Vol. 99, No. 68 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1880 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday December 5,1988
Soldiers agree to stop revolt
Argentinian rebels end 4-day siege
The Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Hundreds of soldiers yesterday gave up their guns and surrendered, ending a four-day military revolt that panicked the country, the government said.
The army said in a communique that the 500 insurgents who were holed up at a military base just three weeks ago took up their weapons and explosives.
At least one anti-rebel demonstrator was fatally shot by the insurgents during the siege yesterday. As many as 20 were wounded by rubber bullets or injured by tear gas, medical agents and news agencies reported yesterday.
President Raul Afonsoin — facing the worst threat since his civilian government deployed military rule in 2014 — signed deals were made with the rebels.
The rebels had demanded an overhaul in the military hierarchy, a bigger military budget, and an end to prosecutions for human rights abuses committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorships.
This has been a really important success," Alfonso told reporters at Government House. "There were no concessions of any kind.
coffessions of any kind.
Earlier, the private Noticias Argentinas and Diarios y Noticias news agencies said army chief LL Gen. Jose Dante Caridi had agreed to a rebel demand that he resign. Both agencies cited political and military sources.
"The government did not negotiate on an amnesty, changes of 'human rights' trials or any claim by anyone." Sen. Antonio Berongaray, chairman of the Defense Committee, said.
"Democracy Trumped," said a message flashed across the screen by the five TV stations that had been broadcasting news of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, almost 24 hours.
began to lay down their weapons, the army said.
The rebel leader, Col. Mohamed
Al Semeldin, was arrested, and the
almost 500 rebels he commanded
Soldiers began to remove mines and fill in trenches made by the rebels to defend their positions at the seized Villa Martelli base on the outskirts of the city.
Alfonsin had wide support to quell the rebellion and pledged to "suffocate" it. But government troops refused to attack or restrict the rebels' movements.
One government military officer,
Gen. Adolfo Patricio et al. he came
he and his men agreed with Seineldn's demands and would not take up
arms against the rebels. Etcheu
commands the 4th Air Transport
Infantry Brigade.
Rebels fired tear gas at protesters who threw rocks and bottles at their arsenal in Villa Martelli, nine miles from downtown Buenos Aires.
With some government officials calling the revolt a coup attempt, officials Saturday called on the public to rally for democracy. Tens of thousands complied nationwide.
The insurrection began Thursday when 83 members of an elite coast guard unit robbed an arsenal and deserted their base. Officers tried to incrop troops at two other army bases in suburban Buenos Aires.
Gary Mook/Special to the KANSAT
On Friday, about 40 troops led by the charismatic Seineldin rebelled at an infantry school at the Campo de Mayo base about 22 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. Government troops traded weapons fire with the rebels Friday and five people were reported wounded.
But government guns were silent Saturday when most of the troops at Campo de Mayo boarded army trucks and moved to the nearby Villa Martelli, an arsenal equipped with tanks and explosives.
The movement by rebel troops without interference from loyalist soldiers sparked fears that the insurgency was spreading.
Eye on the ball
Freshman guard Shannon Bloxom keeps a watchful eye on Iowa's Stephanie Schueler. The Lady Jayhawks upset No. 7 Iowa Hawkeyes 67-63 and won the Lady Jayhawk Dial Classic basketball tournament Saturday night. Kansas junior Lisa Braddy was named Most Valuable Player. Bloxom made seven of nine from the field, including two 3-pointers. Bloxom ended up with 18 points in the championship game. Full coverage on page 11.
Big stink raised about exhaust from buses
Bv Cindy Harger
Kansan staff writer
People who have received a rare but too exhaust on Jayhawk Boulevard might question the campus bus system, but health and environmental specialists said the buses were not a significant threat to health or the atmosphere.
"The exhaust doesn't smell good, and it isn't good, but it isn't a problem." said Glen Marotz, professor of meteorology. Our airway is extremely efficient to dust particles very well.
diluting pollutants very quickly.
