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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1996
SECTION A VOL.103, NO.64
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Gingrich expresses hope for political cooperation
WASHINGTON — Chosen by Republicans for a second term as U.S. House speaker, Newt Gingrich said yesterday the GOP Congress had an "absolute moral obligation" to work with President Clinton and leave the campaign wars behind.
"We bear the unusual burden of reaching out to a Democratic president and saying, together, we can find common ground," Gingrich said, whose formal election as speaker is slated for Jan. 7, 1997, when the 105th Congress officially convenes.
Across the Capital complex, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Dashle of South Dakota showed a similar hope for cooperation.
israeli lawmaker accused in domestic violence probe
JERUSALEM — Tired of tensions with Syria and stalled talks with the Palestinians, Israelis wanted to know only one thing this week: Did an Israeli lawmaker who advocated a crackdown on violence against women beat his wife?
Radio talks shows and newspapers discussed the Dayans' domestic troubles for a fourth straight day yesterday after Rachel Dayan fled — and then withdrew—a police complaint against her husband. Haim.
"There are more important things to focus on," Dayan, a former policeman, told Israeli amm radio.
Women's rights activists disagreed, saying the case put family violence, long a serious problem in Israel, into the spotlight. The women's rights group Naamat estimates that one in four Israeli women have been or will some time be assaulted by their partners.
Clinton works, plays on Australian visit
SYDNEY, Australia — After winning a standing ovation in Australia's Parliament, President Clinton pivoted from business to pleasure yesterday, taking his wife on a moonlit harbor cruise and worrying about his golf date with PGA pro Greg Norman.
He told a joint session of the House and Senate that the United States is committed to improving relations with China.
"I've fallen in love with Australia in just a day or so," the president said enthusiastically after a day of official meetings in the capital city of Canberra.
China is a major trading partner of Australia, a close U.S. ally whose only disputes with the Americans deal with U.S. agricultural subsidies and other trade practices that Australia contends cost it thousands of jobs and millions of export dollars.
Hurricane Marco heads toward Jamaica, Cuba
KINGSTON, Jamalca — Hurricane Marpo spun eastward through the Caribbean yesterday, threatening to inflict further damage on Jamaica and Cuba, islands already reeling from deadly floods and heavy storms.
Jamaica's government issued a hurricane warning and flash-flood watch and urged fishermen to return to port.
Marc grew to hurricane strength early yesterday with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
He said the primary threat remained in Jamaica, eastern Cuba — site of the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay — and Haiti.
"It probably will strengthen a little bit more, but we still expect it to remain in the Caribbean the next two to three days," said hurricane specialist Ed Rappaport.
The Associated Press
Advising faces revisions
Instructors' role in helping choose classes to expand
By Lindsey Henry
Kansan staff writer
Fortunately, the desire to revamp the University's advising process is a major part of Vision 2020, the Board of Regents' plan to transform
Each time the University of Kansas surveys its graduating seniors, the same problem shows up: The advising system needs some serious help.
the six state schools for the 21st century.
Provost David Shulenburger said he was glad to see that advising was a concern for the Regents.
"Advising is not this way at other schools," Shulenburger said. "Others have found ways to fix the problem, and we should too. I hope we can turn advising into an asset rather than a liability."
Shulenburger designed a committee to recommend plans for a centralized advising system for the University.
The advising committee's plans are due to Shulenburger in early December.
Diana Carlin, associate professor of communication studies and
chairwoman of the committee, said students, faculty and administration needed to alter their perception of advising.
"Most see advising as just enrollment, but it is much, much broader than that," Carlin said. "Advising is establishing relationships with faculty, help with all sorts of self-knowledge, career counseling."
Carlin said creating a University handbook with advising information and rewarding faculty dedicated to advising were a few of the committee's suggestions to improve the system.
"We haven't trained faculty to advise," Carlin said. "We just hand people an undergraduate timetable and say 'to advise.'"
She said the majority of the committee's energy was focused on improving advising for freshmen and sophomores.
She said the University should reward its outstanding advisers.
Shulenburger said that although he wanted students to have direction in their lives, he did not want undergraduates to feel discouraged from taking a variety of classes.
"We need to elevate advising's importance with some compensation." Carlin said.
Grey Montgomery, student body president and committee member, said a $1,000 bonus had been considered for deserving faculty advisers.
