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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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Wednesday
March 11, 1998
Section:
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Vol. 108 • No. 118
Thursday will be partly sunny with temperatures becoming warmer.
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Kansas forwards Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce were named 1998 Associated Press First Team All-Americans.
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Wanted: KU tickets Too many fans, no seats
(USPS 650-640)
Illustration by Jason Benavides
Lisa Stevens John
john@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Kansas men's basketball will jump into NCAA Tournament action Friday night when the Jayhawks challenge the Prairie View A&M Panthers in Oklahoma City.
At the Myriad Convention Center, where the tournament is being played, tickets have long been sold out. The University of Kansas Athletics Department telephone recording answers with the expected news that no tickets are available to the public. Fans who continue to scramble for tickets have two options: find a scalper or contact a ticket brokering company.
"We do have scalpers, but they get in trouble if they try to sell the tickets for higher than face value." Miller said.
Scalping may be legal in Kansas, but it is not legal in Oklahoma City, said Sonya Miller, a receptionist at the convention center.
Although scalping is illegal in Oklahoma City, it is legal in Norman, Okla., which is a 12-minute drive to the south.
Each $9 NCA A ticket is good for all three games, she said.
"We're inundated," said John Keele, owner of Tickets Unlimited, a ticket brokering company in Norman. "We have myself and four full-time salesmen in here today, and we can barely keep up. I expect we'll run out of tickets."
Mike Prusinski, media coordinator for the Midwest region, chuckled when he heard the going rates of scaled tournament tickets.
Keele said his company was selling tournament tickets for $175 and up, with "up" being as high $750 for center seats on the lower level.
"When you have a team like Kansas coming in and they could easily bring 17,000 people with them, it makes it hard." Prusinski said. "We also have a lot of Kansas fans in Oklahoma who are trying to get tickets. Between
"That's not bad for a $90 ticket," Prusinski said.
He said the ticket crunch hit hardest when schools from neighboring states, such as Kansas and Texas, participated in the tournament.
them and the attraction of Billy Tubbs coming back to Oklahoma with TCU, if we were ever worrying about a sellout before, we certainly won't have to now."
The limited seating in the convention center, which holds 13,500, led to the crunch in ticket availability. Prusinski said.
"We have the second-smallest arena of the first and second sites." he said.
The NCAA takes the first 4,000 seats, and participating schools are reserved 350 tickets for the rounds in which they play.
"There'a chance that Rhode Island and Florida State may turn some of their tickets in, but right now it's tough to get tickets." Prusinski said.
As for Keele's ticket broking business, he said he only purchased about 100 tournament tickets.
"You never know which teams will be playing." Keele said. "But it helps to have teams from nearby states participating."
Prusinski agreed.
"We couldn't have asked for a better draw in terms of selling tickets," Prusinski said.
Native Americans review Revue
Kansan staff writer
sanderson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Sara Anderson
Members of the Native American Student Association attended Alpha Delta Pi's and Lambda Chi Alpha's Rock Chalk Revue rehearsal last night to express concerns about their skit.
Members of NASA met with revue executive advisory board members Kyle Evans, Derby sophomore, and Andrew Schauder, Green Bay, Wis., junior, after the rehearsal to discuss the skit in the production, "Don't Drink the Water." The skit is set in a jungle and has a tribal
theme. NASA members were invited to view the skit and meet with the revue staff to voice their opinions concerning the portrayal of indigenous peoples.
Cornell Peewardy, NASA representative, said that NASA members had apprehensions about some of the material presented in the program.
"NASA had the opportunity to review the play, and they have some concerns about the portrayal of indigenous peoples," he said.
Schauder said that the group was concerned about the exploitation of indigenous cultures.
cultural sensitivity in general — for example, the use of such items as headdresses, feathers and grass skirts," he said. "I appreciate the opportunity to see the skirt from a point of view different from my own."
"They were concerned about
Elyse Towey, president of NASA and Napa, Calif., senior, said that one of the group's members heard in his graduate anthropology class that the skit had native undertones. She said the student then contacted the chancellor and NASA members. Towey said the group was invited to attend the rehearsal on Monday, but the group got the message too late to attend. She said the invitation
was extended to last night.
Schauder said that the student talked to a KU administrator who then contacted the revue's adviser, Ann Eversole.
Towey said she felt the skit members were open to NASA's concerns.
"I felt that they were receptive," she said. "I felt that we educated the people putting on the show that weren't as well versed in the things we found offensive like native names. They didn't know any better."
