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Opinion
Page 4 University Daily Kansan, October 7, 1981
A numbing blow
One word that keeps appearing in the tributes being paid to Egypt's Anwar Sadat is "courage." Courage to stand up for personal principles, courage to take the initiative in seeking peace for a troubled land, courage to go to the heart of a problem.
For the Western world, the assassination of this soldier-turned-peacemaker could only come as a numbing blow. Sadat was seen as a pillar of stability in a volatile Mideast, a voice of sanity that rose above the incomprehensible clamoring of irrational dictators and disgruntled masses. Without him, international relations are trapped in a perilous limbo.
Sadat had critics. Hardline Arab states condemned him for negotiating with Israel and for signing the Camp David peace accord. Last month, he ordered the arrests of more than 1,500 religious extremists and political opponents, a move that many
viewed as Sadat's overreaction to perceived threats to national unity. Some Egyptians considered him more of a dictator than a democratic ruler.
No one can say what course of action Sadat would have taken next, but he said publicly that he was still dedicated to the cause of peace and was willing to keep negotiating. The people dancing in the streets of Libya and Lebanon cannot say that of their leaders.
Sadat had an air of serenity when he discussed the risks he had to take as president. He once said, "I believe I will not be taken one hour before my time." Now that his time has come, we must hope that his visions of peace and cooperation in the Mideast do not die with him.
Truly, the greatest tribute that we can pay him, and that his successor can pay him, is to finish his work.
Escape from the inescapable: a weekend trip to the Stones
I've decided that I'm not one of the chosen ones who can cope unfailingly with the hectic world.
Last week I prayed endlessly for extra hours to be added to my days. I swore that I wouldn't tell them. I never told them.
My wish was ignored. So, I intensified my scholastic efforts and tried to make every minute count. I was running on an average of 10 minutes a sleep. Nobody felt sorrier for me than me.
Every morning I got up and gagged at my reflection in the mirror. I know I used a whole stick of under-eye concealer just to hide the dark circles I had down to my chin.
All I wanted to do was get out of town. The *rolling Stones* couldn't have come at a better
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time. Their Oct. 4 concert in Boulder was my much needed getaway.
With the aid of unobserver highway patrolmen between Lawrence and Denver, my team was able to stand between 70 and 80 mph the whole way. Listening to Stones tapes made the trip seem even shorter.
The highway was covered with other Stones fans making the same pligrimage. Stops for gasoline and caffee are great. The gas station is located in a quiet town and I was going to "that concert in Colorado."
Sixty-six thousand people converged on Folosm Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder for each concert, the first on Saturday and the second on Sunday. Sixty-six thousand brown, white, red, greasy, wholesome, non-preppie, middle-age, young Mick Jagger fans abounded. Thousands of others sat outside the stadium to catch the leftover decibels that floated over on the stone walls. License plates read like a list of 48 states.
After a quick quasi-frisi for weapons and drugs or both, we were let in by flashing our $16 tickets. We hadn't made it through the tunnel that lead to the interior when a crusty, longhaired concertgoer began selling his wares like they were hotdogs.
"Acid here. Anybody need any acid?" he asked.
"Is it free?" a prospective taker asked.
"No, brother, I'm afraid it's not. If it was, I wouldn't have any for myself," the young engender
Within 15 minutes of entering the stadium, I saw a dozen KU students. I was amazed. Out of
66,000 people, I found everybody I was looking for.
At noon the music of George Thorogood filled the air. Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart followed, but both groups kept their sets short. There was an air of anticipation.
Midway through heart a sleek, black helicopter buzzed the stadium and made a landing. The Stones had arrived. I was finally going to get to see Mick's lips.
The partly cloudy sky became increasingly so throughout the day. Big, billowing gray clouds kept rolling in across the mountains and landing above the stadium. As the stage hands covered the stage with pink sets in preparation for the performance, soft sprinkles dampened the oblivious crowd.
She and hundreds of others dropped like flies from various forms of self-inflicted abuse. Every now and then four or five ushers would link arms to the group and a crowd to crowd off another over-zealous nartier.
Somebody invented new drugs since the last concert I went to, I think. Who has ever heard of smoking Qualudes? I thought they were pills! I thought they were tablets! I thought they that soaked up the concert while unconscious.
