TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Time to go bowling
The No.10 Jayhawks appear to be headed to the Copper Bowl on Dec.27. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Wish I were there
Some KU students battle the physical and mental effects of homesickness. Page 3A
NATION
New hope for AIDS patients
An experimental drug may boost the effectiveness of AZT, a drug that slows the growth of HIV in the body. Page 3A
WORLD
Rabin's murder premeditated
The confessed assassin says he made a cold-hearted decision to kill the Israeli prime minister. Page 3A
WEATHER COLD
High 48° Low 35°
Weather: Page 2A.
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INDEX
Features ... 6A
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
National News ... 3A
World News ... 3A
Bill would limit aid for immigrants
Financial status of sponsors may affect eligibility
By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
Officials in the Office of Student Financial Aid are concerned that a piece of welfare-reform legislation in Congress could seriously damage financial-aid eligibility for hundreds of legal immigrants studying at the University of Kansas.
ments for legal immigrants seeking federal financial aid. Under the new system, the financial status of American citizens who sponsor immigrants would be examined in the financial-aid eligibility process for the first time.
Under such examination, many immigrants would appear to be more wealthy than they actually were and would lose their eligibility for financial aid.
The Senate and House of Representatives have approved bills that would change eligibility require-
"We've never really had to deal with this information before," said Chris Johnson, assistant director of student financial aid. "For each new recipient, we would have to look at the sponsors as well."
Johnson said that about 200 KU students — 50 percent of them Asian — would be affected if the bill
became law. They would represent about 2 percent of all federal financial aid recipients at the University, he said.
"The school would be required to collect sponsor information on these applications," Johnson said. "We're not sure how we would do that."
The House bill would allow existing federal aid for immigrants to remain intact. Any immigrant student arriving in the United States after the legislation was enacted, however, could be denied financial aid. Under the Senate bill, immigrants who had been in the country for less than five years could lose their aid. New immigrant students would be denied aid until they had worked and paid taxes for at least 10
years.
Congress heard from an economic and educational opportunity committee yesterday and listened to concerns about the provision's potential effect.
California and New York could be most affected by the legislation. They and five other states are home to about 80 percent of legal immigrants who receive financial aid.
"These are tough times," said Jay Hershenson, vice chancellor of the City of New York University System. "The glow of the Statue of Liberty is starting to dim."
CUNY's history is one of providing education for thousands of New York's immigrants, he said. About 20 percent of its students would lose financial aid.
"They have to have general access to higher education," he said. "To swipe it from them now would be unconscionable."
Legal immigrants who are students also could lose eligibility for Federal Family Education Loans, State Student Incentive grants, all Education Department fellowships for graduate students and loan and scholarship programs in the Public Health Service.
"It continues to be the immigration policy of the United States that aliens within the nation's borders not depend on public resources to meet their needs but rather rely on their own capabilities and the resources of their families, their sponsors and private organizations," House Bill HR4 reads.
Prayers for Peace
Kenin Fenster, Denver, Colo., freshman, holds a candle and the Israeli flag in honor of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Fenster was a candelight vigil yesterday in front of Wescoe Hall. "The biggest loss besides his death is that he was shot by another Jew," he said.
Haskell accepts new terms of trafficway
Board of Regents says 38th Street alignment won't harm wetlands
By Joann Birk Kansan staff writer
The National Haskell Board of Regents outlined its position yesterday on the possible options for alignment of the South Lawrence Trafficway.
The news conference was in preparation for tomorrow's public hearing on the future of the trafficway and the Haskell-Baker Wetlands.
The alternate routes, which were suggested in a draft Supplement Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Federal Highway Administration and Kansas Department of Transportation in October, include 31st. 35th and 38th streets.
Gil Vigil, president of the National Haskell Board of Regents, said that Haskell strongly opposed the 31st and 35th street routes but that it would not oppose 38th Street as an alternate route for the trafficway.
The board said it was releasing its position on the trafficway because members said they felt others had attempted to speak for them.
"Unfortunately, there have been some individuals on both sides who have attempted to speak for Haskell or who have tried to tell us what to do," Vigil said. "We can and will speak, think and act for ourselves."
