4 Tuesday, January 27, 1987 / University Daily Kansan Opinions THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN It's about time the city made up its mind and moved forward on the issue of a downtown mall. Members of the Downtown Lawrence Association will vote tomorrow on the location of a proposed downtown mall. The members are trying to decide between the 600 block of Massachusetts Street or a site just east of Massachusetts, along the 700 and 800 blocks. And if that isn't enough of a choice, members also can write in votes for other locations. Action on mall overdue Some Lawrence residents, who commented at a public hearing earlier this month, indicated that the people in favor of moving the mall to the 700 and 800 blocks really wanted the whole project killed. Come on. If the planners have decided that they want a mall, why can't they come to a consensus on some basic points? The Lawrence City Commission and members of the DLA have debated the issue of the mall for years, with little to show for their work. The site for the mall should have been selected long before now. As it is, the whole situation is laughable. Plans have already been drawn-up for the 600 block of Massachusetts Street site. A vote now to discard these plans could only further delay progress on the project. Change is unavoidable and often undesirable. That it is unavoidable is unquestionable, and that it is undesirable is not always necessary. A step toward integration Last week, civil rights activists marched into Forsyth County, Ga., to convince the local citizens that a change to racial integration is imminent. The citizens, however, have begged to differ. Forsyth is one of many backwoods counties that has been sequestered from the 1960s civil rights movement and that harbors numerous racial hate groups. Not one black lives in Forsyth — the last was driven out in 1912. If the plans for a mall in Lawrence are to become a reality, the foot-dragging of the DLA must come to an end. Forsyth County caught the nation's attention two weeks ago when 75 blacks demonstrating against anti-black sentiment in Cumming, Ga., were pelted with rocks and bottles by Ku Klux Klan members. This week, thousands of demonstrators — many veterans of the 60s-era protests — responded with a peaceful march through parts of the county. That racial intolerance exists today, after decades of media attention devoted to dispelling racial imbalance, is startling, but often not so incredible. Forsyth County, tucked away near the Blue Ridge Mountains, has been protected from racial differences. The marchers aimed last week to shorten the lengthy process of racial integration. They took advantage of the media that had caught the nation's attention and exposed the hatred immersed in Forsyth. For this they are commended. Today, Atlanta's parameters are expanding into Forsyth. The county residents have adapted to the changing economic conditions that have accompanied the population growth. Increased prosperity they have not found difficult to adapt to; the reception of blacks, they have. As Thoreau wrote, "Things do not change; we do." Now the country watches as Forsyth County residents re-think their values on entering the complex life outside the sequestered life. Change towards racial integration rests on how thoroughly they do so. Coverage in good taste It was a truly gruesome sight. R. Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania state treasurer, calmly pulled a gun from a manila envelope at a news conference he had called Thursday and ended his life. For the most part, the media responded responsibly in this case. Most newspapers that ran photos of the incident used The story of the public suicide would have been graphic enough, but it was complicated by the fact that the whole scene was captured on film by photographers and cameramen present at the news conference. Suddenly, newspaper and television editors were faced with the difficult task of deciding which of the photos and how much of the film footage to use, if any. shots of Dwyer with the gun in his mouth, just before he pulled the trigger. Television footage was limited usually to the time when Dwyer drew the gun from the envelope, then calls for a doctor from others in the room. The news media has a responsibility to provide its viewers and readers with balanced, accurate coverage of events that is in good taste. Not using any of the photos would have been as bad as ignoring the story completely. Even though this limited footage might have offended some of the public, it was needed to tell the story fully. Not all news stories are pretty, and the same must apply to news photography. 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Jon Gregor Columnist It read, "The only way to stop the lies is to stop the liars," and went on to announce the impeach Reagan parade and rally that recently took place. University offshoot. This sale, which has been portrayed mainly as an exchange for hostages, involved many more issues than most are willing to believe. Ronald Reagan's mistake was not that he was dealing arms to Iran, or that he was lying about certain aspects of the situation. His mistake was getting caught in his lies. The sale was justified for many reasons. The Iranian arms sale is obviously the main catalyst of this latest Brown First, U.S. hostages are being held in Lebanon, and it is a given that both Syria and Iran have a hand in the outcome of many of the hostage's cases. Many argue that it is dangerous to set a precedent of giving terrorists what they want in exchange for the release of hostages and that the United States should not negotiate with such groups. However, it is obvious that the United States does negotiate with terrorists, but will not admit doing so publicly. Using Iran as a go-between made the exchange less direct, and the arms themselves most likely had more 'han one purpose. Some weapons were obviously going to end up in Lebanon. However, the pressure put on the Reagan administration to do more to secure the release of U.S. citizens in that country probably helped persuade 'he administration to OK the deal.' Another reason to go ahead with a deal with Iran is the current Iran-Iraq war. The best that the United States could hope for is a draw. A decisive winner could greatly jeopardize the United States' access to the Persian Gulf. Neither Iran or Iraq could be a responsible regional power in that area. If the United States finds it in its own best interest to secretly deal arms and equipment to the