THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.100,NO.135
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1990
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Tuition may jump in'91 Six percent addition would match inflation
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
EMPORIA — The Board of Regents yesterday discussed doubling a proposed resident tuition increase for Fall 1991.
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At a previous meeting, the Regents had discussed a 3 percent tuition increase for resident students in Fall 1991. A 10 percent increase for non-residents was proposed for the same semester. But yesterday, Regent Charles Hostetler urged that resident tuition be increased by 6 percent, the estimated rate of inflation.
"To have increases that are half the inflation rate — we're kidding ourselves," he said.
Resident tuition is $613. A 3 percent increase would raise it $18 to $631.
and a 6 percent increase would raise it $36.78 to $494.78.
Non-resident tuition is $2,175. A 10 percent increase in non-resident tuition would increase it $218 to $2,993.
But regent Robert Creighton said the 3 percent/10 percent combination would match the inflation rate.
"Even though individual students from Kansas only pay 3 percent more, the system will receive 6 percent." he said.
Creighton said that past tuition increases had helped finance the Margin of Excellence and that students asked for a tuition freeze when the third year was not financed by the state.
"I feel 3 percent is leveling it out and responding to student concerns."
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said a "gentlemen's agreement" had been reached between students and the Regents that the money from increased tuition would be used to finance the Margin.
he said.
"With the breaking down of that agreement students feel one end of that bargain has not been upheld," he said.
Kopikl said the 3 percent increase represented a compromise. But Regent Rick Harmon said it was not enough.
"I know it is a little painful, but what you pay for for you appreciate more," he said.
Mike Schreiner, student body pres
ident, said Student Senate passed a resolution calling for a freeze of tuition increases, and would continue to oppose increases.
"Eventually you come to a point where you limit the ability of some students to afford education," he said. "We just have to ask them, 'When are you going to stop?' "
The Regents also expressed concern about the high failure rate of self-taught remedial math courses at the University of Kansas.
A study prepared for the Regents showed high drop out and failure rates in the courses.
"It itse to me that this is an unmitigated disaster," Harmon said. But Del Brinkman, KU vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the problem did not lie entirely with the way the courses were taught.
See REGENTS, p. 10
Nicaragua Accords pave way for peace
The Associated Press
Sandinistas, contras agree on truce terms
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nine years of civil war that took 30,000 lives appeared near an end yesterday when contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and the incoming government agreed to a truce and a deadline for the rebels to disarm.
"With this accord we conclude the peace process that started with the elections," said Antonio Lacayo, senior negotiator for President-elect Violeta de Chamorro.
However, President Daniel Ortega said late yesterday that the war was not over as long as the accords went unfulfilled.
Chamorro
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Chamorro's United National Opposition alliance gained the most from the agreement — the opportunity to start its government in peace, instead of in the middle of civil war.
"Where we can give up the use of gas, gasoline, any heating or lighting, let us do this, and then we will be able to survive longer and, maybe, we will not be intimidated by these sanctions," government spokesman Ceslovas Jursenas said on Lithuanian radio.
The withdrawal of Sandinista military forces at least 12 miles from the borders of five security zones, to be completed by Saturday.
After nine years of civil war that cost 30,000 lives in a nation of 3 million people, each side was suspicious of the other's motives, and neither wanted to be the first to put down its weapons.
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev started his most drastic attempt to force Lithuania to retreat from its March 11 declaration of independence late Wednesday when a pipeline to Lithuania's only oil refinery was shut off.
An addendum provided that the contras would begin turning in their weapons Wednesday after Chamorro took office. The contra fighting force is scheduled to be disbanded by June 10.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Leonas Asmantas ordered immediate gasoline rationing of 30 liters-per
About 9,000 contra fighters are in Nicaragua.
Missions from the United Nations and the Organization of American States, as well as Roman Catholic Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, were put in charge of supervising the cease-fire and demobilization.
The immediate contra fighters within the zones.
The army is controlled by the Sandinista party, and the contras insisted that they would not disarm until they were sure Chamorro had full control of the government and made it safe for them to return home.
Lithuania, forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, is entirely dependent upon Moscow for foreign aid, so it receives at below-market prices.
Kremlin cuts supply of gas
Chamorro's United National Opposition alliance gained the most from the agreement — the opportunity to negotiate an agreement instead of in the middle of civil war.
According to the parliament's press office, the independence-minded republic promptly ordered that the first to lose their energy supplies would be Soviet military bases and factories run by Moscow.
Under a protocol with Chamorro's coalition, the Sandinistas agreed to depoliticize the army and reduce its size. In exchange, the incoming government promised to respect the integrity and professionalism of the army.
VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. — The Kremlin tightened its economic squeeze yesterday on Lithuania by shutting off more than 80 percent of the Baltic republic's gas supply after a complete cutoff of oil the previous night.
Lithuania
Cindy Hutheufer (left) consoles her daughter, Kim Hutheufer-Busch, Tucson, Ariz., senior, after the 800-meter run of the women's heptathlon competition. Hutheufer-Busch re-injured her calf during the long jump competition and was able only to jog the 800-meter distance. She was 13 points behind the leader after the first day of competition but finished third.
The Associated Press
Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Vadim Perifiliev told reporters yesterday that Moscow might have some other restrictions to impose on Lithuania. But he refused to elaborate.
Dashed Relays hopes
Earth Day events around Lawrence
7 a.m. — The KU Criterium bicycle race, sponsored by the KU Cycling Club, will be on Tennessee, Seventh, Kentucky and Ninth streets. The race is a lap race beginning and ending at the Lawrence Municipal Pool, Eighth and Kentucky streets.
