University Daily Kansan, April 13, 1983
Danny Biehler/KANSAN
Robert Lineberry, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, listened as James Akins, former U.A. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, spoke in the Kansas Union Ballroom last night about politics and the chances of peace in the Middle East.
Ex-diplomat talks on Mideast policy
'Peace to come through pressure'
By ANNE FITZGERALD Staff Reporter
Peace will come to the Middle East in answer to mounting political pressures, and not necessarily, in the name of justice, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia said last night at the University of Kansas.
"Foreign policy is never based on morality and justice," said James Akins, the former diplomat. "Foreign policy is always based on interests and pressures. That's all."
Akins spoke to almost 200 people in the Kansas Union Ballroom about the relationship between the OPEC nations and the Palestinians in the Middle
Expediency rules Middle Eastern affairs, he said. For instance, Iran accepts aid from Israel because it is the only way the Iranians can get the military hardware they need in their war with Iraq.
He was U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1973 to 1976, when he retired from the U.S. Foreign Service. Since then he has been a consultant on energy and foreign policy for multinational corporations and for foreign governments.
THE KU DEPARTMENTS of political science and history, as well as KU Arab and Palestinian student organizations, sponsored Akin's talk.
"Fifty percent of the political contributions in the U.S. come from Jews."
Akins said the same principle disc-
tivated U.S. policy in the Middle East.
HE SAID IT WAS important for Americans to know that their tax money would pay for the war in Iraq and what possibilities for peace exist.
"Foreign service officers and businessmen in touch with the Middle East know that, first, the Arabs are human beings and not the obstacle to peace; second, there is moral justification for Arab response; third, America has vast interests. It is important that America's interests in Israel are costly to the United States," he said.
Politicians, who always need cam paign money, do not hesitate to take money from the Jewish community while promising to vote for sustained progress in Israel since the Middle East is often considered a peripheral issue on Capitol Hill.
Akins blamed misperceptions of the Middle East conflict on the media's failure to report the full picture and on U.S. government policies. However, he said that the Arabs were mostly to blame for the situation, not to explain their position to the world.
"The Arabs sat back and made no effort to explain their point of view," he said, "and so they were largely ignored."
County strives to rehabilitate in truancy program
"Why did Israel move into Lebanon?" he asked. "They did it 'to secure peace.' That is one of the best examples of the Nazi big lie technique: repeat it often enough and people will believe it.
By JEAN MANN Staff Reporter
Today's Douglas County schools deal severely with the Huck Finns of this world.
AKINS SAID THAT OPEC nations had had the potential to change since 1970, when they moved to protect their oil commodities, but that they had done so was not a mistake, would exist until the end of the century, when OPEC's oil resources ran out.
Political campaigns may freeze President Reagan's peace initiatives, Akins said, but his proposals need more funding. He said that was not a likely prospect.
"If your money is used wisely, if the opportunity is used well, you will see great changes in the Middle East," he said. "But if your money is used foolishly, your grandchildren will dig up your bones and burn them."
It just doesn't pay a kid to play hooky anymore.
He said that contrary to popular opinion in the United States, OPEC would stay together and its next price move would be upward.
"I if there is hope for peace in the Middle East, and there isn't much, it lies in the hands of two small groups — one government and moderate PLO leadership."
And, in the end, his attendance (record probably would have improved).
more broadly may lead to you could call Douglas County's four program the Mercedes model in contrast to other counties, who I would say are the Toytas," said Linda Perrier, who supervises the program for SUS.
Under the county's system, Huck would have been consulted by a social worker, assigned a volunteer pal, supervised by Kansas Social andhabilitation Services and amount of call in a behavior-modification program.
HE SAID THAT THE RACE of violent acts — hlackjacks and murders — in the early 1970s by Arab terrorists pushed the Palestinian issue to the fore, but it was soon suffered from the negative image that early acts of terrorism created.
Both groups have been ridiculed but need to be strengthened and encourage.
He also said that the Israeli government had successfully hidden some of the information.
She said the new Juvenile Code required public schools to notify the local SRS agency if a child was truant, and she would send a letter to the child's parents.
of the nine-year-old program since January, when legislation changed the Juvenile Code and shifted authority over truants from district courts to
"It MUST BE DONE," he said, "but unfortunately, what has to be done isn't always what is done.
