V KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPERA KS 66612 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN VOL.101.NO.48 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER30,1991 (USPS 650-640) ADVERTISING:864-4358 NEWS:864-4810 Middle East peace talks begin today The Associated Press MADRID, Spain — President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev urged middle East antagonists on the eve of a historic peace conference to put aside ancient feuds and "act responsibly with great understanding." Israelis and Palestinians made last-minute declarations of good intentions. A senior Palestinian official signaled new flexibility yesterday by endorsing negotiations about autonomy within the occupied territories and immediate statehood. Israel has declared autonomy in the occupied zones. And Israel said it would participate in the talks despite attacks on its soldiers in Lebanon and on settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Bush said, "We are here to be a catalyst." There was an air of suspense and anticipation as the world awaited the first MidEast peace conference involving direct, formal negotiations among Israel and all its Arab neighbors, including the Palestinians. Bush and Gorbache, corsonsofs of the conference, will convene the meeting today. The actual negotiations, if completed, would stretch into months or even years. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has offered the Arab nations peace after 43 years of conflict but has ruled out relinquishing territory. The Arabs are insisting that they recover the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, which Israel won in the 1967 six-dav war. Shamir also has offered limited self-rule for Palestinians, who in a policy shift seem to be edging away from demands of immediate statehood. In Beirut, meanwhile, a rocket fired from a hillside blasted the wall of the U.S. Embassy compound. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Iranian and Arab radicals had promised to attack targets of the United States and others involved in the peace conference. In Madrid, Faisal Husseini, leader of a group of advisers accompanying the Palestinian delegation, said the Palestinians hoped to secure an agreement for autonomy within Israel's borders. He said the stone to an independent state. That state, he added, later would join in a confederation with Jordan. Israel rejects the idea of an independent Palestinian state but accepts the idea of Palestinian confederation with Jordan, with whom the Palestinians are participating in a joint delegation in Madrid. For more Middle East news, see p. 6. Housing board approves rate hike; final increase awaits Regents OK By Stephanie Patrick Special to the Kansan KU students living on campus can expect increased housing bills next year if a proposal passed yesterday by the Residential Planning Advisory Board is approved by the Board of Regents. The proposal to increase the rates for all campus housing was approved by a nine-person vote of the boarding house. The final decision will be made by the Regents during a December meeting. Ken Stoner, director of housing, said that although the increase was steep, KU's rates would be comparatively lower in house at other big Eight schools. According to the proposal, residence halls would see the biggest increase at 14.8 percent. This would reduce the annual cost of education by $2,698 to $3,098 a year. Jennifer Switzer, president of Association of University Residence Halls, said the proposed rate was unacceptable. During the meeting, Switzer distributed a letter addressed to the planning board. The letter voiced the hall residents' concerns that the "We are taking the bulk of the increase," Switzer said. "Basically, the residents feel the 15-percent increase to supplement the budgetary problems of student housing. It is just too much for one year." Proposed housing rates housing bill could increase if the proposal by the Residential Planning Advisory Board is approved in December by the Board of Records.
1988-19891989-19901990-19911991-1992Proposed 1992-1993Percent increase per month
Stouffer Place
One BR$160$160$170$187$1975.3
Two BR$185$185$195$215$2275.6
2-BR renovated------------$275$2905.6
3-BR renovated------------$355$3755.6
Sunflower
Two BR$265$275$295$350$3705.7
Scholarship Hallsper year
Miller/Watkins$784$728$728$731$7686
Other Halls$1800$1864$1984$2090$2216
Residence Halls14.8
Double room$2240$2336$2496$2684$3080
Jayhawker Towers
Quad occupancy$1200$1200$1304$1406$15127.5
Source: KU Housing Department increase would hurt occupancy rates. The expected decrease in freshman enrollment and the lack of maintenance and improvements also are concerns, the letter stated. Iilan Yaram, Stouffer Neighborhood Association representative, said Stouffer and Sunflower residents agreed to the 5.3 to 5.7 percent increase on the condition that it be made more accommodations to the campus apartments. The rate increase also was an issue to residents at the University's eight scholarship halls, which would see an increase of 0 percent. "The residents complain that, for the amount of money they are paying, they should get better maintenance," said the Chairman of the All Scholarship Hall Council. Melissa Unterberg / KANSAN The only campus housing facility that welcomed the increase was Jayhawker Towers. Robin Valetuto, vice president of the Jayhawker Towers Tenant Association, said the residents were in favor of the 7.5 percent increase, which would raise their rent from $103,512 to a four-person apartment. She said she hoped the increase would gotoward improvements. "We have lots of people complaining about the look of the Towers," Valetto said. She said that the courtyard especially needed repairs and that the empty pool needed to be replaced with the barbecue pit that the housing department had promised. However, Towers resident Sandy