University Daily Kansan, April 15, 1981
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By AMY S. COLLINS
Staff Reporter
Confusion mounted and tempers flared when camera-toting concertgoers were denied access to the Kansas University in Allen Field House Sunday night.
Trene Carr, SUA program adviser, said yesterday that Kansas' band manager had written a technical rider banning 350mm cameras from the band. He also contracted. People carrying instamatic cameras were admitted to the concert.
A rider is an addition to a contract that indicates additions and exceptions to the original contract. Most of Kansas' rider contract contained technical specifications such as stage and lighting specifications.
Barry Leif, a spokesman for Beaver productions, the concert's promoter, said he knew of no arrangements to ban cameras from the show.
"We didn't know about the ban until the day of the show," Carr said. "We tried to handle the situation at the door as best as possible."
But angry concert-goers complained of inconsistency among security workers and confiscation of camera film.
"I saw another woman go inside with a camera when the security person was telling me I couldn't take mine in," she said.
Ann Cummins, KLZR-FM 106 reporter, said she saw several cameras inside the field house after she was forced to leave hers outside.
"We stood and glared at each other for a while, and I finally had to take my camera all the way back to the Towers." she said.
Cummins said the security worker told her she could not go into the Field House with the camera.
"I didn't force the issue, but once I got in and saw all the cameras, I was mad. If they (the band) have a policy, it should be advertised."
James J. Eager, Windsor, Comm., senior, said he believed his rights were violated by the SUA security volunteers because it was not advertised that cameras would not be allowed inside the field house.
However, Eager stressed that his photos would not have been sold. He said the security volunteers threatened him and insisted on entering the building with it.
"They threatened to take my camera and gave me no guarantee of getting it back." Eager said.
"I paid the price because I wanted to take photographs." Eager said.
He said he had built a special telephoto lens for the concert so he wouldn't have to move from his seat. He wasn't sure of his equipment was about $2,000.
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Dave Streut, another KLZR employee, said he had been warned by a friend that cameras would not be allowed into the concert. He said he had been to previous concerts in which medical equipment had been banned.
"When I got to the door, they harassed me about my camera," Gallagher said. "They got real excited and threatened me with a camera in my camera in so, they took my film."
William Gallagher, 2424 Melrose Lane, said he also had not anticipated the camera ban.
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Jane Kinkaid, a spokesman for New West Productions, a Kansas City, Mo., promotion company, said it was working with the company on some types of photographic equipment.
Carr said security volunteers were not authorized to search or confiscate anyone or anything. She denied any knowledge of security people taking
"Different bands have different
Gallagher explained that he removed the film from the camera and gave it to the security people.
"The band hired one photographer to take pictures of their show." Stroud
"I have no idea about that," she said.
"We don't have the right to take away film.
He said the roll of film cost him close to $5 and it was never returned.
"The incident was an unfortunate misunderstanding between us, Beaver and the band, and if we did cause any trouble, we're sorry.
Kinkaid said bands often prohibited cameras because some photographers tried to sell the photographs without a release from the band. It is unlawful to sell an image without the permission of the owner.
policies, some allow no flashes and some ban 35mm or all types of cameras," she said. "The option is always the band's request."
35mm cameras are considered professional camera equipment and are frequently banned from concerts at the Metropolitan Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
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Greek newspaper to make May 4 debut
The Interfraternity Council is launching a Greek newspaper May 4, which will provide stories about each fraternity and sorority, Editor Don Fortel, Liberty, Mon, junior and a Phi Fondet, the interfraternity member, said yesterday.
IFC will distribute 7,000 free copies of the newspaper to students, he said. The paper will include features and news about Greek events.
"It's a form of letting the Greeks get stories they wouldn't normally get," Fortel said. "A lot of people thought we were putting out a paper to try to get back at the Kansan. But it's in any way in competition with the Kansan."
Five reporters are currently working on the eight-page edition, he said.
