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Wednesday, November 9, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Opinion
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
University needed a boost and KU football was there
It was fun to be a Jayh.
It was fun to be a Jayhawk football fan Saturday. It had been a long time since fans watched the final seconds tick away on the scoreboard with Kansas in the lead. As time ran out, students raced onto the football field to celebrate KU's first victory of the year. A victory had been a long time coming.
colling.
Bass was reminiscent of 1984 when underdog KU upset Oklahoma and, like Saturday, both goal posts came down. The fact that the 30-12 victory came against state rival Kansas State made the win all the more sweet.
made the win on the show.
Fans on both sides of the field agreed that this year, the cross-state rivalry had to have a victor. The jokes about last year's 17-17 tie never stopped. The national media flocked to Memorial Stadium to write their humor pieces about the game they called the "Toilet Bowl."
But the media did not find much to laugh about. Instead they saw an outstanding game. Cognizant that the loser would have to endure a year of ribbing, both teams played their hearts out. It showed
It was a symbolic fresh start.
it showed.
The victory for KU cannot not have come at a better time. It gave students a chance to feel good about KU athletics after the announcement of the NCAA probation.
If was a symbiont embarrassed by the NCAA violations that left a very dark cloud over the University. Saturday's victory provided a much needed boost. Our new football coach earned his first victory at KU. We know there will be more to come.
The game also showed that the strong rivalry between Kansas' two largest universities continued. More than 5,000 students, clad in sweatshirts of purple, blue and red gathered on the sloping hill outside of Memorial Stadium. Jokes about Silo-tech and Snob Hill were common. "Just wait until we play you in basketball" was a common farewell.
you in basketball was better. But the rivalry, this year did not turn ugly as it has in the past. The antics of rowdy, drunken fans that have tarnished the matchup for the last few years did not develop.
Both on and off the field, the game was a class act for KU. The football team and the fans reminded us that you don't have to go undefeated to be, act and look like winners.
Michael Horak for the editorial board
Other Voices
Setting standards for cancer tests
A new law tightening controls on the Pap smear test will improve the chances that women with cervical cancer will get proper treatment in the disease's early stages.
The bill, which was approved by Congress two weeks ago, sets higher standards for the test and requires civil and criminal penalties for laboratories that violate these regulations. The penalties are necessary, because women place a lot of trust in these laboratory tests.
Women who are diagnosed with cervical cancer and are treated in its early stages have an 80 to 90 percent chance of surviving. Although the onset of the disease usually does not occur until the woman reaches 50 or 60 years of age, it can be diagnosed at ages as early as 20 or 30. When it is detected and treated at this pre-cancerous stage, the chance of survival is almost 100 percent.
or adjuvant. It is important that the Pap smear test, which is the only way of detecting cervical cancer in the early stages, must be as reliable as possible. Women who undergo these test must be guaranteed that the tests are performed with the most care possible.
In some cases, an absolute guarantee has not been possible. But due care has been manifestly lacking in the practice of some laboratories that have paid lab attendants performing the tests per slide processed, rather than by the hour. This leads to possible sloppiness by lab attendants trying to crank out as many slides as possible.
attendants trying to "meet" the students. This "assembly line" mentality is not conducive to accuracy in the tests, and false diagnoses have resulted from it. Congress made the right choice by prohibiting payment-by-the-slide in Pap tests. Fixed salaries will encourage lab attendants to take more time and care with each test.
each test. Because of the new legislation, the Pap test will be more reliable. It is to be hoped that more women will take advantage of this and avoid cancer by having the test done.
cancer by nursing women. Women, particularly those in high-risk categories, should take the Pap test; they have a cervical examination annually, and women in the University community may fit into those categories. The high-risk group for cervical cancer include those who have had more than three sex partners, those who have had sex before age 18, smokers, and those who have had previous abnormal Pap smears.
And as Dr. Gordon Harden, pathologist at Centre Community Hospital, said, "One missed case of cancer is a bad job."
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We think your presidency was . . .
We offered Kansan readers the chance to comment on Ronald Reagan's legacy during his last 100 days in office. Here are some of the responses. Thanks for writing.
