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Friday, January 29, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Former Sandinistas laud aid to contras
By Elaine Woodford
Kansan staff writer
U. S. aid to the contras didn't escalate the civil war in Nicaragua but instead pushed the Nicaraguan government to talk peace with the contras, two former Sandinista army officers said yesterday.
"It's like the carrot on a stick before a donkey," said one of the officers, Mariano Montealegre, former vice commander of the Sandinista Air Force.
Montealegre and Carlos Rondon, a former Sandinista revolutionary, spoke to about 15 people at the Skyline Room of the All Seasons Motel, 2309 Iowa St. Their visit was sponsored by the Ad-Hoc Coalition of Kansans for a Free Nicaragua.
Rondon said he became a political activist at the age of 8. A native of Managua, he joined others in 1959 to protest the massacre of students who were participating in a protest march. He later joined the FSLN, an organization that gave root to the current Marxist Sandinista government.
The war in Nicaragua is not a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, Montalegreau said, but a war on ignorance and poverty.
"I became involved with the Sandinistas because I wanted to make Nicaragua a better country." he said.
But both men became disillusioned with the Sandinistas when the Marxist members of the group took power.
"The Marxists were repressing the Indians in the Northern territories. They were supported and directed by the Cuban officials, who were leveling entire villages and killing men, women and children," said Montealegre, who fled to Costa Rica in 1981.
Rondon and Montealeagre said the people of Nicaragua were the ones who were paying the high price of international involvement, the price of human lives.
"The revolution in Nicaragua is a fact, it is a highly politicized country. We don't want to annihilate the Sandinistas, we're killing each other," Rondon said. "We want the Sandinistas to join us and form a democracy."
Both men were hopeful that the peace talks between the Sandinistas and contras would bring about new reforms.
Rondon said that although the leaders of the Sandista government claimed to be revolutionaries, they still lived in the grand style of the former Nicaraguan officials. Rondon also referred to information quoted in the New York Times that gave the figures of President Daniel Ortega's Swiss bank account.
Carlos Randon, former Sandinista revolutionary, speaks in the Skyline Room at the All Seasons Motel, 2309 Iowa St., about problems facing Nicaragua. The Ad-hoc Coalition of Kansans for a Free Nicaragua sponsored last night's speech.
KU to raise funds for multiple sclerosis
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas will rise up against multiple sclerosis Monday with a balloon launch on the east side of Wescoe Hall.
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday declared February "Bust MS Month." Students Against Multi-Sclerosis plans a series of activities.
The balloon launch is the kickoff of a month of activities to raise money for multiple sclerosis research and education. Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that has no cure.
SAMS is a national student movement designed to increase public awareness of MS and establish long-term fund-raising and volunteer support for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Students at more than 200 college campuses across the country participate.
Larry Brown, KU SAMS honorary chairman, will help launch the balloons at 12:20 p.m., along with several basketball players, Kansas City Comets players and other KU coaches. They will release 500 to 1,000 balloons, said Andy Draper, co-chairman of KU SAMS.
On Wednesday, SAMS will seek donations before the KU-Oklahma basketball game. Volunteers will be stationed outside Allen Field House and campus buildings that day to collect money and distribute material about the disease.
"We want to make sure students understand what multiple sclerosis
is," Shelley Hansel, SAMS co-chairman, said. "It's also an awareness drive."
From Feb. 8 to Feb. 12, SAMS will ask the University to participate in the national "Skip-a-Meal for MS" program.
In the program, students, or student living groups on campus, choose a designated meal to skip, and a portion of the cost of that meal is donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
"We hope that fraternities, sororities and scholarship halls will donate the amount of money that would go to together a certain meal." Hansel said.
On Thursday, contestants for SAMS Rock-a-Like will make their first official appearance at Gam-
mons, 1601 W. 23rd St. and Johnny's Up and Under, 401 N. Second St. They will perform Feb. 10 at Gammons.
In the contest, people dress up like their favorite rock star and perform
Students can vote for the contestants Feb. 17 at Johnny's Up and Under by placing a dollar in a can for their favorite contestant.
In addition to money raised from the votes, each contestant will sell sweatshirts and beer mugs.
Bullwinkles, 1344 Tennessee St.. will offer "Monday Night Mug Madness" every Monday beginning in February. Students can buy a SAMS 12-oz. mug for $2 and get 50-count draws after that. The mug fund-raiser could last until spring, Draper said.
Students skeptical about Koop's plan for AIDS testing
hate to see this take place.'
By Jeff Suggs
Phillip Huntingstier, associate professor of health, education and recreation, said he was not in favor of the plan. Huntingstier, who teaches a course on HIV infection to doctors, said the AIDS tests were too unreliable.
Some KU students and faculty are skeptical about U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's plan to test every student of one major university for AIDS this spring. They think it just won't do the job of gauging the incidence of AIDS on campuses.
Koop announced Wednesday that he planned to use AIDS tests to determine the incidence of the disease among young adults.
Kansan staff writer
"It itens to me, that education is the key. Even if they get the statistics, what do the statistics mean when the tests are fallible?"
Liz Tolbert, director of Gay and Lesbian Student Services of Kansas, agreed with Hunsinger. She said educating people about AIDS was more important.
"Education has proven to be more important," Doerit said. "When people know what's safe, they do it."
Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, said testing students for AIDS at only one university would not provide a realistic picture of the extent of AIDS among young adults.
"Until they have better testing," he said, "I'd
campus AIDS task force, said random testing of college students across the country would be more
"Establishing a kind of base line of exposure in the college and university population would be interesting information." Dailev said.
Mike Johnson, Topeka freshman, also said testing one university would not be a good measure
Dailey, who was a member of the Lawrence
Suzi McClain, Sabetha senior, said she thought the testing would do some good.
"It would not be a very accurate test at all," Johnson said.
President's proposals for more student aid to help few, some say
By Rebecca J. Cisek
"I don't see anything wrong with it," McClaim said. "I think it would be interesting to see what the results of the test would be."
Kansan staff writer
In his State of the Union address Monday night, Reagan called for the creation of College Savings Bonds, which would allow families to begin saving early for their children's college education. Interest earned on the bonds would be tax-free.
President Reagan's proposals to increase Pell Grants and institute new College Savings Bonds probably won't help needy students much. KU financial aid officials said Wednesday.
Reagan also proposed raising the Pell Grant from $2,100 to $2,200 for the 1988-1989 school year and to $2,500 for the 1989-1990 school year. Grants are for low-income students.
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of student financial aid, said that any increases in financial aid were always positive for students.
Dallas Martin, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in Washington, D.C., said he was glad that Reagan had suggested the increase. The association has been pushing for the change for several years.
But he said that the proposed increase in the tell Grant wouldn't violate his own rules.
"In terms of the increase in the cost of living, it's not significant," he
The savings bond program would have a minimal effect in helping students because it would affect only part of the population. Weinberg said.
He said that families that had the means to save would be helped since they wouldn't have to pay taxes on the interest the bonds earned. The bonds would encourage families to save for higher education. Currently, families are penalized when they try to save because of the taxes on savings interest.
Weinberg said that the increase in the Pell Grant would affect several hundred KU students next fall. Congress probably would adopt the Pell Grant increase because of the program's popularity, he said.
But the bonds would not affect families with the greatest financial need. he said.
"Most students' parents are not able to save in this day and age." Weinberg said.
Martin said that the concept of saving bonds was a good one and that families should be encouraged to save.
But, he said, the bonds wouldn't do much to help current generations of us.
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