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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101,NO.60
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPERA KS 66121
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15.1991
(USPS 650-640)
NEWS:864-4810
Hearings on Fulcher ouster to begin today
Judicial Board proceedings will be open to the public
By Blaine Kimrey
Kansan staff writer
At the requests of both student body president Darren Fulcher and Student Senate, the KU Judicial Board hearings concerning Senate's Sept. 12 motion to remove Fulcher will be open to the public.
Eric Strauss, head of the Judicial Board,
said that to his knowledge, no board proceeded.
"The rules weren't intended to do this," he said.
Strauss said that because the rules about how to handle open hearings were vague, the people selected to preside over the hearings would have to interpret how to approach the openness.
He said he did not know how many people would be allowed to attend the hearings, which will begin today at the Regents Room at the chancellor's office in Strong Hall. The room can hold about 20 people at most.
Board will hear four appeals filed by Fulcher, Student Senate
These are the four appeals filed by Senate and student body president Darren Fulcher to Judicial Board actions since it put a stay on Fulcher's presidency:
1. Senate is appealing the Judicial Board having jurisdiction over the removal of Fulcher.
If the board rules in favor of Senate, the Senate's motion to remove Fulcher would stand.
This decision would override the three other appeals.
2. Fulcher is appealing the Judicial Board's joining his grievance and that of James Bauon, off-campus counsel, into one grievance.
3. Fulcher has also appealed to the Judicial Board's hearing.
and that of James Baucom, off-campus senator, "into one greaves."
If the board rules in favor of Fulcher, the Judicial Board process is over.
No witnesses will be presented at today's hearing. Only oral arguments from the two sides will be presented.
3. Senate is appealing James Baucom's grievance because it believes he is not a party to the case.
the grievances as one.
If the board rules in favor of Senate, the procedure will continue as scheduled.
4. Senate is appealing Judicial Board's jurisdiction concerning its stay on Fulcher's presidency.
The Judicial Board will hear four appeals made since it put a stay on Fulcher's presidency Sept. 16. It is not known whether the board will decide today on the appeals.
If the board rules in favor of Senate, Fulcher could be removed temporarily until the Nov. 25 hearing.
"Anything and everything can happen," Fulcher said.
Sources: John Robertson, Senate's representative to the Judicial Board, and James LaSalle, Fulcher's representative to the Judicial Board.
Fulcher was charged with battering his exigirlfriend, a KU student, in February, accordi-ng to the state's criminal code.
Questions raised about his credibility led Senate to vote for his removal Sept. 12.
Because the Judicial Board put a stay on his presidency, Fulcher has remained president for the past two months.
James LaSalle, Fulcher's representative in
the case, said that the stay was the only fair way to deal with the issue.
The hearing today and a hearing scheduled to
7 p.m. 7月 25 could decide the fate of Fulton
"If Student Senate's actions were illegal, then removal would be like condoing those actions."
The second scheduled hearing concerns the
legality of the procedure Senate followed to remove Fulcher.
LaSalle said he and John Robertson, Senate's representative in the case, had been informed about whom the hearing panel members would be.
"From the look of it, they'll be fair," he said.
"Iveynew nothing but a fair share out of this
"I think we will be victorious, although this kind of thing is a cramp roll."
Both Robertson and LaSalle said they had many witnesses to present at the scheduled
However, LaSalle said that some of his witnesses could be reluctant to testify because the hearing would be open.
Robertson said the final decision of the Judicial Board could be made as early as Nov. 25 or as late as Dec. 10.
"It's not in anybody's best interest to drag this out," he said.
KU Med Center residents at heart of abortion battle
If the Judicial Board rules against Fulcher, he can appeal the decision.
However, Robertson said the Judicial Board had the option to reject any appeals.
Fulcher could not be reached yesterday for comment
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Four resident physicians who are KU School of Medicine-Wichita students are the reason anti-abortion laws remain in place, boycott against a Wichita hospital.
HCA Whesley Hospital has been targeted because four of its residents per capita have a history of drug abuse.
The hospital will consider boycott threats at a Nov. 21 board of directors meeting, said Gordon Funk, director of its marketing and public relations.
However, he said the board did not decide by public pressure provision.
School officials would not release the residents' names and said they had encouraged the physicians not to talk to the media.
"It is not in our control or best interest to dictate or mandate what people do away from work unless it affects their work here," Funk said.
Nancy Monnat, public relations director at the Wichita branch of the
University of Kansas Medical Center, said no abortion procedures were performed at the University or were required of students.
The four residents have elected to do so, she said.
"It is legal, and they are doctors," Monnat said. The school is waiting for the hospital to make a decision.
"We're trying to keep a low profile i at all possible."
Debbie Riggs, director of the Wichita Family Planning Clinic, said physicians from the Wichita branch had treated 178 women in the clinic about performing abortions.
Riggs said she did not anticipate that HCA Wesley would ask its residents to stop moonlighting at the clinic.
Wichita Rescue Movement officials said last week that they were planning a boycott of the hospital.
