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Thursday, August 27, 1992
OPINION
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
IN OUR OPINION
Voters should resist smear tactics during campaigns
The negative campaigning in the 1992 presidential election continues to roll on. Last weekend religious supporters of George Bush went as far as to denounce Bill Clinton as a friend of pornographers and to claim that the ozone hole is an atheist ploy.
Despite the fact that these sound more like tabloid headlines than news, it is a virtual certainty that unjustified and often incorrect negative accusations will continue from both sides for the remainder of the campaign. The question is why?
Unfortunately the answer lies within ourselves. Political campaigns are very calculated machines. The messages they send out are not random in the least. Campaigns increasingly have become negative because being negative has worked. Period.
Campaigns are in the business of winning. We cannot begin to expect politicians to uphold a some standard of fair play if we do not care enough to let them know at the voting booth, what we feel is not acceptable. When we, as an electorate, become too apathetic to seek the truth, we will not get the truth. And that will be exactly what we deserve.
Thomas Jefferson once said, "If once [the people] become inattentive to public affairs, you and I, and Congress and the Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves."
If we are not willing to demand and seek out the truth, then all we will see is the sheep's clothing that everybody has put on.
JEFF REYNOLDS FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
Creating scholarships with tuition increase unjustified
Returning University of Kansas students were certain to notice a few changes during enrollment and fee payment this fall, not the least of which was the tuition increase.
The 10 percent increase for Kansas residents and the 12.5 percent increase for out-of-state students felt this fall will soon be followed by a further 8 percent across the board increase in Fall 1993.
The increases will be used principally for scholarships for talented out-of-state students.
Though school sponsored scholarships are commendable, it seems questionable that this money be taken from the pockets of studentsaving full tuition.
Most undergraduate students are at least partially financed by loans that must be paid back with interest. Many pay for school with money saved by parents over the student's lifetime or by such methods as second mortgages on homes, second jobs, and much belt tightening for the entire family.
Many students work one or more jobs while attending school in order to cover education costs.
With the present economy providing fewer jobs and ever-rising education costs, most students find themselves living well below the poverty level in order to complete their education. Is it fair to ask them to pay for other students' costs as well?
Scholarship programs should be funded by state money, endowments from private and corporate donors, and revenue from sports events.
If the school must limit scholarships in order to meet the needs of the present student body, then that is what should be done instead of milking the paying students even more.
The cost burden on the student is too great as it is without being forced to foot someone else's bill as well.
KATE KELLEY FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
Starving Russian children need real relief not Ken and Barbie
Poor Russia! The government is in turmoil. The economy is floundering. There are shortages of food, clothing, and medicine. Could things possibly get worse?
They can and they have... Barbie has arrived.
Barbie, that foot tall, blue-eyed, big haired, heavily bosomed symbol of American decadence has hit the shelves of Moscow's toy stores. For a mere 1,900 rubles, roughly one month's salary for those Muskovites fortune enough to have jobs, Barbie can be purchased to thrill and delight any little Russian girl. And thrilled is exactly the reaction they are having. This proves, once again, people are more alike than different. Little American girls have been crazy about Barbie for years.
STAFF COLUMNIST
I remember my first Barbie. Actually, it wasn't a real Barbie. It was a cheap imitation named Tannie. I think the name came from those Debbie Reynolds' movies, "Tammy and
KATE KELLEY
the doctor," "Tammy Goes to College,"
"Tammy Does Dallas," —I may be confused with that last one
Anyway, Tammy was probably more realistic in her dimensions than Barbie. She was smaller and less pointy in the bust (Barbie tends to be rather conical there) and a little fuller in the hips and thighs. Instead of the long, silky, blonde Barbie hair, Tammy had shorter, curly hair done in sort of a Patty Duke style.
The worst thing about Tammy was that when you made her sit, her legs would splay wide open. The way she looked sitting in her little blue convertible with a foot on each door was downright indecent!
