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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday
February 2, 1987 Vol. 97. No. 86 (USPS 650-640)
Former KU student detained in Iran Reporter as on tour Journalist knew assignment had risk
Reporter was on tour of Iran-Irag war front
The Associated Press
TEHERAN, Iran — A U.S. reporter has been detained in Iran, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday, and hours after his detention the Iranian news agency said a person posing as a journalist had been accused of spying.
Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency said Saturday night that a spy of the Zionist regime had been arrested after entering the country with a false passport and disguised as a journalist. It did not identify the person by name or nationality.
In New York, a spokesman for the Wall Street Journal said a reporter for the newspaper was being held in Iran.
"We have learned through diplomatic channels that Gerald F. Seib, staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been detained in Iran," managing editor Norman Pearlstine
said. "Mr. Seib had been invited by the Iranian government to visit Iran along with more than 50 other American and foreign journalists. We have not been informed of any reason for this detention."
Seib, 30, is a Hays native and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1978. He was editor of the University Daily Kansan in fall 1977. Seib has been a Journal reporter since 1978, and has covered the Middle East from Cairo since 1985.
His wife, Barbara Rosewicz, also is a Wall Street Journal reporter. Rosewicz is a Kansas City, Kan., native and a 1978 KU graduate.
Seb was one of 57 foreign journalists invited to Iran last week for a tour of the war front where Iran has been fighting with Iraq since September. A group of about 40 correspondents gave a similar tour the week before.
"Jerry Seib is a highly respected
See SEIB, p. 6, col. 6
By PAUL SCHRAG Staff writer
Former University Daily Kansan editor Gerald F. Seib, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Iran, didn't want his family and friends to worry about risks he might encounter in the Middle East.
Seib, 30, and his wife, Barbara Rosewick, graduated from the University of Kansas in 1978. They have been living in Cairo, Egypt, since January 1985, working as Middle East correspondents for the Journal.
"He always said it's better than it looks in the news," Annette Seib, his mother, said last night from her home in Hays.
"We're pretty numb and upset about it," Annette Seib said. "We knew there were risks, but we never thought it would come to this.
"We have felt that everything is being done that's possible. It's the waiting and not knowing that's difficult.
"We're putting it in God's hands. We're just hoping for better news tomorrow."
Richard and Annette Seib learned that their son had been detained in Iran when they received a call Saturni from Rosezwicz, who was in Agro, Egypt.
Farney said the Journal saw no evidence that Seib was the person referred to in an Iranian news agency report. The report said the government had arrested a Zionist spy with a false passport who was disguised as a journalist.
Seib's detention in Iran is inexplicable, said Dennis Farney, a Journal correspondent who served as a teacher at Seib's parents at their home westerly.
"The irony is that he was part of a group that was officially invited by the government." Farney said. "He fit the description in the report."
Iran has not identified by name or nationality the person arrested as a Zionist spy.
Jim Cobb, who was the Kansan managing editor and Seib's roommate while Seib was Kansan editor in fall 1977, said Seib's detention made
no sense. Cobb now is a copy editor for the New York Times.
He said it was particularly surprising because the Iranian government had looked favorably upon Seibl's successes thus fall in the war with Iraq.
Cobb, who in October visited Seib in Egypt and traveled with him to Israel, said Seib and Rosewicz had covered a wide range of stories in various countries during their two years in the Middle East.
"They've been in many situations in recent years that most of us would find very intimidating." Cobb said. Any foreign correspondent is by nature fearless and not easily intimidated. Jerry and Berry have these traits."
Rick Musser; associate professor of journalism, was the Kansan's adviser when Seib was editor.
"Without a doubt, he's one of the brightest and best journalism students I've ever had," he said. "There were times when I learned more from Jerry than he learned from me."
Cobb said. "He's one of the brightest people I've ever known. He's a brilliant journalist in addition to being a very good friend."
Paul Rose, a journalism teacher at Highland Park High School in Topeka, was a Kansan photographer in fall 1977.
"We were excited for him when he landed a job with the Wall Street Journal straight out of school," he said.
Seib joined the Journal's bureau in Dallas in 1978. In 1980, he moved to the Journal's Washington bureau. He moved to Miami and Magnuson and later the State Department.
Rosewicz, a Kansas City, Kan. native, was Kansas editor in spring 1978. She joined the United Press International bureau in Topeka in 1978 and the Washington bureau in 1960. Seib and Rosewicz were married in 1982. She joined the Journal in January 1985.
Local groups might lose Senate funds
By LISA A. MALONEY
Staff writer
Several Lawrence service organizations may be targeted for the Student Senate's budget ax, Tom Woods, Senate treasurer, said Fri-
But the directors of these organizations said that more than half of their clientele were KU students, and they criticized the Senate's lack of community concern.
The Senate will begin revenue code hearings Feb. 21 to determine how much each revenue code group will receive from revenues generated by the $28 activity fee students pay each semester.
