THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101, NO.116
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MONDAY,MARCH23,1992
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The end of the road
Derek Nolen/KANSAN
After Kansas' emotional loss to ninth-seeded UTEP, freshman Greg Ostertag and senior Alonzo Jamison answer questions during the postgame news conference.
Tournament loss disheartens KU fans
by Andy Taylor and Jay Williams
Kansas staff writers
When the final second of Kansas' loss to the University of Texas-Ela Paso ticked off the clock yesterday, Pat Escobar's saxophone could only wait a refrain from it "I am Javahawk."
"It felt good until the end," Escobar, Topeka senior, said as he tucked his horn away. "Then it was like 'Oh, man, it would have been great if we had won.' But that's the breaks."
Escobar was one of several people playing in an impromptu pep band in front of more than 100 fans at Benchwarmer's Sports Bar and Grill, 1601 W.23rd St.
And when the band played the popular Kansas fight song, KU fans, still in shock over the Jayhawks' defeat, sat in despair and sipped their beer.
Jamie Truchon, an Omaha, Neb., resident who was in Lawrence visiting friends, stood outside the bar with his head in his hands.
"I'm bummin," man, "he said. "Assure as I was
roofing for KU. we end up losing."
Standing outside of Oliver Hall, one could hear the cheers and screams of desperate Jayhawk fans imploring their team to pull out a miracle as the game wound down.
Inside, 12 residents sat in the first-floor lobby watching the final 3 minutes of the Kansas loss on a big-screen television. They groaned with every UTEP basket and told the television announcers to be quiet.
The only smiles came when the Jayhawks cut the UTEP lead to two points with 16.3 seconds remaining, but the smiles turned to shock quickly, and most viewers walked away with 7 seconds left and the Jayhawks' hopes shot.
Tracy Riff, Barrington, III., freshman, said she watched the game in her room at Oliver.
"Walking down the hall, I never saw so many depressed people," she said. "We were out in the hall filling in their tournament brackets and hailing their heads."
Todd Brown, Wichita sophomore, said he went back and forth between his room and the floor lobby to watch the game because he was too nervous to sit down.
"I think UTP just really had a good game," he said. "Everything was going their way."
Joe Hein, Lenaex senior, said that before the tournament began, he picked UTEP — along with Kentucky, University of Louisville and Michigan — to go to the Final Four, which drew the ire of many of his friends at Naismith Hall.
"The second and third games are the toughest games of the tournament," he said. "That's where you see teams lose them they shouldn't. That's why we sogreatabout theNCAA Anything happen."
Richard Wetzel, Denver junior, said he was amazed that Kansas lost.
"What were we thinking?" he said. "We lost to UTEP!"
Wetzel said he was disheartened and disap pointed by the loss.
"I expected it to be a gimme game, and i wasn't." he said.
Even when the Jayhawks were down by eight points with about two and a half minutes left, fans thought Kansas could pull out a victory.
Alicia Rodriguez, Olathe junior, and Jamie Henning, of Lawrence, watch the end of the game
Gene Hara, Highland Park, Ill., junior, said he kept thinking about the people trying to scalp tickets for the Midwest Regional games next weekend at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
"They were holding out for better offers, and
now they are not going to get any," he said. "They are going to be sorry they didn't sell them sooner."
At the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St., only one booth of several gloomy fans remained after the game. They reminisced about Kansas' season.
"It was a hell of a season," said David Giese,
Mount Prospect, Ill., freshman. "There's no way that I thought we would lose to UTEP."
Slumped on a wooden bench, Keith Wagenknecht, also a Mount Prospect, Ill., freshman, sat in disbelief.
"We had a great season," he said. "But it's too bad it ended this way. It's very depressing."
UTEP shocks Kansas
By Lyle Niedens Kansas sportswriter
DAYTON, Ohio — Shocking.
There is no other way to describe the second-ranked Jayhawks' early exit yesterday from
the NCAA tournament at the hands of the University of Te x a s - E I Paslo
right now, but
Kansas, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, was expected by many to make a return trip to the Final Four, where the Jayhaw k w s advanced last year to the national cham-
I'm not
disappointed in these kids."
Roy Williams
pionship game before losing to Duke
But standing in the way was UTEP, the No. 9 seed in the Midwest. The Jayhawks were victims of a Miners game plan that was nearly perfect.
"Needless to say, they had a marvelous game plan and the athletes to carry it out," said Kansas coach Roy Williams, whose team ended its season at 27-5.
