University Daily Kansan
Monday March 24, 1980
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Regents nominee against stage nudity
By BILL MENEZES
Staff Reporter
No nudes is good nudes for Kansas Board of Regents schools, according to Regents nominee James Pickert of Emporia.
Earlier this month, Pickert told the Senate Select Committee on Appeals that he wanted to present a presentation of "Equus," a play with some nude scenes, on the Emporia State University campus because he did not have a female audience, and because it involved young people.
"My statement came about by the fact that prior to 'Equus' taking place on campus, Pickeret said Friday, "a group of students with me asked asking that this not be shown on campus."
"I IN TURN signed the petition asking that it not be shown simply because in our opinion, a group of extrenses of Emma Cannon was needed. I kind of upset the city people.
"I did not see the play, and understand it was done ouite well."
Pickert said that as a Regent he would have to take each instance on an individual basis. But in response to a question from a member of the appointments committee, he said he would favor a statewide ban on nude production.
Last spring, "Equus" was presented,
complete with nude scenes, by the KU
University Theatre with no visible public
reaction to the nudity.
"But then again, I'm one of nine Regents and certainly don't want to speak on behalf of the others," he said.
Pickert also said that nude plays not produced on campus, or presented by touring companies, should be controlled in the same way.
"I guess its legal for them," he said, "showing the plays they elect to show, but it is my feeling that could be controlled by invitation to the campus."
NUDE MODELING for art classes, including instructional materials featuring men should be judged by community reaction to them, Pickert said, in deciding whether they are appropriate.
Pickert said he could not comment on nude art films because he had never viewed any, but said he accepted nude art films and would run into any adverse public sentiment to it.
"Basing on the fact of lack of reaction to it," he said, "it must be an accepted practice.
"I're reacting to public feelings. Since the news media released my hearings statements, I've received a couple of letters from some of the indicating appreciation for my stand.
"I do believe the general public is offended by this."
Pickert said that to date, he had received no show of opposition to his stated stand.
"I would guess it would be the same across the state as in Emporia," he said.
PICKERT SAID his moral values figured greatly in his stand on nude plays, but also said he felt the Board of Regents had a duty to become involved.
"From the very outset, if it wasn't for my personal stand," he said, "I would not have signed the petition.
"I certainly feel we (Regents) have the obligation to the taxpayers to look into it and determine any solutions."
Pickert's appointment will probably be presented to the full Senate this week for final approval. He said he did not expect approval to his final approval as a new Reagan.
Pickert succeeds James Basham, Fort Scott, whose term expired Dec. 31.
A former mayor of Emporia, Pickert graduated from Emporia State University in 1961. He served six years on the Board of Trustees and four years on the Lyon County Commission.
Latin Week returns by demand
By popular demand, Latin Week, an exploration of the Hispanic experience, has returned to KU this week.
Frances Lever, assistant director of the office of minority affairs, said the week had been scheduled in response to inquiries by students.
' : A lot of students contacted us all at once asking if we were going to hold Latin Week again this year,' he said.
It is sponsored by the Latin American Student Association, Latin American Solidarity, MECA; a Mexican-American
student organization, and the office of minority affairs.
Events scheduled for the week include a film about Puerto Rico at 7 onight in the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union; two films of values of Latin American women at a PWednesday in room 4025 Wesley; a film about the guerrilla movement in Uruguay at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Jayhawk Room in the Union; and a MECA conference next month.
Jerry Apodoca, former governor of New Mexico, will speak at the conference.
Neighborhood leaders start fund
By ANN SHIELDS
Staff Reporter
Two neighborhood association presidents, threatened by a recent city commission decision to overrule the Punckney neighborhood trustee and the legal aid fund for distrustful property owners.
Tom Gleason of the Oread Neighborhood Association and John Pitcheon of Neighborhood Association start the fund to help owners sue to regain losses in property value caused by city compulsory rent.
"We want to let the city commission know that the rest of the neighborhoods don't want people swooping in and overruling their plans." Gleason said.
THE LAWRENCE NEIGHBORHOOD Protection Fund is a reaction to the commission's recent decision to allow commercial development of the Bluffs—a half part of the Puncheen neighborhood at 6th street—despite protests of nearby residents.
Four of Lawrence's six neighborhood associations supported the Pinkney appointment, and the city's plan 95—the city's guide for development through 1986—recommended that the Bluffs
Lawrence Mayor Barkley Clark said that because the city did not buy the land, as Plan 96 recommended, the neighborhood's recommendations were no longer
"The neighborhood plan assumed we'd be using the Bluffs for a park," Clark said, "and we just can't buy another park.
"So we decided that, for land like that at the location of the two major arteries, it made sense to put in some offices and townhouses."
THE NEIGHBORHOODS do not agree, and Gleason said that if money could be collected quickly enough, a suit over the court would be the first cause supported by the fund.
Because the neighborhood association could not show it was harmed by the commission's decision, individuals would have to file the suit. he said.
And private individuals needed the fund to offset the developers' and landowners' economic and political power, he said.
For example, all seven of the lawyers Pinckney residents considered hiring to represent them had some connection with the Bluffs or has developer, he said.
city commissioner Marci Francisco said,
"It's scary to think that the developers' pressure was so great that the Pinchney association had to hire a lawyer from out of town."
The selection process should be completed by the end of the semester, Del Brinkman, a graduate student in the selection process is similar to that used for regular faculty. The position will be advertised nationally and individual journals will be contacted to identify candidates.
SHE SAID SHE thought the threat of a lawsuit, generated by the fund, would encourage developers to confer with neighborhoods.
If "the developer does not cooperate with the neighborhood, he may get into a court case that would delay his project," she said. The company was also suing the fund to affect the commission's decisions.
Chairman of the committee is John Bremner, O. Sta. Suffer Distinguished Professor of Journalism. Other committee members are J. C. Beale, professional-in-residence, Chuck Chowins, assistant professor of journalism, Paul Jess, associate professor of journalism, Tony Fits, Scottslaffs, Neb., senior and junior faculty, Deli Debi Reichmann, Prairie Village senior.
"We don't make a decision on whether or not we get sued because certainly the suit could come from either side," he said. Cleggon, cold and shrewd also,
Robert Giles, executive editor of the *Journal of American Veteran*burg, veteran New York newspaperman and journalism educator, and Richard Reid, assistant to the editors of the *Military Times*.
J-school starts hunt for Gannett teacher
Although no specific requirements regarding candidates' academic degrees have been established, they are interested in classroom teaching. In the past the professional-in-residences have taught reporting, editing and editorial and interpretive writing classes and have engaged with them.
Gleason said he and Spear also were
The Garnett Newspaper Foundation, established by the late founder of the Garnet newspaper group, has contributed a $13 million for journalism education.
The Gannett Professional-in-Residence Program was started at KU in 1975 and is sponsored by a $0.00 grant from the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation of Rochester, N.Y. The grant pays for the salary and sales decision process expenses.
organizing regular meetings of neighborhood presidents to unite on important issues and combat what Spear called the vicious殴ing and conquering the neighborhoods.
FRANCISCO SAID she was encouraged by the neighborhood's work to overcome their differences and work together to become an effective political force.
A committee of students and faculty from the William Allen White School of Journalism has begun searching for the 180-81 foundation *Foundation professional-in residence*
"The present commission tends to feel that every problem needs to be dealt with equally," she said, "but the older neighborhoods are in different situations.
She also said she thought the commission needed to recognize the special problems of older areas, such as the Pinckney and Oread neighborhoods, when rearing
Past professionals-in-residence include
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