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Vol. 94, No. 93 (USPS 650-640)
monday morning, February 6, 1984
New election weeds out three former candidates
By CINDY HOLM Staff Reporter
only one of the four coalitions that ran in November's student body presidential election will be running in the new election Feb. 29 and March 1. Three new presidential candidates have entered the race.
The new candidates are Loren Busy, Hutchinson senior, of the Starting Over Coalition; Philip Duff, Columbia, Mo., sophomore, who is running as an independent; and Bob Swain, Topea junior, of the Apathy — It Just Doesn't Matter Coalition.
Friday's filing deadline passed with only the Costume Party remaining from the last election.
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Even that coalition has gone through some changes.
Changres The presidential and vice president candidates have switched places. Carla Vogel, Overland Park special student, will run for president. Dennis "Boo" Highberger, Garnett senior, will run for vice president.
VOGEL SAID THAT she and Highberg had decided to switch places, because they considered each other more important.
She said that it didn't really matter to them who had the titles. "There is no president and vice president," she said.
Vogel said she didn't think involvement in the last election would hurt their chances in the new election.
In fact, she said, Costume Party members had an easier time collecting signatures for their filing petition, which was encouraging.
student signatures requesting that their names be placed on the ballot.
Student Senate rules require that candidates either be former student senators or collect
On Jan. 5, Chancellor Gene A. Budig called for a new presidential election, acting on the recommendation of the University of Kansas Judicial Board.
THE BOARD SAID the fall elections had been marred by discrepancies in election procedures and recommended revision of the Student Senate rules governing elections.
Problems in the November election prompted Busby and Paul Baskirk, Wichita graduate student and vice presidential candidate, to form the Starting Over Coalition.
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"After the last election, the credibility of Student Senate has been damaged and is on the line." Busy said. "We want to put the recent history of Student Senate behind us and just start now."
In the new election, students will have a clear choice between candidates who have experience in student government and candidates who want to radically change the Senate's structure, said Busby, who is a fifth-term student senator and chairman of the Finance and Auditing Committee.
BUSKIRK IS A former senator and former chairman of the reorganized Transportation
Busby said, "This election will dictate the future of Student Senate."
Phillip and Patrick Duff, sophomore transfer students from Columbia, Mo., said that they didn't decide until Friday morning to file for the election.
PHILLIP DUFF IS running for president, and his twin brother is running for vice president.
After reading in the University Daily Kansas that Scott Swenson, a candidate in the November election, had decided not to run, Phillip Duff
See FILING, p. 5, col. 4
Wichita State guard Aubrey Sherrod wasn't able to keep the ball away from KU's Calvin Thompson and the rest of the Jayhawks all afternoon. Sherrod scored 22 points last night, but Thompson and the Jayhawks won the game 79-69. See game story on p. 14.
Wazzan quits minister post in Lebanon
Gemayel sends plea to foes for peace talks to avert possible war
Money problems to delay ventilation repair
By United Press International
Facing his greatest crisis, Christian President Amin Gemayel went on national radio and television to appeal to his Muslim opponents to attack him in peace talks aimed at averting all-out civil war.
BEIRUT. Lebanon — Prime Minister Chefik Wazza resigned along with his cabinet yesterday, but fighting intensified as Shiite Muslim militiamen seized control of the main road leading to the airport and the U.S. Marine base.
"Everything is open to discussion with the opposition," said Gemayel, as he sat in a television studio with a green, red and white Lebanese flag in the background.
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He dismissed calls for his own resignation but pledged to work to improve ties with Syria, which supports the Muslim militias fighting the
See MIDEAST, p. 5, col. 4
So far the Board of Regents has authorized only $30,000 for modifying the building.
The proposed modifications for correcting hazardous ventilation problems in KU's Art and Design Building will cost more than $125,000 if carried out, according to figures released from a recent investigation into the problem.
During a meeting Thursday with faculty who work in the building, Jerry Moore, the associate dean of fine arts, said the University would have to request additional funds from the Regents to undertake the project.
THE DELAY CAME as no surprise to faculty attending the meeting. Students and faculty have been complaining of skin irritations and headaches caused by excessive fumes since the meeting.
During Thursday's meeting, the faculty members discussed alternatives for correcting the ventilation problems in the spray-painting room.
He also said he doubted that the repairs would be completed this semester.
Several faculty members suggested moving spray-painting classes to another room or building booths with self-contained exhaust systems.
However, the faculty members considering the ventilation problems decided to explore other alternatives before deciding how to modify the sorav-painting room.
Without changes, he said, the spray-painting room should not be used for anything that has a toxic vapor.
the spray planting room Moore asked the faculty to determine how the room could be changed to accommodate teaching needs.
ONLY THREE OF the spraying room's 12 vents work properly, said one faculty member who teaches in the room. He declined to give his
See ART, p. 5, col.4
Neighborhood groups work to improve city
Editor's Note: Lawrence's eight neighborhood associations have long faced problems of accomplishing needed improvements. In an attempt to identify some of those problems, the Kansan surveyed members of the associations.
By SHARON BODIN Staff Reporter
Nestled deep in East Lawrence, a quiet stream winds under a covered bridge in Brookcreek Park. It's a quaint place that contrasts sharply with the tall barbed wire fence of a nearby salvage yard.
Before Brookcreek Park was developed, a
drainage ditch on the property was eroding nearby Brook Street. The city bought the land and began earthwork to fill the ditch and build a new ditch away from the street.
the Brookcreek Neighborhood Association convinced the city to develop the area into a needed park, said Sharon Sturdy, a member of the association who was instrumental in
Community development funds eventually provided nearly half of the financing necessary for development.
