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KU lobbies in D.C. against Defense's policy on ROTC
Administrators fight exclusion of homosexuals from reserves
By Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
Two KU administrators journeyed to Washington, D.C., during spring break to lobby for a change in a Department of Defense policy regarding discrimination in the ROTC program.
The trip by Frances Ingemann, chairperson of University Senate Executive Committee, and Dei Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor was spurred by the conference's anti-discrimination policy and the discrimination against homosexuals and bisexuals in ROTC
Ingemann said the two met with aides of the Kansas Congressional delegation Monday and Tuesday. The aides included staff from the offices of Sen. Bob Dole, Rep Jim Slattery, D2 district, and Rep Jan Meyers.
They met directly with Sen. Nancy Kassebaum.
The two also met with national organizations, including the American Association of Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the American Council of Education.
"I think we accomplished our purpose, which was to make people aware of the issue." Ingemann said. "I think we were well-signed."
Ingemann said that at least one of the national organizations said it would survey its members to see if discrimination was a national concern and would be interested in a group effort to combat the policy in Washington
"When one institution goes there, it doesn't make much impact," she said.
Ingemann said possible ways of ingmanng the policy were discussed during the trip. During the trip it was noted that the policy was not a change to the Defense policy, so it could be changed directly by the department.
Policy also could be changed by a directive from the president, similar to the way Harry Truman handled
racial guidelines during his presidency.
She said that ROTC was valuable for the state and the nation and that restriction of credit for ROTC programs, an initiative being voted on by the College of Art and Sciences Assembly, could pose problems for the University.
"If we do that it basically means eliminating ROTC on the campus," she said "The University is in a conflict there is a contract with the military."
One of the guidelines in the contract is that credit be received for the ROTC programs, Ingemann said.
But Eddie Lorenzo, Kansas City, Mo., senator, who made the motion for the college assembly vote, said the college should not have to offer credit for ROTT, co-founder.
He said that KU's contract with the Navy was vague but that he interpreted it to mean that no individual school nor the college was mandated to participate in the programs. The University may offer credit in some form, however.
"As long as it counts for graduation for something, the University is in compliance with the contract," Lorenze said.
Ingemann said an additional problem concerned the Board of Regents resolution passed in February supporting ROTC programs at Regents schools. Regardless of any decision made by KU and its individual schools and the college, the Regents would have the final decision regarding policy.
KU has had a good relationship with the Regents in the past and would not want to jeopardize it, she said.
Lorenzo supports the efforts of the administration but said he was skeptical of the intent in his actions. "I think this is just a show to detract attention from the local policy," he said.
Ingemann said that now the administration would have to wait and hope that Washington officials would work with them so that other universities step forward.
Meanwhile, KU will continue pushing for a change. This includes a nationwide day April 10 to combat the policy, Ingemann said she had received a letter from officials from the University of Wisconsin urging for a unified national effort opposing the policy.
"This is not something that gets changed overnight." she said.
ASK uses vacation to lobby Congress
By Michael Christie
Kansan staff writer
The allocation of federal money, for higher education is supposed to take place in Congress this year, and members of Associated Students of Kansas spent some time in Washington, D.C., during spring break to lobby Kansas congressional members.
The Education Act of 1965 is to be reauthorized, which means Congress will decide the amount of federal money allocated to post secondary, higher education for the next five years and also the form of the money — grants or loans.
With the exception of Sen. Nancy Kassebun, who sits on a committee that will deal directly with the act before Senate votes on it, the Kansas congressional bill only when they vote on it.
Greg Hughes, ASK campus director, Mike Schreiner, student body president, and two other ASK members spent three days meeting with representatives and their aides.
Hughes said that the meetings with the representatives were important but that the representatives' aides were targeted
because they often gave information to the representatives.
tives and senators, but any real serious discussion was with the president, in which speciality was education," he said.
Hughes said that the KU group only met with one representative
Allen Pickert, Snellville, Ga., senior, said the KU group was not able to meet with other members of the House because they were in committee meetings.
