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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102.NO.106
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
TUESDAY,FEBRUARY 23,1993
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The a capella singing group 8 Men Out comprises Jason George, Andy Ramaley, Dave Bohanan, Jeff Smith, Paul Holmberg, Bud Anderson and Kevin Downs. The group sings at noon every Monday in the rotunda of Strong Hall.
Strong songs entertain KU
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Kevin Downs, Lawrence junior, sits a solo
while performing with 8 Men Out yesterday.
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
sounds of doo wop drifted through Strong Hall yesterday during the lunch hour.
A cappella singing group 8 Men Out entertained about 50 people in the the building's rotunda and others in classes or offices In Strong.
Another reason the group chose Strong Hall was its harmonic resemblance to a bathroom, said Andy Ramaley, Portland, Ore., sophomore and member of the group.
8 Men Out, formed five weeks ago, decided to perform at noon every Monday. Performing in Strong is an opportunity for exposure and to entertain other students, said Bud Anderson, former KU student and member of the group.
"The acoustics are great in here." Ramaley said. "Its just like being at home, but here we are singing in one gigantic shower."
Students, faculty and staff gathered in the rotunda and leaned over the balcony to listen to the group's 20-minute performance.
Linda Faust, registrar's office recorder, came out of her office to eat her lunch. She said she had not
missed a performance since the group started singing five weeks ago.
Jason Hart Discrete City freshman, took a break between classes to enjoy the group's harmonies.
this reaty breaks the monotony of a school day," Hart said. "It brightens up the atmosphere of Strong a ton."
The goal is to make 8 Men Out an established singing octet that will keep singing after the group's members graduate. Anderson said.
Only seven members make up 8 Men Out, but the group is looking for a high tenor to audition. None of the group's members are music majors.
He said the group hoped to gain exposure and experience through the Strong Hall performances. 8 Men Out will sing at Rock Chalk Revue — which starts Thursday — four of the five nights before the show and during intermission.
At yesterday's performance, the group sang a range of music including Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love," Pachabel's "Canon in D" and a jazz version of KU's alma mater.
"When most people think of a capella, they think of church music," Anderson said. "We're really just about entertainment."
Legal Services may soon face budget cuts
By Brett Riggs Kansan staff writer
Legal Services for students and the Student Senate Finance Committee are at odds about proposed cuts to Legal Services' two-year revenue code budget.
The proposed budget, which was passed by the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday and must pass Senate tomorrow, would cut Legal Services' budget 30 percent.
The service provides in-court rep resentation on landlord-tenant and consumer cases. It also helps negotiate tax cases and all other legal areas except student-against-student cases and grievances against the University.
Hardesty said the service, which helped about 135 students a week this semester, would not be able to meet the students' needs under the proposed cuts.
Legal Services, which operates with three full-time attorneys and five law student interns, would be cut to two attorneys and three interns under the proposed cuts, said Jo Hardesty, director and attorney for Legal Services.
"I don't know how we would see all the students who need us," Hardesty said. "A lot of students would not receive counseling because they could not afford private counseling."
Kevin Sigourney, Senate treasurer, said that the long-term goal of the service was to provide full legal counseling and that he did not think the service was fulfilling that goal.
"Right now, they are mostly just a legal referral service because they can't take every case to court," Sigourney said. "Why should we fund them if they can do anymore?"
Financing Legal Services
The Student Senate Finance Committee has proposed KU Legal Services for Students receive $71,126 less than it requested.
Last year's budget:
$186,781
Brad Garlinghouse, student body
This year's request:
$220,483
Student Senate's proposal:
$149,357
president, said he opposed any cuts in the Legal Services' budget.
Sigourney said he believed Legal Services could cut some of its services because other organizations on campus provided similar services.
"I am for the most efficient and cost-effective service," Garlinghouse said.
For example, Sigourney said, the School of Business advised students in tax cases.
Hardesty said that the cases students brought to the service were serious problems and that she did not believe Senate had an accurate picture of the service.
"Students aren't coming in here over trivial matters," Hardesty said. "I would like for Senate to consider all of the students who use the service because those students don't have a voice in this decision."
Sigourney said it was a case of Senate not having enough money to satisfy the requests of Legal Services.
"No one has convinced me that they need that much money," Sigourney said. "The burden of proof is on them."
