THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 100,NO.77
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1990
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Civil rights kept Marion Barry busy at KU in '60
By Mark McHugh Kansan staff writer
In Fall 1960, Marion Barry was involved with civil rights on the Lawrence campus as a KU graduate student.
Now, the Washington, D.C., mayor is involved in seeking help after his arrest on a cocaine possession charge.
Jacob Kleinberg, professor emeritus of chemistry, knew Barry as a student and recalled that his involvement in the civil rights movement often detracted from his time as a graduate teaching assistant in chemistr.
See related story p. 8
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Marion Barry
"My impression was that he was working harder at that than toward his degree," Kleinberg said. "It was a limitation of time, I guess."
He said Barry gave talks to local groups devoted to the civil rights movement in Lawrence, but because he was here for such a short time, people in the chemistry department might not have known him well.
Kleinberg said Barry was a good student.
"He was certainly bright enough to get his Ph.D." Kleinberg said.
Barry, who received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Lemoyne Owen College, in Memphis, Tenn., in 1958, left KU after about one semester. He went on to continue his graduate studies at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tenn.
He was sidetracked on his way to a doctorate by the growing civil rights movement and left Fisk with a master's degree. He became the first national chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, which sent young people in the South to register black voters.
tory, said that he came to KU too late to know Barry personally but that he followed Barry's accomplishments and knew of his involvement in the Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee.
William Tuttle, professor of his-
"He was a very brave man," said Tuttle, who devotes time to researching the achievements of prominent Black people. "Those early SNCC guys really laid down their lives."
Barry, 53, was arrested Thursday evening at a downtown Washington, D.C., hotel in an FBI sting operation. He now faces a misdemeanor cocaine possession charge after testing positive for heroin tests administered after his arrest.
Sam Adams, associate professor of journalism, said he had worked side by side in 1888 with Barry as co-memBER of the Democratic National Committee.
Adams said that during the two days they had worked together, he saw no evidence of the kind of problems that reportedly burden Barry
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Gov. Mike Hayden, surrounded yesterday by family members at the governor's mansion In Topeka, announced that he would run.
Hayden will run again
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Gov. Mike Hayden announced plans yesterday to run for re-election.
He told a gathering of about 200 people at Cedar Crest, the Governor's estate in Topeka, that his family was looking forward to the campaign.
Hayden quoted her.
Hayden said that was not the case during the 1986 campaign. He said his youngest daughter, Anne, expressed her sentiments very clearly at that time.
" 'I'd rather eat dead frogs than campaign,' "
But recently, after hearing a scathing remark about her father, Anne expressed a different opinion about campaigns.
"Well, I guess we're gonna have to work that much harder for dad this time," Hayden quoted proudly.
Anne blushed, tugged her father's sleeve and whispered to him that he was not supposed to tell that story.
Cedar Crest was the governor's fifth of six stops on his one-day windwirl tour of the state
said. "As I said to you in the State of the State address, and as we look forward to the future, the number one challenge before us is to deal with property tax relief."
"This state is not without its challenges," he
He said it was most important to place a property tax reclassification constitutional amendment on the ballot so the people could vote on the issue again. He plans to introduce such an amendment to the Legislature in the near future.
"Most people who voted for it in 1986 would like to have (it) your vote back," he said.
Dow jones nosedives 77.45
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Stock prices nosedived yesterday to their lowest levels since last autumn, extending the market's early-1990 slide amid worries about the outlook for corporate profits and interest rates.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industries fell 77.45 to 2,600.45, for its largest one-day point loss since it took a 190-point drop last Oct. 13.
In 14 sessions since the average began the new year by hitting a record high, it has dropped 209.70 points, or 7.47 percent.
Analysts said traders remained unsettled by weak corporate earnings reports for the fourth quarter of last year, as well as the recent upturn in open-market interest rates.
Declining issues swamped advances by about 5 to 1 in nationwide trading of New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks, with 267 up, 1,336 down and 1,386 unchanged.
Wall Streeters will be watching closely to see what positions he might take on such matters as the risk rising worldwide interest rates might pose for the business outlook.
Many observers believe the Federal Reserve is facing an increasingly difficult set of choices in setting monetary policy to stave off a recession while trying to keep inflation at bay.
Anniversary of Roe v. Wade sparks activities across U.S.
The Associated Press
Demonstrators marched with renewed fervor at state capitals and cities around the nation yesterday to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade ruling that legalized abortion.
"It may be a long fight," the Rev. Pat Robertson told demonstrators in Atlanta, but "we will come back this year, we will come back next year, we will come back the year after . . . until sooner or later we have victory."
At least 9,000 people marched against abortion at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta, while Washington's annual March for Life carried a similar message to the White House, the nation's Capitol and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Norma McConvey, the woman who was the "Jane Roe" in Roe vs. Wade, was scheduled to appear at a rally in California's capital steps in Sacramento.
The Roe vs. Wade anniversary has become an increasingly important day to those debating the future of abortion in the United States. This year's commemoration carried special weight because of last summer's Supreme Court ruling in Missouri's Webster case.
That ruling, which opened the door for states to impose some restrictions on abortion, was the biggest legal victory in decades for anti-abortion forces and led to speculation that the high court would overturn Roe vs. Wade.
