Thursday
February 4,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 89 (USPS 650-640)
House votes to eliminate contra plan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided House voted yesterday to cut off U.S. military support for Nicaragua's contra rebels, rejecting President Reagan's aid request in the hope of spurring peace prospects in Central America.
The 219-211 vote, culminating six years of overt and covert military support for the rebels fighting the leftist Sandinista government, killed Reagan's request for $36.2 million in new aid to keep the contras alive as a fighting force through June.
It was a serious defeat for the president, who had lobbed hard on the issue for two weeks and had put the contras among the top foreign policy priorities for his final year in office. Only a day earlier, Reagan had argued that failure to extend aid would strengthen communist influence in the hemisphere.
"Today's vote is the end of a chapter," said House Major Whip
"If you vote this package down, you'd better be prepared to bear the consequences," Michel said. "And who among you is smart enough to predict the path on which Daniel Ortega will take you?"
Current aid to the rebels expires Feb. 29, and democrats pledged to hold another vote before the month is out on an alternative package of purely humanitarian aid to the rebels, and to follow that up with a new emphasis on economic development aid for countries in the region that abide by terms of a five-nation peace accord.
the most controversial part of the defeated package was $3.6 million earmarked for weapons and ammunition, which Reagan had said he would withhold until March 31 to see how cease-fire talks went between the rebels and the Managua government. Those talks are scheduled to
Halftime acrobats entertain audience
By Jeff Suggs
Kansan staff writer
Several athletes made spectaculair moves at last night's KU-Oklahma basketball game. But they didn't just include Danny Manning, Harvey Grant or Stacey King
The Bud Light Daredevils, with the help of a mini-trampoline, fascinated the sellout crowd in Allen Field House with their acrobatic slam dunks.
In fact, some of the best action occurred at halftime.
The Daredevils, who are based in Memphis, Tenn., perform around the world. The four-member team has played in over 150 colleges, in every National Basketball Association arena and in Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Latin America and Australia.
The team will play at Nebraska tonight, Missouri Western tomorrow, Kansas State on Saturday and at the Topeka Sizzlers game on Sunday.
people expecting me to play well. I think I was a little afraid of re-injuring the knee. I was out there playing in front of 16,000 people, or however many people this place holds. I was putting pressure on myself, too. I wanted to perform well. I guess I was trying to do too much too soon.
Q: Do you think your desire to do well made you push yourself so hard that it resulted in an injury in the game against St. John's?
A: That was just an unfortunate accident. It was something that just happened. I think I came out with a pretty good game. Like I said, I felt myself playing better. But I don't think playing hard caused the accident.
Q: Could you describe what exactly happened
you went down, what you felt?
ALEXI) I was the time, when I first hurt it, I didn't know what happened. But later, I went over the replay and I saw my foot had gotten caught in between someone else's feet. (Chris) Piper was at the free-throw line, and he was throwing me a pass, I remember I couldn't move. There was a great impact from the side. If my foot was on the outside somewhere, I don't think this would have happened. But because it was caught in between, that was why it buckled in. I knew it was something serious. I tried to persuade myself that it wasn't something that bad. But after I felt the pain from before (in 1986), I knew there was something seriously wrong.
Q: What happened right after that?
Â: They examined my knee — we went to the locker room. They could tell what was wrong with it. But they didn't do anything to it; we waited until the next day when we got back Dr. (Ken) Wertzberger said there wasn't much he could do, there but it was pretty serious. We waited a couple of days. If it wasn't serious, we wouldn't have to operate on it. Right then, though, if I thought at all that my knee was rehabilitable, I would have gone back in (the
game) right away. But I talked to the doctors,
and I knew I couldn't.
Q: You stayed to watch the rest of the game?
A: Yeah, I stayed in the arena. I watched the game in the lounge, stayed back there, cheering the squad on. I knew we had a chance. Unfortunately, we didn't win.
Q: Do you think there might be a person up there telling you, 'Archie, this sport just isn't for you ...?'
A: Everyone I talk to, they say things like this happen for a reason . . . Well, I'm not sitting around and expecting something to happen. I'm just going on and hoping nothing else bad happens. I'm still doing the things I always did.
Q: How has the team reacted?
**A:** Right now, with the support of my friends, the coaches, the staff, it's just unbelievable. I still feel like I'm part of the team. And that's what I really need right now.
Q: What is going through your mind while you watch the team practice?
"It's as simple as that."
watch the team practice
A: I want to be out there. It's as simple as that.
Q: Why do you still come to practice?
A: I'm still a part of the team. I want to be here. To be truthful, I'm not here every day, or all day, but I try to be here as much as I can. Now, I'm going to make it a habit. It makes me feel good to be here. I still love them as much as I did when I was playing. Plus, I can't stay away from (Kansas coach Larry) Brown. There's something that motivates me, and it gets me going. You know, the hollering. I don't miss him hollering at me, but hearing him holler . . . that gets me going.
Q: Do you think Kansas has a chance at the national championship?
**A:** I think we do. I'm very confident. It's just a matter of continuing with intensity and with hard work. What's changed except the faces, the personnel. I see no reason to not make it.
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Cobb, coach and performer the Daredevil, founded the when he was a cheerleader ie University of Mississippi in It was originally a part-time but when he graduated in 1983, same a course. Cobb said was surprised at the success of Daredevil team.
Real surprised," Cobb said. "It always just for fun. I feel so really lucky."
abb's team includes his
other, Guy, Tim Lancaster and
th Eldred.
art of the team's act is to pull ple out of the audience and get involved in the performance. caster said crowd involvement the point of the show.
ye-to-eye contact — that kes the whole show" Lancasa said. "It's a real personal we want to look like we're ing pay attention."
ancaster said that at some ces, the crowd was not too eptive to the Daredevils' permanence. But he said the Jayk fans were great.
on yean — that crowd — what he to come to," he said. "It aint an lot to us. It's been one of best so far, for sure."
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David Morris, president of the erfraaternity Council, said that the council hadn't had a chance to review resolution yet but that it would be cussed at an upcoming meeting.
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Andrea Reese, president of Gam- Phi Beta sorority and a member the panhellenic alcohol task force, id that the future might bring even icter policies.
Reese said that a policy to ban tolol from all functions, even for use who could legally drink, was discussed.
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between 1986 and 1987, the average
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time rose by $13 a week, from
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rs rose $17, from $428 to $445.
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See SALARY, p. 6, col. I