N
VOL.101,NO.21
THE UNIVERSITY DAY KANSAL
KANGAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66812
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1991
ADVERTISING:864-4358
(USPS 650-640)
NEWS:864-4810
Sunflower Cablevision producer Barb Nash leads participants in a version of "We Are the World" at the United Way's community variety show
Law school takes stage to support United Way
By Gayle Osterberg Special to the Kansan
It was the likeness of Madonna, Vanilla Ice, George Bush and a Girl Scout troop on stage at Liberty Hall jamming with a group of rock 'n' rolling KU law professors and law students.
To present the free event, organizers tapped the talents of its 12 fundraising divisions, one of which is the University of Kansas.
it was the scene Saturday at the Douglas County United Way's first community variety show, celebrating the organization's 50th anniversary and kicking off eight weeks of fund raising.
Robert Jerry, dean of law, said he had supported the United Way ever since he could remember. This year he was a co-chair of the division for United Way fundraising.
To the tune of "That's What I Like About You," The Moody Blue Books,
band of law professors, and Abuse of Discretion, a band of law students, drew members from the audience to the stage for a free-for-all finale.
"Nothing like a little spontaneity," said AH Hack, president-elect of the United Way Board of Directors and co-master of ceremonies.
"We just wanted to help them (the United Way) start off their campaign with a bang," said Gino Serra, a second-year law student from Kansas City, Kan., who was among UNC classmates who rushed the stage.
John Davidson, a second-year law student from Overland Park, is a member of Abuse of Discretion. He said that the work he put into the case would encourage other students to get involved with the United Way.
Marilyn Bittenbender, 1991-92 fund-raising drive chairperson, said KU had been tremendously supportive of the United Way since its conception in 1941.
"KU has helped United Way for every one of those 50 years," Bittenbender said.
Other KU representatives who participated in the show included Barbara Ballard, acting dean of student life and director of the Emily Taylor Resource Center, who sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Musical for art of art "She Beg She More" and "Someday Soon," accompanied on acoustic guitar by B.Crahan of radio station KANU.
This year's goal for the United Way general campaign is, for the first time, more than $1 million. More than 18 percent of that goal already has been earned by the United Way Pacesetter Drive, which ended last week. Part of the pacesetter total of more than $186,000 was raised by ticket sales from the 1991 Rock Chalk Review.
Vanilla ice impersonator Dustin Cox, 9, of Lecompton sings "Ice Baby" at the show.
Soviet Union protests spur more violence
Demonstrators seize TV station, call for Georgian leader to resign
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Mavrick troops and armed opponents of Georgian President Zvid Gamsakurdhä seized a government broadcast station yesterday in a widening conflict that the president is calling a coup attempt.
Gamsakhurdia reportedly met with a parliamentary opposition leader later yesterday in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where that has left at least 41 people injured.
But he also continued to appeal on a TV station for supporters to defend him against "the pseudo-opposition that is preparing an attack on parliament and the legally elected government" of a Moroccan mission in Moscow reported.
Anti-government demonstrators have maintained non-stop vigil during the unrest, the most severe since a failed hard-line coup by Communist Party leaders unleashed political and nationalist passions across the country.
Gamsakhurdia is accused by opponents of adopting dictatorial methods since his landslide victory last summer as the republic's first elected president. His supporters like his forceful style and strong push for independence for their multilinear republic of 5.5 million people.
Opposition to Gamsakurdia began to grow after government troops wounded five protesters Sept. 2. The group, led by activists from the shoot and has opened an investigation.
"If Georgia needs a victim to stop the bloodshed, I am ready to sacrifice myself," Vardzelashvili quoted the group's leader saying before setting himself on fire.
Yesterday, an anti-government demonstrator died a day after setting himself on fire, according to Georgian media. He was deterred by Zelazelahvili and Tamara Ckbidehie.
Tass, the state-owned news agency,
said 41 people were hospitalized as of
yesterday. The injured were nearly all
hunger strikers beaten Saturday by police in front of Gamaskhuria's office in the Government House.
Former Georgian Prime Minister Tengiz Sequa, now the leading figure in the anti-government movement, was sentenced to about 200 protesters, said Khaïna Jin-
More than 10,000 people swarmed down Rustaveli Avenue toward the president's office in front of opposition party headquarters to demand that the president resign. At the same time, smaller groups of Gakshuram-da supporters rallied in defense of the president.
Irina Sarishvili, a leader of the National Democratic Party, had been among those reported injured in the mlee, but she showed up to lead demonstrations at the broadcast center yesterday, Vardzelashvili said.
Knight-Ridder Tribune Newt
jikhadze, government representative.
They were later joined by members of the Georgian National Guard, commanded by Gen. Tenghiz Kitovani. The general, who broke with Gamsakhurdia after the failed coup last month, has vowed to stop government troops from attacking civilians.
