THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 99, NO.151 (USPS 650-640)
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SUMMER WEEKLY EDITION
WEDNESDAY JULY 12,1989
Med Center abortions in question
Groups on both sides plan to fight for issue
by Heather L. Anderson Kansan staff writer
When the Kansas Legislature reconvenes next spring, the University of Kansas Medical Center may support a ban on contractions controversy surrounding abortion.
The Supreme Court's decision earlier this month, which upheld a Missouri law banning the use of public money, buildings and employees for abortions, has thrown the Med Center into the eve of the storm.
The Med Center is regulated by federal and Kansas laws.
Nancy Miller, spokesman for the Med Center, said recently that although the medical institution is supported by government funds, the abortions themselves are paid for by the medical students or their insurance companies.
Miller said that from July 1, 1988,
to June 30, 1989, the Med Center
performed 132 abortions, 125 of which
were done on an outpatient basis.
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, said she expected to see legislation concerning abortion laws and financing for the Med Center.
"I think that I, like many legislators across the nation, dread the immense time and resources that this will take." Branson said. "It ties up the floor for a good, long period of the floor for a much drains energy from other projects."
An example of this is last year's parental consent bill that occurred during the same time that legislators were working on highway and jail problems. Branson said that because abortion was such an emotional overwhelmed many of the legislators and their undersigned offices.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said that he expected to see many proposals based on the Missouri law brought up again, but that the difference in this session would be the visibility of those issues in the eyes of the public and the press.
"There needs to be more rational and reflective thought rather than emotions concerning this issue," he said.
Winter has supported prohibiting late term abortions and has voted for some versions of the parental consent bills.
Abortion opponents said they were already planning legislation to combat the Med Center's performance of abortions, although they have not released the exact date that the legislation will be introduced.
W.
We are obviously very pleased with the Supreme Court's decision. There is no doubt that within the foreseeable future Roe vs. Wade will be overturned. However, I will be the first one to acknowledge that we have a fight on our hands.'
Gordon Gruber
Life
Gordon Gruber coordinator, Lawrence Kansans for Life
Gordon Gruber, coordinator of Lawrence Kansans for Life, said that his group was in the process of determining whether he could make abortions illegal in Kansas.
"We are obviously very pleased with the Supreme Court's decision," he said. "There is no doubt that within the foreseeable future Roe vs. Moore will be the first one to acknowledge that we have a fight on our hands."
Pat Goodson, legislative consultant for Right to Life for Kansas, said that her group would support bills prohibiting any financing for the Med Center if they continued to perform abortions.
Goodson said that she had attempted to meet with the Board of Regents, but was unsuccessful.
Right to Life for Kansas has a history of staging protests at the Med Center and she said that they would continue.
"The very first public protest against abortion in Kansas was in the early 1970s at the Med Center," she said. "It was our first ticketing."
Pro-choice advocates, threatened by the recent Supreme Court ruling, are taking steps to keep abortion legal in Kansas.
The loss of abortion services at Truman Medical Center in Missouri virtually eliminated options for many low-income women seeking want and pre-choice groups do not want to see that happen in Kansas.
Betty Armstrong, director of public relations for Comprehensive Health for Women, said that pro choice groups will be working hard to ban any restrictions on abortions and to ban politicians to take a stand.
"We will be working actively with this situation so that legislators can no longer sit on the fence," she said.
Dog days
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Dean of business announces resignation
by Laura Graham
Kansan staff writer
John Tollefson, dean of business has announced his resignation.
In a letter to his colleagues dated July 10, Tolleson said that no specific event or factor had prompted him to believe that he felt it was time to step down.
"This decision has been months, indeed years in the making." Tollefson wrote
The resignation will be effective after Spring 1990
Tollefson could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Charles Krider, associate dean of business, said Tollone resigned because he had accomplished seven objectives, and was ready for a change.
"That is just a long time to be responsible for those duties," Krider said of Tollefson's eight years as dean.
Tollefson plans to remain on the school's faculty as a professor of business, according to the letter.
"I hope my working life will continue for another decade or two," he wrote.
Tolleison wrote that his plans for the distant future were not certain, but that he expected "to continue working for the benefit of the University of Kansas and its School of Business."
Tolelfson has held several positions since he joined the school's faculty in 1967.
Until 1970, he was an assistant professor. From 1970 to 1974, he was
an associate professor. He was acting associate dean of the school from 1973 to 1974. He was a professor and until his appointment as dean in [198]
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said yesterday that a search for Toilefons's replacement would begin immediately.
Dave Shulenberger, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Brinkman would authorize the formation of a search committee in the school.
New asbestos rule won't affect University
by Chip Budde Kansan staff writer
New federal regulations concerning asbestos will not affect KU operations, said Bob Porter, associate director of facilities operations.