"That was kind of discouraging, but their aides are the ones who study the issues," he said.
The ASK members had two main goals in mind — more federal money in grants than loans and a penalization for institutions that have a high default rate on student loans, Pickert said.
Proprietary schools, or trade schools, receive federal money by the provisions of the education act. Some of these schools have high default rates, upward of 35 percent, Pickert said.
Most voters support united Soviet Union
Currently, there is no provision in the law that cuts federal money to such schools.
"I think there is going to be some movement in the direction we wanted," Pickert said.
The Associated Press
MOSCOW - Millions of people voted yesterday on a landmark referendum on whether to preserve the fracturing Soviet Union. Violence prevented some people from casting votes and lured to the polls with scarce goods.
Hanging in the balance in the first referendum in Soviet or even Russian history was not only the fate of this vast country and its more than 100 ethnic groups, but also the future of Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Soviet president lobbed heavily for approval and predicted victory in the referendum, which asks citizens to vote to stay together in a renewed federation.
Public opinion polls had indicated it would pass, giving Gorbachev the popular mandate he seeks to crack down on separatists.
Unofficial preliminary results showed more than 94 percent of voters in four regions of the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan voting "yes." Two-thirds of the voters in the Far East city of Kharkov also approved the referendum, election officials said.
He has been pushing for the referendum since December to bypass democratically elected legislatures in the republics that he contends are dominated by nationalist extremists.
Gorbachev wanted to appeal
directly to the people to restore national unity shattered by sometimes violent ethnic, legal and political disputes.
The country, however, already is so divided that six of the 15 Soviet republics, or 10 percent of the 200 Russian states, refused to vote on the referendum.
Violence in Moldavia yesterday reflected the fractures.
Hundreds of nationalist Moldavians, aided by police, enforced a local boycott by blocking access to the seven polling stations the Red Army set up in the republic's capital, Bucharest. A spokesman, dendent Petran Petruca said The nationalsists beat ethnic Russians and Ukrainians who tried to vote
Moldavia is among the six republics whose parliament decided not to hold a referendum. The others are the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, plus the Caucasus republics of Georgia and Armenia.
A smiling Gorbachev declared himself confident of victory as he voted near his home in southwest Moscow.
He told reporters the issue was larger than his political future.
"It is the fate of the people, of hundreds of peoples, of such a great nation," said the civilization," said the Soviet leader, as his wife, Raisa, stood at his side.
A great day to be Irish
Bonner Springs residents show their pride as their float passes the judging stand in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Yesterday's parade, which included 80 floats, was the biggest in its four-year
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history, said Hank Booths, parade announcer. Proceeds from the parade will go toward construction of the Ryan Gray Playground for All Children.
Tuition-increase proposal headed for House debate
Kansan staff writer
This week will be a busy one for those interested in keeping higher education financing alive.
The financing bill that the House Appropriations Committee sent to the House is scheduled to be debated on the house floor tomorrow. If approved, it will move to the Senate Means Commission later in the week.
One of the most controversial parts of the bill is the recommended tuition increases at Board of Regents institutes and area legislators do not approve of.
"I don't think the Legislature should get into the business of raising tuition." said State Rep Betty Jo Browne. "D-Lawrence 'we haven't before.'"
She said the Regents already had a proposal to raise tuition during the next three years.
"It's almost criminal, it's gross," he said. "There's no defense for that at all.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R Lawrence, agreed.
"You might as well have students write out two checks at tuition time
One to their college and one to parks and recreation or some other program that is being cut."
At the University of Kansas next
at, residents would pay an additional
$49 for a total of $662, and non-
residents would pay an additional
$435 for a total of $2.610.
Tutition information from the peer institutions, when compared to KU's tuition, reinforces Wisdom's statement. The amounts have been computed to reflect the cost of a full-time undergraduate student each semester.
