Vol. 99, No. 46 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
DISTRIBUTED SINCE 1880 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday October 31, 1988
Dukakis faces the 'L-word'
Dole doubts Bush tax promise
The Associated Press
HANFORD Calif. — Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, brimming with confidence in his surging candidacy, said yesterday that "Yes, I'm a liberal" and
claimed he had Republican rival George Bush on the run
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole raised questions about the vice president's promise not to raise taxes.
Dukakis sounded more like a front-runner than an underdog as he took a whistlestown train tour through California's sun-drenched valley.
Bush rejects polls
At a kickoff rally at Bakerstier and at Hanford, a community surrounded by cotton fields, the Massachusetts governor defiantly tackled the "L-word" issue that Republicans have gleefully exploited — and Dukakis has persistently ducked — throughout the fall campaign.
At Bakersfield, he predicted he would overtake Bush before the Nov. 8 election and said: "Yes, I'm a liberal in the tradition of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and John Kennedy."
In Hanford, he said that the Reagan administration "didn't stand up, it rolled over," by refusing to help U.S. rice farmers win access to
Japanese markets. Again, he boasted of his liberal heritage.
"We need a president in the traction, yes, the liberal tradition, of Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy," he said.
Asked why he was suddenly boasting about liberalism, Dukakis replied. People understand it’s a matter of standing on the side of average families.
Recent public opinion polls snow
Dukakis closing fast on Bush in
several key states including California,
a must-win state where Dukakis
aides said an 11-point Bush lead
a week ago has shrunk to a tie.
A Time magazine poll taken last week showed Bush maintain a 10-point lead. But Dukakis aided more recent tracking data showed the gap had narrowed to as little as six points.
Assessing the campaign and its issues on NBC's "Meet the Press," Dole suggested that Bush's hard-core support raises tax matters might be unrealistic.
Dole, a former GOP presidential primary opponent of the vice president, said he believed a federal budget could be worked out next year that could avoid increases in individual income tax rates. But he noted that Bush had made a sweeping vow not to raise federal revenues.
"That's going to be a hard thing to accomplish," said Dole, a former chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee. "Maybe he can make it clear that I want to help him, and I'll be glad to support him and lead the effort."
Task force report on minorities due
By James Farguhar
Kansan staff writer
Almost eight months after the Minority Issues Task Force first met April 7, a University official said yesterday that the group's report and companying recommendation probably would be released tomorrow.
"There are still a few editorial changes that need to be made, such as checking facts and names," said Gina McBride of editing and publishing the report.
Hayden, assistant to the executive vice chancellor, said he was also in the process of copying the report for heads of University committees and college deans. Copies of the recommendations should be made available to students and faculty members later this week.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig proposed the 22-member task force on Feb. 17 to examine the effectiveness of campus minor programs. Impetus for the task force came from a Ku Kux Khan, a student by members of the Ku Kux Khan.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, is chairman of the task force, which includes faculty members, administrators and students.
Four subcommittees met this summer to examine specific areas of concern.
The subcommittees:
- reviewed previous task forces and committees.
- ■ talked with heads of departments and governance committees that deal with minority concerns.
- talked with student groups that deal with minority concerns.
- supervised minority concerns.
examined recruitment and retention of minority faculty and staff.
The entire task force met Sept. 27 for the first time since the summer break to review the subcommittee reports. Ramaley then wrote the final report from the task force recommendations.
"The report itself will include four appendixes, covering findings of the four separate subcommittee reports." Haven said.
He said the report contained three broad recommendations and about 20 specific recommendations on items that need to be improved and improve campus atmosphere.
Changes in the responsibilities of certain administrative offices and a clarification of those duties contributed to the day of the report's release, he said.
Athletic director Bob Frederick, right, jogs with Laird Noller, Lawrence resident. Frederick jogs every morning, usually before sunrise
Crisis manager Frederick has adjusted to role as AD
By Jeff Euston
Kansan sportswrite
Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick saw the stop sign and kept going.
He wanted to stop. Seconds earlier he had reached for the brakes — but they weren't there. Hiding an unfamiliar bicycle for the first time, the brakes be a crash course in crisis management.
Frederick looked down, grabbed the front brake and went tumbling over the handlebars.
"I remember going over the top and trying to avoid landing on my head." Frederick said. "I guess I was successful in the sense I managed to land my shoulder. And I hear a crunch when I hit."
