CAMPUS
Programs in the "From the Good Earth" event demonstrated the benefits of organic farming. Page3A.
COMMUNITY
KU students work as counselors at a Lawrence home for pregnant teenagers. Page 6A.
SUNNY High 80° Low 55° Weather: Page 2A.
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Tonkovich says he will sue
Ex-professor's appeal denied by Regents
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
An embittered Emil Tonkovich stood Friday in front of the University of Kansas law school to reassert his innocence.
"I stand in front of the law school today because I stood for principles that are not shared by some people in this University," Tonkovich said.
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Tonkovich held a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Friday after the Board of Regents voted unanimously Thursday to uphold former Chancellor Gene Budig's decision to fire the former law professor.
"I have mixed feelings about being in front of the law school," Tonkovich said. "Sometimes I feel like I would like to return, and other times, quite frankly, the thought of returning disgusts me."
Tonkovich, who was fired for violating the faculty code of ethics, criticized both the University and the Regents for their handling of the case.
"The message is clear," he said. "If a professor asserts his innocence and demands a hearing, the University will resort to any conduct to fire him, and the Board of Regents will condone the University's conduct."
Enul Tonkovich, former law professor, held a news conference Friday and addressed the University's and Board of Regents decision to fire him. The news conference was held in front of the Green Hall.
Tonkovich appealed for Regents intervention in August 1993, and a Regents subcommittee spent the past six months reviewing a University faculty committee's decision to uphold Budig's recommendation to fire Tonkovich. Tonkovich rebuked the 13-page report issued by the subcommittee, saying it failed to address key questions.
"The Board of Regents refused all of my requests, including my request to investigate the conduct of those involved in my dismissal, which included findings of intentional destruction and concealment of evidence, false denials of knowledge of evidence and dissembled sworn testimony," Tonkovich said. "I think it's outra-
See TONKOVICH, Page 8A.
Tonkovich finds no sympathy from Regents
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
After a Board of Regents subcommittee studied whether Emil Tonkovich received due process and whether evidence existed to support his dismissal from the University of Kansas, the Regents
The three-member subcommittee presented its findings in a 13-page report at Thursday's Regents meeting.
voted unanimously to uphold the University's decision to fire the former law professor.
The subcommittee reviewed the findings of a University faculty
In determining whether due process was provided, the subcommittee considered five questions and made the following conclusions:
committee and did not consider new evidence in the case.
Was the faculty committee biased?
Tonkvich's claims that the committee was biased because his allegations were made after the faculty committee's decision was announced.
The report discounted
The report concluded "that the five members of the committee
See REGENTS, Page 8A.
Military junta to leave Haiti
U.S. military to ensure order
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An American invasion of Haiti was averted yesterday in a dramatic fashion as President Clinton's negotiators reached an 11th-hour compromise with Haitian Army commander Raoul Cedras. Clinton said Haiti's military rulers would leave power by Oct. 15.
Clinton announced the accord in a televised address and said it came only after 61 planes with Army paratroopers had been airborne to begin an invasion to restore democracy to the Caribbean nation.
The diplomatic accord, negotiated
in part by former President Jimmy Carter, paves the way for the eventual return to power of Haiti's democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Carter returned in the middle of the night from Haiti.
The Haiti invasion was to have begun yesterday evening, and planes took to the air at 6:47 p.m., recalled 73 minutes later. There was relief on Clinton's face — and that of his top aides — when they announced at 9:30 p.m. that it wouldn't be necessary.
"From the beginning, I have said the Haitian dictators must go," he said. "And tonight I can say that they will go."
Defense Secretary William Perry said of Cedras: "I am absolutely convinced that being absolute of the prepa-
Committee to rate chancellor applicants
See HAITI. Page 5B
By David Wilson
Kansan staff writer
The 17 members of the chancellor search committee approved a position description and reviewed the process for rating applicants at a meeting Friday afternoon at the Adams Alumni Center.
