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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1997
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SECTION A VOL. 103, NO. 105
(USPS 650-640)
Albright talks of deficit human rights in China
BEIJING — Declaring that U.S. relations with China are the key to world stability in the 21st century, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned Chinese officials yesterday that they must improve their country's human rights record
Otherwise, she said, China could face condemnation by the United States and its European allies.
Madeleine Albright
Albright was the only Western leader permitted to visit Beijing during a six-day mourning period for China's former leader, Deng Xiao-ling. Albright said she considered it an
extremely good sign that China would move toward greater cooperation with the United States.
President Jiang Zemin put aside a speech he was preparing for Xiaoping's funeral service to talk with Albright for 45 minutes. Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng spoke with her for an hour, and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and Albright talked for two hours and 45 minutes.
ATLANTA — The FBI received a letter yesterday claiming responsibility for the abortion clinic bombings in Atlanta last month and for Friday's bombing at an Atlanta gay and lesbian nightclub.
Letter claims blame for clinic, club bombings
The letter, purportedly from a group called the Army of God, was mailed to the Reuters news agency Saturday and was turned over to the FBI yesterday.
FBI representative Jay Spadafore not want comment on the authenticity of the letter. Robert Basler, Reuters' domestic news editor in Washington, D.C., described it as "handwritten, 2 1/2 pages long and unsigned."
The Army of God has produced an underground manual that describes how to blow up abortion clinics.
A nail-laden device exploded Friday on a rear patio area of The Otherside Lounge, injuring five people. Police found a second bomb shortly after arriving at the scene. It was detonated with a remote-controlled robot.
Shrapnel and parts of the bomb were found several hundred feet away from the nightclub, including on the tops of buildings, said Bobby Brown, representative for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Authorities continue to investigate possible links between the nightclub bombing, the two blasts at a Sandy Springs abortion clinic on Jan. 16 and a bomb explosion at Centennial Olympic Park last summer.
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Election results may set a course
City bus saga continues
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
After years of squabbling, planning and promising, the city of Lawrence may be a step closer to implementing a citywide transportation system.
Although the issue still is far from being resolved, today's primary election for City Commission and the final election on April 1 will help determine which route the city will take in implementing a system.
Allen Levine, city commissioner, said cities worth living in had a transportation system and Lawrence should make itself more accessible to those who wanted other means of transportation.
In January, Chance Management Advisors, a consulting firm from Philadelphia, presented four alternatives for a bus system to the Commission. But cooperation with KU on Wheels, the University bus system, is a crucial part of any alternative.
Student Senate finances KU on Wheels through student fees. Because it does not receive government funds, its buses are not required to meet the standards of the American With Disabilities
He said a coordinated system would benefit students by providing them with more access to the city.
"The University is ready to roll. We're just waiting for the city to work out its politics," he said.
president. agreed.
Some of the commissioners want the issue of a citywide transportation system to be voted on in an election.
Act, which mandates that buses provide access to disabled people.
Jo Andersen, city commissioner said this obstacle prevented KU on Wheels and the city from forming a consolidated system.
Lawrence does not have the luxury of an existing, privately owned system. The expense of implementing and operating a transportation system would cause the city to rely on federal money. And this would require that all its vehicles meet ADA requirements.
A combination could involve a coordinated system in which KU on Wheels would continue to serve the University, and a city system would serve Lawrence. This would allow the city to receive federal funds, and KU on Wheels would not have to pay to upgrade its buses.
"People are looking at eitherors," she said. "And we need to look at combinations."
"We need for the city to ensure that they can support a system before we can get involved in a system." he said.
But Bob Grunzinger, KU on Wheels coordinator, said he wanted to see the city's system before setting involved.
Grey Montgomery, student body
Regardless of whether the question goes to a referendum, Levine said he supported the issue and the citizens of Lawrence realized the importance of a transportation system.
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"Giving people mobility is very empowering," he said. "It's just something that we need to do."
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But ... is it art?
KU Engineers played dress-up with the Tai Chi figure in front of Green Hall early Friday morning. The prank was part of a longtime rivalry between the engineering and law schools. The Law School had no comment on whether retaliation was pending.
