Big Red ahead
Before the season, conventional wisdom had the Jayhawks struggling to win even one conference game. But they'll be going for their fifth victory on Saturday against
mighty Nebraska. Will KU drown in a sea of red? Well, Oklahoma was No. 2 in the AP poll before its loss in Memorial Stadium. Nebraska is only No. 3. See page 14.
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The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 95, No. 55 (USPS 650-640)
Friday, November 9, 1984
KU officials issue harassment policy
By MARY CARTER Staff Reporter
A letter stating that the University of Kansas would seek disciplinary action against anyone who harasses others because of their beliefs drew praise yesterday from the president of Gay and Lesbian Services of Karsas and some faculty members.
"This University and this administration believe that individuals have a right to hold views and to express those views freely, in the form of executive vice chairman," said in the letter.
"This University and its administration do not believe that such views, however firmly held, give their holders the right to coerce, harass, or threaten other individuals.
"The University will seek to effect appropriate disciplinary action, or call such actions to the attention of law enforcement individuals who engage in such behaviors."
COPIES OF THE ILEE, which mentions incidents involving GLSOK, have been sent to all faculty and staff members. Cobb said yesterday.
Ruth Lichtwardt, president of GLSOK, said of the letter, "I think it is a step that will definitely help stop the harassment. I think it would be important to restrain backs our civil rights is a bum step."
Lichtwardt said GLOSK members had been verbally harassed and followed in recent weeks. But she said she had heard no complaints from members having been physically assaulted
Some faculty members who last month sponsored a petition asking the administration to condemn attacks on GLSOK and its allies also said they were pleased by the letter.
WILLIAM TUTTLE, PROFESSOR of history, whose name was on a letter that accompanied the faculty petition, said, "I am very, very pleased to see the administration address specifically the problem of harassment of GLSOK members."
Turtle said Cobb had "gone out of his way" to meet with concerned faculty members.
"Some of us had the opportunity to talk to him and to express our concern for the potential harm of GLSOK members." Tuttle said. "We thought it was necessary for the administration to address the problem specifically, not in general."
In a letter distributed last week, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, asked about 300 student leaders to work for better understanding among students with diverse beliefs and lifestyles. Ambler's letter did not specifically mention GLOSOK
TWO TASK FORCES designed to study biggy on campus and the leadership of the university.
Earlier this semester, a Student Senate committee invalidated a petition calling for a campus vote on Senate financing of GLSOK. Late last month, a Senate committee approved a second petition circulated on campus last month, calling for a student vote to ask administrators to end University recognition of GLSOK.
Another professor who signed the petition. Norman Forer, associate professor of social welfare, said he was not surprised by Cobb's letter
"The current administration has a genius concern with the constitutional and civil rights of minority communities."
An excerpt from Chancellor Gene A. Budig's 1983 convocation speech accompanies the introduction to this volume.
See LETTER, p. 5, col. 1
Fear of U.S. invasion triggers mobilization
Bv United Press International
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Twenty-thousand students were ordered into military service yesterday by a Nicaraguan leader who told a chanting crowd they must "defend the fatherland" from a leared U.S. invasion. Jame Wheelock, a member of the Sandinista nine-man directorate, told all students to stop talking about students destined to work in the nation's coffee farms that they were being diverted to active military service.
"We prefer to see the coffee fall rather than our national sovereignty." Wheelock said, adding that the mobilization "was immediate."
The call to arms came as a suspected U.S. spy plane broke the sound barrier over five cities, sending pinned residents into the rubble. The attackers were Soviet cargo that possibly included MIG jets.
"IT WAS A difficult decision, but it is the price we must pay to be free," Wheelock told thousands of people gathered in Managua's Revolution Square.
The cheering crowd, raised their clenched fists in the air and shouted. "They will not get away!"
reference to fears in Nicaragua that the United States would invade the country
"In the following days, we will give to every youth, to every resident of Managua, a gun to defend the fatherland." Wheelock said.
THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON declined to confirm or deny whether spy planes flew over Nicaragua, saying it did not discuss reconnaissance flights. But defense sources said they were confident that SR71 Blackbird spi planes have flown near or within Nicaragua air space.
Moments after Wheelock spoke. Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto announced Nicaragua a call to a meeting of the U.N. Security Council "in the face of the reiterated threats against Nicaraguan people's self-determination and sovereignty."
The overflight came amid a warning by Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y., that the United States would not rule out the use of force if a Soviet freighter that docked in Corinto was carrying a cargo of Soviet MG-21s. Moynihan is the ranking Democrat
Witnesses said at least one jet caused "land explosions" over Managua the port of Puerto Rico.
See NICARAGUA, p. 5, col. 1
Diego Tabora, Buenaventura, Colombia, sophomore,
center, shares photographs from a summer trip through
the United States.
Dave Hornback/KANSAN
Cornhuskers to sport Big Red following
By JULIE COMINE
Staff Reporter
Jayhawk fans will see red tomorrow, as thousands of football fanatics from the University of Nebraska invade Lawrence for the KU-Nebraska game.
The game traditionally provides Cornhusker fans an opportunity to take a short road trip to an away game and watch their team romp to an easy win. But despite Nebraska's current No 3 ranking in United Press International's weekly poll, tomorrow's contest might not leave Jayhawk fans red in the face.
"You never know." Floyd Temple, assistant athletic director, said yesterday. "We surprised those Okies, so we might just get those Huskers, too."
One former Husker turned Jayhawk says he has "absolutely no mixed feelings" about the game.
