Thursday March 2,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 98, No. 109 (USPS 650-640)
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
KKK heated topic Issues aired at meeting
By Rebecca J. Cisek Kansan staff writer
Students, faculty and administrators met yesterday to update each other on the forum scheduled for Monday that would bring members of the Ku Klux Klan to campus.
About 15 people attended the two-hour closed meeting yesterday in Strong Hall's Regents Room.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the meeting was not called to make any decisions about Monday's forum. Wayne Webb, president of the Black Student Union, said the purpose of the meeting was to open the lines of communication.
Michael Foubert, Lawrence graduate student and president of Slightly Old Americans for Freedom, is organizing the forum titled "Freedom of Expression in the University Environment: Voices from the Right." Ann Eversole, director of the organizations and activities center, said the site of the
Class meets at airport to question KKK
By James Buckman
A KU journalism class interviewed two members of the Missouri Knights yesterday morning in almost complete secrecy at Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Kansan staff writer
Harry Jones, the instructor of the reporting class that conducted the interview, originally had intended his class to interview members of the white supremacist group, an affiliate of the Ku Klux Klan, in his classroom on the KU campus in February.
But controversy and pressure from members of the black community, partly because Jones invited the Klansmen to speak during Black History Month, caused Jones to find an alternate means of conducting the interview exercise.
Jones said his students were not told that they would conduct the interview yesterday.
they would conceive the next yesterday.
"The class had a clue that it was going to be in March," he said. "I did it today because I wanted to get the damn thing over with."
He said he told his class about the field trip yesterday when they arrived at his class.
"They were told at 8:30 when they arrived in room 101 downstairs to get in their cars and go out to the airport," Jones said.
In a note given to his students before they left for the airport, Jones said the trip would be voluntary, with the expectation that the event would attract no attention and occur without incident. The note said that at the first sign of any incident or disturbance, such as a protest demonstration, the students would be free to leave and consider the class
canceled.
Jones said he had asked the Klansman Tuesday night to do the interview. He said he had an agreement with the members that he would give them only short notice before the interview so that they could not arrange for demonstrations or controversy to call attention to their cause.
"I had them meet me at a restaurant near the turnpike exit, and then I drove them in my own car to the meeting place," he said. "I had two kids in my class tail我 just to make sure they didn't have somebody tailing us. They didn't try to double-cross me."
He said that the secrecy surrounding the class exercise had successfully allowed for him to carry out his original objective: giving his students a chance to report on and
expose racism.
"It it went exactly as I had planned except that it quadruped in the educational value because of all the brouhaha," he said. "It heightened their interest in the whole damn thing, and the more interested they are, the better they write.
"We learned what a bigot looks like, and what a narrow-minded bigot looks like. We stared bright in the face for an hour."
Marilyn Pollack, Wilmette, Ill., sophomore, said the interview was a great experience.
"It was absolutely both fascinating and repulsive at the same time," she said. "I'm glad we did it.
See CLASS, p.12, col. 1
Knights tell KU students about goals
By Meredith Relph Special to the Kaosan
Using biblical parallels and historical allusions to illustrate their philosophies, two members of the Missouri Knights of the ku Klux Klan met yesterday with a KU
Marian Washington
Full of energy despite small crowds and hints of racism
Often, people used my
BY DAVID BOYCE
-Marian Washington, Kansas women's basketball coach
Often, people used my race to discourage a strong athlete, who happened to be white, from coming to Kansas.
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington has spent 14 years combining the two things she enjoys most: coaching and teaching basketball. During her coaching career, she has faced subtle hints of racism when recruiting and sexism when promoting the women's game. But through it all, she tries to look at situations objectively. And despite a few obstacles, she looks forward to every August and the start of a new season. Why? Because Marian Washington loves to coach and to watch student-athletes mature both on and off the court.
Q: As one of only a few black women's coaches at a predominantly white college, has it helped or hurt in recruiting?
A: It depends on what time period you are talking about.
Q: Did you have recruiting troubles during the mid-20s?
A: Yes. I was able to recruit the black player, and I helped change the style of play (to a faster game) in the Big Eight. But often, people used my race to discourage a strong athlete, who happened to be white, from coming to Kansas. But eventually, it has balanced out. I hope it is an old trick that won't be used anymore. Now, sometimes, it might work the other way. One black athlete I successfully recruited told me her coach told her. "Don't let Marian's 'blackness' get in the way." I have never used my being as black as a recruiting tool. Hopefully, with more black coaches, color will never be an issue in recruiting.
Q: In 1897, you filed a complaint with the Big Eight about the number of fouls called against Kansas. Do you think that the number of fouls called against your team has anything to do with your being black?
A: When you have been coaching as long as I have, you try to be objective. You hope
it's not that the referres favor a man over a woman, and you certainly hope it isn't because you are black. This year, there have been only two games where Kansas was whistled for fewer fouls. It's difficult when you are playing a physical game. You look at films. Maybe it's our winning tradition. It is the biggest complaint in our game by most coaches. But right now, it has hurt Kansas.
