THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSA
(USPS 650-640)
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1989
VOL. 99, NO.126
Activists march about abortion issue
At the pro-choice rally in Kansas City, Mo., activists Lucy Delufauente, Kansas City, Mo., and Karen Vigliature, Blue Springs Mo., argue with an anti-abortion demonstrator.
by Cynthia L. Smith and Max Evans Kansan staff writers
TOPEKA, KANSAS CITY, MO — She did not march or chant, but 17-month-old Amanda helped inspire her mother to demonstrate for women’s rights to abortion.
Kathy Phoenix, Topeka, carried Amanda around the Capitol in a pro-choice rally in Topeka yesterday.
But 60 miles east in Kansas City, Mo.
Gary Rickman disgraced
"I feel like she has a right to choose in her divorce just like I had the right to choose in my marriage."
Rickman, Kansas City, Kan., carried an open coffin with an aborted fetus inside at
"If women knew what was going to happen, they would choose adoption rather than marriage."
Rickman said he found the fetus in a trash can behind an abortion clinic.
Pro-choice supporters, unable to attend the March for Women's Equality, Women's Lives in Washington D.C., demonstrated yesterday in Topeka and Kansas City, Mo.
About 200 people participated in the Topeka Sympathy Summit Carrying banners, they met at the Judicial Center at noon, crossed the street and marched around the Capitol, stopping for a rally on the steps. No abortion activists attended.
One sign read, "Who Will Take Responsibility for Children Women are Forced to
Pro-choice activists were responding to a Missouri case, Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services Inc., that is being argued before the Supreme Court. This hearing could cause the court to reverse its decision against Wade, the case that legalized abortion.
"I don't think that my rights, especially my reproductive rights, should be decided by anyone else, especially men," said Missy Muller, Wichita sophomore.
During the march, a man in a car yelled at the demonstrators, "You're still wrong, still wrong. Don't you ever learn?"
About 20 men participated in the rally
About 40 pro-choice activists were met by about 75 anti abortion activists at the VOices for Choice Rally in Kansas City, Mo.
Herbert Hodes, a physician, said he considered abortion a medical issue.
"When I worked at KU Med Center in the early 1990s, I saw the cohangers. I saw them," she said.
Judith Walker-Riggs, minister of All Saints' interment Church, said men must choose two.
"We are not breeding stock," she said. "Safe and legal abortion is one of the most important rights won for women in over 4,000 years."
At the pro-choice rally in Kansas City, Mo. David Foreman, Jackson County, Mo., uses the Bible to emphasize his position.
Cordella Mitchell, left, and Kelly Forbes-Jones, right, Topeka residents, sing "America the Beautiful" during the protest.
Troops kill protesters in remote Soviet city
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Soviet troops wielding shovels and clubs rushed a crowd of protesters in a central square of Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia, early yesterday, activists said. It was reported that 16 people were killed and that at least 100 were injured.
"They threw themselves on our people like beasts, and our people couldn't do anything," said activist Leda Archvadze.
Soviet troops and tanks were deployed in the city Friday to try to maintain order.
Tension had been building since Tuesday, when hunger strikers and protesters pressed demands for Georgian independence from the Soviet Union. The Georgian nationalists among ethnic among ethnic Abkhazians within Georgia with their own agenda for autonomy.
Archvadze said her information came from her brother-in-law, Syvad Gammachura, a member of the Helsinki Watch human rights committee in Tbilisi. She said he told her that he witnessed the clash and was arrested at his home several hours later.
A man who answered the telephone at Gruzin firm, the official Georgian news agency, confirmed that 16 people died and about 100 were injured. He said the casualties included soldiers and civilians.
He said that he was not an editor and that the office was closed.
Archvadze said 300 people were sent to the hospital.
She said the troops attacked the crowd on Tbisi's central Lenin Square before dawn with clubs, shovels, and tear gas. Protesters thought they were outnumbered four or five to one, she said.
She said the demonstrators were unarmed and numbered about 10,000, even at that early hour.
The protests were planned to lead up to the 10th anniversary of another protest in Tbilisi. On April 14, 1978, protestors won their battle to ensure that Georgian would remain in the official state language.
Committee recommends tuition hike
by Alan Morgan
Kansan staff writer
The Board of Regents Special Committee on Tuition and Fees on Friday recommended a tuition increase for Regents schools.
The recommendation would increase tuition for the 1990-91 school year by 6 percent for students who pay resident fees and by 10 percent for students who pay non-resident fees. The recommendations were presented during the committee's meeting in Topeka.
A proposal to charge a $15 application fee also was approved by the committee.
The committee is made up of Regents, university officials and students. Its recommendation will be forwarded in two weeks to the Regents, and final action is expected in May.
The increase was recommended with the stipulation that increased revenue be used for the Margin of Excellence.
"These increases will be used to support the Margin of Excellence, which will result in an improved educational experience," said Chancellor Gene A. Budig. "The increases are consistent. They are
Tuition increases at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Kansas State Veterinary Medical Center will be limited to 6 percent for all students, according to the recommendation.