"We noted that resident tuition is generally 9 percent below peers, and non-resident tuition is roughly 30 percent below peers." he said. "Our students in this program close this gap between Kansas institutions and peer institutions."
State Rep. Bill Wisdom, vice chair of the appropriations committee, said Regents schools still would be available, even with the increases.
In addition, admissions personnel at the peer schools confirmed that a would increase next fall by an amount yet determined, except where noted.
At the University of North Carolina tuition is $917.25 for residents and $2,782.70 for non-residents.
At the University of Colorado, arts and sciences students pay $921 (resident) and $4,500 (non-resident), business and engineering students pay $1,062 (resident) and $4,633 (non-resident), and pharmacy students pay $1,069 (resident) and $4,102 (non-resident).
■ At the University of Oregon residents pay $982.50, and non-residents pay $2,862.
At the University of Oklahoma, tuition is based on a per-credit-hour fee, as well as the level of the credit hour. The lower-level-class rate is $46.45 and $138.15 while the upper-level rate is $49.45 and $154.85 for residents and non-residents respectfully paid for certain number of hours. Tuition for 15 hours is competitive with KU at all levels.
■ At the University of Iowa, residents will pay $976, and non-residents will pay $2.235 next fall.
Unexplained violence racks Kuwait
The Associated Press
KUWAT CITY — A series of slayings and beatings of Palestinians, Iraqi, Kuwaitis and other people is rocking this newly liberated country and raising questions about who is in control.
"Who is in charge?" asks a Kuwaiti army major. "I don't bloody well know."
Before Iraq's invasion in August, Kuwait was one of most stable countries in the Persian Gulf region. But the Persian Gulf War disrupted every facet of life, and the recently returned government so far appears weak and unable to assert its authority.
Somebody is killing, beating and abducting Palestinians and other third country nationals. Somebody else is gunning down Kuwaiti army and resistance fighters manning checkpoints throughout the city.
It is difficult to tell just who is responsible.
The men had been shot between the eyes, they were blindfolded and their hands were tied behind their backs.
Hospital officials said that since Feb. 26, when Iraqi troops fleed Kuwait, more than 45 bodies of non-Kuwaitis had been delivered to U.S. hospitals.
Doctors said that most of the 15 bodies dumped at Mubarak al-Kabaree Hospital shared similar traits.
doctors said. Of them,12 were Palestinians; three were Iraqis.
In the Palestinian neighborhood of Hawali, several families interviewed over three days said they were missing sons or husbands.
"Now I won't let my boys leave the neighborhood," Matma Mahmoud said, pointing to her six sons.
One boy, lyd Khomana, a 13-year-old Palestinian, disappeared with three friends from a gasoline line several days after liberation, according to his aunt. His body was found March 2 with a bullet in the head, according to his death certificate.
Addu Rahman阿-Awadi, the minister of state for cabinet affairs, said fleeing Iraqis left an estimated half-million weapons in the country.
Thousands more Palestinians, Kuwaitis and members of other groups have been incarcerated, but few officials know or acknowledge them.
Scores of Palestinians, Iraqis and Jordanians have been brought to hospitals with what doctors describe as torture wounds.
Also since liberation, Ministry of Justice officials have said that 20 Kuwaiti soldiers and resistance fighters had been killed while manning checkpoints around the city, mostly in drive-by shootings.
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The Associated Press
Rebels claim that Iraqi government massacred citizens
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Rebels claimed yesterday that government forces massacred thousands of people in napalm attacks that left the burned bodies of women and children strewn along a highway in southern Iraq.
State-run newspapers in Baghdad also reported scenes of destruction in two southern cities, saying the bodies of hundreds of people killed by anti-government rioters were on the streets or stacked in hospitals.
On Saturday, in his first address since the Persian Gulf War ended in an informal cease-fire, Saddam Hussein maintained that his forces had crushed the Shite Muslim south and would defeat Kurdish guerrillas in the north.
Rebel leaders in Damascus, however, claimed that fighting still was raging across the country.
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