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VOL.102,NO.118
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1993
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Lawrence's musical underground
The Outhouse provides the pulse of alternative music's local vein
Kansan staff write
By James J. Reece Kansan staff writer
hey call it the pit.
they can it the pie.
It's a dance floor like no other in Lawrence — a place where adrenaline is king,
where elbows pump, shoulders bump and bodies collide in a frenzy of shredded drumsticks and unravelled steel guitar strings. Where beer- and sweat-soaked dancers stumble away bleeding or are dragged away unconscious.
The pit is under the flat roof of the Outhouse, a 60-by-40-foot blue cinder block shell of a building four miles east of Lawrence.
Forget fraternity and sorority members bopping to a happy-faced disc jacket. Forget basketball players in snake-skin boots two-stepping in a cowboy
less of name, the music is what has given the secluded Outhouse a notoriety unmatched by other Lawrence venues.
"It's not the most cushy of accommodations," says Shelle Rosenfeld, assistant editor of The Note, a Lawrence-based music and entertainment periodical "But it serves a purpose as a home for alternative music."
one says the Outhouse is a testing ground for new bands in Lawrence. It also showcases older bands. It catches some, like Nirvana, before their crusades into mainstream music. Others, like Fear, the early 1980s band that recently reunited, appear on reconstruction tours. The Outhouse catches still others, like ice T's Body Count, in mid-swing.
The recent Body Count and Fear concerns had beh in the music and the politics
Beer bill concerns merchants
By Ben Grove Kansan staff write
Kansas liquor store representatives yesterday asked state legislators not to take away a vital part of their livelihood — the sale of certain types of beer.
That is what would happen, they said, if the House passed a bill that would allow grocery and convenience stores to sell "strong beer." Such stores now only can sell beer with 3.2 percent alcohol or less. Only "liquor stores can sell beer with
owners are worried the legisla id rob them of much of that
water alcohol content, and liquor
Break travelers beware of thieves
Bv Brian James
Special to the Kansan
When Tim Louderback, Liberal senior, carriéd the last of his spring break luggage into his Houston motel room last March, he did not bother to close the door behind him. The two men who followed him into his room made him wish he had.
The men told Louderback to be quiet and sit down on the bed. They proceeded to take a purse and a camera, then ran out of the room and sped off in a truck. The crime lasted less than one minute.
According to people in the travel industry, theft and robberies are all-too-common spring break occurrences for which many students need to be prepared.
The experience changed how Louderback travels.
In all, Louderback and Tina Nicole Burke, his flame from Liberal, lost more than $1000 on their trip. Burke's purse alone accounted for $800 of the total loss. In it they had stashed their checkbooks, credit cards, wallets, cash and eye glasses.
"When we go on trips now, we take only what we need. We don't put our travelers checks and belongings in one place—we might put them in a couple different bags and in the car," he said.
He has learned to be more cautious in strange situations.
"We really weren't alert enough to our surroundings," he said. "The police officer said the guys were probably staking out the parking lot watching for someone who wasn't aware or paying attention. And that was us."
Louderback recommended staying in indoor hotels, because walking through a hallway was generally more safe than a parking lot.
"If you have to stay in a hotel, pick a room that is not on the back side of the building, preferably close to the office and on the upper level," he said. "If your room isn't visible to other people, you could be an easy target."
Thom Hepford, service manager for Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, said that the parking lot was the most common place for crime at hotels.
"The smartest thing is to not leave radar detectors, stereos, tapes and compact discs in the car where they are visible. Thieves can have your window broken, your stuff gone in a few seconds and leave you in a world of hurt," he said. "Use the hotel safe to put all those valuables in."
Hepford also said hotels recommended that guests lock and bolt their doors whenever possible.
"Don't open the door without checking first who is there. Don't assume just because they say they're maintenance people that they really are. Call the front desk to verify it." he said.
Leann Schmidt, a travel consultant for Lawrence Travel Center, 1601 W.23rd St., said that self-confidence and using common sense while traveling were effective safety precautions.
