THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Vol. 99, No.47 (USPS 650-640)
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday November 1, 1988
Israelis vote amid violence
Killings may affect election
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israelis vote today in an election tied to 11 months of violence that has cost the lives of more than 300 Palestinians and 10 Jews, including a rabbi's daughter and her three children killed in a weekend attack.
Zeev Eitan, a political analyst at Tel Aviv University's Jaffae Center for Strategic Studies, said, "In this election, that could be the difference between a clear victory by one party or a."
Sunday's firebomb attack on a bus that killed 27-year-old schoolteacher Rachel Weiss and her children was expected to boost the chances of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel to kick back his advocates tougher measures against the Arab uprising in the occupied lands.
"There's no question it will help Likud," said Daniel Elazar, a political analyst of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. "For most voters, this will only reconfirm their beliefs, but for those voters sitting on the fence something like this could push them off to the right."
Polls taken before the attack and published yesterday in the newspaper Maariv either gave Likud the edge or indicated a dead heat similar to the one that forced Likud and the center-left Labor Party into a
"national unity" coalition in 1984.
Four different polls indicated Labor, led by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and its left-wing partners would win 47-55 of the Knesset's 120 seats, with Likud and its allies getting 56-65.
Some seats are expected to be taken by three Arab-oriented parties whose strong support of the Palestine Liberation Organization make them unacceptable in either major party's coalitions.
To guard against violence on election day, authorities ordered 14,000 police, border guards and other security personnel into the 17 election districts, which have 5,000 polling places.
Final results were not expected before tomorrow and days may be needed to determine a clear winner, for example, if Israel's complicated coalition politics.
A 48-hour travel curfew confined the 1.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to their homes. It began at 11 p.m. yesterday and also barred press coverage without army escort in the territories.
Campaign rhetoric became increasingly harsh in the final days as the rivals sought to attract undecided voters, who pollsters say total from 4 to 8 percent of the 2.9 million Israelis registered.
Big Eight teams share the wealth
Although Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma State didn't play in the NCAA basketball tournament, they netted more money from it than the national champion Jayhawks.
By Mark E. McCormick Kansan staff writer
Big Eight teams that play in the national tournament receive money for participating in the tournament. That money is collected and distributed evenly to all Big Eight schools, whether they participate or not.
Because tournament teams must pay their own expenses, they usually finish with less money than non-tournament players. In other words, KU assistant athletic director
Wachter said that KU basketball received about $1.4 million in late June from the NCAA for the Jayhawks' April tournament appearance. That money included television revenue, ticket sales, concession sales and other miscellaneous income.
yet Kansas sent $1,109,89 of that money to the Big Eight Conference in July to be divided among the other conference teams. The difference was used to cover a portion of the expenses the University incurred during the tournament.
Wachter said the amount of money an institution could use to pay debts was determined by the NCAA formula never enough to cover all expenses.
The Big Eight Conference pocketted about $3.6 million from five schools' participation in the tournament. The money was pooled and divided into eight $450,000 chunks for the conference schools.
And while Oklahoma State, Colorado and Nebraska were counting their loot, the tournament schools were facing debt payments such as travel expenses from their tournament participation.
Please see MONEY, p.8, col. 1
Recruiting violations ruling Frederick will reveal NCAA findings on possible infractions
By Arvin Donley and Elaine Sung Kansan sportwriters
Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick confirmed last night that the National Collegiate Athletic Association had reached a decision regarding the 14 alleged recruiting violations in the Kansas men's basketball program.
A press conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. today in the film room at Parrrow Athletic Center to announce the NCAA decision.
Frederick met with other athletic department officials last night to discuss what they would say at the press conference. Frederick, reached at his office last night, said he would not make a
comment regarding possible penalties until the press conference.
NCAA director of enforcement David Berst said the NCAA office would send the Infractions Report to University officials today at approximately 9 a.m. that it would be made public at the press conference.
After the meeting with the Infractions Committee, Gentry said that former Memphis State guard Vincent Askew was involved in 90 percent of the allegations.
Askew transferred to Kansas during summer of 1980, but decided to return to Memphis State that
When asked about his involvement in the allegations several days following the Sept. 30 meeting, Askew declined comment.
