OPINION
University Daily Kansan, May 3, 1985
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The University Daily KANSAN
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High stakes
If Ronald Reagan has one obvious trait, it is persistence. Having failed to convince Congress — or the U.S. public — to provide Nicaraguan contras with $14 million in aid, the president has chosen a new plan of attack.
On Wednesday he issued an executive order banning all trade with the Sandinistas. That puts the Nicaraguan government in the same category as Libya and Iran. Although the nation is no model of democracy, it did have an election that was declared valid by a wide range of impartial observers. But it hardly deserves to be treated like the fanatical Islamic regimes of Col. Moammar Khadafy and the Avatollah Khomeini.
In making his decision, Reagan cited recent talks between the Sandinistas and the Soviet Union that would provide Nicaragua with millions of dollars in aid. And yet it is the administration's policy of isolating and harassing Nicaragua that has pushed the country to the Soviets for help. If some of the dreams of the Sandinista revolution have not been realized, some of the blame must be placed on a U.S. government that refuses to let it chart its own course.
The United States is Nicaragua's largest trading partner. Last year Nicaragua sold $57 million worth of bananas, beef, coffee and shellfish to the United States. It purchased $111 million in U.S. goods.
The trade embargo may hurt the Sandinistas, but the greatest effect it will have is to push them closer to the Soviets. They will sell their bananas, beef, coffee and shellfish elsewhere — most likely to the Soviets.
In 1981 the United States cut all aid to Nicaragua. When the nation then sought increased help from the Soviets and Cuba, Reagan chided it and launched a secret war to try to make it "say uncle." Now Reagan has taken another step to isolate Nicaragua.
It is hoped he remembers just how high the stakes are. This game involves more than money.
Just be careful
They are all the horror stories your parents ever told you as a child come true: people sneaking up on you while you're not looking, people coming into your room late at night, or people waiting in the bushes when you walk home in the dark. It's scary — but it's happening.
Lately it has been happening a lot on campus. During the past two weeks, battery and sexual assault reports have shown up repeatedly on police records. A woman fell asleep at Wescoe Hall and awoke to find herself being assaulted Another woman fell asleep by Hoch Auditorium and awoke to the same situation.
Probably the worst incident happened Sunday morning in Hashinger Hall. A woman was raped right in her room, while security monitors sat not far away.
All incidents reported so far have been assaults against women, but men are not excluded.
The solution is simple — be careful. Lock your doors. Take a friend along. Tell people where you are going. Just be careful.
Did you ever realize what all you could squeeze into a year? It's easier to put into perspective if you have an art journal and editorial pages, which I do.
Overall, it was a very good year
It's interesting to listen to people around campus look back, reflecting on the year. Many have reached the conclusion that it was a dull year, uneventful even. In my estimation, it was far from it. OK, so students didn't burn down any classrooms. It is just classrooms. But we still crammed an incredible amount into this year. For instance:
CAMPUS ISSUES
Homophobia is my nomination for the biggest issue to hit the University. It also won the award
SUSAN
WORTMAN
Editorial Editor
Editorial Editor
for being the most persistent. Members of the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas came out of the closet as a group, asking Student Senate for funding and asking the rest of the campus for tolerance. The reaction ranged from protests against to protests for gay rights.
The move to save the American elm tree that would be sacrificed for the new science library came in a close second. The new science library that might be built in the grassy area by the Military Science building was hotly contended.
In addition, the University adopted a policy to make all teaching assistants, who have a primary language other than English, to pass a language examination. The Board of Regents was named in lawsuit by Stephan for violating open meetings law. And KU officials drafted a harrassment policy.
In the spring semester, a special University committee recommended a core curriculum for all students. Mistreatment of asbestos removal from an old baler facilities operations workers.
One final issue that concerned students and various local businessmen was the Legislatures, move to raise the drinking age to
21. Local bar owners appealed to lawmakers, but to no avail.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Mariano Fiallos, president of Nicaragua's Supreme Elections Council, came to KU despite much protest. In the fall, In The Streets, an alternative student newspaper, published in campus. And in October Mike Krusch, assistant professor of professor of awards, won the 1905 HOPE award.
Several KU band members were invited to be part of President Reagan's inauguration band, but their parade was rained on. Most of them said they had a good time anyway.
What a year it was for the football team. It started on a rather sour note with 10 players losing their eligibility because of grades. And it ended on a worse note with a group of football players being accused of beating up a student in the common's parking lot. Jim Flory, attorney, officially charged two players with counts of assault.
But in between, the team as a whole put some amazing games on the books. The season started with KU beating Wichita State University 31-7. But we lost to Kansas State University 24-7. That was
FOOTBALL
This spring, the neighbors finally gave in, and the St. Lawrence Catholic Center got the OK to build its new church.
Hoch Auditorium was closed as the fine arts performing center on campus. The Soviet and East Asian Study Center lost its federal grant. GALA Week went on, even without Student Senate funds.