"Generally, if a person doesn't flash a lot of money around and avoids certain situations, they'll be fine," she said.
Vacationers' homes make easy targets for burglars
Special to the Kansan
By Carlos Tejada
Last Thanksgiving, members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity returned from break to find $10,000 worth of belongings had been stolen.
Their CDs, CD players, and clothing had disappeared from individual rooms.
Kappa Sigma learned its lesson the hard way-a lesson that could be repeated during spring break if other students are not careful.
Burglary during spring break is common, says Lt. Mark Brothers of the Lawrence police department, especially for apartment complexes and Greek houses. Student housing seems to be a safer place to leave belongings.
For spring break this year, fraternity members will move house values elsewhere, said Burt Haigh, Tulsa, Okla., senior and Kappaigma president.
"We know that during spring break you don't leave stuff in the house, because there's too much risk," he said.
The houses are extremely accessible, Haigh said, and added that the only way to keep possessions safe is to leave them somewhere else. Residents plan to leave their valuables with friends who live in apartments.
But leaving their sound systems in apartments may not be such a good idea, either.
Apartment complexes with a high percentage of student tenants are in the most
danger of being robbed, Brothers said. Unfortunately, there is little residents can do to stop it.
"It's just very difficult to get any reasonable kind of security in an apartment complex that empties out for a week-long period," he said.
Brothers said apartment residents should cancel mail service for the week. A full mailbox indicates an empty apartment, he warned.
And if students cannot stop burglars, at least they can know what was taken. Residents should keep a detailed inventory of their possessions, including brand names, serial numbers and unique markings. This makes identifying stolen items easier.
"It's very difficult to get back anything if you can't pick it out," Brothers said.
For those driving home, Brothers said, taking along portable valuables such as radios and computers is a must.
The encouraging news is that valuables in student housing aren't in much danger at all, according to Lt. John Mullens of the KU police.
Residence halls are filled with maintenance workers during the break, and scholarship halls usually have one person stay during break. Residents of Stouffer Place usually stay in Lawrence to work, Mullens said.
"People who lose things are generally those who leave early and figure their roommate will lock the door," Mullens said.
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store owners told the House and State Affairs Committee much as half of their sales er sales.
incensed as a sole proprietor all store that the big chains 1 hundreds and thousands of el that they must take 50 perm beer business to show a said Patricia Oppitz, a Topeka towner.
mita liquor store owner point-
that liquid stores are permitted to sell only alcoholic bever-
d that beer was only a small other stores' total sales.
Webb, owner of Webb's Fine Spirits, 800 W.23rd St., was the of the 12 bill opponents to
n they take our one item it be devastating," Carl Mitchell's like asking us to run a race,itting one of our legs off and us to be competitive."
n a college town," Webb said. oung crowd. Young is beer."
the hearing, his said his busi-
sword be hit hard by the leg<sup>b</sup> because beer made up about
ent of his total sales.
session on the hearings also with the social issue of making with higher alcohol content de at more locations.
as stated that the amount of ug stronger beer would not be—that it was simply a matter it was bought," said Francis a state and national Christian rance Union volunteer. "I dis- Availability is the key here. Ifdy, you buy it."
a bill opponents warned the entatives that if grocery and encees stores got 5.0 beer, the ware would soon see a glint of encees store requests to sell any liquor.
Pandaora's box will be open," chard Ferguson, president of Retail Liquor Dealers Associ-
onents of the bill spoke on w. No action was taken.
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candidates
US presidential candidate: Edward
Oatlie junior and engineering
presidential candidate: Jeff Rus-
tle junior and president of the
junior
FE, presidential candidate; John Shoe
Toperaja junior and liberal arts and
es senator; Vice president candidate
firm Dawson, Toperaja junior and Nume
NANSAH: presidential candidate
Cox, Patel, III, illiterate, junior vice
candidate; Charles Frey, Brockport,
Iron.
k.F.O.N.I. presidential candidate:
Michigan, Tulsa, Ohio, senior and libia
and sciences senator. Vice presi-
candidate: Marial Romero, Topeka
and off-campus senator.
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