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January 17, 1980
Shankel warms KU
Del Shankel, KU executive vice chancellor, has been described as a mediator, counselor and friend—a soothing voice and an accessible ear for KU students, faculty and administrators.
But after June 30, the man who seemed to bring a more human quality to the stereotype image of a cold-hearted chef, has become KU as executive vice chancellor.
Shankel unexpectedly submitted his resignation to Chancellor Archie R. Dykes about a month before the holiday break. Although at the time Dykes cited professional as well as personal reasons for the resignation, Shankel cited his desire to devote more time to teaching and researching as his reason for leaving the vice chancellor position.
Whatever the reasons for Shankel's resignation, KU will miss the unique combination of interests and talents that he has used to try to make the University run smoothly. His credentials include a doctorate in history or philosophy from Texas, a couple of fellowships and many published scientific articles.
During campus controversies, Shankel routinely and efficiently acted as administrative spokesman, willingly taking responsibility for his own actions, in addition to explaining the University's official stands.
When tempers flared over the literature distribution and videotaping policies, Shankel was available to help opponents understand one another's concerns and to reach reasonable solutions. And, most recently, he has been an asset in the handling of Iranian issues involving KU.
Certainly no one can accuse the executive vice chancellor of barricading himself behind the protective walks of Strong Hall. The students have time—to colleagues, students, anyone with a problem, plea or plot.
Almost in spite of the tremendous number of his administrative duties, Shankel still finds time to write letters of recommendation for law students, be a consultant evaluator for an académie and be a professor at Western Civilization class, do scientific research and spend time with his family.
Shankel is the only executive vice chancellor KU has had. He assumed the position in 1974, with intentions of serving only a four-year term. Now, more than six years later, he is leaving, which is testimony enough to the man's dedication and loyalty to KU and to the people who work and learn
For that they owe him their thanks and best wishes.
Kansan staff brings enthusiasm to work
As you found out elsewhere in this book, the Jawahires of Del Shankel has resigned as executive vice chancellor and the Jayhawks—the muni anyway—are having a soo-soft relationship.
And the University Daily Kansan is back to tell you about those things and more. Just like the other students on campus, the students who put out this newspaper have returned from their trip and with varying amounts of rest and money.
Some of us worked, spending the day at the library or our lives. Some of us were lazy, sleeping the days and nights away and withoutOccasion basketball or football for many months.
But just about everybody thought about the Kansan. Because, you see, the Kansan is a strong force in comparison to KU for most of the people working on it. Some may consider this an unfortunate result.
Why? It has something to do with putting together good stories to show what happens when you can be able to put a line on a resume that says 'Editor, University Daily Kansas, spring 180.' Or with being able to see the new telephone books come out.
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But it also has something to do with having read a newspaper every morning for most of our lives. And it has something to do with a curiosity about alimony and the desire to know what we find out when we satisfy that curiosity.
But things like that happen all the time. And without those unnatural urges, this paper wouldn't be here. It takes a lot of work to get it to you. So we are trying to be students at the same time. But the paper is so important to us that we will put up with cramming a semester's worth of work into the week or so between the last paper and the
There must be something unnatural about the urge that drives a Kansan copy chief to stay at Pult until 4 a.m. editing the natural about the urge that drives the makete editor to stay in the newsroom until 1 or 2 a.m., and then go to the copy and layout. There must be something unnatural about the urge that makes a Kansan reporter and pictures the people p.m. and drive until they can hardly see the road just so you can see stories and pictures about the pope the next mora Newspaper Fund intern with the Milwaukee Journal. Dana also was a copy chief for the Kansan last semester.
More than 80 people have worked together to bring you this first issue, and most of them will stay with us through the semester. You'll get to know some of them because they will be asking you questions about their stories, or they will try to sell you an ad.
But some of the people on this paper only get their names on the masthead at the bottom of each page. They include Dana Miller, McKenzie McDonald, and Rusty running editor. Last summer, she was
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And Brenda Watson, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., senior, who is editorial editor. She has worked as a reporter for the FT. and News magazine. News and an copy chief for the Kanan.
Vince Coults, Wichita senior, is business manager this semester. He has worked for the Kansas before as retail sales manager and interned with the KS eagle and Eagle Brakes.
Carol Beier, Kansas City, Kan., senior is campus editor, in charge of sending out the reporters to do their dirty work, and is co-chairman of the Kansas reporter, and was in St. Petersburg, Fl.* for three months this fall, attending the Modern Media Institute, a newspaper management training center, as a reporter for the Kansas City Times.
Judy Woodburn, Wheaton, III., junior and associate campus editor, and Ellen Iwamoto, Lawrence junior and assistant campus editor, spent the winter break working on the copydesk of the Topaka Capitals, Minn., Junior, the other assistant campus editor, spent the break at home, resting up for this semester.
