KANSAN
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
The University Daily
Wednesday, October 21, 1981 Vol. 92, No.43 USPS 650-640
Legality of informant activities in question KU Taiwanese want FBI to investigate spying
By CATHERINE BEHAN and LISA MASSOTH Staff Reporters
Some Taiwanese students and faculty members here say they are terrified of spies reporting their activities to the Nationalist government in Beijing, and University officials to do something about it.
Despite their requests, University officials have taken no action in the matter. Chancellor Gene A. Budig has refused to comment on the requests.
JIM SCAILY, administrative assistant to the chancellor who is responsible for opening his mail, said he had not seen a letter sent by the Taiwanese, which was mailed several weeks
A request for an FBI investigation in the
matter by the Taiwanese has not been supported
by the American Association of
University Professors.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said the administration was looking into the subject and was putting together a response. That response should come "shortly," he said.
He said the Taiwanese people brought the matter to the administration in "semi-conference" and he did not want to discuss it before the University of Kansas took any action.
The AAUP has taken all the action it plans to in sending the letter to the chancellor, David Shulenburger, AAUP president, said.
"I think it's up to the chancellor," he said. "the ball is clearly in their court."
The Taiwanese faculty members' fears promoted them to write a letter to the chancellor and to the AAUP asking for help with the problem.
In the letter, the faculty members asked for three things:
- That foreign students be informed of the illegality of spying and sign an oath pledging not to spy.
- That the FBI investigate spying activities at KU.
- That a letter be sent to the president and the minister of education of Taiwan's Kuomintang regime stating KU's opposition to spying.
Communists, led by Mao Tse-Tung, defeated Chaiq Kai-shek and his followers in 1949. The ousted group established itself in Taiwan and now leads the Nationalist Party, the Kuomin-
Shulenburger passed around copies of the letter at an Oct. 8 executive committee meeting of the AALP with the request that the contents remain confidential.
The AAUP in turn wrote a letter to Budig on
behalf of its Taiwanese colleagues asking the administration to do three things about the problem:
- Establish legal limits of spying, which should be made clean against foreign students on campus and pupils.*
- Request that the University's general counsel determine the legality of foreign students reporting activities of fellow students or faculty to their governments.
- Prepare to take action against any students who step over these legal limits.
The AAPU is concerned about the Taiwanese problems, but it doesn't want the issue to per-*m*
"We won't tramp on anyone's rights, but I don't want this campus used for political purposes," Shulenburger said. "The AAUP has this authority to be a politician, not be publicized. This must be avoided."
But simply writing a letter has not alleviated
the Taiwanese's fears of spies, the Taiwanese said.
SOME OF THESE people have become American citizens, but they say they are still afraid.
"Democracy and freedom is intoxicated and addictive," said a Taiwanese faculty member.
"Once you taste it, you don't want to lose it."
"We begin to think about what's wrong, but we are still afraid for our families in Taiwan."
are entrusted to our families in Taiwan.
The professor said the families in Taiwan would be harassed by the secret police, as well as punished and threatened by the Kuwantang.
Penn House given nod to tear down building
The professor explained that the spies sent letters to students' parents in Taiwan telling them to have their children cease all anti-communism activities 'before it becomes too late.'
He also said that these parents were harassed See SPIPS page 8
By JOEREBEIN Staff Reporter
Penn House, a local neighborhood assistance center, received the nod of the Lawrence City Commission last night to construct a new building.
The commission's decision ended a week of speculation about whether the agency would be allowed to tear down its present structure at 1035 Pennsylvania St. or would be shifted to another location.
"Penn House made an awfully compelling argument to stay in that area." Commissioner Barkley Clark said last night. "They just did not location they could be uprooted from that location."
The commission's approval of Penn House's use permit will allow the agency to make final plans for a new, single-level building and should allow it time to complete construction before the end of the year, according to Dale Glenn, architect for the project.
THE COMMISSION decided not to move the agency after receiving a report from the community development department that said the building was not suitable for renovation.
"I know it's very hard to say, but we just can't save this building," Commissioner Nancy Shontz said. "And we didn't see any other lots available."
