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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1997
SECTION A VOL.103.NO.128
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Clinton rallies support behind weapons ban
White House organizers of today's event plan to flank Clinton with congressmen, veterans' group leaders, arms experts, religious organization heads and military leaders, past and present. Powell may not be the only big name; officials were trying yesterday to线 up one or two former secretaries of state
Aides say Clinton will renew his plea for Senate passage of the treaty, which he says is imperative. The Chemical Weapons Convention, signed by 161 countries and ratified by 70 so far, would ban development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention and transfer of chemical weapons.
The accord takes effect April 29, with or without U.S. approval. Supporters say that without ratification, the United States will have no role in its implementation and U.S. chemical companies could face sanctions.
Cambodian politician denies role in attack
NEAK LEUNG, Cambodia — Cambodia's most powerful politician denied any role yesterday in a grenade attack that killed 16 people, and he threatened a confrontation with his opponents if they kept accusing him.
The blast, which wounded 11.8 people, targeted a political rally Sunday led by opposition leader Sam Rainys. Rainys was wounded in the leg. His life was saved by a bodyguard who died shielding him from the explosion.
Raisyn, human rights groups and some legislators have accused Second Premier Hun Sen and his formerly communist Cambodian People's Party of masterminding the attack.
Hun Sen denied involvement yesterday, saying, "Accusations without evidence will cause a confrontation." He did not elaborate.
Sunday's political violence was the worst in Cambodia since the United Nations organized 1993 elections and sent 20,000 peacekeepers here to end decades of strife. The attack has cast serious doubt on whether 1998 elections can be held safely without similar international support.
Confederate car tags may appear in the South
Travis Harrod, right, who left the University of Kansas in 1995, speaks to Scott Sullivan, Leawood junior and presidential candidate for the Unite Coalition, and Margot Herster, Overland Park sophomore, at the Unite Coalition party on March 13.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two months after refusing to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse dome, the South Carolina House voted yesterday to put the banner on some license plates.
The Republican-controlled House voted 71-30 to give special license plates to descendants of Confederate veterans.
The Associated Press
The measure now goes to the Democrat-dominated Senate, where it is expected to fail.
But Rep. John Scott, an African-American Democrat, objected: "We're still fighting the Confederate war in 1997. When do we move forward?"
"I'm proud of my Southern heritage. I have people who fought for the Confederacy because they believed in state rights," said Rep Dan Cooper, the bill's GOP sponsor.
Republican Gov. David Beasley tried to have the flag removed from the last Statehouse to fly it, but the Legislature defeated the measure.
Unite advising questioned
Laurie Fletchall / KANSAN
Senate elections code may have been violated
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
Some KU students admit that even student politics are not immune to campaign advisers and spin doctors.
Sources claim that Travis Harrod, a former KU student and former Student Executive Committee chairman, has advised and helped the Unite Coalition in its effort to win next week's Student Senate elections.
The sources give varying descriptions of Harrod's exact role in the campaign, from just being a friend of the Unite Coalition's presidential candidate to directing campaign issues and choosing the vice presidential candidate. If some of these accusations prove to be true, the Unite Coalition may have breached the Student Senate elections code by not reporting his services in its first two activity and expense reports.
can go unreported, but help or donated services from non-students must be given a retail value and reported to the elections commissioner.
Help from current KU students
Harrod said his involvement with the campaign stemmed from his long friendship with Scott Sullivan, Leawood junior and Unite Coalition presidential candidate and from being a cousin of coalition member Scott Kaiser, Overland Park freshman. Harrod said his help had amounted to no more than attending coalition meetings to inspire candidates and serve as a source of information for the numerous campaigns in which he had been involved.
"He was a definite decision maker, if not the primary decision-
A movie maker from Los Angeles, Harrod said he left the University in May 1995 and returned to Lawrence last September to shoot a film.
But Stevie Case, Olathe junior and Scott Sullivan's former running mate, said Harrod's involvement was so extensive that she felt he
Stevie Case
Former Unite running mate
controlled the entire campaign. She said Harrod was the main force in making decisions as important as the coalition's stance on specific campus issues.
Case decided to leave the ticket in November.
"He was a definite decision-maker, if not the primary decision-maker," Case said. "The style of the campaign and the aims of the coalition were not what I was interested in."
Case said Harrod then played a major role in Sullivan's decision to ask Mike Walden, Leawood junior, to run with Sullivan for vice president.