LACK OF FINANCING isn't the only problem that neighborhood associations face. Often, residents lack interest in getting involved, and problems mount as finances become scarce.
Recently, community development money for projects such as Brookcreek Park stopped flowing to two of the eight neighborhood associations in the city. In all, four of
Even though some neighborhood associations are in need of federal money, they are still working on several improvement projects and continue to battle neighborhood problems.
Lawrence's eight neighborhood associations are not eligible.
Without federal aid, many projects such as the one undertaken at Brookcreek Park might never have come about. The Pinckney Neighborhood Association is one of those groups that recently
See PROJECTS, p. 7, col. 1
Role of sports may be issue at KU forum
Dispute between prof and basketball coach raises larger concern
By MATT DeGALAN Staff Reporter
Grant Goodman, president of the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said yesterday that the organization was sending a letter late last month after receiving a letter about the controversy.
The chapter will decide Wednesday whether a forum would be appropriate and will discuss specific issues the forum would address, Goodman said.
A group of KU professors, concerned over the recent dispute involving basketball coach Larry Brown and a history professor, will meet Wednesday to consider organizing a forum on the role of athletics at the University of Kansas.
"This issue goes beyond KU," he said. "It's a question of national importance."
FRIDAY, THE KANSAN reported that professor David Katzman had sent letters to several KU administrators concerning the incident with Brown.
Katzman accused Brown of asking him to raise the failing grade of freshman point guard Cedric Hunter.
Hunter eventually failed the American history course and was declared academically ineligible this semester. According to University regulations, the onsite grade for changing a grade is to 80%. There was no legal error.
Brown sent a letter to Katzman expressing his displeasure at Katzman's inflexibility and said Katzman failed to show compassion for Hunter "special circumstances."
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The controversy began when Brown, Katzman and Hunter met Jan. 8 to discuss the failing grade. Katzman said that Brown asked him to give Hunter a D-minus for the course and to allow Hunter to make it up this semester.
KATZMAN CALLED BROWN'S request "outrageous" in a letter sent several days later to Brown and to six administrators and professors. In his letter, Katzmant proposed a forum on
In a Jan. 26 letter sent to the same administrator and professors, Brown also wrote that his name was not printed.
JOHNSON DECLINED TO talk to the Kansan Thursday about the dispute between Katzman and Brown. He said Thursday that the Kansan needed to develop "an appreciation for trying to do its part in helping create a strong athletic program at the University."
Several other administrators and professors said they tentatively supported the idea of a forum on athletics and academics.
expresses interest in Athletic Director Monte Johnson said yesterday that he did not support the forum because "all it will do is make sure that the same kind of garbage that was in the paper last Friday will be in again."
In his letter, Katzman proposed that the forum be organized by either the University Senate Executive Committee, the AAUP, or the offices of academic affairs or student affairs. He suggested that the letters written by both
See BROWN, p. 5, col. 1
Bobby Bridger strums his guitar outside of Murphy Hall. weekend, is a singer, poet and actor. He performed on campus Bridger, who was Hashinger Hall's artist-in-residence this Friday and Saturday. See story, p. 6.
KU biochemist recruits herb to join war against leukemia
By DAVID SWAFFORD
Staff Reporter
Castor beans worked well enough. But L.L. Houston turned to the purple berries of pokewells in search of something better.
The toxic berries on pokeweeds, which can be found along the sides of country roads and across open fields in the United States, provided a new way for the KU biochemistry professor to fight poison with poison.
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After years of research. Houston has developed a method for destroying leukemia cells by combining the toxin extracted from the pokeweld's berries and leaves with a type of neutron antibody. When combined, the pair of proteins destroys all leukemia cells it comes in contact with.
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For the last 10 years, Houston has analyzed the effectiveness of plant toxins for battling cancer.
Houston has done all his work in a Haworth
About three years ago he started studying the effects that pokeweed toxin had on leukemia cells. Before that, he experimented with ricin, the toxin found in castor bean plants.
"We used ricin immunotoxin because it killed leukemia cells," Houston said. "But we have since started working with the toxin from pokeweed because it is more stable than ricin and is easier to use."
Hall laboratory using experimental mice. He keeps cancer cells alive in test tubes by adding glucose and vitamins to the cultures.
"We have shown that the pokeween immunotoxin prevents the growth of leukemia cells in mice." he said.
In fighting cancerous cells, Houston said, any agent used must act quickly because cancer cells divide much faster than normal cells.
"You need to kill the tumor cells faster than they can replicate." Houston said, "so anything you can do to speed up that action is good."
Houston and Remki Ramakrishnan, a research colleague, have discovered that when the drug chloroquine is added to cultured leukemia cells, the amount of pokeweed immunotoxin needed is less and the speed at which the immunotoxin reacts is greater.
"This is very toxic," Houston said. "We have devised a procedure for killing one million leukemia cells in three or four hours using a very low concentration of this immunotoxin."
Houston's results have been tested on patients at other universities but have not yet been used in hospitals. He said he did not know whether the pokweed immunotoxin would be used in hospitals.
"The immunotoxin, theoretically, can be used on all cancers. We're just using it on leukemia cells because leukemia is better understood than any other cancer." Houston said.
In theory, leukemia cells would be destroyed faster if bone marrow were extracted from the patient and treated with an immunotoxin. Houston said, rather than the patient undergoing radiation treatment.