THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPEKA, KS 66612
VOL. 101, NO.95
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1991
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Says move is guarantee if coupled with allied cease-fire settlement
The Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iraq said to that it has agreed to accept U.K. demands and withdraw from Kuwait. Iraq also called for an immediate ceasefire in the 30 day old war that had blocked Iraqs rebellion on attack
The announcement came in a communique from Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council, which is headed by Saddam Hussein.
"In order to achieve a dignified and acceptable political settlement, the Revolutionary Command Council has decided to accept U.N. Security
Council resolution 660 of 1990, in including the clause related to Iraqi withdrawal, the communique said.
The statement, also released by the official Iraqi News Agency, said that the council's willingness "should be regarded as a guarantee from Iraq to ensure its security and comprehensive cessation of all land air and sea military operations.
Resolution 600 was the first action taken by the United Nations after World War II.
The first of a series of resolutions,
it called for an unconditional Iraq
inspection.
and urged the two countries to resolve their differences through acitations.
The communique was issued a month after the U.S. led multinational force to attack an air war aim forcing Iraq to reinhabit Kuwait
It came after what Iraq media said was an overnight session of the
Also during the night, Baghdad was struck by the strongest in a series of night raids, one of which damaged the Saudi Airlines bus rufling Arab Bahrain Social Party
Officials say air raids will not be stopped yet
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said today that Baghdad radio's announcement that Iraq is willing to withdraw from Kuwait will not be enough to stop the Persian Gulf War.
"The campaign goes on We're not going to change anything on the strength of a radio announcement, an official, speaking on condition of
anonymity.
Iraq's official radio aired an announcement this morning from Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council headed by Saddam Hussein. The announcement said that Iraq agreed to U.N. demands that it leave Kuwait. But, the statement added, Iraqi withdrawal should be linked to a pullout of allied forces from the region and an Israeli pullout from the occupied territories.
President Bush and other U.S. officials have said since the war began that the fighting would stop only when a massive Iraqi troop withdrawal from Kuwait was actually in progress.
Pregame camp-out
Preparing for a long wait for good seats at Saturday's basketball game against Kansas State, (left to right) Michael Chambers, Rolf Kaiser and Jeff Matthews, Overland Park sophomores, up a tent to stay overnight despite near-zero temperatures. The three basketball fans had planned to set up their tent outside Allen Field House on Wednesday night but waited until yesterday.
Congress counts the cost of war
First three months of fighting cost $56 billion for the U.S.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The White House will ask Congress to authorize $56 billion for the first three months of fighting in the Persian gulf, a senior administration official said yesterday.
The official, speaking with reporters on condition of anonymity, refused to speculate when a ground war might begin but indicated it would not be within the next few days.
He said the administration envisioned that a ground war would be brief, suggesting as a model the six-year war fought by Iraq against the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
"There will be basically mobile tank battles and those usually take place very quickly - very violent, very quick," the official said.
President Bush is expected to present Congress next week with a supplemental request for money to pay for the construction of a golf for the first three months of 1991.
Congressional sources said the request could be as high as $30 billion, but the senior administration official put the figure at $55 billion. Another administration source pinpointed the figure at $66 billion.
The senior official said the United States would recoup 80 percent to 90 percent of the money from allies' donations. The other source said the actual cost for the United States would be about $1 billion, countries already have pledged $41 billion, the source said, and additional contributions are expected.
At the Pentagon, a group of about 50 protesters from the Atlantic Life Community, including some children, sat in a driveway to try to block arriving Defense Department workers.
Others splashed a side entrance with a liquid they said was blood and oil, symbols of their opposition to the war in the oil-rich Persian gulf. The demonstrators also spray-painted "terrorist" in red and black on a wall.
Police cleared the driveway, arresting several people, and then detained two others trying to dig graves in a lawn outside the building.
At the White House, press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the issue of whether an Iraqi bunker bombed Wednesday had been a civilian air force operation, an military command center, as claimed by the United States, had been resolved as far as the U.S. government was concerned.
"The United States government has reached a positive conclusion that it was a command and control coercion target." Period, "said Fitzwater.
"We will continue to attack command and control centers," he said. "We'll have to stay ground offensive to begin, Fitzwater said. "It could happen at any time."
The Army said less than 2 percent of the more than 147,000 Army Reserve and National Guard members ordered to active duty since last August have been excused from duty for health or hardship reasons.
