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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103.NO.28
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1993
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Robbery suspects arrested
2 men hold The Hawk's customers at gunpoint By Traci Carl
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Lawrence police arrested two men they believe held up Javhawk Cafe yesterday.
Robert Martin, 18, of Lawrence, was charged yesterday with aggravated robbery, and the other man, 16, has an arrangement scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday. Martin's preliminary hearing will be Oct. 25.
Shortly after I am, yesterday, two men walked into Jayawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., with a handgun and demanded money from the patrons and the register, Lawrence police reported.
Martin and the 16-year-old were arrested at 2 a.m. in the 500 block of West 14th Street, police said. They are being held in the Douglas County jail. Martin is being held without bond.
The two men fled on foot with a wallet, a book bag and cash, valued together at $555, police said. All of the items were recovered.
Kelli Stephani, Leawood freshman, was one of about 10 people in the bar at the time of the robbery. She said she was playing pool with her friends when the two men walked in.
"We looked up and everybody in the front by the stools was on the ground," she said.
One of the men stayed by the door and the other, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, held the gun.
"He pointed the gun at us and started walking back toward us, and we all went down on the ground," Stephani said.
"He pointed the gun at my friend's head and said, 'Empty your pockets now. I know you have money,'" she said.
The man with the gun then ordered Stephani and her friends to give him their money.
The two men did not injure anyone, she said, and after they emptied the register and the patron's pockets, they left.
Ken Wallace, owner of Jayhawk Cafe, said the incident took him by surprise.
"I've had this place almost 20 years, and something like this has never happened," he said. "It's just a sign of the times. I guess."
Wallace, who was not in the bar at the time of the robbery, said most people present were regular customers.
He said the alleged robbers did not have much to gain by holding up the bar. There was $300 in the register, the customers had $105 together, and the book bag was estimated by police to be worth $150.
Melissa Lacev / KANSAN
"They might as well have knocked over a Coke machine on campus," Wallace said.
Strike a pose
Pamela Chu, Hong Kong junior, receives yearbook posing tips from photographer Darrick Gans. All students still can have yearbook portraits taken through Friday in the Rotunda Room of Strong Hall.
KU faculty has no plans to unionize
Pittsburg State has only union in Regents system
By David Stewart Kansan staff writer
In their recent attempts to move closer to collective bargaining, KU graduate teaching assistants have more in common than they might realize with the University's own faculty.
Only six years ago, in November 1987, KU professors held an election in their attempt to form a faculty union. The faculty voted down a then four-year-old effort to unionize by a margin of 4 percent.
Faculty and GTA concerns about better benefits and compensation remained alike, said Felix Moos, professor of anthropology and president of the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP.
"Back then, our issues were essentially similar to GTAs now," Moos said. "But I know of no on-going plans for a faculty union any time soon."
Moos said he had not heard of any renewed interest in a faculty union at the University, but said KU faculty probably would not make plans before consulting other Board of Regents schools.
"It seems to me if a move is ever again attempted, three of the Regents units will go it together," Moos said.
Of the six member universities in the Regents system, only Pittsburgh State University has a faculty union.
Allowed to organize by the Regents in 1983, Pittsburgh State faculty established a bargaining unit under the leadership of the Kansas National Education Association.
David Lomshek, the association's current president at Pittsburg State, said there were a lot of misconceptions involved with university-level faculty unions.
"There's a lot less antagonism between the administration and the faculty than people think," Lomshek said. "If you take two groups who have similar goals, you will reach some consensus. They will both get a part of what they want."
By having a union available, the faculty has a greater role in their own governance, Lomshek said.
Because of strong support the faculty has for the union, Lomshek said the association could achieve higher annual raises than those available at other Regents schools.
"We are able to bring both sides to the table on the important issues," he said. "I think we go in there as equals."
Lomshek said one of the most recent negotiations the Pittsburg State faculty union achieved with the administration was a guaranteed increase in summer pay.
Robert Ratzlaff, Pittsburgh State vice president for academic affairs, said he thought negotiations for the past five years between Pittsburg State faculty and administration remained amiable.
"It's been beneficial when explaining university procedure," Ratzlaff said. "The union has provided a better forum for discussion of the issues that concern faculty."
Ratzlaff said one advantage of an organized faculty union was that it helped the faculty better understand the administrative process.
Rule helps women's teams to varsity consideration
Kansan sportswriter
By Anne Felstet
Maggie Romens, a junior and captain of the women's crew team, rows ever faster, and sophomore soccer goal keeper Carrie Gabbard dives for more saves in hopes that their teams will become the next Kansas women's varsity sport.
In 1972, the U.S. Congress passed Title IX, establishing that educational programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance could not discriminate against a person on the basis of sex. After 21 years, the law is gaining recognition in sports through the gender-equity guidelines established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1993. The guidelines assist universities in striving for equal treatment and opportunities for both men's and women's athletic programs.
Following those guidelines, Kansas is opting to add one or two women's sports rather than cutting existing men's programs.
