Circus circuit
The ringmaster, the showgirl and the clown — without them, The Greatest Show on Earth would be just so much pachyderms and lion breath. When the granddaddy of
all circuses, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, came to Kansas City, Mo., last week, these three talked about life under the big top. See photos and story, page 10.
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High, 75. Low, 55 Details on page 3.
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 95, No. 16 (USPS 650-640)
Mondav. September 17. 1984
Fiallos appointment draws professor's objection
By JOHN EGAN Staff Reporter
The appointment of the president of Nicaragua's Supreme Election Council to a professorship at the University of Kansas next semester already has spurred a protest.
Mariano Failles, the president, will be the boss Morgan Professor of political science in the U.S. to lead the study.
Art Thomas, Arthur Young Distinguished Professor of business, in a letter to the University Daily Kansan, said he had sent a letter Wednesday to Charles Stasser, American Studies objecting to Faillos appointment to the Rose Morgan Professorship.
"I just think it's inappropriate," Thomas said yesterday.
IN THE LETTER, which he said summed
up his feelings on the matter, Thomas wrote: "The appointment of Mariano Fiaclos . . . to the Rose Morgan Professorship involves our entire University community in complexity with the Center's behavior — it is roughly comparable to having appointed a member of the Nazi puppet government to a KU visiting professorship during the late 1920s."
Stansifer said yesterday he would not comment on the letter because he had not seen it.
The copy of the letter was received Friday in the Kansas office.
Also in the letter. Thomas requested that his name be removed from the Latin American Area Faculty and from any future publicity or grant requests of the center.
"I just decided I could not be associated with them any longer." Thomas said. "I've been troubled by the continued orientation of the group."
IN THE LETTER, Thomas wrote. "For some time I have been distressed by the Center's support of totalitarian Latin American regimes and would be regimes."
Fialios was appointed to the Rose Morgan Professorship in June. He attended KU from 1965 to 1972 and earned his political science doctorate in 1983. His daughter, Violeta, is a graduate of the University of Kansas. His youngest son, Rodrigo, attends Lawrence High School and plans to enter KU next fall.
In his role as director of Nicargua's elections, Fiiallos has been touring the United States, speaking to politically oriented groups and giving interviews to news reporters. To accept the position, Fiiallos had to take a leave of absence from his job as rector of the National Autonomous University of Nicargua in Managua.
"THIS TOUR HAS to do with trying to give information about the reality of the election
in Nicaragua that the Reagan administration has said will be a sham or a fraud," the 51-year-old Fialso said yesterday.
The tour brought him to Kansas City, Mo. on Friday and to Lawrence this weekend. Chicago, Washington, Boston and New York are on his itinerary for the next five days.
On Saturday, Fiallos will leave the United States for Nicaragua to prepare for Nov. 4 election — an event that will be a milestone for the Central American nation that has been constantly besieged by war.
Since Gen. Anastasio Somoza-Debayle lost power after a Sandinista takeover in 1979, Nicaragua has not held national elections. Before that, the country's two traditional political parties dominated elections, Fialos said.
"For the first time in Nicaragua, we'll have elections that will be free. open,
"THE ELECTIONS WERE arranged beforehand," he said. "Elections were not real elections, and many citizens did not vote."
Mondale to have talks with Soviet minister
Voter apathy seems to have disappeared as interest in the election mounts, he said of the eligible voters in Nicaragua. 93 percent have registered for the election, in which a president, vice president and 90-member parliament will be chosen, he said.
Fialios has helped train 40,000 people who will operate the country's 4,000 polling places. He also has worked to revamp the registration and election process and helped set up new election laws.
scrup new aficionados to the overhaul of the Nicaraguan political system has Fiallos enthusiastic as a government official and as a voter.
"I'm looking forward to voting for the first time in November," he said.
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced yesterday he would meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko sept. 27, one day before the Kremlin official will talk with President Reagan.
