UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 25, 1994
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Fans and foes remember paradoxes of a presidency
By Angelina Lopez
Kansan staff writer
Whether KU students and professors think that his impact was positive or negative, most agree that former President Richard Nixon left an impression that will last for many years. Nixon died Friday after suffering from a stroke four days earlier. He was 81.
Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science, was a supporter of Nixon during Nixon's presidential term.
Nixon's greatest impact, he said, was on foreign policy.
"He had vision, much more than anyone before or since," Collier said. "He saw beyond the immediate situation.
"When other politicians wanted to bring the Communists to their knees or nuke them into ashes, Nixon suggested opening to China and trying to talk to Russia. He wanted to seek a common ground."
However, Collier said, on a personal
level, it was hard to think positively about Nixon.
Richard Nixon
"He wasn't a terrible person. He just didn't get along with people," he said.
"He was awkward and shy and had very few friends.
"If Reagan was like a grandfather, then Nixon was like a schoolmaster — smart, competent, but you didn't want to invite him over for the holidays."
Collier said that as a fan of Nixon's, he had been "shattered" by the revelations about Watergate.
"He said one thing on TV, but then you heard the tapes and found that it wasn't true," he said. "Dishonesty is hard to see beyond."
Shauna Shindler, Boulder, Colo., junior and member of the KU Young Democrats, said she thought that the
dishonesty of the Nixon era still was affecting people's attitudes toward the government.
"Unfortunately, our generation grew up in a time when we constantly suspected our government of wrongdoing," she said. "During the Kennedy era, people loved Kennedy because he was president. Now, people don't even respect Clinton's position. A lot of that has to do with Watergate."
Allan Cigler, professor of political science, said that since the time Nixon had served as vice president to Dwight D. Eisenhower, he had seen him in a dishonest light.
However, Cigler said, he also saw Nixon as an enigma. Although Nixon had a positive impact on foreign policy, Cigler said, this success will never overshadow Nixon's negative impact on Americans' belief in their government.
"To me, he was always 'Tricky Dick,' he said.
"On one hand he was brilliant," he said. "On the other hand, he was devious and paranoid."
Diners aren't cleaning their plates
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
Take a hamburger and a slice of pizza, and throw them both into the trash.
That's what some students are doing at the Ekdahl Dining Commons, according to a plate-waste study done in March by the Association of University Residence Halls.
The study found that more than 1,000 pounds of food was tossed into the trash during one dinner session at the cafeteria. During the study, about 1,600 diners ate in the facility. The study found an average waste of about 10 ounces a diner, equivalent to a slice of pizza and a hamburger.
A plate-waste study measures the amount of food that is left on the plate when it is dumped in the trash. Members of the AURH food committee spent about 4 1/2 hours weighing the amount of food that was thrown away at the cafeteria.
To achieve the figures, the members weighed the trash bags when full, then subtracted the weight of the
trash bags, paper waste and cans to find the total amount of food wasted. That number was divided by the number of diners to determine the average amount of food wasted.
J. R. Fieser, Great Bend sophomore and head of the food committee, said the waste was a negative aspect of the cafeteria's all-you-can-eat policy.
Students at the cafeteria are allowed to take several entrees at one time instead of having to return for seconds.
Peggy Smith, associate director of student housing for dining services, said she was not surprised by the amount of food wasted.
"There is waste at all the dining facilities," she said. "My initial feeling is that the food waste is a little higher at Mrs. E's because of the food court and the selection."
The cafeteria offers about 10-12 entrees a meal, whereas the dining facilities at Oliver Hall and Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall offer about six. Smith said.
But the figures from the study may be skewed because some students
don't waste any food, she said.
"For all the students that aren't wasting anything, we have students that are wasting more than their share," Smith said.
Smith said she didn't think that the department of student housing would reconsider the all-you-can-eat policy. There used to be a no-seconds-allowed policy, she said. Then a policy was enacted that allowed seconds if the students brought back their empty plates. The department received so many complaints that the policy was eliminated two years ago, she said. All the cafeterias now have the same all-you-can-eat policy.
Smith said she would like to do similar studies routinely to make students more aware of the amount of waste. AURH plans to do a similar study in August, she said.
"Basically, now, whatever the students ask for, they are going to get," she said.
"We want to educate the students so that it will have an impact on their behavior and reduce the waste," she said.
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