KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.18
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990
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KU's move toward diversity is slow, some students say
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
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Darren Fulcher, executive board member of Black Men of Today, said that Chancellor Gene A. Budig's heart was in the right place when he said the University of Kansas had to become more culturally diverse but that action needed to follow soon.
Fulcher and other minority group members who did not attend the faculty convocation responded with similar comments to the attic on the conference yesterday afternoon.
Christ Heira, a member of Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, said Budd's "Mission" was to help people with
"We have to see where he steps next," Fulcher said. "I want to see whether Chancellor Budig's feet go forward or backward."
University was not making any progress and that instead it was moving backward.
"A whole program for cultural diversity needs to be implemented at KU," Haride said. "When Chancellor Budig is faced with issues, he should respond immediately and sincerely."
Fulcher said he was concerned that the
"Students are anxious for things to get going," he said. "Action should be on. If you wait too long, people start to get worried." "We were here last spring," and we are still where we were last spring.
Quivale Roberts, parliamentarian for Black Student Union, said that she agreed with Budg's remarks about the importance of giving students the opportunity to benefit retention should be foremost in his mind.
"Recruitment is great," Roberts said.
But it makes no sense to have 900 Black students here at the beginning of the semes-
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said at the convocation that the University needed to redefine the community between groups that formerly were excluded.
Angela Cervantes, president of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization, said that she appreciated the efforts of the administration to change the climate at KU
but that it would take a lot of work
"Nothing is going to happen overnight," Cervantes said. "As long as KU has strong student leadership, strong administration organizations, KU can be part of the solution."
Fulcher said, "This is a good faith effort. It is good that he said something, but we can't get anywhere until Chancellor Budig physically sits down with students and makes plans. The University follows Budig, I want to see where he leads us."
Cheney names a chief
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Dick Cheney consulted with the White House yesterday about his selection of a Vietnam veteran and a pilot hired to replace the general he fired as Air Force chief of staff.
More Gulf coverage p. 6
Cheney's, spokesperson, Pete Williams, said the secretary had discussed with White House officials his selection of Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, a former Trump administration official. Dugan who was fired Monday after revealing to reporters secret U.S. plans that contemplate bombing Iraq and personally targeting President Obama.
Williams declined to say how soon President Bush is expected to act on Cheney's recommendation.
At the Pentagon, Cheney tried to reassure his subordinates that they had nothing to fear from talking to reporters.
White House sources said, however, that the Pentagon had not yet sent over the paperwork to begin the investigation of the sources, who requested anonymity, said that after the paper arrived, it would take some time for officials to review the matter before Bush decided whether to nominate M-Duck.
The spokesperson said Cheney had said the same to commanders and other Pentagon officials.
"It would be a thorough misreading and a total misunderstanding if anyone were to conclude that we were talking about the press," Williams said.
"We encourage our military commanders to be open and accessible," he said.
In contrast to his predecessors, Dugan had encouraged more openness with the press — to a point that got him in trouble after he told three reporters aboard a plane to Saudi Arabia late last week that the United States had plans to bomb Baghdad and target Saddam.
Explaining his decision to fire Dugan, Cheney said Monday that the chief of staff had displayed a "lack of judgment" by engaging publicly in "wide-ranging speculation" about U.S. military options in Iraq.
Dugan will receive a full pension, which for an officer with his rank and seniority totals about $60,000 annually, officials said.
McPeak, 51, is commander-in-chief of the Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. His responsibilities include the U.S. air operations from Japan to the United States and command of more than 60,000 people.
In his 32 years of service, McPeak has flown more than 4,000 hours on fighter planes and is a skilled parachutist.
For two years starting in 1966 he flew solo or in the lead position in nearly 200 air shows as a member of the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron.
The stunt flying was good preparation for his next mission: Vietnam.
McPeak flew 269 combat attacks in the year he served there, earning several decorations.
He then attended the National War College and earned a master's degree.
Jerry Pritchett writes his father as Kris Stolzenbach, left, and Charlene Engleking help.
KU students write to troops
By Patricia Rojas
Special to the Kansan
Kristin Stolzenbach, Boulder,
Col., junior, cannot bring U.S.
soldiers home from Saudi Arabia
overweaver, bring home
closer to her.
