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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.104.NO.84
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1995
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H. Ross Perot addresses the audience at Bramage Colliseum at Kansas State University. The former presidential candidate was at Kansas State yesterday as a part of the Lecton Lecture series.
Perot: Success requires being best
H. Ross Perot, former presidential candidate, spoke at Kansas State University yesterday as part of the Landon Lecture series.
By Eduardo A. Molina
{ansan staff writer
MANHATTAN—Students have to be the best at what they do to become successful professionals, said H. toss Peror yesterday at Kansas State University, where he delivered the 99th Landon Lecture.
"You either win or lose," Perot said to an audience of 5,500 at Bramlage Coliseum. "You've got be the best."
Perot, former presidential candidate and businessman, said life had been too easy for the new generation of Americans. They have forgotten to be humble, and they should have developed their own talents.
"You are lucky to have a college education," he said. "In your life you have to be a giver, not a taker. If you have any arrogance, go to the doctor and get a pill to be cured. Society
doesn't work if you are selfish."
Perot said success couldn't be measured by the money people made.
"Money won't buy you happiness," he said. "When you have all the things money can buy, they break."
He said a family was the greatest wealth.
"If you have wonderful parents, you were born rich," Perot said. "Those are precious things of your life."
Perot, who started his first company with $1,000 he borrowed from his wife, said students must forget money as a goal, find their interests and build their own companies.
"Don't follow the herd," he said. "Be action-oriented, not talk-oriented."
Perot said that to have a company meant to work hard every day.
believe in what you are doing. The best people are covered with scars."
"You have to be restless, never satisfied," he said. "There will be good days and bad days. You've got to
Perot said that it was not his goal to run for president in 1996 but that he could change his mind if the situation required him to run. He said he could try to lead this country and face the challenges of the 21st century.
Later, Gov. Bill Graves said that Perot didn't seem to want to be a candidate.
"It didn't sound like a candidate," Graves said of Perot's sneech.
The Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues started in 1966 as a tribute to former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, the 1936 Republican candidate for president.
The Landon Lecture series brings prominent figures involved in current public issues to Kansas State every year.
Clinton appeals for change in America
GOP silence greets president's proposal for minimum wage
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In a political drama unseen for 40 years, President Bill Clinton went before a distrusting Republican Congress last night and appealed for common ground to make "dramatic change in our economy, in our government and in ourselves."
The upheaval wrought by the Republic-election landslide was visible throughout the president's State of the Union address — from the moment Speaker Newt Ginghick took the gavel to the striking silence that often greeted voters.
At one point, Republicans even booed. About 20 of them left as Clinton went on and on for an hour and 20 minutes.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said afterward that while Clinton's message was important, "the more important and most powerful message remains the one the American people delivered in November."
Drawing his own conclusions about the last two elections, Clinton said: "We didn't hear
MINIMUM WAGE: A minimum wage increase would affect KU and not all say it would be good. Page 3A
However, Republicans sat on their hands when Clinton boasted that the country was stronger than it was when he took office. THE GOP greeted his call for an increase in the minimum wage with cold silence.
In his most emphatic statement, Clinton said he would not permit Congress to roll back last year's ban on assault weapons. It was as close as he came to threatening a veto of GOP legislation.
Acknowledging the failure of his health-reform bill last year, Clinton conceded, "We bit off more than we could chew." But he refused to entirely abandon what was once his top priority.
"Now we must say:We hear you. We will work together to earn you trust."
America singing. We heard America shouting.
"Now we must say: We hear you. We will work together to earn your trust."
Instead, he called for a step-by-step
"Mr. President, welcome to the House," said Gingrich, the aggressive Republican leader who has dominated the Capitol for 11 weeks.
BILL Clinton president of the United States
Clinton was the first Democrat since Harry Truman to face a Republican Congress, and the White House viewed the address as crucial in rebuilding his troubled presidency.
In a speech that offered few new initiatives, Clinton urged a national campaign to combat teen pregnancy. To cut down on illegal immigration, he proposed creation of a national data bank to help employers verify the identification of prospective workers.
approach to insurance reforms to ensure that Americans do not lose coverage when they change jobs or get sick. Specifically, he said he wanted to work with Dole, who, Clinton said, has a longtime commitment to health reform.
New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman, who has rocketed to political stardom with a tax-cutting plan, gave the Republican response. In a dig at Clinton's lengthy address, Whitman said, "Before I begin, let me
assure you I am not going to ask for equal time."
Speaking from the historic legislative chamber in Trenton, Whitman said a revolution is sweeping the country in which "people want less government, lower taxes and less spending from the federal government."
She said it was Republicans who were delivering on those demands and admonished Clinton: "You must accept it as well."
Whitman said some of the president's ideas sounded "pretty Republican," but she recalled that Clinton raised taxes, increased spending and opposed a balanced-budget amendment. The November elections, she said, "sounded a warning for the president."
