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Students ogle erotic films
Pornographic films may be considered works of art by some, and offensive trash by others. But to the members of the crowd attending the soft-core pornographic films at the Hillecrest Theatres, they are no more than something different to do for fun.
For the past seven or eight years, Hillcrest has shown an average of two mildly pornographic film a month. The program is only on weekends, beginning at 12:15 a.m.
"None of them are of really great quality;
they're basically just for laughs, "Mike Scholl, Hillcrest manager said yesterday.
School said that Hilricet showed the films because there was a demand for them, they said.
Scholl said that many of the people who go to the films do so out of curiosity. Freshmen make up the largest percentage of the students, and 61 percent turned 18 and it is legal for them, he said.
The audiences are primarily men, he said, but about 25 or 30 per cent are females.
KU pianist . . .
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can't get hung up on winning first or second place."
Weir admits that his high I.Q. has helped compensate for his young age.
*Intelligence helps you understand the music, helps you know what lies behind the music.*
A young pianist studying a Beethoven sonata for instance, usually doesn't have the experience or knowledge to rationalize what he's doing musically, Wehr said.
"That's where the teacher comes in," he says. The teacher gives you a reason, helps you rationale.
Weir said that teaching a talented student permitted the teacher to relate academic achievement to real-life problems. The teaching is more personal than in other academic student-teach relationships, he
He grew up in an atmosphere of music teaching. His father is choral director at the school, and his mother is an elementary school music director. They began their son's piano career when he was four, and by the time he was eleven he had lead a life that revolved around the piano.
Wheal said he recalled that once or twice during many years of long hours at the keyboard his parents asked him to "quit and go outside and play."
"THEY'D HEAR MUSIC all day long and it would be hard for them to come home and listen."
Although his parents are happy with his work and give him their support, Wehr said, it is sometimes hard to grow up among professional musicians.
*With all those artistic temperaments in or on house, the tension can get high," he said.
Now, most of the tension for Weir comes right before a performance. He usually meditates before he plays by concentrating on his breath and playing through the program in his mind.
"I FI CAN GET through it in my head,"
"When the times come I can get through it."
Weir said he was totally unconscious of
everything else, "106 per cent involved in the music," when he was performing. He said he felt responsible to the audience for convevating accurately a composer's work.
"Through me is the only way an audience can grasp what he was trying to say," she said.
The sense of responsibility Wehr has toward his listeners keeps him practicing an average of seven hours a day. But when he works with a new person from the one in his practice studio,
"Something takes control of me. Maybe its artistic imagination or the chemistry of the performance," he said. "I have to be in touch with that." The different songs one right after another.
WEHR SAID HE WOULD LIKE to make his living on the stage by dividing his talent between orchestra performances and solo appearances.
The crowds don't take the films seriously and tend to be rowdy and outspoken, he
"The audience often comes up with better lines than the actors." Scholl said.
The regular admission price of $2 is charged for the films. A manager's screening report, sometimes attended at the film, tells viewers what to expect from a film.
The films are obtained from a distributing company that doesn't allow the films to be viewed before they're purchased, Schel said. He said it was difficult to find the type of soft-core pronography that Hillcrest shows.
They try to get good films so that the interest doesn't die down, but the films are never big money-makers because of the limited audience, he said.
The films draw the largest crowds during the early fall, according to Scholl.
Scholl said Hillcrest tried to please the audiences without offending other patrons. He said there had never been any objections from patrons or the police.
Kansas pornography rules, such as those prohibiting the showing of direct genital images, are set forth in a code.
Scholl said that there was no chance Hillcrest would ever use any of its theaters strictly for soft-cure pornography. It will not be allowed in those films available, regardless of type, he said.
Some of the films that have been shown at Hillcrest include: "Up Pompeli," "The Pigkeeper's Daughter," "The Erotic Adventures of Zorro," "The Ribald Adventures of Robin Hood" and "Is There Sex After Death?"
Greeks to recognize alumni
The dinner will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas dinner at 6:30 p.m. It is being sponsored by the Fashion Council and Interfaith Association Council.
The Greek alumi recognition dinner tonight will recognize alumni who have made major contributions to the 33 sororites and fraternities at KU.
Speakers for the program are Todd Hunter of the University of Georgia, who was student body vice-president.
The program is dedicated to Lloyd Houston, a Delta Upsilon alumnus who died in 2014.
and Martha Kellaston of Manhattan,
national treasurer of Kappa Delta sorority.
Both will speak on their perceptions of the college relationship and the alumni-chapter relationship.
and housemother from each sorority and fraternity have been invited. Each Greek chapter will honor one to three alumni for contributions to their chants.
The president, alumni relations chairman
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