WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 21,1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.101
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Jayhawks fall to No. 2 Texas
The No. 25 Kansas women's tennis team is beaten by another ranked opponent. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Station surfing for perfect mix
Students search the radio waves night and day for a variety of musical genres. Page 6A
NATION
Rapper acquitted
Snoop Doggy Dog was acquitted yesterday on murdercharges from 1993. Page7A
WORLD
Bombing trial moved
Judge says defendants' protection outweighs families' rights to attend trial. Page 8A
WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY
High 64° Low 45°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
National News . . . 7A
World News . . . 8A
Features . . . 10A
Scoreboard. . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . 4B
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Buchanan wins in New Hampshire
Dole gets second; GOP race tightens
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Conservative rebel Pat Buchanan won a crucial victory yesterday in New Hampshire's leadoff presidential primary, nudging Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., from his perch as Republican front-runner and throwing the GOP race into three-way turmoil.
The Associated Press
"We have made history again tonight." Buchanan said. He critiqued the GOP establishment and big corporations and cast his showing as a victory for the good
men and women of Middle America.
Late-charging Lamar Alexander, the former Tennessee governor, ran a solid third and suggested his showing proved him a stronger mainstream alternative to Buchanan than a weakened Senator Dole.
There was no rest after an exhausting New Hampshire campaign. The candidates were launching immediately into a five-week, 30-state burst of primary contests.
Dole was headed today to the Dakotas; Alexander looked South to Georgia and South Carolina, hoping his Tennessee roots would translate into regional strength. Buchanan heads to New York, then to the Midwest.
For Buchanan, the commentator-
With 98 percent of precincts counted, Buchanan had 55,997 votes, or 27 percent, to 53,623 or 26 percent for Dole. Alexander had 46,616, or 23 percent. Publishing he Steve Forbes was at 12 percent. Associates said that Forbes was reassessing his campaign but that he was certain to press on for another week because of his efforts in Arizona and Delaware.
turned-candidate, it was another dramatic New Hampshire night. Four years ago, he scored 37 percent against an incumbent GOP president here, asserting himself — and his often unorthodox views — in national Republican politics.
In exit polls, voters cited pocketbook issues — jobs, taxes and budget deficits — as they judged the eight-man Republi-
One in four said the economy and jobs were the issues that mattered most in deciding how they voted; one in five cited taxes. Roughly 15 percent said the federal budget deficit. In clear reflection of the race's volatility, 60 percent said they had settled on their choice in the final week.
New Hampshire's results were likely to winnow the GOP field, though none of the struggling candidates would admit as much. Forbes had been tied for the New Hampshire lead a month ago, but his effort to promote a flat income tax wilted as moderate voters chose between Dole and Alexander.
Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar was fifth at 5 percent; Alan Keyes had 3 percent.
Primary Results:
Bob Dole
26%
Pat Buchanan 27%
Lamar Alexander 23%
Mardi Gras makes for an SUA party
Steve Forbes
12%
Students celebrate seasonal revelry
By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer
Some KU students who were looking for a party went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras this weekend.
Melanie Zack, New Orleans senior, said the parades had been going on for two weeks.
She said she was able to ride on a float in a Saturday afternoon parade because her mother was a member of the The Crew of the Iris, one of the organizations that holds a parade.
She dressed up in a magenta, Chinese-style hat, white mask and a colorful print blouse, Zack said. She threw beads and trinkets from the float, and the crazy world would do anything to get them.
"They would shout I love you. Throw me something," she said.
Zack said she loved the Mardi Gras atmosphere and had only missed two in her life.
For other students, however,
Mardi Gras was a new experience.
Melissa Garland, Overland Park senior, said that it seemed like a contest to see who could get the most beads. People would get them from the parades or from people on balconies
She said elderly men in business suits were shouting for women to show their breasts.
It was like a big meat market with people looking for one-night stands, she said. It was even worse than a bar where, at least, one might consider dating a person.
"Iwas in shock," Garland said.
Garland did end up getting lucky at Mardi Gras, though.
She found a $100 bill lying in the trash on a dimly lit street off Bourbon street.
The money didn't last long, though. She spent it in two hours at the Hard Rock Cafe buying drinks
and appetizers.
Garland went to Mardi Gras on the Student Union Activities sponsored trip that began Friday morning and ended Sunday evening.
Mike Enenbach, recreation and travel coordinator for SUA, said that the highlight of the SUA trip was seeing a parade with Jonathan Silverman, from The Single Guy, and Daphne Zuniga, from Melrose Place, as marshals.
However, the cafe Du Monde and other cultural sites also added to the trip, he said.
Professors weren't sure whether Mardi Gras had any significant effect on class attendance.
Charles Wyttenbach, professor of biology, said that attendance in his introductory biology class had been falling off since the beginning of January.
There were significant absences on Monday, though, he said. Only 180 of the 291 handouts he prepared for his class were picked up.
Ash Wednesday services
Ash Wednesday draws penitence
Humans are dust.
By Susanna Löof
Kansan staff writer
- St. Lawrence Catholic Center.
7.45 a.m.; 12.30 p.m.; 5.15
p.m.; 7.00 p.m.; 10.00 p.m.
