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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.108
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25.1993
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Senate OKs budget; fee hike planned
Legal Services funds increase; music series takes cut
By Brett Riggs
Kansan staff writer
Counting on revenues from a proposed activity fee increase it passed last night, Student Senate passed the Revenue Code Budget for the fiscal years 1994 and 1995 early this morning.
The budget left the unallocated fund, the coffer used to meet organizations' requests during the year, nearly empty.
The fund could be replenished if the $3 activity fee increase receives the approval of the Board of Regents and Chancellor Gene Budig this spring.
Brad Garlinghouse, student body president, said that he expected the Regents to pass the proclamation.
The bill, which would be effective in Fall 1993, would raise the fee from $25 to $28 for all students enrolled in six or more hours and would garner $135,000 over the two-year period.
Senate passed the $1,152,950 budget after nearly four hours of debate, and the budget underwent several major revisions in the process.
Revenue Code groups request funding every two years. The Senate Finance Committee drafts a proposed budget based on hearings.
Although the committee's proposed budget cut funding to Legal Services for Students, the service came out a winner by receiving $198,479 after the revisions, $49,122 more than the proposed budget.
Because of the additional funds to Legal Services, KU chamber and concert music series received $63,142 instead of the $90,000 proposed by the finance committee.
"The finance committee budget would have been devastating to the service," said Doug Deadey, law senator. "It is a critical service to the student body."
Kevin jennings, fine arts senator, said that the music series could be forced to increase the cost of its student tickets and limit the number of events for the next two years. The music series currently sells student tickets at half the price of those sold to the public.
Deadly said that the music series was receiving too much money, considering the number of students that attended its events.
Deady also argued that students needed Legal Services more than the music series.
"Legal Services is a high-utility program," Deady said. "Chamber and concert music series are more for entertainment."
Jo Hardesty, director of Legal Services, said that she was grateful for the additional funds.
"It is just a very difficult process to go through," Hardesty said. "I am much happier about this, though."
Hardesty said that she would meet with the Legal Services advisory board soon to discuss how it would allocate its budget.
"The advisory board will make the decision," Hardesty said. "We just want to do the least harm to the student service."
Garringhouse said that he did not think that senators had enough information about the Revenue Code organizations to make the best decision.
"Student senators should take more initiative, but the finance committee members should have provided more information," Garlinghouse said.
A haircut and a history lesson
Lawrence barber shop shows African-American athletes' saga at Kansas
By Brady Prauser
Kenyan staff writer
History lines the walls of Bud's Barber Shop.
History also walks its floors, and sits in its only barber's chair.
its owner, Waldo Monroe, known simply as "Bud" to his friends, explains how Wilt Chamberlain and Gale Sayers used to visit his shop for haircuts. A slender, youthful-looking 68, Monroe wears a Roy Williams Basketball Camp T-shirt and speaks with a gentle voice.
"Gale was every bit as you hear he was," Monroe says.
Waldo "Bud" Monroe, right, plays a game of dominoes with his friends Earl Moore, middle, and Morris Evans. Monroe, owner of Bud's Barber Shop, has been in business for more than 30 years and has been a barber and a friend to hundreds of African-American athletes.
the uncle of Darryl Monroe, center fielder for the Kansas baseball team, he points to the more than 200 framed photographs of past and present African-American athletes at Kansas and tells stories about many.
His shop at 532 Michigan St. is a museum of African-American athletic history at Kansas and a shine to its participants.
Monroe knew them all, and cut the hair of many African-American athletes at Kansas since about 1960.
Curtis McClinton. Charlie Tidwell. Jo Jo White.
He always was more than their barber. He was their friend.
"I was kind of like a daddy to that first group up there." Monroe says, pointing to a group of early and mid-'60s stars. "It has been a lot of fun dealing with them, and it still is. I talked to them and encouraged them."
One of those players who received encouragement was Willie Amison, a wingback on the Kansas football team from 1968 to 1971, whose picture also is on the Monroe wall of fame. Amison was on the 1968 team that played in the Orange Bowl.
Now principal of Kennedy Elementary School in Lawrence, Amison walks into the shop and he and Monroe exchange warm greetings.
Amison says he never realized that the student population of the University was predominately white, even on his recruiting trip, until rkU at KU in the early 1970s.
"we bleed and we sweated together," he says. "Black, white, green or orange, those are buddies you have for life. You become brothers together."
But he felt anything but isolated on the football field.
"It kind of made you feel isolated." Amison says
Although Amison played for Kansas, Monroe, a generation before him, never had the opportunity.
He played basketball for Lawrence High School before his graduation in 1942. Although the football team was integrated, the basketball team was not.
"We had a Black team and we had a white team" Monroe says
There were no African-American basketball players at Kansas until 1950, when LaVannes Squires joined Coach Phog Allen's team as a forward.
Squires played basketball at Wichita East High School for coach Ralph Muller, a former Kansas basketball star under Allen. Dick Harp, Allen's long-time assistant coach and later Kansas' coach from 1956 to 1964, said Miller recommended Squires as an outstanding player to Allen.
Harp, Lawrence resident, said Squires and his teammates always got along well.
"He was just an outstanding young man," Harp said. "He would have been difficult to dislike."
Squires mostly was used as a reserve, Harp said.
Squires played four seasons for Kansas, and was on the 1952 NCAA National Championship team. He lettered in 1954.
After graduating from Kansas, Squires worked in banking in Kansas City. He now lives in Pasadena, Calif., but could not be reached for comment.
