Wednesday, September 14, 1988 / University Daily Kansan THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Opinion Yonkers desegregation case sends society back 20 years The scenario was a nightmare revisited. City council members began their meeting in front of a chanting audience, citizens yelling obscenities and holding placards. Residents chanted to keep racial integration out of their city. The media recorded the event, and outside, the actions of the media inside city Hall foolishly and adamantly supposed the event to be real. But the setting has changed. The city was Yonkers, N.Y., and the year is 1988 The scene seemed like the South in the early '60s, when segregation was the status quo and integration was an existential reality. On the edge of bankruptcy because of fines for defying a federal judge, Yonkers' city council has awakened to reality and has decided to accept integration instead of bankruptcy and a massive layoff of city employees. Until Saturday, yonkers had reneged on the housing desegregation plan set up by U.S. District Judge Leonard B. Sand, who in 1985 found the city guilty of 40 years of racial discrimination in housing and education. Last month, when the council voted against the plan, citizens said their complaint was not against the color of their future neighbors skin but against the decreased property value, because they usually follow residents of law, and middle-income housing. But those complaints disguise the real face of their conscience: Racism. Forty years ago Yonkers' problem began, and blacks were not permitted to live next to whites. Now, the problem finally is being remedied by law. That court orders and huge fines were required to bring the change about will stand as an embarrassment to the citizens and council members who fought desegregation. He said real victory would not be achieved until "the first tenant moves in, and there's a welcoming committee." And as the Yonkers' president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said, more obstacles still exist. But the Yonkers case will demonstrate to all that racial segregation, a twisted and unjustified doctrine, will be fought Tony Balandran for the editorial board The editorials in this column are the opinion of the editorial board. The editorial board consists of Michael Merschel, Mark Tillford, Told Cohen, Michael Horak, John Adam, Jile McMahon, Tony Mahon, and Chris Doyle. Other Voices Choices exist for book-buyers Sometimes, you just have to take matters into your own hands. only a grammar complaint on someone is that area. For example, a common complaint on campus is that area bookstores take advantage of students, overcharging them for crucial texts and inadequately compensating them for the same books at the end of each quarter. The Auburn University Bookstore manager said used books could be repurchased at only 50 percent of original cost and immediately resold. And the students are left footing the difference, without any choice, right? Wrong. Like it or not, the bookstores stay in business almost exclusively through our money Ultimately, they cannot exist without our full-fledged support. So when we buy books, we also buy power. We don't have to pay for them and profit Book Exchange, a free market alternative that allows consumers to buy books at prices that they set themselves, both saving and earning more money for students under ideal circumstances. If more people use the exchange service, bookstores would be better. They could also store items in order to survive seriously upsetting the allegory that they enjoy. The choice is yours. 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Hatch should check closet As a new-born, flag-waving, Pledge-of-Alte- rism bearer, he was a political bumbling of Sorr, Orenn, B. Hutch. A few days ago, Hatch made a speech in which he stated that the Democratic Party was the "party of bad business." I assume he meant that as an insult, and I'm all Democrat. No, it's not a way. But it was a way for the Hatch to win. Apparently Hatch has forgotten that homosexuals have the right to vote. And if this is a close election, as the poll says it will be, every vote will help our heroes, George Bush and Dan Quayle. So why is Hatch trying to persuade gays to vote for Democrats? What he should do is point out the past and present involvement of homosexuals in Republi- cism. And he will also try to persuade them. If he did that, gays might think: "Goodness, I can be a Republican without being considered a gay," or even "I'm a liberals." I'm surprised that Hatch has so quickly forgotten about Carl Channel, a gay patron who was one of the first gay men to speak up. To get contributions from wealthy right-wingers, gay-patriot Channel formed something called the National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty and he staffed it with many of his fellow gay patriots. Unfortunately, Channel was indicted in the Iran-contra scandal and pleaded guilty last year. So I would think that Hatch would be proud that And the embarrassing fact came out that some of the money his outfit raised didn't go the contras. It went, instead, to boyfriends of some of the gay natriots. Mike Royko But the fact remains, Channel was one of the unsung conservative heroes of the Iran-contra Syndicated columnist an entire gaggle of gays raised millions of dollars for one of the conservatives' favorite causes. ('I'm referencing to the contras, not the boyfriends of gay fund-raisers.) Hatch also seems to have forgotten about Bob Bunan, who used to be a congressman from Minnesota. In his political prime, Bauman was considered one of the outstanding conservatives in Washington and one of the Republican Party's most ferocious liberal bashers. I can't understand how Hatch could have forgotten him. Both were bright young conservatives on the island. However, Bauman is no longer there. He had the misfortune of being nabbed by a cop one night while making romantic overtures to a 16-year-old male hooker When it came out that Baumman regularly sought the affections of handsome lads, he later wrote a book in which he said that when it came to such pigs, he was not the only congressman on the prowl. It's also a surprise that Hatch has so quickly forgotten another conservative