KANSAN
The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, March 11, 1982 Vol. 92, No. 114 USPS 650-640
Eric Pyle, Hutchinson senior, views Jupiter and three of its moons through one of the telescopes at the Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory. About 1,500 people turned out between 4 and 6 a.m. today to view the "Jupiter Effect."
AIAW fights with NCAA
Rv BARB EHLI
Staff Reporter
The struggle for power between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Association for Intercollege Athletics for Women has hit women's athletics in the mid-1980s (the first year of the NCAA).
The women's program, bound by the rules of the AIAW, must compete for recruits against other schools not restricted by AIAW recruiting rules.
"I think we will be handicapped." Phyllis Howlett, assistant athletic director, said. "It's illegal for us to recruit it terms of contacting athletes for visiting athletes."
But differences in recruiting rules go beyond the area of recruiting.
The dispute between the two groups came to a head Oct. 9 when the AIAW filled an injunction against the NCAA in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Donna Loapiano, AIAW president, said the 10-year-old AIAW filed the suit hoping to get a preliminary injunction to prevent the 74-year-old NCAA, which has traditionally governed men's intercollegiate sports, from offering championships for women.
When the preliminary injunction was denied, the AIAW suspended its recruiting rules, effective March 1. They also announced that membership applications for 1982-1983 would not
In response, the NCAA said that any institution that had been governed by AIAW rules for the 1981-1982 academic year must abide by the AIAW rules.
"Failure to continue to comply with these rules through the 1981-1982 academic year would result in a violation of its commitment and jeopardize the institution's present and future eligibility for NCAA women's championships," an NCAA letter stated.
As a member of Division I and Region VI of the AIAW, KU is forced to comply with the AIAW
Howlett said KU could not overcome its recruiting disadvantages because you can only change your rule situation on Aug. 1, which is the national time for declaration.
As with many schools, KU is a member of both the AIAW and the NCAA. Men's sports pay a membership of $500 a year to the NCAA and the NCAAH plays pay a membership of $84 a year to the AIAW.
When they fired the injunction, the AIAW cited the "imparable damage" the NCAA women's championships would cause the AIAW, including loss and revenue loss on television contracts.
But the district court denied the preliminary injunction, arguing it was *S.J.* Court of Appeals upholded. Lopez came to the court.
Marlene Mawson, AIAW president of Region VI, AIAW executive board member and associate KU professor of health, physical education and recreation, said the injunction was denied because there was "not enough evidence of loss of revenue to warrant one."
Both Mawson and Lopiano stressed the importance of understanding what had happened in this chapter.
Mawson said the AIAW formed in Kansas City, Kan., in November 1971 because it wanted to
See NCAA page 5
Student grab for hall spots leads to flood of contracts
By JAN BOUTTE
Staff Reporter
residence hall contracts for next year are pouring in the office of residential programs as current residents rush to reserve their rooms by March 15.
Fred McEhnite, director of residential programs, said recently that the contract picture for next year was very healthy, but could not be achieved because of the contracting process.
After the March 15 deadline, current residents will lose their priority, and spaces in the hallis will be contracted on a first come, first served basis, he said.
For the first time, current residents of the halls are being allowed to reserve a place in the hall by filling an intent-to-return card. The student will receive the student form March 15, McPheng said.
Corbin Hall already has been filled, and Oliver Hall is closed to men, McEhlene said. The other halls have been filling at steady rates.
If the residents do not submit their contracts and down payments by then, they will forfeit their space for next year, McElhenie said.
McElheneil said it was important for current residents to contract for their rooms soon, because beginning in April, the office of residential programs will give priority consideration to new students when assigning hall space.
Of the 4,741 spaces available in the database, we were accounted for with contracts and interlibrary loans.
"We feel that by the upperclassman have had a fair chance to get their contracts in, and it's time to help out the new students," he said.
Weather
This weekend will be cooler, with temperatures ranging from the 29s to the 50s.
It will be partly cloudy today with highs in the low to mid-60s. Tonight's low will be in the 40s. Winds will be from the southeast at 10 to 20 mph.
There is a chance of showers toon-
er and mostly cloudy skies and hills
higher predicted.
White House remains silent on allegations of covert plan
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—Administration officials yesterday would not confirm nor deny a report that President Reagan had approved a covert action plan against Nicaragua, but a congressional critic accused the administration of fanning "war hysteria."
The plan includes the creation of a paramilitary force of up to 500 Latin Americans that would operate from commando camps spread along the Nicaragua-Honduran border, the Post
Rep. Michael Barnes, D-Md., chairman of the House Inter-American Affairs subcommittee, reacted to the report by asking why the administration "is whipping up this war hysteria" over Nicaragua. He called the covert action plan "a virtual declaration of war."
"What are we trying to do?" Barnes, a fervent critic of the administration's Central American policies, said in a statement. "It is almost as if we were demanding a war in Central America."
JOHN GREANEY, executive director of the 3,200-member association of retired intelligence officers, called the Post "absolutely un-American" for disclosing a covert plan.
Jaimie Wheelock, a member of Nicaragua's Sandinista government, in Washington on an unofficial visit, said the report showed that the United States planned a replay of the 1973 military coup against socialist President Salvador Allende in Chile.
U. S. officials, Wheelock said, "are talking about Nicaragua becoming another Cuba, but the reports on CIA's covert destabilization plans are not promising," he added. Wanting it is Nicaragua to become another Chiley candidate.
But Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and spokesman for the CIA and the White House were tight-lipped.
HAIG TOLD the Senate Foreign Appropriations subcommittee that it had been long-standing U.S. policy that it was "inappropriate to cover activities ... whether or not such exist."
Weinberger said he would not comment either on the reports.
"They are all highly classified, the whole subject is," he said.
A CIA spokesman said, "It's not our policy to comment on such allegations" and Larry Speakes, White House spokesman, took a similar position.
The Post said Reagan had ruled out the use of U.S. military forces in anti-Nicaraguan operations, but the commando force would be used to conduct military activities aimed at economic targets.
The force would operate from camps along the Honduran-Nicaraguan border. Honduras has a close military relationship with the United States, and its government fears that revolutionary activity in Nicaragua and El Salvador will spill over into its country.
Senate refuses floor to non-member
By ANN LOWRY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The Student Senate at its meeting last night
the students of El Salvador, a national protest of the situation in El Salvador.
"I think it's ridiculous that Student Senate would not at least listen to this proposition when a couple of weeks ago they endorsed a similar bill," Pyles, graduate student senator, said yesterday.
Shepard wanted the Senate to endorse the protest and donate about $30 for printing costs.
David Allen, student senator, asked for a suspension of the rules so Karl Shepard, Lawrence graduate student, could speak about a national demonstration in Washington, D.C., on March 27. The demonstration will protest President Reagan's policies on El Salvador.
The Senate must vote by a two-thirds majority to allow a non-member to speak. The Senate must vote by a two-thirds majority to allow a non-member to speak.
show of hands, but David Welch, student body vice president, said the voice vote clearly had been negative.
Sarah Duckers, student senator, called for a
Pyles said she objected to the Senate's decision because only a short time ago the Senate had endorsed a resolution in support of Friends of Solidarity and the people of Poland.
In that resolution, submitted Feb. 9, the Senate endorsed the work of the Friends of Solidarity and encouraged all organized living groups to
See SENATE page 5
Two golden eagles strike a majestic pose at the Topeka Zoo. The birds are protected by law, but American Indians still use their feathers in ceremonies legally.
Indians allowed possession
Act protects precious eagle feathers
BvPAMALLOWAY
Staff Writer
A young boy returning from the warpah, now a victorious warrior, is welcomed by his people. With that welcome, there is a ceremony in his honor, and he receives the highest honor in the American Indian folklore, a golden eagle feather.
A large golden eagle tail feather, which has a broad, black tip and a broader, white base, was revered by all tribes, although different tribes used the feathers in different ceremonies, Paul Jesseme, a teacher at Haskell Indian Junior College, said recently.
Jesseme, a full-blooded Potawatomi Indian, said the seasonal dance was another ceremony where the golden eagle feathers were used. For this dance, four eagle feathers are placed in the center of a circle, each pointing in a different direction, and enclose the feathers and dance around them.
"The feathers are used as an honor, like a medal," Jessepe said. "They are sacred instruments. The eagle is a sacred animal. The bird is the king of all birds. The bald mallard is second."
Jessepe said the feathers were still used in Indian ceremonies but there never seemed to be enough feathers to go around. He, however, does not have to worry about resting eagle feathers.
"MY FEATHERS have been handed down from generation to generation," he said. "They
are used in dancing, usually, signifying clans and societies."
The feathers of the golden eagle are more prized by Indians than those from the bald eagle because of the stark black and white contrast of young golden eagles' tail feathers, according to Robert Mengel, curator of birds at the KU Natural History Museum.
"In my 27 years of professional work with
Bernhard Müller, two golden eagles in
Dallas County, Montana."
Mengel estimated that between 50 and 100 bald eagles visit the area within a 30-mile radius of Lawrence each year as they migrate. However, these are the sight of a golden eagle in this area was rare.
Most of the golden eagles found in Kansas are from the western part of the state. Bald eagles ingrate the forest.
LaRue said the zoo kept any golden eagle feathers or carcasses, which are frozen, until the Department of the Interior collected them, usually about once a year.
offspring. The male eagle was donated in 1964 by Japani Dugge, then a Lawrence resident.
The main reason for the discrepancy, Mengel sald, is that eastern Kansas has more water than western Kansas an bald eagles like to eat grasses. In other places they prefer large rodents and other small animals.
THOSE WHO WANT a glimpse of the rare golden eagle can find five golden eagles just out for a bite.
The five eagles are two parent birds and three
The Topeka Zoo, which houses the five golden eagles, is the only zoo in North America to have successfully bred golden eagles naturally in captivity. LaRue, assistant director of the Topeka Zoo, said.
However, American Indians are exempted from this regulation and are allowed possession of eagle feathers after going through a lengthy application process.
All bald and golden eagles and any of their parts, including their feathers, are protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. Strict regulations prohibit taking these birds or any of their parts before the permission of the Secretary of the Interior.
Indians must submit various forms, including confirmations from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that certify they are Indians. They also must have forms from their religious leaders, stating that the eagle feathers or parts are to be used in customary religious ceremonies.
AFTER THIS preliminary paperwork, Indians are out on a waitlist list for the feathers.
The feathers, carcasses or other parts of either bald or golden eagles that are collected by the department of Interior are then turned over to a central repository in Pocatello, Idaho, also known as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sunny Denot.
From the repository, the feathers are distributed to Indians for ceremonial and medicinal use.