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Vol. 99, No. 56 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday November 14,1988
PLO leaders recognize Israel
The Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria — PLO leaders accepted a U.N. resolution yesterday which implicitly recognized Israel's right to exist and recommended the PLO's parliament endorse the decision.
Approval by the Palestine National Council, the PLO's parliament-in-exile, is virtually certain and would meet one of the conditions for U.S. recognition of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
The declaration accepting the resolution will be presented to the plenary session of the PNC, which began a special four-day meeting in Algiers on Saturday.
"The PNC will come out with a political decision and a program of peace," PLO spokesman Ahmed Abdul-Rahman said.
Sources close to the talks said that after two days of haggling, it was clear no compromise was possible.
Abdul-Rahman said the council wanted to adopt the resolutions unanimously, although it also was opposed.
The Palestinian council meeting is expected to conclude tomorrow with a declaration of independence for the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Those opposed to Resolution 242 objected to its referring to the future of Palestinians in the occupied territories as "a just settlement of the refugee problem."
The Algiers conference was called to deal with the new developments in the Middle East and especially to take advantage of increased attention
More than 310 Palestinians and 11 Israelis have been killed in the 11-month uprising.
and sympathy for the Palestinian cause sparked by the uprising in the Israeli-occupied territories.
Besides a declaration of Palestinian independence and approval of a political program that includes acceptance of Resolution 242, the conference was expected to establish a provisional government.
PLO officials, including Abdul-Rahman, have stressed that the provisional government, when it is formed, would not be an alternative to the PLO but an institution of the PLO mandated to negotiate peace.
Right wing controls new Israeli coalition
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Two ultra-Orthodox parties endorsed the Likud bake yesterday, giving the right-wing Likud the support it needs to form a new coalition government, Israeli television said.
President Chaim Herzog planned to meet today with representatives of Likud and its rival, the left-learning Labor Party, and give the party with the greatest
support the go-ahead to form the government.
Israel held national elections Nov. 1, but neither of the major parties gained a majority of votes. Likud won 40 seats in the 120-member Knesset, or parliament, and Labor won 39.
With the newly secured support of the ultra-Orthodox, however, Likud and its allies on the far-right will control 63 seats in the Knesset.
'90 KU budget seeks $250,000 for libraries
Dean says that Margin money would stop acquisitions slide
By Mark Fagan
Kansas staff writer
In recent years, KU libraries have suffered from rapid inflation of book and subscription prices and devaluation of the U.S. dollar in foreign markets, causing a sharp drop in buying power for acquisitions.
But now, under the Margin of Excellence, something soon may be done about it. The University of Kansas' 1990 proposed budget calls for $250,000, earmarked for library acquisitions.
Although that would be a $177,500 increase over this year's $27,500, Jim Ranz, Dean of libraries, said it would merely keep KU libraries from falling any further behind.
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"It would allow us to hold the line," he said. "We wouldn't slip any further. It wouldn't allow us to recover from the devastation of the past few years."
The Margin is the Board of Regents three-year plan to increase total financing of Regents schools to 95 percent of their peer institutions and faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
Most of this year's Margin money for the libraries went toward the new science library, including expanding the on-line catalog and adding staff positions.
The proposed budget is being reviewed by the state budget office in Topeka, and the office will make its recommendations to Gov. Mike Hayden this month in January with his proposal to the Kansas Legislature in April.
Jon Josserand, KU specialist in government affairs,
said Hayden's recommendation was an important step in
their work.
Although Jossnerand would not comment on specific components of the mission-related enhancements, such as library acquisitions, he did say it was likely that many of them would be approved.
And library officials hope he is right. Ranz said approval of acquisition money was essential.
"If we don't get that, there would simply be further cancellations." he said.
Ranz said the library system had canceled more than 2,000 periodicals and had forgone purchasing large amounts of new materials.
Ranz said the combination of rising inflation and continued devaluation of the dollar had cost KU libraries $809,000 in buying power over the last three years. That loss was offset by a base budget increase of only $105,000 during the same period, leaving the libraries with a net loss of $804,000.
"We've lost about a third of our purchasing power in our acquisitions budget," he said.
Please see LIBRARY, p. 6, col. 4
Happy new year
ABOVE: Before going on stage, Ranee Ramaswamy makes final adjustments on her traditional Indian costume. Ramaswamy danced as part of a Diwali celebration on Saturday at Cordley Elementary School, 1837 Vermont St. Diwail is the name for the Indian holiday to bring in the new year. RIGHT: Rita Mustaphi, an Indian dancer, performs the Holl, a classical Indian Kathak-style dance. See related story, p. 14.