Amber McGraw, Alpha Delta Pi director for the skit and a Marshall, Mo., junior, said she appreciated NASA voicing concerns.
"I'm glad I got to hear them, and I appreciate that they came with their comments to try and make a better show," she said.
Schauder said that Rock Chalk had not made a decision about whether to change the skit at this point because Eversole was out of town. He said that the revue advisory board would consult Eversole and that a decision would be made today.
Members of the Black Student Union also attended the meeting after receiving a call from Towey. Julius Williams, BSU advisor, said that BSU was there to show support for NASA because the skit dealt with indigenous people.
Office embezzlement uncovered by student working in Fraser Hall
Between Dec. 12 and March 4, $1,086.16 was stolen from the office of the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research in Room 607 of Fraser Hall.
Sgt. Chris Keary said that the investigation began March 3 when a student employee told police that additional hours were being added to several students' timesheets.
The KU Public Safety Office said that a University of Kansas employee was a suspect in the embezzlement.
He said that no arrests had been made and that case information was sent to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office to determine whether to issue a summons and press charges.
When the students received their paychecks, Keary said, they cashed them and gave the extra money back to their supervisor.
Keary said that a search warrant was issued March 4 to check the institute's records.
Kathryn Clark, representative for University Relations, said that the University was aware of the situation.
"This is something that we take very seriously," she said. "We're in the process of reviewing IPPBR procedures to determine what happened and what needs to be done to correct any procedural problem."
— Laura Roddy
Reflections of winter
Potter Lake remains frozen as students walking to class endure severe cold temperatures. Today's high temperature is expected to be 33, only slightly warmer than yesterday. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Film director, comic returns to Lawrence for screening
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Michael Moore is back
After visiting the University of Kansas two years ago as a KU Lecture Series guest at the Lied Center, Moore, comedian and film director, will return to Lawrence tomorrow to promote his new movie, The Big One.
"He requested it himself to come back," said Anita Elliott, publicity and promotion manager for Guggenheim Agency, the company responsible for contacting Moore. "He was very interested in returning. He really enjoyed the last time he was there."
Ana Calderon,
Shawnee senior and
SUA feature films
Moore: In Lawrence to promote his movie The Bia One.
The free invitations are available at the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas Union and at the Theater and Film department office in Murphy Hall.
coordinator, said that Moore could not lecture on campus because there was no appropriate venue to accommodate the event.
"At SUA we have a 16 mm projector and the movie needs a 35 mm one," Calderon said. "The Lied Center has one, but Thursday night is Rock Chalk Revue opening night."
Those planning to attend the screening must have an invitational flyer. Although the Dickinson Plaza Theater holds 350 people, unlimited flyers are being distributed to the public by Miramax Films, Inc.
A special screening of The Big One will take place at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Dickinson Theatres, 2339 Iowa. Moore will answer viewers' questions immediately after the screening.
Moore will speak for the American Librarian Association conference tomorrow afternoon in Kansas City, Kan. He will come to Lawrence for the special screening and will return to Kansas City in the evening for a benefit screening of The Big One.
It will be an intentionally overbooked screening, said Brian Dick, Miramax intern.
"We wanted to make sure that people will show up and we'll have a full house," Dick said.
Moore's Kansas City visit is part of a 30-city benefit tour to raise $500,000 for 70 anti censorship organizations. He will not be paid for the Dickinson theater visit, said Mark Brookstein, promotion assistant for the Guggenheim Agency.
Moore's movie is a follow-up to *Roger and Me*, his much-acclaimed 1989 documentary. In *The Big One*, Moore uses his humor to attack American corporations that make record-breaking profits but continue to lay off workers.
During the movie, Moore tracks down Fortune 500 companies and tries to convince them to reconsider their downsizing decisions. He even confronts Nike CEO Phil Knight.
Roger and Me , which was released in 1989, became the highest-grossing documentary of all time. During the movie, Moore attempts to convince General Motors CEO Roger B. Smith to visit Flint, Mich., Moore's hometown, and witness the effects of General Motors' plant shutdowns.
In *The Big One*, Moore found a different way to contribute to Flint. He offered grant applications for Flint area groups and students to share in the profits of *The Big One*.
He also was involved with "TV Nation", a sitcom in which he worked as host, writer, director and executive producer.
Other Moore movies are Canadian Bacon, Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint and Blood in the Face.
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