Iranians to help maintain a balance in the war, than so be it. Finally, the United States has been attempting to reapproach Iran through the more moderate members of its revolutionary government. There is no such thing as an "evil" nation in U.S. foreign policy. If the United States can benefit from a warm relationship with such a strategically vital nation, it will do so. The Persian Gulf region is obviously vital to the United States, and we must do anything necessary to protect and secure our national interests. University needs help getting fee release Unless you've been hiding in a closet for the last couple of months, you are fully aware that our University is in a state of financial crisis. Everyone is feeling the crunch; it seems no one can get the courses Martie Aaron Guest Shot they need, classes are overcrowded and we hear that the number of courses being offered this summer may be cut back by as much as 30 percent in some areas. Everywhere on campus you hear students and faculty complaining about the situation. It's time to stop complaining,however,and to star trying to change things. In November, then Governor-elect Mike Hayden announced that all state agencies would be forced to cut 3.8 percent from their budgets. Very difficult decisions had to be made. University officials scrambled to find ways to cut more than $3 million from our budget. Initially, these administrators decided they would have to cancel more than 100 courses for the spring semester: courses that students had already pre-enrolled in. Early this month, however, they decided to gamble and opened up these classes. Why? The administration is hoping that the Kansas Legislature will release $593,418 in unanticipated fee revenue to KU to cover the costs of those classes. Right now, however, the University does not have the money to pay for those classes. You've probably heard a lot about fee release but aren't sure what it is. When KU submits its proposed budget to the Kansas Legislature for the upcoming fiscal year, it predicts how many students will be enrolled and how much money will be generated by tuition. The Legislature then grants KU the right to spend that amount of fee revenue. However, during the fall semester, KU had a record enrollment increase of more than 1,000 students generating more than $1.2 million in unanticipated fee revenue. KU is not allowed to spend this additional money, however, unless the Legislature makes a special supplemental appropriation, commonly known as fee release. Will KU get fee release? Not without a lot of hard work. Although Gov Hayden has promised to do everything he can to see that KU gets the money, the Legislature has consistently followed a policy of not granting fee release. Many legislators do not see how KU's situation justifies a break with precedent. This is not a call to arms. Not to burn the Union, not to storm Strong Hall, but to contact state legislators and pressure them to vote for fee release. Believe it or not, phone calls and letters do have a great impact on legislators. If KU doesn't get fee release, we really have no one to blame but ourselves. Act now — the class you save may be your own! Martie Aaron is a Wichita senior and co-director of the KU Associated Students of Kansas. Goodell remembered for string of near-misses WASHINGTON — Before Republican politics became a blood sport, a Republican like Charles Goodell could survive in a state like New York. After 1964, it was only a matter of time before he was taken from the right. Arnold Sawislak UPI Commentary UPI Commentary Goodell, 60, who died last week, completed the Senate term of Robert F. Kennedy as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's surprise selection three months after Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. But Goodell failed to win the seat on his own in 1970 when New York Republicans who had voted in the past for moderate, even liberal GOP candidates, went over to James Hankey's Conservative Party candidate. Goodell was a prime example of the kind of Republican who operated in what Rockefeller first described as "the mainstream" of American politics. Others in the GOP believed Rockefeller's brand of Republicanism was simply "me-too" Democratic liberalism, and worked to rid the party of its influence. For almost 20 years after World War II, the two GOP factions sparred The Eastern wing, as typified by Rockefeller, controlled the party's presidential nominations, and the Midwestern and Western Republicans controlled the party in Congress. Then, in 1960, Richard Nixon won the GOP nomination to succeed Dwight Eisenhower, who eight years earlier had been the Eastern wing's candidate to block the more conservative Robert Taft. Nixon was not popular with the Easterners but he made peace with them in a meeting with Rockefeller that conservatives considered a sell-out of their faith in the Californian. When Nixon lost, the conservatives rallied behind Barry Goldwater of Arizona, and though he was swamped in 1964, the GOP right wing had firm control of the party machinery in many more states than the bearer. In 1983, when Ronald Reagan the Right was in ferment, mounting the first of three campaigns that finally gave the nomination to Ronald Reagan in 1980. In New York, which had been electe- t such Eastern-wing Republicans as Irving Iyes, Kenneth Keating and Jacob Javits to the Senate for several decades, the sands ran out just as Goodell moved up from the upstate House seat he had occupied since 1959. erate conservative of the Gerald Ford school in the House. He was critical of big spending domestic programs, but strongly favored civil rights and civil liberties. He also became a critic of the Vietnam War. He also opposed a time friend尼克 on that, his political demise probably was sealed. Goodel's 1970 defeat, a product of the ideological purge within the GOP, removed from the Senate a thoughtful and effective Republican of considerable legislative talent who probably would have served a number of terms had he come along a decade or so earlier. Goodell went on to a successful business and law career, so without downrating the men who suceeded him, it may have been the citizens of New York and the rest of the nation who lost the most when he left public life. Goodell was regarded as a mod- BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed IF I MAY MAKE AN ASIDE HERE NOT THAT MY "SIGNIFICANT OTHER" IS ON THE BRINK OF ENTERING THE CONVERSATIONAL ZONE OF A RELATIONSHIP THAT MANY OF US KNOW AS "THE BIG LIE." LISTEN. + ---