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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.103,NO.7
KANSAS STATE
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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1993
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A new generation commemorates march
30th anniversary brings fresh issues to Washington
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Thirty years after a call to conscience echoed across America from the Lincoln Memorial, an assertive new generation marched on Washington on Saturday, pressing fresh demands for jobs and justice and trying to rekindle Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream.
Under a relentless sun, the marchers retraced 1963's "Empanicia"
tion March on Washington "But this time, they argued that legal equality is empty without economic opportunity.
"We want more than just fair treatment," said Ben Chavis, the new president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "We want a fair share of the economy."
And from the steps where King spoke, an old King ally, Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, pleaded with minorities to lock arms in friendship.
"Let's turn to each other and not on each other," he said. "When we have justice, we'll have peace in the 'hood' and peace in the 'burbs.'
STILL LEADERS: This weekend's
march in Washington showed that the elder civil-rights leaders are not yet ready to give up their guard. Page 8.
- POLL1 Six in 10 Americans think that racial equality is improving but that it's still a problem. Page 8.
The crowd thinned out early, but at its peak, the National Park Service estimated the number of marchers at 75,000. Disputing that figure, the Rev. Walter Faintroy, the march chairperson, claimed the crowd equaled the 200,000 who heard King's "I Have a Dream" speech on Aug. 28, 1963.
King's riveting words helped galvanize support for the civil rights and
voting laws that changed America.
At noon, King's widow, Coretta Scott King, and his children and sister started the parade to the monument.
Behind them came Attorney General Janet Reno, locked arm-in-arm with Jackson. Flanking them was Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman to sit in the U.S. Senate.
Jackson, in his speech, said that in many ways the poor in America were worse off now than 30 years ago.
But he sounded his familiar "keep hope alive" theme.
"Don't let them break your spinn, though the tides of fascist racist behavior is on the rise," Jackson said.
Among the participants were veterans of battles old and new: Rosa
Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of the bus inspired a successful African-American boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, Ala, and Lau Gunier, whose withdrawal as President Clinton's nominee as chief civil-rights attorney caused a stir this year.
But along with the old civil-right pioneers were many people who had not been born when King spoke. One of them, Barbara Wiggins, president of the Greater Hartford, Conn., NAACP, said, "We hope to accomplish what we didn't accomplish 30 years ago — justice and peace and equality for everyone."
While marchers sang the old civil-rights anthems, they marched for a variety of causes not on the nation's mind 30 years ago — for sexual equal
ity, against abortion restrictions, for gun control, disarmament and the environment, for the aged, the victims of AIDS and Puerto Rico's statehood
The day's message carried a sharp edge — exemplified by one man's sweatshirt "Damn Right I've Got an Attitude. My people worked 400 Years Without a Paycheck."
A group of African-American teenagers wore T-shirts with a touch of racial pride in the form of a laundered label: "100% black. Gentle cycle. Handle with care. No bleach necessary."
Inter racial couples — which would have been a shocking sight in 1963 — were joined by Asians, Native Americans and Hispanics as well as many white people.
Kansans fiddle the weekend away
Bluegrass festival draws musicians to Lawrence park
By Traci Carl
Kansan staff writer
Wade Nachtigall, Lawrence senior, concentrates on his spoon playing during a jam session at South Park. The impromptu concert was one activity at the 13th Annual Kansas State Fidling and Picking Championships this weekend.
Susan McSpadden / KANSAN
Ten-month-old Morgan Banning had never heard bluegrass music before yesterday.
As she sat in the shade at South Park and watched Wade Nachtigall, Lawrence senior, play the spoons, she clapped along and wiggled to the beat.
"It's just something that reaches down and touches your heart," Nachgall said.
Morgan and her family joined other Lawrence residents and students who showed up for the 13th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Chamionships yesterday.
Nachtigall also was a member of the audience until a jam session of nine guitar, mandolin, bajo and bass players drew him into an informal performance.
Nachtigall's love of bluegrass brought him to the championships for his third or fourth year.
Several Saturday workshops focused on everything from buckdancing to flat-pick guitar at the Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vermont St.; the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.; and Harmony Hall.
The event started at 7 p.m. Friday at Harmony Hall, 10 E. Ninth St., with concerts by Cathy Barton and Dave Para, Rodney Sutton, and Kim and Jim Lindsay. There was another concert at 9 p.m. by the same performers.
The weekend event ended yesterday with 11 different contests and concerts on two stages. The festivities filled the eleven-hundred block of Massachusetts with music. Division winners received trophies and cash prizes.
Mike Rundle, executive director of the event, said the workshops on Saturday had a good turnout of about 300 to 400 participants.
The 94-degree heat yesterday didn't seem to keep anyone away. The championships drew a crowd comparable to last year's crowd, which was the biggest ever, Rundle said.
Craig Dernier, Stillwater, Okla.
graduate student and Nagalligh's
"See that little girl... dancing? You don't see something like that at a Motorhead concert."
Wade Nachtigall
roommate, plays the mandolin with the band Arkansas White Trash Express. This year was Dermer's third year at the championships but his first year performing with his band.
Lawrence senior and spoon player
"I met the fiddle and banjo player one year ago today," Dermer said.
