THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSA.
VOL 101 NO 13
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1990
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Faculty, students approve of Bush's handling of Gulf crisis
Kansan staff writer
By Amy Zamierowski
After watching President Bush address Congress about the Persian Gulf crisis last night, some KU stuents said he was wrong. Bush was handling the situation well.
"You can see the massive support from both Republicans and Democrats," said Carl Lande, professor of political science. "He also has been skillful in locating international and United Nations support."
Lande said he thought Bush would not use military force against Iraq.
The crisis would be solved because of the economic pressure the United States was placing on Iraq.
"I don't think President Bush is prepared to accept the casualties that would come from a full-scale attack," Lande said. "Nor would Bush be willing to use nuclear weapons because it would turn the world against us. The embargo is what we have to make succeed."
Lande also said the Soviet Union was playing an interesting role in the crisis
"Between Bush and Gorbachev.
the two of them are in the position to influence (Iraq president Saddam) Hussein." Lande said. "They are deal with Hussein skillfully."
Burdett Loomis, chairperson of political science, said polls showed the public's support for Bush's actions in the Pergian Gulf.
Loomis said he thought Bush's popularity did not carry over to other issues, such as the national budget.
"There may be more pressure on Bush about the budget now than before the crisis." Loomis said. "He already has had to make some合
Loomis said that during his address, Bush stressed that conservation of oil was important, but then asked how the nation could conserve oil.
cessions and compromise with Congress over the budget."
"He is unwilling to take seriously the whole question of conservation," Loomis said.
Loomis said that he thought Bush was doing a good job handling the situation in the Gulf.
"He's handling it day by day," Loomis said. "No one has died yet.
and hostages are coming out. It looks promising.'
Lisa Hicks, chairperson of College Republicans, said she thought the United States should stand up to Hussein's aggressions.
"Hussein is trying to wipe out a country," Hicks said. "He is wrong in what he is doing, and Bush is handling it the right way."
"With the United States, the Soviet Union and 20 other nations working side by side, it is not just the United Nations against Iraq, but the world against Iraq."
Pam McElwee, president of KU Democrats, said she thought now was not the time for partisan politics.
"We need to stand behind Bush and our soldiers in the Gulf." McEwlee said, "I agree with Bush when he says that Iraq should withdraw immediately and restore Kuwait's government."
McElwee said she thought Bush did not stress the need for conservation.
"Bush talks about conservation, but unfortunately, a lot of conservation programs for the fiscal year have been cut," McElwey said.
Student senators elect chairpeople
Bv Jennifer Schultz
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., RLawrence, was not on Student Senate when he attended the University of Kansas but joked with new Senate committee members that it was a good opportunity for them to see all the evils of politics where they were lured later in life.
Kansan staff writer
Winter welcomed 500 students gathered last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom for the Student Senate orientation and urged them to become active in Senate.
"It shows us in Topeka that students care" he said.
Caryl Smith, dean of student life, spoke to the students about their role in student government.
"It does matter that you are involved in extra-curricular activities," she said. "Students can and will make a difference."
After the speeches, committee members met to elect committee chairpeople.
Mark Holley, Interfraternity Council senator, told the cultural affairs committee that the chairperson was responsible for calling meetings of the committee, providing all committee members with legislation and reports, and presenting them on to Senate and presenting the committee to Student Senate Executive Committee and Senate.
Committees then nominated charpeople after listening to debates discussing the candidates.
The following students were elected to chairperson or co-chairperson positions: Roger Ross,
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student rights; Jason McIntosh, cultural affairs; Liz Mendez, minority affairs; Alan Lowden, University affairs; Arlan Malbaty, graduate affairs; Craig Fulton and Troy Rabakovich, finance.
The largest committee is University affairs with 160 members. It deals with issues concerning student life. The Finance committee has 134 members who review the financial activities of the Student Activity Fund. All other committees have fewer than 100 members.