Crew coach Rob Catloth said that he wanted his team to be one of the first on the list of those to be converted
Betsy Stephenson, associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, said that the Athletic Department was not at a proposal stage to add the sports but that all women's club sports would be under consideration, with soccer and crew probably leading the way.
from a club team to a varsity team.
Women's soccer is also vying for a varsity position. Lori Zito, women's soccer coach, said that she had tried to make the team more competitive in hopes of being considered.
The addition of women's athletics programs is in response to Title IX.
"It is not our goal to diminish one sport to bring up another," Stephenson said. "We want to add sports that will be as competitive as our current non-revenue sports."
Because Title IX is a law, the Office for Civil Rights — not the NCAA — monitors institutional compliance, and the courts act as the enforcer.
"The task force believes it's up to the individual institutions to do what is right." said Janet Justus, director of
engibility at the NCAA. "The NCAA is not an enforcing mechanism but rather a guide."
Before adding any sport, the Athletic Department will look at all the factors relating to adding that sport. Stephenson said that the Athletic Board, the governing committee for Kansas athletics, will look at funding, recruiting, facilities and competitiveness of sports in this area.
Crew captain Romens has strong feelings for wanting crew to become a varsity sport.
"If we're going to continue to do well regionally and nationally, we'll need some help from the Athletic Department," she said.
fied them for the Collegiate Crew Nationals.
Last year, crew won the Midwest Rowing Championships, which quali-
Soccer goalie Gabbard said that having soccer as a varsity sport would draw more women to the University who were interested in soccer. She said that she looked at schools with varsity programs but turned them down because they were all small colleges.
Stephenson said she hoped that the new sports could be added during the 1994-95 academic year and that the athletic department was moving toward compliance with Title IX. The task force guidelines do not give a clear timeline for completion but said full compliance with Title IX should come at the earliest possible date.
toward gender equality.
Schools should support equal opportunities for men and women. Thirteen program components of Title IX help clarify this test. They include equal provision of equipment and supplies, and equal recruiting and scholarships.
Schools should be making ongoing efforts to reach gender equality. One approach is to match the undergraduate male-female ratio with the number of participants in the men's and women's sports. Kansas' undergraduate male-female ratio is 49 to 51. The sports male-female ratio is 68 to 32.
Schools should address the interests of its women athletes. A sport with high participation and interest rates among women athletes would be a good sport to add.
Genderequality
Three main tests in the NCAA guidelines help schools gauge their progress toward gender equality.
Sources: the NCAA and Betsy Stepherson, associate athletic director of Kansas.
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Hats off!
Headwear tops this season's fashion trends with students taking the casual look to new heights. And both women and men are in on it this time around.
Panel discusses Western origins
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Sponsored by the Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Center, the panel discussion was moderated by James Woelfel, director of the Western Civilization program and professor of philosophy.
Drawing on their diverse cross-section of scholarly backgrounds, three KU faculty members discussed their understanding of Western civilization yesterday afternoon.
wooster said the influences for Western civilization were primarily Western European, but it also had roots from ancient Greece. He characterized the United States as a modern branch of Western civilization.
Can brinkwenda, associate professor of history, said that by the beginning of this century, Western civilization had become a primary influence in the world. He said Western civilization was characterized by capitalism, equality among individuals and the ability of many ethnic, religious and cultural groups to coexist.
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, assistant professor of women's studies and theater and film, said from a geographical standpoint, Western civilization generally included areas west of France and England. She said these
countries, along with Italy and Germany, spread the seeds of Western civilization through colonization.
But she noted the irony in how mainstays of Western civilization, such as freedom of religion and democracy, often were imposed upon colonies.
"To many colonized people, Western civilization means power," Ajavi-Sovinka said.
However, people of colonized countries have begun speaking out about who they are, she said.
"I think what other cultures are doing now is projecting their own ideas of civilization and voicing their own contribution to a world civilization," she said.
Elaine Gerbert, assistant professor of East Asian languages and culture, said that Western civilization had affected Japan beginning in the mid-1800s. New vocabulary, altered self images and a push for modernization were a few of the influences felt by the Japanese. However, as the Japanese began forming their own definition of civilization, they became more critical of Western ideals.
She said the Japanese saw civilization as a source of power or hierarchy, and that they used their civilized status to help justify a late 19th-century war with China, whose society they characterized as barbaric.
The professors also addressed the issue of Western civi-
James Woolfeil, director of Western Civilization, left, and Omofolao Alaji-Yoinka, assistant professor of women's studies and theater and film, conduct a panel discussion on the definition of Western civilization.
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ization in university curriculum.
"It's so broad and inclusive, if it's everything, can it be anything?" Gerbert asked.
She suggested that the study of Western civilization be broken down into specific components, such as American or European.
Strikwerda said he would be supportive of a course that focused on not just Western civilization but world civilization. He suggested that information about diverse civilizations be integrated into the University's curriculum.