Friday January 29,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 85 (USPS 650-640)
Koop suggests test for AIDS at one college
The Associated Press
LONDON — U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said yesterday that he wanted to screen every student of a major U.S. university this spring to help determine the incidence of AIDS among young adults.
Koop also proposed similar mass AIDS screening at a few high schools in the United States but said the government had made no decision on either proposal.
■See related story p. 6
He disclosed the plan Wednesday at a world meeting on AIDS in London and gave details in an inter-credit yesterday with the Associated Press.
The three-day conference, attended by health ministers from 114 countries and senior public-health officials from 34 others, adopted a declaration backing the World Health Organization's global strategy on AIDS control and prevention.
Proclaiming 1988 the "Year of Communication and Cooperation About AIDS," the 650 summit delegates said they would try to slow the spread of AIDS but offered no major new strategies.
Koop's plan for anonymous screening of students could prove controversial. Civil libertarians have argued
The surgeon general said health officials had yet to choose a university but it would likely be one in a large city with a student body of around 25,000. Plans call for the screening to take place some time this spring, and the university will be part of a one-day open-air campus "galerie on AIDS prevention."
that anonymous screening is an invasion of privacy and that screening of a limited population could be the forerunner of mandatory nationwide testing.
"That would give you a pretty good idea of the prevalence (of AIDS) in the age group in an urban setting," he added.
The incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome is highest among 20 to 24-year-olds, with male homosexuals and drug abusers among those most at risk.
AIDS is caused by a virus that damages the body's immune system, leaving victims susceptible to infections and cancer. It is spread most often through sexual contact, needles or syringes shared by drug abusers, infected blood or blood products, and from pregnant women to their offspring.
Koop said the screening would probably be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta or the American Medical Association.
Tenants protest rate shock Colony Woods wiring led to high bills
Bv Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
The owner of Colony Woods apartments yesterday said outside security lights were wired into tenants' fuse boxes, causing some to pay her utility bills.
Owner Randall Davis said most of the students affected were informed orally and were being reimbursed for the cost of electricity.
But Alan Cardozo, Prairie Village sophmore, he said he discovered lage Sunday that his fuse box runs a Coke machine and 11 light bulbs adjacent to one building. He said he was never told he was paying for electricity nor had he been reimbursed
About 130 tenants gathered last night in the apartment complex's poolhouse to talk about the utility bills and other grievances.
He was responding to a recent rash of complaints from tenants who received high utility bills for December.
Davis said Colony Woods would reimburse students who had security lights tapped onto their utility hook-ups.
"I don't know if all the students have been contacted. I know we've tried to navy them back." he said.
Several student tenants questioned their electricity bills after they returned from Christmas break and found the bills were higher than the previous month, even though they weren't living in their apartments. One student said his utility bill was $65. In December it was $100.
Davis said at least nine tenant had been reimbursed $6 a mont for the security lights.
Davis said, however, "I don't think that's true."
Davis said the electrician who wired Cardozo's building might have accidentally hooked up the lights and the machine to the wrong fuse box.
Cardozo said he talked to an attorney earlier this week and discussed the problems with apartment manager Gerald Burkhart yesterday.
"He said 'it's not possible. I'll check tomorrow.' Cardozo said.
Some tenants said that after they received December electricity bills, they asked Kansas Power and Light Co. to reorder the meters.
David Mark, a KPL representative at last night's meeting, said the increase in the bills could be attributed to an 83-percent decrease in outside temperature from November to December.
Mark said he had checked the records on several tenants and found no bills over $150.
Cynthia Benner, Weston, Mo., junior, said she discovered that when she turned off all the fuses in her apartment, the meter continued to run.
Holly Slaughter, Leawood sophomore and tenant organizer for Colony Woods apartments, is serving as liaison between tenants and management.
FBI watch list of protesters included two KU men
Two men affiliated with the University of Kansas were among hundreds of people under FBI surveillance for their opposition to the Reagan administration's policies in Central America during the early 1980s, documents released Wednesday show.
Bv Ieff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
See related stories p. 14
A New York lawyers' group, the Center for Constitutional Rights, obtained the documents from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents reveal that undercover agents, informers and the monitoring of peace protests throughout the country were part of the FBI's operations beginning in 1981.
Bernice Crane, a spokesman for the center, said that two men connected with the University appeared on the FBI's list. She would not say whether the men were students or University employees. She said they were both U.S. citizens.
FBI officials refused to comment.
The FBI investigation began when the bureau turned its eyes on the Committee in Solidarity With The People of El Salvador, known as CISPES but then widened its view to include all kinds of political and religious groups. The FBI suspected that CISPES had ties with leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. Those suspicions were never proved, and no arrests were made.
Byron Genus, GENA
Chancellor, GA. Budig was out of town yesterday and could not be reached for comment. Executive Vice Chancellor, Judith Ramaley did
that are pursuing a lawful act or course even if it's a group differing in opinion with government." Ambler said.
not want to comment.
