VOL.101, NO.97
KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1991
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War's path doesn't veer
WASHINGTON — President Bush sees nothing in the Soviet proposal for peace in the Persian Gulf to change the war against Iraq, but he will review it later. He said the White House said last night.
"We still want to take a look at it, but the war goes on. There's no change on the basis of what we know at this point," said Bush's press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater.
Before the still secret details of the Soviet proposal arrived in Washington, Fitzwater had told reporters that all U.S. troops would be out of Kuwait were in the conflict in the air and on the ground.
He said the Soviets did not ask the United States to do anything except refrain from commenting on the peace proposal offered yesterday to Iraq and Syria, Mr. Gorbachev, a description of which was cabled to Bush by the Soviet leader.
Troops prepare for ground war
DHAHAN, Saudi Arabia — On call and on edge, U.S. and allied troops awaited the fateful "go" order yesterday along the northern front and preliminaries took place on land and sea.
U. S. gunners pounded Iraqi positions with artillery fire and a U.S. pilot went down deep inside Iraqi held territory, to be plucked to safety by U.S. rescue helicopters.
Up on the northern sands, the troops of Desert Storm were ready to launch a broad offensive.
"We are prepared to attack if necessary, tomorrow," said Brig. Gunter Gadeau, the Commander of the French contingent.
The U.S. 2nd Marine Division repositioned its forces yesterday to prepare for the cross-border assault, and sent reconnaissance teams beyond a 12-foot protective berm into a man's land between the opposing lines. Associated Press correspondent Denis D. Gray reported from the front.
The allies were ready, too, to defend against any Iraqi preemptive attack aimed at disrupting their plans. "Most of us believe he will try it," said Marine Col. Carl Fulford. "What option is left to him at this stage?"
Sensory mines threaten vessels
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — One of the two U.S. warships damaged by mines yesterday may have been the first victim in the Persian Gulf of a device that goes off when a vessel simply passes by, military officials said.
The Navy said seven sailors were injured, four in a predawn blast that ripped a hole in the hull of the helicopter assault carrier USS Tripoli, and three in another explosion that damaged the missile cruiser USS Princeton.
Marine Brig, Gen. Richard Neal said the Tripoli apparently hit a floating contact mine. He said early indications were that the Princeton, one of the Navy's Aegis-type cruisers, was damaged by an "influence" mine, because surprisingly, there was no hole in the cruiser.
A crewman said his reflexes had mirrored his training.
"The first thing I thought of was getting into my general quarters gear, grabbing my gas mask, ran up here, got my flash gear and my rubber boot, hoped for the best," he said.
These stories from The Association Press include reports subjected to review by allied military censors.
Student challenges recruitment at KU
Schools must decide their own policies regarding military recruitment, he says
By Lara Gold
Kansan staff writer
KU's professional schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences should be free to choose whether the U.S. armed forces can recruit without jeopardizing federal aid, a KU law said yesterday.
Mike Tulis, KU's chapter president of the National Guild of Lawyers, said a 1972 Department of Defense policy stated that individual schools and the college could decide individually whether to allow recruiting.
If one school does not allow recruiting, financing for another school that does allow recruiting would not be jeopardized, he said.
"The University is saying that, until you hear anything more, then the department of Defense policy to bar gays and lesbians stands" he
Tulis said he started digging for information to maintain KU's anti-discrimination policy in regards to sexual orientation after the administration allowed the Marines to recruit through the University Placement Center without signing the anti-discrimination policy.
Last semester, Marine Corps Capt. Patrick Redmon was told he could not recruit on the KU campus, but he found a 1972 law that said research money from the Department of Military Studies did not let the Marines recruit on campus.
The University of Kansas changed its policy, making an exception for the Marines and for the entire armed forces to recruit on campus even
though they bar gays and lesbians
Terry Glienn, director of the University Placement Center, said Redenow wanted to be able to talk to all students on campus.