Mick made his appearance looking healthier than ever. He wore white football pants, an orange T-shirt, which he finally removed after an hour of teasing the females in the crowd by wearing it around his neck, and a lime green jacket. Humor had it that he ran four miles a day for several months before the tour just to get in shape.
Can't you just see Mick Racing around with his elbows sticking out and his lips flapping in the wind? Nevertheless, he looked fit and trim for his 37 years as he belted out hit after hit.
Though we traveled 1,500 miles in little more than two days, the getaway was worth it. The Stones were great, but I think it was more the change in scenery that put me in a new frame of mind. I've decided that there's nothing wrong with Kansas that a few mountains wouldn't cure.
The crowd was in the palms of their hands.
They went wild over Jager's acrobatic stunts.
They went who've rigger's acrobatic stunts. He climbed a 20-foot scaffold to sing "Brown Girl" on one point, swing out over the crowd in a crayfish, and was a fear of crowds and the thousands of women who would like to get their satisfaction by touching his emaciated little body.
The Stones and the mountains came to my emotional rescue.
'The Mandate' is a very handy guy
By ABBE DAVID LOWELL
New York, NY 10024
New York Times Special Feature
WASHINGTON- Have you noticed the increased sightings of strange creatures? The Loch Ness monster in Scotland, a new beast in North America, is capable, lurking in the Tidal Basin. The Mandate.
Mandate sightings have occurred before, usually by presidents every four years. Recent sightings have been reported almost weekly, even by lowly Cabinet members. With Congress it is a good time to answer some of the more frequently asked questions about The Mandate.
What is The Mandate?
As in the cases of its Scottish and New York relatives, little is known about the Mandate. It seems to be a chameleon-like creature that changes its appearance to reflect its surroundings. It has a brown face and bination of a middle-class American, union member, blue-collar worker, suburban home owner and regular churchgoer. Despite The Mandate's uncertain appearance, there is agreement that those who contact it receive a clear understanding of what is good for America.
When did the recent sightings begin?
President Reagan reported the first recent sighting last winter, stating that, in his close encounter, The Mandate expressed great concern about America's economy. Few became excited because a sighting was due, and The Mandate had been known to be concerned about the economy for years. However, many eyebrows were raised when David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, reported a second sighting. The man did not have correspondence school M.B.A. and had adopted economic economics because, as Stockman recounted, it directed that Congress make huge cuts in the federal budget.
Incredibly, Stockman claimed the Mandate had actually specified the budget items it wanted cut, mostly social programs benefiting the nation's poor, minorities and elderly. A second sighting so soon and an appearance to a more quasil-Cabinet member were hard enough to take, but it was too much to believe that The Mandate would have generaled, knew enough about educational loans, school schools and legal services to cast an evil eye in their direction.
Before the controversy surrounding Stock-
man's claims subsided, a third sighting was reported. This time, Treasury Secretary Donald Raglan claimed that The Mandate had directed that Congress cut federal taxes. Remarkably, The Mandate, apparently a subscriber to Fortune, gave specific directions for 30 percent cuts, over three years, benefiting upper-income earners more than average taxpayers.
Well, this went too far. Lied by dubbing Tip O'Neill, the non-believers called on the president to substantiate his advisers' claims. The president had long been against broadcast an appeal on national television (no
'The Mandate'
one knew whether The Mandate watched ABC, CBS or NBC) for The Mandate to reappear. Stunned observers then watched as The Mandate made selective appearances in the offices of the non-believing members of Congress. Before it was over, some 48 convertes were made, and Congress passed the budget and tax bills as The Mandate had directed.
Will the sightings continue?
Given the president's successes, you can't blame others for trying to ride on The Mandate's coattails, and so it is very likely that reported sightings will continue. There is even talk that the president plans to capture The Mandate, and it move to it the back yard of the White House.
Is The Mandate dangerous?
The Mandate is not itself dangerous; in fact, it can be quite a benevolent beast. When it speaks clearly, it can provide great help in deciding difficult issues. The danger arises from those who falsely claim to have seen The Mandate to support their own ideas. Now that The Mandate is often difficult to prove, almost impossible to tell when someone has actually seen it. In fact, already many are claiming The Mandate's blessings for abolishing protections against discrimination, prohibiting abortions, delaying automobile-safe standards, selling AWACs aircraft to Saudi Arabia, eliminating prohibitions against spying on American citizens and scores of other proposals. The Mandate also has the waters of the Tidal Basin, the clean-water standards probably will be the next to, the go
How can we make sure The Mandate is speaking?
