THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 100. NO.79
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY, JAN. 25, 1990
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House topples veto Bill affecting Chinese students goes to Senate; Bush lobbies Republicans
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The House yesterday voted 390-25 to override President Bush's veto of legislation protecting Chinese students from deportation.
Meanwhile Bush jobbed Republican senators to resist and help him keep open ties to the world's most populous country.
On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Thomas S. Foley declared, "I don't think what's most on the minds of the members of Congress is the sensitivities of the present Chinese leadership. They failed to respect the rights of their own citizens."
How Kansas reps voted p. 12
While the override vote was a lopsided bipartisan majority in the House, the real battle was expected to come today when the Senate takes the decisive vote. Both Democratic senators, including cliffhanger, and Bush and his top lieutenants were telephoning wavering senators.
Bush was appealing publicly to GOP senators to support him in the face of what he termed "crass politics" played by some supporters of the override.
The legislation would affect as many as 32,000 Chinese students now estimated to be in the United States on "exchange visitor" visas. The bill would waive a legal requirement that those students return home for two years after their visas expire before
See CHINA, p. 5
Secord's offense earns sentence
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Iran-contra arms middleman Richard Secord was placed on two years' probation yesterday for falsely telling congressional investigators that he was unaware any money in the affair had benefited Lt. Col. Oliver L. North.
After his sentencing, the retired Air Force major general accused former President Reagan of failing to support loyal subordinates in the war and the worst foreign policy debacle of the Reagan administration.
"I think former President Reagan has been hiding out; I think it cowardly," Secord said when he talked about Reagan's role in the affair.
In 1896, when the Iran-racan operation erupted, "I think that he should have stood up and taken the heat . . . just as previous presidents have done." Second told a news conference. "But instead of that they built a wall around ... him."
Secord said then-Attorney General Edwin Meee acted "in panic and out of ignorance" on Nov. 25,
Trafficway gets EPA clearance
Bv Kathrvn Lancaster
Kansan staff writer
Proposals to minimize environmental damage to the Baker Wetlands and the Elkins prairie are included in an environmental impact statement on the South Lawrence Trafficway scheduled for release at noon today.
The Federal Highway Administration and the Kansas Department of Transportation approved the statement yesterday. Frank Hempen, director of the Douglas County Public Works Department, told county commissioners at their weekly meeting.
To gain approval from the highway administration, the trafficway had to meet all Environmental Protection Agency concerns. Hempen said.
Environmental concerns raised most often about the trafficway have been possible negative impacts to wetlands and the Elkins Prairie.
Bob Wood, a terrestrial ecologist for the Environmental Services Section of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, said the department's biggest concern was the wetlands area. The area is between Haskell Avenue and Louisiana Street just south of 31st Street.
All of the wetlands in the section, including the Baker Wetlands, are designated as critical habitat by Wildlife and Parks. Wood said.
The trafficway would destroy almost 12 acres along the northern edge of that habitat.
The statement recommends that
four breeding pools be created with the ability to vary the water level, said Chris McKenzie, Douglas County administrator.
it also recommends that the median in that stretch be reduced from 60 feet to 44 feet.
"The thing we're going to be looking at is that all the wetlands destroyed will be replaced in kind," Wood said.
Wildlife and Parks must approve plans for construction near the wetland.
Joe Collins, a local author of numerous books on Kansas wildlife, said the breeding pools would mitigate the damage.
"People will always be concerned about the wetlands, simply because any throughway will create some pollution," Collins said. "I'm less concerned now, because I feel the county is much more sensitized to environmental concerns all across the county."
The Elkins Prairie also has been a major concern for environmentalists and historians.
The statement proposes that the original alignment of the trafficway, which encroached upon the west edge of the prairie, be moved west to run adiacent to the area. Hempen said.
Mead's milkwood and the western prairie fringed orchid, two federally protected species, have been found in the prairie. located west of town.
Hempen said he believed the document would answer most reasonable concerns that people had about the trafficway.
Burst of winter
Katie Choate, left, Madison, Wis., sophomore, and Beth Binyon, Wilmette, III., sophomore, walk to Strong Hall for add/drop in heavy snow flurries last night.
Wintry conditions return
By a Kansan reporter
serious injuries.
Students enjoy the unseasonally warm weather of the past few days were thrust back into winter last night as colder temperatures and snow reappeared in the Lawrence area.
Dr roadrews worked to plow and sand slick streets. Several cars slid off icy roads, but area law enforcement agencies reported no
Power outages were reported in parts of Douglas and Johnson counties.
midnight or 1 a.m.
James Hayes, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said the snow was caused by a storm and had been in the daily forecast.
