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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, December 4. 1986
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number of letters sent to KU faculty on the behalf of students unable to attend classes because they had been injured in accidents.
Between January and September 1984, Zimmer's office sent four letters of this kind. This year, during the same time period, the office has sent 10 letters.
Letters for medical reasons, which includes some accidents, have increased from 18 to 38, or 111.1 percent.
"It's alarming, not only because of the number, but because of the seriousness and the needlessness," Zimmer said.
Zimmer said students often didn't use good judgment.
"The two biggest contributors to their lack of prudence are alcohol and a feeling of immortality inherent in all young people." he said.
"They don't realize that their heads are soft and their bones will break." she said.
Brothers also said that some of the accidents showed a lack of forethought.
The increasing number of students at KU during the past two years may have something to do with it.
She also said the change in the drinking age might be a factor because of the increased driving involved with drinking.
Murray said most students that they shouldn't drink and drive. But alcohol still is
"They just don't realize they can fall and kill themselves just the same," he said.
Brothers said, "A lot of accidents stem from incidents that common sense would tell most people to avoid."
often involved with the falls. Murray said.
The formation of a mental health task force by the division of student affairs, which may address this issue, is still in progress. Jim Lichtenberg, director of the University Counseling Center is involved with the task force's formation.
"We are very concerned about suicides and accidental deaths." he said.
Lichtenberg said the task force could receive official charges and members could be appointed as early as January.
Brothers said people should just apply common sense with extra vigilance to avoid accidents.
"No one can do more to lessen the probability of becoming an accident victim than the potential victims themselves," he said.
"By exercising extra care in their routine activities and by trying to be a little more aware of their environment and alert of potentially dangerous or threatening situations, they can lessen their chances of being the victim."
Poindexter refuses Senate questions
WASHINGTON — Former White House aide John Pointein refused yesterday to answer Senate questions about the Iran arms scandal, and a leading Democrat charged President Reagan must have known about secret aid to Nicaragua's contra rebels.
Despite Reagan's repeated vows that all the facts in the controversy will come out, Poindexter, a vice admiral and ousted national security adviser, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
Poindexter's lawyer, Richard Beckler said his client had used his Fifth Amendment rights upon advice of counsel.
Lt. Col. Oliver North, a Poindexter aired fire last week by the president at the same time Poindexter was fired, also refused to testify before the panel Monday. Senators comments indicated North was seeking immunity from prosecution.
Beckler said Poindexter wishes to cooperate and to fulfill every request that the president has made of him.
when he appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
United Press International
Poindexter's refusal to talk provoked Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VI., vice chairman of the committee, to say, "We're dealing with the worst foreign policy fisco in years and years. We don't have testimony. We don't have cooperation."
Sen. David Durenberger, R-Minn., the committee chairman, said, "In a practical sense, I think they're making a mistake."
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, after a White House meeting with Reagan, said he was convinced the president was speaking the truth.
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ing group, said he would continue acting as ASK director until Stanton and Milligan found a replacement.
The new Senate also approved Stanton and Milligan's choices for treasurer, Tom Woods, and administrative assistant, Matt Kerr. Woods is the current treasurer.
Members of the old Senate elected three senators from their membership to serve as holdover senators in the new Senate. The three were Missy Kleinholz, Stephanie Quincy and Kris Kurtenbach.
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Students who did not complete their enrollment Nov. 25 must now wait to add courses until after new and newly readmitted students enroll in January.
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"Everyone who went through pre enrollment got a full schedule," Cobb said.
The enrollment center gave invitations for the completion enrollment to students who could not fill their schedules. But Thompson is concerned because not all students who received invitations participated.
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Council staff member, and Vice Adm. John Poindexter, former national security adviser, had done, Slattery said.
But he also said it was unthinkable that a lieutenant colonel in the Marines and a vice admiral in the Navy could involve the United States in two wars without the knowledge of the president and vice president.
Slattery said he was bothered that officials still referred to North as a hero.
"It concerns me that this 'hero' goes before the (Senate) Intelligence Committee and takes the Fifth Amendment some 40 times," he said. "I don't call that very forthcoming."
Slattery said he would try to talk with contra leaders before he departed for Nicaragua next month.
Contra leader Adolfo Colero has maintained that his group did not receive the money. Slattery said, which raises the question of who did.
Slattery also questioned whether the money could have been used to finance missions such as that of Eugene Hasentus, whose plane was shot down while he was delivering arms to the contras.
"I think it's going to complicate the efforts of those to obtain additional funding for the contras," he said.
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