VOL.101.NO.67
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1991
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Chop shop
As the weather gets cold, Keith Cobb of Lawrence tries to stay ahead of the orders for firewood at the Wood Yard, 960 N. Second St., by splitting a cord of wood a day.
Judicial Board concludes Fulcher appeal hearings
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
The fate of Darren Fulcher's presidency is now in the hands of the KU Judicial Board.
A board hearing panel tried Fulcher's case in a night in a three-bedroom meeting at room 107 of the hospital.
As arguments were made, the temperature of the room, filled beyond its posted capacity of about 60 people, rose.
James LaSalle, Fulcher's representative, and John Robertson, Senate's representative, both were asked at times by the hearing panel chairperson to mellow their debate.
The trial was the culmination of a semester of growing tension among Fulcher and the senators who voted for his removal earlier this semester.
The trial began with opening statements, and then each side called witnesses, who were cross-examined.
The panel asked questions intermittently, and each side also presented closing argument.
Troy Radakovich, who heads the Student Senate Executive Committee, adamantly defended his Sept. 12 motion to remove
Fulcher.
LaSalle supported Fulcher's proposal to remove from office Radakovich and vice president Alan Lowden for their roles in allowing the removal motion to pass.
"Basically, we are saying that Student Senate did not have
Darren Fulcher
the authority to punish President Fulcher for an off-campus crime," the Salle said.
He said the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities clearly stated that the University of Kansas had no jurisdiction in off-campus crimes.
However, Robertson said Senate was governed by University Senate Code because Senate was a governmental body. The code allows for Senate to create and act on its rules however it sees fit, he said.
LaSalle argued that Fulcher had been robbed of his right to due process during Senate's removal proceedings.
He said the document Senate had referred to for the removal procedure. Robert's Rules
of Order, required that Senate conduct a formal trial before a removal vote.
Robertson said the mention of the trial in Robert's Rules of Order was a recommendation, not a mandate.
All the facts concerning Fulcher's battery charge were revealed, and further trial proceedings would have been redundant, Robertson said.
Robertson added that the special meeting called by Pulcher on Sept. 4 had served as a
Fulcher was charged with battering his exigirlfriend, a KU student, in February, according to Lawrence police and court reports.
Rick Levy, head of the hearing panel and professor of law, said the panel would take its recommendation to Chancellor Gene A. Budig as soon as it possibly could.
The panel began deliberating last night after the trial.
A stay has been placed on the removal motion until the review of Fulcher's case is completed.
Both Robertson and LaSalle said they expected the board to make a decision within the next few days.
American Indian speaker asks respect
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer
American Indian Barbara Cameron said that since childhood, she knew her home would be in San Francisco.
"I knew pursuit of my dreams meant leavethe reservation," said Cameron, the executive director of the Community United Against Violence program in San Francisco.
She spoke last night to a crowd of about 70 at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union about diversity in American Indian culture. She was part of Native American Heritage Month.
Cameron also is a lesbian.
"From an early age, I developed a sense of myself as being different," Cameron said. "Being Lakota was a strong part of that."
"Instead, I have chosen to be a visible lesbian so that other Indian lesbians or gay men know that they are not alone," Cameron said.
NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH
She said her grandparents encouraged her to do something that would help American Indians. They wanted her to be a surgeon.
program helps combat hate violence against gays and lesbians
"Our agency works with the police department to educate them about who the lesbian and gay community is," she said. "I think it is important that law enforcement get information about people they are supposed to be protecting."
The Community United Against Violence
The agency gives sensitivity training to police rookies, she said.
Cameron said some of the agency's clients would not go to police about abuse because the family was in danger.
A division also exists between the minority and the white gay and lesbian communities in India.
Cameron said the white gay and lesbian community in San Francisco was unwilling to expand its agenda to include minority issues.
Most of the gay and lesbian leaders in San Francisco are white, she said.
"Our lesbian and gay community in San Francisco is very segregated racially." CACI
It is important for white people to take more initiative in understanding racism, she said.
"What I want is for non-Indian people to be respectful of our culture and not steal what is ours."
Survival of the American Indian people depends on education, she said.
"All universities have a moral and ethical obligation to make sure Indians graduate," Cameron said. "A Native American studies department is an important feature."
At 10 a.m. today, members of KU Native American Student Association are planning to submit a petition to Del Shanker, interim president of the association, requesting a Native American Studies program.
Children anticipate Thanksgiving
By Jennifer Bach
ByJennifer Bach
Kansan staff writer
"one little, two little, three little Indians,
four little, five little, six little Indians..."
