Bennett deaf to Regents' defense of building requests
By BARBARA ROSEWICZ
Staff Writer
TOPEKA-Gov. Robert Bennett cut short the Kansas Board of Regents' defense of capital improvement requests Friday, declaring that a budget made it impossible to finance the requests.
Brennett's scrutiny of capital improvements throws into doubt the proposed funding of KU's Robinson Gymnasium and Malet Hall, for which she is a candidate. Such are two priorities of University administrators.
Bennett asked the Regents, who defended the capital improvements requested by all seven Regents' schools, to realign their priority list of 56 requests along lines that the state could afford.
THE LIST, which the Regents said was made in consideration of each school's own priorities, placed KU Medical Center Integrated Family Practice and four other schools fourth, and the Malot Hall addition 11th out of 68.
can afford this program," Bennett told the Regents and Regent school administrators midway through the school year.
There's no way in God's green earth the state
The governor will make his recommendation to the 1977 Kansas Legislature in January. The governor will not make this recommendation.
FUNDING FOR utilities increases and energy conservation methods were among his first con-
The Regents had made a special requests for energy conservation methods for the Regent's schools. They requested $527,000 for the Lawrence campus to insulate and weatherproof buildings and double glaze storm windows with high-performance paint and improve the air conditioning system of buildings at the Med Center.
KU had requested $100,000 for preliminary planning of a trash-burning energy generation project.
Bennett said he thought repairing existing facilities was now feasible to construct new ones.
'TM SERIOUSLY considering terminating any
construction program that has not been commenced," he said. "We're in something of a crunch. At this point we have to start living in buildings we've got rather than building any new ones."
James Bibb, state budget director, last week cut all capital improvement requests, except those for which funds had already been appropriated by past legislatures.
The computer center was KU's only capital improvement request retained by Bibb. The 1976 Kansas Legislature had appropriated $1.8 million from fiscal 1978 for the project
Bennett brachecd the topic of revenue bonds as a solution to the funding of new buildings.
ALTHOUGH THERE were questions of the legality of using the educational building fund to pay off revenue bonds, there was also optimism over the proposed solution.
Max Lucas, University director of facilities planning, said the idea would probably be looked
Unless there are legal snags, the Regents would
sell bonds to construct buildings and use revenue in the educational building fund to new off the bond
Chancellor Archyke Dykes said yesterday that a benefit of the plan was that buildings could be constructed now, instead of waiting for the construction to accumulate enough money to pay for a building.
IF OFFICIALS find that the plan is legal and decide, to use it, it could affect the proposed additions to Robinson and Malott, which were cut by Bibb.
Lacasa defended the Robinson addition as the Lawrence campus' top priority.
Some students have had to delay taking required courses in physical education for two years, he said, because there was a lack of space to add more sections of some classes.
Dykes said that not only physical education majors were affected, but also students in occupational therapy and education who needed physical education classes as part of a
Final planning of the project, which was funded
by the legislature last year, has been completed. A request of $3.5 million was cut.
A $4.5 MILLION dollar request for Malcolm Hall
to put out a cutoff for final plans had also be-
come apparent.
Lucas said the addition was needed to meet enrollment demands and also to comply with federal requirements concerning animal care facilities. Programs have certain requirements, he said, and KU must meet the requirements to keep federal program grants.
"I think many of those programs are in jeopardy," he said.
The Med Center's integrated family practice program requested $320,000 to set up a clinic in a Kansas community. The clinic would be part of a program geared towards doctors and physicians them to practice in Kansas.
Warren Corman, Regents' facilities officer who presented the requests' defense, said he would try to get them to sign.
"We wanted the governor to realize what a tough situation we're in," too, he said.
KANSAN
Monday, November 22.1976
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Vol.87 No.65
Jauhawk nation
A waving flag complemented the waveting wheat of Kansas football fans at Missouri when halfback Bill Campield scored on a 28-yard run to make the score 16-0.
That touchdown proved to be the winning margin in KU won, 41-14. The Flag was made by Tom Muther, an avid KU fan from Topkam, and is held by Allen Liektig, Lawrence
Flawed budgets called a mixup
Staff Writer
By BARRY MASSEY
The mistake by the Commission on the Status of Women concerns a $314 voucher written Aug. 14 to the Kansas Union, acco-
nouncing Maggie Plagnan, commission president.
prepared before student organizations' accounts are activated in the fall.
Opinions varied on budget's fate
Carlin is the leading contender for Speaker of the House. The new speaker will be elected Dec. 6, when the legislature meets to organize its January session.
The Campus Veterans didn't report a balance of about $100 as "income since July" on the treasurer's financial statement. These statements must be
SEN. JEQ. WARREN, D-Maple City,
agreed that the Democratic House would
make little difference in this year's
bidding.
As far as KU's budget goes he said, in each of the 20 years that he has been in the
BEISNER SAID that the organizations either didn't understand that they had to deal with the problem or did.