Stoenbak, Lewis Hall resident assistant, is organizing a program this week at Lewis to encourage students in South Arabia to U.S. schools in Saudi Arabia.
She said that she thought of the idea while watching the news.
"They were showing when the soldiers got their first batch of mail, and some people had just written 'To any soldier' on the envelope." Stolzenbach said. "So soldiers that didn't get any mail that day got the mail that was just to anybody. I decided it would be beneficial to the soldiers if we sent them letters as a hall."
Yesterday during dinner, Stolzenbach and some of her friends set up two tables in front of Lewis Hall cafeteria and displayed posters inviting students to participate in the program.
Students participating write a brief letter, address the envelope 'to any soldier' and pay 35 cents for the paper, envelope and stamp.
Carrie Sutley, Atchison freshman, was among the students who chose to send a letter to an
unknown soldier — unknown at least to her. She said she was concerned about those soldiers who were feeling depressed or were thinking they would not come back home.
"I'm going to tell them that if they put more confidence into themselves they will come home," Sutley said.
'Sending something just to tell who you are and that you are thinking of them is going to help them get through that one more day.'
— Stacey Andre Atchison freshman
She said that she had heard from a friend in Saudi Arabia that many solders were so depressed that they did not receive letters from home.
Andre said the letters would cheer them up.
Stacey Andre, Atchison freshman, also decided to send a soldier a message.
"It it helps them get through the day," she said. "Sending some information that you are thinking of them is going to help them get through that
one more day "
Another student, Marie Oberkiesn, St. Louis, Mo., junior, said that as a student living away from home she has little relation to the soldiers' experience.
"I just came up to school from St. Louis, and it's hard enough for me to be that far away from home," she said. "And imagine having to live in the city with loved with and go to a foreign country. It must be really hard."
Oberkirsch said that one of her long-time friends had been sent to Saudi Arabia recently.
But because the crisis in the gulf has not affected every U.S. home, Stolzenbach said it was important to give students an impute in the letter-writing program
“It’s pretty difficult to comprehend that a friend of mine is off in some other country ready to go and get things done, but it probably why it strapped home.”
"I think that a lot of women, if they don't have connections in Saudi Arabia, they may not be aware of everything that's going on," she said. "They don't have a personal stake because their boyfriend or their sister or their friend has written these letters they can become more aware of the situation."
Minorities to receive more scholarships
Bv Yvonne Guzman
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas will offer 35 new minority scholarships each year for three years as a result of Campaign Kansas contributions, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said yes-
"It is an important step in the right direction." Budig said. "It underlies the University's commitment to attract more minority students."
The new scholarships are in addition to 35 minority scholarships that were created in Spring 1990.
Budiq
Budig's announcement came during yesterday's faculty convocation, a meeting at Woodruff Auditorium to welcome new faculty members to KU and outline goals for the academic year.
The scholarships will come from a new minority scholarship fund of $1 million, Budd said in a prepared statement that supports 140 minority scholarships.
Efforts of the University to recruit and retain minority students are becoming more evident, Budig said. KU maintains the highest four-year graduation rate for minority students in the Big Eight.
In addition, the University of Kansas Medical Center has started to attract more minority students, Budig said.
Other examples of KU's progress toward a more culturally diverse campus are more minority faculty members, he said.
Of the new faculty members welcomed at the convocation, 22 were Hispanics, Blacks, American Indians and Asians.
"Next year, we are determined that there will be more." Budig said. "They are essential to the future of the University."
Several other speakers echoed Budig's sentiments regarding cultural diversity at KU
vice chancellor, said, "This dream must become a reality for the University if the society around us is to endure and to troubles."
Ingemann also outlined recent issues among faculty government and reminded faculty members of their role in University governance.
Frances Ingemann, Senate and Faculty Executive Committee chairperson, asked faculty members to support the efforts of the University to promote greater cultural diversity.
Administrators also addressed their intentions to fight for state financing of the third year of the Margin of Excellence.
For the first time this semester, Budig addressed faculty members about his plan to campaign for enacting the final year of the Margin.
