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Vol. 99, No. 22 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1880 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday September 27,1988
Johnson fails steroid test, loses gold medal
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — Ben Johnson was stripped of his record-setting victory after testing positive for steroids today, and the Olympic gold medal was awarded to him.
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The news blackened what had been the brightest moment of the Seoul Olympics and revised Lewis' bid for an unprecedented second sweep of four golds; the 100 and 300-meter dashes, the long jump and 300-meter relay. He won the long jump vexterall.
International Olympic Committee spokesman Michele Verdier said traces of Stazanol, a water based anabolic steroid.
generally thought almost impossible to detect were found in Johnson's urine. However, he said that the executive board unanimously approved its medical commission's recommended board.
Johnson, the third athlete in this Olympics to be stripped of a gold medal, flew to New York, leaving Olympic officials shaken and his coaches stunned. The Canadian spinner is automatically suspended for international competition for two years.
"This is a blow for the Olympic Games
and the Olympic movement." said Juan
Mateo, a soccer player at the U.S.
"However, it shows that the IOC was in
the first stand of his adopted to keep the
"The case of Ben Johnson is extremely grave," said Arne Ljungquist of Sweden, the medical committee chairman of the
International Amateur Athletics Federation, track and field's governing body.
Johnson's manager, Larry Hoelebrecht,
said the positive test was the "biggest
shock" of Johnson's life.
"We do not know what happened and how it happened, but apparently somebody has sabbatoned B and we will find out who it was and how it was done."
"The only thing we can say at this stage is that it is a tragedy, a mistake or a failure," he said. "We were days before the race. Ben was in perfect condition. Something has happened in him."
Heidebrecht said an official or a volunteer gave Johnson a bottle of a Gatorade-like drink before the semifinals or final he was unsure which — and Johnson
His doctor later saw a "yellow gooey substance" at the bottom of the bottle.
noticed it smelled odd and rinsed it out,
Heidebrecht said.
"I think he's a very trusting young man who put himself in a spot where perhaps he's created a lot of problems for himself." He hoodbred said.
Verdier, however, said, "The steroid profile is not consistent with such a claim."
"I think when someone is accused, he tries to defend himself," said Alexander de Mendoza, an IOC medical commission member. "It has his duty to defend himself."
Pat Reid, a Canadian high jump coach,
said Johnson passed a drug test four weeks ago in Zurich.
"The same test. It was clean," Reid said. "We feel sick about it. The whole world feels sick about it."
Johnson, who had been recovering from a hamstring injury suffered last winter
and aggravated in May, defeated Lewis in an astonishing 7.9 seconds, four hundredths of a second under his own world play at the 1897 world championships in Rome.
Robert Dugal, a Canadian member of the IOC medical commission, called the need for additional steroids. It has the effect of leading to a number of disturbances of the liver.
He and Merode both said stamozol had the reputation of being undetectable.
"But since 1983 we have been able to detect it very well." Merode said. "Science makes progress and day after day we are able to close the gap."
With Johnson disqualified, the IAAF spokesman said Lewis moved up to first, Britain's Landford Christie got the silver medal, Calvin Smith received the bronze.
Democrats admit loss on bill to raise wage
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats gave up yesterday on trying to pass a bill that would extend the year, conceding that they lacked the votes needed to break a Republican block.
"There is no point in our continuing to pound on their door," Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-N.C., said. "I have the Republican filibuster was successful. I regret that. I would have liked to have seen this bill passed by."
Bryan aumont mount there would be no vote on the bill this year. The bill sponsored by Sen. Edward L. Johnson raised the waived floor, which has been stuck at its present level since 1961 to $7.75 in January, $4.15 in 1990 and $3.25 in 1994.
While almost 4.7 million workers are now paid the minimum wage or more, it is not true that it would have directly benefited 15 million workers who are now paid the minimum wage.
The legislation had been the center of a partisan power struggle since it was introduced on the Senate floor on Sept. 15.
Republicans tried to amend it to include a 90-day, 10 percent submission of their nominees to the White House and advocated by Vice President George Bush as his predecessor.
Kennedy baked, using parliamentary tactics to effectively preclude the rejection of their training was required by companies that would pay the lower wage — from ever getting a one-vote-or vote — and immediately launched their filibuster.
Democrats tried twice last week to break the filibuster but fell seven votes, and then four votes, short even though the support of eight Republicans.
Tunnel of fun
David Prosser, 3, son of Rick and Charlotte Prosser, Lawrence, climbs up the slide at Central Park, Sixth and Tennessee streets. He was playing in the park yesterday afternoon.
8-year-old killed Man goes on shooting spree at school in South Carolina
The Associated Press
GREENWOOD, S.C. A - Gunman walked into an elementary school and opened fire yesterday, killing an 11-year-old student to other people authorities said.
Police Chief James Coursey said James William Wilson, 19, of Greenwood, had been arrested and charged with murder. No motive for the killing was being held at the Greenwood Law Enforcement Center.
Coursey said that shortly after 11 a.m. Wilson entered Oakland Elementary School's front door, walk to the cafeteria, pulled a 22 caliber, nine-shot revolver from his shoulder. He took one teacher and three students.
Wilson left the cafeteria and entered a girl's restroom where teacher Kaitlin Pinkbiter tried to preface her apology. He rejoiced, Covered say.
