MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102 NO.119
TODAY KANSAN
(USPS 650-640)
SPORTS
Baseball team wins two
Kansas pounded Iowa State, running its conference record to 2-1. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Sidewalk Art
Lawrence gets ready to replace downtown sculptures. Page 5A
NATION
Environmental issue emerges
House Republicans wage assault on environmental programs. Page 7A
Taiwanese evacuate islets
WORLD
China will launch a new round of war games today. Page 6A
High 47° Low 30°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
Nation/World ... 6A
Features ... 8A
Sports ... 1B
Scoreboard ... 2B
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'Hawks are staying alive
Men's and women's basketball teams advance in NCAA
By Evan Blackwell and Jenni Carlson
Kansas sportwriters
They are both still alive in the NCAA Tournament.
The Kansas men's and women's basketball teams, which both won Big Eight championships this season, now have one more thing in common.
The Kansas men moved into the Sweet Sixteen by defeating South Carolina State and Santa Clara in the first two rounds of the West regional in Tempe, Ariz.
The No. 2-seeded Jayhawks' 76-51 defeat of No. 10-seed Santa Clara yesterday set up a matchup with No. 3-seed Arizona on Friday night in Denver.
After dominating play throughout the first half on the way to a 46-22 halftime lead, Kansas appeared a bit more sloppy in the second half. The Jayhawks shot only 27.6 percent from the floor after the break.
"At this stage we need to realize that you have to play 40 minutes every time out," Kansas guard Jacque Vaughn said.
Yesterday's game was billed as a matchup of two of the nation's best point guards, Vaughn and Santa Clara guard Steve Nash.
However, it quickly turned into a one-man show.
Vaughn did a defensive number on the Broncos' leading scorer, holding him scoreless for the game's first 25 minutes.
"But at this level you always enjoy those one-on-one matches."
"Our whole goal was to keep his penetration down." Williams said.
Although Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams emphasizes team defense, he said the Jayhawks had to start with Nash because he was the focus of Santa Clara's offense.
After nearly a two-week layoff, the Kansas women returned to the court and defeated Middle Tennessee State T2-57 in their first-round game at Allen Field House on Saturday night.
the fourth-seeded Jayhawks will take on fifth-seeded Texas tonight at the fieldhouse.
"It's been kind of hard," Sanford said. "We had to stay focused for two whole weeks while we waited to play this game, which was the most important game of the year."
Kansas center Nakia Sanford said the Jay hawks had shown great focus and surprisingly little rust in Saturday's victory.
"I saw her in one series grab a rebound, then she went after a loose ball, and then went after a blocked shot," Washington said. "That's Charisse Sampson."
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said Sampson, the team's senior leader, who had battled a knee injury all season, showed flashes of her old form.
ABOVE: Peggy Glynn, Chandler, Ariz. alumna, cheers on the Jayhawks to their 76-51 victory yesterday against Santa Clara in the second round of the West Regional in the NCAA Tournament.
RIGHT: The women's basketball team celebrates their 72-51 victory against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday at Allen Field House.
Kansas was led by guard Charisse Sampson,
who finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Steve Puppe and Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Thief to help find missing letters
Robert H Smith was found guilty on Friday of taking seven historical letters from the Spencer Research Library. Now, he awaits his April 8 sentencing behind bars in the Douglas County Jail.
By Amy McVey
Kansan staff writer
Smith, 37, North Little Rock, Ark., waived his right for council on Wednesday and pled guilty to one charge of felony theft on Friday in Douglas County District Court.
Smith was found guilty Friday of taking in February seven letters with an estimated value of $10,000 from the library and replacing them with photocopies.
The seven letters included three signed by William Quantrill, who attacked and burned much of Lawrence in 1863. The letters were
written between 1855 to 1860.
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said that although police hadn't recovered any of the documents, they had a clue on their whereabouts. Smith requested to serve his sentence in Arkansas so he could be near his family.
Smith agreed to help find the documents, which he said that he had sold to a Lawrence man for $7,350, and he also agreed to pay restitution on the letters if no further charges would be filed against him.
Douglas County District Judge Jack A. Murphy told Smith that he faced up to 17 months in prison, depending on his previous record. Smith, a former Arkansas lawyer, was charged with forgery and writing insufficient checks in 1993. He surrendered his law license and was sentenced to 25 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. But after serving 77 days,
his sentence was reduced to 10 years probation.
Smith also is being investigated in Arkansas for the theft of 11 letters valued at $10,400 from the Arkansas History Commission, from the University of Arkansas' special collections and documents from the library at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.
Dean of Libraries William J. Crowe said there were indications that more than seven documents had been taken from the Spencer Research Library. Crowe attended Smith's plea hearing on Friday and said he was pleased with the plea but wanted the documents back.
"His cooperation is essential." Crowe said. "We want the documents back, and we want people to understand that this is a serious issue."
Ken Stoner KUdirector of student housing
Senate listens to groups' requests
New computers lead priority list of desires for KU organizations
By Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
The committee held line-item allocation hearings Saturday and Sunday at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
Several student organizations are petitioning the Student Senate Finance Committee for new computers.
During the hearings, LesBiGays OK, KU Environs, the Student Legislative Awareness Board and other student groups asked the committee for financing to purchase computers.
Some of the groups petitioning the committee already have computers, but new technologies have made the computers obsolete.
David Stevens, SLAB issues coordinator, said his organization
"They bought a bunch of computers in the mid-1980s," said Richard Burns, finance committee member. "This is probably the first refurbishing."
needed a computer to produce the group's newsletter and to mail lobbying letters to legislators.
"A lot of what we do is done on computers," Stevens said. "One of our primary frustrations this year has been using the Senate computers. For example, this week, we had to take over the Senate computer and printer for an hour and a half."
Senate Line Item
The hearings are part of the financing process for student groups that receive money from the Senate's line-item allocations account.
About $80,000 of the $1.5 million generated from the student activity fee was apportioned for the fiscal year's line-item allocation amount
About 24 groups receive money from the line-item allocation account after the hearings.
The committee will meet for deliberations today and tomorrow, and its final decisions will go before Senate at the April 10 meeting.
The money meeting generated for these groups comes from the per-semester student activity fee.
The Senate's total projected revenue generated by the $35 activity fee for fiscal 1996 was about $1.5 million. About $80,000 of that money was apportioned for the fiscal year's line-item allocation account.
Every two years, organizations that the Senate regularly finances must go through the hearings. The groups must present a detailed request for financing, outlining how much money they plan to spend on special events, office supplies, advertising, postage and other activities.
About 24 groups receive money from the line-item allocation account as a result of the hearings.
The finance committee then deliberates, considers the groups' requests and decides how much money each group will receive. Deliberations will be held at 6 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Pine and International rooms in the Kansas Union.
The committee's decisions will go before the Senate at an April 10 meeting for final approval.