TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL. 102, NO. 134
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Standing ovation
Kansas junior Jacque Vaughn received five awards at a banquet last night. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Runners, to your marks
Watkins Memorial Health Center is holding a runner's clinic today. Page 5A
NATION
Ozarks hit by tornado
The twister killed seven and injured about 30 in the Arkansas hills. Page 7A
WORLD
Lebanon struggle continues
Israel is ready to negotiate but will not initiate talks with guerrillas. Page 6A
WEATHER
PLEASANT
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion . . . . . . 4A
Scoreboard . . . . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . . . 4B
World News. . . . . 6A
National News . . . . 7A
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Holocaust day to educate
Campus groups to hold vigil in remembrance
By Susanna Lööf
Kansan staff writer
Today is a day to remember what we may never forget.
It's Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day commemorating the execution of millions of Jews in Nazi Germany.
"It's important to remember the Holocaust every day of the year," said Debbie Berman, member of the KU Hilill Foundation. "But this is a day to remember it especially."
The KU Hillel Foundation and LesBiGay Services of Kansas are organizing a vigil at 7 tonight at the Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive.
Holocaust Remembrance Day
What: Candlelight vigil
Where: Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive
When: 7 tonight
Who: Sponsored by the KU Hillel Foundation and LesBiGav Services of Kansas
The vigil, which is a non-religious service, will last for 30 minutes to an hour, said Berman, Minnetonka, Minn., junior. Members of the Hillel foundation and LesBiGayS OK will read poetry and sing songs during the service, which also includes lighting candles.
Joe Cuevas, co-director of LesBiGayS OK, said his group helped organize the event because homosexuals were one of the groups persecuted during the Holocaust.
Cuevas, Topeka sophomore, said the pink triangle that homosexuals and bisexual people use as a symbol had its origins in the
Holocaust. The Nazis marked homosexuals with arm bands with a pink triangle just as they forced Jews to wear arm bands with the star of David.
The Holocaust Remembrance Day is important because people often did not want to educate themselves about the Holocaust, but everybody needs to know, Cuevas said.
Carol Edelman, a professor of sociology at California State University in Chico said the Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Jewish Warsaw Uprising, which took place in 1943.
"It's a time to remember the past and appreciate life for what it really is," he said.
"It was a successful uprising," said Edelman, who teaches a Holocaust class on the Internet. "It went on for a month, and they were able to inflict damage on the Nazis."
But the damage was not enough, and the Nazis managed to force the survivors of the uprising underground, Edelman said.
The date of the remembrance day fluctuates, because it follows the Hebrew lunar calendar.
"It is important to remember the Holocaust every day of the year, but this is a day to remember it especially."
For Berman, the day means both sadness and hope.
"I think of the day as a day to mourn for the losses," Berman said. "But it's also a day to have hope for peace."
Spring cleaning
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
A University of Kansas Athletic Corporation worker helps clean the bleachers of Memorial Stadium yesterday. The cleaning crew was preparing the stadium for the Kansas Relays track meet, April 17-20.
Business owners are getting younger
Many are starting their own companies and becoming bosses straight out of college
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
For Lawrence resident Niswonger, everything seemed to be going according to his plan. He graduated with a fine arts degree and landed a good-paying job in Colorado.
The only problem was, Niswonger wasn't happy.
So the 27 year old did what many others are doing — he went into business for himself. Niswonger, along with two friends, opened Let It Ride Skateboards & Snowboards, 609 Vermont St.
"I was working really hard and making someone else rich," he said.
Now, Niswonger reaps the benefits of his own work.
"I don't feel like I am really working at all. It's a fun time," he said. "I get to see the benefits. I don't have to answer to anyone, and I set my own hours."
Mike O'Donnell. of the Small Business
"Typically, entrepreneurs were in their late 30s, but that age has gone down quite drastically," O'Donnell said. "Oftentimes, people will leave universities and start their own businesses. The average age of a business owner is probably a little younger in college towns then in other communities."
Development Center, 734 Vermont St., said the average age of business owners in the United States was decreasing.
Lawrence is no exception, O'Donnell said. When students graduate from the University of Kansas, they don't necessarily go out and look for a job with a big company, as was the norm a decade ago.
Despite the trend, less than 8 percent of the work force in the United States is self-employed. But advances in technology are making self-employment a reality for many college graduates.
"Back 10 to 20 years ago, people would work for a company for ever and a day," O'Donnell said. "But bigger companies are downsizing and creating a better opportunity for smaller business."
Computers, modems, affordable fax and copy machines and the Internet are making home offices efficient workplaces, O'Donnell said.
"There are a lot more opportunities for business run out of a basement or a back room to do things that were unheard of 20 years ago," O'Donnell said. "It's no longer necessary to have a Pittsburgh steel mill to own a business."
Chain locks fail to deter bicycle theft
Kansan staff report
It may take more than a lock and chain to protect bikes on campus, KU police Sgt. Chris Keary warned.
Ten bikes were stolen on Monday and Tuesday last week, all of which were secured with either a chain and lock or a cable and lock, and Keary fears more thefts may occur.
"They all occurred with cut cables and chains," Keary said. "It is very likely that somebody is cutting the chain and running off with them."
Bikes were stolen from bike racks at Robinson Center, the Kansas Union, the Art and Design Building, Spencer Museum of Art, the Military Science Building, Anschutz Science Library and Learned Hall.
Keary said he suspected the thief or thieves used either a small bolt cutter or wire cutters to cut the chains and cables.
Keary said bike owners should purchase a U-lock to secure their bikes instead of chains and cables.
If anyone has information about the thefts, Keary said they should call KU police at 864-5572.
"Although it is important that the bike is locked up, it would be much better to have a good, quality U-lock to lock it up," he said.
"It is the time of year when more people are riding their bikes," he said. "If someone is spending a lot of time fiddling with a lock, give us a call."
Non-KU use of center hasn't been a problem
Computer Center staff says building is open for anyone to utilize
By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer
The Computer Center does not check the KUID's of students and faculty members who use it. But its employees say it doesn't cause a problem.
"On weekend nights, high schoolers come in and play games," said Wisler, Lawrence sophomore. "But normally they don't disrupt students doing academic work."
Mac Wisler, a customer assistance employee at the Computer Center, said about 20 percent of the people who use the Computer Center are non-students. But because of the times they use it, it doesn't cause conflicts with students.
Wesley Hubert, assistant director of the center, said the Computer Center was open to anyone who wanted to use it.
Wisler said he had never had to ask one of these non-University students to give up a terminal so that a University student could do academic work.
"Just as non-University students can check out books and are allowed use of the library, non-students can also come and use the Computer Center." Hubert said. "The number of non-students that do use it is virtually negligible."
Non-students can come to the lab and write a business paper for their job, and there is nothing customer assistance employees can do about it, he said. Occasionally, students complain about non-students using computers, especially those who use the computers regularly.
There is a group of older people who regularly came in and browse the job boards on the Internet, he said. Wisler suspects they are not students, but has not checked because they are not violating any of the Computer Center's policies.
Julia Kessler, Overland Park senior, said because it was so hard to tell non-students from non-traditional students, she didn't really think about non-students using the center.
Jennifer Joseph, Kerala, India, graduate student, said she had noticed some people at the center who looked like non-students, when she came in to use the computers.
"You notice them late at night wandering around here," Joseph said.