FEATURES: Spencer Museum of Art celebrates its 15th anniversary. Page 7. THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN VOL.102, NO.81 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (USPS 650-640) TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1993 ADVERTISING. 864-4358 NEWS: 864-4810 Renee Knoeber / KANSAN Sophomore center Greg Oostert tag tips the ball over Kansas State's Aaron Collier in Kansas '71-65 victory against the Wildcats last night. Kansas, now ranked No. 1 in the nation, won its 10th consecutive game in Manhattan. 'Hawks maintain top spot Kansas overcomes tough 'Cat defense By David Dorsey Kansan sportswriter After victories against Oklahoma, Oral Roberts and Louisville last week, the Kansas men's basketball team vaulted from No. 4 to No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, released yesterday. Kansas received 45 first-place votes, 37 more than any other team, and also was selected No.1 in the USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll. The Jayawhaws are back on top for the first time since 1898-90, when they lasted four consecutive weeks as the nation's No. 1 team. They began this season ranked No. 2 behind Michigan Kansas has not lost since Dec. 30, when Michigan won the Rainbow Classic Championship game 86-74. Since then, the Jayhawks have won six consecutive games by an average of 27 points a game. The Jayhawks beat then-No. 10 Oklahoma 96-85 Jan. 11 in Norman, Okla., and then pounded Oak Roberts 140-72 Thursday at Allen Field House. The momentum continued Saturday at Louisville when the Jayhawks crushed the Cardinals 98-77. Kansas overcame a pesky Kansas State defense last night in Manhattan and pulled out a 71-65 victory. A Wildcat mascot held up a sign at the beginning of the nationally televised game that read: "Only No. 1 for a night." The prediction appeared to hold true at halftime, when the Wildcats were ahead by eight. But the Jayhawks rallied for the six-point victory. "Not everybody at one time can say that they're the No. 1 team in the nation," he said. "We hope we can keep it on for a while. Enc Paule, Kansas senior center, called the No. 1 ranking an honor. He said it meant even more because of last night's victory. "We want to hold on to the top spot because so far this season not many teams have been able to hold on to it. it's a pride thing." Pauley helped Kansas remain in the top spot, scoring 10 points and grabbing two steals against K-State. Adonis Jordan, senior guard, was 5 of 7 from the free-throw line and scored 12 points. Jordan is the only player on the Kansas squad who played for the No. 11989-90 team. This season, Kansas is the fourth team to be ranked No. 1. Michigan, Duke and Kentucky also enjoyed time on top. All three lost last week Kansas senior guard Rex Walters said "The No. 1 hype really doesn't mean anything unless you do it on the court." "I don't care if we're ranked No.1 or No.500 as long as we play well." Kansas men's basketball coach Kansas coach Roy Williams agreed. "I don't care if we're ranked No. 1 or No. 500 as long as we play well," Williams said. "We have a competitive bunch that understands the pressures of the national rankings. They know that every basketball game counts." Roy Williams Roy Williams Kansas men's basketball coach Kansas has been able to count 15 victories this year, and its victory against Louisville was No. 1,500 in school history. On Monday, Long Beach State, a newcomer to the poll at No. 25, meets No. 1 in Allen Field House. It is the first time Long Beach State has been ranked in 20 years. The Hawks will take their 3-0 conference record and No. I ranking with them to Boulder Saturday in a Big Eight matchup with Colorado. But the No. 1 ranking in this season's Associated Press poll had eluded the Jayahawks until this week. See related story, Page 9. The Associated Press basketball poll has Kansas ranked first after being ranked fourth last week. The Jayhawks are in the top 10, the season in the poll this month. 1 or previous 1. KANSA5 1,595 4 2. Indiana 1,510 6 3. North Carolina 1,483 5 4. Kentucky 1,362 1 5. Michigan 1,358 2 6. Duke 1,339 3 previous points ranking U.S. keeps on Hussein Source: The Associated Press Derek Nolen / KANBAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A fourth round of allied attacks against Iraq could take place without warning and will depend on whether Saddam Hussein abides by U.N. demands and stops threatening coalition aircraft, administration officials said. With just hours left as the nation's commander-in-chief, President Bush termed yesterday's daylight raids against air defense sites in Iraq "the right thing" to do. His statement came as the Pentagon acknowledged that a cruise missile fired from a Navy ship on Sunday had fallen near a Baghdad hotel, blasting out windows and causing an explosion that killed two people. Senior U.S. military officers, speaking on condition they not be identified, told reporters the cruise missile—one of 45 fired from U.S. ships—apparently was knocked off course by Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. They insisted the hotel was not a target. Although President-elect Clinton expressed support for Bush's action, the piecemeal military strikes against Iraq began to elicit criticism from Russia and the Arab states that had U.S.leads third strike Westerday, U.S. planes and missiles hit Iraq targets in the southern and northern no fly zones. South of Baghdad a nuclear facility was also attacked. Derek Nolan / KANSAN Source: Knight Riddler Tales supported the allied push to drive Iraq from Kuwait in 1991. The Cairo-based Arab League called on the United Nations "to adopt a policy of self-restraint and use the