Snazzy jazz
This town swings with jazz — in radio pop, punk rock and in the heart of the KU jazz program, says Rick McCurdy, coordinator of the jazz department. The ensembles and
combos help McCurdy "spread the gospel of jazz" to the faithful and the dubious. Off the hill, the legendary sax player Stan Getz comes to Lawrence. See stories, page 6.
Warm
High, 78. Low, 60. Details on page 3.
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 95, No. 34 (USPS 650-640)
Thursday, October 11, 1984
Drops of dew hang on a spider web attached to a tree on the northwest corner of the Watson Library lawn
S. Africa resolution approved by Senate
By JOHN HANNA
A resolution calling for the Kansas University Endowment Association to end all investments in companies that do business in South Africa was passed by the Student Senate last night.
A majority voice vote followed less than 30 minutes of discussion and was met by applause from senators and about 30 spectators who supported the resolution.
Staff Reporter
spectators will support. Although some senators asked for more specifies on the resolution, no one spoke against it.
for technical assistance.
Dennis "Roog" Highberger, student body vice president, sponsored the resolution and co-sponsored the bill.
But a bill that would prohibit student groups from using Senate money to buy products from companies that do business in South Africa was sent back to a committee for technical reasons.
Highberger and supporters of the bill and resolution are opposed to South Africa's system of apartheid, a form of racial segregation. Blacks in that country cannot vote.
"TVE BEEN waiting for this for five years," Highgerber said after the meeting. "I think the last time this was before Senate,
they talked about it for five minutes and tabled it and left it there."
A resolution states the opinion of the Student Senate and is not binding.
Todd Seymour, president of the Endowment Association, said Tuesday that although the Endowment Association was against granting think-tank investment practical or effective
"I think that shouldn't influence our decision to ask them," he said.
Student Senate and 145 Highbrow admitted to the senators that the resolution probably would not have any effect on the Endowment Association's position against divesting from companies that do business in South Africa.
seymour said the Endowment Association had a responsibility to find the best investment for the money it received from donors.
DIVESTMENT WOULD have no effect, he said, because other companies or individuals would take the place of the Endowment Association in investing in companies that do business in South Africa.
The Endowment Association also allows donors to request that their money not be invested in companies that do business in South Africa, he said.
South Africa.
But the bill, which Highberger called divestment for the Student Senate, was sent to a Senate committee.
Reagan, Mondale trade potshots, anticipate next debate
See SENATE, p. 5, col. 1
Monday, stumping Pensylvania and New York, also made light of Reagan's suggestion
By United Press International
President Reagan took the offensive yesterday, charging that Walter Mondale "made a career of weakening America's armed forces" and tried to kill the space shuttle program.
As Reagan campaigned in the Detroit area, lambasting Mondale's record and his proposals to raise taxes. Mondale kept pounding at Reagan's relusual to be specific about his deficit cutting plans.
that Mondale had worn makeup in their Sunday debate.
REAGAN, ACCUSING "desperate" opponents of stretching for an injection by injuring age into the campaign, said yesterday that he wanted a debate with "as much makeup," as Monday.
Mondale was greeted by a crowd estimated at more than 15,000 in Pittsburgh. The electricity generated by Mondale's strong showing in the TV debate was in the air
While in Pittsburgh, Mondale was asked about Reagan's statement about makeup and the president's highthearted remark that he was willing to arm wristle Mondale to demonstrate his vigor.
"I think the last day or two, they're sounding frantic. It's just sort of a machine gun scatter-shot of comments that really don't go to the issues," he said.
MONDALE, 37. STIRRED up laughter from an audience with a pot shot at the 73-year-old Reagan's statement about makeup.
makeup.
"I think that was the same defense Nixon used against Kennedy, and the real problem was not makeup on the face, but it was makeup on those answers that caused the problem."
And Mondale told reporters that arm wrestling was not the issue
"We had a mind wrestle the other night on
Sunday evening, and as he will find out in our next debate, the question is not arm wrestling, but the need for arms control." Mondale said.
Mandale said.
In Warren, Mich., Reagan called Mondale and his supporters "architects of a decade of neglecting America's security needs."
"FROM REPORTS OF many of the people who were part of that same administration, when President Carter in his last two years
"My opponent in this campaign has made a career out of weakening America's armed forces," Reagan said. "He's always found one reason or another for opposing vital weapons systems and the modernization of our forces.
felt that he should start redressing the military imbalance. Mondale advised against it.
"I pledge to you that as long as I am president, I will never shortchange the security needs of America."
certainly needs it. Reagan also said if Mondale "had had his way" as a senator, "there would never have been a shuttle program."
