Tuesday January 26,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 82 (USPS 650-640)
Reagan urges aid renewal
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, declaring America to be "strong, prosperous, at peace," asked Congress in his final State of the Union address last night to keep money flowing to Nicaragua rebels and to ratify the newly signed arms treaty with the Soviet Union.
Reagan, in remarks prepared for delivery before a joint session of the House and Senate, emphasized he will all agenda for the next 12 months.
"My thinking on the next year is quite simple: let's make this the best of eight. And that means it's all out, right to the finish line. I don't buy the idea that this is the last year of anything." said Reagan, who turns the White House over to a successor next January.
Without specifying a figure, Reagan urged Congress to vote next month to renew aid to the contra rebels in Nicaragua. "Let us be for the people of Nicaragua what Lafaty said," he said when he asked for our forefathers and the cause of American independence," the president said.
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1 VIy thinking on the next year is quite simple: let's make this the best of eight. And that means it's all out, right to the finish.'
President Ronald Reagan
A senior administration official, briefing reporters at the White House on condition of anonymity, said the aid request would be "under $50 million," with about 10 percent of the figureearmarked for "lethal" military aid and the rest for non-lethal aid.
Reversing course from last year. Reagan called for increased spending for education and the war against drugs.
He claimed for his administration "an untold success story" — an increase in the number of young people willing to turn away from drugs. He praised his wife, Naney, for that development: "She has helped so many of our young people to say 'no' to drugs. Nancy, much credit belongs to you, and I want to express to you your husband's pride and your country's thanks."
In a separate legislative message transmitted to Congress, he requested $1.5 billion — roughly a 50 percent decrease — to fight the dead-AIDS virus.
Striking a bipartisan theme, Reagan told the lawmakers, "Yes, we will have our differences. But let us always remember: what unites us far outweighs whatever divides us."
Leaders of the Democratic-run Congress served notice that the legislative branch, not Reagan, would control the national agenda this year.
The president's "technicolor view of America and our people sought to make us feel good with images of our nation." (C. D. Burch, *Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D.*)
W. Va. in the official Democratic response.
But, he said, "The 'feel-good' slogans have gone flat with time. We've learned that bravado is not leadererly energy; the economy is no substitute for common sense."
House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, praised Reagan for his arms treaty with the Soviets and called on him to work with Congress toward peace in Central America. But he chided the president for fighting Congress on priorities, including trade and domestic spending programs.
Reagan chastised Congress for its often-chaotic budget process of passing budget bills after deadlines have been reached. The federal spending in catehall legislation.
"Let's change all this." Reagan said. "Instead of a presidential budget that gets discarded and a congressional budget resolution that is not enforced, why not a simple partnership, a joint agreement that sets out the spending priorities within the available revenues."
The address sets the stage for the president's final 12 months in power.
Lineberry is finalist for UTEP position
Bv Brenda Finnell
Kansan staff writer
Robert Lineberry, dean of liberal arts and sciences, is one of five finalists for the presidency of the University of Texas at El Paso, a member of the interviewing committee for the finalists said yesterday.
Lineberry announced Sept. 1 that he would resign from his University of Kansas position this summer and stay at KU as a political science professor.
Lineberry could not be reached yesterday for comment
Committee member Judson Williams would not confirm who the other finalists were. He said UTEP and the Texas Regents system were not releasing any information about the selection process.
A president is expected to be named by the middle of next month he said.
The El Paso Herald-Post on
Saturday reported the other candidates to be Diana Natalicio, interim UTEP president; Ryan Amacher, dean of commerce and industry at Clemson University; John Michael Palmys, vice president of academic affairs at Emory University; and Samuel Kirkpatrick, dean of liberal arts at Arizona State University.
The final decision will be made by the Regents of the University of Texas system and the vice chancellor of UTEP, who is the chairman of the selection committee. Williams said.
The selection committee chairman did not return calls made to his office yesterday.
Williams said the selection committee had received more than 100 applications and had narrowed its selection before the final five were chosen.
He said the selection process began about seven months ago.
Initiation week
Craig Sands/KANSAN
Brad Harville, left, and Brian Kiesling, both Overland Park freshmen, wear enforced clothing as they walk to class. Harville, who is pledging the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and Kiesling, pledging Delta Tau Delta, were going through initiation week activities yesterday.
Plan ends boycott threat
By Christine Martin
Kansan staff writer
KU Athletic Director Bob Frederick and Black Coaches Association executive director Rudy Washington agreed Sunday to develop a plan for recruiting black coaches, ending the threat of an athletic boycott.
They met in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after Harry Edwards, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley and an adviser to the Black Coaches Association, threatened a boycott by black coaches and athletes. He said he thought KU had not considered black candidates for the football coaching position that Glen Mason, who is white, recently accepted.
Fredricker said. "Basically the plan is very similar to our own Affirmative Action plan. The Affirmative Action plan is established to make sure you consider all the affected minority groups."
Frederick said that he and Washington had agreed in principle to the plan and but had not yet determined the wording.
Basically the plan is very similar to our own Affirmative Action plan. The Affirmative Action plan is established to make sure you consider all the affected minority groups.'
