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The Midas touch
The KU women's basketball team gave Minnesota its 15th straight road defeat. The Golden Gophers lost the game, 87-74.
Cutting classes
Budget cuts have forced the School of Engineering to consider canceling half of its summer school courses next year.
Story, page 11
Chill out
Story, page 3
Skies will be mostly sunny today with light northerly winds and a high temperature about 40.
Details, page 3
Vol. 97, No. 70 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Wednesday December 3,1986
Cocaine is target of county's effort to stop drug flow
By RIC ANDERSON
Staff writer
Cocaine has come a long way in Douglas County in the last five years.
This year, for the first time in history, the number of cocaine-related charges filed may exceed the number of marijuana charges in Douglas County District Court. In 1981, the Douglas County district attorney's office filed no cocaine-related charges.
Although records show that the trend toward increased cocaine charges has become more obvious in the last five years, Jim Flory, a law firm attorney, said recently that a shift had been coming for some time.
"I think in the last 10 to 15 years we've seen an increase and emphasis on the enforcement of harder drugs," he said. "There has been a more concentrated effort on amphetamines and cocaine."
Source: Douglas County District Attorney
The number of cocaine charges in Douglas County has increased from none in 1981 to 51 so far this year. In every year has shown an increase.
Eighteen of the 51 cocaine charges, or 35 percent, were filed July 22. These charges were a result of an investigation by local, state and federal officials that have identified a former and current KU students.
Douglas County filed 23 marijuana charges in 1981. The number increased to 94 in 1983. However, marijuana charges filed in the last three years. 41 in 1984, 56 in 1983 and 40 in 1984 seem to have remained constant.
Sgt. John Brothers, KU police spokesman, said that although his office did not classify drug cases
by the type of drug, he had seen an increase in cocaine arrests.
mattered so much. However, he said, the number of marijuana charges had remained consistently high.
Brothers said most of the KU police's drug charges stemmed from arrests for other charges, including murder and criminal damage to property.
Rex Johnson, Douglas County sheriff, said the increase in coinear charges in the county could be attributed to the Douglas County Drug Unit. The unit, which was formed about two years ago, is a combined effort of the Lawrence police and the sheriff's office.
“Before, we were just on a hit-and-miss basis,” Johnson said. Patrolmen and officers just usually handled what was there.
The formation of the unit allowed law enforcement officials to do more investigating, he said.
"Now we have two men in permanent positions," he said. "And we can pull more men off the battlefield." We had four officers on the beat.
Johnson said he would like to see even more emphasis put on curbing drug use in Douglas County.
"I wish we had the manpower and the money to double the drug unit," he said, "because the drugs are out there."
Good court record
Records show that the district attorney's office has had a 56 percent conviction rate in the last five years. On the other hand, they have lost only four cases that have gone to trial.
Flory said that better investigations made it easier for his office to get convictions.
"I think that it's a good indicator that good cases have been taken to trial." Flory said. "I think the attitude of this office has been that we are trying to attack a serious problem. And I think that's been shown in the quality of cases."
Flory said the quality of a case was dependent on the investigation that led to indictments.
"I think we've done a good job so far," he said. "And we're getting better."
Of the 332 cases filed in the last five years, 189 of the defendants were found guilty either of drug charges or charges related to
Conviction rates range from 51 percent, or 32 of 62 cases, in 1985, to 72 percent, 18 of 25 cases, in 1981.
"I think that's probably about normal." Flory said.
Of the 189 found guilty, 99 were found guilty of charges other than the original ones, a tactic commonly known as plea bargaining.
Flory said plea bargaining was both an effective tactic and a necessary tool for his office.
“It’s a way that we can get a desired result short of a trial,” he said. “Typically, my experience would be that we would reach a result on a plea bargain that would entail the resolution if we need to wait.”
Flory said plea bargains were necessary because of the sheer number of cases.
If every criminal case charged
See DRUGS, p. 5, col. 1
Manv students see religion as identifying factor
By PATRICIA FEENY
star writer
It's Sunday
Robert Burnett, Topeka graduate student, rubs the sleep from his eyes and rolls out of bed. It's 6 a.m. He gets into his car and drives an hour and a half to the town of St. Mary's for a Latin Catholic mass.
Leigh Caspari, St. Louis sophomore, opens her Italian book and practices verb conjugations. Later, she puts the finishing touches on an art project.
Gina Cotton, Wichita sophomore.
dresses for services at her Baptist church. Like all the other women in the congregation, she wears a dress. She considers anything else inappropriate.
Tim Miller, lecturer in religious studies, teaches a class called Religion in American Society each semester at the University of Kansas. He agreed that students had a
Burnett, Caspi and Cotton practice their religions in varying degrees, but they share a common belief that an identifying factor in their lives
strong interest in religion, but not necessarily in practicing religion.
Miller's class looks at different religions and religious issues objectively. Course topics cover American Indian religions, separation of church and state, evolution and the ancient religion, among others topics.
