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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday October 9,1987 Vol.98,No.35
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
U.S. involved in first direct attack by Iran
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. helicopter gunships sank three Iranian patrol boats in the Persian Gulf yesterday after a U.S. observation helicopter was fired upon without provocation, Pentagon officials said.
Officials said no Americans were hurt in the confrontation.
It was the second U.S. military engagement in the region since the United States attacked an Iranian ship laying missions on Sept. 21, and the first to involve a direct attack on U.S. forces by Iran.
At least six Iranian crewmen survived yesterday's assault and were picked up from the gulf's waters by a Pentagon spokesman Fred Hoffman.
Two of the six later died, however, and another was said to have serious injuries. Hoffman said a search continued for other survivors
President Reagan was informed of the incident by Lt. Gen. Colin L. Powell of the National Security Council staff. Powell went to the Oval Office at 3:30 p.m. EDT to brief Reagan, said press officer, upon his arrival. He said the president would be updated on developments as warranted.
"It appears it was an isolated incident," Fitzwater said. "We did not provoke the incident in any way. We were aware of the sense because they were free upon us."
The incident renewed calls in the Senate to invoke the War Powers Act, which limits a president's authority to send troops to areas of "imminent danger."
"We all look like fools, fools that are disregarding the law," said Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., in a speech
on the Senate floor.
Hoffman said yesterday the administration still saw no need to invoke
Fitzwater said the administration would review the incident in terms of the act "but there are no preliminary judgments to make other than we will comply with the spirit of the resolution by giving full and detailed consultations to the Congress."
Asked if the Iranians picked up from the water would be returned home, Fitzwater noted that the United States returned the men who were captured from the mine-laying boat to Iran but refused to speculate
Hoffman said the incident occurred at 9:50 p.m. local time, or 2:50 p.m. EDT. He said the American helicopters were flying in international airspace and mounted the attack within
the rules of engagement in self defense.
The situation in the gulf has intensified since July 18, when the United States started putting the U.S. flag and U.S. captains on Kuwaiti oil tankers and escorting them through the vital waterway.
Six days later, the first violence occurred with the reflapped supertanker Brideton hit by a mine. Ever since, the United States has increased its naval presence with the fleet reaching 26 warships in that
See GULF, p. 6, col. 4
Tubas to toot, oompah
By MARK TILFORD Staff writer
Make no trombones about it.
A band can't get by without tubas or the people who play them.
"They're like linemen, man Nobody notice them until they're not there," said James Barnes, assistant director of KU Bands.
But this weekend, the spotlight will shine on the people who help the rest of us.
The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance will present its fifth annual Octabestaf, times on Sunday and Wednesday.
Guest artists and student performances will be some of the 'note' performers.
Octafabret was started in 1973 at Indiana University Philadelphia Phila. He helped improve logging lines.
"The idea was basically to kind of come up with a yearly showcase for tuba and euphonium, said Scott Watson, assistant professor of music.
Watson started Octubafest at KU in 1983.
"It was such a big success we kept it going," Watson said.
Octubafest has been helped immensely by its guest musicians.
In 1984, Roger Bobo, tuba player for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a guest of Johnny Carson's on the "Tonight Show" performed at KU.
Last year, more than 100 high school tuba and euphonium players joined the KU band for a mass performance at Southern Illinois football game.
But when it comes to an opinion about his beloved yet often berated wife, Mr. Warnock's response is
"The tuba is a funny instrument," Watson said.
From the instrument's invention in 1835 in Germany until the end of the 19th century, tuba players lacked a solo repertoire.
"Since World War II, the tuba has had more works written for it than any other brass instrument," Watson said.
The euphonium, however, hasn't enjoined the same attention.
Euphoniums are about half the size of tubas, and with their tenor-range voices can produce a rich, velvety sound.
It is seen primarily as a band instrument, though, and is just coming into its own as a solo instrument, Wason said.
Earle Louder, resident artist and professor of music at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky., will be joined by Jill Berry, 4:30 p.m. performance in Swarthout.
"He's really one of the up-and-coming players in the country," Watson said.
with performers of both instruments:
Jeff Funderbark, instructor of tuba
and euphonium at the University
of Pennsylvania, Falls, will
open Octobastaf' 87 with a concert at
3:30 p.m. tomorrow in Swarthout
Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The festival's schedule is filled with performers of both instruments.
Louder is a former soloist with the United States Navy Band.
At 1 p.m. Sunday in Swarthout, Watson will conduct the KU Tuba Consort and the Kansas-Missouri All-Star Tuba Ensemble, composed of high school musicians from the state who were nominated for the ensemble.
Phillip Black, professor of tuba and euphonium at Wichita State University, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout.
Scott Watson, assistant professor of music, is ready for the upcoming Octubetaf, a three-day celebration of the tuba. The festival, which was brought to KU by Watson in 1983, will be tomorrow, Sunday and again on Wednesday
Prof instrumental in Octubafest
If tuba players are like linenmen — never noticed until they're not there — then Scott Watson is a silent but kev player.
Bv MARK TILFORD
"He's one of the finest up-and-coming young tuba teachers in the United States," said James Barnes, assistant director of KU Bands.
Staff writer
Fine enough, in fact, to have the University create a position for him.
"KU was about 25 years behind other colleges in the country in that it didn't have a tuba instructor," Barne said.
University create a position for him.
When the University of Kansas hired
an instructor in 1981, there was no such
position at the University.
