University Daily Kansan, February 20, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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NEWS BRIEFS
Sledder still in fair condition
Greg Bouldin, Derby freshman, remains in fair condition after fracturing his spine in a sledding accident Feb. 11 behind Ellsworth Hall, a spokesman for the University of Kansas Medical Center said yesterday.
He said he had been able to sit up in bed and bend forward.
"I have more sensation in my lower
least inch than in a taped interview
with hospital officia
"I'm sort of reaching my knees on both
leads, which is a big improvement," he
said.
Boaldin said that during an operation Feb. 11, support rods had been placed in his back to alleviate pain.
Speakers stolen from Union
"There is considerable pain, but we are working that out," he said. "I'm pretty optimistic. It could have been a lot worse."
Two speakers, valued at $511, were taken between 5 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Monday from Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union, KU police said yesterday.
Bill Towns, operations manager for the Kansas Union, said the speakers had been taken from the wall mountings. He said that when the speakers were taken down, the transformers behind the speakers had been destroyed.
Towns said one speaker had been found at the bottom of the Union's northeast emergency exit stairs Monday. The other person was arrested by auditorium in an equipment room, he said.
ROTC to award scholarships
The Army ROTC department will award three scholarships to freshman and sophomore applicants, the department announced yesterday.
In addition to an award of $1,000 a year for each winner, the scholarships will cover the cost of tuition and books. Each recipient will be automatically until the recipient graduates.
Two of the scholarships will be awarded to students majoring in engineering, and one will be awarded to a student majoring in physics. Frank Laster, professor of military science.
Applications are available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Room 203 of the Military Science Building. The deadline for applications is March 1.
Students don't have to be enrolled in the Army or have to apply. Applicants will be eligible for cash.
Visiting scholars to debate
Two visiting scholars are scheduled to participate in an evolution versus creation debate at 7 p.m. today in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Henry Morris, director of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, and Craig E. Nelson, associate professor of biology at Florida University, are scheduled to debate.
New Life Student Fellowship is sponsored event, which is free and open to the public.
Weather
Today will be cloudy, windy and mild, with a 20 percent chance of showers. The high will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Winds will be from the south at 15 to 25 mph. Tonight will be cloudy with a 60 percent chance of showers. The high will be mostly cloudy, with a high around 50 and a 30 percent chance of rain.
Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press International reports.
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Dough flies in city pizza battle
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
An all-consuming war rages in Lawrence. From noon until 4 a.m., oven doors bang and metal pans flash.
The ammunition is pizza.
Every day, news of the great pizza war is carried in local newspapers. Bold headlines scream: "Monday Munchies," "Buy One-Get One-Free" and "Free
Some retailers attributed the war, which has escalated since last summer, to the growing number of pizza restaurants and to the college market.
"Three more were added since last week," said DeKeo, owner of Pyramid Pizza, said very recently.
Pyramid has two Lawrence stores, one 97 W. 14th St. and the other at 2116 W. 25th St.
The owners and managers of Lawrence's 17 pizza establishments have carefully plotted their strategy to attract customers, and the pepperonis are flying.
Illustration by Jo Black and Jacki Kelly/KANSAN
"THE WAR 15 on and we're winning," Ken McEheney, manager of Pizza Shuttle, 1601 W 23rd St., said as his troops moved in toward the gate. Grace, LONG, manager of Domino's
ine war rages between pizza shops in Lawrence to determine which is supreme. Many pizza restaurants advertise three times a week, boasting fast, free delivery, daily specials and cheap pizza
Grace Long, manager of Domino's
Burger, MA, WL and SF. Selected the blog.
"I do believe that Domino's is still the leader," she said.
But students and residents are the real winners as they take advantage of the spoils of war — coupons, fast deliveries, free drinks and other enticements.
"There are enough pizza places for a population of 100,000 to 200,000," said B Laskey, owner of Pizza Shoppe and Pub, 601 Kasold Drive.
So far, no casualties have been reported in the war. However, Ron Potter, district manager of Godfather's Pizza, 711 W.23rd St., said a couple of establishments, which offered free pizzas and large discounts, which allowed a large bite out of their own profits.
"FOR COMPETITORS to stay in business, there has to be a certain level of profitability," he said. Some are how they do it, others why they do their pizzas so deeply to sustain business."
But Potter said some high-volume pizza restaurants were able to offer discounts and free pizzas because their operating costs were lower. Many of these restaurants do not provide indoor dining for customers.
Retailers agree that Lawrence is glutted with pizza. But despite the bloated market, some retailers said they planned to open new establishments in town.
"I'm going to make it as uncomfortable here as I can," said Laskey, who said he planned to open two or three more Pizza Shops in the near future.
And advertisers are raking in the dough John Oberzan, sales and marketing adviser for the University Daily Kansan,
TO EARN A portion of the pie, many pizza restaurants — especially Domino's, Pizza Shuttle, Grimond and Pizza at least three times a week.
said pizza establishments spent large sums of money for advertising in the Kansan — especially for full-page ads, which cost as much as $346.50.
Pizza restaurants also advertise in the Lawrence Journal-World, said Ed Schultz, the newspaper's marketing and advertising director. He said many pizza establishments advertised regularly.
However, some of the other restaurants, such as Valentino's Pizza, 544 W. 23rd St., rely on word-of-mouth advertising, said Robert Safarik, manager.
"WE DON'T NEED to advertise as much," he said. "Basically, advertising is letting people know what you have, and we're already established."
Specialization is another plan of attack, retailers said. Pizza restaurants offer deep-dish pizzas, thin pizzas, free pizzas, all you-can-eat buffets and free delivery.
