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Friday, February 12, 1993
OPINION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
IN OUR OPINION
Student Senate justified in refusing to fund NOW
After several years of inactivity, the National Organization for Women has reappeared on the KU campus. However, if NOW hopes to survive, it will have to finance its activities without the aid of Student Senate.
On Jan. 20 the Student Senate Finance Committee denied NOW's request for start-up funds. The same bill was then introduced at the Jan. 27 Student Senate meeting, and again the proposal failed to pass.
Senate's decision to deny NOW start-up funds was both logical and justified. This decision is consistent with their policy regarding political organizations and is in the best interest of KU students.
Senate policy prevents them from financing political organizations that take stands on partisan issues. All campus political organizations are self-sufficient with the exception of Associated Students of Kansas. ASK receives financial support from Student Senate because members lobby for student-interest issues such as increased funding for higher education.
NOW focuses its efforts primarily on women's and children's issues. Although NOW is technically a nonpartisan organization, NOW chapters throughout the nation have been unequivocally pro-choice and have taken liberal stances on most issues. Nationally, NOW chapters have gone so far as to boycott companies whose top executives are known to be anti-abortion. By financing NOW, Senate would send the message that NOW's political views are superior and therefore deserve funding.
Regardless of which candidates or political views NOW supports, the organization takes definite stands on divisive issues. If Senate were to fund NOW, student fees would be used to support a political organization that many students don't agree with. To spend students' money on a group that lobbies for issues that many students vehemently disagree with is absurd.
Senate's decision to deny NOW funds is not a vote of disapproval. Senate acted in accordance with its policy and acted to ensure that student fees are reserved for groups which represent all points of view.
NOW members assert that strong student support exists for the presence of a NOW chapter on campus. If this is the case, NOW should have little trouble collecting a small membership fee from members in order to sustain their organization. The strength of KU's other self-sufficient political organizations proves that NOW can succeed without the aid of Senate.
If KU students do not wish to financially support a campus chapter, they can simply join the Lawrence NOW chapter, which already exists. In a city as small as Lawrence, duplication of political organizations seems unnecessary. By combining forces to form one large chapter, NOW would become more powerful and could gain greater political influence.
Obviously, KU members of NOW have more than one option available to them which would allow them to remain active in NOW. Senate's actions were not intended to squelch student interest in NOW. Senate simply acted in accordance with its own policy and in the best interest of all students.
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CLINTON KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO GET TOUGH WITH THE SERBS.
With Valentine's Day only a few days away, I recalled a particularly memorable one of yesteryear. The philosopher I was seeing gave me roses — some yellow, some red — to mark the day. I responded by saying I loved him. But the pause that came after my revelation was too long for me. So I asked him. "Do you love me?"
Memory of past Valentine's Day starts free-lance cupid's career
"Typical philosopher response," I thought. "Ask the deep questions and let someone else try to answer. But being the English major and aspiring poet that I was, I did feel obliged to attempt to fit words to my feelings.
Tl spare you the self-indulgence (remember that I was young), but I think it ended with something like, "love means I'd die a thousand deaths for you."
But more importantly, that Valentine's Day made me think seriously
"What do you mean by love?" he responded straight-faced.
STAFF COLUMNIST
about my responsibility as an English major. Given that the bulk of words on the subject of love comes from the literary greats, maybe the province of English aficionados is to attempt the same. It is on that premise that I have here offered my services to some of the world's favorites. Here's a little "free-lancing" with cupid's arrow.
BILL CLINTON'S: Hillary, you're one of a million. I ought to know.
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S:
Bill, if you love animals, love Enco-
rlo.
sure: McDonald's gift certificates.
DAN QUAYLE'S: Marilyn, I'm al eyes for you. From Mr. Potatoe-Ho
BILL CLINTON'S: Honey, you're one of a million. I ought to know.
WWW
AL GORE'S I love you as much as spotted owls. P.S. this card's imperfections in coloring are not due to any flaw, but are the natural result of papyrus pub.
DAVID LETTERMAN'S: The Top-10 reason that I love you is that you are a "10."
TIPPER GORE'S: Al, I'd love to recycle von.
BILL CLINTON'S: Gen, you're one of a million. I ought to know.
MADONNA'S: Let me be your dog.
PRINCE CHARLES': Camilla, in our next life, I hope to come back as rust, if you come back as a tossed-away cola can.
