VOL.101, NO.57
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Congress is uneasy with gulf situation
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress expressed increasing worry yesterday over President Bush's latest moves in the Persian Gulf, saying that he was stepping out ahead of his carefully created inter-state assault and that Americans as well as allies may balk at to war.
"If George Bush wants his presidency to die in the Arabian desert, he's going to give his wish." Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., a member of the foreign Relations Committee, said.
Moynihan's comment was among the hardest assessments yet of the president's handling of the crisis, which has enjoyed broad if nervous support from Congress since Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2.
Bush's spokesperson Marina Filita水饮 said, "Not a shot he's been fired. What are these guys talking about?" Fitzwater said that Bush had no intention of leaving Congress out of his decision making.
"They know what we're doing."
Fitzwater said. "They've been kept informed every step of the way. It's appropriate that they be cautious, that they express these concerns. There's nothing wrong with that."
After Bush's announcement last week that the United States would begin a huge new deployment to gain an offensive capability in the region, the tone on Capitol Hill shifted from cautious support to apprehension.
Others, including Rep. William Broomfield, R.Mich., the senior GOP member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, have voiced concern over the president's failure to consult broadly Congress on the latest deployment.
But Fitzwater said public support for Bush had been very strong and added: "We don't want to go to war. President Bush will say the same things these congressmen are saying — be cautious, follow the policy, support the U.N. resolutions, consult with Congress."
Protest for peace
Scott MacWilliams, Lawrence senior, participates in a demonstration in front of Strong Hall to raise public awareness about the consequences of war. Voice, a recently formed campus organization, sponsored the demonstration. Susan Hartley, director of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, said the crosses and drum used in the demonstration protested George Bush's decision to not have military funerals for those who had lost their lives in the Persian Gulf. This decision, she said, was made to limit anti-intervention feelings in the U.S.
Bush has said he still hopes economic sanctions backed by United
See CONGRESS, p. 6
Foreign students face difficult job hunt
Kansan staff writer
Bv Yvonne Guzman
Jean-Luc Bald, Strasbourg,
France, graduate student, is able to
attend KU because of a fellowship
that pays part of his expenses.
He was considering getting a job next year when his fellowship will run out, but legislation passed by Congress last month might make it difficult for him to find the kind of job he wants.
Gerald Harris, director of foreign student services, said the legislation, which was designed to make it easier for foreign citizens to work in the United States, contained a provision that could keep students from getting
the most popular jobs
The legislation removed the requirement that foreign students must prove they have financial need, but it requires employers to advertise job openings for 60 days before hiring foreign students.
The legislation was proposed because U.S. industries increasingly are unable to find enough employees to cope with the蒸诱 from the pool of U.S. workers.
"Things don't get any easier, it seems." Harris said.
The legislation may serve its original purpose but hopes that it would benefit the University of Kansas' 1,870 foreign students in the process.
have waned
The legislation prohibits the hiring of foreign students at different pay rates, but foreign students may end up providing cheap labor because they cannot be selective, he said. They will be able to take only those jobs that employers have been unable to fill for 60 days.
"It's probably because there are a lot of jobs available that Americans will not do." he said.
Because of the legislation, foreign students may be relegated to low-paying jobs, Harris said.
Harris said he was not sure why the provision was included in the legislation.
Another reason may have been to ensure that U. workers have a fair shot at jobs before foreign students take them, Harris said.
Now, foreign students who want to work off-campus must prove that they have a financial need that has arisen since they entered the United States. Foreign students said the process was too subjective.
Bald said, "That's not really fair. That's a bit long. I think it's going to be a problem for me next year."
"It's quite hard to prove your financial need," Bald said. "They can always be picky about something."
Fort Riley sends Army reservists to Persian Gulf
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Hundreds of Army reservists are heading to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Storm, a public affairs office said yesterday.
Members of the 1012th General Supply Company in Fremont, Neb., the 172nd Transportation Company of Omaha, Neb., and the 842nd Quartermaster Detachment from Kansas City, Kan., left Forbes Field in Topeka yesterday afternoon for Saudi Arabia, the spokesperson said.
"The operation involves about 400 personnel who have been at Fort Riley since mid-October," Sgt Trom Skinner of the Fort Riley public affairs office said. The departure operation was on schedule, he said.
The 172nd will transport dry and refrigerated goods. The unit has an authorized strength of 200 troops.
The 102th will receive and distribute food, clothing and other supplies for Army troops.
In Omaha, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Merewyn Lyons said members of a reserve fleet hospital unit from the Omaha-Council Bluffs area had been told to anticipate a call-up. She said the unit included more than 100 physicians, nurses, hospital corpsmen and other medical personnel.
Lyons, commander of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, said the hospital unit was not called until a night, nor had it been placed on alert.
All three Army Reserve units leap Fort Riley are under the command of the 89th Army Reserve Center in Wichita.
Officials said they could not say precisely where the units were headed.
Operation Desert Shield is the biggest U.S. military deployment since the Vietnam War. About 230,000 troops are in the region.
Ground forces in Saudi Arabia include the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Airborne Division, the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 197th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Division and the 2nd Armored Cavailry Regiment
Summer camp sites uncertain for ROTC
Kanean staff writer
Bv Monica Mendoza
KU students and instructors are speculating about where ROTC summer camp will meet while the three principle camp sites are in turmoil as well. Mr. Krause, a professor of military science, told Capt. Jeffrey Wolf, assistant professor of military science.
