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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.90
MONDAY, February 1, 1993
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Clinton slights economy
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration, burdened with the highest disapproval ratings of any new president in decades, is struggling to regain control after an unexpected honeymoon detour.
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President Bill Clinton spent most of last week distracted from his economic agenda — the centerpiece of his campaign — by unrelated issues such as homosexuals in the military and finding a new attorney general.
"I think Clinton has hit the ground stumbling," said Ben Wattenberg, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. "The great whirlwind of activity that was supposed to happen has not occurred."
pen has not occurred. Other experts agreed
"The economy is what he was elected on and that what's people are waiting for," said Jeff Faux, director of the Economic Policy Institute, a labor union-based tank debt.
Clinton insists his economic focus has not been diverted by the controversy of whether to allow homosexuals in the military.
"It's distracting you," Clinton said, snapping at reporters last week amid negotiations over lifting the gay ban. "It's not distracting me."
But Democrats and Republicans alike said the opening days of the new administration lacked the same discipline and focus Clinton had during his
Democratic consultant Ann Lewis said confusion was inevitable in the early days of a new administration.
"I think the honeymoon was between the election and the inaugural," Dole said Sunday on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press."
"I would guess Clinton's long-term commitment to issues of economic change will enable him to weather and outlast this storm," she said.
Already distancing himself from campaign promises of a middle-class
Senior Minority Leader Bob Dole, RKan, said while Clinton had hit some bumps in the road, no real damage had been done vet.
tax cut and halving the deficit in four years, Clinton has promised to outline his economic plan in a Feb. 17 speech to Congress.
"Everyone looks forward to moving ahead on the things he thinks are important," Dee Dey Myers, White House press secretary, said. "I think people want a debate about how to get the economy moving again."
But it is Clinton's uncertainty about just how to do that which helped trip him up, said Michael Robinson, a professor of government at Georgetown University.
"He could talk about the economy as a candidate and now he's the president and he doesn't know what to do about it," Robinson said.
Matt Munson, Lenexa senior, sets up his tent outside the doors of Allen Field House. Munson and his group were the first in line for tonight's Kansas-Missouri basketball game. But since they were setting up their tent before Saturday's game, they were forced by security to take it down until after the game. Immediately after Kansas' victory Saturday, the tent went back up.
Big 8 Conference highlights month
History month owns rich tradition; KU begins celebration
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
Carter Woodson, the second African American in history to earn a doctorate degree, established Negro History Week in 1926, which later became Black History Month.
Woodson established the week with the intent that contributions of African Americans should be integrated into the fabric of U.S. history, said Norma Norman, associate director of minority affairs.
KU faculty and students are working toward the same goal. They are
African-American history month
observing African-American history this month through a number of exhibits, dramatic and musical performances, lectures and movies.
Norman said a goal of many African Americans was working toward year-round recognition of African-American history, rather than just recognition during one month of the year.
Peter Braithwaite, Evanston, Ill., senior, also said he thought the recognition should be year-round.
"I don't see it as a celebration," Braithwaite said. "It's a time of reflect-
tion and remembrance - where we are today and where we are going in the future."
James Baucom, president of Black Student Union, agreed.
The major event for the month is the Big Eight Conference on Black Student Government Feb. 18-20. The conference will focus on issues confronting African-American students, faculty and staff members. Black Student Union will play host for the event, which is sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs, the Office of Student Affairs and Student Senate.
"I personally think of Black History Month as Black History Year," Baucom said.
"This is a premiere event in the Midwest for African American," said Baucm, Topeka senior. "One of our goals is to encourage other African-American students to come to our school."
Speakers from around the United States will present workshops dealing with issues facing African-American students attending universities with predominately white student enrollments.
Braithwaite, student coordinator for the conference, said he hoped the conference would raise awareness among students who attend.
"It shows students we're facing the same problems on each campus," he said. "We hope to build unity among the individual schools."
Conference organizers said they expected about 700 people to attend the conference.
"We want a cross-section of students to attend." Norman said.
In honor of exiled Captain Jayhawk, KU alumunus Joe Zielinski, fans toss his cape and basketball helmet into the air at Allen Field House while the basket-ball band plays "Hey!" Zielinski did not attend Saturday's game after being banned from the field! **house on Jan. 25.**
Ban the ban?
Fans rally to get Captain Jayhawk back into games
By Jay Williams
Elysay Whitmore
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas basketball fan kicked out of all men's basketball games for the rest of the season now has his own cheering section.
Last night, 110 people signed a letter asking that the Athletic Department reconsider the decision banning Joe Zielinski, a KU alummus, from all remaining home games for the rest of the season.
