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junior, is a driver for Pyramid Pizza, 507 W. 14th St. He said that he considered the job to be a pretty good gig.
Pyramid drivers make $6 per hour, 75 cents a delivery, plus tips. Thirty deliveries a night is not uncommon and not bad for a college student.
And as far as congeniality skills go, it's less demanding then waiting tables or tending bar.
"I like the job because I don't have to deal with people," Hogland said. "You just give them their pizza and go."
Another bonus is the free meals. Pyramid drivers get all the pizza they can eat during their shift
Pyramid driver Tracy Clifton, Lawrence senior, said that all the pizza you can eat can be too much and sometimes she gets sick of it.
They've come to expect a pizza to come home with her, after work, she said.
Hogland said he also liked having a flexible schedule for days when he had papers and tests due
"I can always get time off when I need it," he said.
Although interactions with customers are brief, they don't always go without incident. Andy Case, a Lawrence freshman on hiatus for the semester, delivers for Little Ceasar's, 1410 Kasold Dr. He said that he once had a woman try to beat him up because he was late with her nizza.
"She was up in my face and yelling," he said. "And I wasn't even that late." The woman paid for the pizza because it was still hot, but didn't give him a tip.
The most memorable delivery experience for Case was the time he was run over by a car while making a delivery. As he was dropping off a pizza, the homeowner's dog
bolted out the door. Because the man had given him a $5 tip, Case thought he would be nice and run after the dog.
He said he caught up with the errant canine and was carrying it back when a car turning right hit Case from behind. He rolled over the hood but, neither he nor the dog were hurt. The dog's owner added an extra $5 to his tip for the ordeal.
"Ten bucks — That's a good tip!" Case said. Brian Kalar, Northport, Ala., senior, is a driver for Rudy's Pizzeria, 704 Massachusetts St. He said that one of the interesting things about delivering pizza was that it provided the opportunity to see people in their homes.
"You see what they watch, the music they listen to and the way they live," he said.
This is a contrast to waiting tables because those customers are in public environment. he said.
Kalar used to work at Pizza Shuttle, 1601 West 23rd St. He said that late at night, customers would sometimes offer him beers. As far as tips go, he said that college students were pretty good tippers because most of them knew what it was like to work in the service industry.
Mark and Katherine Dodson, owners of the 14th and Ohio Street Pyramid location, said that the busiest night for their drivers was Monday nights because Pyramid offers a two-for-one pizza deal. Many students order enough pizza to feed themselves all week, Mark said.
After 23 years in its location, the 14th and Ohio Pyramid Pizza will move. June 1 to Ninth and Mississippi streets, next to Jayhawk Food Mart, Katherine said.
Pyramid will continue to do most of its delivery to campus, Mark said, but the move would provide more room for dine-in customers.
Most of Pyramid's deliveries are in a concentrated location and their drivers average about 50 miles per night. Mark said.
Case said that sometimes he drove 100 miles a night. Little Caesars's drivers receive reimbursement for mileage in addition to their $1.5 wage and tips, Case's 1983 Toyota Tercel has racked up 9,000 miles since he began working delivery five months ago.
Given that delivery can be a pretty lucrative job for a college student, why aren't more females working as drivers?
Mark said that gender wasn't a factor in his hiring practices, but there were few women that apply for the position. He said he didn't know why this was.
Clifton said that some women might feel uncomfortable going to unfamiliar houses alone, although she personally had never been concerned.
Case said that more girls should apply because they often made better tips.
"I don't want to sound sexist, but it's true." he said.
He agreed that safety issues could be a contributing factor in the gender disparity among delivery drivers.
"In the beginning, I was a little concerned myself," he said. "But I don't worry about it anymore."
Having delivery drivers carry only a small amount of cash is one safety precaution that most restaurants take. Katherine said that they had a driver robbed once, but the thief only took the pizzas.
She said that although she was the owner, she still made deliveries and there wasn't anywhere in town that she felt unsafe. But there are some deliveries that she prefers not to make.
Nasty lyrics are a tasty treat
"The nudie bars order a lot of pizzas," she said.
Eminem
The Slim Shady LP
Rating: A
by Matt Cox Kansan music critic
Eminem proves that rap from a white boy doesn't have to be compared to Vanilla Ice.
After listening to the album, it's hard to deny that Eminem, Marshall Mathers, and sometimes called Shady, has a unique and irresistible skill. Each song deals with either the Detroit rapper's sadistic plots of revenge, thoughts on life and death, or how he's sick of being judged by his color.
The lyrics are either crass, about drugs, politically incorrect, undeniably demented or a combination of all four. And his honesty and frankness come alive in the compelling grooves.
Mathers pokes fun at different people throughout the album including Dr. Dre, Lauryn Hill, Kurt Kobain and even Marty Schottenheimer. It's either hilarious or a very intense insult that can make the listener hope that the person he mocks doesn't listen to the song.
In the song, he sarcastically raps about everything from impregnating a Spice
The album starts with a humorous public service announcement that assures the views on the album are skewed. It leads directly into his current MTV Buzz Bin single, *My Name Is*, a colorful journey into the life of Mathers.
Girl to smoking weed to openly drinking and driving. Dr. Dre, the rapper who signed Mathers to his label, is featured in the song, apparently counseling Mathers to calm down. The bass line causes any listener to bob his head along while Mathers assures that "God sent [him] to piss the world off."
'97 Bonnie & Clyde is the most disturbing song on the album. The song features gibberish from his daughter, Hallie, as he makes her think her mother is asleep when she's actually dead. The lyrics are a story of what Mathers would like to happen to his ex-girlfriend. "Oh, where's momma? She's taking a little nap in the trunk. Oh that smell? Da-Da musta runned over a skunk."
