VOL.100,NO.133
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Oregon university names Ramaley as finalist for top job
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Judith Ramley,
KU executive vice chancellor,
was
named as
connie nlased
yesterday
for the pres-
idency of Port-
land St ate
University
The other finalist is Emita Hall, vice president for
advancement at Lehman College of the City University of New York.
If one of them is chosen for the post, she would be the first woman to head a state college or university in the Oregon system of higher educa-
The two were among three finalists identified by a search committee formed to find a successor for Natalie
Sicuro, who resigned in October 1988 after an investigation into his personal expenses and management style.
The third finalist, who has not been identified, withdrew from consideration.
Ramaley has been executive director of the University of Kansas since 1987. She earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from Swarthmore College in 1963 and a doctorate in anatomy from UCLA in 1966. She conducted postdoctoral work in neurophysiology and immunochemistry at Indiana University.
Ramaley will be interviewed Sunday by the State Board of Higher Education in an executive session. Hill will be interviewed Friday. Both interviews will be conducted on the Portland State campus.
From 1982 to 1987, Ramaley was vice president for academic affairs, acting president and executive vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York in Albany. From 1980 to 1982 she served as assistant vice president for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. And from 1978 to 1984 she was for research and development at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Ramaley would not comment on being named as a finalist.
After Sunday's interview, the board is expected to decide whether to authorize contract negotiations with one of the candidates. University presidents in Oregon earn $105,000 a year plus $13,000 for incident expenses.
Ramaley's salary this year at KU
is 800 692
Soviet sanctions cause concern in Lithuania
Kansas reporter Pam Solner contributed information to this story.
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — The Soviet government said yesterday that it was tightening the tap on Lithuania's natural gas supply and may cut oil and gasoline to the republic for its refusal to rescind pro-independence laws. Lithuaniaian leaders said
There was no immediate noticeable change in the amount of natural gas used to heat homes and fuel kitchens in Lithuania. But word that supplies were being cut caused concern among Lithuanians, who flooded the Lithuanian government with phone calls.
Officials in Lithuania said they were told of the reduction in a telegram from the Soviet Union's gas network. There was no official announcement from Moscow.
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Friday gave Lithuania 48 hours to repeal several laws backing its March 11 declaration of independence. He said if Lithuania refused, the Kremlin would impose an embargo.
Lithuania is dependent on the Kremlin for such crucial supplies as oil, gas, machinery, raw materials, chemicals and automobiles.
A telegram sent to Lithuania's gas authority yesterday stated, "Implementing the orders of the government of the Soviet Union and those of the state gas concerning . . . supplies of natural gas to the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic will be sharply reduced from the 17th of April."
Opening a discussion about the ultimatum, Lithuanian President Vytaus Landsbergis called the republic's decisions irreversible, the Tass news agency said.
reresa Judiendie, a secretary for Premier Kazimiera Prunkeina, said in a telephone interview that the Lithuanian government had received no official notification about a cut in natural gas, leaving officials wondering if the message was just another effort to put pressure on the Baltic republic.
But it apparently was having an
Bush takes wait-and-see stance on question of U.S. response
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush yesterday warned of appropriate responses in retaliation for Moscow's announced cuts in fuel supplies to Lithuania, but he also said he did not want to damage superpower relations.
"I want to be sure anything we do is productive," Bush said. "There's been dramatic change in the world, and I don't want to indefinitely take some action that would set it back."
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, and Minority Leader Bole Dole, R-Kan., were invited to the White House to meet with Bush about increased tensions in Lihua.
Lawmakers have warned that Congress might act on its own with economic pressure against Moscow if the Soviets escalate efforts to block Lithuania's drive for independence.
Bush took a two-pronged approach of warning and conciliation as the administration waited to see if Moscow carried out threats of economic sanctions against the breakaway Baltic republic.
Soviet officials said they had ordered drastic cuts in natural gas supplies to Lithuania yesterday, followed by cuts in oil and gasoline
today. Yet, U.S. officials said they could not confirm any slowdown in fuel supplies.
"Clearly these announcements are contrary to the approach that we have urged and that others have urged upon the Soviet Union," Bunh said. "We are considering appropriate responses if these threats are implemented."
Responding to the latest news, Bush said the United States was monitoring developments "very, very closely, and we are waiting to see if the Soviet announcements are implemented."
He refused to elaborate, saying, "I would simply repeat that what we need is dialogue, discussion and a peaceful resolution of this great difficulty there."
effect on Lithuanian consumers. After the announcement in the legislature, Juodenienie said the premier's office received many telephone calls from upset citizens.
