University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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1 . October 1989!JAYHAWKEFl NEWS Prof faces dismissal defeats Dorothy Willner, professor of an- thropology, faced dismissal hear- ings beginning Oct. 16. She wasthe first KU tenured professor to face dismissal. The Faculty Senate Committee on Tenure and Related Problems heard testimony from professors, students and Chancellor Gene A. Budig, all of whom gave reasons why Willner should be dismissed. Fellow professors testified that Will- ner had not published material in quite some time and that she had not attended faculty meetings regu- larly. The defense was readying its case as the month ended. ', rf-lf Sl9VEllPCZTfE. fig Fit F A 3 all L .. - R- s-..'? v-ex, '- - .- s. -- , sr- , ... . -f af... -, '. we-.,. A, xl'-hu . . 1 T .. 2 Q. X, 3. ' 1-3-agikff .... 'N N K wif J. . -2. it -!ifai'Q,f?'f-1 '. , t -. .-.,,.LQ ,i V. , Y . , ,t ,..,. .. , - .ft r L. ,...' E .- - 4.2 YT - , ,sm . gr- ,A .yn J' N-, f -.V iff-Q.- . Q . . I -N - . I . I V 7 -Nm - ' W.. N1 Tv x :tffg-'j-5 5,951 1 ., -1 -pf: in QQ? . f t , , -s Q - 1 , -- -in . ' '- K ,R '-, as :ia . L ni N T' Q I 'Z' x Y' 1 f N .. F. - ,g . - ., 'w-1-.. '4s,,. . x .V J L., f. N5 -aw Q, ,. V .C--13 Y Coutresty ol the University Daily Kansan ltttlll Softball pitcher Roanna Brazier, Moro, Ill., senior, played a big part inthe Jayhawks' postin a 16-3 fall record. ln the last two Wesitji games, KU defeated Dodge City Community College 10-1 and 8-0 and split doubleheader with the College of St. Mary's of Omaha, dOci5 losing 1-0 in eight innings and winning 11-3. S 21-16 The Jayhawks made it two in a row against K-State with a 21-16 victory in Manhattan Oct. 28. Sophomore tailback Tony Sands rushed for a career-high 217 yards, including two touch- downs, and the KU defense stopped the go-ahead drive late in the game. Campus power out 20 minutes A system overload caused by an update of equipment at Kansas Power and Light Gas Service caused a 20- minute power outage on campus at 10:40 a.m. Oct. 5. Several phone lines were shut down during the outage because the systems use electricity, and four people were trapped in a Strong Hall elevator for 10 minutes. The VAX computer system disk crashed at Computing Services. KJHK, the student-run ra- dio station, went off the air, but the disc jockey on-air at the time continued to spin records. tf2PitlProfessor, student apply for patent QResearch leads to invention to stop sleeping disorder Don Gyorog, professor of engi- teering, and Jeff Livingston, gradu- lcheite student in mechanical engineer- 1g, applied to the U.S. government ecently fora patent fora machineto top a common breathing disorder. 0 The invention, the Natural Aiwvay ospll ne anti? 'ressurization Ventilation System, was designed to restrain sleep pnea, which causes a person to ,top breathing for10 seconds or me W Cl m W' V5 Marti P e ind 1 . 1, Jac00mm ' totem '. .ali order IOP Jpllel- more. Apnea, first identified in the 1960s, is of two kinds: respiratory and obstructive. Respiratory apnea keeps the res- piratory muscles from receiving messages fromthe brain. Thistype of apnea is rare but can be treated by drugs or a pacemaker. Obstructive apnea closes the upper part of the airway. The most common effect of this type is day time drowsiness caused by awak- ing at night when choking. Both types can now be treated by a respirator that continuously blows airthrough a maskinto theface. But the problem, say Gyorog and Liv- ingston, is that the speed is con- stant and that a person has to think about exhaling. Their invention is a flow system ventilator, which antici- pates exhalation.

