University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, January 27, 1988
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Former Israeli pilot speaks to ROTC cadets
By Brenda Finnell
Kansan staff writer
The "60 Minutes" segment he showed presented the Israeli air force as dedicated and well-trained.
Such images are important if they convince enemy forces not to attack, Oved Dahari, a former Israeli air force pilot told about 80 Air Force ROTC cadets yesterday.
Dahari was an Israeli flying officer from 1971 to 1977.
"The best air force is an air force you
would go to fight in wars in the Middle
East don't always work that."
Dahari is concerned about the recent skirmishes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians who live in the Israeli-occupied Gaza strip. But, he said he didn't know whether an all-out war would be better.
"I see it as a part of the long process of conflict when two people have a claim on the same country," Dahari said.
During his speech, Dahari spoke about the history of the Israeli air force and its training phases.
"The army is just part of society," Dahari said. "That's how you feel when you're in and when you're out."
Dahari, who was born and raised in Israel, is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. He is studying active galactic nuclei in the astronomy program.
Most Israeli forces that their country's defense forces are extremely significant, Dahari said. Sometimes, there seems to be no alternative to fighting, he said.
"If we lose one, most Israelis believe there will be a second Holocaust, or at least millions of people will be forced out of the country," he said.
Dahari said he last visited Israel in May.
Most Israelis serve in the military and then go into other careers, Dahari said. The Israeli professional army is small, and Israel depends on its reserve army, he said.
Israeli men have three years of compu-
sional service and many hours to be paid.
"The root of getting an effective air force is in education." Davari said.
He said that education was a strong Jewish tradition and that Israelis wanted to create a large pool of talented people to serve their country.
But the number of young people who become fighter pilots, like Dahari, is small.
Competition is tough. Only one in 10 students graduates from fighter pilot school, Dahari said
Air Force Capt. John Heidrick, who organized Dahari's visit, said he was pleased with the speech.
"I think it is good for our cadets to hear about other countries" air force operations."
After his speech, Dahari said he believed it was important to tell U.S. people about Israel.
"Americans are concerned by what is happening," he said. "Just look at the percentage of media coverage Israel gets."
New chairman establishes goal
By Jeff Moberg
Kansan staff writer
The Senate Student Rights Committee plans to consider within the next two weeks an amendment that would improve ways to handle legislation within five senate committees and would define the duties of those committees.
At a meeting last night, the committee elected Kevin Fossland, Roeland Park junior, as its chairman. Fossland said the first piece of legislation the committee would deal with this semester was an amendment to rewrite Article Five of the Senate rules and regulations.
The amendment was originated by Roger Templin, a member of the Student Executive Committee. It deals with reorganizing the five committees of the Senate. Those committees are cultural affairs, finance, University affairs, minority affairs, and student rights.
"The rules we have right now with Article Five are extremely vague." Templin said. "It's a comprehensive revision of the article."
Laura Ambler, off-campus senator, said that the amendment not only would better define how committees should handle legislation handed down by the senate but also would show ways for them to generate their own amendments. The amendment would help increase the productivity of the committees.
"When you have an inexperienced chair with an inexperienced committee, not a lot gets done," Ambler said. "This will give the committees structure."
Templin said the student rights committee could also expect to see some activity early this semester with the Board of Grade Appeals and organization of a more unified tenants association for off-campus students.
High electricity bills upset some students
Kansan staff writer
By Christine Martin
"Obviously, there's something wrong." Slaughter said.
Some KU students who live in Colony Woods Apartments and who went home for winter break are upset by unusually high December electric bills.
Holly Slaughter, Leawood sophomore, said her electric bill was usually $40 to $68 but went up to about $130 in December.
Slaughter, a resident at Colony Woods, said she and her roommate went home for the break and were confused because the December bill was higher than November's.
She said she had heard of 20 other Colony Woods tenants who had similarly high bills. She has decided to have a meeting Thursday night to discuss the problem with other tenants.
Slaughter said she contacted KPL Gas Service in Lawrence and asked them to check her electric meter again.
KPL, checked her meter and said her bill was correct, she said.
Slaughter said KPL told her to talk to her apartment manager. She called the Consumer Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St., and asked whether they could help her. They suggested she hold a tenants' meeting.
