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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101, NO.36
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Candidates clash during first debate
ST. LOUIS — Bill Clinton and President Bush clashed over character and the economy last night in a bristling three-way debate with Ross Perot.
Threesome talks about character, country's future
The Associated Press
"I opposed the war, but I love my country," Clinton said in reply to Bush's attack on his anti-war activities in the Vietnam era.
from taxes to crime to AIDS to foreign policy, the three men grappling for the White House outlined differing
visions in a 90-minute debate. In his first significant campaign appearance, Perot was a flamboyant participant, providing a series of one-liners and offering himself as an outsider who can shake up the system.
Clinton said he represented hope for real change and turned to Bush to add: "For 12 years you've had it your way, you've had your chance, and it didn't work."
Bush answered, "Change for change sake isn't enough," and recalled the economic woes the last time the Democrats held the White House.
The debate began a climactic nine-day period in the campaign for the White House. The stakes were high, especially for Bush, who trailed Clinton in the national polls, and for Perot, who had not yet carved a significant place for himself in the race.
Perot said, "We do have to have change," saying the first priority should be rebuilding the nation's job base and pointing out his experience as an aggressive business leader.
There were no knockout punches in the debate, leaving the campaigns free to put their best face forward afterward. Clinton's running mate, Sen. Al Gore, quipped that Bush had finished fourth, behind Clinton, Perot and moderator Jim Lefhner. James A. Baker III, White House chief of staff, said the president had made a mature presentation.
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WHAT DID THEY SAY?
"Change for change sake isn't enough."
— reporting Clinton's claim that turning a GOP of a GOP White House is enough
"Your father was right to stand up to Joe McCarthy. You were wrong to attack my position." — directed to Bush
"I've got the kind of experience that counts."
— Perot said he lacked experience in "running up a $4 trillion debt," or "overseeing a gridlock government."
59,000 see Jayhawks victorious
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
A sellout crowd of 52,000 fans watched Kansas roll over Kansas State Saturday in a 31-7 victory that helped the Jayhawks climb back into the CNN-USA Today and Associated Press polls at No. 25.
The Jayhawks, 4-1, were ranked No.24 in both polls after defeating Tulsa 40-7 in their third game of the season but fell out of the rankings five days later when California defeated the team 27-23.
The $2,000 in Memorial Stadium, thought to be the largest home crowd ever, watched Kansas reclaim the Governor's Cup from KState. On campanile hill, 7,000 more fans watched the game.
The Governor's Cup is awarded to the winner of the game each year.
Kansas' defense held the Wildcats, 3-1, to minus 56 yards rushing and to 69 yards of total offense.
Sophomore defensive end Sylvester Wright, who had 1 1/2 sacks and a fumble recovered, said the defense could sense it had K-State's number Saturday.
The Kansas defense recorded nine sacks in all and had 20 tackles for losses. It held K-State to an average of 1.3 yards a play.
"After a while, we started playing a little game," he said. "It was like who's gonna get this sack, and who's gonna get that sack."
Kansas is now first in rushing and passing defense in the Big Eight Conference. The Jayawhaks lead the conference in total defense, allowing 209.2 yards a game.
Kansas' offense put up strong numbers as well. Senior running backs Maurice Douglas and Monte Cozzens each scored two touchdowns and had career-best rushing performances.
Douglas gained 127 yards on the ground, and Cozens ran for 83 yards. Their rushing complemented the passing of senior quarterback Chip Hilleary, who threw for 162 yards.
Lew Hall III, a representative from the Federal Express Orange Bowl who was at the game, said he thought Hilleary and the Jayhawks had moved into the upper echelon of the Big Eight Conference.
"I'm impressed. I'm really impressed," Hall said. "Hilleary was much more impressive this year than last year. It's not just the Big Three anymore."
Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma have dominated the conference in the last few years.
Karausco coach Glen Mason said he thought the Javahawks responded well.
Philip Meiring / Special to the KANSAN
Early in the first half, Kansas State quarterback Jason Smartiassq is sacked by Kansas junior linebacker Larry Thiel.
Going into a game like this at a fever pitch and coming out like we did, we played well today," he said.
Mason was doused with water by his players near the end of the game and accepted the Governor's Cup from Gov. Joan Finney in the locker room after the game.