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act is designed to reduce hazardous asbestos in public buildings, said Don Lee, legislative assistant for Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole. The act sets guidelines for maintenance and control of asbestos in buildings.
Porter said KU was going to continue doing what it had been doing, adding that the process of removing asbestos was expensive.
"It would be very expensive if we just went in and ripped all of the asbestos out of the buildings at the University of Kansas," Porter said. "The state wouldn't have enough government wouldn't take money into it let alone take care of anywhere else."
required to remove only degenerated asbestos.
According to regulations, KU is
"There's nothing wrong with asbestos, as long as it's in good shape. It's a wonderful material," Porter said of the heat resistant, fire retardant, insulator. "It becomes a problem when it is friable, meaning you can crush it in your hand to a powdered state."
The University has not conducted any surveys to determine how much asbestos is in KU's 153 buildings, but Porter said the amount was
substantial.
"We have a lot," he said. "Virtually every steam pipe in the University has it."
Porter said a system had been devised to monitor the large amount of asheste at the University.
The Kansas Union and Snow Hall have been checked for asbestos because of remodeling. When a building undergrows extensive reconstruction, the University takes a survey of asbestos in its structure. Porter said.
KU students to celebrate France's bicentennial
by Gary Patton Kansan staff writer
While thousands of their countrymen parade through the streets of France on Friday, some French KU students will celebrate their participation by bringing the events on television and by wearing their national colors.
"I'm not going to miss the fireworks at all," said Dominique Brunet, Dijon, France. senior. "I will miss the whole atmosphere of it. People will have revolt over me and I will Tower earrings and bake red, white and blue bread. It is the only time people will ever do this."
On that day, a crowd of about 1,000 people stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison that symbolized the French Revolution. The assault liberated only seven
Friday is the 200th anniversary of Bastille Day, the day recognized as the beginning of the French Revolution of 1789.
BASTILLE DAY
1789-1989
200
YEARS OF FRENCH
INDEPENDENCE
"Bastille Day was the starting point of the uprising," said Brunet, who has lived in the United States for 2 years. "It marked the end of arbitrary power. Before the jail he had been a police officer. The king could put anyone in jail just by signing a piece of paper."
prisoners, but it set the country on a course for freedom.
One month after the assault, the French National Assembly introduced the Declaration of the Rights of Man, proclaiming liberty, property, security and the right to resist oppression. In 1791, a new constitution was accepted by the king. The next year, the royal family was imprisoned and the First Republic was formed.
Brunet said that Friday in Paris, people would re-enact the historic attack by storming a fake Bastille and tearing it apart.
Claire Guilly, Clermont-Ferrand, France, graduate student, said she would have a much quieter celebration in Lawrence. She said she planned to watch it all day and watch her dress up in blue shoes, white shorts and a red shirt, the colors of the French flag.
"I feel I will miss something very important," said Gully, who expects to return to France on July 21 after completing her summer
studies in pharmacy. "I wish I could go back a week earlier. It's very hard to tell what's going on over there. The French newspapers in the library are a month old."
$16-million extravaganza
The Opera de la Bastille, Paris' newest performs arts center, will be inaugurated at the site of the old prison. An international parade featuring Chinese drums, British bagpiper and a Soviet dancing bear will march through Paris. About 30 world leaders, including President Bush, will attend.
What the latest papers would report is that Paris is gearing up for a $16 million Bastille Day extravaganza. Other cities will have their own celebrations. The full calendar of bicentennial events is scheduled to Dec. 31, but the year's most special events are scheduled this week.
Florence Szebeni, Paris, who arrived in Lawrence in June to study English at KU for the summer, had a different outlook.
Regine Edme, Montpellier,
France, senior, said she regretted
not being home for the bicentenial.
"I had been in France all year, I wouldn't mind missing Bastille Day," said Edmie, who has lived in Lawrence for three years. "The fact I'm in the United States makes me want to return and be there. I want to feel the event and be a part of it. Bastille Day is a symbol of France. But I haven't felt anything here."
"I don't mind missing the 14th," said Szebeli, one of 12 French students enrolled at KU this summer. "For me it more interesting when I see new, I see seen the (bicentennial) event and exhibits all year long."
Resembles July 4
Brunet explained that in any other year, in a French city the size of Lawrence Bastille Day festivals is $300,000. Its Independence Days festivities.
"We have plenty of hot dogs and hamburgers, fireworks and other family activities." Brunet said. "The one difference is the dancing. In every city in France, we have all-night city balls from 10 at night to 4 in the morning. It's a tradition. It's our way to celebrate."
The department of French and Italian, which has only one French class scheduled this summer, has no bicentennial events planned.
One KU event is planned to commemorate Bastille Day.
The Spencer Museum of Art will open an exhibition Friday entitled "Art in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850," which will focus on the art of revolutionary France Jean Roeiron's film, "La Marseillaise," will be shown at 2 p.m., with a reception at intermission.