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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.114
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
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FBI arrests suspect in bombing
Agents identify van that housed explosive
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A man described as a follower of a radical Muslim cleric was arrested yesterday in connection with last week's World Trade Center bombing when he coolly tried a third time to reclaim a rental deposit on the van determined to have housed the bomb.
Other suspects were being sought in what prosecutor Gilmore Childres called "the single most destructive act of terrorism ever committed on American soil." The motive remained unclear.
"This investigation clearly is not finished, but a large first step has been taken," said James Fox, FBI chief in New York, at a news briefing yesterday.
Mohammed A. Salameh, 25, was charged with aiding and abetting the bombing and the fire that followed and with transportation of explosives across state lines. The Jersey City, N.J., resident was ordered held without bail and faces life in prison if convicted.
Federal investigators said they expected other people might have helped Salameh.
The arrest was a sudden break in the most notorious U.S. bombing in years. Just a day earlier, the FBI had said that it could take months to crack the case.
The van that Salameh had rented was the one that carried the bomb, said the FBI in
an affidavit filed with the court. Charred fragments of the van, including an axle with a traceable identification number, were recovered at the blast site.
The affidavit also said that a search of a Jersey City apartment done with a bomb-sniffing dog turned up bomb-making equipment, including wiring and manuals on circuitry and electromagnetic devices. On the rental agreement Salameh had given the phone number for that apartment. It was not immediately clear whether Salameh lived there.
Salameh, in federal court in New York City last night, appeared calm and relaxed as an interpreter read the charges to him in Arabic. The bearded man nodded to his attorney but didn't appear to speak. The court-appointed defense lawyer, Robert
Precht, asked for $5 million bail.
Papers that the suspect presented the rental agency several days ago were covered with nitrates, an anonymous government source told the Associated Press. Nitrates are found in some explosives; traces of nitrates were found at the blast site.
Last Friday's blast in a garage beneath the twin twins killed five people, injured more than 1,000 and left one missing. It caused a crater four stories deep. The 119 storytowers — home to hundreds of businesses and more than 50,000 workers — are not expected to reopen for a month.
The arrest came after an army of investigators spent the past week combing through piles of rubble at the blast site and pursuing scores of leads.
Knight-Ridder Tribune
One arrest was made yesterday, but the investigation into the World Trade Center bombing continues. Federal investigators said they thought others might be involved.
Haskell's expanding vision
South of Haskell Indian Junior College, Dan Wildcat, chair of natural and social sciences at Haskell, stands atop the bear claw that is part of the medicine wheel formation. Although it is a typically northern concept, the wheel includes elements from tribes across the country.
Professor says junior college has something to share with KU, Lawrence
By Mark Martin Special to the Kansan
n a field on the southern edge of the Haskell Indian Junior College campus, a brisk March wind whips through the prairie grass that outlines a medicine wheel. Four-3 foot high stones within the circle mark the cardinal directions.
Trees enclose the field except on the side facing the Haskell campus. It is a peaceful setting, meant for meditation and contemplation.
Haskell's medicine wheel was carved into the land last fall, and in many ways it symbolizes a new cycle in the school's long history. The Haskell of 1993 is an institution in transition: A new residence hall being designed this year will house 300 more students, and in the fall, Haskell will begin a baccalureate degree program in education.
As with much in American-Indian culture, the medicine wheel is a symbol. It represents the cyclical nature of time and the continuity of life. The first people to inhabit the continent used medicine wheel sites as a place for reflection and healing.
Haskell administrators and faculty hope that along with internal growth, the school also will become a larger part of Lawrence. But history, prejudice and cultural differences have continually separated Haskell from mainstream life in Lawrence. Aside from those attending Lawrence High School football games, few have set foot on the Haskell campus. And many Haskell students say discrimination against American Indians in town is a fact of life.
Haskell is growing.
