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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20.1996
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.103.NO.63
(USPS 650-640)
Commuter, private planes crash, killing thirteen
QUINCY, ILL. — A commuter plane coming in for a landing collided at a runway intersection yesterday with a small private plane that was trying to take off, igniting a fireball that killed all 13 people aboard both aircraft.
The planes collided on runways that cross, said David Smith, manager of Baldwin Municipal Airport.
The airport, which serves smaller planes, does not have a control tower.
The incoming plane, a United Express flight with nine passengers and two crew members, had originated in Chicago and made a stop in Burlington, Iowa, before heading to Quincy.
The private plane, with two people aboard, was from the St. Louis area, but it was not immediately known where it was headed.
Former Texaco executive charged with obstruction
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The former Texaco executive who secretly tape recorded himself and his colleagues belittling blacks and plotting to destroy evidence in a race-discrimination suit was charged yesterday with shredding documents in the case.
Richard Lundwall, who disclosed the tapes, is the first executive to face charges in the scandal.
Lundwall, 55, of Danbury, Conn.,
could get up to 10 years in prison
and $250,000 in fines if convicted
of obstruction of justice.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley Okula would not comment about charges against other Texaco officials.
After the tapes became public earlier this month, Texaco's chairman apologized, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a boycott against the company and Texaco's stock price fell.
Pope accepts Castro's invitation to visit Cuba
VATICAN CITY — In a stroke of brilliance or folly, Fidel Castro won a long-sought pledge yesterday from Pope John Paul II to visit Communist Cuba next year, capping a triumphant stay in Rome by the Latin American revolutionary.
But, as the Vatican made clear, the pope accepted the invitation only after Castro agreed to the usual conditions for papal trips — that the pope can travel anywhere and meet with anyone. Castro had hoped to restrict the pope's visit.
"The only thing missing is the date in 1997," said papal representative Joaquín Navarro-Valls.
Preparations will begin soon, he said. A Cuban stop in October during an already-scheduled trip to Brazil was one possibility.
Human guinea pigs to get government settlement
NEW YORK — The U.S. government will pay $4.8 million for injecting 1.2 human guinea pigs with uranium and plutonium without their knowledge during a Cold War-era radiation experiment.
"Never again," said Hazel O'Leary, energy secretary, when she announced the settlement yesterday. "Never again should tests be performed on human beings."
O'Leary said $400,000 apiece would go to the families of the 11 victims who are now dead and to a woman still living in upstate New York. Doctors believe the deaths of the 11 were not directly related to the experiments.
The Associated Press
"This settlement goes to the very heart of the moral accountability the government owes its citizens," the outgoing energy secretary said at a meeting of the American Public Health Association.
"All power to all the people"
-Bobby Seale
A Panther's perspective
Co-founder of the Black Panther Party, U.S.A
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers, views the audience before speaking. Seale spoke to a standing room-only crowd last night at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Seale shares his humor history with group of 800
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
With a sense of history and a sense of humor, Bobby Seale spoke to a capacity crowd last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Seale, who founded the Black Panther party in 1966 with Huey Newton, kept the crowd laughing as he told his side of the Panthers' history.
Seale started by discounting both the FBI's and the media's portrayal of the Black Panthers. He targeted the 1995 Mario Van Peebles film Panther, saying that 90 percent of what took place on screen never happened.
"According to the movie, me and Huey were just a couple of street-type thugs who just popped up out of nowhere," he said.
In reality, Seale attended Merritt College in Oakland, Calif., while working on the Gemini missile program at night, he said. His attention was turned to the African-American cause by the widespread activism and protesting of the 1960s.
"It was high profile," he said. "It caused us students to think, read, research, then get involved."
When Seale started researching, he realized he was missing out on his heritage, he said. He talked about the
impact people such as W.E.B. DuBois and Nat Turner had on his studies.
"I knew nothing about my African and African-American people's history whatsoever," he said. "I was a 26-year-old man."
Seale, who was raised to become a builder and an architect, often cited his need for order as a reason the Black Panther party grew to include more than 5,000 members. He said architecture skills had enabled him to realize many of the party's goals.
Seale's organization skills, combined with Newton's knowledge of the law, made the Panthers a formidable group, Seale said. The original members of the group were trained extensively then began to patrol Oakland's streets to keep an eye on police officers.
"I used to drawing the plan," he said. "Now, once you've got the plan laid out, it's time to build."
The banner bore the full name of the party: "The Black Panther Party for Self
Seale wove anecdotes about the party's history into the lecture. For example, he mentioned the misconceptions that spread when the Panthers' first banner was hung.
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"We knew more law than the police," he said.
KU students hope speech will encourage open minds
By Bradley Brooks Kansan staff writer
Bobby Seale brought a message of equality to the University of Kansas last night that he hoped would shed light on history and help lead a new generation into the next century.
Sean Fradieu, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, and a Black Panellenic representative from Alpha Phi Alpha, said that he hoped Seale's message would act as a catalyst for motivating student involvement on campus.
