SPORTS
The Kansas volleyball team opens its Big Eight season tonight against Iowa State in Ames. PAGE 1B.
CAMPUS
Three alternative publications will seek Student Senate funding in the next two weeks. PAGE 3A
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VOL.104, NO.27
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1994
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School says no to sex this spring
Class falls victim to money dispute
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
Students who were planning to take Denis Dailey's human sexuality class in the spring are out of luck. For the first time in the class' 10-year history, Human Sexuality in Everyday Life will not be offered in the spring.
Beginning this academic year, the School of Social Welfare will offer one section of Dalley's undergraduate sexuality class each fall, and the class will not be offered in future spring semesters.
Dalley, professor of social welfare, will teach graduate social welfare classes each spring in lieu of the undergraduate human sexuality course.
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare, said
the decision to eliminate the spring section of the class was made last spring by social welfare administrators after the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announced it would no longer subsidize the class.
Although the class is offered by the School of Social Welfare, the college had paid social welfare $9,950 per year for the past two years to offer the class.
For two years, the college paid $6,000 of Dailey's yearly salary and $3,950 to Dai-
ley's teaching assistant. Social welfare now will make up the difference in Dalley's salary, but Dalley must teach social welfare classes assigned by the school.
"If the college continued to provide the same funding, we could continue to offer the class twice each year," Weick said. "We need to use our resources for our students."
Although the college had subsidized the
See DAILEY, Page 5A.
Meghan Dougherty / KANSAN
Bryant Freeman, director of KU's Institute for Haitian Studies, discusses Haitian developments. He spoke yesterday in the Kansas Union.
U.S. Haiti occupation upsets KU speaker
Kansan staff writer
By Jennifer Freund
Bryant Freeman, director of KU's Institute for Haitian Studies, said he was disconcerted by the U.S. occupation of Hali in a speech yesterday afternoon.
Freeman, who was living in Haiti during the overthrow of exiled president Jean-Bertrande Aristide, spoke to about 20 people yesterday at the English Room in the Kansas Union.
Freeman said Clinton had made a major error by allowing former president Jimmy Carter to dictate guidelines for the resignation of Gen. Raul Cedras, leader of the military coup.
"Carter went into Haiti as a loose cannon," he said. "Carter dropped all human rights in favor of reconciliation. Carter said he would like Cedras to come to Georgia and teach his Sunday school class."
Cedras and his troops are being blamed for the deaths of 3,000 Haitians, many of whom were Aristide supporters.
Freeman said Carter should not have allowed Cedras to remain in Haiti with his weapons and supporters intact.
Opposite mainly of whom were Alliance supporters. Freeman also said he objected to the Clinton administration pardoning Cedras' criminal activities and unfreezing his foreign bank accounts.
But, Freeman said, despite Clinton's poor performance in Haiti, he supports U.S. intervention.
To come to that decision, Freeman said he balanced a nation's sovereignty with international human rights
"It comes back to international responsibility," he said. "Can genocide and oppression still be permitted?"
He said that he didn't support intervention in far-off countries like Rwanda or Bosnia, but that because Haiti was closer to the United States, the government should help out.
"The U.S. can't control the whole world," he said. "It's a question of proximity. Responsibility begins at home."
But he said the most important reason for support of U.S. intervention in Haiti was slowing the flow of Haitian refugees. He said when Aristide was elected, more Haitians returned to Haiti than left.
See HAITI, Page 5A.
However, Freeman said he was still skeptical about Aris-
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
It's a tossup
Eric Fellows, Boulder, Colo., senior, is president and co-founder of the KU Juggling Club. The club meets at 1 p.m. every Monday and 3:30 p.m. every Friday in front of Strong Hall.
DENNIS DAILEY
Dennis Dalley
Position:
Professor of social welfare
Career:
Dailey joined KU's social welfare faculty in 1969. He is a nationally-known sexologist.
Awards:
Dalley won the Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator award in 1993, the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Professor award in 1990 and the Outstanding KU Social Welfare Faculty award in 1986.
KANSAN
Source: The Associated Press
Fraternity Expansion
The Interfriency Council is considering an expansion of the number of fraternities on campus. This is the chapter membership for the spring of 1993 and 1994 (not including fifth-year members or those living out of the house).
