THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.100, NO.51 (USPS 650-640)
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY
NOV. 6, 1989
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Lebanese pick new president, plan for peace
The Associated Press
KLEIAT, Lebanon — Lebanese lawmakers yesterday elected a Christian president and approved a peace plan designed to end 14 years of civil war, despite threats by a Christian organization to punish them for "conspiracy."
Parliament elected deputy Rene Mouawad, a 32-year veteran of Lebanese politics and a 64-year-old Monaron Christian. Legislators first stripped the president of some power, giving more authority to Muslim leaders.
Fifty-two of Parliament's 73 surviving lawmakers voted for Mouawad in a second ballot of the special session. Six members abstained.
Lebanon has had no president since
Sent. 22, 1988, when President Amin
interim Cabinet until a new president could be named, rejected Mouawad's election.
Aoun rejected the Arab League-brokered peace plan, first approved by the lawmakers at a session last month in Saud Arabia because it failed to guarantee a withdrawal of the 40,000 Syrian troops who control much of Lebanon.
He considers the Syrians an occupying army and fought them for six months until a cease-fire was called Sept. 22 by the Arab League. Police say 930 people were killed and 2,744 wounded, most of them civilians.
The general declared Saturday that he had dissolved Parliament. Most legislators declared his move illegal, noting that under Lebanon's constitution, only the president can
Drive for memorial kicks off
By Stacy Smith
Kansan staff writer
The ROTC units kicked off a fund-raising drive on Saturday to collect money to build a Korean War Memorial at the University of Kansas.
Cadets and midshipmen from the three ROTC branches took donations after the Kansas-Oklahoma State University football game to raise money for the memorial.
The fund-raising kickoff was part of KU ROTC Day, which also included a fly-by of four F-16 fighter planes before the game, a pre-game march and riffle team demonstration by the three ROTC branches.
"Our goal is to try to have a memorial in place within two years on Veterans' Day Nov. 11, 1911," said Capt. Todd Renner,
Preseason
Continued from p. 17
Those four accounted for 50 percent of the Tigers scoring and 51 percent of their rebuckling, in addition to experience and leadership.
One thing the Tigers weren't sure they would have returning was Coach Norm Stewart
Stewart, who collapsed on a team flight last year, is back in full health this season with a few changes in his diet.
"I won't be staying up late at night ordering pizzas with those jalapeno peppers anymore." Stewart said.
Stewart's main concern, though, is getting back to the NCAA tournament.
"The conference teams, top to bottom, are stronger than they have been in the years I've been here. We'd like to get a little farther in the tournament. But first we want to get in, that's still the goal."
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska coach Damy Nee, entering his fourth season, hopes the Cornhuskers will score more points this season in improving last year's 4-10 Big Eight Conference record, but they'll have to do it without their two ton scorers.
"We'd like to be even more up-tempo," Nee said. "I'd like to see us shoot more three-pointers and put more points on the board."
The Cornhuskers return 68.8 percent of their scoring from last season's 17-16 squad, but their top scorer, Beau Reid, with 11.9 points per game, will miss most, if not all, of them.
the season after having knee surgery. Eric Johnson, their second-leading scorer at 11.7 ppg, has used up his eligibility.
That means Nee will have to get more scoring punch from the inside with 7-foot-2 center Rich King (11 ppg.) and another Richard, Richard Vopeelest (8.6 ppg.), unless one of the seven newcomers can contribute right away.
King, the tallest player in the Big Eight,
was named to the UPI honorable-mention
All-Big Eight team last season as a sophomore.
Mikhailis Alaska's all-time shots-blocked leader with 70.
One newcomer that Nee is nigh on is Keith Moody, a 5-10 guard, but he most likely will start the season backing up Clifford Scales who is making the transition to point guard.
"The competition is more severe this year," van Poelgeest said. "We're trying to get a new image for Nebraska basketball. We're all excited about the opportunity for a new start."