That is the theme of today, Ash Wednesday, for many Christian students. As a reminder of their mortality, several will have crosses drawn with ashes on their foreheads during special masses or services.
"For me, it's a reminder that I didn't have any control of my own creation," said Mitchel Zimmerman, Hoxie senior. "It's a reminder that my own creation is a miracle, that life is a gift. It is a very humbling experience."
Christy Dunn, Leawood senior, said the moment when the cross was drawn on her forehead was very
Danforth Chapel:
8.30 a.m.; 11.30 a.m.
12.30 p.m.; 4.30 p.m.
powerful.
The Danforth services are arranged by the Canterbury House (Episcopal), Ecumenical Christian Ministries, Peace Mennonite Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry and United Methodist Campus Ministry.
"I feel like we're all here acknowledging the same thing," she said.
Dunn said that Ash Wednesday and Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday, was a solemn and introspective time.
Dunn said she used Ash Wednesday and Lent to examine how she lived her life.
As a child, she used give up things such as candy for Lent, but now she tries to do things such as attending
Mass more often.
Mike Enenbach, Overland Park senior, Melissa Garland, Overland Park senior, and Katie Hystrom, Leewood senior, flaunt their Mardi Gras beads.
"Basically, I'm trying to develop more of the Christian spirit," she said.
It is most common for Catholics and Episcopalians to observe Ash Wednesday by having ash crosses made of burnt palm branches placed on their foreheads. But members of other congregations also practice the tradition.
A group of congregations, including Canterbury House, will hold four services today at Danforth Chapel.
It's the fourth year several congregations have arranged services together, said Joe Alford, chaplain at Canterbury House. The services usually attract 60 to 70 people, he said.
At least 500 students usually attend each of the two evening masses held at St. Lawrence Catholic Center, said
Vince Krische, a priest at the center. In addition, the center arranges three masses during the day.
Paul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies, said that Ash Wednesday was a creation of the early Christian church but that ashes had been used as a sign of repentance in religions since ancient times.
Regents Center's quick growth rate explains numbers
By Colleen McCain Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas bucked the trend of declining enrollments at Regents universities this semester, and KU owes its increased enrollment all to the Regents Center.
Although enrollment at the other five Regents universities decreased by 352 students from last spring, KU gained 134 students. But 20th-day enrollment figures show that enrollment at KU's Lawrence campus fell slightly from Spring 1995 — from 21,922 students to 21,836 students — and enrollment at the University of Kansas Medical Center fell from 2,637 students to 2,540 students.
A Regents Center growth spurt accounted for KU's net increase in enrollment. Regents Center enrollment increased from 1,498 students last spring to 1,885 students this spring—a 25.8 percent increase.
Robert Stark, dean of the Regents Center, said that enrollment at the Regents Center had been growing in recent years but that the trend was accelerating.
Stark said that course offerings at the Regents Center, which is in Overland Park, had increased between 8 and 12 percent in the last year but that enrollment increases had outpaced the increase in class offerings.
"There is a market here for a substantially larger campus," he said. "We have kind of a field of dreams — if we build it, they will come."
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the Regents Center's tuition retention program also contributed to the campus' growth. Tuition from KU's Lawrence campus and other Regents universities is returned to state coffers and then allocated to the universities. But the Regents Center retains tuition funds, so when more students enroll, the Regents Center retains more money.
"As we have additional students at the Regents Center, we can afford to fund additional staff so that we can accommodate the growth." Shulenburger said. "I think that we can
probably continue double-digit increases at the Regents Center for the next several years because we can afford to pay for it."
Although KU's other campuses are not growing by leaps and bounds as the Regents Center is, Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the enrollment figures were encouraging.
"The fact that KU's overall enrollment is up when the Regents system is down says something about what people think about the University of Kansas," Hemenway said.
Bucking the trend
The increase in Spring 1996 enrollment was KU's first enrollment increase three years, and Hemenway said this increase likely signified a turnaround in enrollment numbers.
"Some of our recruiting efforts already have begun to turn these numbers around, and I think that we'll see some modest increases in the near future," he said.
Although total enrollment declined at Regents universities during past year, enrollment at the University of Kansas increased slightly.
| | Spring 1995 | Spring 1996 | Breakdown of KU campuses |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| **THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS** | 26,127 | 26,261 | Lawrence |
| **KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY** | 18,660 | 18,649 | 1995 1996 21,992 21,836 |
| **WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY** | 14,049 | 13,816 | Regents Center |
| **EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY** | 5,516 | 5,398 | 1995 1996 1,498 1,885 |
| **PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY** | 6,026 | 6,025 | KU Med Center |
| **FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY** | 5,234 | 5,245 | 1995 1996 2,637 2,540 |
The Lawrence campus' loss of 156 students — a decrease of 0.7 percent — was negligible. Hemenay said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that based on Fall 1995 enrollment figures, a decline in spring enrollment had been expected.
Fall 1995 enrollment at all KU campuses declined by 407 students from Fall 1994.
"When you have a decrease like that in the fall, you expect a similar
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decrease in the spring, but these numbers don't reflect that," Amber said. "The numbers show that the enrollment decline is starting to turn around."