"The University of Kansas has my unvindied loyalty," said Chancellor Gene A
BUDG GREW UP in McCook, Neb. a town of about 8,000 just 15 miles from the city. The town is about 35 miles south.
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at Nebraska.
"I do wish my friends at the University of Nebraska the best of luck on every football Saturday — except one," he said.
Although Budd said nothing would please him more than a KU win, he said he wouldn't.
"I do not make football predictions," he said.
The game will start at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial Stadium. As of 4 p.m. yesterday, only 200 tickets were available for the game, said Terry Johnson, ticket manager.
"It will be very, very close to a solitary
the closest we've been in several years, he
hasn't."
THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT this year increased the price of single-game tickets for the Nebraska game from $13 to $15. Johnson said many schools were raising ticket prices for games against big-name teams.
"It's like raising the price of concert tickets for better bands," he said.
Joe Seel, ticket manager at Nebraska,
said the KU-Nebraska game was popular
with Cornhusker fans who couldn't get
tickets to home games.
"One, it's close," Selig said. "And two, we're usually able to get a larger number of tickets from KU than any other Big Eight school."
KU sent Nebraska 8,000 tickets in April, but many Cornhusker fans contact KU athletic department to buy tickets for the game. Selig said.
"We've got a very loyal following." he
wrote. "We expect about 15,000 people to come down in the spring."
NEON "NO VACANCY" signs will glow at most hotels and motels this week. Cornrusker fans boast the rooms in the area on April 16, this year's football schedule was announced.
All 110 rooms are booked at the Ramada Inn 2222 W. Sixth St., sad Raleigh McCurdy, Inc.
"We fill up on other football weekend, but Nebraska fans are a lot more lively than most crowds." McCurdy said. "They're a very happy group."
McCurdy said the hotel added extra staff members whenever it was full, but didn't anticipate any problems with the Cornhusker crowd.
See GAME, p. 5, col. 3
Talk of second-term tax increase dismissed
By United Press International
White House officials, determined to avoid disrupting President Reagan's post-election vacation, yesterday dismissed new talk of a second term plan to boost tax revenues.
Presidential aide Richard Darman issued a sharp denial in response to a Newsweek report that he and budget director David Stockman have drafted a plan to reduce the budget deficit through a combination of spending cuts and tax changes to increase revenues.
Newweek, in a special addition published yesterday, said that Reagan had not seen the proposal, dubbed "the November project," but that it was scheduled to go to him in the next two weeks. It would raise revenues by broadening the tax base.
Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said the notion of Darman and Stockman working on a separate tax plan is "wrong, dead off." Asked if he was suggesting the Newsweek report had no basis for fact, he replied. "Yes, I am."
Edwin Dale, a spokesman for Stockman,
said there is "absolutely nothing" to the
"What Stockman's been doing internally is none of your business," Dale said.
The report came just days after Reagan, in the final days of the campaign, said taxes would rise in his second term "over my dead body" and that his promised move to reform the tax system would not be a guise for tax hikes.
Grad likens maiden Discovery flight to camping
Steve Hawley, KU graduate and one of the astronauts to fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery, shows part of a solar collector that was used for experiments during his shuttle mission. Hawley spoke about his experiences as an astronaut and presented a slide show last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
By MARY CARTER Staff Reporter
The cargo of the maden light of the space snuffle Discovery last August included three
Steve Hawley, a Discovery crew member and 1973 KU graduate, pointed out the Jayhawk several times in the film and slides that he showed to about 300 people last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom. The film and slides were from his space trip.
The crowd applauded when Hawley mentioned the Jahawk, one of several college mascots and stickers that decorated the walls of the shuttle.
The flight of Discovery was aborted four times before its August 31 launch. Hawley said the crew set a record for the number of times it landed wrapped into the shuttle and then had to climb a ladder.
The shuttle and six member crews made 96 orbits of the Earth and traveled 20 million miles.
THE CREW LAUNCHED three communications satellites and used the shuttle's mechanical arm to knock away a block of ice on a surface.
"Actually we deployed four satellites, Binley said "three communications satellites."
Despite the large amount of sophisticated, complex equipment aboard, traveling on the shuttle is far from luxurious, Hawley said.
The mission marked a number of firsts in the space program. Hawley said
"IT'S A LOT LIKE it not very sophisticated camping trip, he said, as a slide of one crew member shaving flashed on the screen. It was cold with no running water was difficult, he said.
THE SCIENTIST, CHARLIE Walker conducted experiments on separating com
It was the first flight of Discovery, the first mission during which three satellites were launched and the first to launch a satellite that had been designed exclusively for launch from the shuttle. It was also the first flight that carried a payload specialist — a commercial scientist from the McDonnell Douglas Corp.
pounds to form pharmaceutical substances in the absence of gravity.
When he was operating in his corner with all of his hypodermic needles out, we left him alone.
Hawley described the shuttle launch of 450.00 pounds of thrust as "a pretty good kick in the seat of the pants," and said that he would do more than smooth on television and on film, it wasn't.
"On board, it feels like you've crashed," he said.
The food in space was not bad, he said. He compared it to eating TV dinners.
For example, freeze-dried strawberries in a container are put into a machine. The container then is punctured with a needle, through which chilled water is added.
"When that's done, you take it out and kind of squish it up to get the water and the strawberries all properly rehydrated," he said. "With strawberries, that's not all that important."
"But if you like shrimp cocktail like I do
See HAWLEY, p. 5, col. 5