Tuesday April 26,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No.142 (USPS 650-640)
Integrity members unseated Unpaid fines cause removal of student senators
Bv leff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
The four senators elected from the Integrity coalition were removed from Student Senate yesterday, one hour after the coalition failed to pay $210 in campaign and audit violations by the 5 m. deadline.
After voiding all votes cast for the coalition, the Election Review Board removed Christina Fonseca, Social Welfare counsel; Mike Maddox, Dunnemer senator; Mill Newton, Dunnemer senator; Nina Pritchard, Nunemaker senator.
Those declared winners in place of the four were Kim Hutton and Tim Keel from the Focus coalition for the Nunemaker seals, Jill Deatherage from the Top Priority coalition for the Social Welfare seat, and Michael
Malin, an independent candidate, for the Education seat. The review board then validated all the remaining election returns.
"We can't be responsible for people putting posters in the wrong places. All the people that voted for me know me and thought I could do a good job. But at the same time, if we are a part of coalition, that could be reasonable."
Last week, the review board fined the coalition $135 for campaign poster violations and $75 for a cam-
paign that did not declared on their election audit.
Brian Short, chairman of the review board, said it was unfortunate that the coalition did not pay the fines.
"I would think that they would have wanted to preserve their representation, but that was their decision." Short said. "I think it was a bad one."
Brian Stern, elections committee chairman, said he talked with Brian Kramer. Integrity's vice presidential candidate, last week, and that Kramer said he had no intention of paying the fines. Stern also said he had spoken with Frank Partnoy, Integrity's presidential candidate, yesterday, but Partnoy did not comment about the pending fines.
Malin, who will now fill Newton's education seat, also said it was unfortunate that the four senators had to be removed from the Senate because he doubted they were directly involved in the violations. When he first decided to run for Senate, Malain said he was a member of a coalition, which he would not name, but said he became disenchanted with the coalition's goals and decided to run as an independent.
Kramer and Partnoy not be reached for comment, and Pritchard declined to comment on the decision.
"But it's a break for me," Malin said. "I was just trying to get away from the old guard of Student Senate and show them that I'll be an independent thinker when I get onto Senate."
Civil rights case may be reversed
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A sharplydivided Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will considerthrowing out a key civil rights decision used to fight racial discrimination.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices took the unusual step of expanding the scope of a North Carolina racial harassment case to consider limiting the ability of minors to sue adult citizens for monetary damages.
Critics said the announcement could have a major psychological impact on minorities, raising fears of a backlash. The majority on the court is willing to
consider dismantling other civil rights victories.
The court said it will use the racial-hassarass case as a vehicle to possibly overturn a 1970 ruling that expanded the right of minorities to sue over alleged discrimination.
Justice John Paul Stevens said minority groups may feel betrayed by the court's willingness to contend with an important civil rights precedent.
He said the action was unwise activism and would "have a detrimental and enduring impact on the court as an impartial adjudicator."
See COURT, p. 6, col. 1
U. S. Speaker of the House Jim Wright discusses the new trade bill at the 79th Landon Lecture.
Wright lauds trade bill at Kansas State lecture
Kansan staff write
Bv loel Zeff
MANHATTAN — A trade bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week would ensure a stronger and more competitive economy. Speaker of the House Jim Wright said yesterday at Kansas State
Wright, who spoke in Manhattan as part of the Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues, said the new trade bill would halt the lack of influence of the U.S. dollar overseas.
"As a nation, we are as strong as our dreams. We don't have to settle for the norm." Wright told an approving crowd. "Budget deficits do not add up to success. Mediocrity is not our destiny."
success. Incertainty is not our focus.
Wright was greeted with a standing ovation from the
enthusiastic audience in McCain Auditorium. The K-State news service estimated the crowd at 1,220.
After emphasizing the problems that stemmed from the nation's $170 billion deficit, Wright outlined the main point of the new trade bill.
Rules, tools and schools were the three points from the trade bill that would strengthen the U.S. economy, Wright said.
The trade bill, which is expected to be passed by the Senate, would reduce import restrictions on U.S. goods. But President Reagan, opposed to the bill, has threatened a veto.
"The rules are fair trade," Wright said. "Have other countries treat our goods on their markets, like we treat them on our market."
Wright responds to questions from reporters after the Landon Lecture
U. S. Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan., attended yesterday's lecture and said the trade bill was too important for Reagan to veto. He said Congress would try to
At a news conference after the lecture, Wright said he hoped Reagan would sign the bill.
he hoped reagan would sign the bill.
"It would be better if the world saw that the president and Congress were determined to have free trade." Wright said.
In addition to the rules, Wright said more emphasis should be placed on the schools and tools of the United States.
Under the trade bill, the tools, which symbolized business and industry, would be improved by higher productivity and bring a different element to the competition.
Wright also said education was an important step in
the strengthening of the U.S. economy. He compared U.S. students to Japanese students, saying the Japanese were better in the math and foreign language fields.