Mondale said his main aim during the meeting in New York would be to emphasize the importance of renewing negotiations to control nuclear weapons. He also said he was not trying to underline Reagan's session of September, planned for Sept. 28 at the White House.
AND WITH A pledge that if elected he would "not sign any agreement that fails to protect American security," Monday sought Mr. Bush's support as it be as tough an arms negotiator as Reagan.
"Vigorous debate on arms control will continue in this campaign." Mondale said in his weekly paid political radio address. "But whatever our differences, Mr. Reagan has my support on Sept. 28. My meeting with Mr. Gromyko will make that abundantly clear."
"This meeting will not be negotiations. Only the president negotiates with foreign powers. It will be a discussion," Mondale told reporters after his radio broadcast
MONDALE SAID HE had "no fears" that the Soviets might use him or play him off against Reagan "because I can't be used. I've been around the track."
While professing support for Reagan, however, Mondale set a high standard for
success, far beyond expectations expressed by White House aides. "Millions want the Reagan-Gromyko talks to produce concrete results," he said in the radio talk.
"Americans hope that meeting will produce an agreement on a U.S.-Soviet summit," he said. "They want U.S.-Soviet arms trade agreements. They want progress on human rights."
POLLS SHOW MONDALE trails Reagan by 15 to 30 points. His campaign strategists, grimly confronting those numbers as Nov. 6 draws closer, have been juggling staff members and sifting through issues in an effort to generate more excitement among voters.
Reagan announced last Monday that he had invited Gromyko to Washington and that the Soviet diplomat had accepted. Gromyko, who has been Moscow's top diplomat since 1857, will be in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly session.
Mondale, who has promised to seek a superpower summit within six months of taking office, repeatedly has pointed out that Reagan is the first president who has not sat down with the Kremlin leadership since Soviet relations were established in 1933.
MONDALE SAID HE HAD not consulted the White House or State Department before setting up the meeting because. "I know what I'm doing."
In his radio talk, Mondale noted the Reagan Gromyko meeting "comes barely five weeks before our presidential election"
See MONDALE, p. 5, col. 2
Bern Ellenwood, Haskell Indian Junior College freshman from Lapawai, Idaho, looks into the crowd during the Band day ceremony at halftime of the KU/Florida State University
Larry Weaver/KANSAN
football game Ellenwood performed as a dancer on Saturday with the Haskell band. Band Day brought 65 bands to Lawrence for a parade through downtown.
Scholars add to KU image, officials say
By MARY CARTER
Staff Reporter
The recruitment of National Merit Scholars and other academically successful high school students is not an attempt to buy brains for the University of Kansas, the coordinator of the KU recruiting program says.
"Lately, many schools are in the business of attempting to recruit National Merit scholars, in a sort of 'brain buy,'" said Sally Church, the coordinator and an assistant to the dean of educational services.
The University of Kansas is interested in all scholars, Church said. But it's easier for KU officials to get the names of National Merit seminalists, finalists and students who do well on the American College Test, than other students' names.
University officials say that besides enhancing the image of the University the scholars also contribute to faculty morale and to class interaction.
Each year, the office of admissions receives a list of National Merit semifinalists who select KU as their first or second college choice.
Church said 143 National Merit semi-
finalists were enrolled this semester at KU. Of those, 100 are Kansas residents,
and 34 are from other states, Church said.
Besides the pampilhs and recruiting materials that other prospective students receive, National Merit finalists and semifinalists receive letters from the chancellor and information about their areas of academic interest.
Last year, KU ranked third among Big Eight Conference universities with 43 first-time National Merit scholarships. Iowa State University had 52 and the University of Nebraska had 47.
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS are selected on the basis of scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
THEY'RE ALSO INVITED to compete for Watkins Berger and Summerfield scholarships, KU's most prestigious undergraduate scholarships. Church said
Robert Woodard, Sulpiur La., freshman and Merit scholar, said he came to KU because of family ties and the high
Doles campaign at Kansas State Fair
See SCHOLARS, p. 5, col. 1
By SUZANNE BROWN
Staff Reporter
HUTCHINSON — Sen. Robert Dole is not up for re-election and Elizabeth Dole was appointed to her post as secretary of transportation, but the two made an enthusiastic campaign stop Saturday at the Kansas State Fair.