BILL CLINTON'S: Babe, you're one
JAY LENOS': No Jo-jo, I love you.
MADONNA'S': Let me be your doe.
of a million. I ought to know.
RUSH LMBAUGH'S: See, I told you so,
I love you sooo much.
And TO THAT PHILOSOPHER: A part of me did die for you, but another part never will. It's the part of you that is left deep inside. Happy Valentine's Day.
DRIVER OF A GM TRUCK WITH SIDE-SADDLE GAS TANK To my love, whoever said life could be a blast without you knew what he was talking about. Nevertheless, it is a bigger blaster with you.
MARION BERRY'S: To Crystal White, I love you. Note, the white specks on this card are not due to any imperfection in manufacturing. Rather, I left them for you.
KU ADMINISTRATOR'S. Take this to the paper shredder and meet me by the water fountain in the alley.
Ann Jurcyk is a Kansas City, Kan., graded student majoring in liberal arts.
--breasts and genitalia are somehow repulsive. That he may choose is important. Anyone who is offended by nude dancing need not go inside.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Nude juice bars offer much more than 'cheap thrills'
Along with Marvin McNett, I believe that the law should not define parts of the body as obscene. However, I object to his statement that persons who watch nude dancers at juice bars are after a "cheap thrill."
Men have always been entranced by the mysterious, aw-imping beauty of women's bodies. Woman's womb, where life is created, vulva, through which a new human is born, and breasts, which nourish life, inspire wonder and desire. Unfortunately, for centuries, our culture has tried to oppress women by defining women's bodies as obscene and to make the admiration of a woman's physical beauty evil.
Lawrence city council members, open yourselves to the entrancing beauty of Woman! Allow nude juice bars in Lawrence.
At a nude juice bar, a man may choose to let himself be immersed in the beauty and power of women — uncloubed by alcohol and unhindered by the pasties and g-strings created to reinforce to idea that women's
Cindy K. Harmon
Let 'Superfan' return to Allen Field House
I do agree that Joe was wrong in changing the names on the scoreboard at the Long Beach State game. However, it did not change the outcome of the final score. In fact, it gave the fans something to cheer about after the devastating loss. I feel that Joe was just trying to alleviate the tension of the atmosphere in Allen Field House and put a smile on the remaining fans' faces.
I would like to address the problem concerning the banning of Joe Zielinski, "Captain Jayhawk," from all remaining home games this season.
I would hope that Mr. Bob Frederick and the rest of the personnel in the Athletic Department would allow Joe to go to the remaining games this season. After all, Captain Jayhawk has become a nationally known figure and adds a lot of spirit to every game in Allen Field House. If they are going to ban Joe Zielinski for being a great fan and supporting the Jayhawks, then I guess they just better ban all students from the remaining games.
This entire situation has been blown way out of proportion, and again, I hope that Mr. Frederick will reconsider his position on the matter.
One other thing I would like to get off my mind concerns the article appearing in the Feb. 1 issue of the Kansan titled, "Ban the Ban?"
In the article, *Kansan* sportswriter Jay Williams refers to the cheer that Captain Jayhawk gets thrown into the air as the "Hey" chant. This so called "Hey" chant became popular from the old television show named "Dr. Who!"
to which the theme song was titler "Dr. Who," not "Hev."
I just wanted to get that straight for the record.
GOJAYHAWKS! SEE YOUINNEW ORLEANS!
Joel Kramer
Lawrence
On the law dean's appraisal that Washburn produces lawyers of lower grade. We need lawyers of different grades for different purposes to counter the legal fees at present being artificially and evilly held high. We do not need a heart-surgeon with his high fees to operate on an ankle-tumor. Let Cornell provide first-grade lawyers, KU second-grade, and Washburn third-grade.
World needs lawyers from Washburn, too
T. S. David Lawrence graduate student
Mystery Strip
I DISLIKE TASTELESS,
IMPERSONAL, READY-MADE
MASS-PRODUCED,
FORMULARIZED
VALENTINE'S DAY
CARDS...
... A PERSONAL,
HANDWRITTEN
STATEMENT OF
my DEEP AFFECTION
FOR THE MOST
IMPORTANT WOMAN
IN MY LIFE.
by David Rosenfield
MAYBE THIS'LL GET HER TO DROP THAT DARN RESTRAINING ORDER