Citing President Clinton's February 1994 executive order on environmental justice in minority and low-income population areas, Vilgil said Haskell's interests should be considered in the selection of this segment of the trafficway.
"Haskell should not bear a disproportionate amount of the burden for this project," he said.
Vilgil said it also opposed the 35th Street alignment because the construction would divide the wetlands
and impede the flow of water. Neither Haskell nor Baker would oppose the 38th Street route, he said.
Bob Martin, president of Haskell Indian Nations University, said that he believed alignments south of the Wakarusa River should have been considered, but it had to address the available options outlined by the impact statement.
"In the best of all worlds, south of the Wakarausa is where it should be, but there are additional considerations," he said.
These considerations included the political and economic factors involved in the emotionally charged debate about the trafficway, he said.
A public hearing will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in Building 21 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on the three alternate alignments. The hearing will allow people to ask questions of representatives from the agencies planning the trafficway.
Bill Craven, attorney for the Kansas Natural Resources Council, went before a federal court judge yesterday in Kansas City, Kan., to challenge the format, but his request was denied.
"What the judge indicated was that we would have to go through this format and then ask about its legality," Craven said.
Craven and two Haskell students, Steven Luck and Anna Wilson, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Federal Highway Administration and Kansas Department of Transportation, the agencies that drafted the impact statement. The lawsuit questioned the legality of the existing format and stated that a town hall format was preferable.
Craven said he would continue his involvement in the hearing despite the format.
Ken Belmard, attorney for the Haskell Board of Regents, said he could not comment on the lawsuit.
Losing the cigarettes may mean gaining the pounds
By Craig Lang
Kansan staff writer
Quit in spring, summer KU dietitian suggests
A lot of people quit smoking in the 1980s, and a lot of people also gained weight. A new study proves that it's not entirely a coincidence.
The report, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine and written by Katherine M. Flegal of the National Center of Health Statistics, surveyed 5,247 adults older than 35. The study showed that quitting smoking accounted for one-fourth of the decade's weight gain among American men and one-sixth among women.
Even though the study was conducted on people older than 85, students and experts at the University of Kansas have noticed that weight gain is common among people of
Julie Francis, health educator at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that people could keep their weight steady when they were smoking because nicotine dulled the senses of smell and taste, making food less desirable.
any age who have quit smoking.
"When they quit smoking, they get their senses back," she said. "Food tastes better."
Therefore, smokers will eat more,
Francis said.
Ann Chapman, registered dietitian at Watkins, said that nicotine increased a smoker's metabolism. When people quit smoking, their metabolism slows slightly.
"If you just eat the same amount of food as you did before you quit smoking, you still have a slight weight gain." Chapman said.
Mark Bussow, LaCrosse, Wis., junior, said that when he quit smoking, he gained 10 pounds, even though he did not eat more.
Although the study was conducted on people older than 35, age is not a factor, Chapman said. She said that weight gain was more dependent on how long a person had been smoking and how many cigarettes a person smoked a day.
Jen Beaill, Leavenworth junior, said that her mother gained weight when she quit smoking because of the oral fixation created by smoking.
"She always had to have something in her mouth," she said.
The researchers for the study found that women who quit smoking gained an average of 11 pounds, while men gained an average of 10 pounds.
Francis said that the hazards of smoking were much greater than the hazards of gaining weight. She said the problems associated with gaining weight could be controlled easier than a person's addiction to nicotine.
Francis said that smokers usually could satisfy any oral fixation by
Some people are surprised to find that kicking the smoking habit might cause them to gain weight.
"It's the perfect
Chapman said that the best time for people to quit smoking was in the summer or the spring, when they could get outdoors and start exercising to prevent weight gain.
chewing on sugarless gum or eating carrots or celery sticks. She said many ex-smokers chewed licorice because it had a flavor similar to cigarettes.
"It's the perfect time to increase the level of physical activity," she said.
Bussow said that quitting smoking was worth the 10 pounds he gained.
"I definitely feel better," he said.
"Ten pounds doesn't mean much."
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.