The couple exchanged humor and handshakes with fair visitors, and Sen. Dole told one group of curious bystanders, "I'm not running for anything."
The senator is not up for re-election until 1986, but he took time out from Congress to visit Washington.
make state appear less unnatural
Secretary Dole joined her husband for one
THE COUPLE MUNCHED hot dogs, tourned parts of the fairgrounds and avoided political issues at a time of heavy campaigning for politicians seeking office this
of their few public appearances together
she was appointed to her post in
January 1908.
Though Sen. Dole said that a few voters had asked him about political issues on Saturday, he said that their questions usually were broad and undefined.
The appearance by the Doles, said to be one of the most powerful couples in
"Some are asking about Social Security, the economy, general questions," he said. "A lot of people are here just having a good time."
Washington, D.C. sparked remarks by visitors about a possible Dole election ticket
Sen. Dole deflected questions about the speculation.
"Oh, you know, there's a lot of stuff about 'im'." he said. "A lot of kidding around."
SEN, DOLE, THE chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is one of the leading Republicans in the Senate. Secretary Dole, whom Dole married in 1975 when she was a member of the Federal Trade Commission, was appointed by President Reagan to succeed Drew Lewis as head of the Department of Transportation.
Though many at the fair pressed forward
See DOLE, p. 5, col. 2
AURH to discuss plan to raise housing rates
By JULIE COMINE
Staff Reporter
A proposed increase in housing contract rates for the 1983-86 school year that pushes the base cost of a residence hall room past $2,000 will be considered at tomorrow's meeting of the Association of University Residence Halls general assembly
The University of Kansas department of housing has recommended a $2,071 base house rate for 1985-86, up 4.7 percent, or $7, from last year$^a$ to $1,974 base figure.
At tomorrow's meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in the lobby of Joseph R. Pearson Hall, the AURH general assembly will vote to support, modify or reject the $87 increase. The AURH general assembly consists of 24 voting members from KU's eight residence
THE BASE RATE is the starting point for figuring the cost of a double-room contract at all eight balls, said Curt Worden, chairman of the AURH Housing and Contracts Committee. Single rooms cost an extra $1,000 a year.
James Jeffrey, AURU1 president, encouraged hall residents and the public to attend a vigil for his late brother, James.
Worden wouldn't say whether increases in the special-service fees would be discussed
On top of the base rate, each hall charges residents for special services such as security, educational programs and social activities. Worden said.
'IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for the
Special service fees for the 1984-85 school year range from $15 at JHP and Templin and $20 at MNAC.
residents to attend." Jeffrey said. "It's their money we'll be talking about. It's vital for them to be informed and involved in the contract negotiation process."
AURH's recommendations for 1985-36 contract rates, along with those of the housing department, will be forwarded Wednesday to the Residential Programs Advisory Board, which considers contract proposals for all University housing.
The Advisory Board then will send its recommendations to David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, and Chancellor Gene A Budig. The Board of Regents must give final approval to the 1985-86 contract rates.
contract increases are based on food costs, utility rates and staff salaries, said J.J. Wilson, director of housing
WILSON SAID HE studied costs from past years, followed market trends in trade journals and received predictions from property housing rates for the upcoming year.
The base housing rate for this year, $1,974,
represented an $82 increase over the 1983-84
base rate, $1,892. The 1983-84 base rate
represented an increase over the 1982-83
base rate of $1,817
In March, Wilson recommended a $30 increase per contract for food, a $20 increase for utilities and a $30 increase for salaries — a total increase of $80.
Wilson updated his recommendation during the summer, asking for an additional $17
"Based on the happenings of various utilities, electricity, gas, water and
See AURH, p. 5, col. 2