THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Daisy Belle Thomas-Quinney performs at Liberty Hall as part of one of the Martin Luther King Day celebrations in Lawrence.
Lawrence celebrates King Day
By Shelly Solon
Kansan staff writer
From a chilf feed at an elementary school to speeches by civil rights leaders, moving in harmony toward equality and freedom was the theme for Lawrence's seventh annual celebration in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The activities and speeches that began Friday focused on continuing the philosophy and work of King as well as remembering him.
"Martin was preparing us for the 21st century," said the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a Baptist minister from Atlanta. "He gave us a method for solving social problems without violence. He gave moral leadership to the world."
Vivian was the main speaker at a banquet Saturday in the Kansas Union Ballroom honoring King. He participated in civil rights protests with King and is involved with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He also is the chairperson of the Center
"Martinwas preparing us for the 21st century."
The Rev.C.T.Vivian
for Democratic Renewal, an Atlanta-based organization working against hate groups and racial violence.
Throughout his speech, Vivian said that King's non-violent methods could solve problems in society.
"It depends on Black, white, brown and yellow moving together," he said.
"Harmony and peace depends on freedom for us all."
Another speaker who challenged members of the Lawrence community to continue King's work and philosophy was the Rev. Frederick G. Sampson from Detroit. For the second year,
Sampson spoke at a Lawrence church in honor of King.
In this speech yesterday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St., Sampson called the congregation to take King's ideas and make a difference.
"Be what God wants you to be." he said. "Know that you are going somewhere. I know I am going somewhere."
At the chili feed Friday at New York Elementary School, 336 New York St., Gov. Finney told children about the importance of following King's example.
"King valued education," she said. "Education shaped his life and his dreams. Let education shape what the students of Kansas make of themselfs."
Fifth and sixth-grade students performed a play called, "I Remember Martin Luther King Jr." at the school's sixthannual celebration.
Jason Walker, 11, explained why King was important to him.
Today at West Junior High School,
2700 Harvard Road, Dainy Belle
Thomas-Quinney, actress, educator
and minister, will give her final
performances during the holiday in
Lawrence.
In memory of King and the civil rights movement, Thomas Quinney portrayed Soujourn Truth, an American abolitionist and preacher. As part of her act, Thomas Quinney per-forms "Aim't Ia Woman," a speech that Truth gave in the 1800s at a women's rights conference.
Thomas-Quinney performed at Saturday's banquet and yesterday at Kennedy School, 1605 Davis Road, and at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
All events except the child feed were sponsored by the Lawrence Public School District, the Lawrence Ecumenical Fellowship, the Kansas Board of Education and the University of Kansas.
Rioters bombard KKK bus in Denver
The Associated Press
paraded through east Denver.
DENVER — Riot gear-clad police used tear gas and nightsticks yesterday to break up a crowd of protesters who threw bottles, bricks and snowballs at a school bus carrying Ku Klux Klan members away from a rally.
Five people, including a police officer, were treated at Denver General Hospital for minor injuries and scores of bruises. They are also exposed to tear gas, officials said.
The confrontation marred one of Denver's largest ever celebrations of Martin Luther King Day. Earlier in the day, more than 10,000 people
About 100 white supremacists gathered for a rally at the state capitol after a federal judge reversed a decision by the Colorado State Patrol to deny the group a permit, saying denial would violate their right to free speech.
After the rally, a crowd of about 1,000 people throwing bottles, bricks and snowballs attacked the school bus. The group members Klan members out of the capital area.
Police on motorcycles and horses used tear gas and nightsticks to disperse the crowd, police representative
John Wyckoff said.
Later, youths ran down a nearby shopping district and ransacked a Foot Locker sports clothing store, owner, manager Boro巴罗 said.
"They came in and took everything they wanted," he said, estimating about $1,000 worth of merchandise was stolen.
Of the five people treated at the hospital, three were overcome by tear gas, one man was punched in the nose, and a police officer was hit in the chest with a brick, said representative C.L. Harmer.
At a ceremony earlier in front of a statue of King in City Park, Mayor Wellington Webb prayed for the KKK members, calling them misguided representatives of hatred and intolerance.
"Those who would spread evil and racial hatred ... need our prayers," Webb said. "We're strong people, God's people placed here to bring people together for all the nation to see."
Colorado Gov. Roy Romer also participated in the celebration.
King was assassinated April4, 1968,
in Memphis, Tenn. He would have
been 63.
Black children need education, panel stresses
By Shelly Solon Kansan staff writer
Today's youth must be prepared for their role as future Black leaders, panel members said yesterday at a gathering of the NAACP in Washington. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
"Black Leadership In the '90s," at Watkins Scholarship Hall, was sponsored by the University Scholarship Halls for Ethnic Reality. About 50 people attended.
"The leaders will be those young people who critically analyze what society's needs will be in the future," said panel member Jesse Milan, assistant professor of education at Baker University. "It will be the thinkers. They'll leave the smarts and the skills."
Milan, a KU graduate, was the first Black teacher in Kansas and an activist who worked to desegregate Kansas schools.