"If a recruiter is interested in several types of graduates, he can go to the placement center," he said.
Tulis said, "Schools that don't receive Department of Defense funding should be able to enforce the anti-discrimination policy."
He said that if the law school, which receives no Department of Defense money, decided not to let the armed forces recruit on campus, the School of Engineering, which receives the majority of Department of Defense money, would not lose its federal financing.
"If the University is going to publish a policy and put it on its guidebooks, and they are going to talk about equal access to employment, they should stick to what it says," Tulis said.
"We think the University as a whole can make effective progress to change the Department of Defense's policy," shankel said. "Small, individual changes in each department would not be as effective."
Del Shanker, interim executive vice chancellor, said the administration did not want each professional school to make its own policy.
He said, "It makes sense that the military shouldn't recruit in the schools that do not receive funding."
However, Mike Sullivan, acting director for Gay and Lesbian Services for Kansas, disagreed.
Soviets present peace plan for Persian Gulf
German paper says plan details withdrawal promises no punitive action against Saddam
Gorbachev's peacemaking efforts followed a week of Soviet contacts with nearly every major player in the month-old war. The Soviet Union has supported U.N. efforts to oust Iraq from Kuwait, but has grown apprehensive about the invasion of Iraq, a former Soviet client.
The Associated Press
"We still want to take a look at it, but the war goes on. There's no change on the basis of what we at, this point," Fitzwater said.
MOSCOW — President Mikhail Gorbachev presented a secret peace plan to Iraq's foreign minister yesterday, and the Iraq immediately left for Baghdad to present it to Saddam Hussein.
The Gorbachev plan "envisages political measures which we believe were accepted with interest and understanding by the authorities according to Vitali Igmanenkov, a representative for the Soviet president.
Soviet officials, who are racing against the clock in what appear to be the final days before a major ground offensive in the gulf war, said they expected a quick response from the Iraqi president.
In Washington, White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said that President Bush would study the Soviet proposal but that he was not initially optimistic it would end the war.
Ignatenko said Gorbachev planned to contact U.S. British, Italian, French and Iranian leaders to fill them on his plan.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq aziz will return to Moscow after discussing the plan with Saddam Command Council, Iguaneen kaqd
He called the proposal "a concrete plan for settlement in the Persian Gulf through political means."
He added that it was "fully in line with the Soviet position that there should be an unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait."
Ignotenko refused to divulge contents of the plan, and it was not clear what he meant by "political means."
But the German newspaper Bild, citing unidentified sources in Moscow, said the Soviet peace plan delineated "reunification from Kuwait and would bar any punitive actions against Saddam. The plan also
calls for negotiations on the Palestinian problem and declares that Iraq's government and security forces were impetuized with the newspaper said.
Friday, Iraq's five-man ruling council, led by Saddam, said it would comply with the U.N. Security Council resolution demanding Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait. But it said the withdrawal would have to be coupled with the pullout of allied forces from the region and simultaneous Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands. It also demanded reparations.
Bush and other leaders respond the offer because it appeared to link a withdrawal to other Middle East conflicts. The Soviets called it "a starting point" but also said they could make it meaningless.
Aziz was accompanied by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saadoun Hammadi. Both are members of Iraq's ruling council.
Aziz told Gorbachev the offer contained no conditions, Ignatenko said. Ignatenko did not elaborate on any timetable or say how Soviet officials now assessed the Iraqi offer.
Aziz and Hammadi met with Gorbachev in a session lasting from about 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with one break, Ignatenko said.
KU officials look to change ROTC policy
Kansan staff writer
By Eric Nelson
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, and Frances Ingemann, chairperson of the Senate on March 12 in Washington on March 11 and 12.
While students enjoy spring break, KU officials will be in Washington, D.C., lobbying for a change in university curricula in the renewed CROT programs on campus.
The two will carry with them the "Statement Concerning Discrimination in the ROTC" for distribution which was created by an ad hoc committee at the request of University Council.