The Margin of Excellence is the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent that of its peers. Faculty salaries are targeted to be at 100 percent of those of its employees. The first two years of the Margin but not the third year
"The third year of the Margin must be funded," Budig said. "We will continue to make our case during the campaign and also the general elec-
Del Shankel, interim executive
Shankel listed support for the Margin as his first goal for the year.
Also at yesterday's convocation, four faculty members were honored as recipients of the 1990 Hugh/cipriani Research Achievement Awards.
Faculty members honored included Harold Oel, University distinguished professor of English, Dr. Kyle Larkin, professor of chemistry, Valentino Stella, University distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, and K. Sam Shammugan, J.L. Constant distance computer and electrical and computer engineering
Arms reduction
Each recipient received $10,000 to help with research, said Frances Horowitz, vice chancellor for graduate studies and public service.
Allied commander predicts U.S.-Soviet troop cuts
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The supreme Allied commander in Europe said yesterday he expected a U.S. Soviet treaty reducing conventional forces to be signed in mid-November.
Gen. John Galvin also predicted that if the superpowers reached a final agreement in two months, the withdrawal of U.S. forces could begin about Jan. 1.
President Bush, in his State of the Union address in January, proposed stationing 195,000 U.S. and Soviet troops in central Europe — a reduction of 370,000 troops and a cut of about 370,000 for the Soviet Union.
The United States and the Soviet Union have been negotiating a significant reduction in U.S. tariffs.
The United States would be allowed to keep another 30,000 troops elsewhere in Europe.
"When we get the treaty signed in mid-November, and I think it will be signed then, everything that's in place will be part of the treaty," Galvin told reporters at a news briefing.
Galvin, who also is commander-in-chief of the U.S. European Command, made the forecast as he headed to Washington on a visit to the moment of "several thousand pieces of equipment" from central Europe to east of the Eurasian Mountains.
Only the equipment in the central Europe area would be affected by a U.S.-Soviet treaty.
Galvin said the movement of equipment stemmed from President Mikhail Gorbachev's
announcement in December 1988 to reduce Soviet forces as well as the collapse of the Warsaw Pact as a military alliance.
"There isn't some international law against it," he said of the Soviet action. "It is a matter of some concern because the numbers are getting up fairly high. It's in open storage so it can't sit there for very long. I'm not sure what the final disposition of all that will be."
Questioned about the numbers, Galvin said it was "several thousand pieces of equipment, airplanes . . . a lot of it's old, some of it, however, is new production."
Galvin said the West also had reduced some of its forces.
The supreme Allied commander also expressed dismay about a decision to end low-level U.S. flights of below 1,000 feet in West Germany. The Bush administration made the decision after widespread complaints from West German residents about the flights.
He said the treaty would require the destruction of some of the equipment to achieve U.S.-Soviet parity.
"It does create some problems in terms of maintaining efficiency for air crews to penetrate air space that is defended by Soviet air defense," Galvin said.
Planned sites for cutbacks
The Defense Department says it will end operations or cut back forces at 150 sites in 10 countries.
West Germany: 108 closings and reductions
Close Reduce
SOURCE: Defense Dept.
Knight-Ridder Tribune New
W. Germany 94 14
Spain 11 2
S. Korea 9 3
Italy 3 1
Greece 3 0
Japan 1 1
England 3 0
Australia 3 0
Canada 0 1
Bermuda 0 1
The Associated Press
Military force to be reduced
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon, citing a lowered risk of combat with the Soviet Union and a need to cut costs, said yesterday that it will end war in Syria with 150 military sites in 10 countries around the world.
The reductions will take place over the next five years at sites ranging from major bases to small ones.
Military operations will be ended at 94 sites in West Germany, 11 in Spain, nine in South Korea, three each in Greece, Italy, England and Australia. The Army's National Defense Department snorkesperson Pete Williams.
The United States will also reduce its forces at 14 additional sites in West Germany, three in South Korea, two in Spain and at one site each in Italy, Japan, Canada and Bermuda.
While some of the sites involve small facilities, operations will use at least three major bases, two primary and one auxiliary.
They are the Torrejón Air Force Base in Spain, and the Hesifen Oldehorden Air Base and the Hesifen Oldehorden Air Base.
"In reviewing our needs for forces in the mid-1990s, and in light of declining defense budgets, we continue to identify locations overseas where we need them. We are a Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in a statement."