THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.100, NO.126
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Ban lifted on parties in Nepal
The Associated Press
KATMANDU, nepal — King Birendra yesterday announced the establishment of a multiparty system and the lifting of a 39-year-old ban on political action after the first day in Nepal's modern history.
The announcement was carried on state-run television and preceeded by several hours of talks between opposition leaders and the Harvard University-educated monarch.
SCAD criticizes forum, report
The decision came after talks between the new Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, a relative moderate, and opposition leaders Saturday and yesterday.
"We talked with the king for an hour at the royal palace and the talks were very, very cordial," said Kirshna Prasad Bhatrai, a Nepali Congress Party, which had been banned for the past 29 years.
The kingdom's only experiment with Western-style democracy lasted less than two years and was halted in 1961 when Birendra's father, King Mahendra, dismissed the Nepali Congress government, accusing it of corruption and inefficiency.
By Carol B. Shiney Kansas staff writer
A report released Friday from the Minority Issues Task Force had some Students Concerned About Discrimination members concerned.
"It was just a list of events," said Jon Ramirez, SCAD member.
The report summarized activities in areas including campus climate, student recruitment and retention, student engagement and retention and special projects.
On Friday, Skip Turner, director of the Office of Affirmative Action, discussed the 24-page report summarizing preliminary highlights of activities since the task force visited the University About 50 people attended the forum at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
Ramirez said he was disappointed with the forum because, the introduction was too long and only one question was answered.
Four SCAD members attended the forum Friday. No other student groups were represented because of conflicting scheduled activities.
The SCAD members reported on the forum and the report at a SCAD meeting yesterday at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, 1631 Crescent Road. In February, SCAD sent a letter to Judith Ramalay, executive director of the NC State University officials concerning the unappealing campus climate for minorities.
he was disappointed with the forum and the report.
Guv Krause. SCAD member, said
"There's a lot of good things here that they've listed." Krause said. "But I'm not sure that they are a result of anything that the administration has done or any kind of a response to the original report."
As an example, Krause pointed out an item in the report that stated, "Alpha Tau Omega fraternity agreed to remove the song 'In the Evening' by a group of students who considered racist by members of the Black Student Union."
Planned activities include a diversity program for Summer and Fall 1990, new student orientation and increased minority access to the
At the forum, Turner said, "As we study this report in detail, you're going to find that I missed a whole lot of things, but it's fascinating to see all the things that are going on. It's more fascinating to see the kinds of things that are proposed."
Past activities listed in the report included; a faculty orientation program implemented August 1989 that focused on valuing diversity; a "Celebration of Culture Festival" on October 14, 1989, co-sponsored by the Office of Affirmative Action; a recruiting conference for Kansas City and Topeka high school students sponsored by Hispanic American Leadership Organization; and a leadership conference for 300 Kansas City area high school students sponsored by the BSU Dreams Committee.
The Minority Issues Task Force was established in March 1988 to examine the effectiveness of campus minority programs and to develop a plan to increase the representation and involvement of minorities at the University.
Impetus for the task force came from a March 7 campus visit by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Task Force strives for three goals
In November 1988, the task force issued a report that made a number of specific recommendations. In December 1988, committees were appointed to study the recommendations and to develop
plans for accomplishing the goals established by the report.
On May 14, 1989, Judith Hamaly,
executive vice chancellor and
head of the Office of the dean,
the initial action plan of the task
force. Skip Turner, director of
the Office of Affirmative Action,
coordinated activities related to
the implementation of the plan during
the year.
A. report released Friday summarizes activities related to specific recommendations designed to improve the quality of care. ■ To increase the number of
To motivate all members of the campus community to work together to create a culture that values the diversity that minorities bring to university life and that responds powerfully and forthrightly to any incidents of racism and prejudice that occur.
minority faculty, staff and students through aggressive and coordinated recruitment efforts. ■ To create an academic atmosphere that nourishes and encourages minority faculty, staff and students to succeed.
greek system, according to the report.
Turner predicted that the number of minority students at KU would increase.
"We're waiting to see the results of our first year's efforts," he said. "And I expect to see some real changes at the University as far as enrollment figures and more important, retention."
Michael Sullivan, SCAD member,
had mixed feelings about the report.
A final report including demo-
test expected to be published this spring.
organizations did on their own," he said.
"It's almost like the administration is taking credit for what student
However, Sullivan said he also was encouraged.
"SCAD is encouraged by the administration's interest in expanding resources for students who face discrimination." he said. "We would, however, like to see more of this interest turn into action, and we are looking forward to working with the administration in order to improve the situation for students who face discrimination on campus."
Ramaley, who attended the forum Friday, said she believed KU was making a good-faith effort to come to terms with diversity.
"I think our common dream is to have a campus that each one of us feels we belong to; that each of us feels we have a part in; that each of us feels we have responsibility for; that each of us feels cares about us and our contributions and our future," she said.
Ramaley also stressed her commitment to creating a multicultural campus.
"There is no way that I could say today that this University is a true multicultural campus where everyone is welcomed, supported and affirmed," she said. "But I would like to be able to say that five years from now."
Controversial photographs will remain open to public
The Associated Press
CINCINNATI — A federal judge barred police yesterday from confiscating photographs from an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's works that led to an obscenity indictment against an arts center and its director.
