University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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1 0,000 students rally for reuni- fication of North, South Korea About 10,000 radical students rallied August 14 to demand the immediate unification of the divided Korean peninsula and vowed to march to the heavily fortified border to press for free travel to North Korea. The students demanded the withdrawal of the 43,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, and said their presence hindered dialogue with commu- nist North Korea on unification. The two Koreas have been bitter rivals since the division of the peninsula in 1 945. Early in the 1 950 ' s, a three-year war was fought. U.S., Israel dismiss Hussein ' s proposals Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said that he would not withdraw his forces from Kuwait unless all issues of occupation in the Middle East are resolved, starting with an unconditional Israeli with- drawal from occupied territories and a pullout of Syrian armed forces from Lebanon. In Bhagdad, Hussein also proposed that as a first step toward defusing the Persian Gulf crisis, a Pan- Arabic force under the United Nations flag be sent to replace the U.S. and Egyptian troops now de- ployed in Saudia Arabia to help defend it against possible Iraqi aggression. By tying the current crisis to Middle East stiputes that have defied decades of exhaustive negotiation. Hussein ' s self-proclaimed peace initiative ap- peared to offer little prospect of a breakthrough. It was viewed by many Arab and Western ana- lysts as an attempt to involve Isreal in the Persian Gulf crisis and marshal Arab masses against U.S. intervention in the Arabian peninsula. An Israeli spokesman called the proposals cheap propaganda and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the United States categorically re- jects them. Assets frozen and oil halted to Iraq President Bush joined other world leaders in condemning Iraq ' s invasion of Kuwait as an act of naked aggression August 3 as the United states imposed a near-total economic embargo on Iraq and launched a diplomatic effort to force withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Scientists to keep sunken treasure A federal judge awarded a small group of scientists and investors from Columbus, Ohio, sole ownership of the richest sunken treasure in history more than $1 billion worth of bullion and coins from the gold fields of California. The ruling gives Columbus-America Discov- ery Group title to all gold and other artifacts re- covered from the SS Central America, which sank in a hurricane 160 miles off the coast of the Carolinas in 1857. The ship went down in 1 1 2 miles of water, taking 425 lives and carrying three tons of gold to the bottom. Entertainer Pearl Bailey dies at 72 Pearl Bailey, the actress and singer with the sexy, throaty drawl and droll sense of humor who once was called America ' s ambassador of love, died August 1 7 at age 72. Pearl Bailey was the mother of the world, said Stan Irwin, her manager of 25 years. She was a very spiritual woman, and she never recognized her color. Her ideology was, ' We are humans. '

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Iraqi troops invade Kuwait Minority enrollment up at KU Tank-led Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait before dawn today, August 2, and the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced that the Kuwait govern- ment had been overthrown. Iraqi also warned that any foreign troops try- ing to interfere with its action would be at- tacked. Hussein ' s council in Baghdad issued a state- ment saying that Iraq was responding to a re- quest for an invasion fromthe revolutionary government in Kuwait. The statement said the troops were in Ku- wait to defend the revolution and the Kuwaiti people, with no further identification of the revolutionary government. The United States condemned the invasion August 1 , and called for anemergency meet- ing of the UN Security Council to deal with the situation. Marion Barry jury: no ver- dict on 12 of 14 counts The jury in the trial of Mayor Marion Barry convicted him of one misdemeanor count of drug possession, acquitted him of another misdemeanors drug count and failed to reach a verdict on the 12 remaining counts, includ- ing the most serious charges. The verdict ended a sensational trial that attracted national attention and transformed the political landscape of the city of Washing- ton. Many local residents were saddened by the eight weeks of testimony that portrayed the highest local official in the District of Co- lumbia as a drug user. The prosecutor, U.S. attorney Jay B. Stephens, would not say whether the govern- ment would seek a new trial on the remaining charges which were declared mistrials. The University of Kansas School of Medicine has more than tripled its enrollment of speific mi- norities in the last four years thanks to a federal program and private assistance. In 1 987, two black students began their medical education at the University of Kansas, said the associate dean for admissions at the school, Una Creditor. Today, August 9, seven black students are expected to enroll in the school. They are among 10 members of underrepre- sented minority groups beginning their medical education at KU this fall. She continued, it ' s not overwhelming in terms of numbers, but percen- tagewise it ' s a significant increase. Fires near age-old sequoias Lightening fires have burned more than 200,000 acres of California forest in the last week, and experts said August 12 it could get much, much worse, because of the lengthy drought. In Yosemite National Park, off limits to tourists since Friday, two fires had burned more than 1 5,000 acres. Flames were within two miles of the Merced Grove, a stand of giant sequoias, and within two miles of the Badger Pass ski area. Wisconsin helicopter crash kills blues guitarist Grammy-winning blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was among five persons killed August 27 when their helicopter slammed into a hill in dense fog after leaving a concert. Stephan Ray Vaughan, born October 3, 1 954, in Dallas, began playing the guitar at age 7, copying his older brother Jimmie, the two just completed a n album, Family Style, for September release. This year, Vaughan won a Grammy Award in the contemporary blues category for In Step. The Associated Pr

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KU students in middle of ROTC controversy The University of Kansas has turned back an effort to eliminate academic credit for campus ROTC programs, KU announced Tuesday, Sep- tember 26. The proposal was defeated by a vote of 359- 270, so students will continue to receive credit for ROTC courses. These classes will still count toward the school ' s 124-hour graduation require- ment. Supporters of the proposal said it was de- signed to protest the Department of Defense ' s policy that refused acceptance of homosexuals into the military. Chancellor Gene Budig said he was pleased with the vote and said KU would continue working to change the defense policy. First cross-country flight by solar powered aircraft made A solar-powered ultralight plane reached the East Coast on September 9 but the pilot insisted on covering the last eight miles to Kittli Hawk before declaring he ' d made the first cross-country solar flight. The plane had solar cells to produce power for its electric motor. However, the motor is used only for takeoffs and landings. After takeoff, the motor is turned off and the plane rides on ther- mals, rising columns of warm air, like a glider. U.N. imposes air blockade After a blunt warning by the Soviet Union that war is close in the Persian Gulf, the Security Council voted to impose an embargo on air traffic, strengthening the economic block- ade against Iraq. The measure was approved 14-1, with Cuba the lone opponent. The new resolution adds to the Security Council ' s ban on trade and financial dealings with Iraq and Kuwait by cutting off all air links except those it approves for humanitarian reasons. It also authorizes detention of Iraq ' s merchant fleet. Atlanta to get ' 96 Olympics Atlanta, symbol of the South, beat out Athens, symbol of the Olympics, and was awarded the centennial Summer Games in 1996. In what it considered a choice between sentiment for the past or success for the future, the International Olympic Committee chose Georgia over Greece to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rebirth of the Games, first staged in 776 B.C. Atlanta won over Athens on a 51 -35 vote on the maximum fifth ballot. Sampras serves up hot U.S. Open triumph Pete Sampras aced Andre Agassi 13 times and hit 12 service winners with serves up to 1 24 mph in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 drubbing on stadium court. Sampras, who won $350,000, became the youngest men ' s U.S. Open tennis champion ini history at 19 years, 28 days. 22