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Wednesday. February 6 1991

SGA meeting may focus on fiscal responsibility

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

Last year the Student Government
Association Senate made its televi-
sion debut Tonight the Senate may
have one of its largest viewing audi-
ences when goes on the air at 7:30.
('1' elecable Campus Channel 19.)

The Senate could address the is-
sue of fiscal responsibility in SGA,
as was prompted by a Kentucky
Kemel investigation into uses of an

unregulated presidential checking
account.

Some senators said the issue
would be addressed. but they were
not sure if the Senate would go into
executive session.

The investigation showed that
SGA President Sean Lohman used
an unregulated checking account.
for which he had sole signature au-’
thority, to pay bonuses to election
officials and office employees and
to cash a personal check.

 

ANALYSIS

 

Lohman inherited the account
that was started in fall 1985 by
then-SGA president John Cain. Un-
like other SGA accounts. the check-
ing account had no administrative
oversight Lohman closed the ac-
count last Wednesday at the request
of UK officials.

Records show the vast majority
of expenses were just. But, on occa-

sion they show that the SGA presi~
dent's freedom over the account
may have been too great.

“It could have been Mother Tere-
sa in charge of that account and you
still would have needed some con-
trols.“ College of Allied Health Sen-
ator Jill Lowry said.

Although the checking account
did not break any University regula-
tions, some senators say Lohman
could have exercised better judg-
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“I don‘t think he meant to do any—
thing wrong. but I think he was ine-
sponsible in his management of that
fund," Senator at Large Kim Good-
win said.

Lohman paid Jason Vandiver, the
president—appointed chairman of the
volunteer election board, 550 after
the spring election. which Lohman
won.

Lohman also gave more than
$1,500 in bonuses and honoraria to
office employees during his two

years as president.

Lohman and other SGA officials
have Justified the bonuses to office
workers because of the work office
workers perform.

Lohman used the account to cash
a personal check and write himself
and his brother, Eric. each a check
from the account. He also used the
account for a trip to Indianapolis
and the Big Four basketball classic

See SGA. Page 7

CAREER DECISIONS

Center helps students
find jobs, perspective

By LISA TAYLOR
Contributing Writer

Although finding a job should be
a major concern for UK students. it
shouldn't be their only one, counse-
lors at UK’s Career Center say.

“Some think that the only goal of
a college education should be get~
ting a job." said Drema Howard. a
career counselor and associate di-
rector of the center. “I try to help
students see that a Job is only
one aspect and that they need to
take into account their own goals
and values."

The center. located on the second
floor of the Mathews Building,
hasn’t always had this philosophy.
It was primarily an employment of-
fice and recruitment center as late
as I980, when it was called the
“Placement Center."

Today's Career Center provides a
complete Resource Library to aid
students in choosing a career. The
center also offers workshops on re-
sume writing and job interviewing
skills, including mock job inter»
VICWS.

Many of the students who come
to the center, however, do not uu-
lize anything but the Job placement
program. Howard said.

Brenda Owen, a fifth-year phar-
macy student, did not attend any of
the workshops because “they didn‘t
fit into my schedule. I would like to
have participated, but the times (for
the workshops) were very fixed."

Electrical engineering senior
Gary Phelps said many students
simply don’t know about all of the
serVices offered by the center.

“It's not well-known what all

Iraq must leave Kuwait ‘fast’, Bush says

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia —— AI-
lied warplanes and the USS Missou-
ri‘s mighty guns shattered the mom-
ing peace from Baghdad to
Kuwait’s embattled shores yester-

day. Hard-pressed Iraq banned sales
of heating oil and other fuel to its
citizens. who grew ever more des~
perate under a mid- winter siege.

Baghdad said 428 civilians have
been killed thus far tn what the offi-
cial radio condemned as ‘sav“age
bombing.

Up on the desert war from, the
Syrian contingent in Operation
Desert Storm clashed with the Iraqis
for the first time.

The Saudi military said Syrian ar-
tillery drove 30 inu'uders back into
Kuwait after they crossed into Saudi
Arabia. But a news pool repon from
the front said US. Marine officers
gave a different account: Iraqi
troops struck twice across the hero
der, overrunning a Syrian position
in one attack. being pushed back in
the second.

Behind the scenes in Mideast cap-
itals. meanwhile. diplomats and

 

Two professors specializing in
Middle Eastern issues said at UK
last night that anti—American sen-
timent by the Arabs can be traced
all the way back to World War l.

William Shorrock. a professor
at Cleveland State University, and
William Adams. a anthropology
professor at UK, discussed Arabi-
an attitudes towards Western na-
tions in “The Arabs & The West",
the second in a series of forums
held in UK‘s Student Center.

“Many Arabs feel betrayed by
the West. a betrayal for which no
adequate recompense has been
given," Shorrock said.

Shorrock said that, despite

 

President Bush’s insistence that
the current crisis has nothing to do
with Arab feelings during World
War I. it has deep roots there and
in events leading up to the war.

The anti-Westem sentiment
may have started with European
colonialism of Middle East coun-
tries in the mid-1800s and contin-
ued with English and French man-
dates of many Arab countries after
World War I, he said.

Many European nations began
to colonize Middle Eastern na-
tions for economic and political
reasons, he said. The central na—
tion in this imperialism was Tur-
key, which Britain colonized. Brit»
ain sought to exert a great deal of
Western influence on this nation.
As a result. Shorrock said, it be-
came dependent on British reve-

Arabs feel ‘betrayed’ by US.