"He led the fight against starting the shuttle program." Reagan said in reference to Mondale's opposition to the program a decade ago. "He would have spent more money beefing up the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C."
Occupational therapy may go to K.C. campus
By JULIE MANGAN
Staff Reporter
Occupational therapy students who planned to spend four years in Lawrence may have to move to Kansas City, Kan., next year.
Some faculty members have told classes that arrangements for a departmental move are nearing completion, and students say they have heard rumors of a move for several weeks.
Kim Larson, Beoit sophomore, said last week that one of her professors, Dorothy Anne Elsberry, had told students that negotiations were taking place regarding a move to the Kansas City campus of the University of Kansas
ELSERRY, ACTING chairman of the occupational therapy department, said she could not make an official statement before the negotiations were completed.
Among those involved in discussions of a possible move are administrators at both the Lawrence and Kansas City campuses and department representatives.
Administrators and faculty on the Law-
rence and Kansas City campuses either could not be reached or declined to comment until negotiations were completed.
Imber will appeal decision disallowing campus vote
Several students among the 375 in the program said their colleagues in occupational therapy were upset over the proposed changes
I just found out today that it's almost
Sec THERAPY, p. 5, col. 1
An opponent of Student Senate financing for Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas plans to file an appeal of the decision that ended his call for a campus election on the issue.
By JOHN EGAN and JOHN HANNNA Staff Reporters
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leave Imber, author of the petition and
lawrence senor, said yesterday that he
probably would file the appeal today with
the University of Kansas Judicial Board.
"I believe in what I'm doing." Imer said,
"I want the students to decide it. If you think
you're right, you'll still fail."
THE SENATE ELECTION Committee on Oct 4 invalidated the petition, which lambert started to encourage a referendum to decide the future of financing for GLSOK.
she was surprised that Imber would appeal the committee's decision. If the judicial board rules in Imber's favor, she said, GLSOK will take legal action to stop the referendum.
Ruth Lichtwarff, president of GLSOK said
"We'll go through University channels as far as we can go," she said. "And we'll take it to outside courts if necessary. After all of the cases we've been going on, I think this is the way to go."
Elections Committee members said that the petition was invalid because it failed to state its exact purpose — to allow students to vote on GLSOK financing.
"I thought it was a clear enough case that the Election Committee's decision was valid."
THE PETITION READS, "As a student of this university, I wish to petition the allocation of funds concerning the student
See APPEAL, p. 5, col. 3
First lady stirs memories for Kansans
By DAN HOWELL
Staff Reporter
Eleanor Roosevelt remembered her 1938 visit to the University of Kansas for a beautiful art museum and a curious housing arrangement called a scholarship hall.
Today is the centennial of Eleanor Roosevelt's birth, and the woman widely regarded as the most influential first lady in U.S. history still stirs memories.
Karlyn Kolrs Campbell, chairwoman of interdisciplinary studies, said yesterday that Roosevelt had been the eyes and ears for her husband, President Franklin Roosevelt, who had polio and could not travel easily.
TO GET IDEAS TO the president, people often tried to speak to the first lady, said Kohrs Campbell, who is also a professor of communications studies.
"She was the first and in some ways perhaps the only president's wife to play a policy-making role," she said. "Rosalynn Carter comes as close as any, but she pales in comparison."
The Roosevelts occupied the White House from 1933 to 1945, when the president died. President Harry S. Truman then appointed Eleanor Roosevelt to be a delegate to the United Nations organizational meetings.
organisation. He also was the chairman of the U.N.
Commission on Human Rights from 1946 to
1951
Until she died in 1962, Roosevelt continued to speak in public and to write
IN 1938, PEOPLE IN Lawrence, the University and Haskell Institute called her October visit a great and proud day.
After visiting KU, Roosevelt wrote in her daily newspaper column, "My Day," that she wished for hours, not minutes, to sound in the art museum.
She had visited Miller Hall, which was in its second year of use. In her column, she described its cooperative living arrangement required only $15 a month from each resident.
"At the same time, the girls receive
excellent training in housekeeping;" she wrote.
She wrote that she expected future leaders to come from such halls because a grade average higher than "B" was required.
The Lawrence Women's Club sponsored the visit. Roosevelt's primary public appearance was a speech on Oct. 22 in High Auditorium.
TICKETS FOR THE SPEECH sold for
50 cents, 75 cents or $1; with the money going to a University scholarship fund.
Rosewell's visit to Lawrence seems to have typified her engaging style. A University Daily Kansan photo caption called her a charming visitor, and a story told readers that members of both political parties fell under her spell.
Ken Postlidtwatte, who shared in
See ELEANOR, p. 5, col. 4