CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 14, 1995
3A
Parking Department can't prevent crimes
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
You park at your own risk
Thank you for your work!
That's the message from KU police and the Parking Department to the University of Kansas community.
Since the beginning of the semester, 43 crimes have been reported in KU parking lots, according to Lawrence and KU police. The parking lots are regulated by the department and patrolled by police.
"We patrol the lots on a very regular basis," said Cindy Alliss of the KU police. "The whole campus is our responsibility."
Alliss said that while police frequently patrolled campus parking lots, they could not be responsible for students' cars.
Ultimately, students were responsible for their cars when parked in campus lots, she said.
According to Alliss, patrols have been increased in lots where several crimes have been reported.
The Parking Department, which also patrols parking lots, can only regulate and enforce parking regulations.
When there was a string of car burglaries in the Jayhawker Towers parking lots last week, the department was not informed.
"The police don't come down and tell us someone's car has been burglarized," said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking. "I don't know that if they did call I would commit more people to a certain area."
These campus lots have had the highest reported number of crimes since the beginning of this semester.
Crimescenes
Lot 102 (in front of Lewis Hall)—10 crimes reported
Lot 110 (near Jayhawker Towers)—8 crimes reported
According to Hultine, limited employee training prevents the department from increasing patrols in parking lots with high burglary rates.
Lot 90 (behind Robinson center) and Lot 10 (behind Watson Library) — 4 crimes reported in each lot.
"Security people aren't trained to look for criminal activity," Hultine said.
Parking employees used to be commissioned police officers when the parking and police departments were joined together, Hultine said. But about 15 years ago, the Parking Department split from the police.
Because parking officers now are not police-trained, Hultine said patrolling lots to prevent car crimes was not the parking department's function.
Hultine said all of the department's vehicles were equipped with radios. If parking employees saw a damaged vehicle or a car being burglarized, they could report the crime.
'True' jazz performer to fill Lied Center with his sound
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer
The rhythms of "true" jazz will fill the Lied Center when Wynton Marsalis and his quartet perform a sold-out concert at 8 tonight.
William Campbell, assistant professor of trumpet, said Marsalis presented a different perspective in jazz.
"He is a renaissance man in the jazz world," Campbell said. "He presents a new way of looking at things based on the great jazz players such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Wellington."
Richard Wright, associate professor of music history, said that Marsalis was an outstanding jazz and classical player but that he was also an educator.
"He is the director of the Lincoln Center in New York," Wright said. "He wants to make young people aware of the masters of the past. He is a brilliant trumpet player and big in education."
Wright said many people had criticized Marsans for his style of jazz.
"He has a wonderful background and a fine technique," he said.
Wynton Marsalls
can musicians from the past, Wright said.
"He recaptures the sounds of old New Orleans bands," he said. "He puts Black history into music."
Marsalis became interested in music at age 6 when Al Hirt, who played in a band with Marsalis' father, gave Marsalis a trumpet.
Tenight's performance, which is part of the School of Fine Arts series, will feature Marsalis on trumpet, Eric Reed on piano, All Jackson on drums and Reuben Rogers on bass.
John Huffman,
Topeka resident,
listens to a compact disc at one of the listening stations at Streetside Records, 1403 W. 23rd St. Listening stations allow patrons to listen to a compact disc before purchasing it.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Record stores let customers peek
By Brian Vandervliet Kansan staff writer
Kristina Glick, Lawrence resident, reaches for a set of earphones and listens to Shauqille O'Neal's latest compact disc, "Shaq Fu—da Return," at The End, a music store at 1000 Massachusetts St. A smirk develops on her face as she listens to the music.
"After listening to it, I knew I wouldn't buy it," she said.
Many music stores in Lawrence now offer listening stations where potential customers can listen to records or CDs without buying them.
The End, which opened in September 1994, has 128 listening stations. Jim White, assistant manager at the store, said listening stations exposed people to music they might not otherwise listen to.
White said his store was modeled after a store the owners had visited in Germany several years ago. In Europe, listening stations are more abundant than in the United States, he said.
