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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
THURSDAY. AUGUST 22,1996
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.103, NO.2
(USPS650-640)
Clinton signs bipartisan health insurance bill
WASHINGTON — One day after approving a 90 cent-an-hour raise for minimum wage workers, President Clinton signed legislation that will make it easier for Americans to obtain health insurance.
The bipartisan legislation the president signed yesterday, which passed the Senate unanimously and the House with only two dissenting votes, effectively ends the practice of denying insurance coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions.
It is the second of three bill signings this week designed to highlight Clinton's presidency in the days before the Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday in Chicago.
To read about how new minimum wage laws will affect Americans, please see page 164.
Kevorkian aids suicide of 76-year-old woman
PONTIAC, MICH. — Jack
Keworkian helped a Texas woman
Lou Gehring's disease commit suicide yesterday, refusing to let controversy about the death of a Massachusets woman slow his cause.
Kevorkian
brought the body of Louise Siebens, 76, of McKinney, Texas, to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital about 10 p.m., said Bob Aranosian, director of the emergency room.
Perot selects ex-boss as 'stand-in' running mate
DALLAS — Ross Perot has listed his former IBM boss as a "stand-in" running mate. His residential campaign insists that doesn't mean James S. Campbell will be No. 2 on the Reform Party ticket, although four years ago the Texas billionaire's stand-in stood with him through the fall.
Campbell's name showed up Tuesday in official papers the Perot campaign sent to the Federal Election Commission, seeking $29.1 million in public financing for his White House bid. Perot would qualify because he won 19 percent of the national vote when he ran for president in 1992.
Campbell, 69, also was listed as holding a place on state ballots in the West until after the convention Sunday, when Perot was nominated by Reform Party members. Perot's former boss and friend had said he was doing a favor by lending his name to the ballot drive.
Plane crashes, killing Yugoslav crew members
BELGRADE, YUGSOLAVIA — A cargo plane crashed and exploded in flames yesterday while trying to make an emergency landing in Belgrade. All crew members were killed, the Yugoslav Tanjug news agency reported.
Tanjug did not say how many crew members the four-engine, Russian-made liyushin 76 jet carried when it crashed half a mile from Beilgrade's airport runway at 3:10 a.m.
Belgrade radio stations, however said 11 crew members were killed during the emergency landing.
The plane circled at low attitude over the city for an hour before it plunged to the ground, witnesses said.
It was not immediately clear what the plane was transporting, but witnesses said they saw and heard explosions and tracers coming from the burning wreckage hours after the crash.
It was not known who owned the plane.
Bringin' down the house
Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
David LaClure, a Lawrence carpenter, helped guide a window onto the roof of Stouffer Place Apartments yesterday while Phillip Smith watched from inside of the roof.
Journalism dean to resign after 17 years at University
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
Provost David E. Shulenburger will meet with the journalism school faculty at 4 p.m. Friday to solicit advice and highlight a description of prospective candidates for Mike Kautsch's position as dean at the School of Journalism.
Kautsch made official Monday his intent to resign June 30, 1997, as dean of the school. He decided this summer while visiting Costa Rica as a Knight International Press Fellow that his 10th year would be his last.
His University honors include the H. Bernard Fink, Mortar Board and HOPE — Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator — awards, Kautsch plans to resume research and teaching at the University after the 1997 academic year.
Kautsch was named dean in 1987, succeeding Del Brinkman. He joined the faculty in 1979 to teach reporting and media law classes and is an award-winning teacher.
"I find myself at this point wanting to make change and act on new interests, and I am motivated with this feeling of accomplishment and completion," Kautsch said.
Shulenburger said he planned to target a nationwide marketing campaign for a new dean after a search committee is
"The William Allen White School of Journalism has a national reputation, and I am confident that we have plenty of applicants to choose from," Shulenburger said.
established in late October.
The search committee, appointed by Shulenburger, will
consist of students and faculty members within the school, a dean from another department and outside representatives.
Mike Kautsch
pioneered the idea of on-line journalism in the school and said Kautsch's endless support of technology and change made her on-line journalism course possible.
"We need a dean who can embrace change as this dean has," Rich said.
In addition, a proposal by Kautsch won a $1 million endowment to establish a Knight chair in journalism, and he supported international outreach to Costa Rica and other countries.