Margin of Excellence gains full financing
Burdad said KU would continue to be regarded as one of the best bays in college education because of the services offered compared with the cost of tuition. He and student scholarships may help him prioritize if the increase goes up.
Stanley Kopik, executive director of the Regents, said the tuition hike was necessary.
See REGENTS, p. 6, col. 4
by Alan Morgan
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — The Legislature approved a $900 million higher education budget Saturday, including full financing for the Margin of Excellence program, financing for the Regents Center in Johnson County and increased aid for community colleges and Washburn University.
Both the House and Senate approved the budget that had been stalled for four days in conference committee. The committee reached an agreement at 10 p.m. Friday, after nine hours of negotiations.
"We had to stare each other down on issues we felt strongly about," Winter said. "We had to bargain back and forth until we found where each other would move on certain issues."
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R.
Lawrence, the chief negotiator for
the Senate, said that the nine-hour
work is necessary to work out the budget.
The Margin of Excellence is the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
The University of Kansas will receive $3.5 million from the second year of the Margin.
Legislature approves full Regents budget
by Thom Clark
Kansan staff writer
By approving the Board of Regents higher education budget Saturday, the Legislature put the University of Kansas on track to receive the $224 million in expenses for next year, a University official said.
The allocation approved for KU also includes full financing for its base budget, the Margin of Excellence and the maintenance budget, which includes operational expenses and salary requests.
The Margin of Excellence is the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools' 100 percent of their peer schools' faculty salaries.
Jon Josserand, specialist for government relations, said a conference committee voted to restore a 4 percent increase in the operating expense budget Friday night. The House had originally voted to reduce the increase from 4 percent to 3 percent.
Winter said that there was a disagreement between the two houses on several issues within the higher education budget, including state aid for Washburn and financing for the construction of the Regents Center.
"We decided that if they wanted state aid for Washburn, we were going to get financing for the construction of the Regents Center,' Winter said.
Oksana said more than $3.5 million was allocated to the University through the Margin. She said that more than $2 million had been secured for faculty salary parity and that $1.5 had been secured for mission-related enhancements. That would increase support for such facilities as the libraries.
"This has all the makings of an exceptional yea. for the University of Kansas and other Regents universities," said Chancellor Gene A. Budig. "This budget will permit us to be much more competitive in attaining and retaining able faculty and staff."
The proposal was approved by both houses Saturday.
Budig said receiving the full allocation, including the Margin, would strengthen the academic program of the University as well as benefit Kangas higher education.
Jouff Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, sails the University appreciated the Legislature's contribution to the university.
A provision was tied to Washburn financing that tuition would not move above $72 a credit hour. Winter said the committee was considering the students of Washburn when they included the provision.
Budig said it was important to continue discussion with legislators between sessions with the third and final year of the plan to be introduced next fall
state.
Josserman said the enrollment increase from fall 1987 resulted in a $1.7 million adjustment to the salary base and provided for 52 additional teaching positions. He said another increase in the base budget of $607,441 was made to hire 11 additional staff members.
"This is the best thing to happen to the University in years." Ramaley said. "It gives us a sense of commitment from the state to help us develop our mission."
"It is important to protect what we have achieved in this session and move forward on plans for year three." Budg said. "It is critical to have students, staffs and alumni in the legislative process."
Budid said the support of those groups had been critical during the past two years.
Tuition for Washburn University
was scheduled to increase from $70 to $75 a credit hour.
The budget will require students who live in counties other than Shawnee to continue to pay out-district tuition at Washburn.
Because of new rules adopted by the Legislature, committees were under deadline to work out all appro-
pration issues before the end of the regular session Saturday.
The budget passed by both houses included $2 million in financing during a two-year period for construction of the new campus. The center will be built in Center.
See LEGISLATURE, p. 6, col. 1
Groups strain to provide relief for poor, homeless
by Scott Achelpohl
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence social service organizations are trying to maintain a safety net for the poor and homeless of the city, a net that is strained under the pressure of the problem.
More than 60 social service organizations in Douglas County provide help for problems relating to pregnancy and childbirth, inadequate medical and prenatal
sare, alcoholism, child abuse and
spouse abuse. Eight to i of these
organizations provide direct or
contact information to the fight
against homelessness.
These organizations include the
United Way of Lawrence, the Douglas County Health Department, the Health Care Access Group, Women's Transitional University, and Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation, or ECKAN
Volunteer efforts such as the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen (LINK), Headquarters and the Salvation Army are closest to the homeless problem and form the backbone of the
fight against the problem.
Capt. John Churchill, director of the Salvation Army shelter and church, 946 New Hampshire St., said that the homeless problem was reflected in the number of poor and homeless the shelter served in its last six month service period.
From November 1, 1988, to March 31, 1989, the shelter admitted 202 men, 26 women and 10 children, provided 3,125 meals and
gave lodging to 2,331 people, he said.
The Salvation Army's 1988 Lawrence annual report shows that last year the shelter received $114,30 in private support, $52,205 from the United Army church members, $46,141 from the United Way of Lawrence and $3,567 from the city's community development block grant.
See ORGANIZATIONS, p. 12, col. 1