University Daily Kansan, February 13, 1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA
News briefs from staff and wire reports
KU Senate votes due today on discontinuance policy
Mail votes by University Senate members on a proposal that would establish procedures for KU administration to follow when eliminating academic programs at the University of Kansas are due at 5 p.m. today.
The Senate, which consists of KU faculty members, administrators and Student Senate members, met Jan. 24 to vote on the proposal. Fourteen of the 1,224 Senate members attended the meeting and voted to have a mail ballet because of the lack of a quorum.
A quorum, 20 percent of the University Senate membership, has not been achieved since 1971.
James Carothers, chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee, said a mail ballot was necessary so that all Senate members could vote on the proposal.
members could vote on the proposal. The University Council, the executive body of the University Senate, provided for a mail ballot when it approved the proposal, Carothers said.
Tonight will be the second time Senate members cast their votes on a discontinuance policy. Last summer, the Senate rejected a discontinuance policy by mail vote because it did not provide what they considered to be a suitable length of time before a program could be eliminated.
Encore '84 runs from Feb. 23 to 25
Performances of Encore '84, a musical variety show featuring five skirts from KU fraternities and sororites, will be at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23 to 25, in Hoch Auditorium.
The show will feature five original skits, each of which will be performed jointly by a fraternity-sorority group. Between the skills will be a solo or group act. The theme of the show will be "Beyond the 20th Century."
Tickets are on sale at the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas Union; Mister Guy, 890 Massachusetts St.; and Omni Electronics, 540 Fireside Court. Tickets for the Thursday performance are $3. The Friday performance costs $4 and the Saturday performance costs $6.
Encore '94 is also offering a $25 dinner package for its Saturday night performance. Patrons will receive a steak and champagne dinner at the K.S. "Boots" Adams Alumni Center, 1266 Oread Ave., choice seating, a program and transportation from the alumni center to Hoch Auditorium.
Grants available to study in Japan
Graduate students interested in a research scholarship to Japan must apply by Feb. 15, the University study abroad adviser said recently.
The scholarships will pay for air transportation, a monthly allowance and tuition at Tuskau University, which is in a rural area about so
To qualify, students must be U.S. citizens who have graduated before September 1984 and they must be younger than 35, said Heidi Gregori-Gahan, the adviser. She added that applicants must be proficient in Japanese.
SUA to present free noon concerts
concert series will be set up on the third-floor lobby, Liz Kretchmer, SUA fine arts director, said yesterday.
To drum up student interest in the Frank R. Burge Union, Student Union Activities will begin presenting Wednesday a free series of noon concerts by soft-rock artists.
The concert schedule will vary, she said, depending on the availability of artists.
The first concert, featuring The Kim and Reggie Harris band, will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
On March 1, SUA will offer an open house at the Burge Union for any musician or groups interested in performing.
ON THE RECORD
THE MANAGER of Dairy Queen, 1835 Massachusetts Street, reported that $600 was stolen from the restaurant late Friday night, police said. Police have no suspects.
POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS
A KU STUDENT reported that a car stereo worth $345 was stolen from his car while it was parked in the 1700 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
LAW ENFORCEMENT A BICYCLE WORTH $320 was stolen on Saturday, in the 1200 block of Ohio Street, from a KU student who was keeping his bike locked on the front porch of his house, Lawrence police said. Police have no suspects.
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By MARY SEXTON Staff Reporter
Mills learns to deal with alcoholism
For former Congressman Wilbur Mills, the road to recovery from alcoholism was full of denial and the road to accepting the disease was filled with humiliation.
Staff Reporter
with humiliation.
To recover he had to convince himself that alcoholism was a disease, he said Saturday during a symposium on alcoholism in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
"Alcoholism is not a stigma. Alcoholism is an illness. Alcoholism is not a disgrace." Mills told more than 200 physician students at the U.S. Medical Association that the altered the symposium.
Mills, a Democrat from Arkansas,
served in the House of Representatives
for 38 years and was chairman of the
Party and Means Committee for 17
years.
