FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.93
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Meet Ryan Robertson
The Kansas freshman guard believes there is much more to life than the game he loves. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Flat tax fever
Economists discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the flat tax proposals. Page 5A
FEATURES
Affirmative Action
Students and universities debate the merit of equality programs. Page 8A
NATION
Telecom bill signed
Clinton says this bill will catch our laws up with our future. Page 7A
WEATHER
MOSTLY SUNNY
High 71° Low 41°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 7A
Features ... 8A
Sports ... 1B
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
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Hail to the Chie
Robert Hemenway will be the 16th chancellor inducted into the KU tradition at his inauguration Sunday
A after more than seven months on the job, Robert Hemenway will be in inaugurated Sunday as
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KU's 16th chancellor. But if Hemenway had not changed his mind last semester, the 2 p.m. inauguration at the Lied Center might not have happened.
Hemenway said he was reluctant to have an inauguration when he first became chancellor on July 1 in light of the budget reductions the University was facing.
"It seemed to me that maybe having an inauguration at that time wasn't the thing to do," Hemenway said. "But I became convinced during the fall that there was an important academic and ceremonial tradition that we should
Inauguration activities
At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Robert Hemenway will be inaugurated as KUJ's 36th chancellor. The inauguration, which is at the Uled Center, is only one of several events scheduled for the inaugural weekend. Other events include
2 p.m. Friday at the Fine Room in the Kansas Union, symposium with Sonys Mire, a filmmaker from Somalia.
2 p.m. Friday at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union, symposium with author Neft Irvin Painter of Princeton University
4 p.m. Friday at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union, symposium with author ChenYf A, Wall of Rutgers University
4 p.m. at the Contenental Room in the Kansas Union, symposium with author Katie G., Cannon of Temple University.
2 p.m. Saturday at the Kansas Union Ballroom, symposium on issues relating to Black women's studies; Gancellor Robert Hemerway and the speakers from Friday's symposiums will make remarks
7:30 p.m. Friday at the Led Center
1121 Wingborne Orchestra concert
7:30 p.m. Sunday at Swarthout
Recital Hall in Murphy Hall, Cloud
Frank concert
7:30 p.m. Monday at the Lind Center
Symphonic Band concert
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KU's inaugurations have varied from galas to simple addresses. Hemenway said he hoped his inauguration was remembered as dignified and true to the tradition of the University.
"I also hope that people think that it was a lot of fun," he said.
Sunday's ceremony will cost $27,000, but the money will be the Kansas University Ence Association and private sources.
"I'm very excited," Hemenway said. "This is my first and only inauguration."
Hemenway, 54, served as chancellor of the University of Kentucky's Lexington campus for six years before coming to the University. But he did not have an inauguration at Kentucky.
The University has not had an inauguration since Gene Budig became chancellor in 1981.
Del Shankel served as chancellor during the 1994-95 school year but was not inaugurated. Shankel, who also served
as acting chancellor for the year prior to Budig's arrival, said Budig's inauguration
being a meaningful event that gave Budig the opportunity to outline his goals for the University and to look to the future.
"It gave the people of Kansas a chance to know Budig as a person and to know what his goals and ideas were," Shankel said. "It's a great part of the KU tradition that hopefully only happens every 10 years or so."
Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the executive vice chancellor, said yesterday that about 1,800 of the 2,000 tickets had been reserved. Tickets are free and are available to the public at the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas Union, at the service desk in the Burge Union, at the Regents Center and at the chancellor's office, 230 Strong Hall.
The inauguration will include comments by Hemenway, Gov. Bill Graves and Sen. Nancy Kassbeam. An original composition, *Fanfare Celebration for a New Era*, by Robert Foster, director of KU bands, and an inaugural poem by Luci Tapahonso, associate professor of English, also will be featured.
Past inaugurations have shown tradition, variety
Inaugurating the University's chancellor is a long-standing tradition, but few other traditions dictate the details of the event. Each chancellor's inauguration has been different from the last — ranging from three-day celebrations to brief speeches.
When Robert Henemway is inaugurated as KU's 16th chancellor on Sunday, the event will reflect Hemenway's personality and wishes. The inauguration will feature speeches by Henemay, Gov. Bill Graves and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum — an impressive event but a far cry from some of the inaugural fetes of the past.
No chancellor likely will match Frank Strong's inaugural ceremonies. The events lasted three daws. Oct. 16, 1802.
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According to The Kansas University Weekly, "The official inauguration of Dr. Frank Strong as chancellor of the University will go down as the most
imposing and the most impressive event in KU history."
The final day of ceremonies and speeches began at 9:30 a.m. and lasted until after 1 a.m. A feast of oysters, ham and turkey was served to 1,155 people at 7 p.m. Twenty-six speakers were scheduled after the meal, but one reporter wrote that "some speakers were forced to leave from weariness before their turn arrived."
