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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol.87, No. 78
SUA films have many high spots
The University of Kansas—Lawrence. Kansas
Friday, January 28, 1977
See review page five
Faculty Council approves retirement, fringe benefits
By JOHN MUELLER
Staff Reporter
The Faculty Council yesterday acted to seek increased state support for faculty at UMass Amherst.
The council approved five fringe benefit proposals, which now go to Chancellor Archie Dykes for possible endorsement and modification. If Dykes supports the proposal, the Board of Regents would consider them for recommendation to the Kansas Legislature.
Additional state money for the faculty retirement fund received top priority from the council. Increased state support for faculty and students will help disability coverage also were proposed.
State health insurance for faculty dental expenses, which aren't covered by
THE COUNCIL, after extended debate,
ranked in order of importance proposals
Group life insurance premiums paid by the state. Faculty members now pay
An increased state share of contributions to the faculty retirement fund. Now faculty members and the state contribute 5 per cent of a faculty member's salary. The council voted to keep the faculty amount constant while making more than that amount from the state.
State aid for the current faculty long-term disability program. The council should also consider the faculty member's retirement fund in the amount that faculty members normally would make if they hadn't become disabled, including a built-in inflation factor for the annual cost.
Increased state support for faculty medical insurance, so that the state would pay medical insurance for both faculty members and their families.
The approved proposals were adopted after lengthy debate on whether the Faculty Council should represent the entire faculty on economic issues, specifically group life insurance.
Speaking on the group life insurance proposal, CarLiban, associate professor of East Asian studies, said the council has a mandate "to speak for the faculty."
But Ekon Fieldns, professor of political science, cannot "see it" as a as aANG agent politically.
interesting problem—where do you draw the on economic issues?
THE GROUP life insurance proposal, which stirred the most controversy, is offered at a rate of $19.95.
The long-term disability proposal probably will require administrative modification, according to Ron Calgaard, the council's chief. He told the council the proposal would be
ought to write into law," mostly because it
would be how much money a faculty
must pay.
In other business, the council discussed a report from the Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee. The report, which asks for changes in the mathematical leave policy, will be brought up in two weeks at the council's next meeting.
Ten students caught in illegal enrollment
Ten University of Kansas students were discovered ensnirting illegally this semester by a security officer at the university.
The students apparently were caught when they tried to enroll using enrollment cards stamped with an outdated dean's stamp from Nunenaker College.
Nunamaker started using a new dean's damp this semester, which reportedly was disbanded.
Jerry Lewis, associate dean of Nunemaker College, has refused to disclose the names of the ten students who were caught or to explain how they enrolled.
But he denied a rumor that someone had stolen a dean's stamp from Nunemaker College and received payments for other students in exchange for stamped cards.
A student who was working at the Nunemaker enrollment table said all six of the Nunemaker dean's stamps were accrued. The enrollment closed last Friday afternoon.
A student who asked not to be identified said she received a stamped enrollment card for Numeran College from a male friend. Several of the letters for one or two years.
Although punitive action won't be taken against the students, Lewis said he would talk to each of the students "to make sure that it doesn't happen again."
Dean's stamps have been stolen in the past, Gil Dyck, dean of admissions and records, said yesterday, but he said he couldn't remember specific instances.
Dyck said he didn't know what measures
'I feel we should consider all the facts before saying that or that would be done,' he said.
would be taken if a student who had stolen a dean's stamp was identified.
Officials discovered several students trying to get through before their appointed time on the letter schedule, Dyck said. Their material was kept in a file and they were not returned at the right time.
Lewis said most enrollment irregularities occurred because an enrollment official was not present.
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Bellevue, Wash, freshman, and Cindy Leed, Leaew freshman, find it hard to agree on what looks best. See story page nine.
With so many T-shirt styles to choose from, Marian Grandle.
Area escapes gonorrhea epidemic
Staff Renorter
Kansas, like the rest of the nation, is in the middle of a gonorrhea epidemic, but so far Douglas County has been only slightly affected.
Martin Wollmann, director of Walkins
Martin Hospital, said this week that the
team had recovered from an infection.
"We had nine fewer cases reported in 1978 than we did in 1975," she said.
Kay Kent, director of the Douglas County Health Department, also said that the county is seeking a lead.
"The last statistics we compiled were from June, 1975 to July, 1976, when we had $2 reported cases of gonorrhea," he said. "That's not a substantial increase since the year before, but that's not to say we should let our guards down."
In 1976, 134 cases of gonorrhea were
coughed out. Coughs down from 143
cases in 1975 to 207 cases in 1976.
According to officials in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Douglas County is an exception in Kansas, because it is a tremendous and increasing problem.
R. Gene Lockhart, chief of the VD Control Section of the Kansas Department of Health, said that Kansas has had a 17 percent increase in reported gonorrhea cases so far this fiscal year (July 1976-June 1977) over the same period last year.
'Kansas leads the nation in the percentage increase in reported cases,' he
Home,car need winter tune-ups
Staff Reporter
Bv MARY RINTOUL
Temperatures are dipping below zero frequently in what is one of the coldest winters on record, and several things can be done to keep cars and appliances cool.
There are simple, economical ways to keep homes adequately heated without great expense, according to Drew Brewer, owner of Homeowner
"Insulating a home can be relatively inexpensive, depending on the house," he said. "Also, storm windows, weather stripping and making sure your heating unit is running efficiently are inexpensive when you compare those costs with fuel costs."
Pamphlets distributed by the Consumer Affairs Association offer other ways to efficiently heat homes.
During the day, open shades, curtains or insulated draperies on south windows to let in a lum照, which will help to heat the rooms. Close windows and doors.
During storms, consider the direction of the wind and use a door least affected by the wind.
