Vol. 99, No.18 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1869 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Wednesday September 21, 1988
Three players explain exit Mental aspect of KU football negative, athletes say
Kansan sportswriter
By Jeff Euston Korean sportswear
Kansas football coach Glenn Mason, whose team already had been hurt with the loss of eight players this fall, is looking for answers for three more players left Monday – without telling him.
The three players, sophomores Mike Dinnel and Mike Whitaker and freshman Darin Samulms, all left the team without telling Mason or an assistant coach who did not feel comfortable in approaching Mason.
"Mason is very business-like," said Dimel, a middle guard, in a telephone interview from his home in Commerce City, Colo. "I don't think I ever really talked personally with Mason."
Defensive tackle Mike Whitaker, who left Lawrence with Dinner yesterday, said, "I didn't want to hurt anyone. I guess we didn't talk to anybody to avoid problems and confrontations."
Defensive tackle Darin Samuel said in a telephone interview from his home in Dickinson.
"I have nothing against the program," he said. "I have a lot of friends there. Coach Jumil Hjes was great. I'm sorry I didn't talk to Coach Hiles. You can see that, too." "A different story I want to talk to him. I did."
have anything to say."
Mason said the players were making excuses "I don't buy that," he said. "They can use that (a rule) to help them out, but I don't know where that (making excuses) gets to I have players who come in and see me every day. Regardless of whether you had a personal relationship or not, it doesn't take much of a relationship to win."
"As far as I’m concerned if there was a problem, it wasn’t aware of it, and they didn’t try and work it."
Mason was especially hurt by the fact that all three players were on scholarship. Kansas may not give the scholarships to other players until next season because of NCAA regulations.
Whitaker, in fact, recently was put on scholarship by Mason.
"I had enough of a personal relationship to give Mike Whitaker a scholarship," Mason said. "He had enough of a personal relationship with me to come in and talk to me about that numerous times. I told him if he had a little faith and could hang in there, I'd never one I would. And I unhvel my mend of the bargain.
"And now I feel bad because he left. For whatever reason I don't know. He didn't come in
and see me. And I've got kids out here who could've given us scholarship, and I don't give it to them.
Whereas Dimel and Whitaker both said their decisions were the result of frustration that had grown over a long period of time. Samuels, who resisted by Mason, said he decided to learn逐
"My attitude changed," he said. "I knew two days (practices) would be tough. But everyone said it would get better after the season started. But instead of getting better, it just go worse."
Samuels that Mason's criticism of team practices hurt the players' confidence.
"We'd go out and practice and try hard." he said. "Then he comes up with the opinion you didn't practise well. I'd go to practice and the instructor do my hardest. But sometimes it wasn't enough."
"He never really singled out one player. It was the team concept. He never singled me out. It was his program and his authority. But I don't know if he likes his players or not."
Dimmel and Whitaker also said Mason was tough on the players in practice.
Please see PLAYERS. p. 13, col. 3
U.S.' Biondi wins 3rd medal
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South
Southland — The U.S.
and boxer and boxer
Michael car­
bain got even
yesterday, and
swimming Matt
the Game's first
triple medalist at the Seoul Olympic
anchoring the U.S. team's 80-meter freestyle relay team to
the gold and a world record.
The basketball team scored a 102-87 victory over Brazil, the team that stunned the United States in the title game of the Pan Am Games last year. The victory paved the way for State's berth in the medal round.
Carbajal, meanwhile, moved the U.S. boxing team another step further from oblivion with a mean-
fought victory over a South Korean who beat him last year.
Biond outswam East German Fenzler in the final leg of the semifinals (3:12) for six minutes, 12.51 seconds, beating West Germany's 1967 world mark
In the 100-meter butterfly, Biondi finished just 01 second behind surprise winner Anthony Nesty, the only swimmer from Surinam. Beaten when he glided into the wall after his last stroke, Biondi returned with an 100-meter butterfly to the bronze he won in the 200 freestyle and the relay gold in his quest for seven medals at these Games.
