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Thursday, February 20, 1997
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Jim Brady lobbies state legislators
Testifies against concealed weapons
TOPEKA — The nation's most prominent gun-control advocate was in the Capitol building yesterday to testify against concealed-weapons legislation.
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Jim Brady, the former White House press secretary who has been wheelchair-bound since he was shot in 1981 while walking with President Ronald Reagan, told the House federal and state affairs committee that allowing Kansans to carry concealed weapons was not good logic.
"This is not anti-crime, but anti-common sense," Brady said. "More concealed weapons on the street means more violent crime, not less."
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Brady faced hostile questions from many legislators who demanded to know what rape victims should do to protect themselves*
Brady is the namesake of the 1993 Brady Bill, which requires that potential gun owners undergo a background check and wait five days before purchasing a firearm.
"I think that's what the police department is for" Brady said.
About 50 people were at the hearing, and many wore badges which identified them as unarmed potential victims. They laughed at Brady when he emphasized that people should rely on law enforcement officials to
KU students had mixed feelings about the issue.
Jim Brady, who was wounded during the assassination attempt on President Ronald Regan in 1981, waits to speak before the Kansas State Legislature. Brady spoke yesterday during hearings on the concealed handgun bill.
protect them and not that they should not become vigilant enforcers.
Lea Havis, Overland Park sophomore and member of the National Rifle Association, said that concealed weapons were justified in limited cases.
But Samantha Bowman, Wichita junior and former chairwoman of College Republicans, said that gun rights should not extend to concealed weapons.
"If someone has been the victim of a crime and there's a chance that it might happen again, and if there's high likelihood that that person is in danger, then I think it's a good idea to have one for self-defense," she said.
"I'm for gun rights to an extent, but not to to this extent," she said. "I don't want a gun, and I don't want people to have guns around me. It's their right, obviously, but I don't want them to hide it."
Troy Findley, D-Lawrence, said that other concealed-weapons bills had formerly passed the House but failed in the Senate. This year, however, the situation may be different.
Annie Kuether, D-Topeka, said that she thought the bill would pass out of committee and would then pass both the House and the Senate.
"My guess is that the votes are in the House to pass it," said Findley, who opposes the bill. "The big question is if the Senate will pass it, and what the governor will do."
But Allan Cigler, professor of political science, said that the bill would face problems throughout the process.
for two reasons: the law enforcement officers are against it, and the governor is not too enthusiastic about it — that's a tough row to tohe."
"I think that this bill will have a tough time
And Brady hoped that his story would convince legislators who were undecided on the issue.
"I can tell you from personal experience that carrying a gun does not guarantee safety," he said.
Sidewalk to curb injuries
Student Senate reacts to accidents
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
Although Hartman, Prairie Village senior, was not hurt, the incident might not have occurred if a
As Clay Hartman was walking down the hill on Sunnyside Avenue from Louisiana Street, a bump from behind gave him a jolt. To his surprise, a car had hit him.
lage setter, was not hurt, the incident might not have occurred if a sidewalk existed for pedestrian traffic. Students now must hug the curb along the narrow street while cars fly by going both directions.
To address this problem, the Student Senate university affairs and students rights committees passed petitions last night for the administration to work with the city to construct a sidewalk along the most dangerous stretch of Sunnyside Avenue.
Jamie Hunter, business senator and sponsor of the petition, said he had collected 242 signatures in
support of such a sidewalk.
The sidewalk would run along the north side of Sunnyside Avenue between Louisiana Street and Sunflower Road.
"There's about 2,000 people in the area, and it's really congested with a lot of traffic," Hunter said. "I know people who have been hit twice along the street."
Hunter has also brought the problem to the attention of the administration.
"Anyone that's driven by there knows that people always have to walk in the street," said Rodger Oroke, director of facilities management. "We agree there is a need for the sidewalk. It's kind of in the sorting-out phase right now."
