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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102.NO.61
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1992
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Brook Ammann of New Richmond, Wis., protests at Arrowhead Stadium before the Chiefs-Redskins football game.
American Indian sports imagery fiercely debated
By J.R. Clairborne Kansan staff writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo - In a show of unity, people from various colors of the racial spectrum protested the use of American Indian imagery in sports at the Kansas City Chiefs-Washington Redskins football game yesterday.
Amid taunts and jeers from several Chiefs fans, more than 150 delegates and supporters from the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media demonstrated outside Gate E at Arrowhead stadium against what they considered racism in mainstream society.
The demonstration was the final event of the coalition's national conference, which began Thursday.
The protest, as well as the conference, was meant to discuss the use and negative effects of imagery of American Indians in professional sports. The rally specifically targeted the use of the names of both football teams playing yesterday, the tomahawk chop and the song and war drum that usually accompany it at Chiefs games.
The conference was coordinated by Mike Honey, a member of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, and members of the American Indian Movement. Members of the Native American Student Association at the University of Kansas also helped facilitate the event.
"This has been an inspiration to me in the fact that we need some type of identity," said Mark Randolph, vice president of the KU association.
"That's what they don't understand," he said. "They do us no honor by turning our chiefs into clowns."
Randolph said that while fans said they were honoring American Indians with mascots named after them, the chop and the mock Indian regalia worn by some of the fans were demeaning.
While many fans tauced the protesters by doing the chop, singing and yelling the chant from the Price Chopper commercial and saying things like, "Hey! We're doing you a favor," some fans admitted that even
though they didn't totally agree with the protesters, people should respect their beliefs.
"I think it's great that they stand up for their beliefs, but I don't think the intentions of the Chiefs and Redskins were derogatory," said Mark Heinekman, Lee's Sununt, Mo., resident. "I don't mind seeing the chop go because it's just a cheer."
us with the chop and that song they sing.
During the rally, a Chiefs fan evoked an emotional appeal from Lovina Louie, a Nespelem, Wash., freshman at Haskell Indian Junior College. The bare-chested fan had the Chiefs' logo painted on his chest and his face streaked in "warpaint" fashion. He wore a mock Indian headress.
"Just by looking at that one man, it hit me and hit me hard," she said. "I thought, 'How long are we going to have to fight this?' Will my kids have to fight this too?"
"When I saw that man, I cried," she said tearfully. "They can't stereotype
See related stories, Pages 8,10.
Anti-abortion protesters arrested
By Joe Harder and Kristl Fogler
Kansan staff writers
Lawrence police arrested five anti-abortion protesters and detained five juveniles Saturday morning after the protesters barricaded the front door of a physician's office at 15.F. Seventh St.
According to police reports, the five protesters were arrested on counts of criminal trespassing after they refused to move off the private property of Dale Clinton, a local physician.
None of the protesters arrested or detained were from Lawrence. Police arrested two McPherson women, a Wichita woman, a Council Bluffs, Iowa, man and a Marietta, Ga. man.
Lawrence police officer Dan Johnson said the protesters did not resist removal from the site. This was the first time Lawrence police have arrested anti-abortion protesters, he said.
Anti-abortion advocates have held weekly protests at the office since Oct. 17, when members of Collegians Active to Liberate Life held rallies in Lawrence to motivate KU students to act and to change their beliefs about abortions, said Anne Weist, Omaha, Neb., senior.
Weist, a member of KU Students for Life, participated in Saturday's protest but was not arrested. She said the purpose of the protest was to raise awareness about Clinton's office and to counsel women about alternatives to abortion.
and even friendly, up to this point, "he said of participants in recent protests at Clinton's office.
Wesist estimated that about 30 people attended the protest, including the Wichita-based Youth for America, students from Kansas State University, Lawrence residents, KU students and other anti-
"A lot of people don't know that there's an abortion clinic in Lawrence," she said. "We just want them to know it's there and it's wrong."
Weist said she disagreed with some of the protesters' tactics, which included talking with Clinton outside his office.
abortion activists. Twelve people participated in the barricade of Clinton's office.
"What we've been doing is basically silent protesting," she said. "We have signs. We make it a point not to talk to people.
"What I don't agree with is speaking to people like Clinton. I think you should keep quiet, keeping your mind focused, praying, not against somebody, but praying for people."
She said police told the protesters to move off Clinton's private property and onto the sidewalk or they would be arrested. Weist said when the police tried to remove the protesters they went limp and police had to carry them from the property.
One of the protesters had posted the $500 bond by yesterday. The other four arrested were still in the
Philip Meiring / Special to the KANSAN
Four Kansas defenders wrap-up Colorado Freshman T.J. Cunningham.
Kansas bowl chances still alive despite loss
By David Dorsey Kansas sportswriter
Despite the Kansas football team's 25-18 loss to Colorado Saturday, the Jaquahws' chances for a bowl bid are still alive, with the Aloha Bowl as the prime candidate.
