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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102,NO.130
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1993
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Heels humble 'Hawks
Seniors Eric Pauley, Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters watch as time on the game clock and their college basketball careers run out. Kansas lost to North Carolina 78-68 on Saturday in the national semifinal.
Loss ruins party for fans; campus quiet after defeat
Ponce officers, media outnumber students at post-game gathering
Jody Lamb, Kingman freshman, left, and Stephanie Brown, Salina freshman watch the game intently at Jacque's Place, 601 Kasold Drive.
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
With a minute left in Saturday's national semi-final men's basketball game, Jayhawk Boulevard looked more like a police state than the setting for a party.
Guarding the entrance to campus from Oread Avenue, three fluorescent orange-coated police officers huddled near the traffic booth. With 55 seconds left in the game, one asked a passer-by for the score, then returned to his post to await the rush students.
Farther up the boulevard with 48 seconds left in the game, three groups of four raincoat-clad police officers, who made no arrests, patrolled both sides of the street. They were prepared for a party whether Kansas won
or lost.
The game clock ticked on. A row of unused portable toilets lined the east side of Wescoe Hall. The toilets were put out to keep the rambunctious students from urinating all over the campus.
Leafless branches of the trees in front of Wescoe blew in the bitter wind. The defeat, which wounded with 30 seconds left in the game, probably spared their lives. The trees were planted after students hanging from branches destroyed trees during 1901 Final Four celebrations.
immediately after the final score was announced over the blaring radio, a stream of police officers poured out of the east entrance of Strong Hall. They broke into groups and walked in different directions to prepare for the masses of students
A disc jockey, bired by the Student Union Association, blasted the last 20 seconds of the game on campus from under Wescoe's sheltered steps.
As the last second went off the clock, the heart of campus was populated solely by police, news personnel and one can collector who leaned against a wall in disappointment. Not only had the Jayhawks lost, but his hopes for a little extra money from recycling aluminum cans this week
were squashed.
do not not show up.
The disc jockey turned off the game and distant thunder was the only sound that was heard. The gray ominous clouds hung in the sky and a light drizzle fell on the press and police officers awaiting the party.
who did not show up.
Story continues, Page 2.
By David Dorsey Kansan sportswriter
Jayhawks still proud of Final Four season
NEW ORLEANS — Minutes after the Kansas men's basketball team's season ended Saturday with a 78-68 loss to North Carolina, the team reflected on what it described as a rocky but successful season.
Despite the NCAA semifinal loss at the Superdome, the Jayhawks said they were proud of what they had accomplished.
accomplished.
"Donald Williams made a three for them, and we had three possessions that didn't come up with anything," said teary-eyed Kansas coach Roy Williams after the game. "That's the most criticism you are going to get from me."
tournament.
Williams, who was an assistant coach at North Carolina for 10 years before coming to Kansas in 1988, said he would root for the Tar Heels to win the national championship tonight.
"There will be questions about how it feels to lose to North Carolina," Williams said. "It still feels crapky. I'll still be pulling like the dickens for North Carolina on Monday night.
Kansas senior Rex Walters, who
scored 19 points in his final college game, said that the loss disappointed him but that he could live with it.
"This is it," Walters says. "If you're going to lose, you've got to lose playing aggressively, and I think that's what we did tonight."
what we need to know.
Sophomore guard Greg Gurley, who played five minutes and made a three-pointer during the loss, agreed.
police are now live with this a lot more than we can with last year." Gurley said. Last year, Kansas lost to the University of Texas at El Paso in the second round of the tournament.
our team in the locker room, and we're down in the locker room, and we are upset, Gurley said. "But you can't put into words how disappointed we were last year. This is the Final Foar, and it's something that you don't do every year. It will help our team in the long run."
team in the long Run.
Senior center Eric Pauley said that he was glad that his career ended in the Final Four.
the final post.
"It's a great feeling to be able to experience this," Pauley said. "Not everybody does."
Complete coverage, Pages 9.11.
GALA Week begins
Gay and Lesbian Awareness week began yesterday. The week will include lesbian comedienne Lynn Lawner tonight in the Kansas Union and a debate tomorrow on Colorado's Amendment 2.
See stories, Page 6.
A.C.T.I.O.N.!! discusses plans for future
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of four articles profiling Student Senate presidential and vice presidential candidates.
By Brett Riggs Kansan staff writer
Having a passion for change and the experience to get results convinced A.C.T.LO.N.I." presidential candidate Jason McIntosh and his running mate, Marilos Romero, that they could make a good team for this spring's Student Senate election.
Romero, Topeka junior, said that frustration with Senate's lack of credibility prompted her to run for student office. She convinced McIntosh that his experience was needed to help her fulfill her goals.
Melitoh, Tulsa, OKa., senior, has been on Student Senate for three years and is head of Senate's University affairs committee. assistant presiding officer for University Council, and vice chair for the University parking board and the University Senate Executive Committee.
Committee.
"I knew that if I wanted to see some action, I had to find someone willing to work hard to fulfill the same goals," Romero said. "I convinced him that his work was not done."
vince him that his work warrants. Romero is a first year senator, but she has been a student rights' committee member for three years. She also is a member of the Hispanic-American Leadership Organization and has served on the search committee for the director of affirmative action.
McIntosh and Romero said that, if elected, they would address the development of a new tuition payment plan. Their plan would allow students to pay Fall and Spring tuitions in a 10-month period.
Melmith, said that he thought the current system was backward because students were
forced to pay their tuition before they received all of their financial aid.
"Tuition has outpaced inflation drastically," Melntosh said. "This would allow students to put themselves through school easier."
put defense tools. McIntosh also said that he and Romero would push for a change in the University's enrollment process to allow students to enroll themselves via computer terminals at different locations on campus.
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Both McIntosh and Romero stressed the balance and effort of their coalition as keys to achieving their goals.
different locations on campus. Meltnosh said his plan would call for a restricted fee and matching funds from the University to generate money for the computer system. He said he would favor a student referendum on the restricted fee.
"Our people are willing, committed and excited," Romero said. "We think we represent campus better than any other coalition."
Jason Mcintosh Marisol Romero
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