Cadets who have signed an Army contract, which obligates them to eight years of service, attend a six-week training and evaluation camp as part of ROTC training at one of three camp sites: Fort Riley, Fort Lewis in Washington and Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Thursday, President Bush ordered 150,000 U.S. troops to join the 230,000 already stationed in Saudi Arabia.
Included in the departing force will be the "Big Red One," the 1st Infantry Division based at Fort Riley.
KU ROTC students usually train with the 1st Infantry Division, Wolf said. Plans for the Midwest regional summer camp have not been settled.
He said that he was uncertain how many schools were in the Midwest region but there were about 365 ROTC programs in the United States.
"There will be camp," Wolf said,
"Where? We do know. Right now there is a lot of speculation. There are so many things that could happen.
Rilev.
He said that it took nearly one full brigade, about 5,000 people, to help the ROTC staff operate a summer camp. He said many of the many soldiers would remain at Fort
He said that one possibility was to split the three ROTC regions between two locations. Fort Lewis and Fort Bowie, instead of among three locations.
"There are roughly 120 ROTC programs filling each installation," he said.
About 180 programs could fill each camp if they were divided into two, rather than three. camps, he said.
But he said he would not worry about overcrowding if the Midwest region students decided to attend one of the other camps.
Another possibility would be to activate another reserve division that could assume the responsibility of the 1st Intramission Division, he said.
Michael Duece, Bonner Springs junior, who will attend ROTC camp this summer, said the 1st Division team had been a strong team and other equipment for the camp.
He said, "It's kind of weird when the unit that you were supposed to work with pulls out."
Scott Rutherford, Fort Riley junior, said the camp was an important part of ROTC training because it determined whether a student would go on active duty or remain in reserve units.
"I think they will keep all three camps open," Rutherford said.
Wolf said he probably would know in January where the students would attend camp.
Rally starts recycling week
"We will know by then which is a viable course of action," he said.
By Mike Brassfield
Kansan staff writer
Recycling Awareness Week got off to a rousing start yesterday afternoon as about 65 sixth graders stood in front of Wescoe High School, saying "we do We like Earth, how you say?"
As the rally began, four of the children were lifted to the top of a yellow recycling bin, which was placed in front of Wescoe and Chelsea. Then they about the group's environmental activities.
The sixth graders were members of Youth In Action, a student group from Hillcrest Elementary School that works to improve environmental awareness.
Another student said the group had helped ban plastic foam products from the Hillcrest caterafea. Plastic foam, commonly called Styrofoam, is harmful to the environment because it contains chlorofluorocarbons and is not biodegradable, she said.
Jonathan Lane, a member of Youth In Action, said the group collected newspapers, aluminum and steel for recycling. They began collectting plastic bags next week.
Four of the children held a banner that
read "YIA: we are the solution," featuring a picture of the Earth with a "handie grip" on its surface.
Hen Tuley, a sixth-grade teacher at Hillcrest, said she had noticed a difference in the children's social awareness during school. The Inaction In Action program started.
"They tell me, 'We're teaching our parents,' and I think that's true," she said. "It's going to take kids like these to turn things around."
During the rally, the task force handed out canvas bags that volunteers will use to collect recyclables during the week. The aluminum and newspaper they collect will be sorted during a recycling rally Friday afternoon in front of Wescow.
See related story p. 10
Author stresses reclaiming Black culture
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
Haki R. Madhubali, a founder of one of the few independent Black publishing houses in the country and the author of 16 books, told an audience of 200 people last night that Blacks needed to reclaim a culture that had been ignored for too long.
"Beware of people trying to make their history and culture yours," he said to the group in the Kansas Union. "As a people, our understanding of culture is severely limited."
Madubahii is one of the founders of the Chicago-based Institute of Positive Education. The institute is the parent group for Third World Press, the oldest operating Black press in the nation; the New Concept Development Center, a school for children up to third grade; and the African-American Book Center.
His most recent book is "Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous." The African-American Family in Transition." He is a professor of English at Chicago State Univer-
"We don't know where we want to go because we don't know where we've been or where we're going."
Parts of Madhubul's speech focused on the problems facing Black men in society.
"Black men are being removed like sand in a wind storm," he said.
Madhubuti said that he was concerned because one of every three Black men between the ages of 18 and 29 was either in jail or on probation.
"If Black men want to be a part of the country, they have to give up their blackness," he said. "We create Black men who act will lead in culture and in image."
*"We need to black men to believe in a force greater, or they will destruit spirituals."*
"It is mandatory that African-Americans develop survival strategies," he said. "The
Another key to survival is the recognition of the importance of the family, Madhubuti bhagat.
Mudhubuti gave the audience suggestions about how Blacks could combat problems
"It is crucial that you have some understanding of the world if you're going to give something back," he said.
He said Blacks needed to cope with stress, travel to learn about the world, be creative, think critically and learn as much as possible.
Parents need to teach children morals and culture, he said. But before people become parents, they should travel extensively to learn about the world.
Haki R. Madhubuti speaks at KUJ
Robert Vaughn, executive board member of Black Men of Today, thanked Madubuti for what he called an awesome speech important for the audience to hear.