The Senate Finance Committee plans to re-evaluate all revenue code groups and focus on those groups that are not part of the University but receive Senate financing, Woods said.
The groups are Headquarters, 1419 Massachusetts St.; Dougles County Rape Victim Support Services, 1419 Massachusetts St.; Women's Transitional Care Services; and Consumer Affairs Association 189 Vermont St.
Woods said the Finance Committee's main concern was that students may pay for these services twice. If the organizations receive money from city revenue sharing plans, then they are receive money from students property taxes in addition to money from the student activity fee.
See SENATE, p. 6, col. 3
MEDICAL CAREAN
Jim Cohn, Highland Park, Ill., sophomore, gets his head shaved. The barbers are Paul Whitaker, City,
sophomore, left; Pete Angles, Overland Park sophomore, right; and Danker Ellen, Leawood
Chris Modrow/KANSAN
KU student invents hair-free fund-raiser
Staff writer
Jim Cohn found a way to make money for a spring break trip to Padre Island
But the ultimate cost of his free trip may be a sunburned head.
Cohn, Highland Park, Ill., suppo-
mored, shave his head for $900 at
the Alpha Tau Omega school, 1537
Tennessee St. on Saturday night.
Five fraternity brothers, using scissors and electric razors, shaved Cowboy baby-bab in front of laughing, lauging and whistling friends
Cohn sat patiently in a chair on top of a dining room table, clenching the money that forced him into his ordeal.
The novice barbers hovered over him with humming razors. First, a chunk from the right side left a path through his brown hair. The barbers then proceeded to meticulously shave up, down, and front to back until only a few tufts of fluff remained.
That not being enough, they carefully clean-shaved Cohn until only black stubble showed.
"It's a free spring break," said Cohn, before the hair experience. "It's not costing me anything . . . but my hair."
He also predicted his new-found baldness would increase his grade point average, as he doesn't plan to go out for a few months.
People in the crowd, most of
whom paid $5 to see Cohn lose Hair, joked and heckled Cohn during the 25-minute procedure. They laughed. They clapped. They yelled. "It's never going to grow back!"
"I hope it's really sunny tomorrow," someone said jokingly.
"No more bed-head!" another yelled.
And when it was all over, someone yelled out, "Somebody get him a tambourine!"
When the cutting was over, Cohn just rubbed his bare head and arm. As he walked through the crowd, he touched out to pat and rub his back.
"It's manageable." Cohn said after the shave. "But it's going to take some getting used to."
Later that evening, Cohn wore a bandana over his new baldness, while roaming an after-hours party at the fraternity.
Cohn's money-making idea arose from a need for spring break money and an aversion to work, he said.
"I figured I'd shave my head and look like an idiot for a few weeks. I'm going to probably be disgraced." Cohn said.
INSIDE
He plans to wear the bandanna and a hat on campus until some fuzz grows.
"It's going to start a trend," Cohn said. "I highly recommend this to anyone needing to make money for spring break."
The Kansas Jayhawks added to the troubles of Louisville, beating the Cardinals 62-58 Saturday at Freedom Hall in Louisville. The loss dropped the NCAA defending basketball champions' record to 10-10. Story on page 10.
Cardinals fall
Spicy tofu balls and tofu noodle lasagna were among the winners at the second Annual Tofu Recipe Contest yesterday at the Community Merchantile Coop, 700 Maine St. Market on page 3.
Food for thought
Faculty pay KU officials concerned by salary ranking compared to peer institutions
By ROGER COREY
Staff writer
KU's best faculty members may look elsewhere for employment if a bill to cut salaries passes in the Kansas Legislature, Del Shankel, acting executive vice chancellor, said last week.
The bill, introduced in the Kansas Senate on Jan. 26, would reduce by 3.8 percent the salary of all employees of the Board of Regents system who are paid more than $50,000 a year from state funds. About 19KU administrators and faculty would be affected.
A report from the KU office of institutional research and planning listed KU as fourth in faculty salaries among the six institutions in its peer group for the 1983-86 academic year.
The proposed bill comes at a time when KU officials already are concerned about the University's salary ranking in comparison with its peer institutions.
KU's peer institutions — the universities of Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oregon — are designated such because of similarities in size, academic goals and state financing.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was ranked first with an average faculty salary of $38,667, more than 13 percent higher than KU's average.
14) the average salary for all faculty in 1965-86 was $33,983.
"The fact that KU is ranked fourth out of six among its peer institutions is a general symptom of under-funding." Shankel said.
"It creates problems in many areas."
At KU, the average salary for all faculty in 1985-86 was $33,983.
Among Big Eight Conference schools, which differ from the peer institutions, KU was ranked second in average faculty salary for the 1983-86 academic year. Colorado ranked first and Kansas State University was last.
However, the faculty at KU doesn't regard itself as being similar to any of the Big Eight schools, said Mel Dubnick, chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee.
See SALARY, p. 6, col. 3
Average faculty salaries