"I don't think the Kansan has done that of a job," Fortel said. "I think the Greek coverage has been fair."
The University used to have a Greek newspaper several years ago, Bruce Harris, IFC secretary, said.
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"It's not that we're out there trying to impress people," he said. "We want to let the Greeks know what's going on in their system, instead of all the bad things."
"We want to make it known to the administration and the students on campus that we are happy with our work."
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Pell Grant processing to resume
By KARI ELLIOTT Staff Reporter
The freeze on processing Pell Grants has been lifted, a Department of Education spokesman said yesterday.
"We hope to begin processing the applications by the end of this week," Andrea Folley, basic grant program specialist, said. "We don't want to receive a hand-out of a hang-up or the students to receive their eligibility reports.
"If students have applied before now, they will get their eligibility reports by fall."
The Department of Education stopped processing Pell Grants, formerly known as Basic Education Opportunity Grants, in expectation of a change in the formula for eligibility for academic year 1981-82.
The Reagan administration sent several cost-cutting proposals in the Pell grant program to Congress,
proved by Congress would eliminate the inflation index that was built into the expected family contribution rate.
Foley said. Congress accepted three proposals.
The federal government would save about $134 million with this change.
Another administration proposal is for Congress not to follow the 1980 Education Amendment Act passed this past October to liberalize the standards for determining educational costs.
Because of Reagan administration changes in the grant program, many college students will have to pay for more of their college expenses.
Evangelina Espinoza, Lyons sophomore, said she might have to work more hours next year or school jobs if her grant money was idle.
"I have a work-study job now, but I might need to find a job that pays more," she said. "I use my BEOG
just for living. I pay my rent with the money, and next year I'll be living in a more expensive apartment.
Espinoza received a $1200 Pell Grant this year.
"The Education Amendments had set the maximum as $1,900, but now it will be the same as this year," Folley said.
The administration had also proposed requiring Pell Grant applicants to contribute at least $750 a year toward their education cost, but instead, congressional leaders compromised by establishing the maximum award of $1,750 a year, Folley said.
Folley said the changes in the program were not a step backward, but just a maintenance of the status quo.
At KU the amount of Pell Grants range from $200 to $1,750.
"It will be hard to assess how the changes will affect each student," she said.
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Crime on campus is slightly higher this spring than past years, but KU police don't expect a steep increase in the number of captive Capt. John Mullens said yesterday.
Mullens said that people usually stayed inside until the weather was warmer and then started committing crimes. This year, however, with a longer period of warm weather, people have cut loose earlier.
Eight burglaries and attempted burglaries were reported to KU police yesterday, according to police records. They occurred in several buildings on campus over the weekend. Nothing much was taken in the burglaries.
THE OFFICE of Business Affairs, Room 323 Strong Hall, and the Office of
Mullens said police did not know whether the burglaries were related, even though the offices were next to each other.
Minority Affairs, Room 324 Strong Hall, were burglarized over the weekend, police said. In both offices, a desk drawer was damaged with a screwdriver in an attempt to pry it open. Nothing was taken from either office, and damage to each drawer was estimated at less than $100.
"It's possible they are the same thing but we can't be sure." he said.
ELESEWHERE ON CAMPUS over the weekend, Snow Hall had two bultares built on it, but only at $1,290, was taken from a lab. The machine is used to cut very
thin slices of material for use in an electron microscope.
A BURGLARY Monday resulted in the theft of a slide projector from a storage room in Snow Hall. The projector was valued at $196.
TWO BURGLARIES occurred in the Kansas Union Monday, police said. Both were near the Kansas Union Bookstore. A student lost his Nikon camera, valued at $400, when he put it in a locker outside the bookstore.
ANOTHER STUDENT lost a backpack when it was stolen from a shelf in front of a cashier's counter. He was shopping in the bookstore and hadn't walked far from his backpack when it was taken.
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