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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102.NO.118
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Lawrence's musical underground
The Outhouse provides the pulse of alternative music's local vein
By James J. Reece Kansan staff writer
hey call it the pit.
they can hit it.
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 shreded drumsticks and unraveled 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 jockey. Forget basketball players in snake-skin boots two stepping in a cowboy bar. This is the Outhouse. This is the local vein of life, underground music. This is the bad side of town.
This is the bad side of tow.
less of name, the music is what has given the secluded Outhouse a notoriety unmatched by other Lawrence venues.
it is not the most cushy of accommodations," says Shelle Rosenfeld, assistant editor of *The Note*, a Lawrence-based music and entertainment periodical. "但它 serves a purpose as a home for alternative music."
She 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 concerts had both the music and the politics that fuel the fire and fights in the pit.
In January, the "Cop Killer" singer himself brought a taste of Los Angeles to the Southern ground. The Outbreak
Gina Mueller, owner of Pet Sitters Plus, 3904 Monterey Court, cares for pets in their own homes while the owners are out of town. She says she started her business out of her love for animals. She charges $14 to visit a home two or more times a day.
Pet care requires planning
Kennels, clinics and pet sitting are a few options
Kathleen Stolle Special to the Kansan
adise.
When it comes to short-term pet care, leaving a pet in a familiar environment is the best choice, said Liebl, a veterinarian at Clinton Parkway Animal Hospital, 4340 Clinton Parkway.
A pet owner's last responsible act before cutting loose for spring break should be to make careful arrangements for Spot and Fluffy, area animal care professionals advise.
ton Parkway.
"I think most pets are most relaxed in that situation." Liebl said. "I think it not as big a deal for dogs as it is for cats. But I think if you asked the dog, he'd probably say he'd prefer to stay home."
to say home.
Leibl suggests that the vacationing owner arrange for a reliable friend, family member or pet-sitting service to check in at least twice daily to feed, water and exercise the animal.
Liebl also advises owners to prepare for emergency situations.
"It's always wise, if you do have someone take care of your pet, to leave information on the pet, such as medication and emergency phone numbers," he said.
Gina Mueller, owner of Pet Sitters Plus,
304 Monterey Court, has cared for everthing from spiders to an Irish wolfhound since starting her business last March. Mueller said that the owner's habits became hers, whether she was working as a full-time house and pet sitter or just checking in periodically.
outloud.
"Generally, I try to care for their animals the way they care for their animals," she said. "Some people want me to come and spend an hour just petting the cat and I'll do that."
Approximately 50 percent of her business comes from KU students and professors, and Mueller's spring break calendar is beginning to fill. Mueller charges between $9 and $15 per day, depending on the number of daily drop-ins requested, and regardless of the number of pets, she said.
A second option for pet owners is to board their pets at kennels or clinics, Liebl said. Depending on what services are offered, such as play time or extra walks, Liebl estimated boarding fees would range from $6 to $10 per day.
Owners may also find friends or relatives willing to take the animals into their homes for less than a clinic or kennel would charge and with more one-on-one attention.
may be left alone for long. Pressured us food feeders also are available for cats and dogs, Emerson added, but are recommended for only about a day.
For those owners who can't bear to part with their furry friends, taking the animal along is an option. However, Liebl warns, hotel accommodations and the typical spring break party scene may present some snags for both pets and their owners. More relaxed activities, such as camping, Liebl says, would probably be best for the net.
says, "would people say, 'If they have traveled with the pet before, and they've enjoyed that, and the pet's used to it, that's fantastic,'" Liebl said.
Not all pets require high maintenance. Fish, for example, are relatively self-sufficient when supplied with an automatic or time-release feeder, according to Sherry Emerson, co-owner of Pet World, 711 W. 23rd St. Certain reptiles may demand less attention, too, Emerson said, and even birds may be left alone for weekends.
When pets who decide to take a vacation of their own during spring break, city animal
"Generally, animals are picked up by us if they are appear to be under absolutely no one's control," she said.
control officers will escort them back home or take them to the local shelter, Sgt. Susan Hadd said.
one's control.
According to Melissa Goldman, animal caretaker at the Lawrence Humane Society, Inc., 1805 East 19th St., said owners may reclaim their pets within three business days of capture for a nominal fee. After that, the animal becomes property of the shelter and, if healthy, is put up for adoption
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Beer bill concerns merchants
By Ben Grove Kansan staff writer
aquor store owners told the House
deral and State Affairs Committee
at as much as half of their sales
are beer sales.
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 greater alcohol content, and liquor store owners are worried the legislation would rob them of much of that market.
I am incensed as a sole proprietor a retail store that the big chains to sell hundreds and thousands of ms feel that they must take 50 pern of my beer business to show a oft," said Patricia Oppitz, a Topeka mjor store owner.
Wichita liquor store owner point-out that liquor stores are permitted gaily to sell only alcoholic beverages and that beer was only a small part of other stores total sales.
When they take our one item it will be devastated." Carl Mitchill said. "It's like asking us to run a race, cutting one of our legs off and inging us to be competitive."
onn Webb, owner of Webb's Fine
enn and Spirits, 800 W. 23rd St., was
) last of the 12 bill opponents to
eak.
I'm in a college town," Webb said.
'a young crowd. Young is beer."
inter the hearing, he said his business also would be hit hard by the litigation because beer made up about percent of his total sales.
saying crowd. Young ones discuss during the hearings also with the social issue of making er with higher alcohol content disable at more locations.
it was stated that the amount of ninking stronger beer would not rease—that it was simply a matter where it was bought," said Francis oad, a state and national Christian uperance Union volunteer. "I dissee. Availability is the key here. If handy, you buy it."
but oil opponents warned the resentatives that if grocery and venience stores got 5.0 beer, the dulature would see a glut of venience store requests to sell anys of liquor.
The Pandora's box will be open," I Richard Ferguson, president of ipss Retail Liquor Dealers Associproponents of the bill spoke on sday. No action was taken.
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March 10, 1993 • *A-you* • SPRING BREAK **89**
the candidates
FOCUS: presidential candidate: Edward
Atten, Glauteacher and engineering sen-
 vice president candidate: Jeff Rouss
Glauteacher and president of the junior
NOTE: presidential candidate. John Shower. Tapeo junior and liberal arts and senator sensate. Vice presidential candidate Tim Dawson. Tapeo junior and nominee
UNIANGINA: presidential candidate
Cox, Cosine. III, Junior. Vice presi-
tative candidate: Charles Frey, Brockport,
III, junior.
C. A. T. I. O. L. N. ; presidential candidate;
M. McIntosh, Tulsa, Oklahoma; senior and
juris and science graduate;
M. R. Marmol Romero; Toekee
off campus senator.
for and off-campus senator.
are:
Senate Elections Commission KANSAN