It also pumped new life into organizations on both sides of the abortion debate and led to a flurry of legislative proposals to both restrict and guarantee access to abortions.
Those bills helped give added significance to this year's demonstrations. Tens of thousands of people marched at rallies across the nation on Sunday.
Bush renews opposition to abortion
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush assured tens of thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators yesterday that "this president stands with you," as foes and supporters of legalized abortion marked the 17th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that permitted abortion.
Bush, declaring his opposition to the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, spoke for 90 seconds by telephone hookup to a midday crowd of marchers gathered across from the White House.
"Before you begin the march, I want to take a minute to share my deep personal concern about abortion on demand, which I oppose," Bush told the demonstrators, saying the anti-abortion movement reminded people in the United States "of the self-evident moral superiority of adoption over abortion."
"Let me assure you that this president stands with
Pro-choice advocates, meanwhile, celebrated the anniversary at a luncheon fund-raiser and in a ceremony remembering women who died from illegal abortions.
The anti-abortion demonstrators marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol and Supreme Court after hearing Bush, some members of Congress and other speakers. Park police estimated 75,000 people attended the annual march, up from 67,000 last year.
"The public is on our side," said Sen. Robert Packwood, O-Re., a supporter of legal abortions. "It will be a cutting edge issue in this year's elections."
Budig fights cuts in Margin plan
Chancellor talks budget with lawmakers
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — Budget cuts proposed by Gov. Mike Hayden bear serious implications for Board of Regents institutions, two key education officials told the House Appropriations Committee yesterday.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Stanley Kopilk, executive director of the Regents, spent more than an hour with the committee arguing their cases.
"While we realize the state faces serious fiscal problems, we also recognize that our universities still lack the resources to provide the level and quality of services that are expected by our citizens." Budici said.
Shrinkage is the amount of money saved by hiring replacement faculty and staff at lower salaries and by the time lag in filling vacant positions.
Budig commented on the Hayden budget plan, which includes $7.9 million in cuts to Regents institutions' budgets. A proposed change in the Regents shrinkage policy would account for $6.3 million of the total cuts he said.
The remaining $1.6 million in cuts would result from Hayden's failing to release excess student fees, Budig said.
"For several years, the governor and Legislature have permitted universities experiencing enrollment
growth to retain a portion of the unanticipated fee income to help offset some of the expenses directly associated with those students," Budig said.
Kopilk praised the progress made during fiscal 1989 and fiscal 1990 and urged that it not be sacrificed by cuts in the budget.
"I believe we have a mutual interest in assuring that the gains made during fiscal year 1989 and fiscal year 1990 are not lost," he said. "Morale and feelings toward our institutions by students, parents and the business community have increased, and confidence in our system has been expressed by record enrollments this fall."
Koplik said the best way to sustain the improvements was to maintain the current financing base.
He said priorities fell into three categories: restoration of shrinkage reductions during fiscal 1991, restoration of amounts deleted from the base budget request and attention to minimum student salaries and wages, and the original goals of the Margin of Excellence.
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.
See BUDIG, p. 5
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansan staff writer
Paul Pria describes himself as a big baseball fan.
"By the age of three, I could recite all of the Chicago Cubs statistics. . . My wife would probably tell you she doesn't come from a school with Prota, Schaumburg, Ill., sophomore."
Even though the professional baseball season ended long ago, for fans like Proia, the Strat-O-Matic baseball season is in full swing.
About 18 people, mostly University of Kansas students, meet on Monday eve.
nings to play the simulated baseball game manufactured by the Strat-O-Matic Game Co. of New York.
Prola said that when he played Strat-O-Matic baseball, he called the game just like an announcer.
At one meeting, Proua's opponent yelled,
In the clutch! He loves the clutch! This is
a great time to join.
As his opponent rolled his dice, Prota described the results in his best announcement's draw, "A run scores on the second Javier error of the innings."
"I'm even worse at football games," he said. "I sit up in the stands and call the
game, much to the dismay of the people around me."
Robert Woodard, Sulphur, La., senior, said. "It really is close to baseball. It's just about as close as you can get without swinging a bat."
The club, sponsored by Student Union Activities, was founded in 1882. The main league is divided into two divisions, the National, with eight teams, and the American, with 10 teams, said Woodard, commissioner of the league.
Seven people played in an instructional league last semester, but the league dissolved because some people quit. A few
During the season, the National Division plays 96 games, and the American Division plays 96 games.
took teams in the main league, but Woodard said that two people were still waiting for teams.
Like real baseball, there are playoffs between the top two divisional teams at the end of the regular season. The winners advance to a world series.
Woodard said the game was played with three six-sided dice, a 20-sided die and computer-generated cards that contained last year's statistics of major- and minor-league baseball players. One player is
listed on each card.
The cards give two options for play, said Jeff Mason, Leavenworth junior, who started playing the game in May. He said the first side was simple, whereas the second side was more advanced because it allowed for things such as ballpark effects.
A person who joins the Strat-O-Matic club creates his own team by picking a location for the team and drafting players. Thus he becomes the owner, general manager and game manager for his team. He does anything that anyone above the
See BASEBALL, p. 5