Hayes predicted about one or two inches of snow, ending about
According to the National Weather Service, today's forecast calls for mostly sun, but wind and cold conditions, with a high in the low 40s. Low temperatures tonight will be in the mid 20s.
Friday's forecast calls for a morning low in the teens, with winds shifting to the southwest and bringing warmer temperatures.
Classic languages open doors to history
Latin graffiti save: "Seize the dav. trusting as little as possible what the morrow mav bring."
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansas staf writer
Kansan staff writer
Cooper, Tecumseh freshman, is one of several students taking Latin and Greek at the University of Kansas.
Hugh Cooper took Greek last semester because he thought the class would help with his philosophy and humanities majors.
Dianna Wolff, office assistant in the classics department, said that the number of students enrolled in her program was based during the past three years.
During Spring and Fall of 1867, 34 students were enrolled in Greek classes, she said. The number rose to 39 during Spring and Fall of 1868, and enrollment increased to 44 during Spring and Fall of 1869. Tentative enrollment figures show 23 students enrolled in Greek class as of August 2018; that figure represents only half the annual total.
Cooper said Greek would help with his majors because reading Greeks' works in the original language was better than reading them in translation.
He explained that many of the great philosophers were Greek and that many works lost meaning in the translation.
Last semester, Bibles that contained Greek passages were passed on campus. He said many students read the passages during his elementary Greek class. Although they didn't know most of the words, they did know some, he said.
"Nobody can translate directly." Cooper said.
"That's the good thing about Greek, we learned a lot of好 words." Cooner said. "Instead of
"The number of students has been "the either holding steady or increasing modestly over the past several years," Lombardo said of enrichment in the Greek and Latin schools he teaches Greek and Latin classes.
Stanley Lombardo, chairman of the classics department, said that the average number of students attending these classes during a semester was 184.
He said that the increase was due to the languages' fundamental
learning, 'The yellow pencil is on the table,' we learned, 'the just man has peace in death.'
value to the study of literature and history.
Karl Rosen, associate professor of classics, said that students could use Greek to read ancient literature in the original language and that some students who were interested in history could use Greek to read about ancient history in the Greeks' words.
"It's part of a return to the basics in education," Lombardo said.
Students listed several reasons
He also said that there had been more demand for Latin in high school.
for taking Latin and Greek.
Laura Hinderliter, Ottawa junior, took a semester of Latin when she was a freshman.
"I just thought it would be something different to take instead of Spanish, French and German, the people normally take," she said.
She said that several pre-med students took Latin because many medical terms had Latin roots.
Matthew Edge, Hutchinson junior who is majoring in philosophy, said he had taken Latin classes and now was taking his second Greek class.
Open forum focuses on Union renovation
By LELIE GREEN
Kansan staff writer
y Eric Gorski
Jim Long, union director, said that plans for the second part of the Union's two-phase renovation included changes in the building's fourth- and third-floor entrances, a different fourth-floor floor plan, and increased space for the SUA board on level four.
The future of the $4.5 million second phase of the Kansas Union renovation was discussed yesterday at an Open House sponsored by Student Union Activities.
The exact cost of the project will be known next week when a report is filed with the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation, said Pam Holley. Memorial Board president
The renovation will be paid for by raising student fees, Long said.
Phase I began in February 1987 and was completed in January 1989. Improvements were made to food services, the bookstore, the student organizations center and mechanical buildings and air conditioning systems.
Long said input from students, through Student Senate, would be considered when drawing up final plans.
Yesterday's forum was designed to bring people up to date with the Phase II project. Long said.
Financing for the proposal must be approved by the Memorial Board.
The Phase II renovation has to survive numerous approvals before work begins, said Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planning.
"We are trying to illustrate to people where we are now, how we got here and where we're headed," Long said.
'We need to convey to the students that Phase II is necessary.It offers many advantages to the student.'
B. Jake White Student body president
Student Senate, the Board of Regents and the Legislature before an architect for the project can be chosen. Wiechert said.
He said construction would probably begin in about a year.
The Memorial Board, consisting of 11 students, five alumni, three faculty members and four union officers, is overseeing renovation plans.
The $6.5 million Phase I was paid for through a $5 addition to student fees.
B. Jake White, student body president and member of the Memorial Board, said he thought another $50 in student fees might be too much.
But he still supports financing the renovation's second phase.
"We need to convey to the students that Phase II is necessary." White said. "It offers many advantages to the student."
After financing is approved and an architect is hired, architectural plans must go through the same four-step process as the financing proposal, Wiechert said. Then bids are received from contractors, and the approval process is repeated.
"Then it's back to the dirty, noisy process," Wiercht said.
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