CAMPAIGN: A look at the social policies of the three main presidential candidates, Pages 11 and 12.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102, NO.50
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
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Chinese protest leader stirs emotions at KU
Chai Ling addresses a packed Kansas Union Ballroom.
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
More than 1,000 people packed the Kansas Union Ballroom last night, sitting in chairs and on the floor to hear Chai Ling, twice-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, speak about democracy.
Ling, former chief commander of the Tianannen Square Committee, was one of the students responsible for the mass student protests in the spring of 1989 in Beijing. Ling, marked for death by the Chinese government, escaped to Paris through Hong Kong shortly after the June massacre that killed more than 1,000 Chinese protesters and injured about 10,000.
"You have three choices, but in China we have none, no choice at all." Ling said of the U.S. presidential race. "While watching the presidential debates, it was not which one I prefer, but that one individual, Ross Perot, and one governor, Bill Clinton, are able to debate with the president of the United States."
She spoke of what happened to her and her friends during the protests, which lasted more than 50 days, the 3,500 Chinese students in a hunger strike she organized and the global importance of the U.S. democracy.
Ling contrasted this to China's closed society, where she said citizens did not have the right to choose their leader, were denied their civil rights and feared their government.
Ling said when she protested on Tiananmen Square three years ago, the goal of the protesters was to get the government to listen to them.
The days before the massacre when students were peacefully protesting in the square were amazing. Ling said
"Instead of sitting down and talking to us, they sent tanks and troops and did a terrible massacre," she said.
"The days in the square were so beautiful," she said nostalgically. "I've never seen such a group of Chinese so beautiful — eyes full of hope, dreams and happiness."
Ling's voice turned quiet and became emotional when she told what happened when the government attacked the square on June 3.
"Young people, 15 to 25, facing life
and death because of our belief for freedom and democracy," she said.
After the June massacre, Ling spent the next 10 months hiding. She said she blocked much of that time out of her memory because it was too painful. During her flight out of China, she had to take cold baths in the winter and spend 100 hours hiding in a crate in hopes of surviving.
"You have to survive it, for yourself and the people," she said. "In order to speak, you have to survive."
Ling currently is working on her master's degree in public affairs at Princeton University. She said living without her family, friends and country was difficult.
Shan Ko, Hong Kong,junior, attended the speech and said U.S. citizens
"I think she delivered a message that people should value what they have in the U.S," he said. "They should value it before they lose it."
Chris Boys, Great Bend junior, said Lang's speech was very moving.
"I thought it was pretty true to heart, pretty warming," he said. "I didn't know much about Tiananmen Square before this. I figured I could learn more from her than a politician. She has actually done something. They've only been schooled."
Ling's struggle for Chinese democracy continues today.
A home only Jayhawks could love Law student
"I am a survivor, this is my voice, and I will not stop fighting for democracy in my homeland."
Local landlord uses KU spirit to lure renters
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt Kansan staff writer
Red. Blue. Red. Blue. Nine alternating red and blue stepping stones leading up to the sidewalk of a Lawrence home set the stage 6-9. Izachw landmark.
The alternating colored steps match a newly painted red and blue door. Adjacent to the steps, a white mail box, mounted on a red and blue pole, offsets the colors. The word "KANSAS" is printed in blue on the side of the box, which displays a Jayhawk on the front.
The vacant, 1860s rental house at 1131 New York St., partly garnished in red and blue paint, illuminates Jayhawk spirit. The body of the home is made of stone, but the wooden pillars on the house's facade and the wooden frame on the roof are trimmed with red and blue.
A picture of a Jayhawk is mounted on the front of the roof's peak. Under the logo, the phrase "GO HAWKS" is printed in blue on a red background. Two smaller Jayhawks are displayed on each side of the phrase.
A gallon of blue paint and two pints of red paint sit on the back patio. A stick slightly covered with paint sits on top of a red paint can near a clump of spilled paint.
Raymond Polk, owner of the house and KU fanatic, said he began decorating the house two months ago and finished just in time for the Oct. 10 Kansas-Kansas State football game. Since then the house has been attracting the attention of Jayhawk fans. About 25 Jayhawk fans from Johnson County stopped to take pictures of the house when they attended the Kansas-K State game, he said.
"All I'm doing is just having fun," Polk said. "I'm just working on a rental house. I really was trying to put a little more fun in the rental business."
Polk, a Lawrence resident and former owner of Polk Oil Company, owns about 15 rental houses in Lawrence. His two sons own about 50. He said that the rental business was just something that he enjoyed doing since his retirement.
Kip Chin / KANSAN
Polk recently installed new carpet and new kitchen and restroom facilities in the vacant home.
He said that it was the first house he had decorated with KU paraphernalia, but he might decorate another one. He spent about $100 decoration and remodeling it.
time. It's just the fun. I enjoy doing it."
"It's not the money," he said. "It's not the
Polk, who has owned the house for five years, said the house had been available for rent since August. Although he said he would rent it to anyone, Polk said he thought it would be nice if some college students rented the home.
Melvin and Charlotte Bone have lived next door for a year. They said that during their 27 years in Lawrence they had never seen a house like Polk's KU rental home.
Polk said that someone asked him what would happen if an individual who wanted to rent the house was a Nebraska fan instead of a KU fan.
"Well, I guess they won't be living there."
"I told them. 'Maybe across the street, but in front of you.'"
with AT on it! I think is good.
