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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.54
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1992
(USPS 650-640)
University's fee-deposit option survives
Payment plan will now cost students $250
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
By student demand, the deposit option for paying fees will be extended another year, this time with a $250 minimum payment, University officials said yesterday.
Kathe Shinham, University comproller, said the fees policy committee based much of its decision on
studentsurvevs.
"There just seemed to be a feeling that people wanted that option," Shinham said.
She said that a majority of the 21b students who responded wanted to keep the deposit option, established this year as a temporary alternative payment plan. Students could pay a $100-tuition deposit to save their enrollment in lieu of paying in full by mail.
About 140 of the 218 students polled used the deposit option, but support for the option was not limited to those students, Shinhua said.
"Even students who didn't utilize it wanted to have that flexibility in case they needed it in the future," she said.
Shinham said that the University would not keep the option forever because it cost too much but that other alternative payment plans were being considered.
In Fall 1993 a $10 administrative fee will be added to cover the extra cost of the option, and the required down payment will be bumped up to $250.
"There is some logic to that," Shinham said. "If someone owes $1,000 in tuition and fees and they can't come up with the $250 a couple of weeks before classes, how are they going to come up with it by the time classes start?"
Richard Morrell, University registrar, said 272 of the 4,040 students who used the deposit option this fall
lost their enrollment and their $100 deposit because they failed to pay the rest of their tuition after scrapping together the deposit.
Shinham said next fall would bring other changes in the payment system, including most student loans being credited to students' bills and the construction of a fee payment drop box in front of Carruth- O'Leary Hall.
Robert Thompson, a student representative on both governing bodies, viewed the proposal favorably.
The decision to extend the option came after both University Council and Student Senate issued resolutions calling for the University to retain the payment alternative.
"I'm not sure about the $250, but I'm glad to see that they're going to maintain it," he said. "It'a lot of money but not so much that students could not make enough money to pay it."
John Shoemaker, also a student representative on both bodies, spoke strongly for retaining the deposit option when the resolution came up in University Council.
He said he had mixed feelings about the increase in the minimum payment.
If the University eventually phases out the deposit option, the minimum payment should increase gradually to get students used to paying more early, he said.
Spring 1993 Fee Payment
- While enrolling, students can fill out option cards, which automatically bill such items as bus passes to tuition and fee bills.
Tuition and fee bills should arrive in the mail beginning Nov. 24 at school addresses.
A $100 deposit or full fee payment is due by December 10 at the comptroller's office, 20 Carruth-O'Leary.
Students using the deposit option for fee payment must pay the remainder of their fees Jan. 7 and 8, 1993.
KANSAN
Peltier's crusade
American Indian's story draws support worldwide for release from federal prison
By Mark Martin Kansan staff writer
Paul Kotz/ KANSAN
Between 1973 and 1976, more than 250 American Indians died violently on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Amid a 70 percent unemployment rate and an alcoholism rate five times the national average, drive by shootings and fire bombings were common. Bureau of Indian Affairs police, FBI agents and tribal police often clashed with American Indians living on the reservation.
On June 26, 1975, a shoot-out between members of the American Indian Movement and more than 100 FBI agents left one American Indian and two agents dead.
Leonard Peltier has been a prisoner in the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for the past 16 years. Leonard will appeal his sentence for the third time on Nov. 9 in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minn.
Nearly two years later, Leonard Peltier, a member of AIM, was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of the agents. Peltier is serving two lifetime sentences in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He swears he is innocent.
The events surrounding the shoot-out remain unclear. But FBI documents obtained by Peltier's lawyers through the Freedom of Information Act seem to indicate a concerted effort by the FBI to pin the murders on Peltier.
FBI ballistics experts testified that a riffle belonging to and used by Leonard Peltier in the shoot-out killed the agents. But further documents obtained through the FOIA indicate that Peltier's rifle had a different firing pin than the murder weapon. These documents were not released by the FBI during the trial.
The FBI refuses to release an additional 6,000 pages of documents pertaining to the case, saying it would endanger national security.
Several key FBI witnesses stated in court that Peltier was involved in the killings. Three of these witnesses, all American Indians, have since said the FBI threatened them physically unless they testified against Peltier. They now admit they do not know who killed the agents. Another witness who signed affidavits saying that she was Peltier's girlfriend and that she had seen him kill the agents now says she had never seen or met Peltier until the trial. She says she was also
threatened by the FBL
In 1988, a man who will only identify himself as Mr. X admitted in a taped interview on the television program "60 Minutes" that he killed the agents. He refuses to turn himself in or reveal his identity. Pellier and many other American Indians involved in the shoot-out know who Mr. X is, but no one will talk about him.
Peltier has appealed his case several times. In 1985, a federal appeals court called the FBI's handling of the case "a clear abuse of the investigative process." Lawyers for the prosecution have admitted in interviews that they do not know who was responsible for the killings.
Peltier has been behind bars for 16 years. On Nov. 9 in St. Paul, Minn., he will again appeal for a new trial.
Twice a week, for two hours at a time, Lisa Faruto holds Leonard Pelletier's hand.
--shuffle. They sit together in the crowded living room in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and talk about the world outside, Leonard's case and love. But after two hours, Farouk, who is engaged to
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By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
Democrats lose House majority
The Kansas Democratic Party suffered heavy losses Tuesday in State Legislature races. Several key Democrats, including Speaker of the House Marvin Barkis, were voted out of office, replaced by conservative, anti-abortion candidates.
