Thursday March 31, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No.124 (USPS 650-640)
Student body leader vows to veto budget amended by Senate Krakow objects for $1,600 for Crew
By Jeff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
Student body president Jason Krakow last night vowed to veto any budget that contained additional money for the KU Crew.
"If this is the only capital expenditure request made, I don't think it's a sound budget and I will veto it," Krakow said during a special budget session of Student Senate. "It's not consistent."
Senate last night amended the Senate Finance Committee's proposed budget and voted to give KU Crew an additional $1,600 to buy a set of eight oars. The committee's original recommendation called for KU Crew to receive $7,875. Krakow said it would not be fair to other student organizations to give only the crew team money for capital expenses.
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Krakow also obeyed to P11 Crew.
"Obviously, that was not the case," Krakow said. "I thought they would stick to what they said last year with a good faith agreement."
Earlier in the evening, John Cassel, liberal arts senator, made a motion to restore a request from KU Crew that would have used Senate money to buy a four-man shell costing $8,200. This request was denied by the Finance Committee during budget hearings because the committee was hesitant to finance any large expenditure unless it was necessary for a group's survival.
Cissell said that KU Crew deserved the new shell as well as the set of
"They not only bring good times and an education, but they bring recognition to the University," he said.
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Glenn Shirtliffe, Finance Committee chairman, said that the Senate should not finance the shell because of the cost and because KU Crew needed to plan for future expenditures.
"If this goes through, they are going to walk out of here with one-fourth of the budget," Shirttife said. "They really have some problem with that."
Roger Templin, Nunemaker senator, note the amount of money KU Coca-Cola spent in Iraq.
"We do have a fixed amount of money and there will be future requests," Templin said. "The question for this body to decide is whether they want to spend that much on one organization, especially with the large amounts we've spent in the past."
America...by train
D down the hill from campus, a couple of blocks past downtown, over by the river, a train station stands closed and lonely.
But some tracks still lead west from the station through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles. Other track heads from Los Angeles up the Pacific coast to San Jose, which has an active station that accommodates commuters and travelers on Amtrak, the government-owned rail passenger service.
BY JOHN BUZBEE
In Lawrence, dwindling use of the Amtrak station forced it to close in 1981. But late every night, cars still gather in its parking lot. People wait in the cars talking or sleeping, while outside, the corner of New York and New Street is quiet and dark.
The Southwest Chief shatters the silence. It screams up next to the parking lot, sometimes at 1:25 a.m., often later. The westbound Amtrak train, named for the American Indian country that it travels through, takes on the passengers waiting in Lawrence and continues to Topeka.
When I hurried on the train at about 2 a.m. a few weeks ago, I knew I wouldn't be getting off for awhile. It would be 33 hours before I would get to Los Angeles. There, I would catch the Coast Starlight to San Francisco which is just south of San Francisco Bay.
The train car I climbed aboard had two levels, each with rows of seats next to the windows. It was dark. An Amtrak attendant took me by the arm and quickly led me up the stairs in the middle. I dragged my garmet bag and backpack behind me, and a family of five waited below to get their seats. The attendant sat me down next to a sleeping woman and barked something about my bags. I didn't understand her. I put them at my feet.
Most of the passengers on the upper deck were sleeping with the window shades pulled down. I was disappointed. I had taken the train so I could see where I was going, not just see the inside of airports. But all I could see as we pulled out of Lawrence was a little slice of the Kansas River through a space between the shade and the windowsill.
Soon, the conductor came and took my ticket. I could put my luggage downstairs, he said, or slide it in the overhead rack. The luggage rucks are similar to those on a
bus or airplane, but the seats are much bigger and roomier. With all the shades pulled down, only the constant clicking of the wheels beneath the swaying car reminded me that I was on a train. I put up my bags, slid into my seat and eventually went to sleep, hoping that when I awoke, I'd get a chance to see a little of America.
A man was walking by when I woke up at about 6 a.m. I wondered whether he was going to the lounge car, which has the best view. I wasn't sure whether it was open, or even where it was. I was a little afraid that if I walked around looking for it, the driver I met the night before track me down and drag me back to my seat.
But I was curious, and the country was passing by behind the blinds that were still down. I got up and walked down the car, trying to act like I knew where I was going.
Doors and a closet-sized space separate the Amtrak cars. It's a little tricky to walk between them, but not nearly as hard as it looks in black and white movies.
The lounge car was the next one behind me. Swivel seats for one or two people line the windows in its observation deck upstairs. The lower deck has a snack bar, tables and toilets. I went downstairs to get a cup of coffee and something to eat.
