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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Kansan
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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APPY EARTH DAY
Wednesday
April 22, 1998
Section:
A
Vol. 108 + No. 143
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Check out Earth Day news, facts and events at this Web site.
Vol.108·No.142
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The wait has ended
Eric Cartman, from the Comedy Central show South Park finds out with the rest of the world tonight who his father is.
SEE PAGE 8A
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One of the first new multipurpose recycling bins rests inside Strong Hall, just down the corridor from the Office of Admissions, 126 Strong Hall. The bins, located in Burt and Strong halls, will serve as the buildings' recycling center for white paper, office paper, bottles and newspaper. Although 50 of the bins arrived last month, they sat in storage on West Campus because of difficulties in scheduling. The first shipment of bins was scheduled to be installed in mid-February, but the bins were damaged and had to be returned. The remainder of the bins will be installed in phases by Facilities Operations. Photo by Holly Groshong
Pick up the papers and the trash
By Susie Gura
sgura.kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The campus may look a little cleaner this week with University of Kansas students and staff rolling up their sleeves to help pick up litter.
The University's campus cleanup is taking place this week, and individual student and faculty groups are adopting a sidewalk and collecting litter and trash from designated areas.
"We borrowed the idea from adopt-a-highway and wanted to adapt it to the University level," said Victoria Silva, environmental specialist.
The campus was divided into eight sections, and eight individual groups agreed to help clean each section.
"We tried to focus on the main roads, like Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunnyside Avenue," Silva said. "Not all campus will be covered."
Groups that have committed to the cleanup will cover off and on-campus areas at various times throughout the week, she said. "It is still early in the week, so we are just waiting to set up times
with groups," she said.
Members of the library staff will be cleaning around Watson Library at 10 a.m. today.
"I and other colleagues were concerned about the environment so we decided to help," said Rich Crank, library assistant. "We also think Earth Day is pretty cool."
Members of Daisy Hill residence halls will begin cleaning around the hall buildings and parking lots today and will continue cleaning until about 4 p.m. Friday.
"Each hall is in charge of their own cleanup," said Joanna Griffin, Wichita freshman and McColum Hall resident. "It is a way to let the residents get involved."
In addition to helping out during the week, many groups, such as the library staff, will try to clean their designated areas for the rest of the year.
"We are going to see how it goes," Crank said. "We like to participate in social kinds of things.
so we'll see."
Facilities operations and housekeeping are providing disposal bags for the groups to use during their cleanup sessions, said Phil
Garito, associate director of student housing.
Those interested in helping to clean up campus can contact Victoria Silva at 864-2855.
More information on Earth Day Campus organizations have planned events throughout the day. See page 6A
Transgendered speaker begins Pride Week
Kate Bornstein, a transgendered actress and author, speaks about gender in society. Bornstein's speech yesterday in the Kansas Union was part of Pride Week activities. Photo by Carie Waters/KANSAN
By Sara Anderson sanderson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A transgendered actress and author offered students a chance to learn through humor and emotion last night.
"She was very effective because she brought humor to the topic and pulled every emotional string possible," he said. "I didn't know a
Kate Bornstein kicked off University of Kansas Pride Week when she spoke last night at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. About 95 people attended her performance, which was followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing.
Bornstein's performance included dramatic monologues, slam poetry, personal experiences and an interactive lecture which explored gender roles, sexuality and societal perspectives that shape individuals in society.
Mike Bidwell, Manhattan freshman, said that Bornstein was fascinating and phenomenal.
whole lot about her beforehand, and she talked about some serious things and taught me things about transgender that I didn't know."
"Do you remember junior high and the way you wanted to be popular and how you laughed at the freaks?" Bornstein said. "I'm here to enlist you to change the societal systems we made for ourselves when we weren't kids but weren't men or women either. This campus needs to stop treating each other like children and start to live in harmony. It might be the start of a better world."
Bornstein discussed the junior high childhood mentality that she said society used to view differences.
Catherine Preston, assistant professor of the theater and film, said that Bornstein's presentation was fitting.
Bornstein said that the University was unusually brave in asking her to speak on campus. She said that should make students wonder.
ally brave unless the world is based on social dynamics we learned in junior high?" Bornstein asked.
"I look at gender as something with a whole lot of possible answers," she said. "I hope that people got back in touch with the part of themselves that's kind tonight. If they got a little confused about gender, that would be great too."
