MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.16
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Kansas runs record to 2-0
The Jayhawks, led by junior wide receiver Isaac Byrd, roll over North Texas 27-10. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Following a Lied at Med Center
A building at the KU Med Center has been named after Ernst F. Lied. Page 5A
NATO steps up campaign
WORLD
A U.S. warship fired Tomahawk missiles at key Bosnian targets for the first time yesterday. Page 6A
Military policy faces challenge
NATION
A lawsuit against the "don't ask, don't tell" policy goes before court this week. Page 7A
WEATHER SUNNY
High 76° Low 54°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Campus ... 3A
Opinion ... 4A
World News ... 6A
National News ... 7A
Sports ... 1B
Scoreboard ... 2B
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KU employees claim police mistreatment
ACLU responds to complaints from computer center
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Computer center employees have contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, claiming they were mistreated during a
KU police investigation of a series of thefts at the center, an ACLU representative said yesterday.
Steve Lopes, president of the Kansas ACLU, said that an unspecified number of employees had contacted the ACLU Friday and that a preliminary investigation had been launched.
"They were not happy with the process of the whole investigation," Lopes said.
the specific police practices that caused the complaints.
Lopes would not comment on
"From what they were saying, they sounded excessive," he said. "But sometimes people exaggerate, and sometimes there are extinguish circumstances."
KU police have been investigating a series of computer center thefts that have resulted in the loss of several thousand dollars in RAM memory hardware, said Jerry Niebaum, executive director of information technology
services.
The thefts began last spring, and the latest occurred in late summer, Niebaum said. In one instance, about $5,000 of memory hardware was stolen.
The thefts have been from restricted access areas, which has caused some to believe employees could be responsible, Niebaum said. The areas are accessible to only employees.
"When you have a theft from a locked area that only people with
Sgt. Randall Kern of the KU police confirmed yesterday that the department was investigating the thefts but declined further comment.
security access could enter, it certainly points the finger at someone who has security access," Niebaum said.
Lopes said the preliminary investigation would determine if the complaints were legitimate. If so, a lawyer would be assigned to the case, he said.
Jenny Brannan / KANSAN
Carol Pecos sorts through the jewelry that she was selling at the Haskell Indian Art Market. Pecos traveled from Jemez, N.M., for the art show, which was presented by the KU Museum of Anthropology, the Lawrence Arts Center and Haskell Indian Nations University.
Indian Art Market draws big crowd
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
People from near and far gathered at the Haskell Pow Wow grounds Saturday and yesterday for a weekend filled with song, dance and art.
The seventh annual Haskell Indian Art Market, presented by the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, the Lawrence Arts Center and Haskell Indian Nations University, featured artists from all over the United States. The event was free.
The art show included singing by the Kiowa Club, the Steve Emery Backstage Band and the Haskell Singers. Performances were by the Thunderbird Theatre, the Haskell dancers and the Apache Crown dancers.
Many art demonstrations were performed, including pottery by Emma Lewis Mitchell, Delores Lewis Garcia, and Pam Lujan-Hauer; basketry by
Squirrel and Larry Croslin; a pipes demonstration by David Jones; and sandcast jewelry by Gary Custer.
Artists came from all over the country to be a part of the Haskell Indian Art Market and to display and sell their art.
Marion Goodwin, contemporary Southwestern and Indian artist of Cherokee Indian heritage, said she had been painting Indian art for eight years.
She always had been interested in history, and the bright costumes at Indian art shows inspired her to begin to do paintings about Indian history, she said.
Jason Youngbuck, a Southwest Pueblo and Navajo who is an ancient leather pictorial artist, said he had been an artist since the age of two, when he sat for hours watching his
"I just always wanted to paint," Goodwin said.
father draw and paint.
"This is a full-time job for me," he said.
Youngbuck said that he had been traveling around the country selling his art in shows for many years but that he only started making leather pictorials 10 years ago.
The Haskell Indian Art Market featured more than painters. Many other types of artists set up booths to show art such as homemade jewelry, statues, wooden and stone carvings, pottery, drums made of cow hide and aspen or cotton wood, stained glass windows, woven baskets and Indian clothing.
Hannes Combest, education assistant to the president of Haskell, said that many Haskell students had volunteered to help the artists and that the art had been selling well because of the large turnout of people.
"We've had great crowds both days, and we're really pleased," she said.
Indian art on display at museum
By Hannah Naughton Kansan staff writer
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kansas once again is sponsoring the Indian Arts Show, now in its seventh year.