Yumi Chikamori / KANSAN
Odidie Reine Adeliae and Torrin Cuwins perform a dance from "Still/Here." The performance, which will take place tonight in the Lied Center, is directed by Bill T. Jones, an internationally known choreographer who is HIV positive.
Choreographer explores death through dance.
By Geraldo Samor
Special to the Kansan
These are the times that try Bill T. Jones' soul.
And at 8 tonight in the Lied Center, the struggles of that trial will be on display when the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company performs "Still Here."
Since then, he has been grasping at the meaning of a suddenly discovered mortality.
To find that meaning and communicate his feelings about it, he creates new dances, the latest of which is "Still/Here."
Jones, an internationally known choreographer, tested HIV-positive 10 years ago.
The multimedia production is the result of what Jones calls "survival workshops." Jones and his troupe have been traveling the country and talking to people who suffer or have suffered from life-threatening diseases.
"I tell those people, 'I'm a man, I'm an artist, and I need information. Can you share what you know?" Jones said.
Jones then invites the people to express their feelings in words and movement. The first workshops were video-taped and laid the foundations for "Still Here."
Music for the "Still" section was composed by Kenneth Frazelle. Living Colour's Vernon Reid put together the soundtrack of "Here."
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company was born out of the relationship between Jones and his partner, Arnie Zane, who died of complications from AIDS in 1988.
Losing Zane reminded Jones of Eastern philosophy:
"It says that if you have an attachment, you are bound to suffer," he said. "But now Arnie takes on the face of all the people whom I love."
Jones says that by discussing death and concentrating on his work, he can demystify mortality.
"Then I won't be afraid." he said.
Patrick Suzeau, choreographer for the University Dance Company, describes Jones as a charismatic performer.
"He is also very eloquent about what he is
doing." Suzeau said.
Jones' existential quest did not start with "Still/Here." In "The Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/the Promised Land," which he performed at KU in 1992, some of his current ideas began to take shape.
In "Uncle Tom," Jones would invite ministers onstage to answer his questions about suffering. At the end, dozens of previously recruited people would go onstage to sing with the troupe — all naked.
But Jones' themes today are more universal.
"Uncle Tom' was about things that divide us: men and women, rich and poor," he said. "Still/Here' explores the issue of mortality. It is fueled by the desire of commonality."
'The Fun Bunch'
The Kansas men's basketball team is fortunate this season to have three bigmen in its frontcourt at 6-foot-10 and taller.
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New colors may melt in mouths of M & M lovers
Kansan staff writer
Alice Robison, Overland Park senior,
wants her tongue to turn blue. And M & M's
could make it happen.
By Matt Hood
M & M-Mars is asking its candy consumers to comment on the addition of a new color to the traditional bag of M & M's. The choices are purple, pink and blue.
"Blue would be so cool," Robison said.
"You could have your tongue turn blue."
Candy lovers also may vote to leave the color mix as it is: brown, yellow, orange, red, green and tan.
M & M's, introduced in 1940, are made in different-hued mixes four times a year: Christmas, Valentine's Day, Halloween and Easter.
But the traditional mix has remained unchanged since 1949, except for a decade-long absence of the red-colored candy because of a scare about food dye. Red was restored in 1987.
Several campus connoisseurs of the candy offered their commentary on the possible colorful changes.
"Blue is the perfect color," Zeller said. "Then we would have all the primary colors represented."
Joe Zeller, professor and chair of KU's design department, shares Robison's enthusiasm for blue.
And Zeller knows well the current colors of M & M's collection. He said that he always sorted his M & M's by color, stacking them in separate piles before eating them.
"I want a faculty research grant for the color distribution probability of M & M's," Zeller said.
"This would completely eliminate K-State," Zeller said. "Who wants to eat purple candy?"
"Blue is not that appetizing," Maring said.
Zeller said that adding blue would mean having all of KU's colors in the bag.
Marvel Maring, coordinator of studies for basic art and design, said Zeller was being
Dune is not that appetizing. Maring star Maring is a stunning supporter of the purple candy. She said that purple was the complement of yellow on the color wheel and would add harmony to the current colors.
"Purple would go well with the other colors in the bag in terms of color theory," Maring said.
shortsighted by reducing the aesthetic importance of M & M's to the level of an intercollegiate rivalry.
KU candy-eaters can voice their own opinions. Although most Lawrence stores have not received ballots for voting, a representative of M & M-Mars said more ballots are being sent out daily from M & M headquarters in Hackettnort, N.J.
To become a part of the M & M electorate in the meantime, voters can call M & M-Mars consumer affairs at 008-852-1000. The results will be announced April 18. If voters want a change, the new M & M's should be in stores by September.
Have they gone nuts?
The M&M-Mars company is asking candy conisseurs to pick a new color for M&M's. The choices are blue, pink and purple.
Noah Musser/KANSAN