Smitty Belcher, Frederick's riding partner and the owner of the bike, stopped and helped Frederick to the side of the road.
Despite breaking his collarbone and separating his right shoulder. Frederick still found humor in the incident.
"Within no more than 30 seconds we were laughing because a car came by right away and didn't stop," said Frederick. "Smitty said, 'The saw who it was.'"
Sixteen months after being selected as the University of Kansas' 12th athletic director, Frederick, 48, is accustomed to his high-profile role.
Frederick has hired coaches in five different sports, seen the basketball team win a national championship, defended on the-field conduct of the four players appeared before the NCAA infractions committee.
Frederick said he sometimes felt as if he were simply operating from one crisis to another.
"That's a frustrating feeling, but it's somewhat the nature of the job." he said. "It seemed like we'd get through something and say, 'Well, it's over with. Now let's get on with business.' Then something else would come up. I hope we're near the end now and we can move ahead."
Frederick's chance to guide the athletic department at the University of Kansas came after several different career moves. Included from the past are two positions: From Russell High School to Stanford University
Besides walking on the 1959-60 Jayhawk basketball team, Frederick served as a graduate assistant basketball coach from 1962 to 1964, a golf coach and assistant basketball coach for the 1967 year and executive director of the Williams Educational Fund at Kansas from 1981 to 1985.
Please see FREDERICK, p. 10, col. 1
Research costs at KU skyrocketing
By Laura Woodward
Kansan staff writer
David Downing has been researching a way to make a commuter plane fly like a 747.
Research by Downing, the aerospace engineering chairman, was made possible by a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration one of $250,000 to $300,000 during a four-year period.
But because research equipment has become more expensive and fewer scientists are choosing academic careers, costs for recruiting faculty researchers have skyrocketed.
Universities always have had to compete to recruit faculty like Downing.
Robert Brarse, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, said he was excited by the new program.
"It's been hard to come up with the money to purchase the equipment," Bearse said. "Last year, we spent over $1 million on equipment for new faculty."
KU has remained competitive enough to be included in the top 100 public and private research institutions in the country, but Bearse said that the University was close to the bottom of the ranking. He said KU was ranked as one of the top research institutions in the Big Eight.
Bearse cited three pivotal reasons why faculty chose KU over other research institutions.
Please see RECRUIT. p. 11, col. 1
Area witches celebrate nature, earth
By Cindy Harger Kansan staff writer
The sound of quick, rhythmic drumming alerted the 35 men, women, and children that the ritual was about to begin. The group began clapping to the beat and made a large circle in an open field.
To the south of the circle was a small altar of large, flat rocks, which were covered with incense, a statue of a goddess, a pan flute, crystals, a witch's broom and other magical symbols.
The group faced the east, and a member shouted a welcome to the gods of the east. They the group turned to the south, to the west and north, and members welcomed the spirits of those cardinal directions.
A modern-day pagan and witch ritual had begun in a field on the outskirts of Lawrence. The group was ready to spend the day dancing with children, paying tribute to a goddess known as the Triple Goddess and her
divine son and consort, the God.
The participants are members of a Lawrence-based group called the Web of Oz. They are modern farmers, neopagans, earth healers, and musicians to celebrate eight traditional festivals throughout the year.
The Sabbats are festivals that occur on the solstices, equinoxes, and other points in between, such as Halloween and May Day.
"Our common denominator is wanting to celebrate the eight Sabbats and having a love for the earth," said Sue Westwind, graduate student, witch priestess, and one of the Web's founders.
Since its first ritual on Aug. 1, 1986, the Web of Oz has had as many as 40 people participate. They come from around the region, including Topeka, Ottawa, Baldwin City, the Kansas City area, and Higginsville. Mo. Their occupations include students, computer programmers, government researchers, lawyers, editors and
"The Christian right wing has been increasingly concerned with witchcraft, and they are confusing it with Satanism." Westwind said.
massage therapists.
Westwind has begun having periodic community classes and forums in Lawrence to educate people about witchcraft. Her most recent forum was Thursday night at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. About 150 people attended.
A member of Westwind's class last spring who is a witch said she often was asked whether she has to read the Bible backwards.
"No!" the woman tells them. "It doesn't make sense that way!"
Another class member was worried about being a victim of black magic.
"No one can zap me unless I buy into it," Westwind said. "But it doesn't hurt to do protective magic. If you know what's going on, you can visualize a shield around you."
Please see WITCHES, p. 6, col. 1