language of dialogue." The Russian government delivered a note to the State Department admonishing the administration not to act militarily without the explicit approval of the U.N. Security Council. Students, faculty consider Bush's motives in attacks By Ezra Wolfe Kansan staff writer Two years ago, there was much debate about each side's motives for going to war. Two years to the day after the Gulf War began, missiles again exploded inside Iraq. Today, the imminent change in political leadership in the United States makes the theories about the motives for the provocation and response complex. David Gawell, graduate teaching assistant in western civilization and political science, said he thought the Iraqis saw the conflict as a war between Saddam Hussein and George Bush. "Bush is out, and Saddam is still in," Gawell said. "Saddam tried to rub just a touch of salt into Bush's wounds. It was his way of saying, 'You lost the election and I'm still here.'" Others thought Saddam wanted to damage Bush in another way. Andy Shore, Glencoe, Ill., senior in political science, said Saddam was trying to damage Bush as he left by creating the illusion Bush was trying to hurt Bill Clinton. Deborah Gerner, associate professor of political science specializing in U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, an economical technical colleagues had related theory. "The true cynic would say that Bush doesn't mind throwing a political hot potato into the lap of the incoming president," she said. Shore said he thought Bush acted properly under the auspices of international law. Because the attack came so late in Bush's term, the event's timing was questioned by some. "Bush's motives were sincere in trying to maintain the U.N. resolutions." *Science* 2013, p. 586. Gawell, who called the attack a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, said he thought the timing of the attack was related to the release of Bush's diary on the Iran-Contra scandal. The diary contradicts Bush's earlier statements about when he learned of the arms-for-hostages deal. "The attack helped move the diary story down to the back page," Gawell Gernerdisagreed "The diaries were just an additional irritant," she said. "The attack was part of a pattern planned seven to 10 days ago." But Gerner said it was unusual that a president would launch an attack so late in his term. “His line is that he is still commander in chief, and this issue comes up and he has to deal with it.” she said. “He wanted to make it clear that Saddam Hussein didn't win and that he did. Regardless of the reasons for the attack's timing, Clinton will soon be dealing with its fallout. The Associated Press contributed to this story. Two Lawrence girls die after fire By Mark Klefer and Todd Selfert Kansan staff writers A Lawrence girl caught in a weekend fire died yesterday after spending more than 24 hours in critical condition in a Kansas City. Mo. hospital. Her death was the second resulting from the fire. La Tonya Farmer, 17, was pronounced dead Sunday morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The official cause of death was a fractured skull. Her autopsy had not been completed. Martin was spending the night at 714 W. 25th St. with friends when a fire broke out Sunday morning at the apartment complex. Brandy Martin, 13, died of complications from smoke inhalation at Childress Hospital. As of yesterday, two other fire victims remained hospitalized at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Farmer's mother, Elia, was listed in serious condition and had been hospitalized, Paterk 17, was listed in fair condition. Fire Major Richard Barr of the Lawrence Fire Department said the fire started in the unoccupied apartment directly below Farmer's. "We are investigating the fire as an arson, Barr said. "All I can say is that the appearance of the room upon investigating the fire was suspicious." Barr said the Douglas County Fire Investigation Squad was following up on leads but were no closer to knowing the cause of the fire. John Burroughs, a neighbor and friend of the family, said Farmer helped rescue two of her nieces before being overcome by smoke. "I heard the mother yell, 'My kids are in there,'" he said. "I shot up the stairs and through all the smoke. I got to the door, but a burst of flames shot front of my face. I fell down the staircase and felt along the walls to get back out." Burroughs said he went to the back of the house and climbed to the second-floor window of the Farner's children out of the barning building. "I couldn't see where the kids were because it was so black inside," he said. "I started banging on the frame because I figured they could move toward the sound if they could hear it." "I instead of saving herself, she was trying to save the kids," Burroughs said. "She was the real hero." Farmer handed her nieces, Tiffany Lockette, 4, and Dejanne Lockette, 2, to firefighters outside the window. The team cleaned and released from the hospital. Neighbors said they thought the vacant apartment was used for drug related activities. Burroughs said he heard that authorities had found a pipe usually associated with crack-cocaine use in the apartment where the fire originated. Barr said he could not confirm that a pipe was found at the scene. Burroughs was hospitalized for smoke inhalation and was released yesterday morning. He also suffered minor burns to the forehead. "It was not an accident." Burroughs said. "There were some drugs involved. Like anybody, I want to find out who did it." Final note: HAHAHAHA The fire that damaged this apartment complex at 7:14. W 25th Street Saturday morning took the life of two teen- agers and hospitalized five other people.