Vol. 99, No. 20 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1886 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANANG
Friday September 23,1988
Nader berates lack of initiative
Bv Daniel Niemi
Kansan staff writer
Society has failed to instill in students the ability to question and to challenge. Ralph Nader said last night.
"Society is trivializing (students) as it has triviallyized young people for years." Nader said. "If we talk about paragonism them and tell them to little books and don't worry about the cold, cold world until they graduate, then of course the mobilization of idealism, of questioning, and of challenging doesn't come in millions of young people."
Nader, a consumer advocate and author, spoke to a crowd of 500 people at the Ballroom last night. He said society had lost its sense of appraisal of the corporate economy. The company was sponsored by the Student University.
"We've got to turn our culture around to evoke a new learning," he said. "Our learning is obsolete
Ralph Nader
or destructive in many areas. We have to develop a new learning that will make us perceive better
the consequences of our uninformed choices."
Nader said such consequences
included the greenhouse effect, caused by the burning of fossil fuels and the depletion of the ozone by chlorine fluorocarbons.
Nader said the inability to evaluate the economy from a consumption point of view led to a mass availability to evaluate what it's getting.
Nader said courses were not offered in how to buy because of the turnover it would cause in the corporate economy.
"If you unlearn college students in the area of buying skills, the teachers are going to do is look at their labs and do it with Nader said. "The second thing they are going to do is look at their mathematics at the university differently."
"Maybe the vending machine companies who put all that junk in there, or maybe using school property to make a ton of profit, maybe they'll be back in business," she said.
Please see NADER, p. 10, col. 1
Traffic problems along 19th Street focus of city study
By Deb Gruver
Kansan staff writer
If anyone knows the ups and downs of the journey along 19th Street, Albert "Smitty" Smith should.
Smith has been driving the Naismith Oliver bus route for three years. His specialty is the intersections of 19th Street and Naismith Drive.
"I think a stoplight there would help, Smith said, passing to drop off patients at our Health Center." But it would have to be like that on Sixth Street, right?
He said traffic sometimes backed up on 19th Street, especially during lunch hours and game days.
Because of traffic problems and a
recommendation from the city's Traffic Safety Commission, the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday established a task force for improvements to 19th Street from Barker to Iowa streets. Commissary Dems Constance is the commission's representative on the task force.
"I think the study should be done from city limit to city limit." Constance said. "But for right now, we need to go somewhere where the most immediate need is here."
The Traffic Safety Commission met Sept. 12 and recommended to the city commissioners that a stoplight at 19th Street and Nassmard Drive.
Christine Isern, the chairman, said that the commissioners probably
Chicago gunman kills four
Please see 19TH, p. 10, col. 1
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — A gunman "who never said a word" killed two people yesterday in an auto store, then fatally wounded a police officer and a custodian at a nearby school before shooting the man dead, authorities said.
A city garbage man also was wounded, as was a second police officer at the Montiello School on the city West Side, and it was the injured officer who planned down Mr. Martin. Chicago police superintendent.
The dead police officer was Irma Ruiz, 4, a mother of four who been on the force for 12 years. Martin said.
"All the witnesses state that this individual never said a word" in the store before opening fire. Martin added.
the gunman, Clemie Henderson,
9, walked into the Comet Auto Parts
factory in New York and killed two clerks behind the counter.
John Van Dykane, 41, and Robert
Quinn, 38. Henderson missed a third
fall. He was shot and fell to the ground, Martin said.
Henderson then walked out a side entrance and encountered city guard Sergei Bertel. Henderson fired his 38-caliber handgun at chestnut and shot him in the hand. Chestnut was in good condition, but the gun's spike, spoyessman Wanda Robertson, was not.
Henderson then headed for Montefiore, a school serving about 135 troubled boys, where he shot and killed five. (33, who was outside of the building)
At the door he met Huz and officer Jawkowski. 10 who had been taken into custody of unruly youth Ruiz was shot in the chest and Jawkowski was hit in the back.
"The offender retreated to a room, emptied out the empty shells from his revolver and reloaded with six fresh rounds." Martin said.
When Henderson came back into the hall, he exchanged fire with Jaglowski, who shot him twice in the face. The soldiers rounded off a gunmance on Henderson.
Martin said of Jaglowski, "He's a genuine hero."
Grade schoolers spend their afternoon recess yesterday playing on a jungle gym at Sunset Hill Elementary School, 901 Schwarz Road.
Just hanging
By Mark Fagan Kansan staff writer
Delays possible in opening of library
Problems with tunnel collapse, funding
Jim Modig, director of facilities planning, said that several reproblems, including the collection of steam tunnel, a possible funding delay and a subcontractor's declaration of bankruptcy could push back on the plans.
The library, under construction between Hoch Auditorium and the Schlossberg building, was added to be completed 1 August, 1989, and could be open for the Fall 1989 season.
Construction is still on schedule for the new science and technology library, but a few minor setbacks have occurred, a KU official said yesterday.
"The key is the general contractor," Modig said. "If he experiences any delays, that can hold things up. If they are in those dates are going to move back."
