VOL.101.NO.65
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1990
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Security Council to give Iraq Jan.15 deadline
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China opposes use of force considers veto
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — Iraq will have until Jan. 15 to withdraw its troops from Kuwait before it faces the prospect of U.N.-authorized military action, the Soviet U.N. ambassador said yesterday.
"Yes, it's going to be the fitteenth," Ambassador Yuli M. Vorontsov replied when asked if there
has a consensus among the five permanent members of the Security Council on a resolution.
But today in Beijing, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen said China would not vote for the U.N. resolution.
Qian, however, refused to say whether China would veto the resolution, expected to come to a vote tomorrow, or abstain.
As a permanent member of the
U. N. Security Council, China has veto power over any resolution it has voted for all to previous resolutions that sought to pressure Iraq to end its nearly 4 month old occupation but said it did not want force used.
"It has always been the position of China to call for a peaceful settlement." Qian told reporters at the Beijing airport while preparing to leave for the United States to cast China's vote.
The United States already had secured agreement on the overall measure from the Soviets, French, British and — it was thought — the Chinese. The draft resolution has more than够 pledges of positive
votes to pass when it comes before the full council.
A resolution requires at least nine votes to pass, including all five permanent members.
Secretary of State James A. Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shvardnadze in the past 24 hours fixed the deadline of Jan 15, said Western diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The measure would authorize "all necessary means" to get Iraq out of Kuwait after that deadline. The date after which a military strike could begin had been the only unresolved issue in the draft measure.
Is Iraq building atomic bombs? p. 6
The Associated Press
Democrats oppose first strike
Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo,
the majority leader of the House,
spoke in a telephone interview
after some Senate Democrats
questioned the need for offensive
action right away.
WASHINGTON — The second-ranking Democrat in the House said yesterday he would oppose a resolution authorizing the early use of force to throw Iraq out of Kuwait.
The disclosure of Gephardt's
position was the first public opposition among party leaders in Congress to the use of force, and the only instance of solutions is expected to on sale soon.
"The question is not whether military action is justified; it is," said Sen. Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which began several days ago to investigate whether the question is whether military action is wise at this time and in our own national interest."
Area residents huddle together at the site of Elkins Prairie during a candlelight vigil. They protested last week's destruction of the prairie.
People lament loss of Elkins Prairie
Kansan staff writer
By Elicia Hill
The land tract was one of the largest remaining virgin prairies in the world.
Sixty-eight people huddled together in the cold air last night and conducted a candlelight vigil at the Holocaust raiire, which was plowed last week.
Neither the owners of the land nor police attended the vigil.
The "prairie as it was is gone," said Kelly Kindscher, Lawrence graduate student. "But the worst thing that can happen now is that
people will forget what happened here."
Elkins Prairie, situated in the northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Highway 40 and County Road 13, was the home of two environmentally protected species, Meads milkweed and the western prairie fringed orchid. Although the species are on the Environmental Protection Agency's threatened and endangered species list, the land was exempt from federal jurisdiction because it is private property.
Jack and Terrell Graham, who own the 80-acre tract, had the land plowed last week after negotiations fell through. Mr. Lambert, which had considered buying the land
The Grahams could not be reached
for comment yesterday.
Yohanna Shrader-Storm of Lawrence told the group at the vigil that community awareness needed to be raised to prevent the loss of other environmentally precious lands in Douglas County.
"I will not trust any government official ever again on environmental issues because the county promised us that Elkings would be protected and look what happened," she said. "We need to take action because I don't have to be here a year from now holding a funeral for the Baker Welllands."
Richard Lee. of Lawrence, said the loss of the prairie was symbolic of a general lack of environmental concern.
"We're really destroying ourselves," he said. "There have been lots of environmental buzz words, but it's phony. Until this is part of man's consciousness, destroying the earth will not change."
Stan Herd, a Lawrence artist, said the destruction of the prairie had received national attention.
The New York Times printed a story about the prairie Friday, and yesterday several people attending a rally did they were called by Newsweek.
Coach Mason strives for pride, respect
"I'm glad to see the national attention because it shows the community that this land was not just a little patch of weeds," Herd said.
Players appreciate his stern attitude and its effect on the team's performance
Bv Rob Wheat
After an early Friday practice in Fall 187, Kent State coach Glen Mason decided to take a walk through the Kansas camus.
Kansan sportswriter
He introduced himself as the coach of the Golden Flashes, the team the Jayhawks would play the next day, and almost all the students started
"They said. 'You'll kill our guys,
Months later Mason returned to Lawrence, this time as the new coach of the jayhawks, and from that point he wanted the football jokes to stop.
they stink." Mason recalled. "Wait a minute, I thought I'm from Kent State, not Penn State. They said it didn't matter."
"After that, I said it's not a laughing matter anymore," Mason said. "We're going to take pride in this
He has guided the Jayhawks to their strongest Big Eight Conference finish in six years. He has improved his defense against the nation three years ago, to $3rd,
Now Mason has finished his third season at Kansas, and his tough, blue-collar approach to coaching has more people taking Kansas football
program, and it's going to be a nonnonsense approach."
But Mason said he not satisfied with the improvements yet. He was disappointed that it took an Iowa State loss to give the tie for a victory. PERSONS
and a defense ranked 104th to 88th nationally.
"We got fourth place kind of through the back door," Mason said. "We're making progress, and I still
See MASON, p. 11
Thatcher's heir chosen by party
The Associated Press
LONDON - John Major, endorsed by Margaret Thatcher as the politician closest to her heart, was elected by the Conservative Party yesterday and will succeed her as prime minister.