Mills entered the hospital following two months of embattled controversy over his relationship with Washington, and he was soon known professionally as Fanne Foxe.
MILLS AND FOXE WERE INVOLVED in an incident that thrust their relationship into scrutiny. On Oct. 7, 1974, Mills and Foxe were arrested by the Lincoln Memorial. Mills was also criticized for appearing on stage with Foxe during
In December of 1974, Mills admitted himself to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland because he thought he had a brain tumor. He said he knew he was an alcoholic, he said.
one of her performances, an appearance he said was intended to hush up the noise.
Mills is presently practicing law with the firm of Washington, LLP, tax counseling law firm in Washington.
"IT'S TO REMIND MYSELF, AS I have to everyday, that I am an alcoholic and I will be an alcoholic the rest of my life," he said.
"My name is Wilbur Mills and I am a very very grateful alcoholic," Mills began. He said he introduced himself this way for a reason.
Mills' stories of his experiences — from his first drink as a child to his last binge near the end of his congressional career — sparked laughter among the
Wilbur Mills, former U.S. Representative, speaks about his personal battle with alcoholism. His speech Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Union was part of a symposium titled "Alcoholism: The Medical Presentation."
"I had my first drink when I was 12 or
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HE DESCRIBED HOW HE DENIED the diagnosis of alcoholism and the embarrassment he felt when he finally realized the truth.
But it wasn't long after he left the hospital that he failed this test, he said.
"If you can take one drink and you don't have to take another, in all probability you're not an alcoholic," he said.
When Mills left the hospital in February of 1975, he said he left thinking he wasn't an alcoholic because while he was there someone gave him a test for alcoholism that he was sure he could pass.
"I went out to a liquor store and bought two bottles of 100 proof vodka to
"I left there fairly convinced I wasn't an alcoholic. I couldn't be. I never took a drink because I was compelled to. I drank because I liked the taste."
That one drink led to his last binge, the one that sent him back to the hospital, he said.
During this period Mills recalled one time he was encouraged by his 10-year-old grandson.
"In 1974 when I had gone down in the opinion of everybody, I got this letter from my grandson saying, 'Grandma, still love you, and I'll never forget it.'
Duff brothers drop out of Student Senate race
By CINDY HOLM Staff Reporter
After working frantically the day of the filing deadline to collect the 500 signatures needed to get his name on the ballot, Philp Diffu, an independent candidate for student body president, has decided to drop out of the race.
Duff, who decided to run in the election seven hours before the Feb. 3 filing deadline, said yesterday that he and his brother, Patrick, his running mate, had decided to withdraw to prevent a divided vote.
Staff Reporter
The two said they were concerned
that a divided vote could give the election to "radical" party.
PHILIPP DUFF SAID THAT HE supported the present structure of the Student Senate and that the Senate would have been an experienced candidate was elected.
decided to run in the election when they found out that only one candidate had filed by the morning of the filing deadline. Between 1 o.m and 5 p.m. on Feb. 3, they collected the 500 student names from their classmates that their names be placed on the ballot
"Somebody serious has to be elected to save the Senate's credibility," he said. "That's a little more than we wanted to handle coming in the back."
Duff's withdrawal leaves three candidates in the election. Loren Busy, Starting Over Coalition, Carly Vogel, James O'Brien, and it is Apathy — It Just Doesn't Matter
BUSY SAID THAT POLITICALLY he was delighted to hear that the Duff brothers had dropped out of the race. The voters said that they made a good showing in the election.
Coalition. The election will be Feb. 29 and March 1.
The independent candidates would have taken votes from Bush, he said.
Duff said he would support Busy because Busy had the experience to ask questions.
Duff said that he and his brother realized that Rushy's goals were similar to theirs and that they had a common ground in selecting a candidate with whom they agreed.
At that time, he said, he and his brother were not familiar with Busby's platform.
Phillip Duff's withdrawal shows that he is concerned about the Senate and not just with being student body president, he said.
Duff said he and his brother had
Dutt said he would probably run for a Senate seat next fall
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