The Jayhawks, 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the Big Eight Conference, are the third-place team in the Big Eight, and could earn an Aloha Bowl bid with a victory against Missouri this weekend.
The Aloha Bowl probably will select the third-place team in the Big Eight, which is now Kansas. However, the fourth-place team also could be picked.
Selection-committee members from the John Hancock Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, and the Blockbuster Bowll attended Saturday's game. A representative from the Aloha Bowl was scheduled to attend but did not because of illness. A representative from the Orange Bowl attended the Kansas-Oklahoma game earlier this season.
Alex Crutchfield, president of the team selection committee for the Fiesta Bowl, said during half-time of Saturday's game that Nebraska's 19-10 loss to Iowa State would affect the bowl-game situation.
Missed opportunity
But the Cornhuskers dropped from No. 7 to No. 12 in the nation, and Kansas could not hang on to its 18-17 head, falling from No. 20 to No. 22.
"It's hard to believe that this could happen," he said. "Nebraska probably should have gone up to fifth in the nation this week and been a contender for the national championship. I feel sorry for the Big Eight because they lost their top-ranked team, Kansas is now in a good position."
Emerson Allsworth, a member of the Blockbuster Bowl's team selection committee, said that the winner of Saturday's Colorado-Kansas game would be a likely choice to receive the remaining Blockbuster Bowl bid. Penn State already has an agreement to be the other team for the Dec. 1 game.
"The winner of this game or Syracuse is the likely school to get the
Kansas lost to Colorado Saturday 25-18 and fell to third in the Big Eight Conference.
Kansas brought its conference record to 4-2, while Colorado improved to 5-1. Michigan and Colorado, the 5-1 Jayahwks would have had safe possession of first downs.
1. Nebraska 4 - 1 - 0
2. Colorado 4 - 1 - 1
3. KANSAS 4 - 2 - 0
4. Oklahoma 3 - 1 - 2
5. Oklahoma St. 2 - 3 - 1
5. Oklahoma St. 2-3-1 See game coverage, Page 7.
other slot," Allsworth said during halftime. "But I think Kansas would be a better draw because they haven't been to a bowl in so long, so we probably wouldn't rule them out even if they lost. Plus, I think that Penn State and KU would be an interesting matchup."
Kansas last went to a bowl game in 1981 under Coach Don Fambrough, losing to Memphis State in the Hall of Fame Bowl on New Year's Eve. The Jayhawks' last bowl game victory was the 1961 Bluebonnet Net, where the team defeated Rice 33-7.
The Jayhawks' Orange Bowl hopes for this season were still alive early during Saturday's game, when the scoreboard flashed the Nebraska-Iowa State score. The Cornhuskers' loss fired up the Jayhawks and the crowd, said Kansas junior safety Kwamie Lassiter.
"Iowa State did us a favor," win. "All we had to do was win this game, but we came up short. Right now we just want to get past Missouri before we start thinking about the postseason."
If the Jayhawks defeat Missouri next weekend, they still have an outside chance at getting an at-large bid in the John Hancock Bowl or a bid in the Blockbuster Bowl against Penn State. The strongest possibility, however, is the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day in Honolulu.
Reaction to Clinton's plan
University to reveal program review recommendations
Members of the KU community react to President elect Bill Clinton's plan to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military.
See story. Page 3.
Return to Communism?
Lithuania, the first republic to break away from the Soviet Union, yesterday appeared to be on the verge of forming former Communists to power.
See story, Page 5.
Administrators to detail suggestions at forum
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas tomorrow will find out what the future may hold for its academic programs.
KU officials will release the recommendations stemming from the University's program review at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at a forum for faculty, staff and students in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
The presentation of the final recommendations comes nearly a year after the Board of Regents ordered its six state universities to conduct a comprehensive
review of the universities' academic programs.
Since then, University faculty and administrators have been examining how the University can restructure its programs to become more cost-effective.
The University is likely to recommend that certain programs be eliminated, downsized or moved into other schools or departments.
Meyen will be joined by David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs; Howard Mossberg, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service; Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs; and Richard Mann, University director of information resources.
Chancellor Gene Budig, who will forward the program-review recommendations to the Regents on Friday, also is expected to attend the 90-minute forum.
At tomorrow's forum, Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, will detail the recommendations for restructuring some of the University's academic and non-academic programs. He also will explain how those recommendations will be carried out.
Meyen said the program review helped find ways to streamline, which was important because the University probably would continue to face insufficient funding in the next few years.
Nancy Dahl, head of the Senate Executive Committee, said part of becoming a strong university would come from deciding how the university could best devote its resources.
"Basically, what we're trying to do is strengthen our academic mission," she said. "Sometimes that means dropping out a program that would take too many resources to bring it to full strength."
Dahl stressed that the process did not stop with the recommendations outlined tomorrow. Committees comprising faculty, staff and students will be involved in deciding which recommendations will be implemented.