The Soviets now have 14 medals, six gold, to eight for the United States, East Germany, China and Bulgaria. East Germany has four gold, the United States and Bulgaria three each and China one.
'Nomad' classes Schools adjust to construction
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
Because Richard Gibson had to because classes for paper that used ink are too small, he worked in a different building for each of his architectural engineering class.
The Kansas City, Mo., senor said the classrooms ranged from ones in Linden Hall to ones in Smith Hall.
"There's no actual lecture hall for the student." Gibson said. "And our architectural library is way down in the art library."
Now, with the Board of Regents allocation of $350,000 to remodel the Old York School, Fowler Shops behind Marvin Hill, the nondemocratic department will
The jewelry and silversmithing program will then move into the Fowler Shops
scheduled to move into the Broad casting Hall in 1982.
The change also will set off a change in the curriculum. Ronald Hettis, chairman of the department of architectural engineering, as "musical depart-
Helms said that his architectural engineering department was
"If I had held my breath over this, I would be long gone," Helms said.
He said that it wasn't the fault of the administration that his department had been moved to a new location every two years.
"We're a small department and there's never enough money," he said. "It's also a problem of available space."
Hujaven, associate professor of design, said that he wasn't interested in the Fowler W shoes weren't designed for the needs of the jewelry and accessories.
Joe Bullock, Atchison resident, walks across a roof at the intersection Johnny's Classic Burgers, which is scheduled to open in about six of Ninth and Illinois streets. Blockw was working on what will be weeks.
"We've been here (in the Broadcasting Hall) long enough that we settled in," he said. "It's a beautiful city, and one of the best in the country."
"This money would be for an electrical study," Wiechert said. Wiechert said he also planned to
Allen Wiechert, university director of facilities planning, said the completion of the project depended on the Legislature's approval of the Regents expenditure requests in July. If the funding were approved, the remodeling could be completed would be fall of 1990.
The Regents also allocated $149,000 to upgrade major utilities at KU!
"We're also asking for money to implement necessary water projects," he said. "We've already done a study on the water."
request money for studies on the gas system and the storm sewer
The allocations are part of the
Regents statewide priority listing for capital improvements. The remodeling and utilities projects are the third and sixth priorities on the list.
The Regents first priority is $4 million for the maintenance of
about 600 buildings for the seven Regents institutions.
"The $4 million is only a small part of what is needed," said Warren Corman, Regents director of the Office for Science. "That add up the actual cost to $72."
million."
The science and technology library, Snow Hall renovation and the Hayworth Hall remodeling are three projects listed, but not prioritized because they already have been financed.
Democrats trying to force wage issue; Senate Republicans keep avoiding vote
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats maneuvered yesterday to force a vote on raising the $3.5 minimum wage for the first time in eight years, a measure that Democrats and Republicans of filibustered the issue in deference to presidential politics.
"We've been discussing the minimum wage since last week and haven't voted on a single day in the Duncan-Dill. "We are behind the curve. The people in this country realize you are people at a $3.35 minimum wage."
Vice President George Bush's presidential campaign said yesterday that Bush likely would not unveil any specific minimum wage proposal until after his debate Sunday with nominee nominee Mike Dukakis.
Labor Secretary Ann McLaughlin,
meanwhile, was said by officials to
be undergoing a medical visit to
the administration urging Repub-
licans to insist on a 90-day submi-
nence period.
Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D-WA, gave a second clutch decision to the further debate on a bill by Sen Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass, to raise the minimum wage by 40 cents. That would put it at $4.53 by 1991.
"We're exploring a modest increase as long as his tied to a donation, he said. David Sandor, a Bush campaign spokesman, "But there's nothing wrong."
not changed,'' said Paul Williams, a
Labor Department spokesman. "It is there a training wage in the administration, but an increase in the minimum wage."
