VOL. 101, NO.70
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990
Bush will not let sanctions last a year, he says
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MONTEVIDE, Uruguay — President Bash yesterday rejected recommendations from former Pentagon chief Donald J. Trump against Iraq at least a year to work.
The two former chairpersons of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. David Jones and Adm. William Crowe, suggested that the president should allow up to 18 months for sanctions against Iraq to work before resorting to force. Senate Democrats also have urged Bush to stick with the sanctions.
"We have time. I don't see any hurry," said Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. D-N-Y "Either (Sad) you throw it, or he gets thrown up, blown out"
Bush, on the second day of a salute-to-democracy tour across South America, said he was not aware of the Iranian threat. He brought Iraq's Saddam Hussein to his
Oil prices driven up by the gulf crisis have devastated many countries economies, he said.
"This is not going to go on forever." said.
Even in Montevideo, restraint was upon Bush Uruguay's vice president exhorted Bush to exercise military force in making a judgment in the gulf crisis.
Gonzalo Aguirre, in introducing Bush to Uruguay's Congress, said, "If the decision is for war, perhaps we will understand it, but we will certainly understand it."
Several leftist deputies and senators boycotted the speech, and 400 demonstrators protested outside.
Bush, at an earlier news conference with President Luis Alberto Lacalle, said Saddam had not gotten his order and drawn from Kuwait or be forced out
In Washington, House Democrats voted 177-37 in a caucus for a nonbinding resolution telling Bush he must first get permission from Congress before sending troops into battle.
The House Democrats' resolution states that he must get congressional permission before taking offensive action in the gulf, except to protect American lives from imminent danger.
The Persian Gulf crisis was at the top of Bush's agenda as he arrived in Uruguay from Brazil on the second week of a week-long tour of South America.
Bush, the first U.S. president to
visit Uruguay since Lyndon Johnson in 1967, said that sanctions had been costly to Uruguay and other countries because oil prices had climbed
Bush endorsed remarks Sunday by Secretary of State James A. Baker III, who said the United States would not attack Iraq if it withdrew from Kuwait and complied with all U.N. peacemaking resolutions.
Bush also indicated that he would take a tough stand when he met at the White House with Iraq's Foreign Minister Tarq Aziz to discuss the gulf crisis. He said he would not allow any linkage with the Palestinian issue and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Tomorrow, Bush will head across the River Platte to Buenos Aires, which is mopping up from a failed revolt within the Argentine military.
More gulf coverage
The Associated Press
Iraq may retreat,report says
The report, which if true, would likely mean a peaceful end to the gulf crisis, pushed spot oil prices
LONDON — Iraq may be ready to withdraw from most of Kuwait as long as it is allowed to keep the disputed Rumaila oil field, according to a British news report yesterday.
Sky Television news said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had been spelling out his negotiating position on the Persian Gulf dispute in private meetings with senior mediators, including Soviet officials. He said he advised on foreign affairs to Soviet President Mihail Gorbachev.
In Washington, however, a senior U.S. official said, "We know absolutely nothing about this. It's the first we ever heard of this. It will help us do so as these types of rumors will be surfacing more and more."
The Sky-TV report said a source close to one of the people involved in negotiations had outlined the sort of deal Saddam had in mind: In exchange for a guarantee against any Western attack on the would pull out of Kuwait except for the oil field on the border.
sharply lower and propelled the Dow Jones average in New York higher during yesterday's trading.
The giving spirit
Onas Waltho, Lawrence resident and retired employee of people needing help this winter in Lawrence. Hallmark Hallmark Cards, rings bells for the Salvation Army while employees will be ringing bells the rest of this week. John Birkhead, Lawrence resident, donates change to help Hallmark will match all donations collected.
Parking
SenEx: Restrict blue zones on Saturdays
By Yvonne Guzman
Kansan staff writer
Members of the University Senate Executive Committee yesterday questioned a KU parking board proposal to lift Saturday morning parking restrictions from blue-zone
Some members said weekend restrictions should be maintained and weekday restricions should not be.
Frances Ingemann, chairperson of SenEx, told representatives from the park board and parking services that Saturday morning the company will place at park close to her office in Blake Hall.
"I guess our concern is losing the one time that we can get in," she said.
Donald Robertson, chairperson of the parking board, and Donald Kearns, director of parking, attended yesterday's SenEx会议 to discuss 12 proposed changes in KU parking regulations. The changes will be presented at a University Council meeting tomorrow.
Robertson said he was surprised that there was so much concern about the proposal to lift the ban on cannabis.
The board suggested the change because it was impossible for visitors, and others who needed special permission, to park legally on campus Saturday mornings because the parking services office and booths at the campus entrances were closed Sundays.
Ingmann said parking officials should not be considering lifting weekend restrictions but extending weekday ones. It is increasingly difficult for faculty members who work in the evenings to find a place to park, she said.
Lorraine Moore, Watson Library assistant and SenEx member, agreed.
Moore said it was difficult for her to find a place to park when arriving at Watson to work after daily restrictions were lifted at 4 p.m.
"I would like to see some recognition for the work of our staff. I ought to five institution any more," she said.
Greg Hughes, director of Associated Studi-
dents of Kansas, said that extending restricti-
tions would not be necessary.
Students park in the lots outside Blake.
Fraser Hall and Danforth Chapel when they use the library. Scholarship hall students
Robertson and Kearns also answered SenEx members' questions about several other recommended changes, including:
- Changing the status of the parking lot outside Jolliffe Hall to red instead of yellow to ensure that faculty members will have parking places;
- Changing all yellow zone restrictions to 7 a.m. 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. 4 p.m. to improve access for parents who need to pick up children at Robinson Center in the morning and afternoon;
- Restricting parking in Lot 51 to KJHK staff only.