And time will only tell about the solar clock that some architecture students want to build in front of Wescro.
The game against the Oklahoma Sooners was one for Ripley's. The Hawks beat the Sooners 28-11. The Sooners never stood a chance.
OK because if their team had lost,
they would have been angry and
the riid would have been worse.
The basketball season was one of those that the critics were calling "a can't miss" it. It had to be great, but there is no student camaraderie at Allen Field.
BASKETBALL
student camping out by Allen Field
House waiting to buy season tickets.
Before the season even started, Tyrone Jones, the second most highly touted basketball recruit, quit KU to attend the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. But all 6 feet and 11 inches of Danny Manning began a spectacular career at KU.
The team was young and the season had its slumps, but it also has its high points, such as when KU beat Oklahoma 82-76.
Even though we lost to Iowa State in the Big Eight Tournament, we made it to the NCAA tournament, just to lose a heartbreaker to Auburn. 66-64. Such is life.
STUDENT SENATE
Student Senate was a story in and of itself. It never failed to amuse and anger those watching and those participating.
Although many disagreed with the whys and ways that Carla Vogel, past student body president, and President Dini Higherbauer, past student body vice president, brought to Student Senate, no one can deny that they raised interest in student government. Seven coalfalls registered in the fall, which was more than had registered for one race in a decade. William Easley and Jeff Pollack won the president and vice president seats by a safe margin.
As for the issues, they were old hat, new hat and irrelevant hat. An always popular, good campaign platform is campus lighting. And we saw it again this year. After several studies and much talking was done, the senate agreed to spend $10,000 studying the issue.
Another hot issue appeared on T-shirts instead of paper. Fagbuster shirt, part of a protest against the S.O.K. appearance around campus.
ENTERTAINMENT
This was one thing the campus was never lacking.
Student Student paid for Louis Farrakhan to speak at KU. Encore became Rock Chalk Revue again and it was a big hit.
All in all, it was a very good year. Very dull at times, very exciting at others. But overall, a very good year.
Abolish KU's private 'apartheid'
In part I agree with Charrellite Gene A. Budig's decision not to support the request by the University Council that the Kansas University Endowment Association withdraw its investments in companies that do business in South Africa. I agree with the decision on the sole grounds that Bishop Desmond Tutu, leader of the South African black freedom movement, Nobel Peace Prize winner, has asked that U.S. corporate assets remain in South Africa for at least two years so that the members of the black freedom movement can work toward dismantling apartheid policies.
I also agree that the U.S. government represents the only real vehicle for change in South Africa and that as a U.S. citizens must press Congress to achieve that change. But my agreement with the chancellor ends there.
To say that the Endowment Association and the administration of the University of Kansas "have been especially sensitive to the needs of minority students and minority faculty in recent years" is nothing
short of playing an elaborate charade with the truth
As the first black candidate for student body president in the 119 year history of this University, I understand firsthand that independently thinking black students are not welcome at KU. The administration prefers "team players."
Black students are team players we just play on a different team
In short, KU has created its own private窃贼 for black students.
Take apartheid for black students.
To increase black student enrollment and retention, the University must:
- Reward and specifically recognize outstanding black students in each school and department.
- Incorporate more black students into the high school ambassador program.
- Adopt a deferred tuition plan to allow middle-to low-income students to pay tuition in installments.
- Establish an Endowment Association short-term loan fund for KU students who have failed to meet the academic requirements to receive continued federal aid. This loan fund would provide money to students who have suffered the effects of racial
- Establish a network of relationships with black ministers in the main urban areas KU serves; Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and Wichita.
discrimination, cultural deprivation or economic deprivation to such an
The biggest change that can be made is to change the attitudinal indifference KU administrators have toward black students. If given their choice, I think that more than 75 percent of all black students would not go to KU if they had it to do all over again.
Budig cannot attempt to affect change in South African policy when KU's private "apartheid" goes unchecked.
EDITOR'S NOTE. Kevin Walker,
St. Louis senior, is majoring in
political science and American
Studies.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Casting bad light
To the editor:
As a non-Christian and gay rights supporter, I do not agree with the views expressed by Joe Vustich in his article "The Christian University, Daily Kansas on April 30."
Whether or not we agree with him, we must still respect Vusich for his motives and not try to twist the meaning of his words to fit our own preconceptions of anti-gay rights activists.
I am nonetheless appalled by the manner in which the letter was treated by the Kansan editorial staff. By titling the letter "Gay hate justified," you have cast an entirely different light on the contents of the letter that which was intended by its author. At no time does Vusch express any hatred for gays but, in fact, implies that his views are based on a love of mankind and a concern for their welfare.
Convenience cure
Mike Bily Lawrence resident
In short, I think you owe this man an apology.
