THE UNIVERSITY DAIL KANSAN
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
VOL. 101, NO. 85
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
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WAR with IRAQ
Iraq restricts sale of fuel to its citizens
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq said yesterday that it had cut off the sale of fuel to its citizens, who already are suffering from a critical scarcity of heating oil, cooking gas and gasoline.
In announcing the suspension of fuel supplies by the Iraqi Oil Ministry, official Baghdad radio said, "For organizational purposes, it will suspend the provision of fuel to citizens as of fourth of February until further notice."
The suspension covered oil for heat, gasoline and other fuels, the radio report said. It apparently allowed residents no chance to stock up against the winter cold. Temperatures have been in the 65 during winter, and routinely dip into the 85 at night.
Residents in Baghdad also are living without electricity and with only sporadic water service. Private cars already had to be driven over four gallons of fuel every two weeks.
Marines end practice and work way north
WASHINGTON — A Marine task force is heading into the Persian Gulf after wrapping up a dress rehearsal amphibious assault on Libya. The Army's Aridani pernula, Pentagon sources say.
Eight thousand Marines from the seabase task force pounced on the coast of Oman near the island of Masira, one of the sources said, "using every kind of aerial assault, amphibious vehicle, helicopter and landing craft they had."
The sources called the event a major exercise that took place over a two-week period. It was the latest of four Marine Corps exercises and Marine arrived in Saudi Arabia in August.
The exercises were being staged, the sources said, to keep the amphibious warriors sharp in case President Bush decided to mount a land campaign against Saddam Hussein's forces in Kuwait or Iraq.
The Marine task force — composed of some 17,000 Marines — is back on the water and slowly working its way north, said one Marine Corps officer. "We intend to keep Saddam awake, and let him worry about where we might land."
Terrorists retaliate for U.S. role in gulf
LIMA, Peru - Leftist guerrillas yesterday dynamited a car outside a security company contracted by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and seriously injuring seven, police said.
Police said they found leaflets at the scene signed by the pro-Cuban Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement con-
trol unit to justify its role in the Persian Gulf War.
Also yesterday, a bomb exploded outside a bank in Berat. It was the 14th bombing in the Lebanese capital linked by police to the war. And in Saudi Arabia, police arrested an unidentified number of suspects, a super attack on U.S. military personnel.
In Lima, a U.S. Embassy representative reached by telephone confirmed the attack was against the office of Pesavisa, the Peruvian subsidiary of a U.S. security company, Wackenhurst. Pesavisa is under contract to provide security for both the U.S. and Canadian embassies, the representative said.
Three security guards died when rebels drove by and threw at least 22 pounds of dynamite and fired machine gun bursts at the company, marked in front of the company, police said.
Mideast policy needs changes, expert says
WASHINGTON — The United States should not expand aid to countries in the Middle East, including Israel, until there is a sweeping re-evaluation of policy toward the region, the chairperson of the foreign affairs committee on Foreign Aid said yesterday.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., said the United States had the right to expect rich Arab countries to share their wealth with Israel and that Israel should maintain its existence and security needs.
At the same time, Israel must recognize the right and necessity of the Palestinian people to have their own homeland on a major portion of the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Obey said in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.
From The Associated Press
ROTC policies challenged again
Proposal seeks to ban college credit
By Sarah Davis
Kansan staff writer
A proposal was submitted to the College Assembly last night asking that hours earned in ROTC courses not count toward a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
The intent of the amendment was to bring the college into compliance with the University's requirements.
The College Assembly is a policy setting body for the college comprised of college faculty as well as graduate and undergraduate students.
University policy states that a student may not be denied the rights of access to or participation in any University sponsored or supported activity because of sexual orientation.
Last fall, University Senate failed to pass an amendment that would have prevented ROTC credit hours from counting toward the minimum hours required for a bachelor's degree.
Eddie Lorenzo, undergraduate student representative, said that he submitted the
amendment to the Assembly because the department of military science violated the University policy by prohibiting homosexuals and lesbians from completing ROTC programs.
Lorenzo said he brought up the proposal, even though SenEx already had rejected a similar amendment, because he wanted to bring attention to the issue.
"The campus has been very quiet about these issues for four months, and we can't neglect the kinds of discrimination issues." he said. "I don't want discussion of this issue
Lorenzo said he was concerned with maintaining the University's credibility.
"It would seem absurd if one were to say Blacks or Hispanics could take classes at this University but couldn't graduate," he said. "On the same level, it should seem absurd that guys and lesbians can take ROTC and that they'd get from completion of the ROTC programs."
Jim Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said the issue would be
GLSOK conflicts cause director's resignation
Kansan staff report
The director of Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas resigned Monday night because of personal problems in the organization.
"There are some personal conflicts in that organization which kept me from doing what I wanted to do with the organization," said Karen Cook, former GLSOK director.