Rep. John Carlin, D-Smolan, said Friday that he did not foresee any obvious differences between the new Democratic and the old Republican House, and added that in the past the two parties hadn't been much different in their fiscal policies.
reports or that delays in banking transactions had caused reports' flaws.
Several Kansas legislators expressed differing views Friday about the new Democrat-controlled Kansas House of Representatives, which is next year's University of Kansas budget.
CARLIN ALSO said that the budgeting process wasn't a game but a sound policy, referring to the cuts that James Bibb, state legislator made in KU's fiscal 1978 budget last week.
into the reports after they had been audited, audit of the organization's checking accounts
If Bennett has to look at every item in every budget, Carlin explained, he can't do a good job when he tries to develop an overall budget.
The legislators were attending the second legislative institute at the Kansas Union Town Hall.
By DEB MILLER
"Bibb's cuts are a standard process," Carlin said. "People have misleading ideas and think that Bibb actually feels all those items need to be cut."
Two campus organizations' failure to follow Student Senate budget procedure probably resulted from a misunderstanding, Bob Beisner, Senate treasurer, said yesterday.
Kansas Senate Bibb has made similar reductions in KU's budget.
"It's simply a way of making the process less difficult programs it feels it needs," he explained.
Pierre "Patte" McGill, current Speaker of the House, and a Democrat of Louisiana, responded to a response.
"I've worked with John Carlin for many years," McGill said, "and I'd he'll be elected the new speaker, as it seems certain he will win." But he didn't prioritize higher priority on Kosovo than on politics.
One House member who said he felt there would be a great deal of difference in this year's House was Rep. Loren Hohman, D-Topeka.
"Traditionally, the Democrats have been more sympathetic to the needs of the people," Holman said, adding that "the needs of the people" included mental health, tax breaks at middle incomes and education.
"I THINK YOU'LL see a harder look at all of these things and a closer look at how they are handled."
However, another newly elected House member, Rep. Kent Roth, D-Ellinwood, wouldn't speculate and said that it was a whole new ball game.
A newly elected House member, Rep. Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, agreed that a Democratic House would make some difference.
"We'll just have to wait and see what happens," he said.
"I think there will be an effort to reestablish the austere Docking budgeting process," Hersley said, "and there will probably be a bill on legislative budgeting."
The Campus Veterans and the Commission on the Status of Women failed to report their last year's cash balances on a monthly basis, and the treasurer at the beginning of this semester.
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Regents to convene here
KU will host the November meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents, beginning today with the "Council of Presidents and committees" ending tomorrow with the board meeting.
The Council of Presidents, a group of top administrators from each of the seven Regents schools, will convene in the room of the Kansas Union at 9:30 a.m.
"Talking to the two groups Friday af-
ternoon," Beesner said, "it seemed a ma-
ter of concern."
The board will meet at 1:30 tomorrow in the Union's Kansas Room.
This afternoon, in the International Room of the Union, the Academic Committee will need at 1:30, the Health Education Committee and the Coordination Committee at 4.
Tomorrow morning, also in the International Room, the Budget and Finance Committee will meet at 8:30, the Legislative, Bylaws and Policy Committee at 9:15, the Extension Committee at 10, and the building committee at 11.
The board meeting will review the findings and actions of the various Regents
BEISNER SAID that the organizations were notified by telephone Friday of the mistakes. He said a meeting with representatives from the two groups; Randy McKernan, chairman of the Senate Finance and Auditing Committee; and himself had been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Jim Bates, Great Bend senior, was chosen editor of the Kansan Friday for the spring semester by the Kansan board. Janice Clements, Overland Park senior, was selected business manager for the spring semester.
The Finance and Auditing Committee last Thursday night called for an investigation
The results of that meeting, according to McKernan, will be sent to the Finance and Auditing Committee, which will make a decision concerning the reports.
Routine items on KU's agenda to be presented to the Regents include authorization of a parking lot for GSP and Corbin Hall, contract approval for the KU Medical Center clinical facility, acceptance of medical procedures, Malott Hall addition and approval of the naming of the Parnot Athletic Center, the new addition to Allen Field House.
Kansan picks spring heads
Applications for news and business staff positions will be available immediately following the vacation in 105 Flint; the Student office, 105B of the Kansas Union; and both the deans of his and dean of women's offices in Strong
The editor and business manager will interview applicants late next week.
Changes proposed in events committee
Staff Writer
By SANDY DECHANT
The Student Senate Rights, Responsibilities and Privileges Committee will present legislation to the Student Senate next week proposing that the University Events Committee be placed under the Senate's jurisdiction.
The Senate committee will present a proposal to the Senate at its Dec. 1 meeting that would require Student Senate approval of all policies adopted by the events committee and that would establish a student majority in the composition of the com-
AT THAT MEETING, Caryl Smith, chairman of the events committee, said that the committee was responsible only to the directors and Del Shankel, executive vice chapellor.