Bill Lienhard, Lawrence resident, was a senior on the team during Squires' freshman season in 1951.
He said that Squires was not on the traveling squad that year because it was a veteran team and most freshmen did not make road trips. Squires and his teammates adjusted well to each other, Lienhard said.
"LaVannes was really a nice guy," he said. "He certainly was not discriminated by any of the players. Most of us had played basket-
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Notable African-American athletes
Three brothers, Sherman, Grant and Ed Harvey, were the first African-American players in basketball. There wasn't another until 1950, when LaVannes Squires played basketball.
1889 Sherman and Grant Harvey, the first African-American athletes at KU, play baseball.
1892 Ed Harvey competes in track and plays baseball and football.
1950 Lalvannes Squires becomes the first African-American athlete at KU in the 20th century by playing basketball.
1955 John Francisco becomes KU's first African-American football player in the 20th century
1956 Wilt Chamberlain begins his basketball career.
1958 Charlie Tidwell sets a world record in the 200-yard low hurdles.
1962 Gale Sayers, a two-time football All-American, begins his career.
Sources: Watkins Community Museum, Kansas Sports Information
Students aid in commission campaigns
Volunteers urge others to become involved in electoral process
By Todd Selfert
Korean stylist
Kansan staff writer
They make campaign signs and place them in yards. They walk from door to door handing out pamphlets for the candidates they support.
"This is my first real experience working on
an election," said Jeff Nichols, Topeka sophomore, who works for Doug Compton's campaign. "I've wanted to do this kind of thing for a real long time."
They are KU students who are working behind the scenes for candidates running in the March 2 Lawrence City Commission primary election.
Nichols, who is majoring in political science, said he had performed several duties while working on Compton's campaign, including attending campaign planning meetings with other, older advisers.
"At the first couple of meetings I was pretty uncomfortable sitting there with some influential people talking about issues," Nichols said. "But I did have my say in the meetings and was able to represent the students' viewpoints on some of the issues."
"I enjoyed talking to people and pushing toward a common goal," he said. "That's the
Nichols said he enjoyed his exposure to the political process.
exciting part of the process."
Allison Davidow, Overland Park junior, who is working on Julienne Anderson's campaign, said she researched crime rates in Lawrence for her candidate in addition to making signs and campaigning door to door.
"Helping her out really made me feel useful," Davidow said. "It's nice knowing that people appreciate my support."
Davidow said students should take a more active role in local politics.
"I think it's important for students or citizens in general to get more involved in local elections," she said. "I know before this, I didn't know much about local elections at all. That's one of the reasons I volunteered. I wanted to learn more about the process."
Jamie Cutburth, Portland, Ore., junior, who
volunteers for Milton Scott's campaign, said he was surprised by how few people understood the issues related to the campaign.
"While I was out talking to people, I was surprised by the lack of knowledge so many people have about some of the big issues like public transportation," he said. "I'm not just talking about students either. There are a lot of older people too."
Nichols, Davidow and Cutburn all said that they planned to work in politics in the future
Davidip said she was not interested in running for office herself, though.
"I'm perfectly happy staying behind the scenes," she said. "I like helping others and trying to get them elected. It's hard to pinpoint, but I definitely wouldn't want to be a candidate."
Rock Chalk Revue to make debut tonight
open mike nights are an opportunity for new bands to practice their stage show.
Mighty mikes
See story. Page 7.
Performers ready for real thing after months of preparation
By Mark Klefer
Kansan staff writer
Rock Chalk Revue performers polished their acts a final time last night and prepared to take the stage for tonight's opening performance.
Ashley Balch, Tulsa, Okla., senior and executive director of the show, said she expected the cast to be tense and tired, but she raid the performers are looking forward to finally performing in front of an audience.
"Tomorrow is opening night, and I'm not scared at all," she said after last night's rehearsal. "I'm very, very pleased with every
thing."
The show opens at 7:30 tonight in Lawrence High School's auditorium.
In the show's closing scene, all the cast members walk on to the stage to take a final bow. After their rehearsal last night, Balch asked them to take a seat.
"This is one of the easiest things you guys have to do," she said. She said she was not pleased with the way they had walked on to the stage, so she asked them to rehearse it again.
After the second take, the cast members exited the stage. They will not return until tonight's show.
The show consists of five performances by
Julie Thies, Overland Park junior and executive assistant director of the show, was optimistic, despite the rough dress rehearsal last night. She said that a rocky rehearsal often meant that opening night would be a good one.
"The in-between acts are incredible," Balch said.
paired fraternities and sororites. Two musical groups, two solo singers and a magician will perform during breaks between acts.
"It's neat to see it all come together," Owens said. "Seeing it on stage, you see that this is it."
Other performing duos include: Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Nu; Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Psi; Kappa Alpha Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha; and Pi Beta Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha.
"Our show has progressively peaked," he said. "Now, we're about ready. Everybody is all excited. I think the show as a whole will be really good."
Mike Owens, Leawood senior and a director of the Alpha Gamma Delta and Beta Theta Pi skit, said that he was looking forward to tonight.
Chark Rahee performes at Lawrence High School this Sunday and Saturday, March 6, are sold tickets for the other
Standing room only
ouL tickets for the other performances are available at the door or at the SSA office in the building. Other events are $8 and Friday shows are $10.
Tickets for these shows remain:
Tonight all start
Tomorrow night times
Thursday, March 4 are
Friday, March 5 7:30 p.m.