Unsure of how to act, Mason kissed Finney.
"I looked over my shoulder, and the governor was standing there, and I had trouble articulating like I would have normally done in front of a group of 130 red-blooded American boys," he
afternoon, more than 7,000 others watched from Campanile山.
Clinton's wife to visit KU
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff write
a week after Bill Clinton flirted with a campaign appearance in Lawrence, a KU student organization has succeeded in drawing another Clinton to campus.
Hillary Clinton will speak at 2 p.m. tomorrow on Canpanile hill at a rally organized by KU Students for Clinton.
Although her main theme will be urging people to register to vote before Kansas' Oct. 19 registration deadline, don't expect Clinton, a standard-bearer for Bill Clinton's campaign themes, to leave out any political views.
This election year, more women are stepping into political races, and candidates' spouses are stepping up on the campaign stump.
Candidates' wives not only have become more active this selection year but also are giving real campaign speeches rather than just proclaiming their mates' virtues, said Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science.
Collier said Hillary Clinton, one of the nation's top attorneys, could help sway working women to vote for Bill Clinton.
"As an educated, professional woman, she carries credibility," he said. "She suggests to professional women that their interests will be represented in the White House.
"Of course, a college campus is a great place to do that."
But Maggie Childs, faculty sponsor of Women's Student Union, said she did not think the spouse of a candidate made a difference on the way people voted.
"If a spouse is viewed positively that may be a fringe benefit," said Childs, associate professor of East Asian languages and culture. "But not too many people choose their jobs based on fringe benefits."
Juli Hester, Overland Park senior,
said that although she liked Hillary
Clinton's accomplishments she was
not more likely to vote for Bill Clinton
because of those accomplishments.
"I kind of see them as two separate people," she said.
Job market looks bleak for college graduates
Street to remember
The city of Lawrence has a new street, Mark Blair Court, which is named in honor of the Lawrence firefighter who died on the job in 1868 fire.
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By Kristy Dorsey
Kansan staff writer
But Gray, who graduated in May 1991, spent three months looking for a job in his field before taking a position repairing lawn mowers at Fleetwood Mower & Rental. 716 New Hampshire St.
After hearing that the University of Kansas had 1,800 job offers for only 50 mechanical engineering graduates in 1990, Brian Gray never expected to have any trouble finding a job.
"I spent $20,000 or more on tuition, and I'm making $300 or $400 a week," he said. "There's a lot of jobs you can go out and get without a college degree and make more than that."
Some people call it waiting for the right opportunity, some call it educational upgrading, and some just call it McJob. But the fact is, one-fourth of the approximately
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
25 million college graduates in the 1988 labor force were underemployed, working in jobs that did not require the degrees those graduates held, according to a 1990 report by the U.S. Department of Labor.
That report also predicted that from now until the year 2000, the annual number of bachelor's degrees would exceed the projected number of job openings for college graduates by 156,000 each year.
It also indicated that underemployment of college graduates will continue into the year 2000. That prediction seems to be holding true. Department of Labor
economists reported in February 1991 that the number of people working part-time but desiring full-time jobs — sometimes a measure of underemployment — increased significantly in the last half of 1990.
As the number of job-seeking college graduates increases, students will have to consider taking jobs they may not want after graduation, placement officials and employers say.
"As far as I'm concerned, anybody can get a job," he said. "You don't need a degree. There are jobs out there - you can go out
Getting a job is not a problem for people like Brian Gray. The problem, Gray says, is getting a job you want.
"You've got people now with a college degree who will be taking positions that they wouldn't have taken 10 years ago," said Terry Glenn, director of the University Placement Center.
and get a job at McDonald's."
Educational Ungrading
But college graduates are not necessarily flooding the fast food market. Growth in job opportunities for college graduates from the mid to late 1980s came primarily in fields where a college degree was not required in the past.
The upwing in these sales, administrative support, blue collar and service jobs that now require a degree is called "educational upgrading," and it is expected to continue through the year 2000, according to a Department of labor report.
Jon Sargent, co-author of the report, "The Job Outlook for College Graduates to the Year 2000: A 1990 Update," said it sometimes was hard to tell if employers looked for college degrees because of increasing job demands or because they had to
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