The lyrics get more disturbing, but the trick works, and gets the listener glued to the stereo to see what repulsive thing he'll come up with next.
Rock Bottom, his ode to all the happy people, shows his most humble side. This rapper from the slums raps about living in dire straits with empty promises and broken dreams. The hook is immediately repeatable when he says, "When life makes you mad."
None of the songs show any remorse for anything he says or does except *My Fault*, a song where he explains how he was involved in a death. He raps in a mad and second fashion, telling a story of a
makes you mad enough to kill
girl who overdosed on mushrooms that he gave her. He did
Poems that the gave he n't mean for her to whole bag and considers the incident his fault. The music for the song begins with a guys in a lounge singing the chorus to the song as having a good time.
Small sketches between many rap tracks offer humor and response to his lyrics. They include a message from his lawyer to tone down his album, a girl ranting on how disgusting he is and a prank call.
you're mad enough to scream but sad enough to tear, that's rock bottom." The music seems to mock *Titanic* music while delivering a hip-hop beat likened to that of most rap tracks.
EDtv shows human need to invade privacy
EDtv
Rating : A
By Brendan Walsh Kansan movie critic
While the premise of EDtv may seem disappointingly similar to The Truman Show or MTV's The Real World, it's an original take on the invasion of privacy, the ruthlessness of corporate America and society's lust for sexual scandal.
Video store manager Ed (Matthew McConaughey) agrees to star in a real-life television show that will chronicle his every move 24 hours a day. Although he quickly falls in love with the celebrity status he attains, he just as quickly wants out of the public spotlight when it starts to interfere with his personal life.
The show initially gets terribly low ratings, until Ed's brother
Director Ron Howard portrays the TV audience as waiting for some sort of scandal, preferably sexual, to distract them from their dull lives. America's obsession with scandal is a particularly timely topic, and Howard does a wonderful job showing that he understands the mentality of such people. Yet, he is not overly judgmental.
(Woody Harrelson) cheats on me girlfriend (Jenna Elfman), and Ed starts dating her.
One could argue that he should have more clearly portrayed them as evil vultures feeding on the misery of others, but Howard trusts his audience to come to that conclusion on its own.
The invasion of Ed's privacy has serious consequences in his romantic life, and in the lives of his family members. Public opinion polls get in the way of Ed successfully pursuing his girlfriend, and family secrets — which should have been left in the closet
The movie's cast is superb. McConaughey, Harrelson and Elfman all give great performances, and other significant roles are played by Martin Landau, Ellen DeGeneres, Adam Goldberg, Rob Reiner and Dennis Hopper. Michael Moore, RuPaul, Jay Leno and George Plimpton also make notable cameos.
- are,exposed.
All of the characters are believable and therefore likable. McConaughey and Elfman's characters are particularly easy to sympathetic with, and it's hard not to root for a successful relationship.
The story line also is easy to believe, but still contains several clever twists and turns. This movie is what The Truman Show could have been if it wasn't so preachy and melodramatic, and what The Real World could be if anyone cared about its cast members. EDtO is a wonderful achievement.
Mathew McConaughey and Elizabeth Hurley star in the movie, EDTV
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Fridav. March 19
EVENTS CALENDAR
Matt Merkel-Hess
Saturday, March 20
Dave Van Rank and Rosalie Sorrels, Sponsored by Crosscurrents. Call (816)292-2887.
Closing. Residence and scholarship halls close for spring break. 2 p.m. Cris Williamson and Teresa Trull, Sponsored by Crosscurrents. Call (816)292-2887.
Sunday, March 21
Mondav. March 22
Winter weekend workshop. "Animal Story Hour." 1:30 p.m. Natural History Museum. Ages 3-6. Call 864-4173.
New staff orientation. 8 a.m. 102 Carruth-
O'Leary Hall. Sponsored by Human
Resources. Preregistration required. Call
864-4946.
Aerospace short course. "Digital Flight Control Systems: Analysis and Design." David R. Downing and Mark Stephan Ewing, aerospace engineering. All day, Learned Hall. Sponsored by Continuing Education. Ends March 26. Peregristration required. Call (913) 879-8500.
Wednesday. March 24
Seminar, "Conducting Unclassified Staff Searches," Janet Herbison and Becky J. Eason, Equal Opportunity, 1:30 p.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union, Sponsored by Equal Opportunity Office. Preregistration required. Call 864-3686.
Fridav. March 26
Greg Allen, with trio Lisa Harris, Beth and Mike Yoder. 7:30 p.m. West Side Presbyterian Church, 1024 Kasold. $8 adults, $5 students. 842-1163.
Saturday, March 27
Exhibit. "Intersections of Race and Gender." Study gallery, Spencer Museum of Art. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Ends May 23. Call 864-4710.
Missouri Valley Folkie Society presents, Nomos. (816)691-8717.
Sunday, March 28
Openings. Residence and scholarship halls reopen. 8 a.m.
Winter weekend workshop. "Animal Story Hour." 1:30 p.m. Natural History Museum. Ages 3-6. Call 864-4173.
Events outside of Lawrence area:
Friday, March 19
25th Annual Denver March Pow-Wow.
Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO. (303)934-8045. Runs until 3/21
Saturday. March 20
Great Arizona Beer Festival. Phoenix Arlona. Texas Western Swim Fiddlers Showcase, Bell County Expo, Belton, TX 2 to 5 p.m.Caribbean Atlantic Cricket Cup,巴拉圭. (246)436-1397. Troubleshion 3/25
Monday, March 22
International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Energy Generation (ICEPAG) Irvine, Calif. (949)824-7302.