Frederick, University general counsel Vickie Thomas, Chancellor Gene A. Budig, and vice chancellor for academic affairs Del Brinkman on Sept. 30 to present their case.
Former Kansas coach Larry Brown, assistants Ed Manning and Alvin Gentry were also present at
University officials had originally expected a decision from the NCAA within two weeks of the meeting. Frederick and Kansas basketball coach Kevin Hearn agreed to accept the decision he had hurt the Javahaws recruiting.
Crowd of 7,000 listens to Bush in Kansas City
By Cindy Harger Kansan staff writer
As children knocked on neighborhood doors asking for Halloween treats last night, Vice President George Bush knocked on Missouri's door asking for something even sweeter — votes.
Eight days before the election, Bush push at what some of his supporters called a Kansas City Halloween Bash. A crowd of about 7,000 greeted the vice president on a pleasant evening at the pavilion at Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Bush was quick to comment on recent polls that said he was losing some of his lead in the presidential contest. The governors Governor Michael Dukakis.
"We are involved in a tough race, and I don't care what these polls show. I am going to keep on running like I was 10 points back." Bush said. He'd do it to drum up the support he did I mean to let up, but I not going to let up."
After being introduced by Kansas City Royals first baseman George Brett, Bush was joined on stage by his twin granddaughters, who were dressed as a pack of Juicy Fruit gum and also was also joined by his daughter Laura, his brother Bucky and Bucky's wife, Patty.
"All I want from Missouri is to win by about one-half as much as (Missouri Governor) John Ashcroft and Senator (jack) Danchi."
Bush maintained that U.S. citizens were content with the economy, and linked world peace with recent U.S.-Soviet arms treaties. He also reinforced his policy differences with Dukakis
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We are involved in a tough race, and I don't care what these poll show. I am going to keep on running like I was 10 points back. I mean to drum up the issues, and I mean to win, but I am not going to let up.'
George Bush
"Don't let my opponent come into Kansas City and tell you how bad everything is. He has this terrible problem: He can't get elected unless things get worse, and things aren't going to get worse unless he gets elected," Bush said.
Bush arrived yesterday at the Kansas City downtown airport at about 4:30 p.m., and was greeted by about 100 people. He spoke briefly to the press corps, thanked the crowd, and gave a thumbs up sign before he entered his limousine, which took him to Crown Center.
Even before Bush made his way to the stage at Crown Center, the crowd had been enthusiastically greeting other regional and national celebrities, including Missouri Governor John Ashercroft, Missouri Senator Kit Bond, and the band Larry Gatin and the Gatin Brothers. The Gatin Brothers did their best to help the Republican
Please see BUSH, p. 9, col. 4
Catherine Wheeler/KANSAN
Vice President George Bush stops to pose for a picture with his twin grandchildren Barbara and Jenna. Bush arrived at Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon and gave a speech later at Westin Crown Center.
Part of job market comes to KU
By Daniel Niemi
Kansan staff writer
Engineering, accounting, sales and management are the leading fields for jobs and on-campus recruiting this year, KU placement directors say.
their mentors.
Jim Henry, assistant director of the University Placement Center,
said most companies were looking for graduates for sales and management positions. He said that the number of recruiters was about the same as last year.
"I thought it was going to be slower, but it seems like it's coming out to be the same, maybe slightly fewer companies," he said.
the job market.
"The economy will have a whole lot more to do with hiring than the calendar," said Fred Madaus, director of the School of Business Placement Center.
Madaus said that if the economy were strong, companies would be recruiting new employees. Usually fewer companies interview on campus in the fall, he said, but fewer students graduate in December than in May.
last week.
However, December graduates should not be at a disadvantage in the job market.
DETECT how well said, "It all depends on how well they prepare themselves. If they have a good resume and their interview skills are honed and they do a good job presenting themselves they should do well."
themselves they must. He said some companies, such as Quaker Oats and General Mills,
had recruited last year but had not yet signed up to recruit this year. But they still might schedule interviews, he said.
