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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL. 103, NO. 30
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1996
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Middle East leaders fail to reach peace accord
WASHINGTON — President Clinton said yesterday that Israeli and Palestinian leaders had failed in a two-day Washington summit to settle their differences. He said the two sides would step up peace talks beginning Sunday with an American mediator.
"Please, please give us a chance to make this thing work in the days ahead," Clinton said in a plea to the feuding Israelis and Palestinians, whose differences exploded last week in bloody violence.
He stressed that highest priority would be given to Hebron, the West Bank town where Israel had promised — but has refused — to pull its troops away from Arab neighborhoods.
"I wish we would have resolved everything in two days," Clinton said, acknowledging the summit felt short of his hopes.
"They were not able to resolve their differences here," he said at a news conference. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan sat somberly behind him.
"Let's not overreact," Clinton said. "We are in better shape than we were two days ago."
If the turbulence had persisted, he said, "imagine where we would be now."
ANCON, Peru — A Peruvian jetliner carrying 70 people, including four Americans, crashed into the Pacific Ocean early Tuesday after the pilot reported that his navigational system had failed. There were no signs of survivors among the passengers, 21 of whom boarded in Miami.
Jet crashes off Peru's coast; no survivors found
"What's happening? What attitude am I at? Why is my ground crash alarm on? Am I over land or sea?" the pilot asked, according to Transportation Minister Elsa Carrera.
Peruvian navy patrol boats found the wreckage of the plane 40 miles west of the town of Ancon yesterday, said Adm. Jaime Monge, head of naw rescue operations.
The plane's fuselage had split in half. Heavy fog was hampering efforts to locate anyone who might be alive in the frigid waters, Monge said.
Aeropera Flight 603 had flown from Miami to Lima, Peru, and was headed for Santiago, Chile, when the pilot of the Boeing 757 said he no longer knew where he was.
Republicans in Congress won't get major tax cuts
WASHINGTON — Republicans roared into Congress nearly two years ago intent on cutting Americans' taxes. But after many votes — and a veto by President Clinton — they're leaving without achieving what they considered the crown jewel of their "Contract With America."
A major tax cut for families and businesses, still at the top of the Republican agenda, will have to wait until next year.
Republicans did succeed in persuading Clinton to sign a laundry list of minor, targeted tax cuts. Among them: incentives for long-term care insurance, tax-free life insurance benefits for the terminally ill, tax-free medical savings accounts, expanded equipment write-offs for small businesses, an increased health insurance deduction for the self-employed, Individual Retirement Accounts for non-working spouses and a $5,000 credit for adoption.
But none has the pizzazz at the polls of a 500-a-child credit or a 50 percent cut in the capital gains rate. And Republicans were forced to accept an increase in the minimum wage — an anathema to free-market conservatives — as part of the deal.
The Associated Press
KU orders reduction policy
Mandate wasn't from Regents
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
Misconceptions have spread on campus about the University's policy to reduce its number of academic departments.
The policy is not the result of a mandate from the Board of Regents. Instead, the reduction is a decision from the University as part of the Office of Academic Affairs' 1992 program review process.
Frost-Mason said she hoped to arrive at a decision that made sense academically and financially.
"The only thing the Regents mandated we do was review all of our programs," said Lindy Eakin, associate provost for support
services. After the review, the University decided to reduce the number of departments by 10, he said.
Even Sally Frost-Mason, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, believed the policy came from a Regents mandate. Frost-Mason recently organized a task force to examine Wesco Hall for possible reorganization.
Although the decision did not come from the Regents, the University does have a commitment to the Regents to examine ways to spend money more wisely, said Provost David Shulenburger.
Ray Hauke, Board of Regents director of planning and budget, said he didn't think that Regents involvement with an issue would stifle all opposition.
Frost-Mason's charge to the task force states, "We are also under a Board of Regents mandate to reduce the number of academic departments in the college by four."
The error also was reported in the University Daily Kansan in a remark by Erin Spiridigliozzi, assistant dean of the college and the Wescos Hall task force.
"I don't know that that would make or break any huge cry of dissension over something." Hauke said.
