THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.117
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY,MARCH 24,1992
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Playboy feature, publicity upsets ex-KU student
By Greg Farmer
Kansan staff writer
Amanda Schnelle, who is featured on page 118 of Playboy's April "Girls of the Big Eight" issue under the alias Nikki Merle, said yesterday she was sorry she had posed for the magazine.
Amanda Schnelle
"I'm very sorry I posed — very sorry," Sellieu said from Topeka yesterday. "I was just recently married, and this has put a strain on me and my husband. I regret it a lot. I regret it." He also said an incredible way of convincing people. They promised they would protect my name."
Schnelle was identified by Playboy as a "cheerleader and engineering student."
As stated in a Feb. 27 article in the Kansas, KU cheerleading coaches and staff in the dean's office at the KU School of Engineering said after looking at the magazine that they did not recognize the woman identified by Playboy as Merle.
Representatives of the KU School of Engineering and the KU registrar said yesterday that a student by the name of Amanda Hutchinson, Schneelle's maiden name, attended the University during the Fall 1991 semester as a freshman in the electronic engineering sequence.
But Scott Lamontagne, KU cheerleading coach, said again yesterday that no one by the name of Schnelle, who was a graduate, had led cheers at the University.
Schneelle, who graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in Topeka and now attends Washburn University, has never claimed to be a KU chieferleader.
"The mistake in wording by Playboy was not my fault," she said. "It was printed wrong by the magazine. The misprint had nothing to do with me. I never said one word about being a KU cheerleader. I was — and I still am — a cheerleader on the side."
Karen Ring, a publicist for Playboy magazine, said the magazine made a mistake.
"Saying she was a KU cheerleader was an honest mistake," she said. "We would never do something like that on purpose. We are a professional publication, and accuracy is very important to us. We did make a mistake, but we did off of her. I was told by her." She said she was a cheerleader as a hobby."
Schneelle said she was considering legal action against Playboy for the
mistake.
But Ring said, "Sue us for what? I really don't think she has a case against us. I really don't think she wants to sue us."
Schnelle also said she was considering legal action against the Kansan for printing her real identity today and for its Feb. 27 article.
Schnelle said she was not surprised that staff in the School of Engineering did not recognize her.
"That's one of the reasons I left KU," she said. "No one cares about anyone else. You're just a number."
Schnelle said she appeared in Playboy under a false name and avoided promotional tours so that family members and friends would not know sheposed.
"Why didn't I let Playboy use my real name?" she asked. "I didn't want certain people knowing it was me. My pastor now knows. My husband's parents now know. This was something personal. It was something I did for the people who read Playboy magazine. I didn't want my picture printed in the newspapers and all over."
Schnelle said publicity about the pictorial had spurred people who usually would not purchase the magazine to buy it.
"How many people do you think read Playboy?" she asked. "Not as many people read it as you might think. My pastor never would have read that magazine, but he read this issue. The same thing happened with a lot of people. If the press hadn't made such a big deal out of this, it wouldn't have been a big thing."
Playboy has the 14th highest circulation among U.S. magazines; each issue is read by more than 3.4 million people.
Philip Meiring KANSAN
Prairie fire
Osborne said that fires such as yesterday's were started at the sites usually once a year and that they helped maintain adequate levels of soil nutrients and aided in plant-seed production.
Stepping back to escape the heat, Lawrence Parks and Recreation temporary employee Clifford Powers tends to a fire at one of several natural prairie sites along Clinton Parkway. Supervisor George
Former players analyze Kansas loss
By Lyle Niedens
Kansan sportswriter
Chris Piper said he was shocked and disappointed. Such was the reaction of most Kansas fans after the University of Texas-El Paso knocked the Jayhawks out of the NCAA tournament Sunday afternoon
However, Piper can understand the emotion of the NCAA tournament better than most fans.
He was a member of two of the most successful teams in Kansas history—the 1988 Kansas national championship team and the 1986 Jayhawks, who defeated the Midwest Regional and advanced to the Final Four.
unable to do that."
But he said there was no comparison between the 1988 national champions and this season's team.
"This team was by far more talented and deeper," Piper said. "But the thing you have to remember about the tournament is that you have to play six games at your peak.
*In 1988, we played as good as we possibly could play every game in the tournament. This team was*
Piper said that a lot of pressure went with being a top seed, but that that spot was where most teams wanted to be.
"I don't think there's anybody out there that wants to be a lower seed." Piper said.
Former Kansas forward Mike Maddox, on the other hand, said he thought the underdog role was better. He played on the 1990 team that was 29-4ovall, entering the tournament as a No. 2 seed, but lost in the second round to UCLA. He also was on last season's third-seeded team that upset second-seeded Indiana and first-seeded Arkansas on its way to the NCAA Finals.
"I think it' s always easier to be an underdog," he said. "It seems like when you're a No.1 or No.2 seed, everyone is always looking to knock you off."
He said the 1990 team faced a lot of pressure.
"But I think we learned a little bit from losing in the second round," Maddox said, "and it was advantageous to us last year."
He said he hoped the same thing would happen to this season's Jawhays, who will return four of five
starters next season.
"I feel bad for the guys, but hopefully they'll learn from it," he said. "Maybe it will help them be a little more focused next year."
Assistant coach Mark Turgeon declined to comment on this year's team, but said that the pressure didn't bother him as a player on the 1966 Final Four team.
"We knew we were good," he said. "We expected to go to the Final Four."