The proposal is a result of the Nov. 8 meeting between the Senate committee and three members of the events committee, who were chosen by whom the committee was responsible to.
Steve McMurray, chairman of the Senate committee, disagreed. He said at the rights committee meeting last night that the only mention made of the events committee's function and purpose was in the Senate Rules and Regulations. According to the Senate Rules, "The Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct," "Authority for the promulgation of rules concerning student non-academic conduct resides in the Student Senate . . ."
IN ADDITION to calling for Senate approval of all policies adopted by the events committee, the proposal would change the composition of the committee.
Instead of the 14 faculty and staff members and nine student members who currently compose the events committee, the proposal would call for nine voting student members and five voting faculty members. Other nonvoting students could be added as deemed necessary by the events committee.
Mc Murry said that if the proposal was passed by the Senate and approved by Dykes, the events committee would have to comply with it.
Professor discusses Cuban life in weekend language workshop
By DAYNA HEIDRICK
Arrom, the Rose Morgan visiting professor of Spanish, spoke Saturday to about 150 people in the Council Room of the Kansas Union. His lecture on "Cuba
A revolution isn't an event, but a process, according to Jose Armen, Aroman humanist and scholar, referring to the Cuban revolution; the overthrow of the Batista regime in 1969.
Dean outlines terrorism
To stop acts of international terrorism, the United Nations must improve security measures, increase protection of diplomats and minimize the benefits received by terrorists, according to John Murphy, president of the University of Kansas School of Law.
Speaking before the Douglas County and KU chapters of the United Nations, Mr. Garrison said that primary motivations behind terrorist groups: they may be seeking to stimulate group action, they may want to extort funds for a cause, they want to unite in a particular government.
Murphy told the 40 people who attended the chapters' luncheon at the United Ministries Center that although there was no generally accepted definition of terrorism, two classifications might be general terrorism and transnational terrorism.
'International terrorism is where in-
dividal 'actors' are controlled by a country to do a job on other countries. Transnational terrorism is where an autonomous group of individuals use their Own in lieu of Murphy. Much said.
Murphy said the Palestinian Liberation Organization was one example of a tran-
With the exception of the adoption of a 1974 treaty protecting foreign diplomats, Murphy said, the U.N. had "adequately dealt with terrorism" because of a fear on the part of many U.N. members that such measures would be directed against groups like al-Qaeda and those in wars of liberation in southern Africa and elsewhere."
Murphy was an attorney in the office of the legal adviser in the State Department working on U.N. matters from 164 to 1967. He was a member of the United States delegation to the U.N. General Assembly in fall 1965.
Today--Culture in a Revolutionary Society" was the keynote event of an all-day academic workshop for Spanish and Portuguese teachers.
Arrom was born and raised in Cuba and has visited the island recently. He said he had noted a great improvement in the life of the Cuban people in the past 15 years.
Arrom said that when he returned to Cuba the educational improvement was evident in speech. Before 1959 the lower class could be distinguished from the upper class poor for poor French, poor Spanish, but Arrom said, every lesson is calculated and speaks Spanish clearly.
ARROM SAID that before 1959 nearly half the population was illiterate, three-fourths lived in shacks and one-third had intestinal parasites. Arrom said that now Cuba had eliminated unemployment, racial discrimination, deportation, begging, gambling, prostitution, drug abuse, illiteracy and slums.
ARROM'S TALK was followed by a panel discussion by KU faculty members who addressed specific aspects of the Cuban revolution.
Arrom said students in Cuba paid their way through school by working several hours a day collecting grapefruit and oranges in the groves that surround the schools. Similarly, study groups 15 hours a week. Arrom said this idea was important for developing an tradition of the Cuban patriot, philosopher and writer of the 19th century, Jose Marti.
Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of economics, said education, health and diet had been substantially improved for Cubans through a redistribution of income and employment. He said the freedom of choice for most Cubans had improved since pre-Castro days.
As long as the great masses believed their prospects were better than before, Calgaard said, the government wouldn't need riffles to stay in power.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH, professor of history, questioned whether Cuba had freed itself with the overthrow of Batista, or merely exchanged one master for another. Griffith said he didn't challenge the facts of the material improvements in Cuba, but rather was concerned that the material changes were accomplished on credit.
Griffith said Cuba, who before the revolution was economically dependent on the U.S., now had a $4 billion debt to the Soviet Union. Griffith said he had observed nationalization of the Cuban revolution and a drift toward the Soviet pattern.
Shirley Harkes, assistant professor of sociology, discussed the integration of Cuban women into the labor force. Harkes said the Code of Family Law passed in 1975 attempted to redistribute labor in the home to free women for work outside the home.
Raymond Souza, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, said the revolution had produced a new form of art that is tradition and had fostered a tremendous explosion of creative activity.