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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104,NO.57
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1994
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Kansas voters call for multiple changes
Republicans take top Kansas spots
Bv Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
Voters spoke loudly and clearly on Tuesday.
Their message was a resoundingly pro-Republican one, as Republicans won the Kansas governor's race, the
attorney general's race and all four U.S. congressional races. Nationally, Republicans took control of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time since the Eisenhower administration.
But not even the Republicans themselves predicted such a clear repudiation of Democratic leadership, both in Kansas and the United States.
Allan Cigler, professor of political science, characterized the election
VOTERS: Low voterturnout in Douglas County. Page 5A.
results not as a political realignment but simply as a rejection of present leadership.
"This isn't necessarily a mandate for a more conservative agenda," Cigler said. "People just are not very happy. In 1992, people were fed up with their leader, and they elected Clinton. This election is the same thing."
Cigler said a Republican governor and a Republican legislature in Kansas would let governor-elect Bill Graves to accomplish many goals.
"Regardless of what they do, it's got to be an improvement over Governor Finney," he said.
Brad Burke, vice chairman of KU College Republicans and Topeka sophomore, said Finney had a moderate effect on the governor's race.
with Finney," Burke said. "And the fact that she never offered strong support for Jim Slattery had some effect, also."
"A lot of people were dissatisfied
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, said Tuesday's results were a reaction to Clinton more than to Finney.
"This is the result of a frustrated and impatient electorate that was promised change and didn't get it," Loomis said. "They found a way to
express themselves through this election."
Loomis said that this election was not indicative of a long-term trend. After all, Republicans now will be held more accountable for the government's actions.
"Who knows what will happen in 1966," he said. "This has almost no predictive power for Republicans in 1966, and Clinton could be re-elected yet."
To Sean Wright, basketball is everything. All his other commitments take a back seat to his No. 1 priority in life, basketball. Below, Wright stands at a court in his neighborhood. "As far as basketball goes, I'm putting all my eggs in one basket. The whole dozen."
True lies: Clinging to a dream
Hopes of basketball stardom eventually die for most kids as they grow up. But some say that hope is their only ticket to college.
Written by Andrew Gilman Photos by Daron Bennett
The only reason that Sean Wright is in school is so he can play basketball.
His parents might tell you differently. His brothers deny it. And his coach and teammates at Wyandotte High School would argue that there are other reasons.
But Sean Wright won't.
"If it wasn't for basketball, I probably wouldn't be in school right now," he says. "That's how I feel about it. I've felt like that all my life."
Krista McGlohon/ KANSAN
Student housing expensive in city
By Carlos Tejada
By Carlos Tejada
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence apartment renters spend quite a bit of their income on rent.
In fact, they spend more on it than just about anybody else in the nation, according to a federal study released Tuesday.
The U.S. Census Bureau said Lawrence ranks second in the percentage of income used to pay for rent. According to the study, which used census data from 1990, Lawrence residents spend 33.8 percent of their annual income on rent. The national average is 26.5 percent.
The survey ranked 335 metropolitan areas across the nation. The largest percentage was in Bryan-College Station, Texas, with 34 percent. In the last study, which used 1980 census information, Lawrence was ranked fourth.
But the numbers don't necessarily point to a housing problem in Lawrence, said Jay Leipzig, city housing coordinator. He said along with Bryan-College Station and Lawrence, the other three cities in the top five — Chico, Calif., Gainesville, Fla., and Bloomington, Ind. — were small college towns as well.
"It's essentially university towns," Leipzig said. "If you look at Bloomington, it's very similar to Lawrence."
Leipzig said the actual median rental cost for a Lawrence apartment was $412 a month, well below the national median of $473. The proportions are thrown off by the low amount of money students earn, he said.
In most small towns, apartments are rented by couples or small families, Leipzig said. But in Lawrence, students with low incomes snatch up the apartments first. Because they tend to live together, landlords can charge up to $800 for an apartment or house and split the cost between the roommates. The result, Leipzig said, is high rent costs spread out over a large student population.
According to University statistics, more than half of KU students live off campus in Lawrence.
The statistic means bad news for low-income, Lawrence families, said Lynn Goodell, city housing and neighborhood development director. He said the rents driven upward by students also raised low-income families
"There are families who need assistance, and that's what we're trying to address." Goodell said.
we're trying to address," Goodman said. The study also listed median rental costs for other Kansas cities. Topeka's was $385, Wichita's was $391 and apartments in the Kansas City area were $425.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
University Theatre's latest production, 'Tartuffe,' is a French play about a con man who finds the perfect victim. The costumes are kinda neat, too.
Ah, mon dieu!
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Noted professor to speak about race coalitions
That is a main philosophy of Manning Marable. Marable, a professor of history and political science and the director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City, will speak today and tomorrow at the University of Kansas. He will speak about racism and the building of multicultural coalitions.
Humanities Series brings lecturer to KU
coaltions need to be built across racial lines.
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
Marable has written many books, including "African-American Studies: Critical Perspectives on the Black Experience." He is perhaps best known for a newspaper and radio series titled "Along the Color
Cheryl Lester, associate professor of English and American Studies, nominated. Marable as a
Line." The series, which covers politics and social issues, appears in more than 250 newspapers and is broadcast on more than 60 radio stations across the nation.
Manning Marable
Humanities Lecture Series professor after seeing him speak at Kansas State University.
"He has an intellect capable of reaching many types of people," she said.
Lestersaid Marable's theory of "multicultural democracy," which called for broad coalitions instead of separatism and partisanship, was very important in helping minorities achieve power.
"The term I would use to describe him is
Janet Crow, acting director of the center, said that the purpose of the series was not only to educate the University and Lawrence but also to use that education to make a better community.
"We've found that there's a longer lasting effect on the campus if the speaker is involved in smaller groups," she said. Crow said that was why speakers normally came to KU for two days.
Marable is one of three off-campus speakers for the Humanities Lecture Series this year. Elizabeth Broun, director of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will speak on Feb. 16 about U.S. artist Childe Hassam, on March 15. Drucilla Cornell, from the Benjamin N. Cordoza
The event is being sponsored by the Humanities Lecture Series and the Hall Center for the Humanities. The series has existed since 1947, making it the oldest continuous lecture series in this area.
social democrat," she said.
Humanities Lecture Series
Question and answer session 3 p.m. today at the Parlors in the Kansas Union
Manning Marable will speak on three occasions.
Lecture: "Beyond Black and White: Unlearning Racism."
7:30 tonight in the auditorium at the Spencer Museum of Art
Panel discussion about the lecture 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union
School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City, will speak on the temptations of pornography.
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