By MARC DALEY
and MARY BETH MAZZEO
Contributing Writers

nue to survive economically.

As Western nations began to
weaken, Turkey was convinced to
go to war against them on Germa-
ny's side.

As a result. the Westem na—
uons persuaded the Arabs to lead
a revolt against Turkey. In return.
the Arab revoluuonaries thought
they were going to obtain inde»
pcndcnce and land. However. the
Arab territories were parccled out
in treaties to Western nations.

The Arabs felt they should have
gained control of Palestine. and
that they were cheated out of it by
the Western nations. “Indeed, Pal-
estine is a promised land. Great
Britain promised it to itself, the
Arabs thought it to itself, and the
Balfour agreement promised it to
the Jews,“ Shorrock said.

 

 

government leaders conferred on
Monday’s bid by Iranian Presi-
dent Hashemi Rafsanjani to medi
ate a Persian Gulf peace.

The Soviets and Turks signaled
support for Iran's initiative. In
Washington, however. President
Bush said he had seen no Iranian
peace plan and saw nothing to ne-
gotiate with Iraqi President Sad-
dam Hussein.

“He's got to say. ‘I‘m going to

get out of Kuwait,‘ now. fast,“
Bush said.

The US. chief executive said
he was sending the Pentagon‘s
top leadership —— Defense Secre-
tary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin
L. Powell — to the war zone this
week to assess how the U.S.-led
offensive, now 20 days old, is
progressing.

President Bush said yesterday
he doubts Iraq‘s army can be ex-

pelled from Kuwait without a
ground war and announced he is
sending Defense Secretary Dick
Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell to
the Persian Gulf for a "firsthand
status report.“

Bush, at a news conference.
said “it would be a lot mom to
see a successful conclusion" if
Saddam Hussein were ousted or
killed, but he stressed that the
US. objective was still simply to

drive Saddam‘s forces front Kuwait.
Any other world leader would have
yielded by now rather than submit
his country to relentless bombings
and missile attacks, Bush said.

Spelling out rigid conditions for
any cease-fire, Bush said Saddam
would have to undertake “a credi-
ble, visible, totally convincing with-
drawal" and return Kuwait‘s exiled
leadership to power.

“He's got to say, I‘m going to get
out of Kuwait, how. fast.”

Twenty days into the war. Bush
portrayed himself as being at peace
with himself. comfortable with the
momentous decisions of sending
American troops into battle. "I'iii
sleeping quite well, as a matter of
fact."

Bush said, “I know what I‘ve got
to do," but he added. “I can't tell
you I don‘t shed a tear for families
and for those that might be lost in
combat."

The US command reported an-
other 2.000-sortie day in the Desert
Stonn air war, and said Americtm
warplanes took speCial aim again at
the dug-in Republican Guard. back-
bone of the Iraqi defense of Kuwait.

Giant Air Force B-SZ bombers
struck Republican Guard positions
in six raids, the command said.

It said US. warplanes also contin-
ucd focusmg on resupply lines to
the Iraqi troops in Kuwait and
southern Iraq. striking a ZS-truck
convoy in one instance late Mon»

See GULF, Page 7

INSIDE: WHEEL CATS WHEELIN' TO SUCCESS

they can do." Phelps said “Putting
out a paper to \Itldt‘nts of \shztt Iht'v
offer might help "

One sen ice offered by the . enter
helps students hit it. x-tiipiwxcr.
who don't recrtiit on .LIIV‘Plh The
center i< .onnected to .1 .nntpiitcr
network that stores student resumes.
Howard said The network matches
students‘ qualifications with .m-
ployers across the country

The center ‘AhICI’I offers its tree
services to .1” Us student: ind
alumni. is planning an expansion t i
better meet the needs t .oh
seekers. Larry Crouch, director .tf
student services, said the tenter has
collected one—third of the SI * [lili-
Iion it needs for ;i new htiildintt

The new ithlIlh will he
on Rose Street next .. ‘he Kzixg
Alumni House and «1.1 izicitiilc .i-
interview rooms .in itidio \id o
studio where students an tipt: "tc tr
own mock interntus .ti.t
rooms where recruiters ,;ilt y'vrxx.
videotapes with iiitilleiUdls
small groups.

The new iLlL‘IllI} \Nlii
\‘Idt‘Ai telephones that ..iti .112.“
dents to talk to recruners :rzr. z.- '
the nation. (‘rouch \Lllti .i tart
for construction has not at wen
planned. “That depends on for he
fund raising goes." he said

Although most students \sho x mt
the center are tumors and color»
Howard stressed that tresnntan ..ii.t
sophomores seeking jit‘tctittd‘ '=-.i
tors and career direction . .iit
from talking WIIh .otinsetors ‘he
center has .oniptiter onwrann tint
match sludt‘nls likes. .ilsllhc‘s and
personal goals with {\(lsuhit: .i
reers,

One of the programs
dents questions .2bottt .i \ilfls‘h
subjects. including interests. rm
levels and geographit zirt'tercntts
The computer then L‘flill\ ,i ils't ~'
occupations that \ltltlc‘llLs ti.i\ .sisr.
to explore. Howard said

Vinny alumni also time illIIlt‘tI 1.1
the serum. cspctiad) Mien ‘hc‘~
want to make career .haiigt-s, Ho;
ward said.

The center has been \t'r\
ful in its original tutti wt helping
students. had robs. students
have used the \CIVILK‘ said.

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