Major, 47, tell two votes short of winning a majority in voting among the 372 Conservative Party members of Parliament, but his two opponents quickly conceded defeat, and the party confirmed Major as the win.
Thatatcher intended to submit her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II today, and Major then would be called to lead the government.
Major, the chancellor of the exchequer, emerged from his official residence at 11 Downing St last night and held hands with his wife, Norma Merton.
Inside, Thatcher, who came next door from the prime minister's residence, embraced Major.
"I am thrilled and delighted that John Major is to succeed me." Thatcher said in a statement released by aides.
Major said, "It is a very exciting thing to become leader of the Conservative Party, and particularly exciting. I think, to follow one of the most remarkable leaders the Conservative Party has ever had."
Major received 185 votes. Former Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine received 131 and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd had 56.
British Prime Minister-elect
John Major Age:47
Position: Chancellor of the exchequer (treasury secretary) since October 1989, former foreign secretary, elected to Parliament in 1979, former bank executive Education: High school dropout
Knight-Ridder Tribune Nev
source: Chicago Tribune, British Embassy. news reports, International Who's Who
Hurd and Heseline conceded within minutes, and party officials
The party had been torn by the sudden and unexpected leadership challenge by Hesilem, who last week stopped Thatcher short of victory in the first round of the leadership race.
Thatchner had not wanted to leave office, but she decided to resign last week after she was unable to put down Heseltine's challenge.
Architecture students propose Union design
By Mike Brassfield
The south entrance to the fourth floor of the Kansas Union should be closed, the north entrance expanded and the third-floor entrance made more accessible, a group of KU architecture students said yesterday
Kansan staff writer
Eighteen students presented their plans for Phase II of the Union renovation yesterday morning to meet with members at the Jawah-Room in the Union.
Jim Long, director of the Union, said the students' designs would be given to Gould Evans Architects, a Lawrence company that was hired Nov 8 to develop the final design for the $4.5 million renovation.
Student fees will pay for $4 million of the improvement, and the additional $500,000 will come from Union reserves.
Long said that the architecture students had developed their designs from the same general renovation plans that had been given to Gould Evans and that the company would take into consideration the students' ideas when developing the final design.
Representatives from Gould Evans were among the crowd of about 55 people that attended the presentation.
Phase II of the Union renovation will be a refurbishing and reorganization of the building's fourth floor, Long said. The final design will be completed in less than a year, and construction of the project is scheduled to begin in early 1992 and be completed in Fall 1993.
Gaylord Richardson, associate professor of architecture and urban design, said the students in his Architecture 300 class had worked all semester to develop the designs for Phase II.
Richardson said Long had requested that architecture students do research and develop design plans to save some money. Some student input on the renovation.
Jeff Kazmaier, Clinton, Mo.
senior, said the students wanted
to make changes to the Jayhawk Bou-
lieve entrances to the Union.
Space could be added to the fourth floor by closing off the south
See UNION, p. 10
Man trying to regain strength and memory after spending 20 days in coma
By Debbie Myers
Kansan staff writer
A little more than a month ago, Rodney Soldier was an active man who, after graduating from Haskell Indian Junior College in 1989, lived and worked in Lawrence.
Now he spends his days at the University of Kansas Medical Center relearning how to use a knife and fork, lifting weights to strengthen his legs and walking on a balance beam to
He had been planning to compete in a long-distance race.
Soldier was found bleeding through the ear from a fracture that covered his skull at 3:30.
a. m. Oct. 14 behind Strong Hall, according to police reports. His blood-alcohol content was above 0.10 percent, which is the legal limit for driving in Kansas.
Soldier was found 200 feet from a wall where his friends had seen him sleeping at 3:10 a.m.
After not being expected to live and then finally regaining consciousness Nov. 2, Soldier has been in the rehabilitation unit at the Med Center for three weeks, spending three to four hours a day in therapy to regain all the functions of his voice, hands and legs.
But Soldier also struggles to regain his memory.
"They were telling me in therapy that people who have injuries such as mine usually forget what happened," Soldier said. "They choose to forget because it's too dramatic of an event. It's not that I choose to forget, but I remember." Someday my memory will return.
His loss of memory has forced Soldier to formulate his own theories about how he was injured, one of which is that National Coming Out on Day, 07. 11 prompted someone to attack him in an area that is frequently by gays and lesbians. Soldier is gay, he said.
"Me and my friends talked about it, and we said maybe it was just some guys out looking
But Soldier said he refused to change his lifestyle.
for homosexuals to bash, and they found me by myself. And in the condition I was in, I was an easy target," Soldier said. "That's never happened to me before."
"Just because it happened to me for what am, it doesn't mean I have to stop being what am.," Soldier said. "It reinforces my pride what am, I and I will continue to be what am."
"To quit means that they won, that whatever they set out to do, they overcame me. And I won't let that happen because I'm still proud of what I am."
Soldier said he did not think he had fallen until police had presented that idea to him.
"I was convinced that somebody had gotten加当 of me and hit me in the head, and that's what I thought before I talked to the cops, and I thought maybe that's why they were talking to me, to try to find out who did it." Soldier said.
He said he did not believe he was attacked because he was an American Indian.
Lt. John Mullens of KU police said police encountered a man in the street who was Thanksgiving. The police are waiting for him.
See SOLDIER, p. 9