The 86 to 70-foot trench, which ran from the east side of the library to the west end of the trench, was on the east side of the auditorium, began caving in after the Lawrence area received 2.98 inches of rain in the period that ended at 7 a.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, a trench for a steam and energy tunnel collapsed and caused the contractor. R. D. Andersen of Topeka, to refill the hole.
Mogadis said the dirt on the hill was not solid and included stinders from nearby villages. She also added, "All this rested on a bed of shale about 12 feet down and contributed to the erosion."
"The dirt on top of the shale became saturated with water and started to move." Modig said. "It'll go into washout paste on a tube."
"We'll shift the connecting point to where it's fairly stable and flat," Sallee said.
The tunnel, which would house two steam lines and a primary power line, may be re-route to connect with existing lines about 25 feet down the hill, said Harold Sallee, a part owner and engineer with Massagaia, Neusiorn-Bredson, l. of, Kansas planning the new tunnel route.
Andersen either today or Monday.
Sallee said his firm would submit its recommendation to R.D.
Another possible problem for the library, Madig said, was funding for interior shelving, furniture and check out equipment. Money for this project will not be available until fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Mogad said that biding for the contracts normally could not begin until July 1, but facilities planning must be carried out before he said bidding would take a minimum of 30 to 60 days, and furniture would have to be another minimum of 60 to 90 days.
"We're trying to get the binding process completed so we can start making payments July 1." Moldy didn't know it that's going to work out.
Modig said the bankruptcy of a subcontractor could also delay the project R.D. Anderson's bonding agreement with another company for the past month.
"It's a significant piece of the contract that needs to be completed right now." Modig said. "If they have to work, the project will significantly delay the project."
Stan Clasen, project manager for R.D. Andersen, said that the bankrupt company was a sheet metal contractor
Claassen said that R. Andersen's portion of the contract would be finished by August 1. The scheduled start date was about 55 percent complete.
"That's what our contract calls for," Claussen said. "We're right on schedule."
Classeen said the main structural work on the library was completed and workers were adding the roof to the walls. The windows and exterior stonework.
But Classien was quick to point out that the library would not be opened the day after R. D. Andersen was finished.
"Our contract calls for the building itself and some interior fixtures, such as glass shelving, interior furniture or back out systems. That is something we do."
Soviet gymnast takes gold; U.S. boxer batters Korean
The Associated Press
Seoul, South Korea
Soviet spike. Eritrea
Mary Lowton as the
Queen of the queens'
of Egypt
ants are around gymnastics competition coaches down to the final event, the vault Silva was able to do well. Silva scored only a 9.98 when the Soviet judge, former world champion Nelli Kim, scored
Gold medalist
Shushnawo won the duel
of daring with Daniaela
Silvana of Romania as the
score flashed, and Silvas broke into tears.
Another Soviet, Svetlana Brokkejnskaya won.
On the track, Rosa Mota of Portugal, 1887 world champion, won the Games' first track gold medal, breaking away with $2 \frac{1}{2} \mathrm{m}$ left and capturing the women's marathon. SoJoey Jernigan-Keruse got off to a record breaking event an event she calls her own, the heptathlon.
On Wednesday, swimmers Matt Biond and Janet Evans planted a solid gold exclamation mark in the water at a training facility and disgrace when Korean boxing officials attacked a referee after a tough blow by one of them.
Last night, Romallis Ellis of Elwood, Ga., gave the U.S. boxing team its fifth straight victory, beating another Korean, Lee Kang-Suk, Battering Lee in the face and
body. Ellis won the decision 4-0 in the 129-pound class, and there could be no protest against him.
Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson tuned up for their showdown as track and field started at the Olympics.
"If it went the distance, I was very scared it might on the other way." Ellis said.
Lewis, defending Olympic champion and trying for another four gold medal performance at the Games, his 100-meter heat was eliminated by the 48 trying to qualify for tonight's final.
Johnson, the world record-holder from Canada, halted on the blocks, then coasted to Pittsburgh where he was whose world mark is 8.35, was third in his second heat, again palling up short of the finish.
Lewis later complained that the starter's
Edwin Moses, who won his 400-meter hurdles heat, said there were too many to be counted.
trigger finger was too quick, which may have favored Johnson, who is known for his fast starts.
The U.S. men's basketball team, scheduled
"It was chasen out there at the start," he said. "There was no chance to warm up, people running all over the track. A guy jumped in front of me. I almost pulled a muscle."
After six days of Games, the medal standings looked like this: Soviet Union 29 medals, 15 gold; East Germany 20, 6 gold; United States 13, 5 gold.
Joyer-Kersez, world record holder and 1987 world champion, charged over the 104-meter high hurdles in 12.69 seconds, an eight-second victory of seven events making up the heptenathlon.
to play China last night, revealed yesterday that both JR. Reed and Stacey Augmus on sunrise showed up for a game.
Coach John Thompson said either could play, but "it would not be smart to play them" The U.S. team already has clinched a berth in the medal round.
Bloond won the 100-meter freestyle for his fourth medal, and he is almost certain to win the Olympic gold. He was also the head when she saw the clack, cut a huge 1.4 seconds from her own world record in the 16-18 meters.
"I couldn't believe it," she said. "I was just amazed."
The golds by Bloyd and Evans, and a
gold by Chris Jacobi, who finished behind
Bloyd.
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