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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1997
SECTION A VOL.103, NO.75
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Tighter budget expected to reduce aid programs
WASHINGTON - In the zero-sum game of eliminating annual deficits by 2002, many programs for low-income Americans may be on the chopping block.
"Liberals may have the difficult choice of either getting on the train or being left behind," said Donald Ketti, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who studies the budget process.
Though Clinton will not release his new budget until Feb. 6, there have been public fights as he considered proposals to reduce spending for heating aid and housing for the poor. Such episodes put the president on the defensive, forcing him to cite administration efforts to expand Head Start, boost the minimum wage and otherwise help low-income people.
President's lawyers seek delay of Paula Jones suit
WASHINGTON — President Clinton's lawyers will argue before the Supreme Court today that allowing Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit to go forward while Clinton is in office could encourage a flood of civil suits against sitting presidents.
They will contend, Stanford University law professor Kathy Sullivan said yesterday, that the presidency is unique and that "we the people demand so much of his time that a civil lawsuit should not distract his energies from his constitutional duties."
But Joseph Cammarata, a Jones lawyer, said that nothing in the Constitution or in law says a president can avoid lawsuits for actions he took as a private citizen, before he was elected.
"If you believe the (argument of the) president, then we have a monarchy. We have a king," he said on ABC's This Week.
Hazing prompts cadets to not return to Citadel
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two female Citadel cadets who said they endured freshman hazing announced yesterday that they would not return to the military college.
"The school's promises to me and my family that knob life would be rough but safe were critical to me," Jeanie Mentvalos of Charlotte, N.C., said. "Because the Citadel broke its promise, I cannot return."
The FBI and state police were investigating allegations that male cadets set the clothes of the women on fire, sexually harassed them and put cleanser in their mouths. Eleven male cadets face disciplinary action.
A Citadel spokesman said that the school would have no comment until tomorrow.
King Hussein attempts to save Hebron agreement
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Jordan's King Hussein made a late night attempt yesterday to save an Israel-Palestinian agreement on a troop withdrawal from Hebron, shuttling between Gaza and Tel Aviv for meetings with the leaders of the two sides.
Hussein's effort came at the urging of U.S. envoy Dennis Ross, who had planned to return to Washington yesterday but decided to stay for Hussein's talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After his helicopter landed at 10 p.m., the Jordaniian monarch's motorcade was escorted by police cars with sirens blaring toward the defense ministry, where he was received with a warm, two-handed handshake by Netanyahu.
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Cashing in on Kansas games
Scalpers make profit on streets
By Neal Shulenburger
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Two tall men in frayed winter coats stand directly in the path between the KU parking garage and Allen Field House.
"Do you have any tickets?" they ask fans thronging from the parking garage to see the top-ranked Kansas men's basketball team square off against San Diego University.
"Have any tickets?"
Passers-by look warily at the men.
Others lust ignore them.
"Five dollars," the man closest to the field house doors offers. The woman looks insulted and turns away.
One elderly woman stops, looks around as if to make sure no one else is watching, and pulls a ticket out of her purse.
"All right, ten dollars!" he says.
She turns around reluctantly and gives him the ticket, snatches the bill from his hand and scampers
Later George Wright will sell the same ticket to someone for its $20 face value.
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Wright has been almost as much of a fixture at KU basketball and football games as the players for the last 10 years. Wright is a ticket scalper, part of a fraternity of small time businessmen who earn at least part of their livings buying and reselling tickets. But the business of scaling KU basketball and football tickets is bigger than Lawrence. In fact, in the last two years it has grown into a business sideline in the Kansas City area as resellers cash in on KU's sports legend.
Cold cash
wright has stood outside in snow, rain, and sub zero temperatures trying to make a profit buying and selling tickets since 1986.
Photo Illustration by Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
At an average game he said he can make $250 for the three hours he spends scalping.
There is no legal problem with what Wright does.