'Pud' classes don't meet expectations
By Grace Hobson
NCAA won't reopen Kansas investigation
Kansan staff writer
inform students' semester at enrollment time, students comb the catalog to find classes that will pad their grade point averages.
Under their official course titles,
Unusual Weather, Gemstones,
Insects and Man and Children in
Television are all notoriously easy classes, according to students at the University of Kansas.
Weird weather for wimps, rocks for jocks, bugs and boys and kiddie vid all have something in common.
"I think it's important to have easy courses to balance out the courses that are difficult," said Jim McNamara, Topeka senior.
Ted Bordman, Overland Park senior, is taking Psychology of Satisfaction. He said he enrolled in the class, which meets once a week at night and consists of students
Jim Schoen
The most frequently mentioned
est classes were the Psychology
of Satisfaction, Introduction to
Jazz, sex education classes and
Human Development and Family
Life classes.
Please see EASY, p. 9, col.1
By Arvin Donley
Kansan sportswriter
David Berst, the NCAA's assistant executive director of enforcement, said the case would not be reopened because the loans occurred before Marshall would have been considered an athletics representative. Marshall played basketball at Kansas during the 1983-84 season.
The NCAA announced Friday that it would not reopen its investigation of the Kansas men's basketball program.
In the Nov. 14 issue of Sports Illustrated, an article stated that former All-American Danny Manning and other Kansas players received millions from former Kansas player Mike Marshall.
University representative after he was hired by former Kansas coach Larry Brown to work in his basketball camp during the summer of 1986.
Berst had said that the NCAA would not decide whether to reopen the case until this week. But after contacting Marshall and several people, the NCAA was able make a decision within two days.
Berst said that Marshall was considered a
Berst said, "The NCAA staff and the University of Kansas have contacted the principals identified in the article and other individuals who were involved with small loans were made in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
"The information collected indicates that the looms were made before (Marsail) would have been used for the production of yarn."
under NCAA legislation. It does not appear, therefore, that the loans were contrary to NCAA legislation or that the available information is sufficient to justify reopening the case.
Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick was happy with the NCAA's decision.
"We are extremely pleased that the NCAA has reviewed the issues raised in the Sports Illustrated article as well as additional information which was gathered yesterday and has concluded that there is no basis to reopen the infractions case with the NCAA. We also have a warrant. We applaud the NCAA for the expedition manner in which they handled this matter."
"We are especially happy for coach Roy
The early signing period for basketball recruits began last Wednesday and ends this Wednesday. So far, the Jayhawks have signed Adonis Jordan, a guard from Reseda, Calif.
Williams, who can now move ahead with his recruiting program, which was unfortunately disadvantaged by the uncertainty of this matter."
The Jayhawks were given a three-year probation *W* 1, barring them from defending
As part of the probation, the NCAA said that the University must disassociate Marshall from its athletic program.
During its initial investigation, the NCAA found that Marshall had loaned money to a former rival team.
Athletic department will hire compliance auditor
By David Stewart Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
About half an hour before the NCAA decided Friday not to reopen its investigation of Kansas basketball, Bob Frederick, athletic director, said that his department was advertising for a compliance auditor to make sure no more NCAA rules were broken.
Frederick said that he hoped to have the compliance auditor in place by Dec. 1. He said that although the department already had an auditor, that person was more in charge of keeping the books than worrying about possible NCAA infractions.
Frederick spoke at a special meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee. Chancellor Gene A. Budig, Tom Mulinazio, president of the University of Kansas Athletic Association, served on the executive council, and Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, also attended the meeting.
According to the NCAA's Nov. 1 ruling, the University must recritely its compliance with NCAA legislation for the 1988-89 academic year.
nug said that he accepted full responsibility for the actions of the University and that Kansas sports were ready to move on.
However, Budig said that he could not always know what was happening within the program.
"The buck stops here," Budig said. "I realize responsibility for all activities at the University of Kansas resides with the chancellor, and I accept that responsibility."
James Seaver, professor of history, said that it was a perversion of Budig's role as chancellor when he had to spend so much time working with the athletic department.
Budig said, "There is no way that the chancellor of the University of Kansas can be in charge of the day-to-day administration of the athletic department any more than that
individual can be in charge of the day-to-day administration of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences."
Frederick, who is in charge of day-to-day administration of the athletics program, said his department would crack down on infractions.
"This kind of thing won't happen again in the future as long as I have the opportunity to do it."
Budig said that he was confident that the correct people were in place to stop further intractions of NCAA rules.