Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, May 1, 1990
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KU urges change in military policy
Ramaley report says ban on homosexuals should be reversed
By Pam Solliner
Kansan staff writer
KU is expected to urge two national associations to ask the Department of Defense to reconsider its membership policies concerning sexual orientation, Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said yesterday.
"I think that's the most responsible action for the University to take because it goes to the source," Ramaley said.
She presented a report to the Senate Executive Committee, comparing the ROTC and University Police forces in sexual orientation in KU programs.
Ramaley led Chancellor Gene A. Budig would join administrators from other member universities in asking the Association of American Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant College to take on positions on the committee to Pensacola, Florida, reconsider its exclusion of homosexuals in the armed forces and other programs.
She said a stance from the two associations would provide a powerful statement.
Members of University Council requested the policy clarification in
response to recent national attention to two cadets who were disenrolled from university ROTC programs.
In the report, Ramaley discussed the policy stating that homosexuality is incompatible with military service. But she said the University's ROTC program abided by the campus equal opportunity statement. It gives students the right to take military science courses without fear of denial based on the grounds of sexual orientation.
'Homosexual acts are against the laws of God and man.'
—Clay Belcher, SenEx member
Clay Belcher, SenEx member, expressed his opposition to Ramale's position.
"Homosexual acts are against the laws of God and man," he said.
Belcher said that ROTC and the Pentagon should continue to exclude homosexuals from its programs and that the University should not make any new policy or reinterpret their policies to counter this.
Lorraine Moore, SenEx member, said, "Dr. Ramaley's position is in line with the University, and I, at least, support it."
SenEx voted to forward the report to University Council, which is scheduled to meet Thursday.
Keith Thorpe/KANSAN
Pots to go
Mike Gabriel, Chico, Calif., graduate student, throws a pot during "Gabe's" Pottery Show in the Kansas University Art Gallery. Gabriel
said that it took about 15 minutes to throw an average pot but that it took several days to complete the process.
First measles case becomes mere blemish on KU reports
The first suspected case of measles reported April 8 in Douglas County was not measles after all, a KU health official said yesterday.
Bv a Kansan reporter
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said blood test results received yesterday confirmed that the first case believed to be measles actually was another rash illness.
I am very pleased, but I am not surprised about the test results." Yockey said. "This one truly was only a suspected case. I expect the other two we treated here to come back with different results."
Yockey said Watkins still had not treated other suspected cases of measles since the last case was reported the week of April 9.
"We hope we have seen the last of the messes cases this year," he said.
Controversial Black leader to speak at KU
"We are still not out of the clear, but this is a verv good sign."
Ioney said he expected later this week to hear the results of the other two cases reported at Watkins.
Douglas County has tallied nine suspected cases of measles since April 9. Of the nine cases, three involve KU students, four involve infants and two involve Lawrence adults.
B Barbara Schnitker, director of nurses at the Douglas County Health Department, said none of the blood results from the other cases reported in Douglas County had been received.
"We haven't had any cases reported here for the last week or so." Schnitker said yesterday. "We expect to get the results from some of the other suspected cases very soon."
By Jonathan Plummer Kenson staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A controversial Black activist is scheduled to speak on campus today, but a member of the group sponsor should not students should not be concerned.
Sponored by Black Men of Today,
Steve Cokely is scheduled to speak at
1 p.m. today in front of Wescoe Hall.
Cokely was fired May 5, 1988, from his position as a Chicago mayor's side after the Chicago Tribun reported that he had-made state laws, such as "dewis physician have subjected Blacks will the AIDS virus."
Daveen Lifin, KU Hillel director, said she knew of Cokely only from newspaper articles.
"From what I understand," Lilwin said, "they are bringing him here as a motivator of Black pride and Black activism." He's not Semitic statements, which as far as I am
know have not been retracted, are of concern to us.
"I think it is important that we support Black unity and Black pride, but we are concerned that, even out in the very painful and hateful statements."
Mark McCormick of Black Men of Today said, "If we really thought that he was anti-Semitic, we would not bring him."
In a telephone interview yesterday, Cokely said that his comments in the Tribute were taken out of context. He said he made the comments while reading aloud the text of a student editorial that had misquoted him.
"I read the article in full," Cokely said, "including the two names of the authors and the three quotes attributed to me. The article said that 'He was a black man who injected Blacks with the AIDS virus.' I was teaching the audience how
white students react to a strong Black speaker."
He said he told the audience that he had seen television and newspaper reports of South African and Israeli doctors who had infected African children with the disease in order to test a vaccine.
Cokely said that eight months later, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nal B'rith, a U.S. Jewish service organization founded to combat anti-semitism, presented a transcript and tape of the speech to the Chicago police but edited out portions that attributed the statements $\emptyset$ the newspaper.
He said the league brought the tapes to the mayor's attention after other attempts to discredit him had failed. He said they had checked earlier to learn whether he had a police record and whether he had made an inordinate amount of money.
"It didn't start with the tapes; it ended with the tapes," he said.
Cokely said the league was not acting in the best interest of Jews.
"The Anti-Defamation League, which is a white hate organization, is stirring up racial hatred in the country," said the seriously hurting all Jewish people.
Cokely said that because of greed and bigotry, he did not rule out the possibility of doctors doing such things somewhere.
"Do I think that they could?" he said. "Damn right."
Cokely said that whether he made the statements, the accusation acted as a conviction in many people's minds.
McCormick agreed and said that repetition of the statements attributed to Cokely was due to the lack of information and minority reporters in newsrooms.
All-nighters could get students a hospital room instead of an A
Kansan staff writer
By Steve Bailey
Kansas staff writer
Charles Vockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said sleep deprivation and large
But lack of sleep and large amounts of caffeine can do extreme damage to the body during a time of stress. To avoid good shape, health advises adults.
With finals starting next week, many KU students will spend excessive hours finishing projects and studying for exams.
"Staying up all night a couple of times in a row could cause the body to break down and cause grand mal, epileptic-type seizures or very accelerated heart rates," he said. "We have seen some students who overdose on caffeine and come in with heart rates of between 160 and 180. That is very uncomfortable for the student."
amounts of caffeine could have devastating acute and long-term effects on the body.
Yockey said the immune system
Yockey said there was no substitute for adequate daily sleep when triving to stay healthy.
to bring to my memory. 'No one can get by with less than four hours of sleep a night for a very
also tended to break down during periods of exhaustion, making the risk of catching bronchitis, mononucleosis or strep throat much greater.
"It is always sad when we see students who are so sick that they cannot go and take the test they must up three night studying for," he said.
Linda Keeler, coordinator of the Mental Health Clinic at Watkins, said depression also could be a problem during this time period.
Keeler said that exams usually were not the direct cause of depression but that stress-related problems because of anxiety about exams could contribute to feelings of depression.
long period of time," he said. "It becomes a potential problem when it starts to build up night after night."
While studying for finals, health officials recommend that students take these measures to decrease the risk of becoming ill:
- Get an adequate amount of sleep each night. At least eight hours is recommended.
Do some sort of aerobic exercise on a daily basis. Exercise is a stimulant and helps the body relax and stay fit.
Eat three moderate-size meals
a day instead of eating only one enormous meal. Starving the body most of the day and then eating a large meal upsets the body's energy levels.
- Keep caffeine intake to a minimum. Small amounts of caffeine do not harm the body, but larger amounts can cause periods of insomnia or an accelerated heart rate.
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