"A lot of times the students in class are with some church affiliation — about 98 percent," he said, of them are not terribly active now.
Miller said his class attracted a
cross-section of the KU student body. About 60 people are enrolled this semester.
He said some students were not active in their religions because their families were not active and that when people came to college they wanted to do their own thing.
Choosing a religion
Burnett grew up with a Catholic mother and a Jewish father. He said they still practiced their religions separately. His parents allowed him and his sister to decide which faith
they would follow
"For a while I did go to the synagogue with my father," he said. "I thought it was an intellectual religion. It has a lot of history behind
"But I missed the Jesus Christ element of the Catholic church. Initially my father was disappointed, but he understood my decision."
Burnett said he had studied to be a priest for two years but was not accepted. The rejection did not deter
See RELIGION, p. 7, col. 1
University soon will feel pinch of cutback
100 spring classes, sections may fall to cuts, Cobb says
Staff writer
By TONY BALANDRAN
The effort to remove $3.16 million from the current KU budget has started to affect students, faculty and staff.
And the cutback will continue to affect them throughout the remainder of fiscal year 1987, which ends June 30. In addition, a virtue chancellor, said yesterday.
"In order to reduce our budget by $3.16 million," Cobb said in a memorandum to KU officials, "the University will cancel more than 85 percent of its classes and approximately 25 percent of the 1987 summer session."
See related story p. 3.
"It is not possible to put a good face on it." he said.
At a news conference yesterday, Cobb said the $200,000 figure probably would translate into about 100 jobs and classes for next semester.
In the memorandum, Cobb said
University of Kansas officials would
make every effort to provide app
educational experiences for students
In addition, Cobb said the University would work to protect human resources, to conduct significant research and to provide meaningful services to the citizens of Kansas.
there should be no illusions," he said. "however, those objectives are all negatively impacted by this most recent recension."
Overall, KU might lose $ 1.1 million because of a proposed 3.8 percent state spending cut ordered Nov. 19 by Governor-elect Mike Hayden.
The proposed cuts were established to keep the state budget balanced despite predicted revenue shortfall.
The Lawrence campus would lose $3,166,697 and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., would lose $2,044,450.
the Kansas Legislature, which convenes next month, must grant final approval to Hayden's proposal before the cuts would take effect.
Of the 3.8 percent, KU's academic budget would be cut by 2.3 percent
Reagan orders Iran inquiry
Former CIA head named as national security adviser
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Under pressure from Congress, President Reagan yesterday called for appointment of a special counsel to investigate the diversion of Iranian arms sales profits to Nicaragua rebels and named a former CIA official as his national security adviser.
Besides seeking to invoke a post-Watergate-era law providing for inquiries independent of the executive branch, Reagan urged members of the House and Senate to consolidate their own investigation of the affair.
See BUDGET, p. 8, col. 1
"If illegal acts were undertaken, those who did so will be brought to justice," Reagan said. He also announced that Frank Carlucci, former CIA director and deputy secretary of defense, would replace Vice Adm. John Poindexter, who resign last week as national security adviser.
While Reagan was speaking in a rare midday broadcast to the nation, the Senate Intelligence Committee, continuing closed-door hearings on the U.S.-Iranian-contra uprair, questioned Poindexter.
INSIDE
Coverage of the Iran-contra arms connection continues on page 6.
Republican congressional leaders
A comedy about arms sales to in- international terrorists originally scheduled to air last night was cancelled by CBS.
The Israeli Parliament debates the weapons deal with Iran and the alleged siphoning of funds to Nicaraguan rebels.
Chief of Staff Donald Regan and CIA Director William Casey are 'taking a lot of heat' in Washington.
praised Reagan for moving decisively to end the disarray wrought by the Iranian arms sales disclosures. Democrats, too, applauded his decision to seek an independent counsel. But lawmakers argued about whether investigations now under way, or planned, should be merged under the umbrella of a select committee — as was done in the Watergate period.
A news analysis on how the issue is affecting the Reagan administration.
The fast-moving chain of events began with Sen. Richard Lugar's demand that White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan and CIA Director William Casey resign.
Lugar, R-Ind., outgoing chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee and usually an ally of the president, said that U.S. foreign policy was "badly crippled" by the controversy.
There was no immediate indication that Regan or Casey would quit.
Reagan had been produced by both Republicans and Democrats to seek an independent counsel to investigate the scheme in which up to $30 million from the sale of arms to Iran was diverted to contras in Nicaragua.
Other GOP figures, including Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, offered backing for the embattled Reagan.
"This morning, Attorney General Meese advised me of his decision that his investigation has turned up reasonable grounds to believe that the trial would be by an indemnity counsel would be appropriate," the president said.
"Accordingly . . . I immediately urged him to apply to the court here in Washington for the appointment of independent counsel." Reagan added.
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
Getting ready
Nancy Olson, left, Paula Knaebel, and Rita Moley, all workers for the March of Dimes, prepare gelatin for today's Jell-O Jump. The event is at 7 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Road, to benefit the March of Dimes.