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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Sunday: Colder still with periods of clouds and sunshine.
Kansan Weekend Edition
Friday
March 13, 1998
Section:
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 108 No.120 Saturday & Sunday
WWW.KANSAN.COM
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Wandering the Web
Oh, the glitz, the glamour, the cleavage. It can only be one thing — Oscar time. It's coming up on March 23, kids. Get ready to watch the red carpet roll while you dream about swimming pools and movie stars and ask yourself again — why did Leonardo DiCaprio get the shaft? So get the facts before little Oscar exposes himself in your living room.
www.oscar.com/
Start with the official site. You can't go wrong. See the set, get to know the host, and register to win tickets to the red carpet.
"The Envelope Please" is an incredibly thorough site. Search the database for Oscar info that dates all the way back to 1927 when the first ceremony was held.
oscars.guide.com
www.ampas.org/
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the group of people that actually do the voting. A trip to its site will ensure you get some info straight from the horse's mouth.
■www.hollywood.com/
oscars/
awards.photostogo.com
Take the daily quiz at Hollywood Online. Today's question:
Who has the best reason not to show up at this year's Oscars ceremony? (Our guess: LEO!) Also, check out the fashion review.
**awards.photoshop.com**
The Awards Night Party Pack is all you'll need to throw an Oscar Night party that your guests will never forget. It costs a minimal amount of money, but what doesn't? All you need to supply is the TV and the popcorn. It's also a great idea for your "pool".
CONCERTCALENDAR
Tonight:
The Bottleneck: Doo Daddy Jemson, Cresta, The Regulars: $4/$5
Free State Brewery: Free State Jazz Quartet
■ Jazzhaus:Tim Mahoney and the Meanies; $5
Tomorrow:
The Bottleneck: Outhouse,
The What Gives, The Believe
It Or Not!? $4/$$
Jazzhaus: Hadden Sayers Band:$4
■ Replay Lounge: Syrup U.S.A., Number One Cup; $2
Protesters line the walkway of the Lied Center as members of the audience walk past. About 100 people protested last night in response to a Rock Chalk Ryusek skit they thought was offensive. Photo by Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
Sunday:
Sunday:
The Bottleneck: The Mighty Blue Kings; $6
Bridge: Secure Safe Glue
Replay Lounge: Sofa Glue,
Deraler; $2
Index
News ...3A
Nation ...2A
Entertainment ...8,9A
Opinion ...4A
Sports ...1B
Horoscopes ...2B
Feature ...10A
Movie Listings ...7A
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Activists steal the show at Revue
Shouted protests get man arrested
By Marc Sheforgen msheforgen@kansan.com
Kanson staff writer
Shouted accusations of racism, sexism and exploitation of indigenous peoples interrupted the first skit of last night's 49th annual Rock Chalk Revue.
Michael Linde, Lawrence resident, was arrested and escorted from the balcony of the Lied Center after standing up and shouting. "This is horse crap. This is exploitation. I am ashamed of this. Check your hearts. Is this what America is all about?"
Linde was one of about 100 students, Lawrence residents and others who gathered outside of the Lied Center to protest "Don't Drink the Water," a skit by Alpha Delta Pi andLambda Chi Alpha.
Protesters wrapped themselves in tribal flags, held signs denouncing the event and played drums to call attention to what they considered to be a disrespectful performance.
The skit, set in a jungle with a tribal theme, offended members of the University of Kansas' Native American Student Association. The association thought the skit portrayed indigenous people as primitive.
Linde commented briefly before
being escorted away in a KU police car. He was charged with disorderly conduct and interference with a public official or building.
"There's a genocide happening here," he said. "To have native peoples dealt with in that fashion was completely disrespectful. It was unacceptable. I think all of the white people should have stood up and walked out. People of all races should not abide by that."
The protesters, gathering in the sub-freezing weather, said they found the skit's material to be in poor taste. Such material included what protesters thought to be sexual references to indigenous women.
Elyse Towey, president of the Native American Student Association and organizer of the protest, said she was pleased with the turnout but questioned the minds of the people it aimed to affect.
Towey called Haskell Indian Nations University to inform students of the protest yesterday at about 4:30 p.m. Haskell officials announced the news in residence halls and the cafeteria, and supplied van rides for any students who wanted to participate in the protest. By 6:30 p.m., several Haskell students had arrived at the Lied Center.