UTEP spread the floor on offense and the worked the clock down on nearly every offensive possession, dis- tributing the Jayhawk's rhythm in the process.
"They did a good job of slowing it down and not letting us in our fast break," Kansas guard Patrick Richey said. "They made their only chance of healing us."
A tenacious Miners defense also held the 'Hawks to 42.6 percent shooting, their second lowest percentage of the season.
UTEP also made its free throws when it needed to.
With Kansas trailing 62-60 with 13 seconds left, UTTEP's Johnny Melvin, who scored a game-high 18 points, hit two throws to seal the victory.
A tearful Williams said that he felt bad for his players but that he was proud of their accomplishments.
"I can't say how much I feel hurt for these guys," he said. "They accomplished so much. They won the Big Eight by three games. They won the conference tournament."
"But the nature of the game is that people will say this season has been a disappointment because of this loss. I'm disappointed right now, but I'm not disappointed in these kids."
For more on the NCAA tournament, please see Page 6.
KU faculty salaries don't match cost of living Plan
Report finds female pay still below males', calls for more in-depth study into nationwide trends
By Jenny Martin
Kansan staff writer
The findings were included in a report by the adhoc committee on faculty salaries, which was presented Friday to the Faculty Executive Committee. The report was compiled during the past two and a half years by the committee.
KU faculty salaries have not kept up with the cost of living during the past 10 years, while the average salaries of female faculty members continue to fall short of male faculty salaries, according to a University report released Friday.
Mohamed El-Hodiri, professor of economics and head of the committee, offered the results of the report with the recommendation that a further, more in-depth study of faculty salaries be done.
El-Hodiri said the committee would like to see a more in-depth study take place, based on reports of what actually was spent on faculty salaries, rather than on the University budget, which
The committee used the KU budget and records from the office of institutional research and planning as the main sources for its report.
showed proposed spending.
The proposed study should include faculty participation and have heavy administrative support that would ensure access to data, El-Hodir said.
KU faculty salaries have not kept up with the cost of living during the past 10 years. Professionals outside higher education fared much better in terms of their salaries in comparison to the cost of living than University professors had.
The report states that a more detailed report would support the conclusions and recommendations that the committee made.
The University follows a nationwide trend in which female faculty members, on average, are paid less than male faculty members.
The findings of the report included the facts that:
There are wide differences in the salaries of faculty members of the same rank across disciplines.
Administrative salaries have risen much faster than faculty salaries, an increase partially due to the increase in administrative posi-
"Women on average are paid less, which doesn't make it right, but these
findings are not odd," El-Hodiri said.
"That's the way it is now. Women across the boards are paid lower."
Robert Hersh, professor of biochemistry and member of the committee, said the report was a reflection of what was going on nationwide.
"We are concerned with what is happening in this state," he said. "The report shows that in real market conditions it was not kept up with the cost of living."
Bezalee Benjamin, professor of architectural engineering and member of FacEx, said the report showed that software happening within the Regensystems system.
*"Education is not supported the way it should be in this country." he said.
The committee made three recommendations in the report presented to FacEx, including the formation of a full-time committee of both faculty and administrators that would monitor the faculty salary structure at the University.
It also suggested that the University of California's salary system be studied by the University. This system balances salaries by fixing a salary range which ensures fairness across disciplines, El-Hodri said.
Salaries lagging behind
Because the cost of living has increased, salaries of KU faculty are worth less today than they were in 1983.
Source: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
to attract quality administrators,
EI-Hodir said.
El-Hodiri will present the report along with specific data and statistics to Faculty Senate April 2 for further discussion.
The report's third recommendation is to have faculty retain the salary increases they attained while serving in an administrative position when they return to a full-time teaching position. This would serve as an incen-
Plane crashes kills 20
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — AUSair jet carrying 51 people crashed while trying to take off from La Guardia Airport in a snowstorm yesterday, and skidded partially into the frigid waters of Flushing Bay. Authorities said at least 20 people were killed.
A witness said USAir Flight 405, bound for Cleveland, took off, then fell back and burst into a fireball before sliding into the water about 1:30 p.m.
Another witness, Manny Dias, told WNBC-TV, "It looked like the sun coming up. The sky lit it up. It was just about to take off. It just exploded."
opti. John Murphy of the Port Authority police said 20 people were dead, 27 were known to have survived and four others were still missing.
Divers said they found passengers, and the plane's pilot, strapped upside down in their seats in the submerged part of the wreck.
Mayor David Dinkins, who went to the scene, said rescue workers thought that all the missing were dead.