The school's undergraduate program was ranked 10th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in 1996. These accomplishments were made possible by Kautsch's technological improvements, which included the creation of an integrated media laboratory and the University's first television station, Channel 14.
Carole Rich, associate professor of journalism.
During his fellowship in Costa Rica, Kautsch planned a cultural exchange with the School of Mass Communications at the University of Costa Rica. Hetraveled to Costa Rica after the school celebrated its 50th anniversary. When the celebration was complete and with the threat of more budget cuts, Kautsch decided to step aside.
"I had a sense of completion and found that the combination of celebration and difficult problem-solving had exhausted me," Kautsch said. "I realized that I was going to finish 10 years at the University, and maybe I could think about change at this point."
Ted Frederickson, professor and chairman of the school's editorial program, said of Kautsch's resignation, "We're delighted to welcome back to the classroom one of KU's best professors, a HOPE award winner, and owe our gratitude to him for serving as dean during a difficult decade dominated by dwindling resources, hiring freezes and growing technology needs."
On-line access limits imposed
110-hour cap added to new $50 access fee
By Bradley J. Brooks Kansan staff writer
The 6,000 KU students, faculty and staff who use dial-in access to get on the campus computer system will have their service terminated if they are spend more than 110 hours online each month. This maximum hour cap is part of a fee increase and new billing plan introduced by University officials.
"It feels like they're penalizing the heavy user," he said. "People search the Web for the wealth of information out there. It seems that at a university, searching for information would be encouraged."
The fee will increase from $30 to $50 for on-line access through the end of July.
Under the new billing plan, a student's log-on hours are metered by the computer center. While most
Wade Jones, Milford, Conn., senior and president of the Kansas University Campus Internet Association, is not happy about the new plan.
"There are a lot of people on-line for more than the limit: engineers, computer science majors, people who use the Web as an educational source," said Hafid Saba, Fort Scott junior. "The whole thing is just a little bit irritating for me."
of the on-line users won't be affected by the hour cap, those who will are concerned.
David Shulenburger, University provost and the person who made the final decision on the new billing plan, said that the hour cap was in place to keep a small number of people from occupying the limited number of spaces available in the system.
"Clearly, there isn't any attempt to ration the system." Shulenburger said. "The attempt is just to provide additional lines so that people can get in when they want."
In addition to the hour cap, there has been a fee increase for use of the dial-in system.
"The University has received no new budgeting for the system," Shulenburger said. "We want to be able to provide enough capacity so that people won't have to wait so long to get into the system."
Under the new fee plan, students pay a basic fee of $50 for access to the system through the end of July, a
See On-line, Page 12A.
Ex-professor writes new Star Trek novel
James Gunn, 73, recently wrote a Star Trek novel, The Joy Machine, based on Ted Sturgeon's nearly 30-year-old outline for a proposed episode of the original series. Sturgeon, a legendary science fiction writer and friend of Gunn's, had begun the outline while the series ran but never completed it.
The Joy Machine hit stands Aug.10
By Jeff Ruby
Kansan staff writer
"There are two ways to be happy," Gunn said. "You get what you want, or you want what you get." In The Joy Machine, a planet called Tinshel has a mechanism that fulfills the people's desires while simultaneously brainwashing each citizen.
Aretired University of Kansas English professor has boldly gone where no one on campus has gone before.
After two and a half months of writing this spring, Gunn finished his adaptation of Sturgeon's work in March. The work was an exploration of happiness and pleasure.
But an opportunity to work with a former student in shaping Sturgeon's idea changed Gunn's mind.
"When people come to me and want me to write Star Trek novels, I tell them I'm not interested. It's not real writing to me," Gunn said.
"He was one of the major driving forces behind my career choice," said Ordover, who became an editor after attending one of Gunn's science fiction workshops eight years ago. Ordover said he was thrilled to collaborate with his former teacher and mentor.
John Ordover, a former student of Gunn and editor of the Star Trek series at Pocket Books in New York City, suggested that Gunn turn Sturgeon's outline into a novel in 1995.
What kind of person writes a 280-
page novel about Captain Kirk,
Spock, Scotty and the whole gang on
the Starship Enterprise? Gunn must be
a diehard Trekkie, right?
"When it originally came out, I was not a great fan of *Star Trek* back in
"It was wonderful to work with James Gunn," Ordover said. "I was honored. It was a great opportunity to bring Ted Sturgeon's story to life. He's a legend."
See StarTrek. Page 12A.
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