KU has gone seven post-season tournaments under Owens.
Two experts who favor Owen's dismissal, John Bush and Jeff Nelson, should know all about the game that since Mr. Bush and Mr. Nelson know so much about basketball, they should try to secure positions as basketball player yet, get sports writers.
The report in the Kansan of Friday, Feb. 11, on the
thoughts on a tentative proposal.
It is true that the motive of any such proposal, if it should come, will be to respond to the problem of some instructors who were not present last week of school rather than at the scheduled time. The tentative proposal, however, was that no examination when scheduled during the week before the final examination period.
The Kansan incorrectly stated "no final examination could be given" the week before finals. The Kansan then quoted me as opposing that statement on grounds that it would interfere with our teaching methods. That is a complete false representation of my work should very strongly that final exams should take place as scheduled, except in extraordinary situations (some examples of which were given in the Council meeting).
On the other hand, many of us, particularly in science, mathematics, and engineering, want to have a test over each portion of the course prior to the final. The last suite manual, called the last week, allows the course is reduced to thirteen weeks. These tests are teaching devices which help the student prepare for the final, and help the instructor see where the students are having difficulties because they are more sure of type of examination, in my opinion, would be “interfering with our teaching methods.”
Paul Mostert
Professor of Mathematics
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People kill people To the editor:
Once again your editors have come up with another mindless political cartoon. This time you
persons killed by approximately 100 million guns owned by 55 to 60 million citizens last year. Let's see, 16,000,000 or about 0.03 percent, 0.029999, or about 0.43 per cent. Three-thundreds of a per cent of all gun owners are potential killers! It's enough to make you want to ban all guns on the spot. Especially since the nation's population owns a gun. That's a definite minority.
The NRA is an independent, nonprofit organization with over a million members. Its purposes are to promote the safety of our residents in firearms, to foster good sportmanship and to foster the conservation and wise use of renewable wildlife resources. (Incidentally to all you who feel threatened by wildlife, nothing but slaughters of wildlife, the money needed to provide wildlife protection, and that which was responsible for the renewal of such wildlife as deer in the Midwest, comes from hunting license fees.)
Granted the NRA actively opposes gun laws that they feel violate their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. They说 that a little gun control, like a little speech control or a little religion control, should be allowed under caution. The NRA backs mandatory sentences in felonies involving the use of a firearm.
If you want to think the NRA and gun owners are all a bunch of stonehead rednecks, fine. Apparently there's 60,000,000 Americans who disagree with you. We don't enjoy your opinion any more than you enjoy ours.
Douglas Todd Seneca junior
Posters disgusting
To the editor:
now that the balloons have been deflated and the tinsel lays trampled in the gutter, it is possible to cast an unjawed eye upon the phenomena of Election 77. I am your typical apathetic student, and it takes a while for me to come out of me, but the revelation I experienced in the last few weeks prompts this letter.
The particular aspect of the election which grated upon my sense more than anything else was the proliferation of political advertisements on campus. Bulletin boards were plastered with the usual garish trash, but the larger ones remained deemed interested in blaring their innair drivel ad museum.
My first choice in the "Most Obvious Display" category would have to go to the Avanti bunch for the hundreds (thousands) of avantian Avanti stickers on their screens on the face of the campus. The little pearls are stuck on trash cons, urinals, et cetera, everywhere within eyesight. Reflection and Spectrum aren't far from each other but the acid streak to strip layers of their excrement off of bulletin boards to read anything of note beneath.
As I type this, I do not know any of the election results, but I do hope that the whistle will not only be reinstated, but also amplified a few hundred decibles. Then it could be programmed to shriek incessantly so as to smother any murmur of complaint rising on the shop, Scent Sanitary.
Kansas City, Kan., sophomore
Students unseated To the editor:
As a season ticket holder for the KU basketball season I was appalled that seats normally designated for students had been sold to the general public. I will be the first to agree that the sport needs support from outside the school, but I won't. So I'm ready for the K-State game is inexhaustible. I ask simply for an explanation from the person or persons in charge of this blunder. Thank you.
Mike Forsyth Erie senior
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should be representative of the best journalism students. I seriously doubt that that can be readily claimed by the Kansan staff. Careless misquoting and easy assumptions in articles often occur frequently in frequent occurrence in this paper. Often the errors are harmless exaggerations, other times they are out-and-out misinformation. Usually, I take it in stride, however when careless errors and bad writing hit at the expense of other people's reputations, then I have to react.
On Monday, Feb. 14, Julie Williams wrote a press release for "Dames at Sea." Ms. Williams wrote the article without even consulting the two directors of the production! That blatant use of cast members, is a reputable source, she cannot be considered definitive in this case. Rather shoddy journalism, not to consult people intrinsically involved with a project being reported on, was the issue spoken to the directors she would have gotten her information correct.
"Dames at Sea" is in no way affiliated with the University Theatre"—there has been no connection with the University of Arizona Residence Halls are the producing agents in cooperation with SUA. And if "Dames" is affiliated with anyone, the two production has been HashingHall. All the major technical help, support, and encouragement has come from HashingHall. It was HashingHall of the project in the first place.
Since the Kanasan takes the time and space to print bad publicity for Hashinger, I'd appreciate equal time for the jury to hear his guilty injustice in not seeking her information in the most effective manner, and now Hashinger is suffering by being pushed into the background. Hashinger's contribution to Asa's work, Act, as well as the University in general, is immeasurable.
Both "Dames at Sea" directors would like to take this opportunity to thank Hashinger for their incredible support and endurance. It's the best kind of valentine one could receive.
Anne Abrams
New York grahate student
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