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma lost the Big Eight player-of-the-year, Stacey King, and point guard Mookie Blaylock to the NBA, but don't expect the winningest Big Eight team of the '80s to fall far from the top.
"For the first time in five years we will be starting the season without a proven star in our lineup," Coach Billy Tubbs said. "Our lack of size will certainly be a factor this season. However, I think we will be quicker,
tougher and better defensively than last year."
The Sooners' strength will be at the forward position where five players with experience return along with two newcomers who are expected to make an impact.
The leading returners are 6-6 William Davis (6.7 ppg and 5.3 rpg), 6-7 Skeeter Henry (7.0 and 3.7), and 6-8 Tony Martin (7.5 and 4.8), who will see a lot of time at center.
At guard, Oklahoma returns Terrence Mullins (8.9 ppg), who along with Martin, are the only players left from the 1988 Final Four team.
The key to Oklahoma's return to the Final Four this year will be how quickly several highly-touted newcomers perform.
"It fires me up when people say you can't
win," Mullins said. "We're setting out to win.
We want everything. You're only as good as your last loss."
Smokey McCovey, a 6-2 guard from Midland College (Texas), Jackie Jones, a 6-8 forward/center from Barton County Community College, and Jeff Webster, a 6-8 freshman forward, who was the high school player-of-the-year in Okaahoma last year, all finished behind Kansas' Rick Calloway in the balloting for the top Big Eight preseason newcomer.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are flying high in Stillwater, and with nine of their top 10 scorers returning, this may be the first
Oklahoma State Cowboys
time since 1896 that someone besides Oklahoma or Missouri won the Big Eight title.
Coach Leonard Hamilton returns 82.8 percent of last season's scoring and 76.1 percent of its rebounding as well as five players who started more than 19 games.
The Cowboys finished 17-13 overall last season, but Hamilton said they could have been much better. The Cowboys won only two games on the road.
"We played extremely well on the road last year for 35 minutes, but there was always that 5-minute stretch that hurt us," Hamilton said. "This season we'll have to be mentally prepared to get rid of things and play as well on the road as we did at home."
First-team all-Big Eight preseason selection. Byron Houston, leads the returners after averaging 13 ppg., last season as a freshman.
Also returning are leading scorer Richard Dumas (15.7 ppg), forward Royce Jeffries (12 ppg.), and guards Darwyn Alexander and Corey Williams.
Alexander and Williams were the backcourt of last season's Big Eight all-freshman team. Alexander started 11 games at point guard and averaged 8.9 ppg. Williams averaged 12.4 ppg.
"We're proud of the predictions some people are giving us," Williams said. "We just have to keep it under control. Playing as a team is our main concern."
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allwin, Mo., junior, collect
individuals who wish to donate the KU Korean War Memorial and can contact one of the ROTC fices until a committee has beenablished to collect donations, idemacher said.
ich will be dedicated on Satur-
y, cost $20,000 to build.
Award
It was very close," she said. "All finalists were impressive and only backed by the students. It all made us feel good about how you feel about teaching and their students. They are all incredible ple."
The other four finalists were Daryl
ans, associate professor of sociol-
y; Herman Leon, professor of
final welfare; Tim Mitchell, associ-
cled professor of art history;
and elyn Swartz, professor of curricu-
n and instruction.
Drees estimated that 300 seniors ted in the final contest. Only niors belonging to the respective pools of the five finalists could be.
of extras miniseries
Paul Fambrini, Washington,
C, senior, was an extra at the
ning site in a field near Baldwin
I wore a white robe with a
ined hat and chanted "Steve,""
said. Steve was the name of the
and Dragon.
ambriani said he left before the all take was filmed, though, cause it was cold and raining it can not a die hard* he said.
The extras did not get paid but I receive free T-shirts, Fambrinla.
Ann Duncan, Kansas City, Kan.,
nior, also donned a KKK robe for
a scene.
It was starched really stiff, so he kept flopping over," Duncan