Q: What do you think of Kansas coach Larry Brown?
A: I think Coach Brown is an outstanding teacher. I just have a lot of appreciation for his competitiveness.
Q: Is your coaching style closer to Brown's pass-oriented style or to University of Oklahoma's men's coach Billy Tubbs' run-around?
A: My philosophy isn't any different than when I started. I love the running game and pressure defense. It's fun to watch Tubbs, but you need discipline — not to say Oklahoma doesn't have discipline. But you really have to respect what Brown does. For women, we are just beginning to develop the really good athlete to do what the men can do. I think if girls get the training that boys get during high school, we will see a lot of great women players. Still, in many high schools, girls' coaches don't really have the knowledge of the game like the boys' coaches have. Part of my challenge is to find girls with potential. But right now, I spend a lot of time teaching basic things.
Q: What keeps you motivated as a coach?
A: I think that basically, you have to love what you are doing; that's the starting point. But usually, there is something different each year. Hopes of great success or working with a group of new kids is always a motivating factor. Also, coaching allows me to share some of my real self, I guess. I stay in coaching because I love working with kids. For me, coaching has always given me a chance to help them enjoy the game. I spend a lot of time working with them, and to see them grow is a big lift.
**Q:** When will you know when it's time to put down the whistle and retire?
**A:** When does anyone know? Sometimes it's age. Sometimes it's a different adventure. Coaching is so stressful; it's when I stop having fun that I will probably start
something else. Also, when I start feeling like I am not contributing or reaching the student-athlete, then I will probably leave.
Q: In your 14 years of coaching, have you felt like you were not contributing?
A: I think everyone does sometimes, and especially in athletics. Athletics is very emotional. Coaching is like a roller coaster ride. When things are going well, you feel you could do this forever. But on the very next day, a loss can put you at the ebb of quitting. You just have to hang in there.
Q: What moments stand out the most in your years of coaching?
Q: Is coaching something that stays with you 24 hours a day, or can you leave it in the office when you go home?
A: I think the year that we played in a four-tem team tournament at Madison Square Garden is one moment. There were three nationally ranked teams, and that was when Kansas became nationally known for women's basketball. Another moment is when we played a home game against Missouri and we won after three overtimes. And last year's victory in the Big Eight Tournament at Salina is a moment I will always treasure.
A: It's something, unfortunately, that stays with me 24 hours. Depending on your personality, it can be a detriment to your health. When you are as competitive as I am, you are never satisfied. It is hard to leave it in the office. I am involved in so many committees that, for me, it's a year-round thing. But over the last year, I have been finding time to relax.
Q: What do you do to relax?
A: What do you do to relax?
A: Currently, I am studing tae kwon do. It gives me a chance to discipline my mind. I also enjoy music.
Q: Is it tough to work hard as a coach and see your players work hard in practice and then perform in front of a sparse crowd?
A: I went through a period of time where I was frustrated by the lack of response. With all the accomplishments we have had and still no response sort of saddens me. One day, maybe, we will have that full house.
David Boyce is a Kansas City, Kan., senior majoring in journalism. He also is the associate sports editor for the Kansan.
Please Protect Your Skin. 8 Beds-No Waiting Open 7 Days!
EUROPEAN TAN, HEALTH, & BEAUTY 25th&IOWA·841-6232
Unlimited
Use:
KANSAN MAGAZINE March 2; 1988
$15/mo. $2/visit
$45/mo. No visit fee.
(2 mo. minimum)
Packages:
7 visits $20
10 visits $25
Walk-Ins Welcome!
le.
at in Missouri, there were 0, but more than 250" Klan.
at he had been a member
one or 10 months. He said
cause he was "looking for
arteriment."
en a member since 1981.
joined after witnessing whites in Miami.
the Klan an "upbeat, ion," and said that one of e Klan was to promote
See FORUM, p. 12, col. 1
ate
ng should be done to get them urriculum."
ill will be heart on the House probably within two weeks, I said. The Speaker of the aces when the bill will be
Branson and Lowther said could be considerable debate loor.
the speaker brings it up on ndar, there will certainly be try stormy debate." Branson
ssociated Press supplied some ion for this story.
g army sloyals
by violence in a middle-class
mind near the banking dis-
trict. Tuesday, security agents
ed an opposition radio station neighborhood, apparently it broadcast an appeal for riega demonstrations.
instructors gathered yesterday the four-lane street in front of, set up barricades of and set fire to a mini- car.
not police chased the protest-
side streets and apartment
Chunks of concrete were
am at police at least in the
building.
e fired tear-gas greanades and
1 tear gas into the buildings
artable tanks, filling the entire
rhood with the acrid, stinging
'fifter in charge stood in the of the street and shouted to ts. "You'll come out like cock-it"
did, and reporters on the aw no one injured.
boksenman for the Panama Commission said anonymous callers warned Tuesday yesterday that a bomb was in commission headquarters. usman Franklin Castellon Associated Press the build-evacuated and searched both at no bombs were found.