"Right now, if you have a bad adviser, you just go to see another one." Montgomery said. "We need to press for some line of accountability. The advising process has the potential to be one of the most important parts of the college experience."
Determining what is best for the entire University is a major under-
"I think it is fine to do some experimentation," Shulenburger said. "But students need to make up their minds by the end of their freshman year or the beginning of their sophomore year; otherwise they'll be here even longer."
Ride 'n' roll
Drew Elser, Wakefield sophomore, rides his bicycle in a display case at Terraplane Bicycles, 916 Massachusetts St. Elser and the other 45 members of the KU cycling team use stationary "rollers" at voluntary workouts. The team's season starts in mid-February and ends in October.
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Elders to address cultural traditions
Native-American panel plans to hold discussion on preserving heritage
By Jeff Ruby Kansan staff writer
As part of Native American Heritage Month, elders will speak on cultural traditions, the state of native America and respect at 7 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Michael Yellow Bird, assistant professor of social welfare, said the panel of elders would focus on what Native Americans could do to preserve their customs while attending the University of Kansas.
"Elders are very important in terms of our culture," he said. "They help direct us and guide us in our culture and provide a foundation for us. They're a bridge for us — in terms of spirituality, culture and resiliency — to the past. They teach us how to survive."
Yellow Bird said Native Americans become "elders" through a combination of experience, tradition and age.
What: pane discussion,
part of Native American Heritage Month
When: 7 tonight
Where:
Kansas Room
in the Kansas
Union
"It's difficult to define an elder," he said. "It's a person who has been able to hang on to traditions, and one who displays an understanding and has
a depth of knowledge about cultural traditions. They've found the balance, harmony and basic truths of life."
Aaron Gawhega, a member of the Missouri and Iowa Indian tribes and a doctor of education who works in the counseling center at Haskell Indian Nations University, is one of the elders who will speak on the panel.
"I don't claim to be, per se, a per-
"They're a bridge for us—in terms of spirituality, culture and resiliency—to the past."
assistant professor of social welfare
son who knows the ways of Indian. he said, "I do know my tribe well."
Gawhega said there were common things between the tribes and that he could speak about the commonness of traditions and cultures.
Terry Brockie, Ft. Bellnap, Mont., senior, and a member of the Native American Student Association, said he looked forward to drawing on the experience of the elders.
"Every time you listen to an elder, you learn something new about your history. They're wise and revered," he said. "In my tribe you're taught to sit and listen.
"If they want to tell you something, they will."
Brockie said elders educated Native Americans on how to conduct themselves as respectable human beings.
"They have a real peace about them," he said. "I know by the way they conduct themselves, that they're role models for people."
The panel will include elders Gawhega, Burgess Tapadoe of the Kiowa Nation, Archie Hawkins of the Oglaa Nation, Andy and Francis Girty of the Cherokee Nation and Rita Sage of the Navajo Nation.
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Mix-up costs seats at lecture
Some students holding Seale vouchers denied admittance to event
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
Black Panther founder Bobby Seale's lecture on Tuesday night attracted a crowd that was too large for its organizers to handle.
More than 200 people, many of whom had vouchers guaranteeing seats from Student Union Activities, were turned away at the door of the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"SUA definitely made a mistake," said SUA manager Sue Morrell. "If I had been there, I would have made room for those people with vouchers."
SUA traditionally offers vouchers for its free events.
Originally, SUA planned to require vouchers for the Seale lecture, but posters advertising the event were printed without voucher information.
The vouchers secure seats for audience members and help SUA estimate the number planning to attend.
Therefore, most people showed without vouchers, and many who had vouchers were denied entrance when more than 800 people filled the ballroom.
in, not realizing that they had already given a lot of them away."
"It was just kind of a rookie mistake with some new staff. That won't ever happen again," Morrell said. "They got flustered and made the decision before the show that people didn't need vouchers to get
Janet Cull, Lawrence junior, was turned away at the door.
"I did look forward to it, and I did pick up my voucher a week in advance," she said. "I scheduled my work time and class time around being able to attend."
Morrall apologized for the inconvenience and said that she would be willing to lend the videotape of the lecture to people who had been denied a seat.
However, she reminded students that a voucher guaranteed a seat only if the student arrived at least fifteen minutes before the event.
She said some people who complained about not being able to find a seat had arrived thirty minutes after the lecture began.