On the other hand, Henry said Northwestern Mutual Life Inc., Deluxe Printers Inc. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. were recruiting this year at KU but which didn't recruit here last year.
"It would depend a little on the background they have," he said. "It would be very easy, especially if they had a foreign language background, to go into an international career, working for an international company or something like that." Glenn added that the science department at a field for liberal arts majors. But many companies recruit graduates without asking for a specific major.
Terry Glen, assistant director of the center, said most jobs for liberal arts graduates with a law degree will be in the sales and management fields.
"We had an increase in the number of vacancies this past year which would indicate more job opportunities," he said. "Enrollments are climbing in elementary and secondary schools. At some time, we will have to add staff to take care of those enrollment increases."
However, not all liberal arts graduates choose to enter the job
Glenn also said the market for teachers appeared strong.
Average starting salaries
The following figures are from September 1987 to August 1988. They represent both the total number of job offers for each major and the average starting salary. 187 placement offices at 154 colleges and universities participated in the survey. Not all degree programs are shown.
BUSINESS Number of offers Average starting salary
Accounting 6,275 $24,000
Business Administration 1,804 21,456
SCIENCES
Economics* 845 24,312
Letters (incl. English, Lit., etc.) 139 20,664
History 128 22,848
Psychology 230 20,592
Social Sciences-All Other 480 22,176
Aerospace & Aeronautical 467 28,176
Chemical 1,511 30,996
Electrical (incl. Computer Engrg.) 5,347 29,736
Mechanical 3,421 29,388
Petroleum 177 32,016
SCIENCES
Chemistry 99 26,004
Computer Science 1,965 27,408
Mathematics 432 26,724
Nursing 274 23,652
Pharmacy 203 34,356
Journalism 141 18,372
- Includes economic programs with both business and social orientation.
Source: The College Placement Survey Salary Network KANSAN graphic
market. For example, Albert Cook, coordinator of undergraduate studies in the English department, estimated that 20 percent of
English majors went to graduate school.
Please see JOBS, p. 6, col. 4
Stephan's attorney claims conspiracy
TOPEKA - A lawyer for Attorney General Robert T. Stephan repeatedly suggested to a federal court jury yesterday that Stephan was the victim of a conspiracy to run his political career that was hatched by former Attorney General Vern Miller and a Topeka law firm.
The Associated Press
However, Miller, who was the state's chief law enforcement officer in 1971-75, told the jury Stephen knew he was violating a secrecy clause when he disclosed in October 1985 that $24,000 in cash was paid to settle a 1983 sexual harassment suit brought by a former employee of Stephan
Miller helped negotiate terms of the settlement, but said it was Stephan himself who made the final deal with Toneka attorney Margie Phelps.
The disclosure resulted in a $5.2 million breach-of-contract suit against Stephan and former state Sen. Bob Storey, filed by Marcia Tomson Stingley, who worked as a clerk in Stephan's office.
The second week of testimony in the trial began yesterday. Miller testified more than four hours and is scheduled to return to the stage for further cross examination from Stephan's lead attorney, Gerald Michaud of Wichita.
She filed the two lawsuits as Marcia Tomson, but said during her testimony last week that she has reverted to using her maiden name.
During his questioning yesterday, Michaud had Miller go over telephone records from February and March 1985, when Miller was negotiating the settlement for Stephan with the Phelps Chartered law firm of Topeka.
Margie Phelps represented Stingley in her first lawsuit and filed the second suit on her behalf, but she was unable to defend herself because she became a witness in the case.
Michaud said the phone records showed Miller called Phels repeatedly on the days just before the crash. He did not raise the $24,000 paid to Stingley.
Stephan's lawyer also accused Miller of calling the Phelps firm repeatedly as he was writing a letter in November 1985 to outline the terms of the settlement to Stephan — the first time he put the terms in writing.
In her suit, Stingley alleges Stephan broke an oral contract by replaying terms of the settlement of the first suit. She contends terms of the settlement were to remain confident, and in his opinion he originally and at her insistence later.
She also alleges Stephan and Storey, a co-defendant and political supporter of Stephan's, placed her in a "false light" during the news conference. Storey participated in the news conference and characterized the first suit as a "niusance suit."