Check gas burners and adjust them if necessary. They often waste fuel because of inefficient combustion.
Salome advised people to dress warmly indoors rather than turn up their thermostas.
setting thermostats at lower temperatures is an additional way to lower fuel costs, according to Bill Salome, a gas company employee.
depending on the condition of the house and the age of the people in
house, we recommend that Utermoustat be set between 65 and 85
degrees.
Waterpipes should also be insulated to guard against freezing or breaking. Leaving a small stream of cold water running from each tap
THE KANASS POWER and Light Company (KPL) recommends that people increase their houses' humidity. Heating consultants have reported that when a house's humidity is increased, it becomes more comfortable at lower temperatures.
Cecil Gibson, an employee at Miller Pharon Automobile Service, said cars should be correctly tuned, a service that involves checking the brakes and tires.
KPL said that commercial humidifiers were available in stores and that local heating contractors attached models to furnaces.
Cars also need to be kept in shape to avoid costly repairs and to help people start them on cold mornings.
KPL also said a home should be insulated properly. Fireplace dampers should be tightly closed when in use and ceiling exhaust fans should be
AN INCREASE in snow tire sales in January prompted Steve Lockin, an employee of Lawrence Tire and Wheel, to advise people to check their
A spokesman for another tire company said the company's sales for November and December decreased 50 per cent in 1976 from 1975. However, the company's January snow tire sales have increased 100 per cent over last year, he said.
"Many people have snow tires, yet they really don't," he said. "People are riding on tires that are completely bald.
snow tire are almost a necessity in Lawrence because many streets are steen and streets aren't cleared of snow.
Gomorhea, the most frequent communicable disease next to the cold, can have serious consequences. It can cause sterility and difficulty in urination in men; chronic abdominal pain, sterility and pelvic inflammation (which, in 5 per cent of reported cases, leads to the need for a hysterectomy) in women.
Kansas averages 831 reported cases a month. One day 130 cases were reported, two days 275 cases were reported.
Staff drawing by David Miller
If untreated, gonorrhea germs can cause permanent body damage such as arthritis, blindness, heart disease and may lead to death.
Babies who contract it from their mothers during pregnancy can be stillborn or have birth defects.
Symptoms usually occur within three to eight days after contact with the disease and take the form of a white discharge or a burning sensation during urination.
However, 80 per cent of women and many men show no symptoms.
Gomorra is usually treated with penicillin to which it is becoming intrinsic.
"The organism can now produce an enzyme that destroys penicillin, and if the gonorrhea is resistant to penicillin, it is resistant to other drugs as well," he said.
A total of 65 penicillin-resistant gonorrhea cases have been reported in the nation,
the five cases that were reported in Kansas all occurred in the Kansas City Area.
One drug can be used with penicillin.
resistant strains, but a case has been documented in this study and is also used to drug-tolerant cells.
The test is free in county health departments and in Kansas, minors can be enrolled.
he urges everybody to be screened for ignorance if the person has it, he should take the pill.
To cure gonorrhea the dose of penicillin needed is 15 times stronger than the dose used in the first treatment.
In spite of the simplicity of the test, Lockhart estimated that 30 per cent of all gonorrhea cases in Kansas go unreported. To encourage people to get tested, Wakuna Hospital has many pamphlets to help impel many common myths about the disease.
Lockhart said he was under staffed and his funds were almost exhausted. Although he has been assured of supplemental funds from the state, he said he still wouldn't be able to reach enough people with his existing manpower.
In the test, a physician simply takes a small amount of pus from the genitals and
"We are hesitant to use this drug, because people may develop a resistance to it in time," he said. "It is conceivable that in the future we will not recommend penicillin because it is becoming increasingly resistant."
Staff Reporter
Wollmann said the response to these pamphella had been great. He reiterated that even though Douglass County wasn't in danger, he knew, a great deal of caution was needed.
Reduction of penalty aim of marijuana bill
Bv STEVE FRAZIER
TOPEKA -The sponsor of a bill that would reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana said yesterday the bill would amend an archival law that fosters disrespect for the criminal justice system.
"Anyone who knows anything about marijuana knows that the present law is
The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, said he planned to introduce the bill in the Kansas House Monday.
"I really believe that the law we have now is a product of the horse and buggy days," Glover said. "It supports people's skep-ness." He added that government's ability to deal with reality.
GLOVER SAID police and the courts were reluctant to enforce the present law because it could be unfair.
Kansas law says a first conviction for marijuana possession is a class A misdemeanor, but a second possession is a class D felony that could mean a 10-year prison term and a $5,000 fine. Glover's bill, if signed into law, would reduce the penalties for possession of two ounces or less of marijuana to a maximum $100 fine.
"They're almost admitting that it isn't a law, yet they have to enforce the law," he said. "This causes disrespect for the law in the guy who enforces it, the guy who
prosecutes it, and the guy who judges the law.
"A kid of policemen now just take away a 'kid's marijuana and tell him to go on his way. This causes kids to lose respect for the law."
"My bill would allow policemen to enforce the law and have a good conscience. It would show users that the legislature and government are involved in the creation and knowledgeable of their situation."
GLOVER SAID those who favor strict penalties for marijuana possession "don't think about the law as it would apply to them or their children. People aren't interested in marijuana prohibition in a practical sense, but in the abstract sense."
"Parents whose kids are busted don't go to lawyers and say 'Give me justice.' They write legislators and explain in detail what happened from start to finish when their kids got busted, it would be one of the stories, stories ever presented to this legislature."
Glover, who in the past four years has written three other proposals that provided for various degrees of marijuana decriminalization, said his new bill is more moderate than the others and has a better chance of becoming law.
"ITS NOT a perfect bill to either conservatives or liberals. Glover saxs. The 'Hell of a job.'"
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