Dermer also played his mandolin
with Ric Averill Songs and Stories, a performance aimed at children. He said he liked the fact that many different age groups could enjoy bluegrass
For Jay Johnson, a Wichita high school senior, the mandolin was a love he shared with his grandfather. As he waited to perform his solo, he stood by a pine tree and played Elvis' "I Can't Help Falling in Love" on his mandolin.
Yesterday marked Johnson's second performance at the championships. He played two years ago, he said, but didn't place. When he's not playing at local festivals, he plays with his grandfather in Jackson, Miss. Johnson said.
People from all over Kansas came to the championships to perform and watch.
Nachtigall said the festival had something for everyone.
"People just can't help but dance," he said. "See that little girl over her dancing? You don't see something like that at a Motorhead concert."
Grant Cochran of Grandvillie Mo. plucks the bass during a practice session with his band.
Susan McSpadden / KANSAN
Israel, PLO closing in on peace accord
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel is on the verge of recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization, a key step toward resolving decades of conflict, senior Israeli Cabinet members and Palestinian officials said yesterday.
Both sides could sign within days an agreement in principle to implement Palestinian autonomy in the occupied
territories, starting with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.
"At this time all parties are cooking an agreement," said Azmi Shoabi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization committee that supervises the negotiations. "It will include direct negotiations between Israel and the PLO to discuss details of Gaza-Jericho first."
Israel has refused to recognize the PLO and has branded it a terrorist group. But informal contacts have stepped up since the center-left government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin took power last summer.
Yasser Arafat
Israel radio said that in exchange for Israeli recognition of the PLO, the group would renounce terrorism and delete references in its charter that Israel interprets as supporting the Jewish state's destruction.
RAID: A Soma-
The reports of possible recognition brought immediate bowls of protest
Raid: A SOMN warlord will be the target of an early morning raid by U.S. troops in Mogadishu.
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brought into the room and from Israel's right wing and from Islamic activists opposed to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Both threatened to respond with violence.
Arafat has backed the deal despite opposition from Palestinians who demand outright independence in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. They say the PLO leader is making too many concessions to hold on to his power, which is being challenged by a growing number of fundamentalists in the occupied territories who reject any deal with Israel.
The Israeli Cabinet is expected to vote tonight to let the Israeli negotiating team pursue the autonomy plan. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres is expected to fly to Washington this week to sign it, Israel radio and the Palestinians said.
Rabin might also seek a Cabinet vote today on whether to recognize the PLO, which recognized Israel in 1988.
The change comes after months of quiet exploratory meetings between PLO and Israeli officials that culminated last week in Scandinavia with the outline of an autonomyplan by Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, the No. 2 PLO lead.
Rabin's office declined comment on recognition. Rabin has argued that negotiating with the PLO would raise Palestinian demands for statehood and the return of millions of refugees. But he has come under increasing pressure from the liberals who make up a majority of his Cabinet to start negotiation with the PLO.
Pitching in
Television readies for the 'Late-Night wars'
When not leading the Kansas' softball team to victory, senior pitcher Stephani Williams searches for someone to talk to and peanut butter sandwiches
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The Associated Press
Mega-hyped showdown pits Dave against Jay
NEW YORK — It all boils down to this:
Dave vs. Jav... mana a mano.
CBS "Late Show with David Letterman" against NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." the long-awaited, much-hyped main event in what the abiding media have christened "the Late-Night wars."
The temporal arena in which this television war will be waged is known in the industry as "11:30" (actually 10:35 CDT).
Of course, other men (and they are all men) will be in the ring, too.
The senior player on the late-night scene is Ted Koppel of ABC's "Nightline." The syndicated "Arsenio Hall Show" will continue to
air in many cities at that same hour. On Sept. 7, "The Chevy Chase Show" kicks off in the 10-11 p.m. slot on the Fox network. Also, Conan O'Brien, the famously unknown young comic who inherits Letterman's slot, will sign on Sept. 13.
But tonight, only Jay and Dave will really matter in Late-Night Land.
With guests Bill Murray and Billy Joel, the "Late Show" premiere starts at 10:35 p.m. In this long-awaited face-off, Dave goes up against NBC and Leno's "Tonight Show," which will feature country singer Garth Brooks and "Beverly Hills 90210" heartthrob Lake Perry.
Don't bet on it.
But in moving to another network, has Letterman been forced to leave some classic comedy behind?
In July, NBC President Bob Wright laid claim to Letterman's repertoire of "Late
Did that mean that on CBS, Dave would never have a Top 10 list, Stupid Pet Tricks or visit from the likes of Pea Boy?
Apparently not. Judging from a run-through taping Wednesday, at least a couple of favories will be part of the "Late Show" regimen, albeit in slightly different form:
"The Top 10 List" is now "The Latest Show Top 10." And "Brush With Greatness," a recurring send-up of celebrity worship, becomes "Celebrity Encounter."
In an earlier interview, Letterman promised to revive some of his old routines at his new network.
Night" bits and skits, calling the bag of tricks the network's "intellectual property."
But those who long for the old Dave and not the reborn, classic Dave should take heart: NBC tonight is rebroadcasting the very first edition of "Late Night with David Letterman," which originally aired Feb. 1, 1982.
David Letterman