"Unfortunately, the people that we're talking to are of the colonial mindset." she said.
Jean Wagner, student body president at Haskell, said despite the short notice, the students of her
school performed admirably.
"I think if we would have had more time, we would have gotten the whole campus here," Wagner said.
The skit's performers did not feel the skit was in any way offensive. They said there certainly was no
intent to put down indigenous people.
"We never intended any malicious intent with this show," said Cate Pugh, Wamego junior and one of the skit's writers.
the performers worked to change parts of the skit after the
Native American Student Association and the Black Student Union complained earlier this week.
The group eliminated the use of headdresses and references to tribal chiefs, and thought the new version of the skit was in no way offensive.
Moore unveils The Big One at screening
Filmmaker targets corporations. Coca-Cola during Lawrence visit
By Jeremy M. Doherty and Marcelo Vilela mvilela@kansan.com jdoherty@kansan.com Kansan staff writers
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore encouraged students to act politically during a day-long visit to Kansas City and Lawrence yesterday.
the director, a well-known foe of corporate business, first spoke
with a group of 15 journalists at the Ritz Carlton in Kansas City, Mo. Later in the afternoon, he traveled to Lawrence for a screening of his new documentary The Big One and fielded questions from about 300 University students and Lawrence residents at Dickinson Theatre, 2339 Iowa.
Moore, who personally visits companies and criticizes their heavy downsizing, said he wondered why he seemed to be fighting
corporate America alone with his movies.
"Why is it always a schlep in a ball cap like me who's going into these places?" he said. "Why isn't the business press or the Kansas City Star doing it? It represents a failure of the media."
Moore, who visited Lawrence two years ago, said he was happy to be back.
"I like Lawrence," Moore said. "I told everybody what a cool place Lawrence was. Mostly cool."
Moore spoke with the audience for about 30 minutes, mentioning his experiences with censored segments of his early 1990s program
Moore: Urged students to act politically
TV Nation. He said TV Nation would be returning as soon as he found a national network. He also touched on the O.J. Simpson and Monica Lewinsky incidents.
Moore said big corporations did not
feel threatened by his movies because they assumed the movies
would not affect audiences.
"If you start to act politically, this type of film will become a threat," he said. "Please, leave here and do something. You can't be an spectator. Democracy means participation."
When Moore found out about the University's exclusive contract
See ABOUT on page 2A
More information
Check out the Kansan movie critic's take on The Big One.
See page 8A
Super Fan
Ryan Hodapp, Overland Park senior, shares his love of KU basketball and the fanaticism that accompanies his role as the Jayhawks' No.1 fan.
See page 10A
Green enigma
Who's that guy? HillTopics attempts to end the debate on the identity of the student forever memorialized with Jimmy Green.
See page 10A
See page 1B
Bring on the Panthers
The top-seeded Jayhawks take on Prairie View A&M in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 9:20 p.m. today in Oklahoma City
Tulane is firstfoe
ROCK CHAIR SERVICE POINTS Gold: 13 or more hours of service per person
The No.5-seed Jayhawks play No. 12-seed Tulane at 6 p.m.today in Iowa City,lowa.The Green Wave has won nine of its last 11 games.
See page 1B
ROCK CHALK SERVICE POINTS
Silver: 11 hours of service per person
Bronze: 9 hours of service per person
Honorable Mention: Participated but did not earn bronze
NON-PAIRED DIVISION
Deutah Scholarship Hall
Watkins Scholarship Hall
Alpha Xi Delta
Bronze:
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Honorable Mention:
Pi Kappa Alpha
PAIRED DIVISION
Alpha Delta Pi/Lambda Chi
Alpha Chi Omega/Sigma Chi
Alpha Gamma Delta/Kappa Sigma
Delta Gamma/Sigma Nu
Kappa Theta/Beta Theta Pi
Pi Beta Phi/Phi Delta Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamma/Phi Gamma Delta
Gamma Phi Beta/Delta Chi Bronze:
Delta Delta Delta/Sigma Phi Epsilon
Chi Omega/Delta Upsilon
Honorable Mention:
Kappa Delta/Delta Tau Delta
Sigma Kappa/Alpha Epsilon Pi
For more opening night coverage,
See page 3A
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