"America is an optimistic country," Wright said. "As long as we believe we can do things, we will be able to do them."
Wright said the U.S. was paying too much attention to foreign affairs while neglecting domestic issues, such as higher education.
"I want us to think about the future of the U.S. and where we are going," Wright said. "Each generation ought to do a little bit better than before."
After the one-hour lecture and brief question-and-answer period, the audience gave Wright another
Navy sub Bonefish waits for assistance
The Associated Press
The explosion occurred Sunday afternoon in the battery compartment while the USS Bonefish was submerged on a routine training mission, said Chief Petty Officer Terry D. Borton, a spokesman at Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va. — One of the Navy's last diesel-electric submarines walled helplessly on the surface yesterday awaiting a salvage vessel after an underwater explosion of a refrigerated 32 sailors and three lost missing.
The explosion triggered a fire that filled the 219-foot vessel with smoke and toxic fumes. The sub surface, Mike Wilson ordered it evacuated.
The frigate USS Carr, which also was in the training exercise, took aboard 89 of the Bonefish's 92 crew. It was not known if the missing men were aboard the sub or in the water.
The McCloy, which also was training nearby, reached the Bonefish before nightfall, the Navy said. Also steaming to the scene and expected to arrive today was the salvage ship Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk.
The decision was made that no one was to go aboard until a specialized submarine rescue ship, the USS Petrel, arrived later in the day, Borton said.
The 30-year-old Bonefish, its remaining crew evacuated to shore flies, floated alongside the frigate and moved to 160 miles off Florida, said Borton.
There was no apparent danger that the submarine, which carries only conventional weapons, would sink, he said.
See SUBMARINE, p. 8, col. 1
Live album features area bands; KJHK record will be out in May
Bv Michael Carolan
Kansan staff writer
From a psycho-tinged, country rocker depicting current U.S. foreign policy to a traditional rhythm and blues song about a beautiful girl, "Live from Lawrence," produced by the producer KJW, will be released in early May.
After two months of planning, three days of live recording and a month of choosing just 50 minutes from the more than 20 hours of recording tape, the album will feature diverse and homegrown songs from 14 of the 20 bands that jammed for a spot on The Bottleneck, 753 New Hampshire St. in March.
"We wanted to capture the energy, heart and soul of the citizens and students in Lawrence," said Brad Schwartz, KJHK station manager, who developed the idea for the record with several other people that they had agreed to get together and make it an even better album than the last one. And it is."
utter small enough to sell. Although project sponsors came up $1,500 short of the $8,000 project cost, Schwartz said record sales would allow the station to break even.
Bill Rich, owner of Fresh Sounds, the distributor of the album, said that the record documented the
"It will give people that are here something to keep with them as a reminder of what was going on in Lawrence while they were here." Rich said. "People all over the U.S. are kind of curious about
MI,
We wanted to capture the energy, heart and soul of the citizens and students in Lawrence. We wanted to get the community together and make it an even better album than the last one. And it is.' — Brad Schwartz KJHK religion manager
what's going on in Lawrence. This will let them know what's happening and what kind of music is being plued."
Rich said that 2,000 copies of the album were being printed in Cincinnati and that the album cover, designed by Jana Erwin, Great Bend senior, was being printed in Montreal.
Rich also helped produce the last student album, "Fresh Sounds from Middle America" in 1986, which was recorded in a studio.
John Bode, guitarist and vocalist for the band Lonesome Hounddogs, which has a song on the album, said that the tune selected for the album was one of the best but that it was most suited for the album.
"The album shows how much music is made in a town of this size." Dode said. "We were real happy to be selected because we play around Lawrence a few times, but the bands that do play around Lawrence on the album
"Some bands had some longer songs that might have been better. But what can you do when you want to get the most bands on an album? Overall it was a real admirable effort."
Michael Bassin, KJHK entertainment coordinator, who helped produce the album, said that the record not only covered the whole spectrum of music in Lawrence, but stood as a yearbook of music.
"In my four years of school, I think the album is Lawrence at its best," Bassin said. "These are bands that I watched grow. I've seen a lot of the standards to the standard of quality that they're at now."
Soon after "Quest for Vinyl," the three-day recording event in early March at The Bottleneck, Rich, Schwartz, Bassin and Bryan Stubbs, KJHK and Evan Riese, provide a celebration of the hands that would be put on the album.
Then, the final tapes were mixed by Ramona Studios, 646 Locust St., and the Music Shack, 1003 F. 23rd St.
"It is obvious from the record that bands took it seriously and played to their full potential," Schwartz said. "We wish we could have put all the bands on the album. The bands that made it are happy and satisfied, and those that didn't, it gives them something to strive for."
An album-release party, at which the record will be available at a reduced price, will feature performances by several of the bands on the album. The party will be May 5 at The Bottleneck.