I was not impressed with Tammy. She was not the real thing. So, my parents found another bargain Barbie wannabe, the Wendy doll. Wendy was built more like Barbie. She had huge hooters, long shapely legs that stayed together when she sat, and the stylist high-heeled shoe-molded feet. Her long blonde hair was pulled up in a French twist.
But Wendy's flaw was discovered when you took down her hair, which all little girls did so they could comb it. Wendy's hair only came out around the hairline. The rest of her head was bald. In the middle of the baldness was a huge gaping hole. What a cheap doll! Of course, I did find this to be a source of amusement, as my sister's name is Wendy. I could say in all
truthfulness, "Wendy has a hole in her head" and torment my sister.
The Russians also have a counterfeit Barbie. Veronika sells for about 300 rubles. Her hair is thinner, her clothes are drab and conservative, but many Russian parents are flocking to purchase her to appease their little girls.
Their parents will do as more than one Russian family has, spend their entire vacation budget on a plastic form with hair.
But their daughters will not be mollified. They will whine, cry, and sweat that they will die without the real thing. Trust me. I know this.
You can bet, once again the Russians will be curting us under their breath. Not for our weapons, military power, but for those miserable Barbies!
Kate Kelley is a Fort Leavenworth junior-majoring in English.
Husband wonders what most wives really think
"What do you mean?" she said.
After listening to Barbara Bush talk about her husband, I asked the blonde."What would you say about me."
"Well, Barbara Bush just publicly stated that her husband is, and I quote: 'The strongest, the most decent, the most caring, the wisest and, yes, the healthiest man I know.'"
"So, those are very nice things for a wife to say about her husband. And I'm just curious about what you'd say about me."
She thought for a while and said: "I guess I would say you are reasonably
After a long silence, I said: "Is that all?"
Her brow furrowed and she said: "It takes only one nudge to make you stop snoring."
Then she brightened and said: "Oh, I forgot. I'm always surprised at how hard it is to be a teacher."
from the kitchen?" and left the room.
I suppose that wasn't bad: I'm clean, nudge-friendly and handy in the kitchen.
"That's it? What about my other qualities?"
But her response aroused my curiosity. What do other women say about their
Mike Rovko
She said, "Do you want anything
husbands? Are they the wisest, the most decent, the most caring, the strongest and the healthiest men they have ever known, as Barbara said of George?
So this morning I took a brief, informal poll of some married women. Here were their comments. ( I have omitted their names for the sake of maintaining Family Values.)
"He needs to stop smoking
"He doesn't beat me. He's a good provider. He doesn't drink or gamble."
toenails clipped."
"I haven't seen him drunk in a month. Another month, and it's an all-time record."
"He's really cute, but he takes the covers, and I hate that. I can't stand
"What I would say about my husband would depend on whether it was before a national audience or at a tavern."
"He's a good golfer. I don't play the game myself, but I assume he must be good because he spends half of his life practicing or playing."
"I think his finest quality is that he doesn't waste his mind watching a lot of trash on TV. Actually, he sits down every night and turns the set on, in 10 minutes he falls asleep and that's it for the evening. At least he doesn't hang out in bars. But I guess you can't fall asleep on a bar stool."
"He dresses well because I buy all of his clothes, or else he'd look like a bird."
"He's good at yard work."
"Yes, I heard Barbara Bush's speech. And my husband is the most
"He is nice to my cat. I don't think he likes the cat, but he pretends that he does to please me. So I wonder why the cat doesn't like him. Maybe he's mean to the cat when I'm not around. That's the thing about marriage. Do you really know someone?"
caring man I know, too. He cares about the Cubs, the Bears, the Bulls, and every other stupid sports show on TV, even bass fishing. he's big but I can't say that he's the strongest man I know because I've never seen him lift anything leaver that a beer can and the channel switcher."
This made me feel better about being a mere clean, nudge-friendly person.
And it appears to confirm what I suspected. If you want to hear your wife say you are the strongest, most decent, most caring, wisest and healthiest man she knows, here's how you do it. Run for president.
And get yourself about 20 points behind in the polls.
KANSAN STAFF
Mike Royko is a syndicated columnist with the Chicago Tribune
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