The panel discussion was led by Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center and acting dean of student life, Frank White, president of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and Milan.
An eight-minute portion of a video of
King's life began the second annual discussion sponsored by USHER.
White said young people had to bypass differences and make changes for the future because there was a lack of leadership.
"There are no people willing to stand up like King did," he said. "There are TV leaders who are only leaders when the cameras are around. You don't find anyone who are who they say they are."
Although Ballard said that another leader such as King probably would not surface in the Black community, she said Black leaders were emerging at local, state and national levels.
Ballard said the presence of the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C., and the increase in the number of Black mayors and governors reflected the rise of Black leadership.
All panel members said they thought education was the key to overcoming racism and finding effective leadership.
"We have to put our values on education," Ballard said. "People have to become educated not only to make money and get jobs, but also to learn about all peoples and learn about attitudes."
Daron Bennett/KANSAN
Jet crashes in French mountains
The Rev, Frederick G. Sampson, of Detroit, talks at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St., in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
The Associated Press
PARIS — An Airbus A-320 of France's domestic carrier crashed last night with 96 people aboard, aviation and civil defense officials said. The wreckage was found after a four-hour search. Some survivors were found.
Initial reports from rescue officials indicated that most people aboard the Air Inter plane were killed but that about a dozen survived.
The plane was on a flight from Lyon to Strauben when radio contact was lost shortly before the scheduled landing.
Officials said the search also was hampered by fog, dense pine forests and rugged terrain ranging from about 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet above sea level. Logging roads provided the only access to much of the search area.
Shortly before midnight, officials said the wreckage of the plane was found in the Vosges mountains just south of Mont Sainte-Odile, a town 30 miles northwest of Strasbourg.
Rain and snow were falling during the search by about 500 people in the sparsely populated area of eastern France, not far from the German border.
Two army helicopters and a Mirage P-1 jet fighter equipped with infrared surveillance equipment assisted in
Air Inter said Flight TI-5148, which left Lyon at 6:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. CST), was carrying 90 passengers and a crew of six.
The airline set up a special center at Lyon's Satoslas airport for relatives of those aboard the plane. Few details about the passengers were available, although most reportedly were business travelers.
Knight-Ridder Tribune
The Airbus A-320 is a twin-turbofan plane, designed for short-or medium-range flights, which went into service in 1988. Its capacity ranges from 130 to 179 passengers.
GTAs favor Finney's plan for 100-percent fee waivers
By Greg Farmer and Gayle Osterberg Kansan staff writers
Gin. Finney's proposed 100 percent fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants has met with approval from KU administrators and GTAs, who said the move would help the University remain competitive.
The proposal, presented to the Legislature last week in Finney's budget package, would increase the waiver from 75 percent.
Dan Murtaugh, a GTA in English, said that during his search for a graduate program, he found most major universities had long offered GTAs and graduate research assistants a 100-percent fee waiver.
Murtaugh said a Big Ten university had offered him a teaching position with 100-percent fee waiver, subsidized health and dental insurance and a larger stipend.
KU does not offer GTAs subsidized health or dental insurance.
"In a market where graduates are looking for the best deal, we at KU were spending about $500 a year out of a small income to go to school where we taught. In my opinion, that is a real
"For personal reasons, I came here," Murtaugh said. "But I am sure that most other graduates would have come here under the same circumstances."
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"Graduate students don't teach graduate hours," he said.
injustice when you consider how much of the teaching load we carry."
David Reidy, a GTA in philosophy, said the University estimated that GTAs taught 24 percent of all credit hours. But Reidy said he thought the University's estimate was misleading because it included graduate and undergraduate credit hours.
Reidy said he would estimate that GTAs taught to 40 and 44 percent of undergraduate credit hours, not including discussion sections.
Howard Mossberg, dean of the graduate school, said that the GTA fee waiver was a very important issue and that hewasgladtohave the governor's recommendation.
"I think it's unfair that GTAs who teach six credit hours and have full responsibility are making about $5,000 a year." Reidy said. "That indicates to me that there's no commitment to higher education and higher education is at risk."
"I don't think the last 25 percent was
The GTA fee waiver and the entire KU budget proposal await consideration by the House Appropriations Committee.
the issue as much as doing the right thing," Mossberg said. "It's not so much an issue of dollars and cents. Not having the 100-percent waiver as a tool for recruiting set us behind other schools."
"The GTA fee waiver will help us continue to draw high-quality graduate students," Benoit said. "Without it, we could have lost our edge in the future."
Carol Benoit, executive coordinator of the Graduate Student Council, agreed.
Graduate students said they thought the fee waiver was a beginning. But Murtaugh said he hoped to acquire more GTA benefits in the future.
"Graduate students are turning down KU, and it's not because the degree isn't every bit as good as the degree somewhere else." he said. "It's because of the financial offer. GTAs agree overwhelmingly that we should have a subsidized health and dental insurance plan in addition to the fee waiver and an increased stipend."
Reidy said, "My goal is to bring about a situation at KU where GTAs are recognized for the role they play in higher education, compensated for that role and given a voice commensurate to that role."