Bush made his comments during a picture-taking session in the Oval Office with visiting President Rafael L. Callejas of Honduras. Separately, the White House released the transcript of an interview conducted Monday with foreign journalists.
Lithuanian residents had been forming long lines at gasoline stations in recent days to fill up for what they feared might be the last time.
On Lithuania, Bush said in the interview that any U.S. reaction to Soviet economic pressures against the Baltic republic should be productive and should not risk a setback in reforms championed by Gorbachev.
Judiendiele said the government also had received a warning from the
Druzbba, or Friendship, enterprise that supplies oil to Lithuania, saying deliveries of oil and gasoline would be curtailed beginning today.
Tass quoted Landsbergis as saying that an embargo on Lithuania would result in economic losses for Soviet republics.
Monday evening, Prunskiene replied to Gorbachev's ultimatum by requesting a meeting with him.
Candlelight vigil
Liz Tolbert speaks to gay rights supporters at a candlelight vigil in front of City Hall.
Vigil takes place at City Hall
By Carol B.. Shiney Kensee staff writer
Flickering candles formed a halo of light around Warren Hauk's face as he talked about past experiences with Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week.
"Last year was the first time that I participated in SALA."
Hauk was one of about 40 people who met last night outside City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets, at a candlelight vigil for Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week, sponsored by Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas.
See GALA, p. 6
Jeans Day personalizes students' homophobia
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansan staff writer
When Michael Diggs was a freshman at KU, Wear Blue Jeans If You're Gay Day offended him.
"I went out of my way to wear shorts," said Diggs, Wichita senior. "It was unseasonable weather for shorts."
Today, Diggs has purged himself of those homophobic feelings. He said he would feel comfortable wearing jeans on that day.
One of the things that I thought about when I thought about how foolish it was to treat people poorly because of their sexual orientation was Wear Blue Jeans If You're Gav Day," he said.
Today is Wear Blue Jeans If You're Gay Dav
See JEANS, p. 6
Board tables Senate election complaints to get legal advice
Student Senate Elections
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The Elections Review Board said last night that it would seek legal advice before making decisions on complaints about last week's Student Senate election.
By Matt Taylor Kansan staff writer
Jo Hardesty, board chairman, said the board would seek legal opinions from the University's general
Both coalitions allegedly violated campus and city rules that prohibit drawing campaign messages on sidewalks and placing campaign fliers on off-camp vehicles.
counsel before rendering decisions on alleged campaign violations against the YOU and Fast Break coalitions. No charges have been filed.
Pat Warren, Fast Break vice president candidate, said the board did not have jurisdiction to determine the legality of off-campus activities.
Several complaints, including one by Todd Boerger, Real Representation presidential candidate, were filed against the coalitions for marking sidewalks too close to polling places and without proper endorsements.
Boerger cited sections from Senate's rules that prohibit bribes or fraud in elections. He said he did not file the complaints because of personal grudges.
"I did not file because of politics," said Boerger, who finished third in the election. "I filed because coalitions broke city ordinances."
But the coalition leaders said they did not break any rules.
Mike Schreiner, president-elect from the YOU coalition, said his coalition received permission from the KU. police before drawing and
endorsing campaign messages on the sidewalks Thursday morning. The department reportedly told the coalition that sidewalk drawings were legal as long as they were not permanent or vulgar.
Schreiner claimed that anyone could have written the messages, but he was not.
"How can you prevent someone from writing 'YOU' on the sidewalk?" he asked the board.
The board spent most of the meeting looking through Senate's Rules
The YOU coalition made an honest attempt to obtain proper authorization, said Cotter Brown, board member.
The board scheduled its next meeting for 7 p.m. Monday.
"We'll take the opinion in stride and render a decision," said Tom Poor, vice chairman of Senate's Election Committee.
Both coaltions said they were not notified about the complaints against them before the meeting and that a better forum was needed.
"Not allowing anyone to say anything in defense makes the com-
and Regulations for guidance but concluded that it should table the matter until legal advice could be sought.
The board also decided not to recount the ballots to the presidential/vice presidential race.
plains the truth," said Greg Hughes, presidential candidate for Fast Break.
"I don't think there was enough error," Poer said.
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The board said it would contact Ardra Tippet, who submitted a written complaint about results in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences race. Poer said the board would recount that race if Tippett approved the suggestion to recount.
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