WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6.1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.111
SPORTS
ADVERTISING 864-4358
KU computer experts consider the impact of a possible Macintosh corporate takeover. Page 7A
NCAA plans still unclear
Dole wins primaries
CAMPUS
NATION
Macintosh rumors
Alexander and Lugar prepare to quit the race; GOP turns to November. Page 9A
The women's basketball team is wondering where it will play in the tournament. Page 1B
Israel cracks down
WORLD
Hamas promises it will not execute more bombings until July. Page 8A
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WEATHER
LIGHT SNOW
High 30° Low 27°
World News...8A
National News ...9A
Features ...10A
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes ...6B
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
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Several students gather in front of Wescoe for a commemoration for the bombing victims in Israel. Followed by several
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speakers yesterday was a candle lighting to remember those who have lost their lives.
Students mourn Israeli dead
More than 100 gather for Wescoe Beach vigil
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
The wind blew out every candle.
But it didn't put out the fire in the hearts of more than 100 KU students who attended a candelight vigil yesterday on Wescoe Beach to focus on peace and remember Middle East bombing victims.
The latest attack occurred yesterday at a main shopping center in Tel Aviv, where a suicide bomber killed at least 14 people, including himself.
"In nine days we have had five attacks, 58 people dead and over 200 people wounded," said Beth Ackerman, Dallas junior and one of the vigil's organizers.
The service, sponsored by Hillel and other Jewish KU students, was held to inform the campus community about issues of peace in the Middle East and to pray for the victims and their families, Ackerman said. At the vigil, several students spoke about the victims, fear, peace and who was responsible for the violence.
Hamas, a militant Islamic organization, has claimed responsibility for the
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"Their purpose is to destroy the peace process and have a holy war against Israel," he said.
strikes on Jews, said Brad Feinberg, Deerfield, Ill., senior and one of the vigil's speakers.
Anna Jaffe, an Overland Park graduate student who lived in Israel for more than a year, went to the Middle East in 1993, two months before the signing of the first peace accord. Two bus bombings
ISRAEL: israelis raid militants and
burry Monday's victims. Page SA
occurred before she left.
"Iisrael does not know crime like we do in this country," she said. "You live with the fear that you could be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
At the vigil, students said the Kaddish, a prayer of mourning. Many also wore ripped black ribbons on their coats.
"The black ribbon is the memory of the victims who were lost," said David Radom, St. Joseph, Mich., sophomore and Hillet member. "It is ripped to show incompleteness."
Because of the incidents that have transpired, it was hard to feel complete, Radom said.
"There is a very strong sense of community among all Jews," Jaffe said. "When Jews are killed, it affects the Jewish community, and people respond in an emotional way."
Although yesterday was dark and chilly, Radom said the weather was symbolic of the terrorism against Jews. The vigil went on, in spite of the cold temperatures.
"It shows our strength that we have together," he said. "Not giving up lighting the candles is symbolic of not giving up the peace process."
Athletes' overall GPA falls
Announcement causes concern for KU athletics
By Jenni Carlson
Kansan sportswriter
The classroom progress of Kansas student-athletes last fall pleased Paul Buskirk.
grade point averages were announced late last week.
But Buskirk, Kansas assistant athletics director for Student Support Services, wasn't doing a victory dance after the average team
"It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst," Buskirk said. "Several student-athletes didn't live up to their expectations or our expectations."
Nor did they live up to the expectations of the Kansas University Athletic Corporation. Don Steeples, who heads the KUAC's Academic Committee, said teams in the low 2.0 range, as well as the football team, which had a 1.95 GPA, had caught everyone's attention.
"I know the football coaches are aware that the administration of the University does not consider a 1.95 for a team to be acceptable," Steeples said. "If there were to be another year down in the 1.9 range, there will be some movement on the part of the board to get some remedial action."
Steeples said that he did not know specifics of those actions but that the board would look more closely at the details of the problem.
Making the grade
1995 team averages for the fall semester grading period.