The statement then was approved for dissemination by Chancellor Gene A. Budig.
Shankel said the two would not be able to meet with the Department of Defense on the trip.
"The strategy has been to work with the national associations and our congressional delegations," he said.
The official announcement about the trip coincides with the passing of a resolution by the Board of Regents last week.
He said the resolution affected all Regens campuses. The University of Kansas is the only Regens institute that has been recognized because of the RRTC programs.
Stanley Kopik, executive director for the Regents, said the resolution stated that the board believed ROTC training was an appropriate campus
Shankel said the resolution by the Regents helped support the KU efforts, including the trip to Washington.
"That resolution simply supports what we are doing." he said.
Shankel said the resolution supported ROTC as an accredited program.
A similar position was taken by the University Senate last semester.
Mike Sullivan, acting director for Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, said the statement by the ad hoc committee was weak and not representative of gay and lesbian views on campus.
He said he was unsure of the trip's purpose.
"If the Department of Defense won't meet with them, there's not much point in taking the trip to Washington," he said.
Sullivan said he doubted the administration's commitment to change of policy concerning discrimination.
He said that although some efforts were being made with the ROTC conflict, military recruiters still were allowed on campus.
"I'm not convinced they are committed to change at all," he said.
Sullivan also said the Regents resolution was unacceptable.
Shankel said that the goals of the administration were long-term, but that he was confident a change in policy eventually would occur, although nothing could be guaranteed.
"I'd rather see the Regents take a stand against discrimination," he said.
Suliwan said he would have preferred that the goals set by the administration focus on the short-term, not the long-term.
He said he would appreciate a report from the administration about the trip and its events.
He said he also would appreciate notification about how the University was corresponding with other institutions concerning the ROTC issue.
"Real change will come when we work together with other institutions," he said.
Dramatic performances
Darrin Person, Kansas City, Kan., senior, performs James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation" for the finale of the Black Poets' Society's production of "It's A Love Thang." Person was one of 15 actors who performed original and traditional material last night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The performance was dedicated to the African-American men and women serving in the Persian Gulf.
Finney rescinds plans for corporation, department merger
By Joe Gose
Kansan staff writer
Gov. John Finney rescinded her proposed merger between the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation and the department of Commerce yesterday.
The merger could have affected the KU Higuchi Biosciences Center, Oread Labs and the Center for Excellence in Computer Aided Systems in Engineering, which receive financing from KTEC.
Legislative pressure to continue separate financing of the corporation forced Fininey to reconsider her original proposal, said Laura Nicholl, Department of Commerce secretary.
The National Association of State Development instead will review KTEC, and its future will be contigent on that review. she said.
"The governor is willing to consider the concerns of the Legislature."
Finney said, "The independent review by NASD will give us a good indication of where KTEC fits in Kansas future economic development. This administration is commitment to economic development is strong."
illustration of that open communication leading to positive action.
"KTEC, in many ways represents the essence of Kansas' commitment to economic innovation, and I believe it would be inappropriate at this time to make any changes that cause concern or indicate in any way a lack of commitment to economic growth and development."
Area legislators applauded the governor's decision.
to be tied closer to the educational institutions it serves."
State Rep. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, said, "I think it's great. KTEC shouldn't be rolled into the Department of Commerce. It needs
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence. agreed.
"The governor had to present a budget based on current resources," she said. "She had to make a lot of
But State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Dr Lawrence, said a state law, not a desire to cut the program, forced it to make the original proposal.
"I admire her for being open-minded and being willing to change her opinion about it," he said. "I think she's right."
cuts she didn't want to make, hoping that we would put the programs back in.
"She's not allowed under law to put any more money in the budget than what is available under current resources. She can't include future taxes that haven't been collected yet."
Charles Decedue, executive director of the Higuchi Biosciences Center, said that he was pleased there would not be any rule changes and that he thought Finney's decision was sound.