The seats upstairs were comfortable. The view was unbeatable. But the music they piped in was reminiscent of a dentist's office. That might be because many of the Amtrak passengers are retired couples, although there were younger families and a few other college students on spring break.
Kicking back with the coffee upstairs, I watched the sun rise over the plains of western Kansas. The plains seemed even flatter than they do from a car because of the higher perspective from the observation deck.
After sitting in the observation car for a few minutes, I started feeling brave again and left to look for the dining car. It was directly behind the lounge car. Tables for four lined the windows, with an aisle in the middle. I walked in about 6:30 a.m., and it
Clouds and early spring muted the colors of the plains outside Garden City, and it looked cold. KBUF-AM radio was predicting snow for western Kansas and eastern Colorado.
was already half full. A waiter was busy taking orders, so I stood in the aisle waiting for him to tell me what to do.
"How many?"
"Table 14."
I sat at the first empty table.
"Table 14!" he said sharply. I found table 14, where a guy was already sitting. They put passengers together in the dining car to fit more in. I didn't mind, but it was beginning to feel a little like summer camp, like someone was always telling me what to do.
Breakfast was good — french toast, sausage, orange juice, coffee. The menu wasn't big, but it wasn't any more expensive than Perkins.
Passengers were generally very friendly with each other. On planes or buses, some people are happily going on vacation but others have to be there. But on Amtrak, everyone is traveling by choice because buses are cheaper and planes are faster. Passengers do get a little ugly when seats become scarce in the observation deck. But usually, there is enough room.
After breakfast, I returned to the observation deck and tried to write a letter, but that was difficult because the car was shaking a little. I settled back and read as we traveled into eastern Colorado, where we ran into some snow. The scenery through the mountains and past a ghost town was spectacular. The snow continued as we swung south into New Mexico but tapered off well before we reached Albuquerque in the evening. At Albuquerque, the train stopped long enough for me to get off, stretch my legs and make a quick phone call. American Indians sold jewelry to other passengers at tables outside the train.
After the video in the lounge car came the "Chief's Round-up" the Amtrak equivalent of happy hour. Canned margaritas and daquiri sold for $1.50. At home, the margarita would have been marginal at best, but it tasted pretty good as the sun set on the New Mexico desert scrolling by the
An Indian joined the train as a tour guide and rode with us to Gallup, near the Arizona border. He discussed the culture and history of Indians in the area and showed a video from the Gallup chamber of commerce that described how great it was to spend money in Gallup.
I watched a good suspense movie in the lounge car that night. When it was over about 10 p.m., I evaluated my other entertainment options and watched it again. I went back to my seat and went to sleep around midnight.
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We passed through Arizona that Night. I woke up in time to see the beginnings of Los Angeles, which stretches a long way into the California desert. We stopped at San Bernardino, Pomona and Pasadena before reaching the Los Angeles train station at 9 a.m. Pacific time, two hours behind schedule.
I still had an hour to make my connection. The Los Angeles train station is huge; it can accommodate many more than the handful of Amtrak lines that run through it. Like all the other train stations along the way, it has seen busier days.
I climbed on the Coast Starlight. As soon as the conductor took my ticket, I headed for the observation car and staked out a seat. The train ran along the Pacific coast
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The group also sponsored a demonstration yesterday. Najib said that approximately 40 students participated in a peaceful march from the Kansas Union to Strong Hall and back.
Khalid Najib, president of the group, said that the purpose of the exhibit was to show the American people that Palestinians are a people who are proud of their heritage and customs. Najib's family was forced to leave the West Bank in 1948.
Kansan reporter Kathleen Faddis contributed information to this story.
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lans to defy pulpit ban
14 KANSAN MAGAZINE March 30, 1988
Treeby said that the national Presbytery might dismiss Swaggart from the denomination if he resumed preaching May 22 but that Swaggart could appeal that.
Juleen Turnage, a spokeswoman for the national office of the Assemblies of God in Springfield, Mo., said Swaggart's option to return after three months "does not exist anymore."
"The General Presbytery overwhelmingly and without a dissenting vote affirmed the authority of the Executive Presbytery to make decisions on matters concerning ministerial credentials," she said yesterday.
Although the 13-member Executive Presbytery, which acts as the church board of directors, interrupted its regular bimonthly meeting to watch Treebry's televised news conference. "We don't consider that we've heard from Jimmy Swaggart, because we don't communicate through television news conferences with our disciplined ministers." Turnage said.
The Rev. G. Raymond Carlson, the Assemblies' general superintendent, said Tuesday that if Swaggart did not accept its ruling, 'the Executive Presbytery would do doubt take action to dismiss um."
Asked if Swaggart had considered leaving the Assemblies, Freeby said, "He is considering his possibility of an appeal.