THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 2005
INSIDENEWS
Howard Dean spoke to a sold-out crowd at a Kansas Democratic Party rally in Liberty Hall on Friday. Dean criticized several of President Bush's policies and called for local Democrats to focus on city and county elections. PAGE 1A
Minority report
KUnited incited
KUnited held its kickoff party Friday night at the Mad Hatter. The coalition will spend the next few weeks visiting student groups before announcing its platform. PAGE 1A
Melting pot or not?
Fire inspires
Melting pot or hot!
As Black History Month comes to an end, students and teachers evaluate the relevance and importance of Black History Month. Chico Herbison, African and African-American Studies instructor, teaches his students to focus on polyculturalism, not multiculturalism. MG E 1A
A local metal band, the Esoteric, lost all of its equipment in a fire Tuesday. The fire didn't stop them, however, from making people dance and rock out later in the week. PAGE 2A
Vagrant a potential hepatitis risk
Vagrant a potential hepatitis risk
KU Public Safety Officers discovered a letter in a vacant house stating that an individual was a Hepatitis A and B risk, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. PAGE 2A
Candidate bios
Tomorrow's primary election will cut the field from nine to six city commissioner.candidates. The Kansas profiles the nine choices. PAGE 3A
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a monkey and a yet. Lickey Split Films premiers "Yell t A Tale of the Brothers
Knopf" at 6:30 tonight in Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. **Page 6A**
INSIDEOPINION
Avian flu: Know it, fear it
**man flu:** Know it, fear it
As though Wheaton Elkins didn't have enough to be afraid of, avian flu is predicted by some to be another major epidemic as the World Health Organization found that it has crossed over to humans. PAGE 5A
Destructive democracy
**structive democracy**
President Bush and his administration is staging a multi-nation tour of democracy. The first stop was Iraq, but the next one is up in the air. Iran? North Korea? Wherever it stops next, the question is will there be any fans? PAGE 5A
INSIDESPORTS
Redemption
**Exemplar**
Senior forward Wayne Simien led the Kansas men's basketball team to its first victory in more than two weeks yesterday Kansas won, 81-79, and the victory against the second-place Cowbirds gave the Jayhawks a one-game lead in the Big 12 Conference standings. *PAGE 1B*
K-State trounces Kansas
The Kansas women's basketball team lost to Kansas State for the eighth time in four years Saturday. Despite junior forward Crystal Kemp's 12 rebounds, Kansas had no answer for K-State senior forward Derek Wheeler, who had her jersey retired at halftime. PAGE 1B
Column: Here's to you, Mr. Simien
Senior forward Wayne Simien is a model basketball player whose combination of agility and shooting touch is rare for a big man. PAGE 1B
High hopes
Senior vertical jumper Amy Linnen was the lone Big 12 Conference champion on the Kansas track and field team. She won the pole vault at this weekend's conference championship in Lincoln, Neb. Page 1B
Welcome back, Moody
Junior forward Christian Moody returned to the lineup for the men's basketball team and scored 11 points. MEG 28
Bittersweet goodbye
Bittersweet goodbye The women's basketball team's outgoing seniors, guards Blair Waltz and Aquanita Burras, have never experienced a victory against Kansas State. PAGE 2B
At last
jahawk fans breathed a collective sigh of relief after yesterday's victory against Oklahoma State. PAGE 3B
Walk-off weekend
The Kansas baseball team cruised to an easy victory Friday, as junior pitcher Mike Zagurski pitched six no-hit innings. PAGE 68
Shooting the spring breeze
The Kansas women's golf team starts its spring season today in College Station, Texas
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Band rises from ashes
The Esoteric continues to perform after fire destroys home
LOCAL MUSIC
BY NEIL MULKA
nmuka@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
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It takes more than fire to stop rock 'n' roll. Despite a blaze Tuesday that destroyed their home at 820 Ohio St., musical equipment and personal belongings, three of the members of Lawrence metal band the Esoteric — Stevie Cruz, Eric Graves and Marshall Kilpatric — still had to perform.
Cruz, vocalist for the Esoteric, is also known as DJ Cruz. He spins at Neon, the popular '80s dance night on Thursdays at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. The fire melted all of Cruz's records and destroyed his turntables, but his iPod somehow survived, and helped him to keep the crowd dancing.
"Neon is pretty request-friendly," Cruz said. "So I put a great deal of it on there and somebody is going to let me borrow their tables."