"We have to move for a peace settlement in the Middle East, or we'll lose."
"We're still sort it out, because with all the cutbacks SRS has had, we weren't given more money, just more responsibility." Perrier said.
THE AGENCY HAS BEEN in charge
Akins said that the newest "guessing game" in the Middle East would be over who would be killed next. He said that because of PLO leader Yasser
Kansas law defines a child under 16 as truant if he misses three consecutive days or builds up five unexcused absences a semester.
"The law stops there," said Perrier. The Douglas County system, to its extent, is "not that bad."
"Begin is hopeless," he said. "But an island government can have peace in the world."
UNDER THE SYSTEM, she said, if a school thinks a child has missed too many days, it gives him the chance to try a 30-day improvement program.
A child's refusal to cooperate leads to the official program, which functions similarly to the voluntary one, except, Perrier said, "by now it's not really voluntary and the consequences for non-cooperation are more serious."
Arafat's moderate position and failure through or Palestinians, he might be forced to.
He said that Menachem Begin wanted peace, but with Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Israel peace movement has tried to force Begin out of office, he said, because of his aggressive stance.
In a small percentage of the cases, Perrier said, the judge of the juvenile court may instruct that the child be removed from his home and placed in a county children's home where he can be supervised and disciplined.
A counselor earning credit hours in social work from the University of Kansas' Crime and Delinquency Program is assigned to supervise the child, talk with him and reward him for good school attendance, she said.
A social worker at Lawrence High, Jack Winters, who counsels some of the school's 1,000 on truancy, said the group had definitely made an impact.
He said that he had reported 15 of Central's 500 students as truants to SRS since September. Of that number, he reported 36 who had not improved and had ended up in court.
"There's no doubt the program keeps the lid on truancy," he said. "I've heard every excuse in the book for not showing up for classes, Only World War III has not been used, and I'm waiting for that one."
"The program is to help the students learn names, principal of Central Junior High.
On the other hand, if the child doesn't improve, the volunteer takes something away from him, such as an hour of skating, she said.
"THE PROGRAM IS ESPECIALLY useful because it catches the kid at a crucial stage before the courts become involved," he said.
Pam Tiemeyer, who coordinates the counselors for KU, said, "It's amazing how well video games work as a reward. The behavior-modification works so well that some of my counselors are running out of money."
On campus
TODAY
A CONCERT BY Beatriz Pilapi,
piano, part of the visiting artists
series, will be at p.m. in Swarthout
Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
POT-POURRI PRODUCTIONS will perform a play, "Three of Cups," at 8 p.m. in the Inge Theatre in Murphy.
UNIVERSITY FORUM will feature Roberta Ferron discussing "State of Equal Opportunity at the University of Kansas" at 11:45 a.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
TOMMORROW
KAFFESTUNDE with the German Club will be at 4:30 in 4000 Wescoe.
DEBATE between Black Student Union candidates will be at 7:30 p.m. in Templin Hall.
BLACK STUDENT UNION officer elections will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Union.
A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTS,
"Inside Out," including student
bands, dancers and art exhibits, will
be in front of Watson Library,
the Union and between Flint and Wescoe
halls.
**STUDENT RECITAL by KU Jazz**
ensembles II and III will be at 8 p.m.
in Swarthout.
POT-POURRI PRODUCTIONS will present "Three of Cups" at 8 p.m. in Swarthout.
N. S.A.E, National Society of Architectural Engineers, will meet at 4:30 p.m. in 315 Art and Design Building.
DANISH AUTHOR AND MUSICIAN Benny Anderson will read from his works at 8 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room in the Union.
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TONIGHT
★ Free Refreshments (beer and soft drinks)
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SUPERTEAMS WANTS YOU TO COME SEE
"FOOLS FACE"
POTTER PAVILION
SATURDAY, APRIL 16 - 8 p.m.
Tickets now on sale at the SUA Office in the Kansas Union
Tickets — $3.50 in advance
$4.00 day of the show
Sponsored by
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All proceeds to benefit the Douglas County Association of Retarded Citizens and Cancer Research at KU Medical Center
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