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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.31
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSA
AMESA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OPERA KS 68612
MONDAY.OCTOBER 7,1991
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Minority enrollment rises
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
Minority enrollment at the University of Kansas increased 8.7 percent this fall, whereas overall campus enrollment grew just 1 percent.
"The figures look good, and one would hope that that continues," said Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs.
The numbers of students from all four major minority groups increased, according to a news release in the office of university relations Friday.
Native-American enrollment had the greatest increase. It grew by 46 students to 204.
Enrollment of Asian-American students grew by 44 to 665. African-American student enrollment grew by 34 to 578, and Hispanic-American student enrollment grew by 218 to 404.
Total minority student enrollment is
1. 899.
Weinberg said he could not indicate one single factor that had caused the Native-American student enrollment to increase by such a large amount.
Minority enrollment
"I know that there have been significant efforts made in the last two years to enhance our recruitment efforts at Haskell. Weinberg said.
He said he also was pleased with the increase in enrollment of African-American students
"The Black population is up almost 5 percent," Weinberg said. "The part of the figure for Black students flies in the face of what is happening at other schools."
| | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Native-American | 148 | 219 | 158 | 204 |
| Asian-American | 415 | 465 | 521 | 565 |
| African-American | 675 | 642 | 644 | 678 |
| Hispanic-American | 359 | 368 | 424 | 452 |
| Total | 1,597 | 1,694 | 1,747 | 1,899 |
But Weinberg said that while the higher numbers were gratifying, KU still had to work on increasing minority student enrollment.
"We have got an awful lot to do," he said. "We are going to continue and hope it continues in this direction."
Source: The University of Kansas
Caverly Smith, president of the Native-American Students Association, agreed that the University still had work to do.
"I think they could do more," said Smith, a resident assistant at Haskell Indian Junior College. "There are some really good students at Haskell."
He said that about 120 people graduated from Haskell each year and that
KU should be able to recruit at least half of them.
But Smith said he was happy with the increase in the number of Native-American students.
"It seems like a small number, but least it's an increase and not a decrease," Smith said. "They're moving in the right direction."
Jennifer Hoeffner/KANSAN
(Above) Stunt man and wing walk Lee Oma rides atop pilot Jiramy Franklin's Waco Mysteryship. Oman also walked on the wings and hung from the plane during the flight. The duo was one of the many performances at Superatics '91 at Forbes Airfield in Topeka on Saturday and yesterday. (right) As Topea resident and KU graduate Grady Golden points out an article in the 6-year-old Nicholas, plugs his ears to block out the thunderous sound of the afterburners. Nicholas has been diagnosed as having better than average hearing, which enhances every sound that reaches his ears.
Aerobatics
Thomas denies sexually harassing professor in 1980
Delay in vote may be needed, senators say
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas forcefully denied allegations by a law professor that he sexually harassed her when she worked for him a decade ago, a Republican senator said yesterday. And the White House dismissed the accusations as unfounded.
The Associated Press
But Democratic senators called the
Thomas himself made no comment to the media on the allegations by
Julie Jacobson/KANSAN
Anita Hill. The allegations were first disclosed by National Public Radio and Newsday.
The University of Oklahoma law professor told the Judiciary Committee last month that Thomas had detailed scenes from pornographic movies to her when she worked in the early 1980s as his legal assistant at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a source familiar with the allegations.
Hill told the committee that Thomas had asked her out and began to describe his sexual interests and the pornographic scenes when she refused, but he never touched her, the source said.
"I felt as though I did not have a choice, that the pressure was such that I was going to have to submit to that pressure in order to continue getting good assignments, being able to work and be comfortable in the work environment," Hill said in an interview with National Public Radio.
The committee did not disclose Hill's allegations publicly until send-
thought *eng Thomas* nomination to the full Senate late last month without recommendation. The committee told the senate that it should review, and a two-day FBI probe ensured
While Thomas maintained his silence, the White House issued a statement saying it had reviewed the objection and that the objection was unfounded.
President Bush "continues to believe that Judge Thomas is eminently qualified to serve on the Supreme Court." The president promised promptly, "the White House said
A Senate vote had been scheduled for tomorrow, and a majority of senators had indicated their support for Thomas, a conservative appeals judge who would become the second African-American to sit on the nation's highest court, succeeding the retired Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del,
head of the Judiciary Committee,
could not be reached for comment on
the discussions or the committee's
handling of it.
But Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, called the allegations "very serious charges," very disturbing" and said the full Senate should review them before voting on Thomas' nomination. Metzenbaum representative Nancy Coffee said the senator thought a possible delay of the confirmation vote was something that definitely should be discussed.
Sen. Paul Simon, D-III., said that he hoped senators' questions on the matter could be addressed before tomorrow's vote but that if they could not, he "believes it's important enough that it might be necessary to delay the vote," said David Carle, Simon's press secretary.