Beltz said his customers consumed about half a ton of cheese every week. During the weekend, the six big ovens cook as many as 118 pizzas an hour, he said.
Beltz, owner of the newest pizza shop in town. And business is cooking.
Pizza at Stephanie's offers 19-minute delivery, three-for-one, two-for-one, and five-for-two pizza specials, said Stephen
Monday night, on the other side of town,
Pizza Shuttle's phone lines blazed and employees scrambled to keep up with the demand.
Kamai, known among employees as the river runner because he usually delivers pizza in North Lawrence, quickly wrapped the pizzas in a silver solar blanket andzipped out the back door.
"Jermy, here you go," McElheny said, as he heaped four pizzas into the arms of Jermy Kamai, a Pizza Shuttle delivery man.
At the front counter, Tony Mull methodically rolled out balls of pizza dough. Flour flew as he tossed the flattened dough into the air and slapped it back and forth.
"Everyone has his own technique." he explained.
Theft of HBO is expensive for fraternity
By KATHY FLANDERS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
A fraternity house watched free pay television movie service for a month last fall, and now three of its members are paying for it through fines and community service.
The members are John Rau, Newton senior and president of the house; William George. Leawood sophomore; and Greg Caudill, Lenexa freshman.
The fraternity members hooked up Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 1301 W. Campus Road, to Home Box Office last fall, Dave Clark, general manager of Sunflower Cablevision, 644 New Hampshire St., said yesterday.
On Friday, the three students entered into a diversion agreement with the city. Rau and George both were ordered to pay $250 in restitution and $10 court costs and perform 10 hours of community service work. Caudill was ordered to pay only the $10 court cost.
"THE CASE STEMMED from one of the service people discovering an HBO decoder box that had been placed on the input of the machine," Clark said. "Clark said, 'It decoded all of the house.'
Judy Pope, clerk of the municipal court,
said that when a person was issued a citation,
the city prosecutor could prosecute it,
and they would amend the charge or order a diversion.
"Only the court can find someone guilty or not guilty." Pope said. "There was no trial because the city entered into a diversion agreement."
Pope said the case would be dismissed in six months provided that the students don't violate the law in six months, that they complete their service work, and that they pay the fine and court costs.
POPE SAID COMMUNITY service could be done at the Lawrence Fire Department, the parks and recreation department, nursing homes or the Lawrence Public Library. The court will determine where the three students will work.
Clark said that in the last year to year and a half, Sunflower Cablevision had reported between 60 and 100 cases of cable theft to the police.
"We have people that periodically audit the town," Clark said. "They get a list of subscribers and check them out. We look for some type of tampering.
"If there's evidence of tampering, then we call the police and file a complaint."
He said that Sunflower Cablevision considered tampering a serious problem and that the company was trying to catch it.
we now have better tools to track illegal use and track of tampering." Clark said.
He said the problem occurred across the country and was so prevalent that HBO and other companies were falling behind in their effort to stop cable theft.
"All the cases we've found and requested prosecution on have been found guilty," Clark said. "We haven't lost one yet."
Students master melodies with their hands
Staff Reporter
Rv. JEANINE HOWE
Rachelie Holdorf knows how to sing silently.
Instead of using her vocal cords, she uses her hands.
Holdorf, Lawrence senior, is not deaf and does not depend on sign language for communication. But she said Monday that combining her love of music with sign language.
Holdorf is a student in a sign language class taught by Jennifer Holvet, research assistant in the department of special education. Holdorf is taking the class through independent study and sometimes helps with the teaching. Holvet said.
Students practice sign language to music sometimes, Holvoet said. In conversation sign language, students often are slow and think about words, she said. But signing
songs forces them to be fluent and keep up with the song.
"I STRESS MOSTLY precision but also stringing it together so it flows as a whole, so it's beautiful and precise like speech, not choppy," she said.
The class is learning Lionel Richie's song "Just Put Some Love in Your Heart."
Holvoet said enrollment in her sign language class had increased from 10 to 50 students over the past five years. The special education department also teaches sign language classes at the Regents Center in Overland Park.
John Andrew, Arlington Heights, Ill., senior, said to the class because he was
Hloeve said most students in her class did not have hearing problems.
Andrew said, "We need to integrate deaf people into the mainstream of society so they can access our services."
KEVIN ACKLES. Evanston, Ill., freshman
"I learned on my own. Every opportunity I would sit down with a book and learn some new things."
Robin Lewis, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said she started learning sign language when she was eight and was fluent by the time she was in junior high school. She said she was interested in signing because she wanted to communicate with her deaf cousin.
Lewis said she planned to get her interpretation license next year. She is majoring in nursing and hopes to use her interpretation skills with patients.
also enrolled in the class, said. "I have a couple of deal cousins, and I always wanted to communicate with them."
Lewis has helped teach Holvoet's sign language class for three semesters.
"For me it isn't just a class. Some students take the class just for fun, but I'm always stressed to be the deaf and compassionate handicapped people," she said. "It's a lonely world to be deaf."
Hlovoet said about 500,000 people in United States were completely deaf and could not be helped with any hearing devices. She said many more people were partially deaf, mentally retarded or had speech impediments that required them to depend on sign communication.
Although deaf people watch lips as much as hands for total communication, Hvoelvet said, even the best lip readers catch only 30 to 40 percent of what others say.
Hvolvoe said her students would learn 500 signs by the end of the semester. She said they should be able to sign 80 words per minute and recognize, or read, 83 signs per minute.
Holvoet said people normally spoke 200 to 225 words per minute. She said interpreters for the deaf signed about 150 words per minute.
Unlike foreign languages, sign language requires coordination. Holvezet said some of the reasons are:
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