He said they would begin the boycott with the distribution of 20,000 more fliers with the names and photographs of the physicians.
Brown said 5,000 of the brochures had been passed out. The title on the flier reads, "The Childkillers of Wesley Hospital."
However, Bryan Brown, a Wichita Rescue Movement leader, said yesterday that the group would wait to meet until the hospital board had met.
The group will fight the decision of any Med Center student to perform abortions now or in the future, he said.
*Wichita is no longer to be a training ground for abortion through the KU Maternity Clinic.*
Peggy Jarman, representative for the ProChoice Action League in Wichita, said the league would have to disband if a refraction if and when the boxcock began.
"It is also unlikely that these people could carry out their threat," she said.
Jarman said she did not think HCA Wesley would ban its residents from performing abortions at Wahla clinics.
"But I do know that a handful of religious zealists do not have a place dictating hospital policy that affects everyone else," she said.
Former KU student and his dog conquer 2,144-mile Appalachian Trail in 160 days
Kansan staffwriter
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer
Last spring, Dan Breedlove was drinking beers with friends while pondering life after graduating from KU.
Brewdlove, who graduated in May with a double major in
studies and had a job, said he knew he didn't want to get a job.
"The real world' scared us," Breedlove said.
the real won for self-discipline and reward the Appalachian Trail that traps 144 miles from Maine to Georgia.
They rented a van, drove to Maine and were on the trail by June 2. People caught the trail after about one month
Breedlove said he finished the walk Nov. 9 after spending
160 days on the trail. He returned to Lawrence on Tuesday.
He carried 40 pounds of food, mostly ramen noodles, and clothes in his backpack.
For the final month, Breedlove said he traveled 600 miles alone with his Golden Retriever, Kymba, because he wanted to speed up so he could be home for his girlfriend's birthday.
Kymba carried her food in her own backpack, Breedlove said.
He stopped in towns about every 10 days to get cash with his cash stock, stock up on food and wash clothes.
He often ate until he was almost sick at all-you-can-eat restaurants but became hungry just half an hour later, he
He said the highlight of stopping in the towns was eating pizza and drinking beer.
One of the best times on his trip was a week-long stay at a hillbilly's wooden house in Virginia, he said.
"You get to the point where you've lost all your body fat and you're hungry all the time." Breedlove said.
The man had a bathtub in the side of the mountain that could be filled with spring water and heated with a wood fire he said.
Breelevo said the man had no running water, but he was the host of about 300 Appalachian hikers a year.
Although being away from family and friends was difficult, the trip gave Breedlove a sense of direction in his life.
Nothing feels better than in a hot tub after hiking in the mountains. Breedlove said.
He said he decided to begin graduate study in the spring at
Dan Breedlove lost 12 pounds on his five-month hike.
the university of Kansas in environmental studies so that he could become a professor.
Breedlove also said the trip gave him the feeling that he could accomplish anything.
Michelle Meeker, Aspen, Colo., junior, completed the first 150 miles of the trip with Breedlove.
"I quit because I don't think I was mentally ready to do it," she said.
She said that at though she was hiking with five people, she sat alone because the difficulty of the trail made conversation difficult.
But she said she wanted to try again someday.
"You have to be a pretty special breed to finish the trail," Meeker said.
A WW II Nazi panzer colonel's uniform, worth about $1,500, adorns a mannequin at 925 Iowa St.
Fascination with Nazi relics spurs highly prized hobbies
By Melissa Rodgers
Kansanstaffwriter
Ron Wessinger reported to Lawrence police this fall that $34,000 worth of merchandise was missing from the curio shop he supplies.
No signs of entry were detected, he said. But gone were an SS (Schutzstaffel) uniform from Hitler's select panzer division. SS hats, SS helmets, medals, an iron vest, and Nazl anti-partisan baddes.
Standing behind a counter covered with scattered war decorations, Wessinger said the items had been in this collection of Nazi memorabilia.
Although some have collected
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"I know of at least 12 people who have been robbed at gunpoint for their Nazi memorial," he said.
Nazi memorabilia for years, fascination with this dark period of modern history has increased recently, driving up its value. Collectors are guarded about what they have and why they collect. Most say that theft is part of the reason for their secretive nature.
Delich, 54 lives with this mother in a small ranch-style house and recently installed a $3,500 burglary alarm. A security section of SS uniforms and insignia
Dave Delich, an area collector and a high school teacher in Kansas City, Kan., said collectors of Nazi stealing from each other.
at $750.000
Delich stores his collection in his bedroom closet. About 10 SS uniforms hang neatly next to his everyday clothes.
With Elvis watching from a photograph tucked into his bureau mirror, Delich pulled from his closest a silver gray uniform, with a death's head insignia on the tapel. It held up a sign of protection guard, he said as he laid it on the brown, knobby bedspread. He withdrew another pressed uniform.
"This," he said, "belonged to one of Hitler's bodyguards."
Then he reached into the back of the closet for the gem of his collection — Heinrich Himmer's sum.
Please see Nazi, Page 10