Cindy Hughes, Colby senior, is the Kansan's art director. She has reported and done makeup for the Kansan. She will be directing Pamela Landon, Bob Pittman, and Bob Pittman, independence editor, who are the Kansan makeup editors.
KU sports will be covered very well this semester, with Mike Earle, Beloit Northwestern and Jeff Simonehomphore, as editor and associate editor. Earle was associated sports editor last semester. Hewis has written sports articles for the Kansas City Kansans and Beacon and the Kansas City Kansans.
Rhonda Holman, Haistend senior, Schender, Jeff Sievers, Prarie Village junior, and oversee Susan Kearney and oversee Susan Kearney, grammar, facts and fiction this semester as copy chiefs. Barbara Padget, Lawrence senior, are wire editors.
There are many others, including reporters and most of the people on the business side of the paper. Together, they were able to glad to have them. By the way, I am a senior from Scottbissell, Neb., working on a second degree. I have attended Stanford University and a college of Law. I have worked for the Kananas for a year, as a reporter, a copy chief and as sports editor. Over the years, I was a reporter for the Wichita Eagle.
CHICAGO - the invasion of Afghanistan by perhaps 85,000 Soviet troops raises a profoundly disturbing question: Has World War III already begun?
And the chief photographer is Jeff Harring.
We are going to put out a good newspaper. We hope you will help, and we hope you will read it.
Afghan invasion prelude to WWIII
By DAVID KLINE
The question is neither alarmist nor ridiculous. If responsible historians now can say that the French invaded the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931—or certainly by the 1958 Indian conquest of Ethiopia—can we also tell the Japanese conflict in today's developing crises?
If so, then the events in Afghanistan take on additional significance, for behind Moscow's takeover of its southern neighbor many years ago, see a strategic plan for global domination.
Interestingly, some commentators in the mid-1970s states that by suing by mail Mr. Gates had taken the Soviet Union would avoid getting bogged down, like America did in Vietnam, in a case involving a bomb.
History shows, however, that imperialist powers are bound by an overriding logic in their actions. Competition is competing with external forces of influence, markets and resources.
To be sure, there is more at stake than just the fate of Afghanistan's 15.4 million civilians killed in Iraq during October in Pakita province stated emphatically that they were fighting for world peace.
"We are fighting for all of you," asserted Iglei Baituani of the National Front for Ethiopia, which has been fighting Russian design is first to control all of Asia, and then control the world. Indeed, there is
In the incredibly swift swap of less than five years, the Soviet Union has amassed a cluster of pressure points that extends from the Russian border down through the Arabian Peninsula and on to the African Horn. Today, forces vectors or their surrogates, the Cubans and Vietnamese, operate over a huge area of territory that is sometimes called the "Crescent of Africa."
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, Afghanistan, Southern Yemen and Ethiopia—all are countries that have been placed under the Kremlin's umbrella since 1975.
Military analysts think the Russians are behind the attack on Malaise in the Indian Ocean; the Strait of Maldive (in the Persian Gulf) and the Gulaf den (also known as the guard entrance to the Strait).
If that net could ever close, United States leaders could say goodbye to Middle East oil; Japan could say goodbye to vital cities; Russia could say goodbye to whole world could say hello to a Soviet military base, come up for occupation of China, too. It could be joined in subject to invasion. Sooner or later after Moscow achieved this capability—or so the plan could be joined between the two superpowers.
It is a measure of the value that the Kremlin places on Afghanistan that it was willing to incur world condemnation to send its own forces to stabilize the situation. Washington 8. few countermeasures are not likely to prove an effective response.
This doesn't mean, of course, that Washington should re-embark on its own expansionism in Asia by say, dispatching troops to the region. But actions such as directing the Afghan rebels, providing China with sophisticated arms for self-defense and unambiguing all strategic materials trade with Russians could have been a stronger response.
As it stands now, Moscow probably will conclude that Washington is unwilling or unable to check the Soviet juggernaut in Asia.
Isn't there something reminiscent here of the early appeasement response of Western nations to the rise of fascist military power in pre-war Germany? In fact, not this much. The lastasant affair smoked of those days before that horrific wave were already gathering over the world?
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One similarity to those days, at least, was pointed up by an Afghan expatriate in the wake of the killing of a group of Soviet troops entering his nation's capitol: "Those Russians have the same swagger, the same arrogance in their weapon, the Nazis had in Czechoslovakia in 1928."
David Kline, who was behind guerrilla lines in Afghanistan in October, has written a series of articles on the rebellion for The Christian Science Monitor.
2. Doynam Production will come to KU
and have a special event in another
daughter, "beyond the Chiuoga Fountain Adventure" will involve rescue efforts to save college students drowning in a river.