Hill contacted the committee staff on Sept. 12, but didn't want her name used and didn't want Thomas to be confronted with the charge, said a committee source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Wint Winter, KPERS crusader and state senator whose district includes the University of Kansas, always seems at the center of events that shape the University's future. He seems driven by family history and a sense of duty to confront the enemies of KU and Lawrence voters.
"I'm proud of the fact that I'm accused of being called the Senator from KU," Winter said.
See story, Page 5
Senate ethics panel researching presidential removal procedures
Committee is contacting other universities for suggestions
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
Presidential removal procedures soon could be added to the KU/Student database.
The Ethics Subcommittee met Thursday to coordinate efforts to contact other schools about possible Senate official removal procedures.
"Although it's covered in Robert's Rules, I think it would be better if Senate had a specific rule of their own so there would be no quorum. It would be McIntosh, cochairperson of the Student Rights Committee and senior senator."
Senate based its Sept. 11 removal motion of Darren Fulcher, student body president, on removal procedures outlined in Robert's Rules of Order, a handbook on parliamentary procedure.
Fulcher allegedly battered his exigirlfriend, a KU student, during a domestic dispute in February, according to Lawrence police and court
Questions about Fulcher's credibility after the election was disclosed led to a number of accusations for his history.
According to Senate rules and regulations, Senate should refer to Robert's Rules of Order in cases where the rules and regulations do not apply.
The KU Judicial Board is reviewing an appeal to Senate's motion. During the review, Fulcher will remain in office.
The Senate rules and regulations currently do not outline any removal procedures for officers other than committee heads.
McIntosh said Ethics Subcommittee members had contacted the University of California at Berkeley, Vanderbilt University, the University of Michigan and other schools for suggestions about how the University of Kansas could deal with the removal of Senate officials.
He said the information could be put into a file containing other school's Student Senate rules that the Elections Commission had started last
"It seems odd that there are no rules to remove a president," McIntosh said. "I think it's just an oversight."
He said the five Ethics Subcommittee members researching other schools' removal procedures would be able to meet with the Student Rights Committee Oct. 16.
"It will be a good resource for the future." McIntosh said.
The Student Rights Committee then would decide whether to create a piece
of legislation based on the removal recommendations, McIntosh said.
If the Student Rights Committee does draft a piece of legislation outlining removal procedures, Senate could vote on the legislation Oct.24.
Troy Radakovich, head of the Student Senate Executive Committee, said that if passed, the removal legislator would not go into effect until next year.
"Most likely, I can see that Rights will draft a piece of legislation, but I can't predict that." he said.
"Normally, what's happened in the past with big changes in the rules and regulations, the change has been very good, the following year," Radakovich said.
Therefore, Fulcher's presidency would not be affected by the legislature.
"I think what we'll do is wait to see what the Judical Board has to say," Radakovich said.
McIntosh said the Ethics Subcommittee was not working on removal procedures exclusively because of the resolution concerning Fulcher'sarna.
"We're dealing with Fulcher," he said. "We're dealing with the rules needing procedures for removal. Our concern is the integrity of Senate."
Study may help state vie for money
By Alexander Bloemhof
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas has received $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop a plan for improving the state's competitiveness for federal research money.
The money came in August from the foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCOR. The program, which started in 1979, almost improving students' ability to receive only small amounts of federal support for research and development.
The program operates in 17 states, Puerto Rico and now, Kansas.
In 1989, Kansas received less than one-half percent of the federal money that went to colleges and universities nationwide to support research and development. That placed the state 33rd nationwide.
Ted Kuwana, Regents distinguished professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, is the project director of the statewide
He said the $100,000 grant was for one part of a two-part proposal the Kansas EPSOr board would sub-
   fund through Foundation in February 1992.
Kansas ranked 33rd nationally in research and development funding for colleges in 1989.
The money will be used to identify barriers to research and to suggest ways to improve research infrastr-
structure in Kansas
The second part of the proposal will describe the kind of research that will be conducted in the state and include research proposals from faculty at KU, Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
Kuwana said Kansas would compete with other states for $1.5 million a year from the National Science Foundation. To receive the grants, the state must match that by at least the same amount.
He said the EPSCoR program was
"We are in competition with other states, and other states are willing to match by more than that," Kuwana said. "We have to have commitment and leadership at the highest level of government, the Legislature, the executive branch of business because other states are making that commitment."
a magnificent opportunity because its intent was to stimulate improvement in the research capability of states that were not politically
Tim Donoghue, vice provost for research and dean of the graduate school at Kansas State University, agreed.
"In this day and age of global competition, what's going to drive our economic development is the rise of technology base," Kuwana said.
Donoghe said large research grants had the same effect on a state's economy as a million-dollar business.
In total, the state could be competing for $13.5 million in research funds. Donoghue said.
"If you're not investing in that, you’re never going to attract industry." he said.
K-State is involved with EPSCOR initiatives of the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"This is not trivial," he said. "This is a large amount of money. I look at it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Donoghue said the state could not afford to refuse financial support.
"We're talking about broadening the economic base of the state," he said. "It's a big opportunity. If they let it pass by, it will have dire consequences."