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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 22. 1990
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CIA serves two purposes
Bv Chris Siron
Kansan staff writer
The CIA is the most unusual element of the U.S. government, a recruiter told students at the Kansas Union yesterday.
Bill Woods, CIA representative, said the CIA was charged by the government with a dual purpose. Gathering and analyzing information consumes most of the agency's time, but it serves the second purpose of covertly influencing world events.
"We do not just passively collect intelligence," he said. "We actively shove world events in a direction favorable to our nation without showing our hand."
Woods said that most CIA employees researched data for the U.S. government's use but that members of its clandestine service, the operations branch, worked undercover in other countries. Most of these people gather information from sources inside foreign countries.
Before their overseas service, these undercover employees receive paramilitary training, including training in automatic weapons and explosives, he said.
"There are covert operations, if and when they are approved," he said. "They need to be capable of being involved in these operations."
Woos* appearance yesterday at the University of Kansas did not generate anti-CIA demonstrations as CIA officials said.
Recent protests against the CIA at other universities have led to the cancellation of on-campus CIA recruit-
Terry Glenn, director of the University Placement
Center, said his office had not expected protests during Woods' visit to KU.
"We did not make any particular arrangements. They have been on campus pretty much yearly for the last three years."
Mark Mansfield, CIA spokesman, said that demonstrations often occurred when the agency recruited on a-campus but that the recruiter usually did not make security arrangements.
"We like to think the university will provide the protection they feel is necessary," he said.
Mamfaill said protests often worked in the agency's favor. CIA offices are inundated with job applications
Rhonda Neugebauer, faculty adviser for Latin American Solidarity, said she opposed on-campus CIA recruitment.
She said the CIA had no place recruiting at an institution of higher learning.
"There is no need for people from KU to be involved with an organization that has engaged in assassination, organizing surrogate armies, economic sabotage, terror and murder," she said.
Roy Laird, professor of political science who worked for the CIA in 1956-57, said he thought protests against the CIA often were fueled by distorted perceptions.
Laird said all other countries had agencies like the CIA that sometimes worked under secretive circumstances.
"In this international poker game it is utopian to expect the United States to play with all their cards face-up when other nations are playing with theirs to their chest," he said.
Spring cleaning
Gretchen Pinnoecker/KANSAN
Counters seek homeless
Success of census plan lauded, doubted
By Sandra Moran Kansan staff writer
The count of the homeless, which ended at 6:30 yesterday morning, was declared a success by a Census Bureau official.
Census workers looked around abandoned buildings, under bridges, at homeless shelters and on park benches. Hamilton said fewer people than expected were on the streets because of the cool weather.
Robert Hamilton, Census Bureau official, said the count was conducted without any problems.
He as sat on a bench at a bus stop at 9th and Massachusetts streets, he said that yesterday he was asleep in the bedroom and was beseted of possessions he had with him.
He said he had not been approached by census bureau workers who took to the streets at 2 a.m. yesterday.
"We found people in most of the places where we looked," he said. "We did find people in places we did not expect to find them."
"it's mobile 'cause it goes everywhere," he said.
However, Gene Williams, one of the Lawrence homeless, was not cognitive.
Hamilton said the results of the census would be released at a later date.
Barb Smith, executive director of
Juan Ramos (left). Rov Young and Tervv Lund. help remove a tree at the chancellor's home.
the Douglas County United Way, said about 530 homeless were known to be in Lawrence.
She said many homeless people would not be counted in the census because they lived with relatives than on the street or in a shelter.
In Wichita, census workers searched 11 places frequented by homeless people but found no people on the streets.
A list of places where the homeless could be placed in Lawrence was compiled by the Complete Count little better by the Lawrence City Commission
"I don't know. Maybe it's too cold for them to be outside where we can find them," said Stephen Williams, Census Bureau staff member who supervised the homeless tally in Wichita.
Joyce Grover, coordinator for the Women's Transitional Care Service, said she chose not to have the census takers in the shelter and opted to give the forms to the residents of the shelter herself.
She said the residents did not appear to object to the forms.
Grover said the census consisted of long and short questionnaire forms. The long form contained 33 questions, many having two or three subquestions. The long form was given to every sixth person.
"I think everybody is pretty accepting of it being census time," she said.
