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Wednesday, March 28, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Weather
TODAY
Cloudy
HI: 46'
LO:36'
Denver 42/28
Los Angeles 63/52
Dallas 69/53
KEY
☑ Rain ☑ Snow
☑ Ice ☑ T-Storms
Kansas Forecast
Rain expected across the state through Friday morning. Chance for sleet in the northwest. Skies will be clearing during the weekend.
Salina
45/33
KC
46/37
Dodge
City
Wichita
47/29
53/37
Forecast by Michelle A. Russell Temperature are today's high and tonight's lows.
5-day Forecast
Wednesday - Cloudy and rainy all day, High 46', Low 36'.
Friday - Mostly cloudy and a chance for light rain. High 51". Low 38".
Saturday - Mostly cloudy. High 52°. Low 38°.
Sunday - Partly cloudy. High 54'. Low 38'.
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Apartheid's roots run deep, professor says
By Bryce J. Tache
Kansan staff writer
The roots of white supremacy remain embedded in South African soil, a KU faculty member from the aparteid-ruled country told 20 people last night at the Kansas Uni-
Surendra Bhana, associate professor of history, said the conditions in South Africa perverted the dignity of both Blacks and whites.
"Whites as a group in South Africa have consistently felt a need to feel superior," he said. "A society locked in patterns of behavior distorts values."
the mining industry required cheap labor, and African peasant farmers formed the basis of that cheap labor," he said. "Blacks also were forced into labor tenancies on subsidized white farms."
Since the 19th century, Bhana said, Blacks have been forced to work for whites in South Africa.
In 1984, South Africa switched from a parliamentary system and adopted a constitution that provided three racially divided houses for whites, Blacks and Indians. Blacks remained completely excluded from the poli-
The new constitution was created to camouflage South Africa's illegitimacv. Bhana said.
cal system.
"It is no coincidence that it was launched while Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were in power," he said. "South Africa knew they were prepared to relax pressure."
However, he said Blacks' resistance to apartheid could not be crushed.
He said the African National Congress had a struggle ahead to release political prisoners, allow general amnesty to exiles and lift the country's state of emergency.
"There is no alternative to democratical nonracial rule in South Africa." he said.
Jacki Becker, West Bend, Wis. junior, said Bhana gave a realistic approach to South Africa's past and future.
"There's a lot more going on than what we see from the press," she said. "I don't think the United States should get involved. As a whole, we're not there to stick our nose into what's been going on for a century."
House OKs watered-down property tax lid proposal
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TOPEKA - A weakened version of Gov. Mike Hayden's property tax lid proposal won final House approval yesterday.
The tax lid is seen as a temporary solution to the crisis, one designed to keep cities, counties, townships and community college districts from increasing their revenues from property taxes during the next two years. Hayden asked the state to keep taxes under control until the state's constitution could be changed.
The bill before the House passed, 88-36, despite critics' claims that it was a weak public relations gimmick. The measure now will go to the Senate, which has a similar assessment and Taxation Committee.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Jim Braden, R-Clay Center, continued to delay action on his proposal to
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increase the state's sales tax to force a decrease in school district property tax levies. Braden said he was waiting for a consensus on his plan or a compromise plan to emerge.
However, State Rep. Robert Vancrem, R-Overland Park, the sponsor of a rival plan that failed to win House approval last week, said he had not yet heard any serious compromise talk.
According to the bill the House approved, cities, counties, townships and community college districts could not raise more money for two years than they did in 1988 or 1989, giving the city or county the choice of which year to choose. The proposal is designed to prevent the state from penalizing tax districts that held the line or decreased taxes between those two years.
The bill also would allow cities and counties to add exceptions, with a provision to allow citizens to force a vote through petitions.
Local briefs
JOURNALIST TO SPEAK: A South African journalist with close ties to Nelson Mandela will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Dumbinsi Kumalo, who traveled to South Africa to visit Mandela, will give a speech titled "Struggle for Freedom/Current Involvement in South Africa." The speech, which is free, is sponsored by Student Union Activity Forums.
Dave Frey, SUA Forums coordinator, said Kumalo also had worked with slain South African leader Steven Biko.
"It's a fantastic opportunity for students to hear him speak firsthand," Frey said.
GRISOMM ARRAIGNMENT: Richard Grissom Jr. was ordered Monday to appear April 11 in Johnson County
District Court for an arraignment on theft and fraud charges.
Grissom, who already is awaiting trial for the murders of three Johnson County women whose bodies have not been found, was bound over on three counts of fraud involving checks he wrote at two Olathe grocery stores. The three checks were written about the time the three women disappeared in late June.
RADIO CLASSROOMS: By this fall, students at the Regents Center will be able to take engineering classes without leaving home.
The checks were written on an account with American Bank of Kansas City, Mo. Grissom, 29, had an account with the bank, but it was closed in late April when he failed to keep enough money in his account, a bank official said.
David Schaecher, assistant director for facilities planning, said yesterday that construction of a 150-foot communications tower would begin this summer at the site of the proposed $6 million KU Regents Center in Overland Park.
Schaecker said the tower would aid in broadcasting graduate-level engineering courses from the University of Kansas to Overland Park and the Kansas City area.
"That way students will receive instruction without leaving their homes," he said.
The Overland Park zoning board last Wednesday approved KU's appeal to allow the tower to exceed a city ordinance that limits buildings in residential neighborhoods to 70 feet.
J-SCHOOL GETS DONATION: The KU School of Journalism received
$100,000 donation on Monday from Stauffer Communications Inc., a newspaper and broadcast company.
The Stauffer Communications Journalism Faculty Internship Fund will supplement expenses of faculty members who work as professional journalists during the summer.
Mike Kautsch, dean of journalism, said that a fund for faculty interships would be good for students and faculty because it allowed instructors to bring fresh experience into the classroom.
Stanley H. Stauffer, a 1942 KU graduate, established the professor internship program in 1977.
On campus
The Office of Study Abroad will have an informational meeting at
The World at a Table, sponsored by the International Club, will be at 12:30 p.m. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Shoshi Cohen will speak on "Israel and its struggle for peace."
3:30 p.m. today at 220 Fraser Hall for anyone interested in studying in Germany.
The KU Cycling Club will meet for a bike ride at 4 p.m. today at the Jayhawk statue in front of Strong Hall.
The Office of Study Abroad will
have an informational meeting at 4:15 p.m. today at 220 Fraser Hall for anyone interested in studying in an English-speaking foreign country.
Kaffeestunde, sponsored by the KU German Club, will be at 4:30 p.m. today at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
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A meeting of the KU Democrats will be at 7 tonight at 212 Fraser Hall to elect next year's officers.
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