To protect ourselves against false Mandate prophets, we must develop a healthy skepticism of those who repeatedly cry "Mandate." When the president or his advisers announce yet another sighting, we should take a second look, ensuring that it is The Mandate speaking and not the Mandate keeper. If we don't, might as well start submitting names for the new presidential pet.
Abbe David Lowell, special assistant to the attorney general in the Carter administration, is
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By CARLA HANSON Guest Columnist
Discrimination permeates society. Rare is the day when it's not practiced. But mention "discrimination," and the average college administrator will immediately scuttle off to find proof that "THAT kind of thing doesn't happen here!"
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Lawmakers have recognized sex discrimination as a pervasive problem in education. In 1972, Congress addressed it by enacting Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments. Its preamble states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
Schools and universities received a six-year grace period before the compliance deadline of final policy interpretation was issued in August 2013, and initial investigations followed soon after.
But it does.
In the fall of 1890, KU was one of the first eight universities investigated on charges of sex discrimination in athletics. These cases were to be precedent-sectors; whatever came of the initial eight investigations would determine the standards to be met by other institutions.
Before the November election of that year, Patricia Boyd, chief of the Department of Education investigation team at KU, was able to easily predict what would come of Title IX investigations if Ronald Reagan became president.
Events since have proven her correct. Federal recommendations and requirements evolving from the KU investigation were to be submitted in January in 1881. They have yet to be received.
"Absolutely nothing," she said concisely.
In academics, TITLE IX has similarly been placed on the back burner. A Title IX committee that existed a few years ago within the office of student affairs no longer functions . . .
KU has no Title IX coordinator, nor does it have a grievance procedure, both of which are specified in Title IX guidelines. With the exception of a few concerned administrators and students, KU has made no oustenable effort to confront and eliminate sex discrimination on campus since the investigation of the athletic department.
Given the present political climate in Washington, the future appears still dimmer. Not only has Title IX been filed under "ignore it," it is about to face a bureaucratic firing squad. Orr. Ann Hatch, R-Utah, has introduced a bill that so severely narrows the definition of Title IX compliance that it will render the law ineffective.
His bill requires that the particular program charged with discrimination directly receive federal funds. Currently, no segment of an institution receiving federal aid may discriminate. If the Hatch bill became law, a student could then be discriminated access to programs and services that were not firsthand recipients of federal funds.
In addition, the Hatch bill narrows the definition of "federal funding" to exclude most student financial aid, thus opening the door for prejudice in scholarship allocations. Finally, the bill reduces the law's target group from people with "professional" skills, eliminating protection of faculty and staff.
Terrell Bex, secretary of education and self-styled kamikaze for the department, noted that Title IX rules represented "overzealous intervention" on the part of the federal govern-
Another severe legislative attack on Title IX is the reintroduced Family Protection Act. Sponsored by Rep. Albert Lee Smith, R-Ala., and Sen. Roger蒸笼, R-Iowa, this bill intends to require the state to "encourage" the nuclear family. The FPA includes a specific provision that would revoke Title IX.
The Reagan administration's stand on Title IX is quite evident. It chooses not to execute current regulations and also plans to issue its own revision of Title IX. By administrative action alone, the intent of the Hatch bill could be achieved.
mplement Bell specifically referred to the Title IX regulation barring hair and dress codes as
Are we then to perceive long-haired males as "silly"? Are boys who wish to take cooking or gasoline to take shop "silly"? Is the woman who drives a car a career in aeronautical engineering "silly"?
Title IX was enacted by people who recognized that our rigid, status queo-worshiping society would continue its discriminatory practices if no legal action were taken. Since Title IX was enacted there was threat of enforcement has eliminated much discrimination, and change must continue.
Change will not continue, however, if conservative powers in Washington scrap important anti-discrimination legislation. If laws such as Title IX are repealed or altered beyond that point, right-wing leaders will return to an era when discrimination was legally sanctioned.
The ever-expanding roles of women and men allow individuals to more freely choose their careers, their interests and their lifestyles. We cannot allow reactionary forces to again categorize people into narrow sex-role stereotypes.
Carla Hanson is the TITLE IX chairperson for the KU Commission on the Status of Women.