She said the short questionnaire asked general questions about the people, including how often they lived at a shelter and how long they had been homeless.
The long questionnaire asked about education, ancestry, number of children, last or present employment and means of transportation.
Grover said none of the five women at the shelter had to fill out a long form. The six children at the shelter were younger than the 15-year-old minimum for completing the forms.
The nationwide census of the homeless, which cost $2.7 million, focused on every city with 50,000 or more residents. The census results will be added to the conventional census that begins April 1 and is taken at the beginning of each decade.
"I think there are two ways of seeing the census count," Grover said. "I think it's a beginning. I feel that it fortunate that battered women are counted somewhere."
Census officials said that it was likely that some of the homeless would not be counted but that an accurate sampling could be achieved.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Budig, Ramaley urge support for Margin from lawmakers
Kansan staff writer
By Rod Griffin
Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, urged continued support of the Martin of Excellence.
TOPEKA - KU officials met yesterday with members of a House Appropriations subcommittee to discuss the proposed budget for fiscal 1991.
The Margin is the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
Gov. Mike Hayden proposed extensive cuts in the budgets of many state agencies, including those of Board of Regents institutions. He did not include $16.3 million requested by the Regents for the Margin in his proposed state budget for fiscal 1991. The Senate passed a budget proposal that would restore some cuts in the KU base budget but did not include Margin financing.
Ramaley said that KU faculty understood the state's fiscal crisis
but that the Margin was effective in reducing the loss of faculty members to other schools. About half the Margin money is used for faculty salaries.
“That has had a tremendous effect on faculty morale,” she said. “The Margin of Excellence, whatever else may happen, should keep some of our very best people.”
She said the faculty at KU could endure for a short period of time without the Margin.
"We can wait, but only if we won't be receding rapidly in that period," she said.
Budig said faculty turnover during the two years of the Margin was the lowest in the decade.
But he said that if the Margin was not continued, proposed cuts in the base budget for fiscal 1991 would have to be restored.
"It is important that you give us as much support as possible on the base."
Budig stressed the importance of student salary increases, which were more important than previous years.
"All of the campuses continue to be
concerned about student salaries," he said. "I would point out that student employees are an important part of the work force at the University."
Budig can canceling the Margin could have an impact on private contributions to the University and the University's ability to retain top faculty members and graduate students.
He said the positive effects of the Margin encouraged the private sector to contribute to Campaign Kansas, the University's five-year $177 million fund-raising drive. Campaign Kansas has generated more than $153 million in the past two and a half years.
Money raised through Campaign Kansas helps support students and faculty through fellowships and scholarship programs.
New Blood campaign banks on maturity
By Matt Taylor Kansan staff writer.
New Blood is making a repeat appearance in this year's Student Senate election, and its two executive candidates said they had more to offer to students this year than last.
Brad Sanders, presidential candidate, and John Fawcett, vice presidential candidate, said they were planning anything in last year's election.
"We thought if we backed out, we would let a lot of people down," said Sanders, Prairie Village senior. "We've got another lot smarter since last year."
Sanders and Fawcett, who were the only two candidates on the coalition last year, said they had matured as student leaders.
"Last year we had radical campaign tactics," Sanders said. "This year we're a little bit more sophisticated."
Fawcett, Neodesha senior, said they would modify some of last year's campaign promises and continue to push them until the Anril election.
Last year they advocated completely closing Jayhawk Boulevard, but this year they want to
close it as a test during daylight hours and open it at night.
The two said they would try to close the boulevard at least from the Chi Omega fountain to Sunflower Road, redirect the traffic and build a green space in the center of campus where students could congregate. They said the traffic weeded too much exhaust in students' faces and posed a threat to pedestrians.
They suggested redirecting the traffic around the edges of campus. The buses would pick up and drop off passengers at convenient spots close to Jayhawk Boulevard.
They also said they would create Jayhawk Day, which would help uify all KU students.
Sanders said they would format the day somewhat like the campus celebration held after the KU basketball team won the national championship in 1988. High school students interested in attending this game were welcome to attend and talk with University officials.
"It will combine business and pleasure," Fawcett said.
They also would want previews to appear in the Kansan about upcoming Senate activities.
Brad Sanders and John Fawcett of New Blood coalition.
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