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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.42
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.1992
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No knockouts in feisty final campaign debate
Bush, Clinton battle on trust issue and taxes as president again fails to score needed victory
EAST LANSING, Mich. — President Bush mounted an animated attack on Bill Clinton's integrity and economic proposals last night in a jousting, climactic campaign debate. Of 12 years of Republican rule, Clinton said, "We can do much better if we have the courage to change."
The Associated Press
Bush predicted the Democrat would "sock it to the middle class" if elected, but Clinton pledged instead that he was not going to raise taxes on the middle class to pay for his initiatives, but that he would look for spending cuts elsewhere, or if necessary, defer his proposals.
Bush, running an underdog race for racework, worked to raise doubts about Clin-
on taxes, fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles and the Vietnam draft in a final showdown with his Democratic rival and independent Ross Perot.
Perot stressed his businessman's background in pledging to wrestle government gridlock and solve economic problems. He said he was spending $60 million or more of his own fortune on his bid for the White House and announced the time slots for a blitz of campaign ads to come.
The debate had its share of sharp exchanges, and at one point Bush referred to Arkansas as the "lowest of the low."
Perot also attacked Bush on his administration's treatment of Saddam Hussein before the Gulf War.
Bush played the role of the underdog
aggressor throughout the 90-minute contest, giving his best debate performance of the year
It was the last in an eight-day series of debates that began with Clinton ahead in the race for the White House and ended with Bush still searching for a breakthrough and Perot in need of a miracle.
The most recent surveys showed Clinton hovering slightly below 50 percent in a three-way race, Bush getting about a third of the vote and Perot lagging far behind.
When the president raised the question of trust, Clinton mentioned several "broken pledges" in Bush's past, including the broken "no new taxes" pledge and Bush's original labeling of Reagan's trickle-down economics as "vooodo economics."
An ABC poll taken immediately after the debate showed Clinton the winner with 36 percent to Perot's 26 and Bush's 21.
See related story. Page 6.
Parting shots from the last debate
"The White House staff increased its expenditures by considerably more than Congress has in the last four years under the Bush administration. When you outspend Congress, you're really swinging."
"Who can give themselves a 23 percent护理
anywhere in the world except Congress? Who would have 1,200 airplanes worth $2 billion a year just
for $2 billion a year just to fly around in?"
"Governor Clinton keeps hitting me on vetoing legislation; well, that's the protection the taxpayer has some of these reckless pork programs up there."
Alcohol Awareness Oct. 19 - 25
Awareness of alcohol to be stressed Week draws attention to college drinking abuse
By Lynne McAdoo Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is one of 3,500 campuses nationwide participating in National College Alcohol Awareness Week through Sunday.
The week draws attention to alcohol abuse on college campuses and encourages responsibility.
We just want to get the idea across that there are alternatives to drinking to have fun, said Julie Hummer.
Jennifer Zucco, a member of the advisory board that organized the alcohol awareness week, said, "We are just trying to make the whole KU campus aware that there is an alcohol problem and trying to educate in a creative way."
The advisory board includes representatives from KU police, Watkins, Association of University Residence Halls, the KU Athletic Department, the greek university, and the University of Wisconsin. Thisability Through You, a KU alcohol awareness group,
Bill Cordes, a motivational speaker, spoke at Templin Residence Hall last night as part of the week's events. He emphasized the connection between low self-esteem and alcoholism.
Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol is sponsoring a "Mock Party" from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Delta Ups fraternity, 1025 Emery Road. Members of the greek community and University administration and faculty have been invited. Guest speakers will address the topics of date rape, insurance liability, health issues, and drinking and the law.
GAMMA also has planned a tricycle race at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house,1911 Stewart Ave. The race will include members of the KU hockey team and the Lawrence acoustic duo "Jeff-n-Jeff."
Courtyard construction
Although their swimming pool is gone, residents at Jayhawk Tower will have a new courtyard in December. But the construction is leaving some residents a bit sleepy.
See story, Page 3.
Alumnus directs at KU
KU students rush to register
Two KU Theater giants team up in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Kip Niven, broadway actor and KU alumunus, directs William Kuhlke, KU professor of theater and film, in Shakespeare's last play.
See story, Page 7.
Election '92
Potential voters pack courthouse to make deadline
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
Lines wound around the Douglas County Courthouse rotunda and into an adjacent foyer yesterday as potential voters made a last-day rush to register.
Each registration card that the eight workers at the county clerk's office helped people fill out added to the record number of registered voters in Douglas County.