Perilous predictions overshadow KU
1. Malco Plastics, Inc. will recall the 25,000 new KU student identification cards after they discover that if the cards could be put intoiat Walton Library's computer.
Psychics everywhere, perk up your alpha waves.
Thirteenth particularly distressful events, not in chronological order, will highlight 1980 for students, faculty and administrators at the University of Kansas:
Because this comprehensive list of predictions for the spring semester failed to make the National Enquirer's New Year's issue about the Kansan gained exclusive rights to it.
KU will install a new, all-weather spakler system designed to cover every square inch of sidewalk and street on canus.
Avening their feathered friends' ravage of the grasses, swiping the lunches of unspecting picnicers. But, unwittingly, the willows eat too much catered food and their skin is scalded.
52U will declare financial exigency, but no ee will be able to remember what the termsme.
7. 1 nuclear accident at KU's Nuclear
6. the Kansas basketball team will announce eight new opponents for its 1985 season. 7. BP, Pirrighning Northern, Okeenekee Swap Community College and Shawnee Mison Southeast. On the road, Kansas will play Ohio, State, DePaul and Louisville.
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Reactor Center, the often unnoticed building to learn *Neared Hall*, will receive national attention. Lawrence residents will fee to leave where they will be accused of crwolf火.
B. Streaking once again will become popular at KU after the Gay Services of Kansas announces its latest promotion: "Wear Clothes If You're Gay Day."
9. Ron Kuby, local student rights activist, will be the main speaker at KU's graduation ceremony in May. Memorial Stadium will host symposiums and sympathizers will not have room to protest.
In an effort to gain valuable insight, archaeologists studying the labyrinthine patterns of the pyramids will survey the rock formations. They will be engaged at their findings.
11. Bert Parks, recently uceded ousted of the Miss America pageant, will be the host of the 1980 Rock Chalk Revue. Bathing suit displays are expected. Make sure to kick the marks to show the hot comfortability.
12. the K-State Spirit Squand will be taken hostage by a group of radical KU students. The rebels will demand that Wille the killer be killed. Javay Javay, in his role in the kidnapping of Javay Javay in 1978,
13. By January 1981, students will finish rearrange their classes, fixing their fees, writing their checks and pulling their cards. The battle against the lines and the steamy atmosphere of Allen Field House will end on November 1802 when finally will be completed.
King's birthday worthy of national observance
how soon we sometimes forget. the birthday of one of the greatest Americans to ever live has just passed and barely a whisper was heard about it.
Instead, there was an editorial from a tunnel-visioned columnist attacking his memory and presenting a pending bill to make the date a national holiday.
On Jan. 15, 1880, Rev Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 51 years old, but in only a few regions of the United States were there any large celebrations.
Unfortunately, James J. Kliplark, syndicated columnist, did not forget the occasion. He chose to attend a celebration in the Kansas City Star, attacking King's credibility and denouncing a pending bill that would create a new national holiday to honor the slain civil war hero.
The bill, sponsored chiefly by Reps. John Conyers J., D-Mich., and Robert Garcia, D-N.Y., would have made King's Birthday, Jan. 15, an national趴斗. Kilpatrick, along with about 57 percent of the House, would prefer to add an amendment by Robin Boleyn, which would designate the third Sunday in every January for the formal observance.
In his column, Kipatrick said King was "the father of civil disobedience," forgetting about the time in which King lived and fought - violent civilian disobedience or armed struggle.
This would be a slap in the face to King and his followers—a message that says he was not great enough and must be trained to be second-rate, as he did to live his life.
Kipatick also questioned King's political perception, saying it was "pathetic." But many think that it was King's widely accepted belief that he would murder him who hurried his inevitable violent death.
Other critics of a holiday on King's birthday said the cost would be too high—$27 million in premium pay for federal employees wo' work on the holiday and $185 billion for those who would have the day o; for state and local government emplies, $79 million more.
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The critics note that King invested his blood: this country. They also forget that the bible of his brother, A.D. King, and his son, King James King, also was swollen americans.
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And trea are those who objected to the idea it would make King the only American in the world to holiday's his honor. (Washington's birthday, sail Kipatrich, is lawfully "Priesthood."
He seized as an inspiration to many in Inuitia Americanates; Andrew Young, the Rev. Jeff Lowery, and Rejeph Lowery were all from the King cap and continue to fight for peace in the country.
King bird had wanted the day, not for himself but for his country. It would serve as a retainer to all Americans of the injustices甘 gainist minstries that have been bred into the political system of the United States and rich get richer at the nolear poor moor.
Every ear the country would reflect on its past id recall the dreams of peace and equality latt have yet to be fulfilled.
Thanklod Almighty, he is free at last.
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