But not everybody at the meeting thought the house was unsalvageable.
Richard Kersenbaum, 1112 New Jersey St,
said the house could be sold for more money than
the price of a nearby house.
"I've witnessed houses in much worse shape that have been saved," Kershenaum told the commission. "People have taken some real basket cases and restored them."
City Manager Buford Watson, however, said
the house would cost $40,000 to return the
house to single-family homes.
AFTER GRANTING the use permit request, the commission tacked on a stipulation requiring the agency to discourage after-hour dumping of donated materials.
Commissioner Toni Gleason said he had toured Penn House yesterday and found the agency had problems conforming to the city's environmental codes.
See COMMISSION page 5
Student athletic fee increase may be continued by KUAC
Staff Reporter
By EILEEN MARKEY Staff Reporter
The fee, which supports non-revenue and women's sports, was increased from $1.50 last year.
The KU Athletic Corporation Board is con-
tinuing a $4.50 student fee through
next year.
Del Brinkman, KUAC board chairman and dean of the School of Journalism, said yesterday that the board would discuss continuing the fee at next week's meeting.
"It is something we have to deal with before we talk about next year's budget," he said.
The fee is included in tuition costs along with other campus privilege fees and the student activity fees.
THIS YEAR, a semester fee of $4.50 per student is expected to bring $180,000 to the budget, Susan Wachter, athletic department business manager, said.
"It's very important to the survival of our program," she said.
Bren Abbott, student body vice president, said last year's increased annoyance him because it was not discussed until just a few days before the final KUAC meeting.
At last year's spring budget meeting, the annual $1.50 fee to $4.50 despite student protests.
Last spring, when board members were faced with making a quick decision to balance the budget, Abbott said they had three choices: eliminate a non-revenue sport, increase the
"My main objection wasn't so much the fee increase as it was the way it was brought about," Abbott said. "This year we should have more of an opportunity to look at it."
BECAUSE THE FEE will be discussed next week, Abbott said the Student Senate would have more time to oppose the move or suggest a possible alternative.
student fee or lower the proposed budget expenses.
"It gives us more time to build a case," he said.
Imposing a fee increase for next year would entail KUAC board approval, the chancellor's approval and final approval by the Board of Regents.
The motion to increase the fee would be based on a $1.50 fixed figure because that was the figure specified by the Board of Regents after a 1978 KUAC recommendation.
In 1977, University Senate adopted a resolution to remove the fee, saying sayers would cancel it at the beginning of the 1978-79 school year. Leben said the student activity fee continued to fund women's sports through 1977, but at the close of the 1978 school year, KUAC approved a motion to continue the fee under the term "campus privilege fees."
LEBEN SAID that revenue from those fees more than doubled the women's athletic budget and put KU among the top five schools in support of intercollegiate athletics.
The fee was originally part of the student activity fee, which the Senate approves annually.
Steve Leben, former student body president and member of the KUAC board, said the fee originally supported men's athletics and guaranteed students lower season ticket prices.
The campus privilege fee is assessed with tuition each semester. This year's fee totals $117 per student and includes a health fee of $46 and a facility fee of $7.
"We canceled that fee in 1976," he said. "But that left us with a $1.50费 support women's work."
Weather
The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies and cool temperatures for today, with a high near 50 and the low near 25. Winds will be from the north at 25 to 30 mph. Thursday the high will be in the 40s.
The extended forecast is for highs in the upper 45s and low 40s on Friday, warming to the upper 45s and mid 50s on Saturday and Sunday.
High stepper
Greg Torneden, Lawrence, climbs down a crane after getting stuck at the top while painting the letters on Watson Library.
Alums join forces to oppose sculpture
Staff Reporter
By STEVE ROBRAHN
Several KU alumni have formed a group to oppose installation of the huge black metal sculpture on the southeastern part of the University of Kansas campus.
The "Salina Piece" abstract sculpture has faced criticism since the day it was brought to Lawrence, but now the criticism has become organized opposition.