The museum gallery is filled with 145 original pieces, submitted by Native American artists from across the country.
"Over the years, the quality of the show has improved," said Maria Martin, coordinator of the Lawrence Indian Arts Show. "Each year, the judges have selected really good artwork, and the competition has been good."
Two judges awarded $7,200 in prizes for this year's juried competition. Martin said. In all, 207 pieces were submitted; 145 were selected for the exhibit, 16 won prizes and 15 received honorable mentions.
Karen Abeba-Daw, a Tewa/Isleta Pueblo potter from Polacca, Ariz., won one of the two Best of Show awards, the highest honor in the show, for her traditional Hopi pottery.
"One thing I really try is to not change any of the techniques," Abeita-Daw said. "The way I make them is how they made them 100 years ago."
Abeba-Daw used a stone that had been passed down through her family for generations to mix her paint. Her polishing stone was also a family heirloom. She fired her pieces in an outdoor fire fueled by sheep manure and painted them with a yucca brush.
"I've been working at it for 11 years, everyday," Abeta-Daw said. "I take time praying and thanking, talking to my pots. Thanking them for coming on nice — 'You'll feed my family.'"
Abeita-Daw was awarded $1,500 for her work. She uses the money from her art to support her family, she said. Her prize-winning pot, on display in the museum, is on sale for $4,900.
One reason the show is special is because the artwork is for sale, and the proceeds do go back to the Native-American artists, said Mark Bussow, LaCrosse, Wis., junior and museum assistant.
Bussow also said the show had a better reputation and a higher quality of artwork than other shows that come to the museum.
"I'd come because it's interesting," Bussow said. "Native-American art is really fascinating and neat. It's good to see people's beliefs reflected through their art."
Graduate students to fight proposed loan cuts
By Noveida Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Graduate students at the University of Kansas want to send a message to Congress this week that proposed cuts in financial aid could be devastating to students.
The students are holding a letter-writing campaign from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. They also want other KU students to call their congressional representatives between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday at 1-800-574-AID.
The Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition and Kansas' Graduate Student Council have declared Sept. 11-15 as Student Aid State of Emergency Week.
"I want to mobilize as many people as possible," said Karen Hellekson, Lawrence graduate student and one of the event's organizers, "Members of Congress have stated that they want to hear from their constituents."
Diane Del Buono, director of student financial aid, said that on average.
The proposed cuts are in the House and Senate Budget Resolution, and the cuts could increase the cost of student loans by 20 to 50 percent, said coalition members.
"I am concerned for our undergraduates and our graduates." Diane Del Buono
graduate students take out about $16,000 in loans. Proposed restructuring of aid programs could make a bad situation worse, she said.
Diane Del Buono
KU director of student financial aid
"I am concerned for our undergraduates and our graduates," Del Buono said. "I would encourage them to call the 800 number."
Rep. Jan Meyers, R-Kan., said students were one of the groups least affected by Congress' budget slashing.
The House Budget Reconciliation Bill, which the House of Representatives will vote on this week, would after the six-month grace period students have after they graduate before
they have to start paying back their Stafford Loans, she said. Currently, the government pays interest on Stafford loans during the six months. If the Reconciliation Bill passes the House and Senate, the loans will start to accrue interest immediately after graduation.
Meyers said that if the bill passed it
Meyers said she probably would vote for the bill.
Coalition members said Congress was going after the wrong people.
An appropriations bill containing more cuts, which passed the House and is before the Senate, also garnered Meyers' vote. The bill would cut funds for several graduate fellowship programs and work study.
would save $.5 billion per year, or $3.5 billion during the next seven years—the amount of time Republicans say they have to balance the budget. Although that's a significant amount of money, it's just a small part of the $25 billion allocated annually to education, she said.
"I can't say that I disagree with that tremendously," Meyers said. "But balancing the budget is more important now than it has ever been."
"One of the things we are trying to do is stimulate the business climate," she said. "The government is pulling so much money out of the economy that it stifles business."
Financial aid cuts
Several of the proposed cuts that coalition members are fighting: Elimination of the in school
interest exemption and the sixmonth post-graduation exemption on federal student loans to graduate students.
Increase of the federal student loan origination fee by 1 percent
Elimination of funding for the Jacob Javits Graduate Fellowship Program, which supports outstanding individual graduate students in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Several similar programs targeting women and minorities also would be cut.
Termination of new Perkins Loan Federal Capital Contributions. This program allows institutions to target low-interest student loans to demonstrably needy graduate or professional students.
Source: National Association of Graduates-Professional' Students.
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