University Daily Kansan, January 22, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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NEWS BRIEFS
University receives bequest
The Kansas University Endowment Association has received $105,000 from the estate of Alberta L. Moe of Miami, Fla., who died Oct. 4, 1982. The bequest is unrestricted, so the University can use the money where it is most needed.
Moe graduated from the University of Kansas in 1948.
Todd Seymour, president of the Endowment Association, said Moe made the bequest because of her strong affection for the University.
KU official elected to position
James F. Budde, director of the University of Kansas Research and Training Center for Independent Living, and Kathleen Hobson, international Association for Independent Living.
The association is a division of the National Rehabilitation Association. Budde will begin his term next summer.
Independent living is a term used to describe a new approach to rehabilitation, which deals with problems such as physical disabilities, mental and parking for handicapped persons.
The association also provides peer support for handicapped persons, counseling and other services to help disabled persons control their lives.
Fifteen professors win awards
Fifteen KU professors have been named recipients of Innovation in Instruction awards, financed by the Kansas University Endowment Association.
The awards recognize those who have pioneered innovations in computer-aided instruction.
One of the awards will be used to defray the costs of a software program that helps analyze students' writing and offers supplemental equipment and examples of good composition.
Ad contest to award $2,500
The College Newspaper Advertising Competition, open to individuals or teams, will award $2,500 to the winning print advertisement for the 1985 Dodge Lancer.
Competition kits and rules are available at the Kansas Business Office, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Students must submit their entries to the program headquarters by February 15. The winning advertisement will be published nationally.
Water safety instruction starts
For more information, call 1-800-255-0803.
The American Red Cross will offer a water safety instruction class from 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays beginning Jan. 28 at the Lawrence High School swimming pool.
There will be no pre-registration, John Forbes, class instructor, said.
People interested in taking the class should attend the first meeting. The class is open to anyone 17 or older who has a current advanced life saving certificate.
A $20 pool fee is required by the
contract and Recreation depar-
ment for enrollment.
Weather
Today will be increasingly cloudy. The high will be in the mid to upper 20s. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight there will be a 20 percent chance for light snow. The high will be in the upper 20s. We will be cloudy with a 20 percent chance for light snow. The high will be 25 to 30.
Where to call
If you have a news tip or a photo idea,
call the Kansan at 864-4810.
If your idea deals with campus news, ask for Rob Karwath, campus editor. If it deals with sports, asks for Lauretta Schultz, sports editor. For On Campus items or information on arts and leisure, speak with John Egan. Et cetera editor.
If you have a complaint or a problem,
be the editor, or Diane
Lager, managing editor
To place an ad, call the Kansan business office at 864-5348.
Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press International reports.
March to mark abortion decision date
By HEATHER R. BIGGINS Staff Reporter
In 1974 Sue Zurwoeste made a decision of convenience, a decision that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade a year before had helped make a little easier.
Now, 11 years and a gamut of emotions later. Zurich retests her decision.
To express her regret, Zuwerewa will travel from Prairie Village to join members of the New Life Student Fellowship in a march today at noon. The march, from the Chi Omega fountain to the Kansas Union, is to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's virtual green light on the legalization of abortion 12 years ago today.
Zuroweste had an abortion. She paid $70 in doctor's fees and spent less than an hour in the clinic, but the long-term effects have been, at times, just short of devastating, she said. Now she is willing to work for any kind of reform that will tighten present abortion
*MANY WOMEN WHO have had abortions*
now regard their actions as a crime they've perpetrated on themselves and their baby and find it difficult to face," said Zuwereow, a member of Women Exploited by Abortion, a national support group for women who regret having terminated their pregnancies.
"But women who have been through the experience and later fight against abortion have an argument that's hard to refute," she said.
Both pro-life and pro-choice camps agree that abortion is no longer just a moral issue, but it also is a human right.
Kathy Greenlee, a member of the National Organization for Women and a pro-choice advocate, said that abortion opponents could be during President Reagan's second term.
"If you took a vote now there would be more backers of pro-choice," Greenlee said recently.
"BUT WITH THE support of Reagan, strongly backed by the Moral Majority, they (pro-lifers) could pass something through legislature in this next term."
A reversal, or even an amendment to the
law, would be a setback for women's rights,
and a compromise would not be acceptable.
Greg Nabors, president of the New Life Student Fellowship and an abortion opponent, agreed that a compromise was not acceptable. He looks for a reversal of the law.
"If one determines the status of the fetus as a 'baby' and not just a mass of tissue, then abortion at any stage is murder," said Bashir. "We will lead the pre-life march and rally today."
Nabers said the purpose of the rally was to attempt to show the magnitude of problems in our environment.
GREENLEE SAID that NOW had not planned any activities for the anniversary of the landmark court decision.
But Lynne Bodle, chairperson for the Lawrence Uitarian Fellowship, plans to join other members of the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights in Topeka today.
Representatives from the coalition, Bodie said, will present to state legislators leaves of the Republican and Democratic parties.
choice is as basic as the staff of life."
But Zurweste said freedom of choice did not give women the right to have abortions.
"We have an obligation as human beings to accept responsibility for our actions," she said.
Both Zuweste and Nabors said a correlation existed between the choices of women to "abort unborn children and the mentality of Hitler's Germany."
"It's the same sort of mentality today that was seen in Germany in the 1930s," Nabors said.
"People were deciding what life was valuable and what life wasn't, and therefore they saw people as garbage," he said, "much the way pro-choice advocates see the fetus as garbage."
But Greenlee said the comparison was ridiculous.