Earth Day special p.11
Noon to 5 p.m. — An Earth Day festival will be at South Park. The festival will include educational booths, workshops, live music, local artists and craftsmans, food vendors, children's learning activities and a poster contest. Rainout date is April 29.
1 p.m. - A parade will start at Buford J. Watson Park and end at South Park.
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.The KU museums will feature activities related to nature This is an annual celebration of the museums' contributions to communities and their role in preserving natural and cultural heritage. Activities will be at the Museum of Natural History, Spencer Museum of Art, the Museum of Anthropology and the Wilcox Classical Museum.
One out of four students cheats, KU study shows
Special to the Kansan
By Jill Harrington Special to the Kansan
One of four KU students surveyed admitted to academic misconduct in a study done at the University of Kansas in Spring 1989, said Danny Kaiser, assistant dean of student life.
General results from the study have been presented at national conferences, but details will not be available until the final study report is reviewed by David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said Jim Lichtenberg, chairman of the student affairs research committee, which conducted the study.
Kaiser said results of the study would not be released before the end of the semester.
The proportion was not too unusual at the university level, he said.
"In what I've read, I've seen very comparable figures and actually figures that are much higher." Kaiser said. "It also differs depending on how the study was done."
The Journal of College Student Development reported in September that between 40 and 90 percent of all college students throughout the United States cheated.
Although it is too soon to know how the results of the study could affect the KU campus, Lichtenberg said, he hoped they would help limit academic misconduct.
"My hope would be it will give the faculty more options in dealing with academic misconduct and help curb its occurrence by knowing what's on going." Lichtenberg said. "In the students' self-report
See STUDY, p. 10
Hostage will not be released
Bush says he won't deal with kidnappers
The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Pro-Iranian kidnappers said yesterday that they have postponed indefinitely the release of a U.S. hostage because the United States refused to send a senior State Department official to Syria.
The Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, in a lengthy statement, repeated its demand that John Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, fly to Damascus.
It also renewed threats to attack jetliners and airports used to transport thousands of Soviet Jewish emigrants to Israel.
In a communitie issued Wednesday, the group said Kelly should go to Damascus to coordinate some final steps to guarantee a successful release within 48 hours. They said a hostage would be freed within that time frame but did not say which one.
The White House refused to dispatch Kelly. Doing so would either have engaged the United States in negotiations over the hostages or given that appearance, a senior U.S. official explained Wednesday night.
President Bush said the United
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States had been disappointed before by dashed hopes for the release of U.S. hostages and repeated that he would not meet the demands of kidnappers.
"The United States does not knuckle under to demands," Bush said when asked why he did not
dispatch Kelly to Damascus.
However, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Edward Djerian, flew back to Damascus yesterday. He and Kelly had been at a diplomatic meeting in West Germany.
Dierjan held a series of meetings at Syria's Foreign Ministry.
Anniversary of Union fire evokes memories of troubled times
By Eric Gorski
Kansan staff writer
The fire started near the Pine Room and quickly spread to the roof.
Twenty years ago today, Frank Burge stood out of Kansas. Union and tried to stay out of the way of firefighters. He was watching
'Everybody was horrified. There was a lot of smoke, flames coming out of the ballroom roof, drapes burning.'
ing's upper south side.
Twenty years Burge stood outside the Kansas Union and tried to stay out of the way of firefighters. He was watching flames engulf his building.
Twenty years ago today, Frank
Burge, who was then director of the Union, was one of the first to arrive about 11 p.m. on April 20, 1970.
When he arrived, he saw a ball of fire shooting out of the roof, he said.
— William Batoum
Former vice-chancellor for student affairs
An explosion triggered the fire just before 11 p.m. that night. It caused an estimated $2 million in damage to a 40,000 square-foot area of the build-
Bill Rowlands, night manager of the Union at that time, said he heard a pop, ran upstairs to check it out and then evacuated the building because of heavy smoke.
Lawrence Fire Chief Fred Sanders said at the time, "In my opinion, it was set."
Responsibility for the fire never
was determined.
The Union fire was part of a year of tension and unrest at the University of Kansas. Protesters marched, and there were fire bombings and campus curfews. Sniper fire was heard on campus.
Scoffed on Maine Street at the time of the fire and could see the Union burn from her home.
Looking back, Dorothy Scott, office assistant in the department of biological sciences, said, "The whole city was tense. You could just feel it."
"I've never seen such big, black clouds of smoke and flames," she said. "You should have seen it. It would have hurt your eyes."
"Everybody was horrified," he said. "There was a lot of smoke, flames coming out of the ballroom roof, drapes burning."
The Union was closed for three days.
Burge spent much of the evening and the next morning notifying his staff and fielding questions from local and national media. A friend of his in Egypt heard about the fire when he was watching television while eating breakfast.
Twenty years later, Burge said he best remembered one detail about that night: several hundred students
William Balfour, who was vice chancellor for student affairs, went to the Union from his home after he heard sirens and saw the building burning from across campus.
helping in the firefighting effort.
Some of the students assisted firefighters by moving hoses through the building, Others risked their safety by re-entering the Union and carrying out paintings, art objects and furnishings worth at least $50,000.
Burge said he received a call days later from someone who had stored an oil painting in his apartment and wanted to return it. A grand piano was saved from the flames by students.
Kansan reporters Steve Buckner and Jonathan Plummer contributed information to this story.