1993 1994 1995 1996
Theta Beta PI 77 78 Theta Chi 25 27 Sigma Nu 106 94 Triangle 36 30 Phi Delta Theta 94 89 Kappa Sigma 70 59 Delta Chi 97 38 Delta Tau Delta 84 87 Phil Kappa Tau 98 34 Alpha KappaLambda 80 72 Sigma Phi Epsilon 124 112 Lambda Chi Alpha 61 53 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 123 126 Phi Kappa Theta 90 74 Phi Gamma Epsilon 93 89 Alpha Tau Omega 81 75 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 68 72 Upsilon Alpha 78 73 Tau Kappa Epsilon 68 72 Pi Kappa Alpha 78 93 Zeta Beta Tau 78 69 Alpha Epilon PI 35 43 Zeta Beta Tau 78 69 Pi Kappa Pai 79
KU might gain new fraternity, IFC says
By Ashley Miller
Kansan staff writer
The Interfraternity Council general assembly passed an expansion report in April 1994 to consider inviting another fraternity to campus, said Mike Stanley, vice president for membership for the IFC. However, the entire process will take at least two years, from choosing a fraternity to recruiting members for the new chanter.
In a few years, the University of Kansas may add yet another fraternity to the 23 chapters already here.
"A fraternity isn't just going to show up because we passed this," Stanley said.
Right now, the IFC is seeking administrative approval from the Office of Student Affairs and the Department of Student Life.
The approval would mean that IFC would have permission to seek out a fraternity interested in coming to KU. It would notify all national fraternities that the council was expanding, Stanley said. The council would interview the fraternites that responded to the notification, provided that the fraternity met several criteria. This criteria includes having a set number of men interested in the new fraternity by a certain date and grade point averages for each of the potential members.
Mike Ward, IFC president, said the most important criteria a new fraternity needed to meet was securing housing at KU.
IFC asks fraternities to find a house because it indicates that the fraternity will be on campus for more than a few years, Ward said.
He said the expansion, which would include only one fraternity, was approved unanimously by IFC fraternities.
Nelson said the expansion probably would be successful even though there was a decrease in men participating in fall formal rush this year because the number of men fraternities in the spring and summer were higher.
Dave Stras, president of Theta Chi fraternity, said the excitement generated from an expansion would help smaller houses out. Theta Chi only had 27 members as of spring 1994.
Adding another fraternity to IFC would be feasible, said Bill Nelson, assistant director of the Organization and Activities Center and coordinator for greek programs.
The fraternity expansion also was good for the fraternities already here, Nelson said. Expansion draws attention to the Greek system and attracts potential members that otherwise do not have an interest in the entire Greek community.
"It's almost a time of revitalization," he said.
Credit card debt can be alleviated with budgeting
By Shannon Newton
Kansanstaffwriter
Robin Fisher often hides her credit cards from herself.
Michele Kessler, assistant director of Legal Services for Students, said the office has had a lot of students who have came in with credit card problems.
"When I first received my credit cards I was really good at paying them off in full every month," she said. "The longer I have them the harder I find they are to pay off."
Fisher, Columbia, Mo, sophomore, has two credit cards. She has fallen behind in her payments for both.
the ladder. Then they are to pay on.
Fisher is not alone.
She said when students come in it is usually because they have started getting threatening calls and letters from collection agencies.
"We've even had some students that have gotten letters from attorneys saying that a card company has filed suit." Kessler said.
When students come into the office with problems about their credit, it can usually be solved with planning, she said.
"When students come in, we try to plan a budget with them to pay off the cards," Kessler said. "Once they are represented by an attorney, they can't be harassed anymore."
Kessler said because of the Fair Debt Collection Practicing Act, federal law states that third party debt collectors cannot contact the person they are trying to get money from if the person has an attorney. The collectors must go through the attorney. She said the act did not apply to card companies that do their own collecting.
Kessler said that in her experience most credit card companies were willing to let students have payment options.
She said some of these options included having students pay an established monthly fee or allowing students to pay off a percentage of the entire amount due and the
company would eliminate the rest.
"Card companies are willing to work with students because they realize that if they sue them, students don't have the resources to pay it off," Kessler said. "They want options that will bring them their payments."
Kessler said that if problems arise for students because of credit card debts, it does not mean their credit report will be permanently scarred.
Doug Gaddis, Wichita senior said that he wouldn't let himself fall into debt.
"I pay off my credit cards every month," he said. "I will never pay interest rate fees as long as I live."
"When a plan is established for repayment, the student needs to make sure that the credit card companies will contact collection bureau to be sure their name is removed." Kessler said. "After the debt is paid the student should order a copy of their credit report to be sure they don't have bad credit."
Use common sense!
Michele Kessler, assistant director of Legal Services for Students said a little planning could keep students out of revolving credit card debt. Some of her advice is:
Don't get a lot of cards.
Make sure the cards you own do not have a maximum balance beyond your means.
Use credit cards for necessities such as books, not for weekend trips to Cancun.
Check into other options, such as a student loan with lower interest rates, for necessary larger purchases that you can't afford.
Use common sense in budgeting
Source: The Associated Press KANSAN
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