Republicans regained a majority in the House of Representatives and kept their majority in the Senate. Riding the nationwide anti-incumbency mood, 19 new senators and 43 new representatives will go to Topeka in January.
Political experts said munc or unbacklash against incumbent Democrats could be attributed to Gov. Joan Finney's negative ratings. Republican candidates throughout the state associated Finney, a Democrat, with their opponents.
"The results seem to me to show that voters were punishing Democrats for the governor's failure to preform in her first two years," said Russell Getter, associate professor of political science. "Fmney is perceived as having failed on a lot of key issues, such as education."
State Rep. Gary Blumenthal, D-Wyandotte, who won his re-election bid, said Finney had definitely hurt the Democratic Party.
"Joan Finney is an albatross around the neck of the Kansas Democratic Party," he said bluntly. "She blew her first two years, now the Democratic party has no real leadership."
"I am personally very concerned for our future," he said. "What really worries me is the emergence of right-wing, anti-choice Republicans who may have a lot of power in the next few years. The Kansas Right to Life group was very successful in supporting its candidates."
Getter said he recognized many of the Republican winners as anti-abortion candidates.
Blumenthal said he was worried that the incoming Republicans would be able to take advantage of the lack of leadership from the governor's office. He said abortion had been a big issue in many of the races.
"it does seem like the religious right
"Joan Finney is an albatross around the neck of the Kansas Democratic Party."
Gary Blumenthal
State Rep., D-Wyandotte
has made in-roads into politics in Wichita and around the Johnson County area," said State Sen. Gus Bogina, R-Shawnee, who narrowly won his re-election bid. "What effect this will have on the legislature, I don't know."
Bogina is an anti-abortion advocate. The biggest blow to Democrats was the loss of Barkis, of Louisburg, who many considered a prime gubernatorial candidate for 1994.
"It's virtually unheard of for a speaker of the house to be beaten," Getter said.
State Rep. Sheila Frahm, R-Colby,
said the new session would be hectic
at first until the freshmen candidates
got the hang of state politics.
"It will make for a lot of chaos at first," she said. "But the people who won are all highly qualified, so they'll learn quickly."
Frahm said the next two years would be very important to Kansas.
"School finance, workers compensation, health care — they are all going to be big issues," she said. "I hope we'll be able to work together and get some things done."
Rising stars
Evan Dando of the Lemonheads is just one of the many performing artists in Lawrence for the next few days. The Lemonheads will perform in a Student Union Activities-sponsored concert 8:30 p.m. Monday in Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
BOP (harvey), a band that gained recognition by performing at rallies for President-elect Bill Clinton, and local band L.A. Ramblers also are scheduled to perform in town this weekend.
Referendum will have small impact for bar customers
See related story, Page 7.
By Kristy Dorsey
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Nightlife in Lawrence may not alter drastically, but bar patrons will see a few changes in town with the passing of County Resolution No. 92-32, the liquor-by-the-drink referendum.
The issue appeared on Tuesday's ballot and was passed by a wide margin, with 26,171 residents voting to remove the food restrictions on non-private clubs and 14,175 voting to keep the restrictions.
Before Tuesday's vote, establishments served alcohol in Douglas County either had to make 30 percent of their gross revenues from food or operate as a private club. Private clubs were required to sell memberships at a minimum cost of $10 and there was a 10-day waiting period before the memberships were active.
With the food requirements removed, several bars in town will no longer require patrons to buy memberships. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., is one of those establishments.
"We're going to change our license to Drinking Establishment," said Doup Vinke, manager at The Bottleneck. "We won't have to hassle with the memberships anymore. Anyone can come in and enjoy a band for the night."
Vinke said until the bar changed its license status from Class B bar to Drinking Establishment, The Bottleneck would continue to check for memberships from patrons. He said it would take 10 to 14 days to get the new license.
Bernie Norwood, state Alcohol Beverage Control legal assistant, said the resolution would not officially take affect until the county clerk notified the state ABC in writing about the outcome of the referendum. After that, bars will have to apply for new liquor licenses that designate them as open drinking establishments. Norwood said changing the licenses would not take very long.
"Since they are already licensed, it wouldn't take long. We would issue it pretty quick," he said.
Hockenbury Tavern, 1016 Massachusetts
St., will not have to apply for a new license, but it will close down its kitchen, said manager Dave Roberts.
"Being a new bar, we have a year to establish that we sell 30 percent food," he said. "But we were falling far short of that. We don't have any reason to keep the kitchen open."
Although Hockenbury's was not bound by memberships or food requirements, Roberts said the passage of the resolution would make operating easier by eliminating a lot of paperwork.
Reed Brinton, owner of Benchwarmer's Sports Bar and Grill, 1601 W. 23rd St., said the changes in the law would not affect his business.
"I'm not going to change anything," he said. "It's like that for 27 years, and it's going to stay that way. I'll keep on selling the same food I have been selling."
Not all bars will be making such drastic changes, however. John Wooden, owner of The Wheel Tavern, 507 W. 14th St., said he would continue to serve food at his establishment.
Election results
Voting against drinking clubs
The following precincts are primarily student populated, and voted heavily in favor of the liquor-by-the-drink issue Tuesday.
PRECINCT YES NO
South Park Rec. Center 970 156
Hillcrest School 1,079 300
Allen Field House 712 228
Cent. United Methodist 905 145
Cordley School 610 228
Dan Schauer / KANSAN