Plan uses Regents to solve problems across the state
By Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Gov. Joan Finney revealed a plan year-earnd to help statewide problems with help from the teachers.
At an early morning meeting at the governor's city hall.
Kopilk, executive director of the Regents, gave a structured outline for a project that calls for the identification of a series of topical state issues by the
They now will organize task forces to develop a future vision for Kansas. The project will be done in collaboration with Finney.
Attending the breakfast were the participants in the project: the Regents, the presidents of the Regents system and representatives of the Menninger Foundation in Tooneka.
Robert Creighton, chairperson of the Regents, said,
This truly can be a historic day in the state of Kansas.
Mr. Creighton is a former president of the National
'She wants the ownership of the thing widely dispersed around the state of Kansas,' he said.
He said the project, called "Creating Tomorrow," would be a long term commitment by the Regents and the Board of Trustees.
Kopik mentioned six key areas of concern that the project would cover: education, health care, social issues, and employment.
quality-of-life issues.
He said the number of repeat offenders in prison could be cut by literacy training in the prisons. If the current percentage of 43 percent could be decreased to 39 percent, it would reduce state spending and increase revenue by $37 million. If prisoners become literate, they are more capable of holding a job.
Koplik said that if the Kansas high school graduation rate would rise from its present 82.5 percent to 90 percent by the year 2004, the state could receive $10.4 million in scholarships and college-educated persons would make more money
"The more money we spend on prisoners, the less money we have," he said.
Finney said she was excited about tapping the state's resources and the prospect of different facets of the state.
Koplik said the Regents would try to help organize the future agenda of Kansas.
Chancellor Gene Budig said he was enthused by the creative and necessary proposal.
He said Finney's choice in selecting the Regents to conduct the study was not difficult to internet
"I believe this initiative is an important breakthrough for the state of Kansas," he said. "We at the Regents universities want to be productive partners with all of state government."
Budig said he was reassured by Finney's desire to draw upon the universities expertise in solving state one.
"We've got people who can think and solve problems," he said.
Kansas State University President Jon Wefald also was encouraged by the prospects of the undertaking.
"It is safe to say we are excited about the possibility of a close relationship with the state." he said.
Regents approve self-audit Board decides to study six schools' spending of Margin funds
Board decides to study six schools' spending of Margin funds
By Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — The Board of Regents retaliated yesterday to the Legislature's audit of the Margin of Excellence.
They decided to run their own investigation of all the Regents schools except the Kansas College of Technology in Salina.
The 10-member committee that oversees the Legislative Division of Post Audit unanimously approved the investigation. The committee will involve Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
Regent Jack Sampson motioned to check the six Regents schools and their spending of Margin money.
Stanley Kopfik, executive director of the Regents, said the self-audit could help in comparing figures with the legislative audit.
Koplik said speculations on Margin spending focused on salary increases for faculty compared to increases for administrators and on the money authorized to mission-related enhancements.
"I am very insistent on us running a parallel audit ourselves," he said. "I like to see how we stack up across the board."
He said he was confident the Margin money was being spent
'Nonresident students add a needed and important dimension to campus life at the University of Kansas. We cannot permit them to be priced out of the KU market. The suggested increase is a significant one. Even with the increase, education remains a bargain at KU for nonresident and resident students.'
- Gene Budig KU chancellor
Other discussion at the meeting centered on an increase in tuition.
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The committee called for a 10 percent increase in resident tuition at research institutions, such as the University of Kansas, and 8 percent at regional institutions, such as Emporia State University. The increase in nonresident tuition would be $12\frac{1}{2}$ percent.
Koplik said the regional institutions were comparable to their peer institutions in tuition for residents. He said that the Regents schools were 30 percent behind their peers in nonresident tuition, and the increases were needed to catch up.
The original proposal was for a 15 percent increase for nonresident tuition, but Chancellor Gene Budig swayed the Regents to change the proposal to $12\%$ percent.
"Nonresident students add a needed and important dimension to campus life at the University of Kansas," he said.
"The suggested increase is a significant one," he said. "Even with the increase, education resumed and the students were resurrected and student residents."
Budig said many of the nonresident students stayed in Kansas after graduation, becoming an important resource to the state.
Other action at the meeting included a presentation by student representatives concerning the language proficiency of international instructors in the Regents schools.
Their proposal, which was tabled until the next meeting, called for more stringent guidelines for all Regents schools, similar to policies KU has used to combat communication difficulties.