INSIDE STUDENT DROWNS Police say Tracy Wilcutt, Overland Park junior, sustained injuries in an Olathe neighborhood pool that were consistent with a diving accident ... page 3 GOOD, CLEAN, FAMILY FUN Annie's Country Jubilee Band entertains the country crowd in Tonganoxie, without the dirty language and beer-bottle smashing... page 14 STUDENTS LUNCH ON GRADUATE'S PLAY University Theatre's production of William Inge's play, Picnic, begins next week in Murphy Hall's Crafton-Preyer Theatre. This year's performance marks the 50th anniversary of Inge's timeless tale. page 28 PERKINSCHECKS IN The new athletics director talks about his first day on the job and the tough decisions he will soon make page 19 CONTENTS Campus Briefs ...2 Opinion ...6 Arts & Entertainment ...12 News in Brief ...16 Sports ...19 Technology ...22 Horoscopes ...24 Fun & Games ...25 What's Happening ...26 Classifieds ...27 Tell us your news Contact Lindsay Hanson, Kansan editor, at 864-4810 or at editor@ kansan.com. WEATHER TODAY 94 69 isolated thunder-storms Three Day Forecast TOMORROW 90 67 sunny 89 65 SATURDAY 88 70 sunny mostly sunny WWW.WEATHER.COM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003 VOL. 113, ISSUE NO. 157 Dancing in the park Zach Straus/Kansan Members of the Bowery Dancers, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Topeka senior, and Beau Hancock, Hugoton senior, shadow each other's movements during a performance of their dance Lux AEterna. The dance was part of a two-show engagement performed Saturday at South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets. For more on the Bowery Dancers, see page 13. OREAD NEIGHBORHOOD Oread house could live on Association fights to give house new home By Ehren Meditz emeditz@kansan.com Kansan staff writer As its neighborhood vanishes, one house in the 1300 block of Ohio Street could emerge from the destruction brought on by the University of Kansas expansion as the third student cooperative house in Lawrence. Greg Seibel, executive director of the University of Kansas Student Housing Association, said the house at 1309 Ohio St. could be moved to an empty lot and reopened as a third co-op. The association, which is not affiliated with the University, also runs the Sunflower House, 1406 Tennessee St., and the 1614 Co-op, 1614 Kentucky St. The nonprofit association is working with the Kansas University Endowment Association to acquire ownership of the property. The University would otherwise demolish the house in the next two months to make way for a new scholarship hall. "It's a way to save one of the houses with historical significance," Seibel said. "It looks like it'll happen." A two-year disagreement between the University and the Oread Neighborhood Association about the demolition required the intervention of former Gov. Bill Graves, who said the project could move forward last September. The University wanted to build a new scholarship hall in the area while opponents said the buildings had historical importance. The house dates back to 1891, first SEE OREAD ON PAGE 3