KU, Regents'enrollment drops
By Kevin Bates Kansan staff writer
Only Wichita State reports an increase from a year ago
Kansan staff writer
Enrollment figures for this semester at Kansas Regents universities declined 1.2 percent from a year ago.
Figures released by the Board of Regents showed a decrease in enrollment at five of the six state university systems. Only Wichita State University reported an increase from a year ago.
Enrollment for Regents schools totaled 74, 512 students, a drop of 882. The University of Kansas enrolled 25,755 students this spring, 506 less than last spring. The decrease was 2 percent, slightly more than the Regents' average. But the Regents said they were not surprised.
we expected the numbers to decrease," said Barbara Conant, director of communications at the Board of Regents. "This has been a slight trend for the last couple of years, but it still
depends on the individual school."
"Many students are opting to be in the job market right now," Nolan said. "There's a clear relationship that when the economy is up, enrollment goes down."
Phyllis Nolan, chairwoman of the Board of Regents, said specific reasons for the enrollment slide were hard to determine, but she thought the economy played a part in the lower numbers.
The 20th day of classes typically is used as a point in time when Kansas universities record enrollment statistics. The statistics then are used by the universities to determine budget requests.
The University of Kansas is revising its budget based on the new numbers, said associate provost Lindy Eakin.
"The first budget was based on enrollment estimates," Eakin said, "but the situation still looks the same. It will only vary about $200,000."
The University expects to receive more than $1 million from the state because its initial budget was geared toward a higher enrollment.
Eakin said enrollment numbers tended to ebb and flow and he expected the decreases to begin slowly rising in the future.
"The goal of a university is to manage a slightly growing stable enrollment," Eakin
said. "High school graduation numbers should increase in about six to eight years, so enrollment should come back to normal."
The University of Kansas' Lawrence campus lost 186 on-campus and 230 off-campus students from last year, and the University of Kansas Medical Center decreased by 90 students. Total on-campus enrollment for all of the Regents' institutions rose 457 students, mostly because of an increase of 965 at Wichita State. Wichita State's increase was a result of including all sites not on the main campus where students had classes.
By Umut Bayramoglu
Kansan staff writer
Conference pools old, new ideas for unity
Three days is not enough to solve all racial problems on campus. But it is enough time to teach students how to take the right steps toward prevention of racism.
The conference brought together African-American students to teach them to make a greater impact on campuses despite the problems they face.
About 45 African-American students from the University of Kansas spent the past weekend at Iowa State University for the 20th annual Big Eight Black Student Conference.
"The conference was an eye-opener. I learned more things about myself than I ever recognized," said Thaditta McCov, Kansas City, Mo., freshman.
"The workshops were very positive and educational," she said.
McCoy said the conference included workshops on African-American history, organizational skills and how to deal with personal problems.
Although the conference was called the Big Eight conference, more than 1500 African-American student-government representatives and their advisers from all Big 12 schools attended.
McCoy said having so many African- American students together was inspirational.
"We all live in predominantly White campuses, and we need to have unity to fight for our rights," she said.
Antony Hersey, Kansas City, Mo,
sophomore, said the conference taught him to make the Black Student Union more effective.
"The speakers gave specific tips like joining the Student Senate to make our voices heard," he said.
Hersey said the workshops also taught him how to get organized and stay focused, in addition to dealing with different forms of caregiving.
anius Williams, assistant director of Minority Affairs and BSU adviser, said conferences like the one held at Iowa State were essential to setting a direction for students.
Williams said the theme for the conference was Black Power Revisited.
it focused on examining new and old ways and evaluating what was done before because the same problems still exist." he said.
The speakers who attended showed the realities of the conditions of African Americans, Williams said.
"The speakers made students understand what would happen to them if they didn't continue with their education," he said. "The reality is a lot of these students don't."
Williams said he thought the attitude of African-American students at the University was unique.
"There is a rejuvenation of the process of where we are and what needs to be done," he said. "Students have to realize that we have to make the change because nobody will do it for us."