Children at the Child Development Center
at Dole and Haworth halls sang this song yet-
lessly.
Sonja Combest, 4, said she was excited about celebrating the holiday.
"My mom says she's going to bake some
bread and stuff," she said. "She's going to
cook turkey."
Tomorrow, the children will celebrate the holiday at the center by eating turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetable soup, pretzels and pumpkin pie, said Deanna Schierling. an
Olaithe graduate student who works at the laboratory.
But the children's excitement about the party did not cause them to forget the meaning.
At 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, KU students will begin to help the children prepare a Thanksgiving give and party to celebrate the holiday, she said.
"They first hunted the animals and killed them."
Scheiering said that the KU students would teach the children about the differences between the way the holiday was celebrated and the way it was celebrated by the Pilgrims.
Nan Perrier, O'Fallon, Ill., senior said that the KU students helped the children at the center celebrate all of the non-religious holidays.
"The Pilgrims came." Combest said.
"We don't do Christmas because of the different cultures in here," she said. "We don't get into the religious aspects of the holidays."
"Today, we made Indian headresses," Schierling said. "We talked about what the holiday is and we asked them, 'What does a turkey say?' — Gobble, gobble."
Schiierling said that the students tried to get the children excited about the holiday and make the party as educational as possible.
Some of the children said that they already knew the difference.
Mark Rowlands / KAN5AN
Oh Christmas trees
After Christmas trees are cut down, Darrell Bowen of Winchester collects them to be bundled up at the Dutchman's Forest Christmas Tree Farm near Osakaoza. Nearly 2,000 tree and tree stands will be exported to Chihuahua, Mexico.
Israel reluctantly accepts invitation to peace meetings
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel has offered to meet in Washington with its Arab bids for one or two negotiating sessions, provided the peace talks in Middle East, the Middle East, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
The comment indicated that despite Israel anger at the way the Bush administration announced that Washington would be the location for the next round of peace talks, Jerusalem would reluctantly accept the U.S. invitation.
There have been misgivings on both sides, but none of the parties appeared prepared to reject the U.S. proposal and derail the most promising effort to end the Arab-Israeli dispute since it erupted in 1948, when Israel was founded.
Yesterday Jerusalem accepted the U.S. invitation to attend the Dec. 4alks in Washington, and sources said that the Palestinians would do so later in the day.
Hours after Lebanon accepted, three of its
soldiers were killed and two were wounded by a rocket fired from Israel's self-designated security zone in southern Lebanon, security sources said. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was not known whether the rocket was fired by Israeli troops or that it was engulfed. It also was not known if the violence would affect Lebanon's attitude toward the talks.
The other potential participants were Jordan, which accepted hours after Washington closed.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak flew to Damascus yesterday and apparently encouraged Israel's most implacable foe to attend. Lebanon and Syria coordinate closely on all of their moves, and Lebanon's acceptance could indicate that Syria ultimately will follow suit.
On Sunday, some Cabinet ministers were outraged at the U.S. approach, and one accused the United States of issuing an insolent ultimatum.
The talks would be the second phase of the peace conference.
Dahmer victim's mother sues police
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE—The mother of a man Jeffrey Dahmer accused murdering has sued three police officers, saying racism contributed to their failure to arrest the accused serial killer two months before her son's death.
The lawsuit of the mother, Catherine Lacy, said the officers decided not to arrest Dahmer on May 27, when they returned a naked Ladian boy to the courthouse. He was added to the death of her 25-year-old son, Oliver Lacy.
the officers have been hired for the return of the 14-year-old boy. The third was suspended.
Lacy's circuit court suit, filed Friday, seeks unspecified damages.
after luring him to his Milwaukee apartment.
Dahmer, who has admitted killing 17 males since 1978, told police he killed Lacy on July 15
The lawsuit names police officers Joseph T. Gabrish, John A. Balezcrat and Richard Purb-
Police Chief Philip Arreola fired Grabish and Balcerzak on Sept. 6 for returning the naked boy to Dahmer after rejecting witnesses' complaints the boy was endangered.
Lacy's lawsuit said the officers, who are white, refused to listen to African-American witnesses' complaints and should be held responsible for failing to arrest Dahmer.
Grant F. Langley, city attorney, said he had not seen the suit and had no comment.
Relatives of three other males Dahmer admitted killing have filed similar lawsuits against the officers. In addition, three families have sued Dahmer, seeking $9 billion in damages.