In contrast, Deane Malott's inauguration on Sept. 22, 1939, was little more than an address at convocation. In compliance with Malott's wishes, the inauguration ceremony consisted of Malott's inaugural address during the traditional opening convocation in Hoch Auditorium.
Most recently, the inaugural ceremonies for Gene Budig were held at opening convocation on Aug. 24, 1981, at Allen Field House. A procession of 500 professors and dignitaries marched to the field house, and Budig spoke to a crowd of 3,800. The traditional convocation ceremony followed.
Hemenway has said that his inauguration would be more like the simpler inaugurations of the recent past but would reflect his style and the changing University.
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Sheryl Williams, University archivist and curator of the Kansas Collection, and Carolyn Berneking, University Archives volunteer, have created an exhibit that features information and memorabilia from the inaugurations of Strong, Malott and Ernest Lindley. The exhibit, on the fourth floor of Spencer Research Library, ends Feb. 29.
KU senator plans to sue University
By Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
"There's only one option, and that is a lawsuit. Sullian said."
Student senator Scott Sullivan said he planned to sue the University of Kansas because the administration denied his request yesterday to access student evaluations.
Sullivan, Leawood junior, had petitioned the University on Monday to release the evaluations under the Kansas Open Records Act.
But Richard Mann, director of University administration, sent Sullivan a letter yesterday stating that the open records act did not require the disclosure of personnel records, performance ratings or individually identifiable records pertaining to employees.
Sullivan said several people were looking for a lawyer to take his case and that he had considered contacting American Civil Liberties Union attorneys. He said he was confident he would find a competent attorney.
"It's an interesting legal issue," Sullivan said. "We have the moral high ground. When you have an issue that is right in its basis, you have a lot of enthusiasm to see that issue resolved in your favor."
Administrators and faculty members have said that releasing the evaluations would increase class-shopping mentality among students. Sullivan said that argument didn't give students enough credit.
"They're going to take a fair look at each instructor, and they're going to take a very fair look at what the evaluations offer them," Sullivan said.
But Lloyd Sponholtz, associate professor of history and Senate Executive Committee member, said he thought Sullivan was expecting the evaluations to be more valuable to students than they actually would be.
"To do what he is asking to do, for task logically," Sponholtz said. "I really don't think the rewards are worth the effort involved."
Sullivan also requested documents explaining how administrators use student evaluations and listing all University officials who review students' evaluation forms.
Administrators granted Sullivan access to those records yesterday
Sullivan said he thought the documents would show that so many people at the University already had access to student evaluations that the evaluations could not reasonably be kept from students.
"The more people that see the evaluations, the less of an ability they have to say that these records are closed." Sullivan said.
Rose Marino, associate general counsel for the University, said she wasn't sure what grounds Sullivan was planning to sue in but that the open records act was clear in
Enquirer editor asks for 'just the facts'
By Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
Tabloid journalist digs celebrity dirt
Topless photos of Marcia Clark are the only things Brian Williams regrets running.
Williams, who spoke to about 175 people last night at the Kansas Union Ballroom, said the Enquirer avoided blatant sex.
"As Americans, we don't want sex smacking us in the face," said Williams, general editor of the National Enquirer.
It also doesn't do aliens, three-headed babies or sea monsters.
"We check everything, and we're very careful about everything," he said. "We basically do two types of stories: ordinary people doing extraordinary things ... and extraordinary people doing ordinary things."
Williams said the Enquirer just does the facts.
But they do pay sources for stories
williams said the tabloid paid six figures for the story on Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson's wedding.
In a question-and-answer session earlier in the evening, Williams told students of the School of Journalism that paying for sources was a legitimate journalistic practice.
"Just because we pay somebody doesn't mean that we don't check it out and see if it's true or not," Williams said. "They say what they want to say, just like they do in any other situation. If I know I'm paying you money, I know what your agenda is."
Paid sources or not, the National Enquirer has high sales — and an educated readership.
The tabloid sells 3.5 million copies a week, grossing about $250 million a year. They claim 20 million readers, most of whom are women, ages 25 to 50, with high school diplomas and some college education.
Covering everything from the O.J. Simpson trial to deadbeat dads, the Princeton educated, one-time high
school teacher said he had the best job in the world.
Williams said his favorite assignment was covering celebrity weddings. He had tried to break into the tightly secured wedding of Michael J. Fox, and he crashed John Goodman's bachelor party in New Orleans.
But not every story the Enquirer reports is celebrity gossip and human interest. The Enquirer was the first to break the story that the DNA of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman was found in O.J. Simpson's Bronco.
"Suddenly we're becoming an interesting story ourselves," he said.
And Enquirer stories are making their way into mainstream newspapers and television news shows.
Since then, their investigative reporting style has gained the respect of mainstream media, Williams said.
"Everybody is getting tabloid." Williams said. "Everybody's doing it. It's our area, leave us alone. We're not covering the U.N."
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
Brian Williams, National Enquirer general editor, holds a copy of his controversial tabloid. Williams spoke at the Kansan Union Ballroom last night.
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