Many signs show that college-age voters — concerned about the economy or just interested in voting — increasingly are contributing to the number of registered Douglas County voters for this year's elections.
Kip Chin / KANSAN
Patty Jaimes, county clerk, said that a record 44,000 people had registered so far and that thousands more registration cards had yet to be counted by the office.
She said that the clerk's office had no way to count the number of registered students but that the majority of people who registered yesterday were college age.
A better measure of the number of registered students may be the results of the recent on-campus registration drive by Associated Students of Kansas.
Kathryn Price, co-director of ASK, said 2.614 students had signed up at BAO boots when the drive ended Oct. 9.
That number was more than ASK's 1900 drive, said Price, who did not have 1900 statistics.
Part of the increase in registration around the county may be due to improved efforts to register voters, said Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science.
Deborah Rose of Overbrook, seated at left, registers to vote while other area residents wait to register at the Douglas County Clerk's Office, 11th and Massachusetts streets. Patty Jaimes, county clerk, seated at right, took registration cards and told voters where to cast their vote Nov. 3. Yesterday was the last day to register in Kansas.
"Some of the parties involved in registration have been more organized than they have been in the past," he said. "They have also improved registration techniques."
"We registered at dorms, and we hit a number of big concerts and events," she said. "We were getting out there
Price said that this year's ASK drive was more extensive than ever.
where the students are, I think making it convenient for students was the most important thing."
The media, including MTV and its "Rock the Vote" campaign, have played a large role in encouraging young people to register, said Christi Barb, Wichita senior.
"I think most people our age have registered because there has been such a push by rock stars and the media to do it," she said. "It's aimed toward young people more than ever to get out and vote."
The "Rock the Vote" campaign, which features stars such as Madonna and Aerosmith, has registered about 1 million younger voters at music-related events this year, said Mike Dolan, national director for field directors.
Issues such as the depressed job market have played a part in college-age student's increased interest in voting. Collier said.
"People get more involved in politics as politics gets closer to them," he said. "The job market has brought the economy very close to students."
Jessica Folkart, Williamsburg, Va., graduate student, said that she thought students were more interested in voting in this election than in 1988 but that just voting was not enough.
"The important thing is that they need to know what they're voting about," she said.
Octubafest showcases students' tuba talents
By J.R. Clairborne Kansan staff writer
Former jazz festival participant who has cancer is honored
The department of music and dance is celebrating the 10th annual Octubafest, a celebration of the music of the tuba and euphonium, a tenor tuba.
The sounds of the once unheralded oom-pah instrument are now the star attraction of a weeklong celebration at the University of Kansas.
The music festival features three concerts, with music ranging from the classics to modern jazz, said Scott Watson, associate professor of tuba and euphonium.
This year's festival is also a tribute to Rich Matteson, the jazz artist who helped to expose the versatility of the instruments. Matteson, who has participated in the KU Jazz Festival, has cancer and is at his home in Davenport, Iowa.
Before 1981, courses in the two instruments usually were taught by instructors who specialized in other instruments, but no degree in tuba and euphonium was offered at the University, Watson said.
Since Watson was the first full-time faculty member of the program in 1891, KU's tuba and euphonium program
has become one of the strongest in the nation, Watson said. Octubafest celebrates this fact as well as the music of the instrument.
"Octoberfest was mostly just a musical showcase." Watson said. "But now it is a way for students to showcase their own talents and know what it is like to perform in concerts."
Although last night's concert was a faculty recital that was opened by Watson and that featured the Kansas Brass Quintet, the remaining two concerts will highlight the works of KU students, he said.
The next performance of the festival will be "Tribute to Rich Matteson," on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The concert was organized by Jesse Krebs, McLouth junior. The tribute will include music by the KU Tuba-Euphonium Consort and Tubalazz and will feature a performance on the saxophone by Daniel J. Galey, director of jazz studies.
Tuesday's performance will also feature the Lawrence premiere of "Cold Fusion," a composition by Krebs.
Thursday, Oct. 29, will be the conclusion of Octubafest with "The Grand Concert," and will feature solo and chamber music by Watson's students.
Kicking off Octubafest for the department of music and dance, Scott Watson, right, assistant professor of tuba and euphonium, performs a work by Paul Hindemith. Walt Disney, left, received the Reacital Hall and was accompanied by Max Bonecutter, left.
Matteson is unaware of the festival being conducted in his honor but will be surprised with a videotape of Octubafest, Watson said. He also said that after hearing of Matteson's illness last year, he thought it would be nice to honor Matteson while he was alive.
All events will be at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall and are free to the public.