In response to "Wages of sun are tickets, held grades," which ran in Tuesday's issue of the University Daily Kansan:
To the editor:
G god bless Done Kearns. He's my new hero. He stands for all that is good and right and moral in this world. I am just thankful that
someone at the University of Kansas is fighting the "front-door obsession," that destructive, convenience-oriented plague that causes mankind to drive when driving sometimes isn't necessary. I'd like to help you, Don, so here are some suggestions, though they come from a recovered convenience-seeker:
Get rid of the Cushmans. Buy roller skates for your workers. These cars that they use to propel themselves every 6 feet are just convenience items. Purge your department of these devil's tools.
Get rid of the department. Think about this for a moment. The department has to keep writing tickets to pay the salaries of the employees. So why not stop writing tickets? Then you don't have to pay salaries.
There is still good to be done after the department is finished, though. Don Donate the $873,000 surplus to the United Grocery Stores Association to help them in their neverending struggle to free our world from hunger. We must do our part. Thank you. Don for dong yours.
To the editor:
So long,good luck
Jay Wiegman
Hays sophomore
It is with a great amount of admiration and remorse that we are forced to say goodbye to one of the most talented and respected professors in the School of Journalism, Don Jugenheimer, professor of journalism, is a gited and concerned professor. His lectures are informative and upon occasion, amusing. The student benefits from Dr. Jugenheimer's attention to theories which can be applied to a future career.
It is disconcerting to the students who have dedicated their time and effort to gain an education, that while the University of Kansas currently employs top professors, our administration can so easily relinquish a tenured professor of Dr. Juvenheimer's stature.
The full-time advertising staff is diminishing at an alarming rate. Advertising students should be concerned with the departure of the third advertising professor in the past two years. The cause of these losses must be questioned
For those of us who went to class and learned our lessons, it's time to turn our disadvantage in to our advantage.
We would like to wish Dr. Jugenheimer success at Louisiana State University. Their gain is our loss.
Good luck, Don Jugenheimer
Megan Burke
Kansas City, Mo., senior
Tim Mauery
Overland Park, senior
Mark Schick
Advertising representative
to the School of Journalism
To the editor:
Bad editing policy
Yesterday an article appeared in the University Daily Kansas titled "Student records law causes big gret dispute." The article, written by Kathy Flanders, discussed the policy of the University concerning the release of personally identifiable information about students when that information is contained in reports prepared by the University police.
To the editor:
In the nine years I have been employed at the University, I have on a number of occasions considered and reviewed the University's policy implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, better known as the Buckley Amendment. Several times I have discussed provisions of the Department of Education's implementing regulations. Our goal is to ensure our goal. Our goal at all times has been to interpret the act to protect the rights of students as guaranteed under the act and to be mindful of the rights of the public as they seek information about the University.
It is my understanding that the reporter who prepared this article discussed the University's policy with the director of the FERPA Division of the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. It is my belief that the university's policy agreed that the University's policy was a proper interpretation of the Department's regulations. I have been informed that the reporter
Ann Victoria Thomas General Counsel
included this information in her article, but it was removed from the article by the editor because of space considerations. I appreciate the constraints under which editors of daily newspapers operate; however, when an editorial decision results in removing a critical element of a story and leaves readers with an erroneous impression about the policy of an institution. I think serious reconsideration must be given to the editorial policies of the paper.
I fully support the right of individuals to hold differing views about the interpretation of statutes and regulations. When an official with the federal agency responsible for issuing policy interpretations makes a statement about a policy, however, I think that information is an indispensable part of any article about the policy. I hope the editorial staff of the Kansan appreciates the possible harm that an editing decision such as the one made in this instance can cause the paper and journalists in general Perhaps only a few individuals at the University were aware that Universities could be better with the Department of Education. At the very least, those individuals will read articles in future issues of the Kansan with a great deal of skepticism, wondering whether important information has also been omitted from those articles. I hope the incident can be learning experience for the staff members involved.
And so 100 of you "died" in front of Staffer-Fill Hall on Monday. Good for you! But the important question now is: What have you accomplish? Are you going to end the World War II another World War? I don't think so
Without a cause
By protesting the way you did, you only showed us one thing — your ignorance. It seems to me that you are not capable of researching into these areas of concern in order to get involved in the political spectrum of your country. Once you get involved politically by defending your causes and ideals through historical and sociological support, you might be able to start making the changes that you want.
Personally I tend to term people like you, "rebels without cause." Your ultra-liberal idealism takes you to where no man has ever gone beyond the "mada." Sometimes I wonder who you really know what you stand for
Nobody on this planet wants a World War III, including the leaders of the superpowers. So going around and acting dead in front of campus buildings makes all of you look more like the clowns that you already are. And so you stay home acting dead while drinking Kool-Aid and watching MTV
Jose Luis Oier Del Valle
Valencia, Venezuela
and Madrid, Spain, senior