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THE UNIVERS KANS
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104,NO.65
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22.1994
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Yumi Chikamori / KANSAN
Karen Kelly, Lawrence sophomore and Ashleigh Delatore, Topeka junior, both of PI Beta Phi sorority, embraced yester day at Adams Alumni Center when their group was announced as one of five chosen to perform in Rock Chalk Revue 1995.
Dismissals surprise coaches, players
Mason announces staff changes
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
Mark Dantonio
Kansas football coach Glen Mason announced yesterday that the contracts for defensive coordinator Bob Fello and secondary coach Mark Dantonio would not be renewed for the 1995 season.
Fello said that he was surprised by Mason's decision.
continually failed to stop its opponents on key third-down situations, including Texas Christian and Oklahoma, in 21 out of 30 third-down situations.
It was no secret that everyone involved with the Kansas football program was disappointed with the Jayhawks' 6-5 season. Mason cited losses to Texas Christian and Oklahoma, in which the Jayhawks gave up fourth quarter leads, as the turning points in the season. Kansas
"Bob Fello and Mark Dantonio have worked tremendously hard in an effort to turn this program around," Mason said in a statement. "Both coaches have had a positive influence with what we are trying to accomplish in our football program. In evaluating the future of our program, however, I feel the situation warrants some staff changes."
Coach Mason down and didn't get the job done. He's been very good to me. He's a hell of a coach.
Rob Fello
"You never know in this business," Fello said. "Coach Mason felt like he needed to make some changes. Overall, the biggest disappointment is I feel like maybe I let
"Do I think I coached as well as I could, as hard as I could? Yes, I did. I gave everything I had to the University and to the football program."
Five groups chosen for Rock Chalk
Dantonio was
unavailable for comment
Fello came to Kansas with Mason from Kent State in 1988. Fello coached the outside linebackers from 1988 to 1990 and became defensive coordinator and defensive tackle coach in 1991. Fello has coached college football for 18 seasons.
Dantonio joined the Kansas football team in 1991 as the secondary coach. He was an assistant coach at Youngstown
Brent Willeford, Kansas senior tight end, said that Mason's decision was surprising to the players as well.
State from 1986 to 1990.
"I heard earlier in the year that some changes were going to be made, but I had no idea it would happen so soon," Willeford said.
"I think he's a great coach," Willeford said. "I think he gets the most out of his plavers."
The five groups selected to perform in the campus-wide variety show were: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Kappa Alpha Psi; Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon; Pi Beta Pi and Sigma Nu; Delta Gamma and Phil Delta Theta; Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Upsilon.
He added that he was more surprised that the changes involved the firing of Fello.
Fello said that he already was looking for another coaching job, but he added that he was disappointed.
"The most difficult thing is that I'm going to miss the players a lot," he said.
Hoops, Hawaiian style
The field of 13 living groups that submitted show proposals for Rock Chalk Revenue 1995 was narrowed to five last night with the announcement of the five shows selected for this year's production.
By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
Rock Chalk Revue
And then there were five.
Directors from each of the 13 living groups gathered at Adams Alumni Center for the long-awaited announcement. Each group's directors stood together, holding hands or in a group hug, as Libby Swed, Rock Chalk executive director, listed the winning shows.
"I was just so nervous that I was going anywhere and everywhere trying to take my mind off this," Weinstein said. "But I'm so relieved, and now it's all worth it."
The directors whose shows were selected cheered and hugged one another. Many of the directors whose shows were not among the chosen five wiped away tears as they left the alumni center.
"I want you to know that the scores were very close from top to bottom," Swed told the directors.
Randy Weinstein, Skokie, Ill., sophomore and Alpha Epsilon Pi director, said he had spent yesterday trying not to think about the announcement.
The Kansas women's basketball team will start its season Friday against No.7 Virginia at the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Basketball Classic in Honolulu.
Emily Unruh, Hutchinson junior and Pi Beta Phi director, said she was pleased to have the opportunity to put her group's show on stage.
FOOTBALL: More coaching shake-ups.
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The groups had been working on their show proposals since the show's theme, "Caught in the Act," was announced Sept. 8. A panel of 12 judges selected the five shows based on script, set descriptions, music, costumes and oral interviews with the directors.
The five groups selected now will begin rehearsing their shows. The five shows will be performed Feb. 23-25 at the Lied Center.
"I thought we had a good chance of getting in," Unruh said. "But I also was very aware that there were 13 really good shows to choose from."
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Rian Vandenvlier / KANSAN
Elizabeth Warriner says she has grown close to the turkeys that her father, David, bought last March for her to raise. Most of the Warriner's 1.1 broad-breasted bronze turkeys have been butchered, but Elizabeth and her family intend to keep a lucky group of three. Elizabeth said she would rather have a pet turkey than a pet dog because turkeys gobble when a person whistles.
