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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103.NO.56
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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It wasn't a victory
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Kansas' defensive back Tony Blevins and defensive end Guy Howard just miss Nebraska's running back Calvin Jones. Despite a 21-20 loss Saturday, the margin of defeat was the closest between the two rivals since 1973.
But who would have thought the possibility was within Kansas' grasp?
Nebraska's winning streak against Kansas is still alive. Barely.
The Jayhawks could not score on a two-point conversion with 52 seconds remaining in the game and fell to the Huskers 21-20 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas has lost 25 consecutive games to Nebraska. Saturday's margin of defeat was the closest in the 100-game series since 1973, when Kansas lost 10-9 in Lincoln. Neb.
In 1968, Kansas last defeated Nebraska 23-13 in Lincoln.
The close game was no consolation to Coach Glen Mason, who was clearly heartbroken after the game.
"Be proud of the effort,but don't
accept playing them close," Mason said. "This is the mostlopsided series probably in the history of college football. All I know is I'd been outscored 263-63 going into this game."
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NAFTA debate on jobs is overblown, economists say
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Ross Perot predicts a "giant sucking sound" will put 5.9 million American jobs at risk. Bill Clinton says free trade with Mexico will create 200,00 new jobs by 1995.
As the battle over the North American Free Trade Agreement nears its climax, no issue has been more hotly contested than whether jobs will be gained or lost. It will be at the center of tomorrow night's televised debate between Perot and Vice President Al Gore.
The trouble, in the view of many economists who have studied the
agreement, is that both sides are overstating N A F T A 's impact.
They view Perot's claim of 5.9 million jobs "at risk" as absurd on its face. The United States would have to run a $100 billion trade deficit with Mexico — equal to its total deficit with the world this year
— to produce a loss of even 2 million jobs, they contend.
NAFTA DEBATE:
Vice President Al Gore and NAFTA foe Ross Perot are to debate the trade agreement at 8 p.m. tomorrow on "Larry King Live," channel 21 (CNN).
LABOR CRITICIZED:
President Clinton yesterday denounced organized labor for its tactics to underline passage of NAFTA.
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While the administration is much more modest in its claim that 200,000 new jobs will be created by 1995 from NAFTA, economists say that figure is also being fudged.
They say the administration in its calculations is only totaling up the jobs gained from increased U.S. exports to Mexico while not taking into account any jobs lost from increased Mexican imports into this country.
So what is the right number?
Most analysts say the operative answer is "small."
Some say the United States would gain jobs from the pact because the phase-out of Mexican tariffs — $2\frac{1}{2}$ times as high as U.S. tariffs—and the removal of other barriers would allow U.S. companies to sell more in Mexico.
One of the most often cited studies in this camp was done by Gary Huffbauer and Jeffrey Schott, two economists at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington think tank.
Using 1990 as a base year, Hufbauer and Schott forecast that NAFTA and other trade liberalization measures already undertaken by Mexico will increase U.S. exports enough to create 316,000 new U.S. jobs by 1995. At the same time, 145,000 U.S. jobs will be lost as a result of rising Mexican imports — a net gain of 171,000 jobs.
They arrive at that conclusion by tracking the United States' trade balance with Mexico and using the government's estimate that each $1 billion gain in U.S. export sales supports 19,600 jobs.
NAFTA opponents say that by this reasoning, Mexico's trade liberalization has already provided America with 148,000 of the jobs forecast by Hufbauer and Schott, leaving only 23,000 that could be credited to NAFTA.
While outnumbered by the studies forecasting positive results, there are economic studies that show the United States will lose more jobs than it gains under NAFTA.
The pessimists generally base their forecasts on expectations of a greatly increased flow of U.S. investment dollars into Mexico to build new factories, capital they believe will come at the expense of American workers — Perot's giant sucking sound.
The Economic Strategy Institute put net job losses between 32,000 and 220,000 over the next decade, based on an assumption that foreign investment in Mexico would increase by $63 billion during this period, much of it coming from the United States.
The ESI study, however, illustrates the difficulty of using economic models, no matter how complex, to predict the real world.
ESI President Clyde Prestowitz, a former top trade official in the Reagan administration, came out in support of NAFTA last month and said his think tank's earlier forecast was too pessimistic.
Prestowitz said that after talking with many manufacturers, he came to believe that more American companies will shut down their Mexican facilities and move those jobs back to the United States because of the reduced tariff barriers.
Whether economists are predicting net job losses or net job gains, there is general agreement on one point — NAFTA will not have much impact on an American labor market of 128 million people.