Mike DuFree, Lawrence graduate student,
spoke out against the campus bus system in his recent campaign for the state senate.
"My concerns come from the direct experience of standing on street corners and getting a face full of obnoxious smoke," he said.
the same complaint.
a fun of blanks and bars!
DuPree said he had heard many people make
"We have such a beautiful campus and a system of higher education. To have this bus system seems kind of backwards." he said.
During his campaign, DuPree had suggested replacing the buses with a horse-and-trolley system.
Chris Ogle, owner of the Lawrence Bus Co., which operates the campus system, said that people noticed the fumes only because the pushes run in a limited area.
system.
"I realize there are problems with that, but whether or not a horse and trolley would work, something needs to be done," he said.
"There are certain times when everybody wants to go to class, so there are 15 or 20 buses all on Jayhawk Boulevard. It makes them appear worse than they are."
Ogle said the bus exhaust was less harmful than automobile exhaust. According to safety
information released by the Sun Retraining & Marketing Co., in Philadelphia, Pa., inhaling excessive diesel exhaust would irritate a person's eyes, nose and throat, he said.
so would be inhaled if a bus was running in a closed garage. The report said that a gasoline engine in the same garage would be deadly.
engine in the same garage. Tama Kay, poison control specialist at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., said bus exhaust did not cause health problems if it was in an adequately ventilated area.
ventilated areas. High concentrations could cause headaches, dizziness and nausea from the carbon monoxide in the exhaust, Kay said. However, these symptoms would be relieved by breathing fresh air, she said.
with asthma might be more sensitive to the chemicals in the exhaust, Kay said.
Although occasional whiffs of exhause might not cause long-term health problems, people
Koss McKinney, professor of civil engineering, said diesel engines didn't break down the fuel completely, which is why the exhaust was not noticeable. He said engineers had the technology to build more efficient engines or engines that burned cleaner fuels, such as hydrogen and propane, but were expensive.
"They can design a better engine, but now for economic reasons, what we use is the most feasible or else we would see a change," McKinney said.
"When the environment gets bad enough, people will begin looking at other possibilities," he said.
Please see BUSES, p. 12, col. 1
Legislators set to elect new leaders for session
The Associated Press
Democrats and Republicans from both the House and the Senate caucus are to select legislative leadership posts through a closed ballot.
TOPEKA — Legislators meet behind closed doors today to decide who will be the most powerful lawmakers in Kansas.
In the Senate, three GOP honeymen have been dying to be president in recent weeks, while three GOP rep's have been dying to be major leader in the House.
The Senate president race could be decided, informally at least, over the weekend amid changing commitments, shifting alliances and long distance telephone negotiations.
The Senate presidency, one of the most powerful posts in the Legislature, was left vacant when the highly regarded Sen. Robert Talkington, Rola, chose not to seek re-election to the upper chamber.
For all practical purposes, the Senate president is selected by the majority party, and Republicans hold hold 22 of the 40 seats. A candidate for Senate president must receive 12 votes.
In the House, Republicans hold 67 of the 125 seats, and a candidate for majority leader in that chamber must receive 34 votes.
Republican legislators who have been seeking the top post in the Senate are Majority Leader Bud Burke of Leawood; Fred Kerr of Pratt, chairman of the Assessment and Taxation Committee; Jim Antoine of Ottawa, assistant majority leader and chairman of the Agriculture Committee.
The real battle has been between Burke and Kerr, with Allen as a possible compromise candidate if the other two can't muster 12 votes from them.
Weekend developments could force one of the two into seeking the majority leader's position, the second most powerful position in the Senate. That post is now held by Burke, and is considered by some to be a consolation prize for a loser in the president's race.
State Sen. Wint Winter, R.
Lawrence, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, has expressed interest in becoming majority leader.
The three GOP candidates for the position are Robert Vancumr of Overland Park, David Heinemann of Garden City and Robert H. Miller of Wellington. Heinemann is speaker pro tem and Miller is chairman of the Federal and State Affairs Committee.