"We've had people in their 50s who've listened to The Jesus and Mary Chain, and they actually liked it," he said. "We've also had younger people listening to jazz and classical."
Listening stations are not new. White said that during the 1950s, stores had listening booths for sampling records. But the booths declined with the rise of cassette tapes, which wear down after repeated play.
"Compact discs are so expensive that people want to know what they're buying before they get it." White said.
In the past few years, music stores have brought back listening stations to satisfy customer demand.
And sometimes, as with Kristina Glick, people don't buy anything after using a listening station.
Michelle Dickson, assistant manager at Streetside Records, 1403 W. 23rd St., said it was OK if customers didn't make a purchase after listening to a CD.
"It's better than dealing with irate customers who can't return the product." she said.
Streetside's four listening stations were installed three months ago. Dickson did not know if sales had gone up since then. But there have been fewer returns and more happy customers, she said.
In Lawrence, the listening station revival began five years ago when Love Garden Sounds, 936/12 Massachusetts St., installed a CD player for customers to sample music. The store added a record player two years ago for fans of traditional vinyl.
"Everybody does it now," Kristin Lange, manager of Love Garden, said. "It almost seems wrong to think a customer should buy a record without listening to it."
Customers often select a stack of records and listen for up to an hour, Lange said. Although some people monopolize a station for hours at a time, most people eventually buy something.
Gary Hanna, Lincoln, Neb., senior, said he often used the listening stations.
"It's an effective strategy because I end up buying the things I listen to," said Hanna. "I've been able to discover some music I wouldn't have otherwise, like international music."
Listen up
The following are Lawrence area stores featuring listening stations. The name of the store is followed by the number of listening stations and the selections available.
all CDs in store
all CDs in store
Streetside Records (4)
1403 W. 23rd St.
Love Garden Sounds (4)
9361/2Massachusetts St.
all CDs and records
Recycled Sounds (1) 622W.12th St.
all CDs, cassettes and records
Junior's Farm (1)
9241/2 Massachusetts St.
all CDs
Recycled Music Center (3) all CDs
71.6 Massachusetts St.
Alley Cat Records (1)
717 Massachusetts St.
all CDs, cassettes and records
Hastings Books Music & Video (2)
Southwest Plaza
Southwest Plaza
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KANSAN
Lack of Blacks in arts a problem
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer
Everything seemed ready for the production of a new play about Langston Hughes.
the director had a place and time for the performance of "Our Town Too," but the African-American actors required for the play were nowhere to be found. Without any options, the director canceled the play.
It is hard to find African-American artists at KU. Jarius Jones, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, and French horn player with the marching and
This is not an isolated incident at the University of Kansas.
concert band, said that some African Americans didn't see art as an important part of their culture.
"Many of my friends say that art is not for us," Jones said. "That's totally false. I think you can do anything you want, because the only thing that has a color is our skin."
Jones said that the problem could be caused by African-American perceptions of art.
"Some African Americans think that acting is The Cosby Show," he said. "It is the same with classical music, because it is not something attached to African Americans. However, there are a lot of good African-American musicians who play classical music."
Richard Wright, associate professor of music history, said it wasn't easy to find African Americans in the department of music and dance.
"We don't have any African-American teachers, either," he said.
Wright said he could not find a definite explanation for the lack of African-American students and professors in his department.
"However, the students we have are excellent musicians," he said.
Paul Lim, associate professor of English and head of the English Alternative Theater, said it was hard to find African-American actors for plays.
"There are not that many African Americans
enrolled in theater," he said, "Locally, it hasn't been easy to find actors for our plays. We needed three for 'Snakes' in October, and it was difficult to find them. So, I thought it would be impossible to stage 'Our town Too,' which requires nine African Americans."
Billy Davis, Topeka junior, said African Americans should become involved in the arts.
He said that the large white population at KU wasn't an excuse for African Americans' lack of interest in the arts. "My roommate and I are the only Blacks who are part of the KU Jazz Singers," Davis said. "It wasn't because there are not talented African Americans, but we were the only ones who tried."
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