The next two nights members of the Esoteric played in a side project called Last Caress, which is a Misfits tribute band, at the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., and at the Sphere in Wichita.
The Misfits-hungry crowd didn't care about the occasionally botched note as it chanted along to its favorite songs by the legendary '80s horror-punk band.
'it's going to take about $8,000 to
"Sorry, we haven't practiced in a while," Cruz said to a packed crowd at the Replay, "I heard the Esoteric is blowing up!"
punk bands. The band played on equipment borrowed from fellow metal bands Truthclute and Lethe. But replacing all of its equipment and finding a regular practice space is a problem the band has to take care of before it goes on tour in the second week of March.
$10,000 worth of equipment minimum to go on tour," said Dean Edington, the Esoteric's manager and Lawrence resident. Edington estimated the band lost about $20,000 to $25,000 worth of musical and recording equipment.
music and recording sticks, Meinl Pro-Mark drum sticks, Meinl Percussion, and Mesa/Boogie amplifiers have offered to sell the band equipment below list price, Edington said.
"I got an e-mail from a fan offering his guitar," he said.
Along with equipment, original recordings of the Esoteric's upcoming CD, "With the Sureness of Sleepwalking," are gone. But the master CD wasn't in the house when it burned down and will be released April 26.
"I'ts Lawrence, Kan., man. We're lucky to live in such a caring community."
Stevie Cruz Vocalist for the Esoteric
Edington is impressed with how the band is handling the situation.
The band salvaged a couple hard drives full of music from the fire and is going to see if there is any salvageable music on them.
"You can replace equipment but can't replace recordings." Cruz said.
"For three guys who just lost everything, they're really focused and calm." Edington said.
After the fire the Red Cross gave Cruz, Graves and Kilpatric vouchers for Hy-vee, Target and hotel rooms.
Edington set up a cash and material goods fund at the Love Garden Sounds/Arts Multiplex, 936 1/2 Massachusetts St. People can also make Paypal donations at the band's Web site. www.the-esoteric.com
There are two benefit shows for the Esoteric scheduled March 29 and 30 at the Granada, said Terry Taylor, talent buyer for Hunt Industries, a music booking agency. So far the bands Approach, Mac Lethal and Conner are expected to play, Taylor said.
"It's Lawrence, Kan., man," Cruz said. "We're lucky to live in such a caring community."
Right now, the trio is staying with Corey White, a guitarist for the Esoteric. The band won't begin to search for a new home until after it comes back from touring in May.
- Edited by Azita Tafreshi
HEALTH
Hepatitis investigation closed
BY JOSHUA BICKEL
jbickel@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The KU Public Safety Office found a letter in a vacant house Thursday morning from the Douglas County Mental Health Department stating that a person was a Hepatitis A and B risk.
A copy of a Florida birth certificate, a social security card and an Indiana identification card, all belonging to 32-year-old Gerald R. Stokes, were also found inside the house, according to a KU Public Safety Office report.
from the Douglas County Mental Health Department was Stokes.
Stokes is not listed as a KU student, faculty or staff member and is not listed as a Lawrence resident, either, but the house, which is in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, is owned by the KU Endowment Association.
Bailey also could not confirm in Stokes was the individual who had entered the house initially.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, KU Public Safety Office, could not speculate if the individual named in the letter
"No one was inside the house when we arrived," Bailey said. "So we don't know who it was."
After an investigation, it did appear that someone was staying in the house without authorization, but Bailey was not sure how long the individual had been there.
At 8:14 a.m. on Thursday, KU Public Safety Officers were called to the house. They found a piece of plywood that had been pulled off the house and it appeared that the door had been forced open.
The officers entered the residence and found the letter, birth certificate, social security card and ID card next to a couch in the basement in plain view, according to the report.
Once the house was secured, the
officers left, according to the report.
Bailey said the KU Public Safety Office wouldn't investigate the situation any further.
Stokes had not been located and the KU Public Safety Office wasn't actively looking for him, Bailey said.
"We're not looking for anyone," Bailey said. "We're just trying to keep them out of the house."
The Endowment Association purchased the house for the University about the same time as a number of other properties, including the lot where Rieger Scholarship Hall was being built, said John Scarffe, director of communications for the Endowment Association.
Scarffe also said that he was not aware of this type of incident occurring before in buildings that the Endowment Association had purchased or owned.
Edited by Lori Bettes
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