But now that the position is there, the 31-year-old assistant professor
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Here was something about the size of that instrument, that big piece of metal. It just had this aura about it.'
- Scott Watson
appears to be making it grow
assistant professor of music
Octubafest, a program presented by the KU Department of Music and Dance and featuring three days of music was brought to KU in 1983 by Watson.
Since the beginning of Octubafest in 1973 at Indiana University, the program has grown nationally, Watson said.
KU's now ranks as one of the largest Octubafests in the country, along with those at schools such as Arizona State University, the University of Kentucky and Indiana University.
Unlike Octubafest's short history, Watson's tuba career can be traced to seventh grade in his native Tuscaloosa. Ala.
His mother would only allow him to play an instrument that the school provided, Watson said.
there was something about the size of that instrument, that big piece of metal. It just had this aura about it."
Watson went on to receive a bachelor's degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1979 and a master's degree in 1891 from KU.
Candlelight rally scheduled at MU
Deaths from apartheid to be mourned
Rv BRIAN BARESCH
Staff writer
University of Kansas students are expected to attend a Columbia, Mo., rally and candlelight vigil tomorrow night opposing apartheid in South Africa, a Missouri organizer of the rally said.
The vigil marks one year since a shantyton was built on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus to protest the University's investment in South Africa. One candle will be lit for each person who has died from apartheid-related violence since Oct. 10, 1986.
Lisa Benson, a Missouri student and member of the Shantytown Anniversary Committee, which is organizing the rally, said she was encouraged by the shows show up and estimated as many as 50 of those to come from Lawrence.
Benson said, 1285 South Africans had died in the past year. That figure comes from the Repression Monitor report based on Cape Town, South Africa.
The rally, which starts at 6 p.m. tomorrow, has not been widely publicized in Lawrence, said Bob Mears, Lawrence resident. Mears, who has helped organize carpools and bus rides to the rally, said he knew of about four KU students who were traveling to Missouri.
John Bell, Memphis, Tenn., sophomore, was planning to carpool to the rally. He said he heard about it through Latin American Solidarity
Bell said he took part in last April's march on Washington, D.C., to protest U.S. involvement in South Africa and Central America, and has been active in such groups as Latin American Solidarity and Amnesty International
Benson said activist speakers Randall Robinson and D'Amu Smith, leaders of two Washington lobbying groups, would speak at the rally.
Robinson and Smith have worked with Congress in arranging sanctions against South Africa. Benson said.
The shantytown in Columbia was built last year to mark United Nations Anti-Apartheid Day. About 20 people lived in the shanties for the first three months, Benson said.
Now only one shanty remains, and no one sleeps in it for fear of violence.
"A vigilante-mentality group has been tearing down the shanties," she said. Every night the shanty is torn and broken, so he build it every morning. Benson said.
Dennis "Boog" Highberger, Lawrence graduate student, said KU had seen little anti-apartheid activity since the Endowment Association agreed to limited divestment. Highberger was once a member of the KU Committee on South Africa, which organized several protests.
The University of Kansas Endowment Association agreed in April 1986 to divest from companies not following the Sullivan principles, which are guidelines for companies doing business in South Africa. This action came after anti-apartheid protests on the KU campus.
"We ran out of steam," he said. A lot of companies could divest on paper but continue to do business with South Africa, he said.
Highberger said the committee had suspected that divestment wouldn't be very effective, but there was little else to seek. "It was the closest thing we had to grab onto," he said.
Drive exceeds goal as more give blood
Staff writer
The University of Kansas was able to exceed its three-day blood drive goal of 800 pints of blood this fall, after falling 101 pints short last spring.
By AMBER STENGER
According to an unofficial count, the blood drive collected 958 pints. Last spring, KU students and faculty donated only 699 pints of blood.
On Tuesday, 264 pints of blood were donated and Wednesday, 313 pints were donated. Yesterday's unofficial total was 381 pints.
Boyd McPherson, vice president for publicity for the Interfraternity Council, which was a sponsor of the drive, said that better publicity and weather contributed to this year's success. He also said that more living groups - residence halls, scholarship halls, fraternities and sororities
participated inanne Malcolm, registered nurse with the regional American Red Cross Center in Wichita, said another reason for the drive's success was the efforts of the many students who volunteered to work. More than 400 fraternity and sorority members helped operate the blood drive.
Kristie Wessel, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, gave blood for the first time yesterday. She said one reason she decided to donate was that her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, gave points for donated blood. Points are important, Wessel said, because she has to have a certain number of
From KU, the donated blood is taken to Wichita for testing. Malcolm said that nine tests were conducted, which include hepatitis tests and AIDS antibodies tests. After the blood is tested, it is distributed to hospitals in Kansas and the northern third region of Oklahoma.
Kansas State University has met its blood drive goal of 1,500 pints for several years, said Sara Dennehy, vice president for campus affairs for which also sponsored the KU drive. K-State has four-day blood drives.
maacom said the Wichita American Red Cross center tried to collect 1,700 pints of blood each week.
points to be initiated into her sorority.
McPherson said the demographics of the K-State population could be one reason that it collects more blood. He said that more of the students at K-State are from small Kansas towns, where blood mobilizes frequent visits. He said they were more used to participating in blood drives.
Malcolm said that she was pleased with the KU's response to this blood drive.
next year, to help shorten the wait before giving blood, registered nurses and nursing students may be required to enter American Red Cross staff, Dennesse had.