Zielinski is known as "Captain Jayhawk" the caped superfan with a crimson and blue basketball for a helmet who is thrown into the air during the "Hey!" chant during time out. He was banned after switching the Kansas and guest signs on a scoreboard during the Long Beach State game Jan. 25.
Curtis Marsh, a KU alumnus and a member of the "Superfans" group that includes Zielinski, circulated the petition Saturday at the Kansas-Rollins game. He said he would deliver the letter today to Bob Frederick, athletic director.
"Although Joe did a foolish thing, he's been so loyal," Marsh said, who graduated in December. "It's a shame they decided to kick him out for the season."
Marsh writes in the letter that the "Superfans," a group of about 18 students and himself who sit near the northwest tunnel in Allen Field House, have been stripped of their
trademark — the character of Captain Jayhawk. The letter says Zielinski as Captain Jayhawk has brought national recognition to the fans of Kansas basketball.
Marsh said he believed the letter would help Zielinski get reinstated because he was working through diplomatic means.
"I think we have a chance by the way we are going about it," Marsh said. "We don't want a battle with the administration. The last think we want security to think is that the students are the enemy."
Zielinski, who graduated in May, also said he thought the letter would help him return to the field house.
"I was trying to let the whole think die down a little and take Saturday night as self-administered one-game suspension," he said. "I understand I messed up, but it seems like severe punishment."
Bob Frederick, athletic director,
said the ban would remain in effect.
"When I receive the petition, I'll
comment," he said. "Until then, i really
have nothing to say."
Aanss coach Roy Williams said that he did not know all the facts surrounding Zielinski's suspension.
"I'll support our administration, but that doesn't mean I dislike the fan or that I don't appreciate what he's done for us in the past," Williams said.
Meanwhile, fans in the section where Zielinski sat tossed up a cap attached to a basketball while Zielinski sat at home alone watching Kansas thrash Collegi College 103-56.
Zielinski did stop by the field house earlier in the day. He helped save space in line for his friends and was inside the field house when security let the campers in to keep them from the cold.
Pharmacy professor patents patch
Mortis Faman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has patented a patch — similar to nicotine patches worn by smokers — to help alcoholics quit drinking.
See story, Page 3.
KU student reels one in
By Ezra Wolfe
Konzept strukturwrite
Kansan staff writer
At the Kansan, we do our best to separate the real news from the garbage. So when someone called to tell us he had caught a 25-pound catfish in Potter Lake, it sounded a little bit fishy . . . come on, Potter Lake?
An official at facilities operations laughed and said we were having our leg pulled when we asked if a 41-inch catfish could live in the lake. But the student who caught the bottom feeder had a witness, a law student who confirmed the story. Hmmm.
John Trager, Kansas City, Kan., senior,
said he caught the monster fish Sept. 13.
He did not tell us about it before, because
he was afraid the lake would be overrun
with hopeful fishermen because — get this
— he threw it back.
When we saw the photos,we were hooked.
Trager said an episode of the "The Andy Griffith Show" inspired him to throw it back.
"In the show, Floyd the Barber caught
old Sam, the biggest carp in the lake," he said. "He ends up letting it go because if it was gone, no one would want to fish there anymore. I didn't feel like it was my right to take it out."
Besides, Trager said, he wouldn't want to eat anything out of Potter Lake anyway
Trrager said he had just come back from a field trip to Wolf Creek nuclear power plant when he went to Potter Lake. He said he had wanted to go fishing after seeing some big fish at Wolf Creek Reservoir. So, at sunset, he took his ultra-light graphite rod, six-pound test line and a rubber worm to Potter Lake to fish for bass.
"All of a sudden it came — when out of the shallow like a torpedo "Trager said. "I had to keep walking it back and forth to reel it in."
Trager said he brought the fish up to the shore and tried to grab it with his hand, but failed.
After 20 minutes of struggling, he bearhugged the fish and threw it onto the shore. Then he put the fish on a stringer and ran to get some film and a camera, he said.
Trager is no stranger to landing big fish
John Trager, Kansas City, Kan., senior, shows off the 25-pound catfish he caught in Potter Lake.
He said he had caught a hammerhead shark off the coast of North Carolina and a 40-pound catfish in Lake Quivira in Kansas City, Kaz. His friends call him Phishman, because he used to make $30 a week selling fish, and because he is big fan of the band Phish.
Potter Lake is not stocked by the University, said Russ Buchholz, assistant director of preventive maintenance.
Trager once tried to put an 19-pound catfish in Potter Lake, but it died before he could. he sait.