"As Haskell grows in its role as a national leader in Indian education, we, meaning everyone in Lawrence and at KU, should be able to take pride in that," said Dan Wildcat, chair of natural and social sciences at Haskell. "Haskell's growth is something to share."
City within a city
Located on the eastern edge of Lawrence, Haskell sometimes seems to be in another country. Almost 70 percent of Haskell students live on campus, and many students say that Lawrence's prejudices run too deep to make them feel comfortable off campus. They talk of being followed in stores or stared at in bars. They say prejudice is the norm, not the exception.
"This town has a lot of problems with perception,"
Story continued, Page 7.
Education to move to vacant JRP
By Will Lewis
Kansan staff writer
Joseph R. Pearson Hall will change from a residence hall to an academic building, the University announced yesterday.
The 103,000-square-foot residence hall will be the new home of KU's School of Education, the Child Clinical Psychology program of the department of psychology, the Division of Continuing Education's academic support and instructional services and the Academic Systems for the Training and Use of Technology in Education program.
The Student Housing Department closed the residence hall in Fall 1992. It was no longer needed because of declining occupancy in the residence hall system.
Robert Bearse, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, said the School of Education was having problems with space at its present location in Bailey Hall.
In a statement, Budig said, "There is no better location on campus for academic programs. It would meet the long-term needs of one of our important professional schools."
The preliminary plan must receive approval from the Board of Regents and the Kansas Legislature, said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor and former dean of education.
He said the fate of Bailey had not yet been determined.
Richard Whelan, acting dean of education, said the new location would allow the school to add new services.
"The instructional facilities, when they're constructed, will be state-of-the-art," he said of the new programs, laboratories and learning resource centers the building will house.
JRP will be renovated before the move. Renovating the building and transferring the departments into JRP will cost an estimated $10 million.
Bearse said JRP would not see the changes for a few years because Hoch Auditorium and Murphy Hall renovation projects needed to be financed first.
"We're not talking about this taking place immediately," Bearse said. "My theory is that it will be occupied in 1999. That's the back-of-the-envelope prediction I came up with."
Standoff continues
Tournament ticket prices force some to stay home
Security in Waco, Texas, tightened as the standoff between federal agents and a religious cult continued. Agents are prepared to wait the cut out, they say.
See story, Page 5.
Athletic director says he knows increase is restrictive to students
Anne Taylor, Leawood sophomore,
wants to see the KU men's basketball
team play in next weekend's Big Eight
Conference postseason tournament
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staff writer
But Taylor will not be going to Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., to watch the Jayhawks play in person. She said the ticket prices are too expensive.
"I don't have the $110.1 would need to cover the cost," she said. "People have got to realize that a person paying for school can't afford to pay that much money to watch a game."
Ticket prices for the tournament range from $110 to $130 depending on the seat's location and are valid for all tournament games.
Tickets last season cost between $80 and $100.
Bob Frederick, athletic director, said the conference's athletic directors decided last spring to raise ticket prices because of increased costs and Missouri state taxes that the conference had to pay.
The directors compared the tournament's ticket prices with tournament prices from the Big East, the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference in determining the Big Eagle's price structure.
Tickets for the ACC and the SEC tournaments each cost $140 this season. Tickets for the Big East tournament cost $135.
Fredrick agreed the price increase was unfair to students.
"The price is prohibitive," Frederick said. "That's unfortunate. Ideally, we'd like to be able to offer student ticket prices. The economic reality is that we can't."
"I agree that it does squeeze a lot of students out of the picture, though."
Aaron Kline, Huntington, ind. freshman, said he thought the conference did not care about the students who support the teams.
"The conference tournament is for nothing more than money," he said. "What makes Allen Field House and the other arenas fun is the students, but the students can't afford the tickets for the tournament."
Ticket prices climb
See related story. Page 3.
Increased Big Eight basketball tournament costs resulted in higher ticket prices this year.
Source: KU ticket office
Andrew Holmes / KAMANIKA