After Case left the ticket, she
attempted to run for president with Kelly Huffman, Bellevue, Neb., junior, as her running mate. Their campaign fizzled out in late January, Huffman said.
Harrod said the experience left Case bitter and disgruntled.
But Case questions why a former KU student has any involvement in student politics.
why he's doing this," she said. "I'm not sure how much the new guys know about Travis' involvement."
Ward Cook, Mission hills sophomore and Unite coalition member, said Harrod had served in a limited advisory role and provided the coalition with "an encyclopedia of knowledge about Student Senate."
"It's really hard for me to figure out
Concert benefit to be held for skate park
See UNITE, Page 2A
Michael Crouch, Wichita senior, gets air off a ramp at the skate park at Burcham Park. Second and Indiana streets. A benefit concert will be held at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon at the South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St., to raise money for the Lawrence Skateboard Association. The $5 donations collected at the door will be used to maintain and improve the skate park. Seven local bands will play: Boys Life, Octavia, Everest, Proudentall, Half Track, The Guennyears and The Believe It or Nots. Improvements requested by the association include sturder, permanent facilities and lights for night skateboarding.
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
Candidates debate election issues
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The debate's participants — Delta Force coalition candidates Jason Fizzell, Olathe junior, and Matt Caldwell, Overland Park junior; independent candidates Michael Yaghmour, Pittsburg junior, and Dave Hennessy, Ballston Lake, N.Y., junior; and Unite coalition candidates Scott Sullivan, Leawood junior, and Mike Walden, Leawood junior — answered questions from a three-member panel as well as from students in the audience.
Each of the three pairs of presidential and vice-presidential Student Senate candidates proved themselves to be unique during their debate at the Kansas Union last night.
When asked which campaign issue was most important to them, each group's agenda was distinct.
Yaghmour said he wanted a policy in which students who fail or withdraw from a class can have those marks removed from their transcripts after retaking the course.
Fizell said improving the quality of childcare on campus was the primary goal of the Delta Force coalition.
Sullivan advocated the release of faculty evaluations.
Each pair focused on one theme in its speeches. For the Delta Force coalition, it was activism.
"I think it's about time we had a president that isn't a political science major or future politician," Fizzell said. "We need people who are interested in change."
Sullivan stressed the experience of the Unite coalition, which has the largest number of returning senators.
The debate attracted 300 students, many of whom came showing signs, buttons and shirts of the coalition they supported.
"Members of both coalitions will be elected," Yaghmour said. "What we need is a unifying force in the middle, and we can get the job done because we can work with both groups."
Morgan McCollough, a Manhattan freshman who came wearing a Delta Force button, said Fizzell and Caldwell presented the most compelling issues.
Yaghmour and Hennessy said they were the most moderate candidates.
"I expect what they were doing was preaching to the faithful," said Allan Cigler, professor of political science and a member of the panel that questioned the candidates.
In the past few days, Shulenburger said, staff members realized that the center could in fact become fully operational this April.
If the hold center proves successful, Shulenburger said it would become a permanent fixture during enrollment.
Provost David Shulenburger said that staff in the three offices involved in the project had been working on the idea for some time. However, they were unsure if they would be able to coordinate the computers and programmers needed to run the center in time for this semester's enrollment.
"There were a lot of good answers from all the candidates," McCollough said. "I thought it was a good forum to get people informed about the issues the candidates care about."
She said the new center would not be equipped to take care of those kinds of holds this spring.
TODAY
Although most student financial holds can be paid at the new center, parking fines and medical immunization still must be handled at either the Parking Department or Watkins Memorial Health Center. Selman said.
Center allows students to pay holds in Strong Offices work to prevent running all over campus
To remove their financial holds at the center, students should bring their permit to enroll and a check for the amount due. Cash or credit card payments will not be accepted.
By Stephanie McDuff
Kansan staff writer
The center is in 158 Strong Hall and will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until April 25.
Brenda Selman, associate registrar, said the center would primarily benefit students who procrastinated on paying their holds. The special center will allow students to take care of their holds just a few feet away from the enrollment center rather than walking to Carruth O'Leary Hall.
Students with library fines or other overdue University of Kansas bills no longer have to run around campus paying before enrolling.
Starting today, officials in the enrollment center, comptroller's office and registrar's office will provide a centralized center in Strong Hall for students needing to pay financial holds before enrolling.
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