Chancellor's guest house home to many over years
Kansan staff writer
By David Stewart
Kenyon staff writer
Even without room service or valet parking, the chancellor's guest house has lodged many of the University's notable guests for 30 years.
; A two-story stone structure just north of the chancellor's Lilac Lane residence, the guest house has served as a temporary residence for guests of the University since at least the mid-1960s, said James Scally, assistant to the chancellor.
Elizabeth Watkins gave the house to the University in 1939 as part of her estate, Sally said. The upstairs five-room apartment, including two small bedrooms, a living room and walk-in kitchen, now is used
only to lodge University guests, Scally said.
"Any unit in the University can reserve the guest house, not just the chancellor," Scully said. "Any academic or research unit or administrative office would get first priority. Second priority would be any registered student organization, but very few student groups would bring in outside speakers."
For visiting performers and entertainers, the guest house provides a no-cost, convenient location on campus, said Sue Morrell, director of the Student Union Programs. She said she estimated that SUA reserved the house about five times a year.
dential aide David Gergen.
Scally said two married graduate students cleaned the guest house in exchange for a rent-free apartment on the first floor, free tuition and a stipend. When available, students can apply for the guest house fellowship through the graduate school.
Past guests in the house include comic Adam Sandler, associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and presi-
As a graduate student living in the guest house from 1983 to 1987, Tom Berger, associate director of the office of affirmative action, said he met many of the guests, including politicians, artists and lecturers.
Berger said one drawback of living in the guest house was increased security required for some guests. When Jihan Sadat, wife of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, was a guest, the security was especially rigid.
"Every time she left the building, it had to be searched before they let her back in," Berger said. "It's hard at times to have security go through your place when your studying for a final or trying to write a paper."
Frank Doden, Lawrence graduate student, said he had lived in the house since 1988 with his wife Lori Askeland, Lawrence graduate student. As part of the housing arrangement, Doden and Askeland make breakfasts for the visiting tenants. Doden said.
"Sometimes, the guests want to join us for breakfast on the first-floor, but most eat it alone," Doden said. "But all in all, they keep to themselves. We just don't see them that much."
William Alix / KANSAN
This small stone house, just north of the chancellor's residence, has been housing University guests for more than 30 years. The five-room apartment was originally used as organized servants' quarters.
A regional conference of the National Society of Black Engineers brought 300 students to the University of Kansas this weekend.
Engineering a future
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Council wants rules for advertising on campus
Officials say the guidelines aim to prevent ads deemed inappropriate for a college campus. The policy would include commercial ads posted in classrooms and hallways.
By Brian James
Kansan staff writer
KU officials want to make sure that the University's name and reputation are not harmed by "inappropriate" commercial messages on campus.
The guidelines were developed in response to companies' growing interest in advertising on campus, said T.P. Srinivasan, professor of mathematics and head of SenEx.
So members of the University Senate Executive Committee have proposed guidelines to regulate the kinds of advertisements that appear on campus and in University publications.
"Communication and corporate sponsorship have been a way of life on this campus," he said. "This policy is not meant to restrict sponsorship but to have the advertisers work within the framework of the University's mission.
"What we are trying to do is set down guidelines with which we can define the kinds of ads that appear on campus. We want to make sure there are no explicit or implicit endorsements by the University in those ads."
The proposal was distributed Thursday to SenEx members. The guidelines will be reviewed by SenEx and members will make final recommendations, he said.
Under the guidelines, ads that a University group deems questionable or inappropriate would be submitted to a Standards Review Council, made up of members of 10 KU groups, including faculty, administration and Student Senate.
The council then would review any questionable ads and decide whether the ads were appropriate to appear on campus or in a publication owned or associated with the University.
The guidelines suggested include:
- Restricting commercialism or advertising "which is inconsistent with the mission of the University."
- Restricting all commercial signs and banners to inside the buildings used for University-sponsored events.
- Prohibiting commercial sponsorship or advertising that conveys a University endorsement of a service or a product.
Carefully reviewing commercial sponsorship
or advertising by any campus organization or unit of the University that encourages "the use or consumption of alcohol, cereal malt beverages, tobacco or firearms."
Banning advertisements that are discriminatory of any person or group based on race, gender, sexual orientation, age, color, creed, religion, nationality or disability.
Restricting the use of bulletin boards in campus classrooms to instructional information, as defined by instructors.
Srinivasan said that under the guidelines, any company interested in advertising on campus would have to check with the standards council as well as the University Events Committee. He said that any unapproved commercial ads appearing in hallways and classrooms could be taken down.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, said the guidelines were important in maintaining "a certain campus environment."
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"If a major commercial sign goes up outside of Allen Field House, for example, it is important that we ask questions about that sign's appropriateness," he said.