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JAYHAWKER NEWS! October 1989 EARTHQ AKE RoCKs ORTH CAL1FoR An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale rumbled through northern California at 5:04 p.m. Oct. 17, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands more. Physical damage was estimated at S1 billion. Gas lines were shattered in many cities, and fires started up, burning in many cases for days. The library at the University of California-Berkeley burned slowly through the night. Part of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge collapsed onto the lower deck, pinning two cars and narrowly missing pinning a school bus. At least 250 people were killed when part of Interstate 880 in Oakland, also known as the Nimitz Freeway, buckled and collapsed. Water, electricity, communications and transporta- tion were knocked out in San Francisco, the nation's fourth largest metropolitan area. Telephones in many cities still worked, however, and operators were swamped with 20 million calls in and out of the area Tuesday night. The next day, seven counties were declared disas- ter areas. They were Alameda, Contra Costa, Mon- terey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara. Oakland is in Alameda County, and San Francisco is in San Mateo County. An estimated 58,000 fans were evacuated from Candlestick Park in San Francisco, where Game 3 of the World Series was to have been played. Con- structio nexperts later reported that the park had I Part of Interstate 880 collapsed, killing at least 250 people. cracks in its upper deck but was safe for play. Oakland had won the first two games 5-0 and 5-1. Play resumed five days later, and the A's swept the Series 13-9 and 9-6. However, the A's did not The Associated Press l Dl lhrvl lngSi flrsl l disml rn, on T6 heard sludel LW' LQ W . -SVI 4 in 'si G.-Ml EL .. Q - 'lg' if .-Q celebrate, preferring to mourn the victims. A fig'- The quake was the second deadliest ever recorded T in the United States. Only the 1906 San Francisco quake ranks higher on the Richter scale. Noriega coup fails Dissident officers tried to overthrow Panamanian Manuel Noriega Oct. 3, but troops loyal to Noriega rescued Noriega and put down a possible revolt. lt was the second coup attempt in 18th months. The rebels had seized a central military headquar- ters and, for a time, the national radio and television stations, and the rebels held Noriega for two to hours. Reports all day had alleged that Noriega had been injured or eve killed. But the strongman appeared on state-run television at the end of the day and an- nounced that he had crushed the coup and that he stresses European TV The European Community on Oct. 3 adopted a compromise plan urging European television stations to air mostly shows made in Europe. The vote was 10-2, and Belgium and Denmark vote no. The United States Government and the American film industry had lobbied intensely against the measure, labelling it pr otectionism. France, the host country for the negotiations and the most ardent supporter of the measure, had demanded mandatory quotas requiring that Europena-made shows make up 60 per- cent of the air time. However, the compromise did not specify a percentage figure. The regulations are not legally binding. 28 was still in control of the government. He said, 'The incident this morning corresponds to the permanent aggression and penetration by the forces of the United States against the tranquility of our country. President Bush denied that the U.S. had instigated the coup, saying that he had learned ofthe coup plan two days earlier but had not dissuaded it. U.S. troops had blocked access roads to the capital but withdraw after hearing radio reports that Noriega had not been captured. PTL head Jim Bakker sentenced to 45 years Former PTL leader Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined S500,000 after he was convicted on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy in a decisio announced Oct. 5. Bakker was voncited of defrauding followers of S158 million and diverting 53.7 million of PTL funds for his personal use. The maximum sentence was 110 years, and the maximum fine was S5 million. Community huttle Atlanti launche Jupiter-bound Galileo Mission to photograph planet, moons, atmosphere Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Oct. 18, carrying with it Galileo, a satellite system that will eventually reveal much about Jupiter. Atlantis lifted off at 12:54 p.m. EDT, four minutes late. On the fifth orbit, it launched Galileo on a six- year, 2.5 billion-mile trek. The 745-pound probe will make 10 close ap- proaches to Jupiter's four largest moons, lo, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, before descending into the dense hydrogen atmosphere ofthe planet itself. Scientists expect pictures of the four Galilean moons to be as much as 1,000 times as deatiled as the pictures taken by the Voyager spacecraft. Be- cause the launch is a few years behind schedule, the planets are not properly aligned to accommodate the original trajectory. Galileo will head toward Venus, then swing back around Earth in order to pick up the needed momentum to travel to Jupiter. I Softball parlinll games, l andspll losing 1. Pr Rese DOH Gy n99'1ll,ar fiiitludem 'nlfllllei reWllll0r Siflpa com Pltlsuiizal apnfa, wh Sill lfeal

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The Wall Come Down In November 1989, the Berlin Wall, long a symbol of just how far apart East and West were, was taken down as a symbol of the Iron Curtain. The Wall itself was not totally demolished, but border re- strictions were relaxed and many people were allowed to pass through newly created holes in the infamouswall. Some borderguards complained that they might not have jobs anymore, but thousands of other people rejoiced in Noriega was brought to the U.S. for trial. their exultant exodus to West Ger- many. The crumbling ofthe wall was due in part to the ever growing influence of Soviet President Mikhail Gor- bachev,whose poli- cies of glasnost and perestroika overshadowed the policies of the leaders of the countries of Eastern Europe. Leader alter leader made concessions to growing democratic movements in their own countries. Some leaders were forced outg oth ers left voluntarily. Most transitions to a more democratic state were nonviolent. The change in Flomania was not, however. Dictator Nicolae Ceaus- escu and his wife, Elena, were exe- cuted by firing squad for their roles in the violent suppression of Romania's democratic movement. Elsewhere, a newspaper editor leads Poland, and a former dissi- dent playwright leads Czechoslova- kia. U.S. invades Panama Pursuant to a state foreign policy goal of President Bush, U.S. armed forces invaded Panama in December and seized strongman Manual Noriega. The operation, called Just Cause, was successful in gaining the arrest of Noriega, who will be brought to the U.S. to stand trial on drug-trafficking charges. U.S. losses were minimal and Noriega was turned over to the U.S. by envoys of the Vatican 'embassy in Panama City. ladimir Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz, one of the world's most famous and proficient pianists, died of a heart attack at his Manhattan home. He was 85. Horowitz, born in the Soviet Un- ion, came to the United States in 1928. He played at the White House at the request of presidents Hoover, Carter and Reagan, and his last public performaces were spring 1987 in Amsterdam, Berlin and Hamburg. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Wanda. House passes compromise on minimum Wage bill Wage to be 54.25 in l991g training wage included Member of the U.S. House reached a compromise Nov. 11 on increasing the minimum wage dur- ing the next few years. The compromise bill, written at the urging of Chief of Staff John Sununu, House SpeakerTom Foley and House Minority Bob Michel, provides for a standard minimum wage of 354.25 by April 1991 , follow- ing an increase to 353.80 on April 1, 1990. The bill also includes provisions for a training wage of SB2. 80 to be given to teen workers who have less than six months' work experience. This subminimum wage will expire in April 1993. The compromise bill replaced a Democrat-sponsored bill that would have increased the minimum wage to 354.65 in 1990 and would not have provided for a training wage.