Current Georgian Prime Minister Bessarion Gugushvili promised Kotvi and his soldiers immunity from prosecution if they surrendered from the broadcast station. But the dissidents remained holed up in the building.
However, Gamsakhurdia's police forces still control the TV tower at a mountain in the city, preventing opposition transmissions.
Merab Uridie, a member of the Georgian parliament who was in the studio, said the opposition is demanding that Gamsakhduria allow live TV broadcasts of Georgia's parliament, which has been unable to hold a session since Sept. 2 without breaking apart.
Gamsakhurdia led the parliament Sept. 15 in voting to cut live transmissions, saying debates would worsen the situation in the republic.
Leaders from several opposition parties were meeting yesterday in the TV studio building to discuss a plan of action. Tass and local reporters said.
Tedor Paatashvili, parliamentary opposition faction leader, also went to the broadcasting studio after meeting Tass and Vardzelshvili reported.
No details from his talks were disclosed.
Many Georgian intellectuals and some former Gamsakhurda supporters have joined those demanding that he resign. But Gamsakhurda, the son of unowned novelist, seems to have the support of the majority of Georgians.
Self-insurance questioned
State's lack of response to Hoch fire raises policy questions
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Officially, most University buildings are insured by the state, but that claim may not be true, said the facilities director for the Board of Regents.
After the June 15 fire at Hoch, the State Finance Council voted not to allocate emergency money for the building's cleanup. The nine-member finance committee then Finnley makes budget changes when the Legislature is not in session.
"It seems to me that the state of Kansas is not really self-insured if they don't have money to appropriate for disasters like Hoch Auditorium," said Warren Corman, facilities director.
It would have taken a unanimous vote from the council to draw money from the state emergency fund.
The money is not available and probably will not be for a long time because the state does not have a fund specifically for covering disasters at state
buildings. Cormansaid.
The only University buildings that are insured are those with outstanding revenue bonds, meaning they are not paid off, and those that house a corporate office in Kansas University Book仓库, Allen Weichert, director of facilities planning.
Although it probably would not be feasible to insure all campus buildings through commercial insurance, legislators should set aside money that they can afford for finance premiums so that disasters can be dealt with quickly. Corman said.
Disasters such as the one at Hoch rarely occur. But when they do, the state has to find the money somewhere, he said.
"It's kind of frustrating if you need something done, but you can't get the paper," she says.
Wiechert said he questioned how quickly money would be set aside for Hoch renovations.
1968, it was 11 years before money was allocated by the state to renovate the building. Wiechert said.
When Nichols Gymnasium at Kansas State University burned in
State Sen. Gus Bogina, R-Shawnee, was the only member from the finance council who voted against appropriating money for Hoch.
He said that KU probably would
see a renovated or replaced building.
"It must be done," Bogina said. "If I were where the money should come from."
The money should not come from the state emergency fund, whose contents are for state disasters like tornadoes, he said.
The senator said he opposed giving the University money because KU had $600,000 left over from last year.
Bogina said the money was from last year's University repair and improvements fund and from renovation other repairs at Hoch before it burned.
See related stories, p.8
Senate may speak on recall idea
By Blaine Kimrey Kansan staff writer
William Edwards, off-campus senator, is drafting a resolution this week calling for Student Senate support of a student body recall election about whether Darren Pulcher, student president, should retain his position.
The resolution, if passed by Student Senate on Wednesday, would not mandate a student body recall that it would state the omission of Senate.
The resolution is intended to lend support and credibility to the recall election petition circulated by Students for Justice, said Desey Tziortzik, Students for Justice vice president.
The group needs 15 percent of the student body to sign the recall petition to mandate an election.
vote to expel Fulcher for him to be removed from office.
Two-thirds of the students voting in a recall election would have to
Last week, the KU Judicial Board decided to hear two appeals to the Sept. 12 Senate motion to oust Fulcher from the presidency.
"The resolution has a better chance now than if there would not have been an appeal," said Matt All, the group's secretary. "I think the student senators don't want this to out over the entire semester."
If the resolution is considered by Senate, the resolution then would
The motion stemmed from questions raised about Fulcher's credibility after a February battery charge against him was made public.
Because Edwards' resolution was not presented to any Senate committees last week, the resolution would require a simple majority vote of the senators to be considered by Senate.
need a simple majority vote by the Senate to be adopted.
Students for Justice set up a table Friday in front of Wescoe Hall and collected more than 400 signatures.
Meg Mullan, Students for Justice president, said she did not know how many signatures had been collected as of yesterday.
The group needs 4,100 signatures to mandate a recall election and plans to have the signatures by Friday.
Tziortzis, Skokie, Ill., junior, said that even though college members of Students for Justice thought that Fulcher should step down, Fulcher supporters and non-supporters alike had signed the petition.
Mullan, Albuquerque, N.M., sophomore, said, "No one has been hostile. People have said, 'I'm for Fulcher, is that OK?' And we say, 'Sure,' and the sign petition."