Gerald Burkhart, manager of Colony Woods, said he told tenants with electric bill complaints to ask KPL to double check their meters.
"I wish I can help them out," Burkhart said. "But it's between the
kids and KPL."
Burkhard said he had spot-checked several apartments to make sure they were insulated properly but he didn't think the problem was with the apartment buildings.
Doris Bartkoski, a customer service representative for KPL, said electric bills were calculated by what was read on the meter. She said KPL would double check meters if customers requested it.
Electric bills aren't estimated, Bartkoski said, unless a meter reader can't get to a meter because it is blocked off by something, such as a fence.
Bartkoski said electric bills during the winter were more expensive because of the cold weather. She also said apartments with all-electric utilities, such as Colony Woods, were more expensive to heat.
Some tenants in Trailridge Apartment are concerned about high electric bills.
She said that one tenant had been gone two weeks in December and that her electric bill had gone up from $60 in November to $88 in December.
Ricky Pierson, manager of Trailridge Apartments, said two of her tenants had complained about their December bills.
Jalene Burch, manager of Heatherwood Apartments, said she hadn't received any complaints about electric bills. The apartments are run by gas and electricity, she said.
Apartments in Trailridge are run bv gas and electricity. Piersan said.
Stringing along
Barbara Becht, St. Louis senior, practices the C and G-7 chords on her guitar after her first Guitar 121 class. She was playing Monday night in her architecture studio in Marvin Hall because her roommate would not let her practice at home. She worked on the two chords for about half an hour with the radio turned up to cover her practicing.
Brown, FacEx have closed meeting
By a Kansan reporter
The Faculty Executive Committee met with University of Kansas basketball coach Larry Brown yesterday in a closed meeting.
to talk to FacEx because he did not want problems between Brown and the faculty to be fought out in the press. Brown had expressed concern recently over relations between the faculty and student athletes.
Mel Dubnick, associate professor of political science and FacEx member, said that he invited Brown
The meeting was closed, Dubnick said, because grade point averages
of specific students were discussed. Under state law, a meeting can be closed when student records are being discussed, he said. He said that FacEx decided to close the meeting to protect the privacy of the athletes.
FacEx took no action after Brown spoke on the subject.
Brown declined to comment.
Women to speak at forum
By Rebecca J. Cisek Kansan staff writer
Issues surrounding maternity and parental leave will be the topic of a forum sponsored by the University of Kansas women's studies department at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vermont St.
The annual forum commemorates the February Sisters, a group of KU women who took over the East Asian studies building, formerly at 1332 Louisiana St., on Feb. 4. 1972.
The annual forum commemorates the February Sisters, a group of KU women who took over the East Asian studies building, formerly at 1332 Louisiana St., on Feb. 4, 1972. The group demanded a campus day-care center, a women's studies program, an increase in the number of women in senior administration positions and the introduction of gynecology services at Watkins Hospital. The building has since been destroyed.
Susan Noakes, director of women's studies, said the forum was to serve as a catalyst for community discussion on maternity and parental leave. The forum will feature four speak-
The forum will feature four speakers.
■ Elinor Schroeder, KU professor of law, will explain the impact of labor laws and legislation being considered by Congress this spring. She will give the history of the ways businesses have treated pregnant women.
Peggy Billings, president of the Lawrence National Organization for Women, will speak on the organization's views and action on parental leave.
■ Linda Wimberly Freking will describe her experiences when she was denied re-employment and unemployment compensation for maternity leave in Missouri. Freking is the attorney at the Grande Court last year, and lost
Shirley Martin-Smith, owner of Martin-Smith Personnel Services, 1012 Massachusetts St. will speak on how Lawrence businesses handle maternity leave and the problems small companies have in providing parental leave. Smith's company provides temporary employee services and has dealt with firms that replace people who take parental leave.
Noakes said this year's topic was the result of a poll taken at the forum last year on the top issue currently facing Lawrence women. A similar poll will be taken tomorrow to determine the topic for next year.
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Westridge 6th and Kasold
For students who care about people, this program will help you understand what it is like to cope with AIDS. Several persons with AIDS and their loved ones will share their stories.
Living with AIDS
Virginia Allen, coordinator of the Good Samaritan Project will introduce the speakers.
Woodruff Aud.
February 1
7:30 p.m.
SUA
KU Student Senate