Wilder, Birmingham, Ala., sophomore, said that she had no concerns about the cost of renting that the housing costs did bother her. "The expense is just getting higher," Wilder said. "I would hope that it would end soon." Braving cold temperatures, Scott Friend, Clearwater freshman, left; Colby Callaway, St. Louis sophomore, center; and Brian Hicks, Leawood freshman, rake leaves. The three pledges were working yesterday on the lawn of the Delta Chi fraternity, 1245 West Campus Road. Today's forecast predicts high temperatures in the 30s, with rain turning to ice and possibly snow by this evening. Gathering leaves Turner's remarks surprise students By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer Students expressed surprise and disappointment yesterday about remarks attributed to the director of Monday's University Daily Kanson. James Turner, director of affirmative action on administrative leave, used the terms "Indian chick" and "Karen reporter" with two Kansan reporters Oct. 23. Turner told the reporters Monday that he meant to attribute the words to someone else. Students agreed that if Turner meant to use the terms "fat Indian chick" and "faggot," he should be fired quickly. Greg Wilson, member of Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, said he was disgusted with Turner's use of the terms. "The office of affirmative action is supposed to ensure that nobody is discriminated against, and at the same time their top official is using discriminatory language," Wilson said. "That is hypocrysis." Wilson said that if Tanner meant to use those terms, he should be fired. Ami Hytie, Lawrence sophomore, was on the advisory board for the office of minority affairs with Turner. She said the remarks surprised her. "He never said anything in meetings that would indicate he had underlying bigoted, anti-women, anti-gay sentiments," Hyten said. we seemed to have a firm grasp on the nature of minority affairs in general. But Hyten said the University of Kansas should take a progressive stance in the investigation. "I think it is important that they assure us all that these statements are not reflective of some underlying administrative attitude." Hyten said. Elizabeth Duran, member of the Native American Student Association, said she was shocked that Turner had been asked to still be part of the KU administration. Duran said the University had addressed negative American needs and was working with them. *I was really disappointed that someone who was charged with such a big responsibility to represent minorities and people in general would degrade himself by using such poor language, "Duran said. She said there was something wrong with Turner's ideology if the remarks were true. Kristin Lange, member of Women's Student Union, said Turner's paid leave from the University should be revoked if he meant the remarks. "I would seriously question his qualifications to represent anyone through affirmative action if he feels comfortable in the language even second-hand." Lange said. Caverly Smith, president of the Native American Student Organization. Turner was supposed to be working with people to erase terms used to describe the state of a system. Michaela Hayes, member of GLSOK, said the University needed to make a decision quickly about whether Turner would keep his job. Student concerned with recyling efforts of facilities operations employees By Stephanie Patrick Special to the Kansan Special to the Kansan Jeremy Denoyelles would like to park a car in his garage again. Since Oct. 4, his garage has been filled with unread copies of the University Daily Kanson that he retrieved from trash cans near Learned Hall. Facilities operations employees were supposed to pick up the newspapers and deposit them in the big reefer warehouse at Wescoe and Slauder-Flint halls. More than 4,000 newspapers are stacked in his garage, he said. There is no room for the car. Denoyelles, Lawrence junior, said that employees were not doing that last week. "I've actually seen them throw them in the trash once," he said. "I didn't confront them. They didn't seem like they were that concerned about it." Jeremy Denoyelles Lawrencejunior "I'm not completely convinced that they are recycling them (newspapers)." Frustrated, Denoyelles decided to take action. He convinced his father, Jerry Demoyle, professor of environmental studies, to use his connections at facilities operations to get some thing done. Jerry Denoyelles, who is on sabbatical this semester, spoke about the problem Oct. 23 with Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations. Jeremy Denoyelles said that his father told him Richardson was not aware of the problem before but that he would try to do something about it. "I have notified them that they are supposed to check the recycling bin," he said. Richardson said he spoke to the 35 landscape employees last week about recycling the newsmen. There is no formal written policy requiring facilities operations to recycle newspapers, Richardson said, but others have the department's operational plan. "We pick up papers about three times a day," he said. "About 80 percent of it is the UDK." Richardson said the employees were supposed to put the newspapers trash only if the recycling bin was full. Changes in facilities operations personnel may be part of the problem, he said. New employees may not have been aware of the recycling plan. Jeremy Denoyelles is not satisfied. He said that he had not seen any more newspapers being thrown in the trash but that he looked in the recycle bin Monday and saw very few newspapers. They are not completely convinced that they are recycling them," Denyellesy says. He is looking for someone with a task to be can take the newspapers to the press. Last week he called Environis, which is interested in helping him, said Pam McElwee, president of Environis and Lawrence senior. Jeremy Denoyelles has collected more than 4,000 unread Kansans 1