Curtis Estes, committee board member, said the committee board made sure that no more than 15 percent of any one living group was assigned to a single committee.
Jennifer Sauter, graduate student, said that she joined the graduate affairs committee because she wanted to become involved with some of the graduate student issues.
Pam Jefferson, social welfare senator, said she thought minority affairs would take an active role this year.
She said that these issues included the graduate fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants and research assistants, and child care for on-campus graduate students.
"The committee is concerned with minority recruitment, cultural sensitivity issues, discriminatory and racial incidents," she said.
Ainee Hall, student body vice president, said that Senate still was accepting applications for committees.
Wint Winter Jr. addresses a gathering of student senators.
Bush holds firm on Gulf position
WASHINGTON — President Bush, reporting to Congress and the nation on the Persian Gulf crisis, said last night that Iraq could not prevail against the partnership of nations allied against it, and vowed that Saddam Hussein would fail in his takeover of Kuwait.
The Associated Press
"America must stand up to aggression and we will." Bush said.
He proposed to reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil, in part by accelerating the development of a technically-sensitive Alaska energy reserves.
In the audience at the Capitol was the ambassador from Iraq, Mohamed Sadiq Al-Mashat, sitting just five seats away from the ambassador from occupied Kuwait, Sheik Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, Al-Mashat had no visible reaction to Bush's harsh words.
In a nationally broadcast address, Bush said he could not predict how long it would take to convince Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait or how long U.S. troops would be deployed in the Saudi Arabian desert. More than 100,000 U.S. combat troops have been deployed in Iraq's invasion on Aug. 2, at a cost now estimated at more than $1 billion a month.
While Congress and the public have been overwhelmingly supportive of Bush's showdown with Iraq, polls suggest that he is over the U.S. role in the Gulf crisis.
The president asked U.S. citizens to stand behind him.
"If ever there was a time to put country before self and patriotism before party, that time is now," Bush said.
Fresh from his summit with Soviet
More Gulf coverage p. 12
President Mikhail Gorbachev, Bush said "a new partnership of nations" stalled against Iraq's aggressions and that the area are working together on the crisis.
"Clearly, no longer can a dictator count on East-West confrontation to styme concerted U.N. action against aggression," the president said.
"The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward a historic period of cooperation."
Bush said his heart went out to the families of the hundreds of U.S. citizens held hostage by Iraq but he declared, "Our policy cannot change, and it will not change. America and the world will not be blackmailed."
The address was Bush's third appearance before Congress during his 20 months in office. Partisan bickering was set aside as the president was greeted by a standing ovation in the crowded House chamber and interrupted by applause 38 times.
Bush said that if the United States had not reacted swiftly to Iraq's invasion, it would have been "a catastrophe" with potential despatches around the world.
He also hinted that the United States could dip into its Strategic Petroleum Reserve if conditions were dire. The company sold 590 million-barrel stockpile of oil
ROTC Corp Commander Todd Bruce (left) and Col. James Phillips listen as Fred Tromans speaks.
Lounge dedicated to ROTC cadet
By Wes Denton
By Wes Bentler Kansan staff writer
"Don't worry, be happy," is inscribed on his tombstone, a reminder of his positive attitude.
Now, a year and a half after his death, Alan Tromans is being honored.
The Air Force ROTC Detachment 280 dedicated a lounge in the military science building yesterday to the memory of Tromans, a 19-year-old KU student and a ROTC officer in February 1989 from complications from a tumor.
The lounge, now the Aklan Trombals Memorial Lounge, includes a plaque with a picture of Trombans and a memorial sculpture. State Sen. Harry Wiggins that
Elena Tromans, Alan Troman's sister, remembers that her brother taught her the importance of smiling. She attended the ceremony and said the plaque was a good way to remember him.
acknowledges Tromans' accomplishments.
Fred Tromans, Alan Troman's father, said, "He got a thrill out of making people happy."
Fred Transmans, with the assistance of his wife, Janalea, removed a red cloth that covered the plaque honoring their son.