"I think that the gay and lesbian and bisexual community at KU deserves a united front and cooperative effort to achieve what it wants," she said. "It's
"This is a policy issue," he said. "I'm surprised it didn't come up before Assembly
Pam Houston, director of the college undergraduate services office, agreed.
unfortunate that it can't do that at this time."
"There is fault on both sides," he said.
Mike Sullivan, GLSKO treasurer and acting director, said there were communication problems between the organization and Cook that may have led to her resignation.
"There is fault on both sides," he said. Sullivan the organization needed to rise above internal problems if it wanted to steer its goals at the University of Kansas.
"Karen was a strong person to lead a
two-team group of people." he said.
"She was very hard at work."
"I expected it sometime this year," she said. "I was surprised that it didn't come up during the fall semester."
She said the ROTC issue would be discussed at the next meeting, but she was not ready.
"Whether or not it will be voted on, I don't know." she said.
Perceptions
Witt Putam, a computer science student at Johnson County Community College, looks at a conceptual chair made by Gayla Gibson, Lawrence senior, at an exhibition by industrial design students at the SUA Gallery in the Kansas Union.
Officials to report firsthand from gulf
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush said yesterday that he doubted Iraq's army could be expelled from Kuwait without a ground war and announced that he was sending Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell to Persian Gulf for a firsthand status report.
Bush said it would be much easier to see a successful conclusion if Saddam Hussein was ousted or killed, but he stressed that the U.S. would not simply to drive Saddam's forces from Kuwait.
Any other world leader would have yielded by now rather than submit his country to relentless bombings and missile attacks, Bush said.
"He's to get say, 'I'm going to get out of Kuwit, fast,' Bush said.
Spelling out rigid conditions for any ceasefire, Bush said Saddam would have to undertake a credible and visible withdrawal and return Kuwait's exiled leadership to power.
Twenty days into the war, Bush portrayed himself as being at peace, comfortable with the momentous decisions of sending U.S. troops into battle.
"I know what I've got to do." Bush said, "I can't tell you I don't shed a tail for families that have been with me."
Bush said that he would not reinstate the draft and that he did not intend to propose an amendment.
Declaring himself pleased with the conduct of the family, Bush "I don't believe it's right for us to bushit." He and draw
The war dominated the news conference yesterday. The only other question was whether Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev still held the reins of power in the Soviet Union.
The decision of starting a ground war could be the biggest question facing Bush as commander in chief. It raises the possibility of a bloody conflict with well-equipped, battle-hardened Iraqi troops and the risk of a sharp increase in U.S. casualties.
Bush said Cheney and Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would go to Saudi Arabia later this week to confer with the commander of the shawkarzkopf, the commander of allied forces.
He said he looked forward to hearing their views on whether air power alone would be a viable option.
"My own view is I'm somewhat skeptical that it would." Bush said.
Blood-alcohol level for DWI conviction may drop
Bill requires zero level for under 21-year-olds
By Joe Gose
Kansan staff writer
DWIs in Kansas could be easier to hand out if a bait that was introduced in the State Department's report were not released.
The bill would lower the current 10 level of blood-alcohol content required for a DWI, driving when intoxicated, conviction to 80 for people older than 21. Truckdrivers, taxidermy workers, older than 21 could be convicted for having a blood-alcohol level of any amount above zero.
'My initial reaction is that I think it's unfair for the 18- to 20-year-old group. If someone in that age group has a glass of wine with his family at dinner and reads .02, then he's going to get a DWI.'
- State Sen. Wint Winter Jr.
- R.Lewerence
R-Lawrence
"My initial reaction is that I think it's unfair for the 18- to 20-year-old group," Winter said. "If someone in that age group has a glass of wine with his family at dinner and reads o2, then he's going to get a DWI. Convicting somebody of drunken driving in this case is a little more serious than the crime committed."
"It sounds like they're mixing apples and oranges a little bit," he said. "Sometimes someone will attach to that not get it passed."
Sutherland said MADD was working on
Mothers Against Drunk Driving for Kansas, said the issue of the zero blood-alcohol level for professional drivers and underage drinkers could cause problems for the bill.
separate legislation with the attorney general's office to promote a . 68 blood-alcohol level
Travis Lippert, president of Lawrence
Lawrence against Drunk Driving,
said the bill was a good step.
"As far as I'm concerned, people driving should not have any alcohol in their blood," he said. "I don't think we should have a double standard, but people who make their living on the road should have a level of zero."
Winter said the committee introduced the bill at the request of the Shawnee County alcohol-treatment director, who could not be reached for comment.
"Just because the judiciary committee introduces it doesn't mean it came out of that package. "We'll introduce you吧 somebody requests. But it's going to be taken very seriously."