"I had been laboring, apparently, under the misconception that this came down from the Board of Regents," Frost-Mason said.
The distinction between a Regents mandate and a University decision is important because the misconceptions have led people to not question the policy, said Marion O'Brien, associate professor of human development and family life. She said no one would question something they believed had come from the Regents, even if the mandate was opposed.
Frost-Mason said she had not intended to use the Regents' name to give the task force more authority.
"Regents mandates are Regents mandates, but our own administrators' decisions are things that should have some support within the University community," said O'Brien, who served on the University Council's academic policy and procedures committee at the time of the program review.
"It does sound more ominous than it probably is," she said.
"What we can't afford to do, after a $725,000 budget reduction, is to continue to build an infrastructure for many, many small departments," she said. "We also run the risk of alienating or irritating the Board of Regents."
A marriage made in Jayhawk heaven
Jill Bedner, 1984 graduate, and Chris Compton, 1988 graduate, pose with Baby Jay, played by Sara Jarrell, Albquerque, New Mexico senior, for their engagement photo. Bedner and Compton are planning a Nov. 16 wedding in Overland Park.
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
Boss's gender is not an issue
KU students don't seem to agree with trend reported by pollsters
By Megan Jordan Kansan staff writer
KU students moved beyond stereotypes when the majority of those interviewed said they did not care whether their bosses were male or female. This response is contrary to a 1995 Gallup poll that reported 46 percent of the public would prefer to work for a man.
"I really don't have a preference," said Matthew Walter, Andover sophomore. "I try to look at the character of my boss. That's what ultimately determines if I enjoy working for that person."
Joey Sprague, associate professor of sociology, said that students' responses made sense because they were asked to think of their specific jobs and bosses before answering. Surveys such as the Gallup poll, however, often prompt people to respond not to individual experiences, but to stereotypes, Sprague said.
However, just because the survey reflects stereotypes, that does not make it inaccurate. Strange said.
"I think we all have a hard time giving authority to women," she said.
Sprague said this was true because the cultural image that society has of women conflicts with the image that society has of a good boss. For example, she said, women often are considered to be emotional, petty and jealous. Thus, it is no surprise that the Gallup poll indicated that only 17 percent of men and 22 percent of women would prefer a female boss. Thirty-three percent said they had no preference.
Sprague said women typically were found to have better-tuned social skills and more empathy than men and were more likely to facilitate, rather than dominate, a discus-
See GENDER, Page 2A
Traffic control booths often are ignored
Bv Llz Musser
Kansan staff writer
When Sheila Starr was late for work, nothing could slow her down. The "no through traffic" signs posted at the booths surrounding campus were no exception.
"It's a hassle to drive around campus and deal with traffic," the Towanda junior said. "So when I was running late, I cut right through. Somebody hung out the window and tried to stop me, but I had a Nova that was really loud and I just stepped on the gas."
Starr is oae of many students who disregard traffic boots that restrict traffic on campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Although it violates a University of Kansas policy, few students are punished.
"The person at the booth on the other side waved me down and told me that it was restricted," Starr said. "But I said 'Whatever, lady,' and drove off."
Byron Moore, Council Grove sophomore and booth attendant, said that depending on the booth, up to seven people passed the booth each day without permission.
Rita Jordan, field and office supervisor for the booths, said that people who drove past the booths could be punished if they parked illegally on campus or violated a traffic law.
"There's not much I can do to stop them," Moore said. "I'm not going to run out in front of them."
"It depends on how people come through," she said. "If it's a one-time shot and the park, the parking people will get them."
If a person runs a stop sign or runs through the intersection at a high speed, the attendant will call the police, who can ticket the driver, Jordan said.
"A lot of people come through there at a considerable speed," she said. "It's dangerous and it's sturid."
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said booth attendants rarely called the police. When they did, Keary said, it was difficult to make a citation because the violator usually left campus quickly.
He also said that no citation could be issued if the person did not run one of the octagon-shaped stop signs and did not speed past the booth.
A campus parking control booth attendant, who asked not to be identified, talks to a person driving off campus. Many drivers do not stop at the booths, which restrict traffic on some parts of campus. Instead, they speed by, paying no attention to the attendant.
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