"I'm very honored that after a year, faculty and students still remember him. It's very moving." Tromans told the crowd of 79 cadets.
ROTC cadet Randolph Mehling
Billings, Mont., senior, told the audience that Alan Tromans was involved with the Arnold Air society, an organization within the ROTC that performs charity work for the Lawrence community
"Perfection wasn't just a standard or goal for him, but a way of life. Alan was a person that we all strive to be." Mehling said.
"We wanted to do something to honor his memory." Brace said.
Janaelle Tromans said, "I think the final words on the plaque, 'May he never be forgiven,' is the way I feel I am honored and the honor he received today."
Col. Todd Brace, Derby senior,
said the idea to name the lounge after
Alan was formed last semester.
KU evaluates ROTC credit policy
Effects of policies vary among schools
By Yvonne Guzman Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
KU students in the School of Architecture and the School of Engineering may be in a gray area when receiving credit for ROTC courses
In their meeting yesterday, Senate Executive Committee members discussed individual school policies that allow students who do not receive ROTC commissions or complete the ROTC course of study to receive credit to be applied toward their major.
However, faculty members will receive ballots in the mail before the end of the week to vote on a University Council resolution that would determine whether students may apply for admission to the 124-hour minimum graduation requirement, said William Scott, Senate executive officer.
The question is whether individual schools or University administration will have the final say on how the ROTC issue will affect students in 1955 and beyond, said Frances Ingemann. SenEx chairperson.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering, said. "I think it's important for each
member of the faculty within an individual school to determine the graduation requirements for their students."
Within the School of Engineering, complaints by students who do not complete the ROTC course because of reasons determined by ROTC, are handled on a case-by-case basis, Locke said.
He said that decisions affecting graduation requirements should not be made by the administration.
A recent conflict that was resolved within the School of Engineering occurred when a student did not receive a ROTC commission for medical reasons but was granted credit and awarded his major anyway, Locke said.
"The ultimate responsibility lies with the School of Engineering faculty," he said.
The KU undergraduate catalog states that architecture students, who do not receive ROTC commission, are allowed to receive credit.
Scott said that he understood the feelings of faculty members of schools that would be affected but that University policy was set for a
reason. If the administration cannot exercise its power to enforce standards it calls to hold, there is no point in having University policy.
"If it comes down to a policy that contradicts University policy, I have a lot of problem with that," he said.
The resolution, passed May 3 by the University Council, states that a department of Defense policy, that excludes members from receiving scholarships or commissions on the basis of sexual orientation, is inconsistent with the University's anti-discrimination policy.
University Senate would have voted on the resolution at its meeting Thursday, but a quorum was not present.
During their meeting Monday, Faculty Executive Committee members reviewed a list of faculty and staff members who were eligible to receive ballots to vote. Although there was some doubt expressed about the personal and economic interest of ROTC professors at KU, full-time ROTC professors will receive ballots.
ROTC faculty members are employees of the federal government, not the University.
Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Korea
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — The heaviest single-day rainfall in 70 years lashed South Korea yesterday, leaving at least 30 people dead and more than 25,000 homeless. President Roh man said it was like "fighting a war."
The Seoul area was swamped by 15 inches of rain in 24 hours. Hardest hit was Suwon, just south of Seoul, which had 16.3 inches, the main disaster
relief center said.
The airfield at the 7th U.S. Air Force headquarters south of Seoul was flooded, and F-16 jets fighters were sandbagged. About two dozen Koreans in makeshift boats floated over a submerged fence and onto the flooded runways and had to be rescued, a spokesperson said.
U. S. and South Korean military helicopters and large army trucks evacuated children and sleepkeepers
stranded on tops of houses and buildings.
One hospital on the outskirts of Seoul evacuated its patients, and witnesses reported seeing patients wading through waist-high water with belongings held over their beads.
“This is the worst weather disaster in memory,” Roh said. “Protecting people from this rain is like fighting a war.”