Family turkeys evade Thanksgiving destiny
Entertaining birds win the hearts of owners, neighbors
By Casey Barnes
Kansan staff writer
Not all turkeys live a life destined for the Thanksgiving dinner table.
While some are too small or sick to be sold to the local grocery store, three turkeys living north of Lawrence were spared from a dismal fate because of their personalities.
They gobble to the tunes of Reba McEntire, climb ladders to roost in high places and wander around the farm they live on like they own it.
Tom and the girls, three broad-breasted bronze birds, are descendants of wild turkeys. They are free-range birds that eat bugs and grass, and keep their owners entertained and on the run.
These special birds were three of 11 turkeys that David Warriner, who owns a farm and herb garden in Perry, bought last March from a hatchery in Iowa. The turkey's were originally bought for Warriner's 10-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. She was going to raise the birds as her 4-H project.
The turkeys arrived when they were only a day old, and they were raised on the Warriner's farm.
Elizabeth became close to the turkeys while getting them ready for the 4-H competition. She won three ribbons and a trophy for her birds.
The family also discovered the turkevs' entertainment value.
"They definitely have their own personalities," Warriner said. "They have a tendency to wander, and it gets tiring to chase 30-pound birds around."
Warriner said the turkeys liked to
follow him around when he does his chores, poking their beaks into his tool box and helping him search for a wrench.
The turkeys also entertained neighbors and guests with their curiosity and mannerisms, Warriner said.
"Whenever we have company, they just love them," Elizabeth said. "One time we couldn't find them until the neighbor called and said our turkeys were wandering around in his vard."
Their desire to wander has made them highly visible and very popular.
Warriner said he had received many phone calls from people who wanted to buy the turkeys for their farms or for Thanksgiving dinner. That's when the turkeys begin to look less like pets and more like business prospects.
In October, eight of the turkey's were butchered in Branson, Mo. Warriner kept four and sold the others to restaurants at $1.50 a pound
The Warrinners decided to keep Tom and the girls for breeding. They also had become attached to their feathered friends.
Elizabeth said seeing the other eight turkeys go was harder than she thought it would be.
"It was sad when they were all loaded up in the truck," she said. "Then the next morning they were just gone. It was amazing that they weren't there anymore."
But raising animals and then selling them off is something that Elizabeth has been raised to do.
Her family also has hens, pheasant, geese, chickens and turkeys, and the animals are always sold to grocery stores or to individual buyers. Warriner said.
The Warriners do not know how long Tom and the girls will live, but their hope is that they will produce more beautiful turkeys to sell and keep for 4-H projects.
Kitchen serves up more than a Thanksgiving dinner
By James Evans Kansan staff writer
Kansanstaffwriter
Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, pumpkin pie and a little entertainment.
And with the help of the Lawrence Inter-denominational Nutrition Kitchen, 300 Lawrence residents will receive a free Thanksgiving dinner at the First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St. The kitchen has been preparing and serving Thanksgiving dinners donated by area businesses and organizations for the past nine years.
It's all about Thanksgiving dinner.
"Anyone that doesn't have a place for Thanksgiving is more than welcome," said Pam Casagrande, former board president for the kitchen. She said the dinner would be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day in the basement of the
church.
She said the dinner was beneficial for members of the Lawrence community that were having trouble making ends meet. Often, students who do not make it home for the holidays also attend the dinner.
"It's primarily intended for people who can't stretch their incomes and who are struggling to make ends meet," Casagrande said. "L.I.N.K. has always been a safe place and a good place to eat."
Casagrande said the dinner was a total community effort. She said that 27 to 28 churches In Lawrence donated food and volunteered time to coordinate the dinner.
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"Members of the Church of The Brethren make up the pies for the dinner," Casagrande said. "They make 20 pumpkin pies and 20 apple pies approxi-
The dinner feeds a lonely appetite, said Dorothy Turnbaugh, food coordinator for the dinner.
"Some of the volunteers are alone," Turnbaugh said. "And Thanksgiving is a little extra special day for them to be with people."
She said the 20 turkeys for the dinner were donated by the Lawrence business community and cooked at Don's Steak House, 2176 East 23rd St. Tomorrow afternoon, the turkeys will be cut by Jerry Collie, a butcher at Dillons, 3000 West Sixth St., Casagrande said.
People that are not able to get to the church and are on a list from the Social and Rehabilitative Services and the Lawrence Senior Center will be able to have dinner brought to their homes. Last year kitchen volunteers brought Thanksgiving dinner to 125 Lawrence residents
What: Thanksgiving dinner at the Lawrence Inter-dominational Nutrition Kitchen — all Lawrence residents are welcome.
Where: First Christian Church, 1000 Kentucky St.
When: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day
who were unable to leave their homes.
The kitchen still needs volunteers to help serve the dinner and help deliver the meals, said Mary Inzerillo, head of the board of directors for the kitchen. She said that interested volunteers could call 749-1975.
Throughout the year, the kitchen serves a lunch-hour meal on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and on the last Friday of the month.
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