Frederick said that he wouldn't meet Washington again but that they
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- Bob Frederick athletic director
would communicate through phone calls and letters concerning the details of the plan.
"The matter is resolved," Frederick said.
Frederick and Washington will send the plan to the executive director of the NCAA, commissioners for athletic conferences, the American Council on Education and Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action officials.
An official statement from the Athletic Department issued yesterday said the plan was expected to be
a model for other universities in hiring black coaches.
The statement also said, "The University and the Coaches Association were concerned that educational opportunities be encouraged for black student athletes to prepare them for coaching and athletic administrative positions in the future."
In a taped interview with KJHK last week, Edwards said, "We are harboring universities which refuse to give blacks interviews for jobs. It's not just the University of Kansas but also at the university where I teach. They don't take black candidates seriously."
Frederick said that Edwards spoke for himself and did not represent the other.
Embezzler continues repaying debt to KU on Wheels
M. Wayne Webb, president of the KU Black Student Union, said in a KJHK interview last night that universities should only look at candidates' qualifications when hiring coaches, and not at their color.
"There are black coaches more qualified than the ones they do hire," he quipped.
Kansan staff writer
Bv loel Zeff
McMurry could not be reached for comment.
McMurray was arrested in September 1982 and charged with five counts
After making inconsistent restitution payments for the past two years, a former coordinator of KU on Wheels who embezzled more than $257,000 has begun payments again.
Steve McMurry, who embezzled the money from the campus bus system between 1978 and 1982, has made three $100 payments and one $150 payment in the past five months. The latest payment was made Friday, according to the Department of Corrections in Topeka.
the department records and the Douglas County clerk's office show McMurray has paid a total of $2,010 out of the $257,051.17 that was stipulated as part of his 1984 parole agreement.
The agreement states that McMurray repay the University in divided monthly payments. The size of the jobs would depend on his income.
"I'm certainly happy that he's paying, but I can't tell what the
Mary Prewitt, KU assistant general counsel, said she was pleased that McMurry was paying again but did not wish to comment on the future of the case.
of felony theft of property. He was convicted in Douglas County District Court in June 1983 and was sentenced to one concurrent and four consecutive two- to five-year prison terms. McMurray was released on parole after spending 17 months in a Kansas state prison.
future will hold. It would be pure speculation on my part," Prewitt said.
McMurry, who lives in a Denver suburb, is under the supervision of the Colorado Department of Corrections. But Kansas parole officials still have jurisdiction over McMurry until July, when he will be automatically off parole.
Larry Cavnagh, McMurry's Colorado parole officer, said that he was glad McMurry finally was accepting his responsibilities, but that he was
skeptical McMurry would continue repayments after his July parole release.
"After his discharge on parole, there is no jurisdiction. I don't know. It's too hard to say one way or the other," Cavnaugh said.
Cavnagh said that the only binding agreement McMurry would have after the July parole expiration was a 1984 civil suit the University filed against McMurray. A Douglas County Circuit Court judge ruled that the University was entitled to restitution
in the parole agreement, Cavnagh said.
"I think he's realized that for the rest of his life he will be responsible for the money," Cavnagh said.
Condom machine plea by Hashinger denied
Angela Rinaldo, acting deputy secretary of programs at the Department of Corrections in Topeka, said her office intended to pursue the money until the debt was paid.
"We have a responsibility. Until he's off parole in July and backs to a civil matter, it's our responsibility," she said.
Bv Ric Brack
Kansan statt writer
A request by Hashinger Hall residents to purchase and stock a condom vending machine with hall money was turned down by the office of residential programs yesterday.
Ramaley said last week that the University should concentrate on education instead of short-term solutions as such condom vending machines.
Fred McEhlenie, director of residential programs, said he denied the request mainly because of the new University AIDS policy that Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, announced last week.
Bonnie Johnson, Hashinger president, said, "It's certainly a good thing to educate. But being told that getting a condom is a good thing and then not having any around isn't supporting what you're saving."
Ramaley issued the statement in response to a report by a University task force on AIDS. The task force report included a recommendation to install condom vending machines in restrooms on campus.
McEhlene said another reason for the denial was that the Kansas Union had exclusive vending rights for campus buildings.
Also, McElhenie said he was reluctant to approve the condom machine because minors stayed in the hall while attending camps in the summer.
Johnson said the condom machine idea had been in the works at Hashinger for two years. She said she asked the Union for a vending machine last year, but none were available.
Johnson said she thought the proposal would have been approved if it had been submitted earlier, before the task force report and distribution of safer-sex kits during fee payment generated publicity.
Hashinger's hall government allocated about $200 for the machine and two cases of condoms in November, but didn't submit a request for permission to purchase them until yesterday.
"I can understand them not having them (condoms) in Wesco, but a residence hall is like a small town," she said.
She said the self-contained nature of the residence hall created a special need.
"Lots of students don't have cars and can't get to the drugstore," Johnson said.
Happy hunters
Brownie Troop 671 braves the cold to go on a penny hike in South Park. The second-grade girls were led by Mary Winter.