There when needed
My first recollection of Ronald Reagan was in 1981, my fifth-grade year. I remember entering my elementary school library and hearing that President Reagan had been shot and could die. It was a terrifying event that tore apart some of my childhood innocence. As we all know, he soon recovered and has now completed two terms as president. His critics of his decision him for功, he has conservative views on the school prayer and Central America. He also has been criticized for letting the environment erode and the deficit explode. All of these accusations and many others are true.
But it is also true that he has been a larger-than-life president, almost a grandfather figure to many. He has given us eight years of general prosperity, the INF treaty and increased patriotism. Ronald Reagan should be remembered for being in the right place at the right time.
Jeff Napshin
Prairie Village freshman
The message of the Reagan years was: Solve problems by pretending they don't exist. Children of the 1980s learned that it's OK to advance through illegal means — just don't get caught — and to be conscious of your own happiness while blinding yourself to others' misfortunes.
Smile now, pay later
The smiles of the Reagan Era will turn to lingering frowns when it's realized that life based on illusion and self-absorption offers no lasting fulfillment and that problems don't go away until you deal with them.
Tim Brownlee
Office assistant
Watkins Memorial Health Center
Plastic horror
Ronald Reagan is "likable?" Nonsense. He may read scripts well, smile and frown on cue well, and give great photo opportunities, but
David Charlson
otherwise he is a plastic, ignorant horror. Without remorse he has stifled civil rights, killed the environment, and, figuratively and literally, paid for our supposedly pleasant vacation from reality by selling the farm. Worst of all, he has made selfishness a national vocation. I wish I were completely wrong.
iowa City, Iowa, graduate student
Missed opportunity
Reagan entered the presidency with what could have been a mandate to reverse a generation of liberal drift toward military weakness, economic stagnation, and whittling away of domestic freedom. After some initial effort, much of it misconceived, Reagan instead chose to be lazy, uxorious and popular. The opportunities that this frivolous man and his wife squandered are unlikely to be repeated for another generation.
Arthur L. Thomas
Arthur Young Distinguished
Professor of Business, Emeritus
Crumbling smiles
The Reagan administration has followed the advice of pop psychologists: "Only you can make you happy." So as America sits smiling before the mirror, we do not see the crumbling house around us, the lawn dying outside and the neighbors who wonder who we are.
Jonathan Plummer Rayton, Mo., junior
A great president
President Ronald Reagan, without a doubt, is one of the "great" presidents of this century. He gave our country a desperately needed dose of confidence and self-respect while rejuvenating our power domestically and abroad. President Reagan rebuilt our national defenses, vigorously promoted democracy, stopped communist expansion, lowered interest rates, created jobs, whipped inflation and signed the first treaty
eliminating nuclear weapons. I'll be sad to see him go, but I will always be a Reagan Republican.
Christopher Wilson Olathe senior
Four years, one word
After years of a style-over-substance presidency, and after years of a government which initiated a new tax on scholarships after promotion not to raise taxes while cutting federal aid to education; and after years of a government that promised it would not negotiate with terrorists, allowed Iran to acquire our valued defense weaponry and to use that weaponry against us in the Persian Gulf; and after pensively reflecting on the long, corrupt, and regrettable Reagan years, I have but one word in summation: pathetic.
Michael Diggs Wichita senior
Misarmed nation
In the video age of the 1980s, image is an important part of the presidency of the United States. Ronald Reagan can be called the image president. He has been the most image-oriented president in our nation's history. In the arena of world politics, he has tried to project strength and an unwillingness to succumb to foreign pressure of any kind. He has succeeded only in projecting an image of aggression and militarism.
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In an era of sensitive political politics and imbedded military buildup, is such a mentality safe? Is it proper considering our own economic concerns domestically? According to Reagan, we must appear strong to our adversaries to insure world peace. Shouldn't we work for world peace through disposing of this militaristic attitude? We are arming ourselves beyond all reason. It's disturbing to wonder what we are arming ourselves for.
Scott B. Achelpohl Overland Park senior
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