U. S. District Judge Carl Rubin also ordered county and city authorities not to interfere in any way with the court decisions in which county charges are tried in state court.
The Contemporary Arts. Center hailed the protective order, which will let the 175-photo exhibit proceed unchanged until a jury can decide whether its seven sexually explicit photos are obscene.
"We got everything we wanted out of this hearing," said arts center lawyer H. Louis Sirkin.
The exhibit opened to the public Saturday morning, attracting a crowd of thousands including nine grand jury members. It was closed for an hour in the afternoon when the arts center and its director, Dennis Barrie, were indicted on state obscenity charges.
Patrons were told to leave the center while police videotaped the display under a search warrant. The exhibit then reopened.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Arthur Ney Jr. asked the center on Saturday to voluntarily remove seven photographs that grand jurors found objectionable, but center officials refused.
Ney made a veiled threat of more action if the photographs remained in place this week and wouldn't rule out confiscation.
The seven photos include two of children either naked or partially naked and others depicting homoerotic acts.
Last June, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington canceled the exhibit. The Washington exhibit prompted Congress to limit financing of murals after Sen. Jesse Halma, R-N.C., declared the photographs obscene.
The judge agreed to the unusual, emergency hearing yesterday morning requested by the arts center, which won an order prohibiting further police interference with the show. In the beginning of the hearing, Rubin said that seizing the photos would make the argument about displaying them moot before it is
See PHOTOS, p. 12
Recipient of first liver transplant in state makes fast recovery
Patient is 'high on being alive' Recipient of first liver transplant in state makes fast recover
By Steve Bailey
Kansas staff writer
Barbara Poe would not sleep the night of Feb. 26,1990.Instead she would spend the night crying.
About 650 miles away from where she sat in her Merrillville, Ind., home, her mother was about to undergo a potentially life-threatening operation. She had to work as a waitress that day, so she could not be at her mother's side.
Barbara Poe, 19, was beside herself.
Poe has taken up needlepoint since receiving a liver transplant.
"I cried a lot," she said. "I thought my mother was going to die.
Was a ness:
Her mother lay on a University of Kansas Medical Center operating table, amazed at the amount of equipment surrounding her. Blinding lights shone down into her face.
"I'm not very religious, but all I could do was pray to God she would live. But in a way I was praying to her. Kind of an ESP thing. All I could think was, 'Please, Mom, you have to make it.'
Taking one last look around the operating room, Kristine Poe of Olathe had one final thought before the anesthetic put her to sleep.
"I was a mess."
"I remember thinking how good looking the anesthesiologist was," said Poe, 38. "What a babe."
After 7½ hours of intricate surgery at the Med Center, Poe awoke to the realization she would begin a new liver transplant which delivered the state's first liver transplant.
"When I woke up, I was amazed that so much time had passed and that I could be so alert." Poe said. "I couldn't speak, but they had a pad of paper and a pen so I could write questions. I think I ruined the I.V. in my arm that first day by writing so
Poe truly loves life. She is not about to let something like a liver transplant stand in her way of enjoying that life.
"I was so up. Just high on being alive. I had never felt that way before." *
**Failing health**
much.
Yet it was a life that had been put on hold since she learned she had Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in our car days before her 50th birthday.
Failing health
The deficiency is a rare inherited condition that causes an abnormal balance in enzymes that construct and destroy cells. It was that disease that eventually would destroy her liver.
"I found out I had Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency because I had a niece who had been diagnosed," she said, suggesting that all relatives be tested.
"The last year was very bad, but the last six months was terrible." Poole said. "I was retaining a lot of water. I weigh 130 pounds today, but when I'm up there 184. It hurt just to wear clothes, and I got sick about every morning."
"I was devastated because I was restricted from all physical activity. That was very difficult for me."
Poe's health continued to fail to the point where she had to quit her job as a teacher.
In February, Poe was referred to
See TRANSPLANT, p. 12
Rowers regatta
Keith Thorpe/KANSAN
Members of the women's novice eight C boat carry their shell to the shore after competing in the finals of the Sunflower State Collegiate Rowing Championships in Lawrence. The C boat crew finished fourth Saturday out of eight teams from KU, Washburn, Kansas State University, Wichita State and Topeka. See related story, p. 14.
Coalition candidates charge KJHK bias
By Sandra Moran
Kansan staff writer
At least two Student Senate coalitions are concerned about air time that one of their competitors received on student radio station KJHK.
Mike Schreiner, YOU presidential candidate, appeared Monday and Thursday to discuss environmental issues on the KJKH show, "Think About It." No other coalition had representatives on the program.
Schreiner said he did not know YOU would be the only coalition represented. He said Brian Sexton, KJKH news student, asked him to
appear on the show because YOU addressed environmental issues in its platform.
2 candidates have criminal records p. 3
Sexton said Mensendik told him before the show to write letters to the other coalitions offering them equal air time.
Tim Mensendiek, KJHK general manager, said the station was not legally required to offer other coalitions equal air time if the broadcast were a bonafide news program. But Mr. Mensendiek offered the time in an effort to be fair.
Representatives from each of the other coalitions said they did not receive the letters.
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Sexton said that he did not have time to send the letters last week but that he would hand-deliver them to the coalitions today. The elections will be Wednesday and Thursday.
See KJHK, p. 6
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