With the Kansas men's basketball team ranked No.1 in the nation,the demand for tickets has boosted the scalping business in Lawrence.Unlike in some surrounding states,including Missouri,ticket scalping is legal in Kansas.
"Right now [scalping] is legal in the state of Kansas," said Sergent Susan Hadl of the Lawrence police department.
Roadblocks
See TICKETS,Page 5A
Pam Dishman/photo) Andy Rohrback (reporting) / KANBAN
Opponents of the proposed South Lawrence Trafflowy demonstrate at the corner of 31st and Louisiana streets. Chris Foster(left), Los Gatos, Calif., graduate student; Paul Fairchild, Lawrence resident; Jessica Peterson, Salina junior; and Angie Bittle, Kirtland, N.M., junior, have demonstrated every Sunday afternoon since the beginning of semester break.
Field house, stadium may get facelift
By Kevin Bates
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas wants more than $32 million for repairs and improvements to Memorial Stadium and Allen Field House.
The first phase will include mostly infrastructure improvements to Memorial Stadium and the field house, totaling more than $18.7 million. The second phase of construction will involve major additions to the stadium, such as premium seating, a new press box, an elevator and media room improvements. The total for the second phase will come to more than $13.6 million.
At Thursday's Board of Regents meeting, the University will request the allocation of $32,391,210 to be used in two phases of construction for its sports facilities.
"This is part of a master planning document for the University," Warren salt. "The football stadium is the single largest part of the whole plan."
Pat Warren, assistant to athletic director Bob Frederick, said the renovations were first envisioned almost three years ago.
Under the plan, the money for the improvements will come from the Athletic Department. No state money will be used, but the Board of Regents and the Kansas
Major first-phase improvements in Memorial Stadium include $2.25 million for restrooms, $900,000 for utility improvements and $750,000 for stair replacement and water drainage plans. Another $375,000 will be used to build an elevator in the east stands.
Legislature must approve the action.
To help cover the costs, the price of a non-student football ticket will increase four dollars, from $22 to $26, and a non-student basketball ticket will increase five dollars, from $20 to $25. Season football tickets will increase to $156. Private donations also will be used to pay for the renovations.
Costs for Allen Field House include $987,500 for an elevator, $315,000 for restroom upgrades, $545,000 on concessions improvements and $151,100 for new building entrances. The proposed elevators are to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
"I think it's a good idea," said Ron Chen, Topeka senior. "These places should be handicapped-accessible. And also with KU's basketball tradition, it's definitely a good investment."
Students who attend games at the two facilities say that the improvements are valuable.
Other students disagreed, saying the price tag was too steep.
Renovating Venues
The Board of Regents will evaluate a plan to renovate and upgrade Memorial Stadium and Allen Field House. The repairs and additions should allow both facilities to be useable for several years to come.
Allen Field House renovations
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
Investigation targets museum, 450 specimens
By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
KU's Museum of Natural History is the focus of an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Approximately 450 specimens, added to the exhibits between 1991 and 1994, may have been acquired without proper importation permit.
Two months later the museum contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about these questionable specimens.
Irregularities in the documents were discovered by museum officials during a seven-month-long systematic review of the 6 million specimens in the museum, which ended in June 1996, Leonard Kristtalka, director of the museum, said.
See HISTORY, Page 5A
After being notified by the museum, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began its investigation last fall by examining the museum's exhibits and identified 450 of the items that it wished to investigate further.
The specimens in question have been pulled from the museum's exhibits and will remain sequestered in the museum until the conclusion of the investigation. At that time, the government agency will submit its findings to federal prosecutors, who will then decide if they have grounds for criminal prosecution.
In other cases, specimens which were illegally acquired have been moved to another institution so they can still be used for scientific study, said Brad
Should the findings declare that the specimens were imported unlawfully, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will then determine what will happen to the illegal items.
Case Vendel, a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said that because the investigation is expected to continue for several months, it is premature to speculate on its potential outcome and the future of the questionable specimens.
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