Committee Chairman Frank Becker of El Dorado said that, as of Friday, more than 50 people had been nominated or had sent in their own applications. The deadline for applications is Oct. 15.
Members of the committee will spend the next few weeks reviewing the applications and resumes of would-be chancellors. Members will assign each applicant a grade of "A," "B" or "C." with "A" being the best.
Richard Mann, University director of administration and a member of the committee, said the ratings would be pooled to create three master lists of A.B and C applicants.
"This is simply a resume review," Mann said. "But you have to start somewhere."
The committee also briefly discussed whether to release the names of the five finalists when they are chosen
KU alumni Bill Hougland, a committee member from Edwards, Colo., said the names should be kept secret.
"I'm afraid that if we make those five names public, we'll lose some of the quality applicants," he said.
Frank Sabatini, chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents but not a member of the committee, told the committee that if too many applicants were scared off by the prospect of having their names made public, the Regents would move to keep the names secret.
"Our board is ready to receive any
recommendation that may come out."he said.
The first hour of the three-hour meeting was spent hammering out details of the position description of the chancellor, which includes duties, qualifications and personal characteristics.
Before approving the description, some committee members from the University of Kansas Medical Center wanted to make "experience working with a medical center campus" a qualification.
Other committee members said that would disqualify too many applicants.
"It's not easy to run a medical center," he said. "There will be a great bit of delegation."
Wint Winter Sr., a committee member from Ottawa, said the chancellor wouldn't need to know the details of running a medical center campus.
The committee settled on "provide leadership for the medical center" as the qualification.
Under the "personal characteristics" part of the position description, some committee members questioned an item that read, "(The chancellor should) be open, visible, accessible in relations with faculty, students and staff."
Winter said it was unrealistic to expect the chancellor to spend time meeting with students.
But Sherman Reeves, student body president and a member of the committee, said the item should be left in.
"Obviously, not every student, faculty or staff member will want to meet with the chancellor," he said.
"But for the people who do. it nice."
The committee will meet again at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at the alumni center. The meeting is open to the public.
The Kansas football team lost its first game of the season Saturday against Texas Christian and may have lost its starting quarterback, senior Ashelki Preston.
KU students sacrifice sleeping in for United Way
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Scott Winnie did not get much sleep Saturday. He woke up a little early after a night of partying to volunteer his time at the Social Service League of Lawrence.
The Overland Park freshmen and Phi Delta Theta fraternity pledge was one of about 450 volunteers that gave their time for the United Way's "Day of Caring." KU students and Lawrence residents worked on more than 30 volunteer projects throughout the city as part of the event.
By James Evans Kansan staff writer
"I've been pulling weeds, sweeping and helping clean up the basement," Winnie said in front of the league's building. 905 Rhode Island St.
Susan Buchanan, president of the league's board, said the league's grounds and building, which was built in the 1860s, had been neglected for many years.
"They've cleaned up over 40 years of yard work." Buchanan said.
Three hours of work was donated by each of the 20 members of the Alpha Chi Omega sororit
ty and the 20 members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Members of Sigma Nu fraternity, Pi Beta Phi sorority and Ellsworth Hall's 10th floor helped at the First Step House, 345 Florida St.
During the year, the league runs a Thrift Store, coordinates a shoe fund for children from low-income families and provides inexpensive eye exams for school-age children.
"We're painting six of the clients rooms today," said Kim Nelson, intake coordinator for the halfway house for alcohol-dependent women and their children.
The 20 gallons of paint for the project were donated by the Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility.
The train in Watson Park, Sixth, Kentucky and Tennessee streets, also got a new coat of paint. Members of the Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club gave the locomotive its first paint job in more than 10 years.
"One of our guys was driving by the park one day and was saying that it just looked so cruddy," said Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks and Recreation and optimist member.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
Karen Sager, Millstadt, Ill., junior, David Thompson, Austin, Texas, freshman, Tara Witthuhn, Wichita, freshman, and Trent Marquardt, Leawood, freshman, pull weeds at the Social Service League. 905 Rhode Island St.