"Why do you suppose it's unusu
Two $500 scholarships were announced last night. Corrine Beck, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and Lisa Rasor, Lawrence graduate student, received scholarships established by a former University student by the Gay and Lesbian Academic and Staff Associates. The scholarships reward students who show support or leadership in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
More information on Pride Week The Rev. Fred Phelps and others protested last night's speech. See page 3A
Portable toilets to dot stadium during spring commencement
By Laura Roddy
lroddy@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
When more than 4,000 University of Kansas students participate in the May 17 Commencement ceremony, something out of the ordinary may catch their eyes: 170 portable toilets.
Memorial Stadium still is undergoing renovations, and although the commencement will proceed in the stadium as planned, there will not be running water or restrooms available for the estimated 30,000 people attending.
Rather than move the traditional ceremony to a new location, members of the University's commencement committee have leased 150 standard portable toilets and 20 accessible portable toilets around the stadium to accommodate the crowd.
"The average person who has never been to commencement may not notice anything different other than the construction and the toilets," said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor and member of the commencement committee. "There will be a traditional KU commencement, despite the construction taking place in the stadium.
Julie DeWitt, Omaha, Neb., senior, said the stadium's construction would be an inconvenience but would not affect her guests too much.
"I'm glad they're still having it there," she said. "I don't think it would be the same."
Weinberg said that students and their guests might be seated in different locations. He said that the commencement committee would evaluate the construction's progress and that the location would not be determined until a week before commencement.
"At this point, the plan would be to place the students in the bowl and the guests on the west side," Weinberg said. "Anyone who needs special assistance will be seated on the track on the east side."
One elevator also will be operational, he said.
Jim Modig, director of design and construction management, said that renovations of the stadium's concourse level were scheduled to be completed by the first football game of the 1998 season on Sept. 5.
Those renovations include the addition of more restrooms and the replacement of the interior stairways for code compliance.
Those stairways, which lead to the openings in the stadium called vomitories, are torn out.
"What you'll see are new, modern facilities on the concourse level," he said.
The football team's annual spring game Saturday will be played at Haskell Stadium instead of at Memorial Stadium because of the renovations.
The Outhouse dances to a new tune as juice bar, strip club
By Tamara Miller
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence's latest nude "juice bar" has a couple of new ideas on the menu.
In the past, Wallace has had problems meeting the guidelines for a sexually oriented business. His previous business ventures, Squeezers and NiteOwlc Cood Naked Nightclub, were closed because the landlord did not approve. Wallace also owned Juicers, 913 N. Second St., but sold the business in 1993 because he could not afford to install lights which met city regulations or the required barricade between the stage and the audience floor.
"We're planning to use the fantasy booths this weekend for our grand opening," he said.
However, his newest business is outside city limits and therefore is outside city regulation, he said.
"The city tries to regulate these businesses out of business," he said.
The fantasy booth is divided into two rooms. The customer requests a dancer to perform in one room. The customer watches in the second room. The dancer cannot see the customer during the performance, Vannatta said.
"I think this one will definitely be a winner," he said.
Rose Vannatta, Outhouse bartender, said the fantasy booths made The Othouse different than other sexually oriented businesses in the area.
Although business has been slow so far,
The Outhouse will add new features that
should attract customers. Wallace said.
So far, The Outhouse, 1837 N. 1500 Rd., has had no legal complications.
"Roxie," a Kansas City, Kan., senior and exotic dancer who asked that her real name not used, said that the customer would be able to request that the dancer use a prop during her performance.
"Anything goes," she said. "It's a lot more risqué than other bars."
"Roxie" also said a customer could
The Outhouse, 1837 N. 1500 Rd., is Lawrence's newest nude bar. The Outhouse, formerly a live-music venue, reopened Friday. It could be the first bring-your-own beer nude club in Kansas or Missouri. Photo by Augustus Anthony Pizza/KANSAN
Jason Benavides/KANBAN
The Outhouse, which only serves nonal-
coholic beverages, eventually will allow customers to bring their own alcohol. The bar still will admit customers 18 and older, but employees will check licenses of patrons with alcohol, Wallace said.
"We'll be the first and only juice bar in Kansas and Missouri that will allow the customer to bring alcohol." Wallace said.
the city of Lawrence prohibits the sale or
consumption of alcohol in sexually oriented businesses, said Ray Hummert, city clerk.
Wallace said that he decided to give the
Other city regulations prohibit intoxicated persons from entering sexually oriented businesses, and private booths are not allowed, Hummert said.
business another try when he discovered that The Outhouse was outside city limits. The landlord of The Outhouse is supportive of Wallace's business.
"Since we're out of town, we don't have any rules other than state prostitution laws," Wallace said.
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