"The Nazis were taking control and rights away from the people while we are fighting to return them," she said.
Gusty winds force Claire Caterer, Overland Park freshman, to bundle up for a cold walk to class. Temperatures climbed into the 20s yesterday. The National Weather Service today forecasts temperatures in the upper 20s.
By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter
Afghanistan's troubles told by visiting doctor
Afghan soldiers are suffering from a lack of medicine, food and weapons, but their fight against the Russians will continue, an Afghan physician said last night.
"Fighting for their life and land is part of
their religious salutation," Fazel Rabin, the
physician, said.
Rabini, who described himself as one of the Afghan Mujahidine or freedom fighters, spoke to about 40 people at the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union during a speech sponsored by the Islamic Center of Lawrence.
"As long as spirit survives, this fight wil continue." he said.
Rabini said he had been observing medica techniques in Richmond, Va., for almost three months and soon would return to Afghanistan.
He said that the Mujhidine still were not able to provide essential lifesaving care to their injured. Wounded fighters arrive at hospitals on donkeys, horses and mules.
"MOST OF THEM die without first aid medication, without blood and without humanitarian rescue materials," Rabini said. "The people who are getting injuries are not getting any dressing. There is no antiseptic to put upon the wounds.
"The conditions from a medical point of view are merciful. The Mujhidheen needs the attention of all people who are believers and non-believers and who like independence."
The Afghans have been fighting Russian troops since their country was invaded in 2001.
had 110,000 troops in Afghanistan as of October 1984.
Rabini said that he didn't know whether the CIA was sending any sort of aid to the Afghan country.
"If the CIA or anybody in the world is in the interest of our nation — that is appreciated," we said.
Rabini said that rumors of fighting among slamic factions in Afghanistan were false.
"We are united in our aims," he said. "The one to have an Islamic rule in the country is"
HE SAID THAT all of the people of Afghanistan were involved in the fight against the Russians. He said he had treated a seven-year-old boy and a 100-year-old
"All the people are involved — from 100 years old to 100 years old, men and women,"
Rabini said that if the fight against the Russians were discontinued, "finally they would strangle all the nations and countries. The Mujhideen is fighting as a barrier against that great monster that will swallow all nations of the world."
The Afghan soldiers have treated their Russian prisoners very well, but Russians have been inhumane in their treatment of the freedom fighters. Rabini said.
"They have bombarded innocent people and children and even used chemicals," he said. "These people died without bullets and without injuries."
Nevertheless, Rabbin insisted that Russian morale was low. Russian troops were not fighting as Russians had expected.
"One person of us is worth twenty of them," he said.
Escorts provide security for Oliver residents
Staff Reporter
By PATRICIA SKALLA
Staff Reporter
Almost every college woman has experienced the fear of being followed home at night. Some make sure that someone will be walking with them, but others walk alone in fear.
Oliver Hall's Jaywalker program offers an alternative, but the program's organizers said it had not been as well-received as they had hoped.
Jaywalkers is a night-walk service that is offered to Oliver residents Sunday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to midnight.
Doug Hensley, an Oliver resident assistant, said, "All the women think it's a good idea, but they haven't been using it."
hall, the women of Oliver had not taken advantage of it.
Patti Sullivan, Oliver resident director, said that although the program was useful, well-organized and well-advertised in the
STACY SPELLMAN, an Oliver resident assistant, said some residents might not use the service because they did not want to wait for the Jaywalker to arrive or were apprehensive about walking home with someone they did not know.
Hensley said residents who wanted escorts could sign up at the hall's front desk during the day for an escort that night. Residents who are already on campus at night can call to have a Jaywalker meet them within 20 minutes.
Before the Jaywalker leaves to escort someone, he must sign out in a log book in the room of a squad leader, the person responsible for that night's Jaywalker shift.
The Jaywalker must wear a button with the Jaywalker logo and carry an identification card so he easily can be identified by the person he is meeting.
Jaywalker and the resident he escorted must sign in at the desk. The escort must also sign in at the sound leader's room.
Sullivan said the purpose of these measures was to ensure the safety of both the Jaywalker and the resident who used the service.
Spellman said that she and Hensley formed the night-walk service last fall after hearing about such programs at other universities. They said they thought such a service would be useful for people who had to spend time on campus at night.
WHEN BOTH RETURN to the hall, the
Spellman said about 30 men interested in being escorts attended the first organization.
At that meeting, Sullivan said, the men agreed the program should be campus-wide, not one that had one pick-up location at Watson Library.
Hensley said squad leaders were then assigned to work one of the five nights.
Although the program was advertised through letters, posters and fliers on the cafeteria tables, the response has not been as big as anticipated. Hensley said.
TGREED to work on the five nights
THE SQUAD LEADER is responsible for
Sullivan said, "We have to find out why it has been used and then target our public
Jaywalker Kipp McKenzie, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, said he was sorry the team lost to
each of the Jaywalkers assigned to work that night, he said. The squad leaders also make sure that each person who wants an escort gets one.
Jaywalkers is a service that can benefit all who fear walking home alone, he said.
"We have to remind people that the Jaywalkers are still in existence and are still available for those who want to use them," he said.
Hensley said he hoped the program would become more popular as people learned of it through Oliver floor meetings.
AXS ATTENTION:
A reminder of upcoming meetings:
Wed., Jan. 30 Meeting for all PLEDGES
Wed., Jan. 23 Meeting for all ACTIVES
Please contact an officer if unable to attend.
Both meetings are at 7 p.m., Rm.2001 Malott.
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