hero, Terry Dolan. Dolan was the founder of the National Conservative Political Action Committee, which became a major center for conservative politics. He pioneered the strategy of targeting liberal members of Congress, the pouring huge sums into blistering TV ads that portrayed them as simmering political weaknesses And it was effective. For example, the foresiic Dahoe were instrumented in Dan Quayle's opener winemaker, David Hancock. Hatch must remember Dolan. Why, only two years ago Hatch was eloquent in talking about how Dolan helped shape the modern conservative movement. Sad to say, through Hatch made that statement at Dolan's funeral. Dolan had succumbed to AIDS. He was 71 years old. And Hatch surely knew a Republican congressman from Connecticut named Stewart McKinney. McKinney died last year of AIDS. A doctor said he was born in the Bronx and had stucco insulation, but Washington insiders said he was gay. And it would be impossible for Hatch not to remember R.Cohn, one of the legendary conservatives. Although attorney Cohn never held public office, he had enormous influence. As a young lawyer, he was one of the brains behind Sen. Joe McCarthy's relentless hunt for commies in our government. He joined the Cohn didn't find many commies, they destroyed the reputations of a lot of liberals they disliked. in later years, Cohn was a clam of many of the nation's richest and most powerful conservatives. He was also chunny with many young men that of his aides regularly recruited for him. And as a recent best-selling book revealed, Cohn was spreading the AIDS virus right up to his own I so think Hatch is selling our fine party short when he says that the part of the party is choice the Genderless Party. You ought to take a look around Washington, senator. Republicans have closets too, you know. Mike Royko is a syndicated columnist who writes for the Chicago Tribune. K·A·N·S·A·N MAILBOX Chapter not sued The Gamma Delta Chapter of Alpha Fi at the University of Kansas wishes to clarify some issues raised by the "Frostial Conference Seal." The Alpha Fi Society of Lawrence, Kan. Inc is the corporation that owns the chapter house that we occupy. It may also be a member or our members that is named in the lawsuit. Rhonda Newcomer Belleville senior Editor's note: The article did not say the chapter on its entire membership was named in the suit, which was filed by the parents of a sorority member who died in 1985. Alternative success There are precious few radio stations in this country that dare to play slightly offbeat or alternative music; most stick to a guaranteed mainstream playlist. These generic stations are known. Lawrence residents have plenty to choose from. Alternative or progressive stations are how fledgling bands often get promoted and known. Because of these kinds of stations' support, there are fewer than 10,000 (Oh), and Talking Heads are enjoying success and popularity with a wider spectrum of listeners. Our own KJHK should be commended for playing some more offbeat and original music. Colo. home of Colorado State University and KTCL-FM, a progressive station that is very professional and successful. They play an amazing wide spectrum of music, from old 1960 rock to contemporary music, new age and more. We recently expanded their market to include Boulder and Denver, more than 50 miles away. With their professionalism and widely varied playlist and special shows for jazz, thrash and classical, KTCL has been successful, both financially and in the community. KJHK fills an important part of the local radio market, a brave new sound in a sea of blandness. However, it is true, as Jack Porteous pointed out in his letter, that their professionalism and consistency leave something to be appreciated. Experience Porteous said KJHK can't give from a well-run, professional, progressive or alternative campus radio station. With an open-minded, success-minded program director, this can be achieved. KJHK should broaden its playlist a little (although not even going near Whitney Houston or Def Leppard), have more rigid rules and goals for the DJs, and work on its technical quality, perhaps with new equipment. With some restructuring and upgrading, KJHN, taking cues from other successful programs, is now working in a place where students can gain important work experience. It can also provide the area with more job opportunities. Matt Hoover Fort Collins, Colo... freshman IDs are swell, but. . . My heart swells with pride to realize that I live in the only residence hall on campus with fingerprints on its IDs (McCollium). Unfortunately, while this morone deed of fingerprinting was occurring, some staffer deft to obtain stamps, change and newspapers for the front door is required to distinguish the distinction of bearing a fingerprint on my ID. BLOOM COUNTY Ralph Gianakon Philadelphia senior KJHK's unique service norm used to play music that championed creativity and individuality. For example, the Cure attacked fabrics and fashion singers. "Don't say what you mean / you might spoil your face/if you walk in a crowd/you won't leave any trace/it's always the same/your're not like us," he said. A college radio jumper has jumped on the Cure bandwagon, and KJHK may be boarding a train away from creativity and individuality. The programming and style of KJHK are being changed to make KJHK more like the bigger but more boring KYYS and KCFX. Since KJHK need not have a regular job, it is the lowest common denominator of public taste, it is in a position to provide a unique service. It can broaden the cultural possibilities of the University of Kansas and Lawrence beyond the boundaries of KYYS and KGFX. Instead, it is better to introduce a duplicate clone of these stations. I hope JKHK continues to promote creativity and does not become aclone. I hope that we will never see the day that the Cure snips "Everybody's happy" with an all-too-familiar phrase of everybody's jumping everybody else's song. Doug Schell Manhattan senior YES, BILL JOINED THE CANADA- NATION DAILY MOUNTS IN 1969. . . ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THIS WAS A HYPOCRITICAL ACT FOR A HAWKISH PHILIPHANEIST? by Berke Breathed WHO, THERE WERE MOYSE. MORE GIVEN 5 EMBLEMS. ALL I COMME MOYSE. I HAD YOU. YOU KNOW.