3. 14 Golf (Men's)
Like Steeples, Kansas football coach Glen Mason was disappointed in the team's performance. He said, however, that each player was an individual case and that too much weight might be given to a
3. 10 Track (Women's)
3. 03 Cross-Country (Women's
2. 93 Tennis (Women's)
2. 93 Rowing
2.90 Tennis (Men's)
2.87 Volleyball
2. 90 Tennis (Men's)
2. 86 Golf (Women's)
2. 85 Swimming (Women's)
2. 81 Cross-Country (Men's)
2. 77 Swimming (Men's)
2. 76 Soccer
2. 54 Baseball
2. 56 Softball
2. 60 Track (Men's)
2. 48 Basketball (Men's)
2. 36 Basketball (Women's)
2. 60 TOTAL
Source: KU Sports Information
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See GRADES,Page 2A.
More documents missing in Arkansas
By Amy McVey Kansan staff writer
When John L. Ferguson, director of the Arkansas History Commission, heard that KU police had arrested Robert H. Smith on Monday for allegedly stealing six historical documents from Spencer Research Library, he checked his own collections.
"He came here first on the thirteenth of November," Ferguson said. "He would come here sometimes twice a week and maybe skip a week and then come back, but he's been here a number of times."
Eleven letters, signed by various historical figures, were missing. The last person to view the documents was Robert H. Smith.
Ferguson said that one of the missing letters was from former President Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Murphy dated Feb. 12, 1864.
"The letter pertained to the establishment of a loyal government after the capital of Little Rock was taken by the Federal Army," Ferguson said.
Arkansas at Little Rock, said that she too was missing historical documents. And like Ferguson, she remembered seeing Smith around the library.
Linda Pine, head of the department of archives at the University of
Ferguson valued the missing letters at $10,400.
Robert H. Smith
"He presented himself
"I went in Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and looked at all the files he had looked at, and I wrote up my guesses," she said.
When Pine looked at the files that Smith had requested, she discovered some were missing.
to me as a researcher who had made it big in the stock market," she said.
Smith, 37, of North Little Rock, Ark., was charged with one felony count of theft at 3 p.m. yesterday and was being held on $10,000 bail last night in the Douglas County Jail.
KU police reported that Smith was potentially suicidal, but Corporal Richard Nichols of the Douglas County Jail said the jail had not
Hemenway names provost committee
See SPENCER, Page 2A.
By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced yesterday the names of the 17 people charged with the task of selecting KU's provost.
Wil Linkugel, professor of communication studies, will serve as chairman of the search committee, which includes one undergraduate student and one graduate student.
Hemenway announced in January the creation of a provost position, which will combine duties of the executive vice chancellor and the vice chancellor for academic affairs. The search committee will conduct a national search before selecting a provost.
"We have to make sure that we appoint a person who is among the best, if not the best person, available in the United States for this kind of position," Hemenway said in a statement. "We have to cast a wide net at the beginning of our search."
The search committee met for the first time Saturday, and it approved a job description for provost as well as advertisements that will appear in several publications.
Linkugel said that the committee likely would begin reviewing applications by April 15 and that three to five finalists would be selected.
Hemenway has invited David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, to apply. Shulenburger said he planned to be a candidate for the job.
"The hope is to appoint a provost by July 1, but that is negotiated." Linkuel said.
Hemenway initially said he would announce the search committee by mid-February. But the names were not released until yesterday, so committee members are faced with a relatively short time frame.
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Committee members
Stephen Anderson, chairman of the department of music and dance
Marilyn Amey, associate professor of educational policy and leadership
Mike Auchard, mason for the department of student housing
Martin Dickinson Jr., Robert A. Schreder distinguished professor of law
Gloria Flores, associate director of minority affairs
James Kitchen, dean of student life
Robert Frederick, director of the department of intercollegiate athletics
Leonard Kristhalka, director of the Natural History Museum
Angel Kwolek-Folland, associate professor of history
Elias Michaels, chairman of pharmacology and toxicology
John Nabbandian, associate professor of public administration
Cassie Roth, Honolulu junior
Martha Ruel, director of the University Scholarship Center
Marylee Southard, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering
Renee Speicher, executive director of the graduate student council
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Ann Weick, dean of Social Welfare
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