Oroke said work would begin on the sidewalk as soon as possible, but who would maintain the sidewalk was a concern. The University maintains the avenue from Sunflower Road to Indiana Street. The city maintains the stretch of the avenue between Indiana and Louisiana streets.
Tom Orzulak, street division manager for the city of Lawrence,
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said the city normally allowed the University to construct a sidewalk under circumstances like these, even if it ran along a city street.
The steep grade of the hill also presents construction concerns. Despite these problems, Oroke said he expected that the project would be completed in a reasonable amount of time.
No one had raised the issue before Hunter contacted him, Oroke said.
"You can't take care of everything and it just probably wasn't brought to our attention that there was such a problem," he said.
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
Suzanne Wilson received an unpleasant surprise in the mail last week.
It was a letter from the School of Business that said her human resource management class had been dropped because she lacked a required statistics course. The school canceled her enrollment on Monday.
Wilson, Green Bay, Wisc., junior, is not the only student in this situation. Other schools are dealing similarly with students who do not meet course prerequisites.
Pam Houston, director of CLAS undergraduate services, said that her office checked prerequisites for some math courses and sent notices to enrolled students who did not meet them.
The School of Business offered the same options to Wilson, who chose to drop the class even though she said she was able to handle the course without having taken the prerequisite.
These students could either seek special permission to remain in the class or their enrollment would be terminated.
Houston said this shows the importance of checking course
"It's always the student's responsibility to make sure they are eligible for any course they enroll in," she said.
requirements carefully.
There is no system for checking prerequisites during enrollment. Schools must wait until enrollment is completed to manually review students' records. For that reason, many students are not notified that they are missing a requirement until the third or fourth week of classes.
Wilson said that it was difficult to change her schedule so late in the semester. As a result, her schedule is lighter than she had wanted.
While some students are caught taking classes above their qualifications, others don't seem to have any problems, especially in humanities and social science courses.
"I know a lot of people who ignore the prerequisites," said Andrew Arnold, Overland Park sophomore. "No one actually looks at your transcript when you enroll, so you're pretty much free to sign up for whatever you want."
However, students like Wilson are likely to pay more attention to prerequisites in the future. For now, they will receive a full refund for the classes they were dropped from.
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Protesters to support rebel cause Rally to publicize conflict in Mexico
By Sean Demory Kansan staff reporter
To prevent the Chiapas conflict from slipping out of the public eye, students, faculty and community members will protest U.S. and Mexican policy toward the area's indigenous people.
The rally, which will be held at 12:30 p.m. today at Wescoe Beach, is sponsored by KU Environons and the Coalition for Labor Action and Social Struggle.
Marina Jaffe, Kansas City, Mo., senior and demonstration coordinator, said sale of communal land and mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the region had led to an attempted revolution in 1994 by Zanatista rebels.
Peace talks between the rebels and the Mexican government have ceased, and militarization of the region has reached an all-time high, with 60 percent of Mexico's military deployed in Chiapas.
On April 11 and 12, U.S. President Bill Clinton will visit Mexico to show support for Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo's economic-reform initiatives.
"Clinton is going down there to support a president known for suppression and militarization," Jaffe said.
She said the demonstrators wanted Clinton to meet with the Committee for Peace and Dignity in Chiapas, a group of concerned religious, human rights and academic leaders from the United States.
Sterling Evans, doctoral candidate in Latin-American History and a scheduled speaker at today's rally, said that the region was a moderately important oil reserve and that the North American Free Trade Agreement would put higher demands on the area and its residents.
"Chiapas is something of a backwater, but it's a microcosm of everywhere in Latin America where indigenous people have been ignored," Evans said.
Jaffe will be going to Chiapas from July 2 to 8 as a delegate to observe the effects of the conflict on indigenous women.
"We don't want to read in National Geographic five years from now that the army went in and wiped the people of Chiapas out," Jaffe said. "Not when we can do something now."
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