"The administration's position has
Except for relatively routine approval of a new U.S. Canada trade agreement Monday and unanimous agreement Thursday, the Cavazos as the new secretary of
Byrd said he did not want to imply that a filibuster was occurring "at this point" but that he wanted to preclude any filibuster against the amended articles. He also warned that he might keep the Senate in place for four weeks if the delays continue four weeks.
education, the Senate has been debating alternative subminimum wage noonons since Thursday.
Republicans denounced mounting a filbuster, although Orrin Hatch of Utah, leader of the Republican opposition, said he was not inclined to put the subminimum issue aside as amendment could be considered.
Prof calls for A-plus in Liberal Arts grade plan
By David Stewart
Even under the proposed plus/minus grading system, a student can give a class 100 percent, a class 90 percent, a class 80 percent, a class 70 percent.
Kansan staff writer
The University Council Committee on Academic Procedures and Policies received a letter yesterday from Shaw, suggesting that A. L. Brackett should be allowed for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Stephen Shawl, professor of physics and astrophysics, want to change that.
The proposed scale, which the College Assembly will vote on Oct. 4, would allow professors to choose from using 12 grades between A and P, or use the five-point scale previously
In his letter, Shawl said that the purpose of the
change would be to allow the grading system to acknowledge few a few students who stand out
James Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said the College Assembly had not thought about adding A-plus to the plus/minus scale.
But Shawl cautioned against the overuse of the A-plus.
"We agreed that it would be appropriate to use the same kind of systems used by the other companies."
"It should be given out extremely rarely." he said in a telephone interview.
Professional schools use the plus/minus scale without an A-plus option.
Carobers said that was because an A, or 4.0 on the grading scale, already represented
nerfection.
"If 4.0 is perfection, then I question the ad of grading scale. If 4.0 is imperfect, in Shaw's letter, he said that although an A plus would count as 4.3 on the grading scale, a student's final grade point average would not be greater than 4.3."
However, the A-plus would allow students to balance an A-minus, or 3.7, that they may receive in other classes, so they could still receive a 4.0. Shaw said in his letter.
The A-plus is allowed at the University of Iowa, University of California at Berkeley and the University of Oregon, according to Shawl's letter.
Larry Sherr, chairman of the Academic Procedures and Policies Committee, said that the new system will
Addressing health Dukakis wants to guarantee national medical insurance
The Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Michael Dukaski called for company-provided medical insurance for millions of workers who lack coverage and charged George Bish with a health care issues
Dukaiks told an audience at Western Kentucky University yesterday that the institution recently became the first to guarantee health insurance for all its citizens.
"If we can do it in one state we can do it for all Americans." he said.
Dukakis hilleted his proposal with a sharply wounded attack on Bush in Iraq, which the last minute in a bid to respond more aggressively to the vice president.
The Democratic presidential candidate said the simplest and fairest first step toward a change in the role of employees with some exceptions for small businesses" to provide basic health insurance for workers and dependents. He proclaimed that he would add specifics such as minimum level of benefits and employer share of the cost would be a matter for negotiation legislation was drafted in Courts.
In Washington, Bush spokesman Mark Goodgold said, "This is socialized insurance for financial disaster. The Dukes' plan would put the American public under more pressure."
list it in critical condition "
Dukaix, in Kentucky, notes that his Republican rival was visiting a flag company yesterday and said, "Mr Bush, don't you think it about you came out from behind that you told us what you intend to do?"
Dukakis chronicled Reagan adminiation cuts in financing for Medicare, rural health and other care. He said Bush has no plan, but he does have a record, a record of indifference, a record of neglect, a record that even he acknowledges.
He also attacked Republican attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare and said he and Bentsen would "sit on ice."
Dukakis was flying back to Boston shortly after the speech to begin intensive preparations for the first of two debates with Bush, set for Sunday.
Although his speech in Kentucky contained little that Dukakis had not embraced previously, aides said he was designed to demonstrate leadership skills and training of working families. The governor is expected to call for expanded health care for newborn infants today and runmate Lloyd Bensen will deliver a speech in Texas proposing changes to programs as part of the same effort.
Dukasik began his day in Houston, where he paid a brief visit to a hospital unit where ill babies are cared for.
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