Layoffs in Wichita may swipe money available for University
By Ben Grove Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — When Wichita's Boeing plant last month announced it would be making some cuts, state legislators got the jitters.
there," said State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, on Saturday. "Now, it's a reality."
The reality hit Thursday, when the aerospace giant announced it would be cutting 7,000 jobs by the middle of next year.
"It was kind of like a shadow out
At a meeting this weekend, Charlton, who is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told KU administrators to be ready for the Boeing cuts to affect state budget decisions, including the Regents universities' budgets.
Charlton explained that with massive lavoffix in the state came a reduction in the money the state makes from income and sales taxes.
"If they're not working, they're not buying, and they're not paying income tax," Charlton said.
Charlton said the losses would have to be made up by cutting other state programs, such as education or social service programs.
"People can throw all sorts of numbers about, but quite honestly, I don't believe they're worth much at this point." "Timmer said."
Gloria Timmer, state budget director, said she could not yet estimate how much money the state would lose in tax revenues. One of the figures making its way around the Statehouse is a state revenue loss of 2 percent, or about $62 million.
Timmer is the head of a committee of state budget and economics experts that will be preparing a losses estimate that she said would be presented to legislators April 2.
"Legislators are concerned," Timmer said. "It could have an impact on all the state's agencies that take money from the state's general fund, and the Regents institutions would be one of those areas."
State Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, said any part of the state's budget would be vulnerable to cuts, including higher education.
"Everybody is nervous about it," Sawyer said. "We're trying to regroup budget-wise. We're scrutilizing a little more. Everyone is realizing that there is going to be less revenue than we anticipated."
But DarwinDaicoff, KU professor of public administration and government, who is a member of the losses estimating committee, said he did not anticipate the Boeing cuts to have
much impact on higher-education budgets.
State Rep. Rochelle Chronister, R-Reodesha, who is head of the House Appropriations Committee, said the state's budget, including its higher education budget, would be affected by the Boeing cuts but probably not until next year.
"No matter how much the state's general fund has been reduced, it's small compared to the $3 billion in the state's general fund," he said.
"But for 1994, I can only assume that there will be a major financial effect," she said.
Readv to Rock Chalk
'M*A*S*H' star encourages actors
After more than four months of preparation and a long weekend of dress rehearsals, the cast of the 1903 Rock Chalk Revue is ready for its premiere Thursday. Proceeds from the musical variety show are donated to the Douglas County United Way.
See story. Page 5.
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
Burgholt spoke yesterday to students in two theater and film classes and is performing in "A Good Look at Boney Kern" at the Plaza Dinner Playhouse in Kansas City, Mo.
Don't think of Gary Borgoff only as Radar from "M*A*S*H."
Burghoff said he wanted to be an actor for as long as he could remem-
He is a veteran of the theater and a director as well.
"I was born an actor," he said.
His acting career was established when he played the lead in the original 1967 production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." he said.
Before his big break. Burghoff spent five years in New York City and found no success as an actor.
Disappointed, Burghoff, who was then 21, left the city and went to his parents' home in Wisconsin for six months.
A small revelation inspired Burhurr not to give up acting.
Burghoff, who is Christian, said that he prayed one night and asked God what he should do.
He said he opened the Bible and randomly placed his finger on a passage from Ecclesiastes: "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer tree in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart.
He returned to New York and was contacted about the "Charlie Brown" role about a week later.
After his role as Charlie Brown, Burghoff chose an agent, who also had represented George C. Scott and Eli Wallach. However, the agent died, and his partner did he not think Burghoff had a chance to succeed.
In two months, though, Burghoff was his agent's only working client.
Although he has performed on stage in New York and at theaters around the United States, Burghoff said that film was his favorite medium. In the past few years, he has shifted his attention to directing films.
Burghoff offered advice to students interested in film making as a career.
Burghoff credited part of his success to his determination to act or do nothing at all.
"I had always wanted to direct," he said. "I was a director waiting to direct.
"Making a film is an extension of your soul. It's something that comes from you that no one should be able to touch."
"When you set your heart on some noble noble, don't give up," he said. "You will succeed."
Daron J. Bennett/ KANSAN
Gary Burghoff, best known for his role as Radar on the TV series "M*A*S*H," spoke to a film production class yesterday at Oldfield Studio, Ninth Avenue and Avalon Road.