David Ambler, vice cancellor of student affairs, said yesterday that he was not aware that FBI agents were conducting surveillance operations on campus. If they were, he said, they certainly would not notify anyone within the administration of their activities.
to spy on anyone exercising his rights.
"I suspect if anyone would have known, I would have known," Ambler said. He said that he could not understand why the FBI would want
"I cannot for the life of me understand why they would want to take surveillance of student organizations
Meese will review charges of FBI harassment
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Edwin Meese III yesterday said that he would reveal allegations of harassment in the FBI's investigations of opponents of the administration's Central American policy.
Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, meanwhile, said that the White House had asked for information on the FBI's domestic surveillance campaign and that "we won't have any comment until we see what it's all about."
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based lawyers' group, announced Wednesday that it had received more than 1,300 pages of government documents showing the FBI had investigated hundreds of organizations and individuals on U.S. policy in Central America.
Among the groups named in FBI documents released by the center were the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, the Maryknoll Sisters in Chicago and the
United Steelworkers union.
Meesse said he had asked for a report on the surveillance from the FBI and would discuss the matter with FBI Director William Sessions. "Then I will determine what action is necessary." he said.
William Webster, who was head of the FBI when the investigation took place, could not be reached for comment. Sharon Foster, a spokesman for the CIA, which Webster now directs, said all calls should be directed to the FBI. "It's an FBI
The attorney general said he had received reports in the past from the FBI on its conduct of the surveillance of opponents of the Central American policy "and this will be an update to see what, if anything, of the allegations are true."
Meese said that once the facts are determined, "that will indicate to what extent follow-up action will be
Deluge of books swamps Watson
See MEESE, p. 5, col. 1
Bv David Sodamann
Kansan staff writer
Stacks of returned books are piling up in Watson Library, and the librarians there aren't sure how long it will be before they get the books back on the shelf.
In November, as the fall semester began to wind down, books came back to the library in record numbers.
“Tons and tons and tons of books started coming in,” said Kendall Simmons, head of the library's circulation department. “There were tens of thousands of books to be shelved and nobody to shelve them.”
Simmons said that from the second week of November through December, 45,000 books were returned to the library. An additional 35,000 books were found lying around in the library.
Normally, it takes 48 hours to process a returned book and put it back in its proper spot. Now, the turn-around time is about a month. When you want them to be checked in on computer, put on carts, sorted and shelved.
It's Cynthia Shively's task to put the returned books back where they belong.
See LIBRARY, p. 5, col. 1
Behind the walls of the return book drop. Theresa Shively, Lawrence graduate student, sorts a small portion of the many books waiting to be reshelved.
Council gives OK to add-drop plan
Bv Kevin Dilmore
Kansan staff writer
After more than an hour of debate the University Council passed a compromise proposal that would cut the time students could drop classes to three weeks but would increase the add period to three weeks and two days.
Several student senators and faculty members criticized the add-drop system during the meeting. They said the system was faulty, partially because students were advised poorly.
"I think the problems we are trying to solve are not solved by moving the add-drop time," said Jason Krakow, student body president. "I think the heart of the issue is the advising system.
"Five weeks is too long, but two weeks is a radical change," he said. This amendment will help to recognize other problems within the system.
Last week, the University Senate Executive Committee asked University Council to reduce the add-drop period to two weeks. Courses dropped after that period would be marked with a "W."
Student senators yesterday asked the University Council to amend SenEx's proposal and extend its add-drop plan by a week. They said they had 4,000 student signatures supporting the amendment.
The recommended proposal now must be approved by the University Senate later this spring and signed by theancellor before it can take effect.
Before the vote, Krakow addressed some faculty concerns with extending the proposed add-drop time, including the problems students who add late have catching up with classwork.
"We agree with the faculty that it is important to begin serious work as soon as possible," he said. "But we feel it is the students' responsibility to catch up. If they are not living up to it, that is their own fault."
Krakow said he feared that other problems within the University only would be covered up by making the add-drop period two weeks.
Evelyn Swartz, SenEx president, said she thought revisions in the advising system were a critical need because lessen current add-drop problems.
"We have several traditions at
akis, " and one of them is an
advising problem.
"Now we say it is a problem; next August, we will say it is a problem; when I reach my golden years, we will say it is a problem."
Robert Voigt, associate professor of mechanical engineering, said, "Everyone in this room is disappointed when a class is closed at the beginning of the semester and there are empty seats at the end."
Arthur Skidmore, associate professor of philosophy, said he would like to see an add-drop policy similar to the library hold system enacted.
Skidmore said he did not like the fact that a student who was not enrolled in a class could sit through several class sessions and, while waiting to add it, could lose an open classroom slot to someone who happened to be at the enrollment center at the right time.