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Wednesday, September 27, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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KU student organizes ACLU campus chapter
By Jim Petterson Kansan staff writer
Eddie Lorenzo had a great time yesterday sitting for several hours at an American Civil Liberties Union information table in the Kansas Union.
"I had people coming up to me and wanting to argue. I thought that was a lot of fun," said Lorenzo, Kansas City, Mo., junior.
He is organizing an ACLU chapter at the University of Kansas.
According to an ACLU release, the privately financed group is committed to litigating, legislating and educating the public about a number of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
"We deal with government infringement on your rights," he said.
"We've just a bunch of little folks getting together to give you the same rights that the rich people have got."
Lorenzo said he had high expectations for the KU chapter and expected a lot of student support.
Steve Lopes, secretary-treasurer of the Douglas County ACLU chapter, explained the ACLU a little differently.
Phil Cardarella, a Kansas City, Mo., attorney who has served as president of the Western Missouri ACLU, said students should have a strong interest in preserving their individual liberties.
"Forty people have signed up so far," he said. "I may be being overly optimistic, but I am looking for about 60 to 70 people to sign up."
"Students are vulnerable," he said. "They're not among home folk. They're exposed to the realities of being a stranger in a strange town. For that reason they ought to be interested."
Cardarella spoke last night at a meeting of the Douglas County ACLU chapter held at Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St.
Lorenzo said the student ACLU chapter would bring speakers to campus and lobby for legislative support of certain issues.
"Our primary goal will be education," he said. "I handed out a survey with the membership forms asking what issues that issues were important to them."
Lorenzo said censorship and abortion rights were the two issues about which students seemed most concerned.
Tim Miller, Douglas County Civil Liberties Union president and faculty advisor for the KU chapter, said he was looking forward to working with the new student chapter.
"I think the new chapter will be wonderful," he said. "I don't understand why someone wouldn't want to be a member."
Lorenzo said KU's chapter had already been chosen to host an ACLU student conference Nov. 18. Student officials from the Western Missouri will attend the conference.
He said the information table would be set up in the afternoon today and tomorrow at the Kansas Union.
House keeps government going
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation yesterday to temporarily keep the government in business next month while Congress tries to unravel its annual budgetary mess.
On a 274-152 vote just five days before the new fiscal year begins, the House sent the Senate a bill pumping enough money to federal agencies to let them function through Oct. 25.
Congress has sent President Bush only one of the 13 annual spending bills for fiscal 1990, even though all are supposed to be completed by Oct. 1.
slowed by Congress' earlier distraction with the problems of former House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, its work on an emergency spending bill for this year and the question of how much money the government should spend battling the drug problem.
The rest of the measures have been
Missing deadlines for approval of spending bills is nothing new for Congress. When lawmakers finished 13 of the measures for 1989 one month before midnight last Sept. 30, it was the first time they had done so in 12 years.
The measure has the support of the Bush administration. Lawmakers hope that by the time it expires, they will have completed work on the remaining 12 spending measures.
Alvamar opposes new course Officials consider alternatives for golf
By Dave Wakefield Kansan staff writer
Instead of a proposal, Billings sent commissioners a letter stating that a municipal course would not benefit Alvamar or Lawrence.
Alvamar Golf and Country Club president Bob Billings declined to present a proposal for a municipal golf course to city commissioners last night, leaving commissioners looking for other options.
Alvamar plans to build a publicplay course as part of its development west of Wakarusa Drive. A municipal course would threaten that development, the letter stated.
"The future of the Oread West Corporate and Research Park also could be at risk, and certainly the city and county would stand to lose millions of dollars in tax revenues in coming years." the letter stated
No representatives from Alvamar attended the meeting.
However, Charles Parks, chairman of the Parks and Recreation committee, said a municipal course compete with Alvamar's new course.
Alvamar plan to change its existing 18-hole course to a private course, in the city with the same number of available holes for public golf, he said.
Because of the shortage of golf facilities, many players are forced to play out of town, said Commissioner Mike Rundle.
"Alavar says in their 'best assessment' there would not be enough support for another course. That flies in the face of the studies," Rundle said. "They need to show us their best assessment."
City commissioners were left with the original proposal submitted by First Golf of Denver. First Golf finance and build the course, but the committee said it, said Donald Bennett, First Golf's national marketing director.
Commissioner Shirley Martin-Smith said she did not favor city competition with private enterprise and would favor looking for other possibilities.
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