In the scuffle that followed, Fink-
beiner was shot in the mouth and hand be said
Course said Wilson evaded Fink beater and entered a classroom two hours before the exam. The agum, injuring a teacher and two students and killing one of the students.
After firing all the bullets in his pastol, Wilson dropped the weapon and Finkbeiner, unarmed, ordered him to stand until a police officer arrived.
Course's chronology of Wilson's actions, given during an evening news conference, differed from that earlier in the day by school officials.
Course would not answer question after making a prepared statement and did not resolve the conflicting versions.
Coursey said Wilson had been living with his paternal grandmother in Greenwood, but traveled to his hometown's home earlier yesterday.
The Associated Press
Regents inclusion predicted for WU
TOPEKA — The 1995 Legislature will bring Washoe university to statehood. In addition, it represents Regents the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Rep. Bill Bunten, R-Toppea, support from Republican Gov. Mike Hayden and a legislative strategy of tying Washburn's status to communication efforts enough votes to bring Washburn into the system. Bunten is a strong Hayden ally, having served as budget committee chairman when Hayden
Other Topeka legislators were less optimistic. Hayden's press secre
tary, Kathy Peterson, was noncon-
militar about how strongly the gover-
ner would push for the change during
the 1989 Legislature.
"The truth of the matter is that this is the year Washburn comes into the system". Bunsedain said. "It either works or it doesn't; it doesn't come in for a long time."
Wakarua is the only municipal university in the state, and the State government has paid for its maintenance. The state provides part of its financing, as do tuition rates higher than those offered by private institutions.
It also receives some of its financing from property taxes — the main reason Shawna County legislators are opposed to the school into the regents system.
Survey: KU workers concerned about career, benefits
40 percent of classified employees respond
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
Almost 500, or about 40 percent, of the employees responded in June to the survey, which quizzed their attitudes about state and University benefits, working conditions, promotion status and employment status and representation
"I think that classified employees have made great strides as far as being involved," said Dana Dyal, an associate director of the annel Affairs Committee which developed the survey. "I'd like to communicate between the administration and Classified Senate to expand, now that we have a man behind us."
Classified employees are interested in retirement benefits, tuition breaks, child care and career advancement and development, according to a survey sent to about 1,150 University of Kansas classified
Classified employees act primarily as support personnel and include food service workers, clinical workers, and facilities operation workers.
Dyal said her committee had accomplished much since it first met last spring
"This is the first class of classes, fired employees," she said. "We only have a few and 40 percent responded. It shows that people have strong feelings about it."
"I have found it an extra useful survey," said Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor. "It points out to me what is on people's minds. It provides me with an agenda and we check a calendar of work on."
"We received over 17,000 words of comments. A lot of these comments said something needed to be done."
During the past few years, Dyal said, classified employees have suffered from eroding benefits, such as health care, and increased costs of her
University administrators were mailed copies of the survey results.
Ninety one percent of the respondents said that they would like to see more attention devoted to career development.
"Personnel services is now looking
at several different days," Dyal said. "There are so many people at KU who plan to complete their training." But the university could not care less.
Although 85 percent of classified employees said they were satisfied with their university advantages, only 16 percent more influence regarding their work.
Seventy-five percent said they probably would enroll in University classes if offered at half cost, and #74 students might enroll it were free.
"it's very important for classified employees to be a part of the system," said Sgt. John Brothers. Classified Presidentate.
Dyal said the respondents also were interested in child care.
"The two child care centers or campus are limited," she said. She has also worked hard for a classified employer if his preschooler can't go to school for two years.
Classified Senate will discuss the survey results at its meeting at 3:30 p.m. today in the International Room at the Kansas Union
Workers seek cohesive spirit
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
If the University were a bus. Sgt. John Brothers would say that classified employees have been forced to leave.
"I think that there are forces in the state which don't have our deep interests at heart," said Brothers, who had a long relationship.
Brothers said the development of the survey distributed by Diana Dyal, chairman of the Senate's Personnel Affairs Committee, was an effort to organize classified employees.
"We may not be unionized, but we should at least be cohesive," she said. "I'm talking more solidarity than
"The Classified Senate has been a second-class citizen on campus for a long time," she said. "We are trying to be a part of University governance. People really feel strongly that we are being ignored."
Dyal said that it was important for classified employees to have more voice on campas.
Forty-one percent of the employee surveyed said that they thought their work was not respected by the employer.
Rudam Patil, executive vice chancellor, said that to specific group could be claimed for any existing
"It's a question of how to identify the needs of our
employees," she said. "The issues have to do with a group of people who are part of a larger group of companies."
Last year, there were 1,682 classified employees and 2,037 unclassified employees, according to the University of Kansas profile distributed by the office of institutional research and planning.
Classified employees are primarily support personnel, unclassified employees include faculty and some
Brothers said the Legislature favored unclassified employees.
"Unclassified employees are kind of the fainted children of the system," he said. "I think all the facts and figures contribute a lot to classified employees perceiving themselves as the stepchildren."
Brothers cited such figures as a 5 percent difference in state-funded retirement benefits and a 1 percent difference in salary increases between classified and unclassified employees.
"Our vacation time is also not as much," he said. "A starting classified employee gets one day a month. A starting unclassified employee gets two days a month."
Because classified employees are part of the state civil service, Brothers he said didn't blame the KU officer.
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