"There is so much apathy on this
That new generation showed up 800 strong to hear Seale speak, and in interviews before the speech, many students said they hoped that the importance of Seale's message would cut through racial, gender and age barriers.
"It is important that students come out and learn from the past," said Jessica Keith, Kansas City, Kan., senior and last year's president of the Black Student Union. "We need a better understanding of why people of that time did what they did and to let the truth come out."
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ROTC morale strong despite Army scandal
Sexual harassment allegations command military attention
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
For three months, the Army has fielded more than 2,000 calls from women in the military who believe they have been sexually harassed.
But the calls regarding sexual misconduct have not affected morale among KU cadets, said Lynne Johnson, cadet command sergeant major for the Army ROTC and Story City, Iowa, junior.
"This is something we work to avoid," she said. "The lesson learned here is to know that it happened, to make sure it doesn't happen again. When I first joined, I was a little apprehensive about breaking into a man's world. It is something all women have reason to be a little apprehensive of. But I soon knew I had nothing to worry about."
Lieutenant Colonel Don Denmark, professor of Military Science, said diversity was emphasized in many of the introductory courses to define appropriate and inappropriate behavior immediately at the Jayhawk Battalion.
"Leadership training is a common corps subject," said Denmark. "Cadets have to recognize the foundation of American tolerance. The importance of diversity is the focus on strength and growth over time."
On Nov.8, a company commander and four drill sergeants were charged at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for improper actions ranging from sexual harassment to rape. Numerous allegations of the sexual harassment of female trainees surfaced at other bases around the country.
Women comprise 13 percent of the nation's armed forces.
With women comprising 26 percent of the cadets in the Army ROTC at the University, and other minorities making up another 10
HARASSMENT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT is defined as unwanted, unwelcome, repeated advances, requests for favors, and other verbal or physical misconduct.
Sexual harassment occurs when the condition of an individual's employment or education depends on submission to the conduct.
Sexual harassment also occurs if submission to or rejection of the aggressor is used as the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting the harassed individual.
Conduct that unreasonably interferes with an individual's work or academic performance, creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment constitutes sexual harassment.
percent, harassment is a real issue.
All cadets are required to attend a sensitivity training course at the beginning of each semester, which includes a three-part slide series and outlined overheads, Denmark said.
"Sexuality is merged with power. It is difficult to distinguish between the two," she said. "In our society, we have a tendency to sexualize power by presenting the male as dominant and the female as subordinate."
Charlene Muehlenhard, associate professor of psychology and women's studies, said the increased number of sexual harassment allegations was not surprising.
Muehlenhard said eroticized aggression also made it impossible to distinguish between improper and acceptable behavior.
"The combination of unacceptable with acceptable behavior blurs the lines." she said.
However, those lines were established the first day and have not been blurred between the cadets at the University. Johnson said.
"It was the first thing I heard when I got here. It was an issue that was taken seriously and emphasized as something that would not be tolerated," she said.
International Student Senate seat to be filled
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
Political organization to reunite for sake of occupying post
Confusion about who would appoint a student to a Student Senate seat reserved for international students may have ended.
However, when the Senate attempted to give the seat to the International Student Association so that international students would be represented, the association rejected it. But after a chain of events, the seat will be filled by the soon-to-be re-create council.
The International Student Council has not filled a reserved Senate seat this year because the group no longer exists. It broke up when its members graduated, and no one replaced them.
"It has been confusing, but it worked out," said Jamie Johnson, student body vice president. "There was a lack of communication, and people got confused."
The International Student Association is a social, not political, organization. It created the council a few years ago to respond to international students' political concerns.
When the council became defunct, the Senate seat allotted to the council went unfilled.
This is what has happened.
The Senate, not wanting the seat empty, passed a bill giving the seat to the association.
But a problem existed: the association did not know that the seat would be given to it. David Cohavi,
association president, said communication had broken down.
"No one talked to me about the issue," Cohavi said. "People assumed what we wanted."
When notified of being given the seat, the association told the Senate that it did not want the seat. Gerald Harris, the association's adviser and director of International Student Services, had said the association was not prepared to fill the seat.
"Some changes need to be made for the association to fill the seat." Harris told the Senate before it passed the bill. "But those changes will be made, and I think that the association would be willing to take the seat."
It was not willing, however, and the seat remained unfilled. The association had no intentions of filling it.
Johnson said he was just glad that the situation was resolved.
The association then decided that they would re-create the council and fill the seat.
Montgomery's veo meant that the seat reverted back to the council. However, the council still did not exist.
"The seat will be filled, and international students will have representation," Johnson said. "That is what is important."
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The association now is looking for students to be on the council. When it is created, the council will appoint someone to the seat.
Student body president Grey Montgomery then vetoed the bill that the Senate had passed, which had given the association the seat. If the association did not want the seat, he said, then they should not have it.
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