But he also said that the 1986 team benefited from a little luck on the way to the Final Four. In the regional semi-finals against Michigan State, a stalled clock helped Kansas come from behind to win in overtime.
As for the pressure of being a top seed, Turgon said it all depended on the makeup of the team.
"Some teams like that. N. 1. seed," he said. "They thrive on it. Other teams like the underdog role.
But when it gets right down to it, you just have to play the game."
Daisy Hill cafeterias to consolidate by '93
Goals are longer hours,better food
By Erik Bauer Kansan staff writer
The consolidation of the Daisy Hill residence hall cafeterias into one cafeteria in Lewis Hall could be completed by Spring 1993, said Ken Stoner. director of student housing.
He said the consolidated cafeteria, which would resemble a food court, could save money for the department of student housing while offering students a greater selection of food and longer hours.
Some of the items offered in the consolidated cafeteria would include a bar, a pizza bar, a grill, a soup kitchen, a specialty area and a dessert area, be said.
Next year, the residence hall food service operating in Templin Hall, in addition to the other Daisy Hill locations, will move to Lewis Hall.
He said bids for the project were due April 15 and the cost would be £20,000.
"You'll get some economizing on staffing." Stoneer said.
Rodney Christensen, Atchison sophomore and Ellsworth resident, said he did not like the consolidation idea.
"We've been left in the dark," said Jill Stephenson, president of Eclipse Law.
But some students said the consolidation would be a mistake.
"I think it's ridiculous that we have to go that far to eat," he said.
Stoner said student housing planned to keep the cafeteria open all
day instead of opening and closing food service two or three times a day.
He said no one would be laid off because of the move, although the Daisy Hill food service staff would be smaller.
Barbara Quintero, assistant director of student housing food service, said the staff would be reduced through attrition.
Quintero said the full-time staff would be balanced and not much smaller because of the extended hours.
Quintero said the department had offered employee a choice of working in Lewis, Oliver or Gortrude Selling. He said it often when the consolidation was completed.
She said it would be hard to determine whether the Lewis cafeteria could accommodate as many part-time student employees as there are now, but the situation probably would be the same because food service always had openings for part-time employees.
"That will require more people than there are now," she said.
The closed cafeterias, such as Ellsworth, probably will serve as space for student activities and rented storage for various University departments, she said.
The reduction of the original five cafeterias into one will provide students with better service and a greater variety of items, she said.
The food court also will include a main entre station and vegetarian meals at each of the stations, Quintero said.
Quintero said food service had tried to soften the shock of the change by closing a few of the Daisy Hill cafeterias.
"Part of it was trying to implement the consolidation gradually and part of it was to save money." she said.
Templin Hall cafeteria shut down temporarily in Fall 1989, and Ellsworth and Lewis shut down this fall. Templin re-opened this fall. Weekend meals are served only in Templin and McCollum Halls.
Mindy Pendreigh, manager of Templin cafeteria, said food service
had given employees a lot of input through the employee forum, an organization that rotated its membership every six months.
"We already told our employees that we would incorporate them," she said. "We're all looking forward to it."
David Webb, a full-time employee at the Templin cafeteria, said everything would work out if food service employees gave their ideas and input at the forums.
"Everyone is getting their share of input into it," Webb said.
Central America Week examines present issues
Kansan staff writer
By Shelly Solon
Central America Week, which began 12 years ago, traditionally focuses on the 1980 murder of a Salvadoran archbishop.
But Central America Week 1928 at KU does not dwell on the past. It examines the U.S. role in Central America in areas from politics to environmental condi-
In the keynote speech last night, Thomas Walker, professor of political science and director of Latin American studies at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, said U.S. policymakers still had paternal attitudes toward Central America that affected the U.S. activities in the region.
About 80 people attended the speech at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas City area.
Charles Stansifer, KU professor of history and Central American specialist, said people primarily focused on the situations in four Central American countries: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala.
"It still does not occur to the people in Washington that the people in Central America were fully equal human beings and are capable of running their own affairs," he said. "Hopefully, as a new world order is established where the U.S. is only one of many major actors in world affairs, Central America will have greater breathing space and have a high degree of self-determination."
"Anyone interested in U.S. Central American policy is looking at the agreement between the rebels and the government of El Salvador," he said. "Both sides have complained of violations of the agreement and some believe the U.S. is supporting the government too much. Somewhat similar concerns are
Central America Week 1992
Tonight: Oscar Romero
Remembrance featuring musical
group Las Cuatro. 7:30 p.m., Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204
Oread Ave.
**Tomorrow:** University Forum with Charles Stansiver, professor of history, "Looking Back at the Contra War," noon FCM
Also, "Romero," 8 p.m., St. Lawrence Catholic Center, Room 201, 1831 Crescent Rd, free.
rising about Nicaragua where people
meet me for briefings.
Stansifer said there was concern that the U.S. government had not followed through with the democratic reforms in Panama, which began in 1889 with the U.S. military invasion of the country.
He said some people who study U.S. policy in Central American thought the U.S. government still was involved in the increase in death squad activity under the military dictatorship in Guatemala.
Liz Maggard, Central America Week Coordinator, said there had been commemorations of the murder of Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated by a death squad on March 24, 1980 since 1981.
Activities for the week were sponsored by Latin American Solidarity, Ecumenical Christian Ministries, St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, KU Center of Latin American Studies, Voice, Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, United Methodist Campus Ministry, Environs, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Lawrence Mennonite Fellowship and the Plymouth Congregational Church.