The group plans to advertise in newspapers as part of its campaign, David Holroyd, spokesman for the group of about 10 KU graduates, said yesterday.
"I can assure you that the alumni in our group have some cloud," he said. "Some of these people are not at the university."
OLDER ALUMS generally have more influence than younger ones, Holroyd said, who declined to identify specific members of the yet-unnamed group.
Holroyd said he was concerned about the cost of installing the sculpture, as well as maintenance costs, landscaping expenses and the
time required to do so while climbing on it or if the sculpture collapsed.
The supporting rods may not be sturdy enough to support the sculpture, especially with people climbing on it, he said.
John M. Simpson, a KU alumnus and unsuccessful 1800 Kansas Democratic candidate for Senate, gave the sculpture to KU's Spencer Museum of Art. He resigned his post as a state senator state senator to run for the Senate seat against incumbent Bob Dole and was defeated.
The sculpture was displayed on Simpson's land near Salina. The sculptor of "Salina Piece" was Dale Eldred, an instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute.
VANDALS ATTACKED the sculpture about a week ago and that charged the art museum $30,000.
Simpson confirmed yesterday that he has plans to use his sculpture donation as a tax deduction, but declined to discuss specific dollar amounts.
"The sculpture hasn't been appraised," he said.
Simpson donated the sculpture in February when he moved from his large estate near Salina
It was appropriate to give the sculpture to the University, Simpson said, after it was apparent that he wouldn't have enough land at his new home.
"If we have something in them and don't want it after 10 years, it isn't right to dump it on the ground."
Another reason Hoiryd said he opposed the sculpture was its appearance and the display site, a grassy area on the southeast corner of 16th Street and Sunflower Road.
ALMOST ANY sculpture in that area would not
have the kind of connection, and the University
probability would have placed it in a more
possible location.
"I'll be damned if I will pay tax money to maintain that piece of crap," Holroyd said.
The opposition group's newspaper advertising may be clipped out and sent to KU administrators so citizens can register their protest, he said.
Flint Hills editorial sparks newspaper battle
From Staff and Wire Reports
A few fighting words directed at the Flint Hills and the Empire Gazette and the Detroit Free Press.
The battle so far has resulted in the Flint Hills being referred to as a "topographical blight," and the Free Press's managing editor being labeled a "dummy from Detroit."
The name-calling began when Neal Shine, Free Press managing editor, was driving through southeast Kansas on his way to visit his son, an employee of the Wichita Fight-Eagle Bench.
WHEN SHINE returned to Detroit, he entered the Flint Hills in a "Borehill Behind the Wheel" course that taught him to drive.
Shine referred to the drive as "that desolate stretch of undulating dulness between Emporia
"I received in the mail. from an anonymous
That was when the Gazette entered the picture.
source, a clipping of the column, 'Ray Call,
musee editor of the Cortege," said Vastana.
The Gazette responded by saying that "last week, the Flint Wills were ridiculed by a dummy
"You can be sure that every topographical blight in the country has its champions," he responded in a later column. "Take the Flint Hills in Kanaas, for example."
CALL TAKES THE war of words good-naturedly.
"It's a bunch of silliness that goes back to the days when I first broke into this business," he said. "What it does is involve the readers, which is the purpose of an editorial."
THE BATTLE with the Free Press has also attracted the attention of other Kansas media,
He said that he had received three calls yesterday about the editorial.
Call said. Both KAKE-TV10 in Wichita and the Wichita Eagle-Beacon are following the argument.
W. Davis Merritt, executive editor of the Eagle-Bacon, said that his paper had written a story on the exchange and invited readers to letters to the Eagle-Bacon and the Free Press.
"It's a lot of fun," he said.
This is the second time a Kansas newspaper was involved in an exchange of interstate insults.
Earlier this month, the secretary of state of West Virginia and a West Virginia newspaper columnist criticized David Hacker, editor of the online website calling West Virginia "a thicket of nothings."
"People in West Virginia just don't have a sense of humor." Backer had replied.
But with the tables turned and Kansas as the object of insult, Hacker used Shakespeare's
See EMPORIA page 5