"I think it'd be nice if some college kids lived there," Melvin Bone said. "They would have fun with it."
"I think it's sharp." Charlotte Bone said.
"Anything with KI on it I think is good."
In a show of Jayhawk pride, Lawrence land-lord Raymond Poll painted a vacant house in red and blue. The house at 1131 New York St. features a Jayhawk above the front porch (top) and Jayhawk cheers on the mailbox (right). Polk says he will rent it only to Jayhawk fans.
Law student was flirting, witnesses say
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
Two former students of law professor Emil Tonkovich yesterday testified that a student who said the professor pressured her into oral sex had been flirting with him at a party before the alleged incident.
Also, a current law student testified that she had witteness several veiled come-ons by Tonkovich. The testimony took place during the ninth day of the dismissal hearings of the professor, who is charged with moral turpitude and misconduct.
Jean Younger and Scott Dold, 1990 law school graduates who are now married and living in San Antonio were Tonkovich's first witnesses. Although the University has not finished presenting its witnesses, the couple testified because it was the only time they could travel to Lawrence.
Younger and Dold said that Tammy McVey had followed Tonkovich around at a summer 1988 party at Younger's apartment. McVey testified Sept. 3 that Tonkovich used grades to pressure her into performing oral sex later that night.
Younger said that five times during the party she noticed McVey standing or sitting next to Tonkovich and usually listening to his conversations with other students.
"It seemed funny. It didn't fit." Younger said. "She was standing on to the floor with her head visible."
"You didn't in. Younger said. "She was standing off to the side like she was his date or something." Younger said that she thought McVey had been "coming on" to Tonkovich.
Dold said he had spent most of the party playing music on his stereo and had observed McVey following Tonkovich around as he mingled with other students.
"I remember going into the kitchen and telling Scott, 'Man, Tammy really has the hots for Tonk,' " Younger said. "That's what I could see. That's what I perceived."
He said that because of McVey's proximity to the law professor, her body language and the inordinate amount of time she spent with him at the party, he thought she was flirting.
During her testimony in September, McVey denied that she flirted with Tonkovich.
said that in a Spring 1991 meeting with Tonkovich in his office, he talked about rumors circulating in the law school about his dating of students.
He told her that he would only consider dating students who approached him first, she said.
She said that the comment made her uncomfortable and that on subsequent meetings, she avoided extensive conversations with him.
Dick also said that Tonkovich had made other veiled come-ons on several occasions at The Yacht Club, a local bar.
She testified that she overheard Tonkovich comment to another student about a joke her friends had made about whether a student would perform oral sex for a good grade. Tonkovich implied that he was willing to accept oral sex in exchange for a good grade, although he kept the appearance of joking, she said.
During cross-examination, Dick said that she did not know exactly what he had said or whether anybody else had heard the comment.
'Hawks meet the press
The Kansas men's basketball team meets the press at its preseason media day. The Jayhawks go into the 1992-93 season ranked No. 1 in the nation by coaches, analysts and sports publications.
See story, Page 9.
Ghoulish 'Late Night' to hit television air waves
In memoriam
Architecture students have worked for the past week and a half to complete a memorial behind Martin Hall to honor a KU student who died in 1901.
See story. Page 3.
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
The event, which marks the first basketball practice of the season, will begin at 7 tomorrow night, when Allen Field House doors open for the Kansas volleyball team's match against Colorado.
Ghouls, ghosts and basketball players are preparing for this year's "Late Night with Roy Williams," which will be held on Halloween night for the first time.
After the match, activities and contests will begin around 10:30, followed by skits performed by basketball players. At 12:01 a.m. Sunday, the team is scheduled to play a full-court scrimmage. Channel 62 will telewise "Late Night" for the first time, but only from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
In the past, players have performed skits before they scrimmage, and
according to center Greg Ostertag,
this year shouldn't be different.
"We're practicing for it, and it's going to be neat," the 7-foot-2 sophomore said. "We're going to get the crowd jumping and bumping."
Oostertag, who stood out in last year's "Late Night" song by singing Garth Brooks's country song, "Friends in Low Place," said that the team would perform at least two skits and that he would play a key role.
"You'll have to come Saturday to find out what it's going to be," Ostertag said. "I am going solo at the beginning of the skit. It's going to be fun."
Kansas coach Roy Williams said he was looking forward to seeing his players' performances in both the scrimmage and the skits.
"I don't even know what they're going to do until I go out there," Williams said. "I've done that on nur-
Godfrey, the director of promotions, said that the spirit squads would perform as they have in the past and that contests would be added before the player activities began.
pose because I want it to be a surprise for me just like it is for everybody else. "The Crimson Girls, our players, Jill Godfrey, they give us a little bit of organization, and they do a great job."
See related story. Page 6.
Students can sign up for a slam dunk contest, and there will be a Halloween Jayhawk costume contest.
For two consecutive years, Kansas has led the country in attendance for opening-day practice. This is the first year that "Late Night" has been held Oct. 31 because of an NCAA rule change that moved the first day of practice from Oct. 15.
T-shirts are $12, and Kansan Late Night programs are available. Channel 62 will televise from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Halloween Late Night
Colorado
7:00 - Doors open
7:30 - Kansas volleyball vs.
Colorado
10:30 - Slam dunk contest and activities begin, followed by skits that will be performed by the men's basketball team. 12:01 - Intra-squad scrimmage
Dave Campbell / KANSAN