TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.75
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SPORTS
No.4 Kansas wins bird battle
The Jayhawk men's basketball team rolls over the St. Peters Peacocks, 85-71. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Strong Hall change cited
A campuswide task force reports on restructuring KU administration. Page 5A
NATION
Clinton honors King holiday
President Clinton recognized King and his accomplishments yesterday. Page 9A
WORLD
Rebels burn Russian village
Chechan rebels kill hostages after storming a southern Russian village. Page 8A
WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY
High 55° Low 35°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes...6B
National News...9A
World News...8A
Dilbert...6B
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Lied Center service honors King
The Martin Luther King Community Choir sings a hymn at a Lied Center service held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. About 400 people attended yesterday.
Pam Dishmap / KANSAN
By Susanna Löof
Kansan staff writer
About 400 attend leader's convocation
King's dream is alive but not fulfilled. Therefore, everyone must join together and act to complete it.
That message was delivered by Bishop George McKinney Jr., of San Diego, Calif., in his keynote address during yesterday's commemorative service to honor Martin Luther King Jr., at the Lied Center. The audience of
about 400 responded with spontaneous applause and supportive words several times during the speech and a standing ovation when it was over.
McKinney said King had saved the United States from a bloodbath.
"Segregation. Racism. Injustice. War. Poverty. Man's inhumanity to man had reached a point to
where it was a tremendous possibility for holocaust in our nation." McKenny said.
McKinney met King in 1960, and he discussed in his speech how the meeting had affected him.
Today, King's legacy needs to be used as a tool to battle new problems, McKinney said. He mentioned lack of hope among young people, crumbling public schools, poverty in urban areas and criticism of affirmative
action as examples
McKinney urged children and students in the audience to work hard.
She emphasized that people should live according to King's dream in their own way.
"After that encounter, I could no longer be a passive bystander," he said. "I became involved with him and started walking in the picket lines."
State Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, also spoke at the service, which was sponsored by the Ecumenical Fellowship Inc.
"King said, 'Do your best. Always pursue excellence. Do your best. Do your best,'" McKinney said.
"Care about what happens to people, even if you don't know them," she said. "Lawrence, Kansas can be the kind of town we want it to be, because each of us can make a difference."
you for coming."
As master of ceremonies, Ballard asked some people in the audience, including Chancellor Robert Hemenway, to stand up so she could introduce them.
She continued by asking the entire audience to stand.
"I want you to know that you all are important," she said. "Thank
The service also included prayers and music. About 70 members of the Martin Luther King Community Choir sang gospels, and for the program's conclusion the participants in the program and the audience joined hands and sang "We Shall Overcome."
Several KU students attended the program. Aaron Quaren, St.Louis senior, said that he thought the program was great but that not enough people had attended.
Holiday holds different meaning for everyone
Jonathan Shelton, Olathe freshman, said he found the service uplifting.
"It was a unifying experience, not only racially but also spiritually," he said.
Many students use day for reflecting on King's life
By Susanna Loof Kansan staff writer
For many KU students, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was just an extra day of winter break. For others it was a day of celebration and remembrance.
said Rob Hagman, Pittsburg sophomore.
"For me, Martin Luther King Day is just a day when I don't have to go to school, and people at the banks don't have to work,"
Hagman said he did not reflect much about racial issues as he grew up because there weren't many minorities in his town.
Although King Day mainly meant an extra day to sleep in and hang out with friends, Hagman said he knew there was a meaning behind the holiday.
"In a deeper sense, I guess I should reflect on how we can get together as a society," he said.
Jessica Keith, Kansas City, Kan., junior and president of the Black Student Union, said she celebrated the day by thinking about what the civil rights movement had
achieved.
"It's a day to remember what not only Martin Luther King, but a lot of African Americans gave their lives for," she said.
Keith usually celebrates the holiday by attending functions arranged in honor of the day. This year, she planned to attend the commemorative service at Lied Center.
For Keith, the King holiday is not only a time to think about past achievements. She also uses the day to think about how to battle racism and discrimination now and in the future.
"I always wonder what we are doing now for our children," she said.
The King holiday is celebrated every third Monday in January. This year, it coincided with King's birthday. King was born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929.
The efforts to honor King with a national holiday began four days after he was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. But the national holiday was not recognized until 1986 because of lack of Congressional support for it.
An exhibition including panels with photographs and texts depicting King's career and the civil rights movement is on display in the main lobby of City Hall, 6 E. 6th St. The exhibition will be on display until Jan. 30.
Textbook prices: Read them and weep
Bookstore managers try to keep costs low, but some students say prices still seem excessive
By Adam Ward
For college students, horror stories of astronomical book prices are almost as common as tales of drunken excess.
Kansan staff writer
Students linger, a little dazed, outside bookstores. Many clutch shiny, white plastic bags emblazoned with a triumphantly grinning Jawhawk.
"I just spent $385," said Karen Wasko, Kansas City, Kan., freshman. "That's really insane. My parents paid for my books this semester, but I don't know how much longer they're going to."
They seem eager to share their private tragedies.
Jenna Jarbole, Olathe freshman, said she spent $277 for books for three classes and still had more books to buy.
"I just spent $75 for a physics textbook," she said. "It's hard for me to believe that it is that expensive for them to make it."
"In pricing, we try to make sure we are never the highest of the three bookstores," said Bill Getz, assistant manager for books at the Kansas Union Bookstore.
But area bookstore managers said they had tried to keep prices as low as they could.
Bill Muggy, general manager of Jayawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd., said he had created the idea of preordering textbooks 10 years ago.
Budget-Busting Books
Students also can save money by preordering textbooks, because it increases the likelihood of getting more used books.
Students who pre-ordered textbooks at Jayhawk Bookstore from Thanksgiving through finals were given a 10-percent discount on used books and a 5-percent discount on new books.
But Muggy said bookstores had to be sure they made a profit and not just beat one another's prices.
"The fastest way to go broke is to try to be overly concerned with what someone else is doing." he said.
Mike Lammers, manager of University Book Shop, 1116 W, 23rd St., said he did not do pre-orders because his store did
not have the space to keep books in stock.
Lammers also said today would be a good day for students to buy books who wanted to avoid the rush.
"Since classes begin on Tuesday, most people wait until they have gone to their Monday-Wednesday-Friday class to buy books," he said.
School pride gone awry injures two
Kansan staff report
The rivalry between the University of Kansas and Kansas State University took a strange twist Sunday night when an argument regarding which school was better led to a car driven by a K-State student hitting two KU student pedestrians, according to Lawrence police.
Three KU students and two K-State students were arguing outside Louise's West bar, 1307 W. 7th St., when the K-State students got into a car and hit one of the KU students, throwing him up onto the hood of the car, police said.
When another KU student went out to help the student up, the car circled back and attempted to hit him. The student was bumped in the knee as he avoided the car, the police said. Neither student was hurt.
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The KU student allegedly thrown onto the hood of the vehicle said that the students in the car were friends of his and that the incident had been blown out of proportion. He would not comment further.
No arrests were made, and the victims did not press charges.