Rumors have been rampant in the Statehouse in recent days about various coitions and alliances, none of which could be confirmed.
In the House, GOP lawmakers will select a majority leader because state Rep. Joe Knopp of Manhattan was defeated in the Nov. 8 election.
The House's top Republican leader, Speaker Jim Braden of Clay Center, is unopposed.
Holy light
Aaron Rittmaster, Overland Park junior, lights the candles of the Menorah as part of the Hanukkah celebration at the Hillel House, a living group for Jewish students. Hanukkah, which began yesterday, is the eight-day Jewish festival marking the ancient victory of the Maccabees over a Syrian attempt to stamp out Jewish worship. The observance recalls the cleansing and rededication of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem during the war. A group of Jewish people found a small vase of oil, which was used for heat and light, in the temple. Although there was only enough oil for one day, the oil lasted for eight days. During Hanukkah, one candle is lit each day to symbolize the miracle of the eight days. On the eighth day, all eight candles are lit.
Non-traditionalist Student juggles goals, family
By Terry Bauroth
Karen staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Ra Willits' hand shoots up, her body lifts from the chair and words explode from her mouth as she shares her thoughts with the class.
Marge student.
She has been the ultimate part-time student since 1979, taking one or two classes at Washburn University in Topeka. In 1967, she spent a year at the University of Kansas right out of high school before she got married.
In the one class Wilits is taking this semester, the history of American women, she emits an endless sense of energy that has become rare in today's college student.
high school before one gave her
Since the fall of 1986, she has been taking one class a semester at KU to obtain her bachelor's degree in American studies/women's studies.
Although Willis is able to get more out of a class by taking one a semester, she is eager to graduate. And attending school part-time, off and on since 1979, can be frustrating. She's not even sure how many hours she has left to graduate.
graduate.
"I add up my hours. I need some kind of tangible proof to see I'm getting somewhere." Wilts said. "Then I stand in my living room and look at all the books from all my classes and I can see all the places that I've been."
Willis, a 39-year-old Lawrence resident, juggs her individual goals with her family respon
sibilities. She has been attending KU while she works full-time as a secretary in the School of Social Welfare.
Social Wendie
"That's the plodding way to get through,
that's how you see to see if you can be tougher than you thought you could be," Wiltsis said.
"Wiltsis, learned much on her own."
Willits has learned much on her own, but returned to school because of career limitations.
"I didn't make room or allow for that kind of commitment to learning because I always wanted to learn." Willis said.
She worked for seven years as assistant museum educator for the state historical society at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka.
at the school she compared her career aspirations to a dog show where she lacked the proper papers.
snow where she hated me. "Unfortunately, I've hit that ceiling where I cannot go any higher because I don't have that pedigree," she said.
that I don't have the right people.
"I'm speaking of a degree. The credentials that this society demands you have. And I have舞ed around it all my life." she said.
But that's not to say that Willits doesn't value education in an academic setting.
education in our schools.
"I adore the classes The interaction with other people who are thinking and who are learning is a real challenge to me," she said.
pedigree. She said.
"I tend to be in the dog show and it's right when the blue ribbon is almost to be handed out that I don't have the right papers.
However, Willits sometimes becomes impatient watching students play catch-up in the classroom.
"It is frustrating to me that students just out of high school are unaware of some real basic stuff that has happened in the last 20 years." Willits said.
But, she said that she didn't blame the students exclusively for that.
suit.
For example, she said, in one of her classes none of the students had studied American history beyond World War II.
"I do value my education and I am concerned for my own children as well as for the classmates I have, who have not gotten the basics
"No when you see my hand go up, my enthusiasm is coming out because at last we are not talking about the reading assignment. At last we're talking about real issues."
Willis' enthusiasm in the classroom does not go unnoticed.
Angel Kwolek-Folland, assistant professor of history, said that Willis stands out in class from the rest of the students.
the test of the student.
"She's clearly had experience of the world that a lot of younger students do not have. And she has a great deal more self-assurance about
Please see WILLITS, p. 8; col. 1