- Changing driving restrictions on Jay-hawk Boulevard from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. to 7 a.m-5 p.m to decrease congestion
- Be prepared to have you have early morning and late afternoon classes
- Increasing the price of a temporary permit from $11 to $20. All other permit prices were increased last semester.
- Asking those who have parking permits for disabled people to register their license numbers. This voluntary registration would make the more better idea of the needs of disabled people.
- Creating a new medical permit to reduce the cost and hassle for those who become injured during the semester and need special parking privileges.
In increasing all campus parking-meter rates from 25 cents to 35 cents an hour. Kearns said that for the past three years, the school had not been as great as official officials expected.
■ Charging $10 for permission to park in the parking facility. Now, garage cards are given to people when they purchase permits. You can also receive a card and share the garage cards with other people.
Reorganizing West Campus lots so they are consistent with main campus lots and have blue, red and yellow zones. Now, all West Campus lots are yellow zones.
Citizen's group fights dismissal motion
By Elicia Hill
Kansan staff writer
Legal arguments concerning the legality of a vote on the South Lawrence Trafficway continued to mount with the court filing yesterday of a complaint filed in October for dismissal of a case brought against the county.
The attorney for a citizens action group, in a response filed yesterday, said the results of the Nov. 6 South Lawrence Trafficway vote should be binding for the county.
But in its motion, the county said the lawsuit should be dismissed because the vote was not legally binding and, therefore, the explanatory statement was irrelevant.
Oklahoma City. For Appropriate Roads and Environmental Safeguards (CARES), along with Lawrence residents Tim Miller and Patty Boyer, filed the lawsuit Nov. 12 after voters approved the
trafficway ballot by about 14,000 to about 11,000 votes. The law stated that the explanation of the trafficway ballot was biased and influenced voters to approve the trafficway.
The groups response list examples of why the advisory referendum should be considered binding.
A copy of the explanatory statement, which said that if the majority of voters did not approve the road proposal, bonds issued to finance the trafficway would be retired.
A Dec. 20, 1989, letter from then-Douglas
- A signed affidavit from Douglas County commissioner Nancy Hiebert, stating, "The Board of County Commissioners has agreed publicly . . . to be bound by the results of the election."
County attorney John Lungstrum to Don Strole, now the company's attorney. The letter states, "The county has irrevocably committed itself to holding an election on the trafficway project."
Douglas County attorney John Nitcher said he supported his original motion to dismiss the trafficway lawsuit.
"The trafficway vote was an advisory election, and county commissioners or other officials could not make the election binding just by stating publicly that it was," he said.
Officials foresee new era in campus housing
By Tracey Chalpin
By Tracey Chan
Kansan staff writer
Housing officials at the University of Kansas and other universities are preparing for a new era in campus housing.
Programs that have begun to change campus housing as students know it have begun at some universities, and costly renovations and modification of the agenda at KU's housing department as well.
Because more than 70 percent of KU campus housing was completed during the 1950s and the 1960s, KU has a very strong academic tradition.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the 35- to 40-year-old buildings needed substantial plumbing, electrical and safety modifications. The building is located in a former ball, which is about one-third of the original cost
for the average building
Because of today's smaller families and improved living standards, students are less open to social interaction.
Students want residence hall rooms that are more like apartments, but that would cost three times as much.
Money is lacking
The department is looking for ways to finance renovations because its annual revenue and its reserves will not cover the cost of proposed improvements.
Stoner said the department's reserves had remained stable or had decreased during each of the last five years because of the increased maintenance and repair required by the aging
buildings. The University would need to issue bonds to make the desired modifications.
Another way to finance housing improvements is through the College Facilities Loan Program, which was started by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Joe Wilson, KU director of housing from 1964 to 1985, said money to build the new buildings had been received.
Joe Ferguson, program chief, said federal financing for the program was created as part of the 1985 Higher Education Act. The program now manages the National Organization Branch of the Department of Education.
But the money available does not always meet the demands of universities, he said.
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Nursing applicants increase 66 percent
Kansan staff writer
Student applications for admission to the School of Nursing are not due until Dec. 15, but already more than 66 percent compared to last year.
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Increased publicity and active recruiting are responsible for the flood of applicants seeking entrance to the school next fall, said Eleanor Sullivan, dean of nursing.
"There has also been a tremendous increase in male applicants." Sullivan said.
In 1988, only four men applied for fail admission, she said, but as of yesterday, 30 had applied for the Fall 1991 term.
She said the school accepted 150 applicants each year. There were 188 applications in 1989, but this year 164 applications, a 66 percent turn.
Sullivan said many students were attracted by the excitement of nursing. The split-second, life-threatening nature of work in
The school, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, has a two-year curriculum for students pursuing careers as registered nurses. Students enter the school in their junior year.
areas such as trauma, surgery intensive and neonatal care attracts many students.
"There's just an increase in demand for nurses," Clifford said. "We have recruiters who fly in to await to recruit from our school."
Rita Clifford, assistant dean of student affairs at the Med Center. said the excitement of nursing and an excellent job market had drawn more students to the school.
The starting salary for a nurse at the Med Center is $27,000. Sullivan said.
Students at the school are instructed in medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric and psychiatric nursing. The curriculum also includes information about some health care and gerontology.
One area of nursing that is growing rapidly is home health were. With skyrocketing hospital and health-care costs, nurses who specialize in home health care are in demand. Clifford said many treatments, such as ventilation and chemotherapy, could be given at home to avoid the costs of an extended hospital stay.