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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103,NO.120
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1994
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Jayhawks prepare for NCAA action
Tournament berth unexpectedly low for women's team
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By Gerry Fey and Matt Siegel
Kansas sportwriters
Selection yesterday mirrored the NCAA Tournament itself — wild and unpredictable. Both the men's and women's basketball teams learned yesterday of their fates for the rest of the season.
There are no guarantees in life. That's the lesson the Kansas women's basketball team learned.
It was 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Allen Field House. The women's team had gathered together to watch the tournament selection show on ESPN. The players hoped that they would play host to a first-round game and maybe even the second round.
Unlike the men's tournament, which is played at neutral sites, the women's first and second rounds are played at the higher seeds' home courts. The selection show began with the East region.
Next was the West. The team watched
while Colorado was placed in the West as a No. 3 seed. Kansas finished second to Colorado in the Big Eight Conference.
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Finally, the Midwest region was shown. And then it happened.
"I feel as though we were cheated in a sense," freshman guard Angela Halibble said. "I'm going to do my wash tonight. But we're packing through Sunday."
No. 8 Steven F. Austin against No. 9 Kansas appeared on the screen. Somehow, the No. 15 Jayhawks had fallen to a No. 9 seed and had been slated travel to unranked Steven F. Austin. Kansas has been ranked as high as No. 6 and has been in the top 20 all season.
Although Kansas players said they were disappointed with not having a home game, they took it in stride.
"I have a lot of family coming up to watch us play," said junior forward Angela Aycock, who is from Dallas.
"We're the Cinderella."
Kansas coach Marian Washington said that the tournament expansion from 48 to 64 teams had been good.
"I think we need to work toward another step in that we
need to go to neutral sites," she said.
Eight hours later, Kansas coach Roy Williams held his press conference and gave his opinions on his team's placement.
No. 11 Kansas will play in the Southeast region as a No. 4 seed. Its first game is Thursday against Tennessee-Chattanooga in Lexington, Ky., where it will also play its second-round game if the Jayhawks defeat the Moccasins.
Williams said he thought that Kansas would have been a No. 3 seed with a better performance in the conference tournament. The Jayhawks lost in the semifinals to Oklahoma State on Saturday, 69-68.
Of all the regions, Williams said the Midwest and the Southeast were the toughest. Kansas joins Duke and Kentucky in its region as teams that were ranked No. 1 at one time during the season.
NCAA: Follow all 64 teams in the men's and women's tournaments. Page 10.
The Jayhawks will enter the game with little knowledge of the Moccasins, Williams said, but the same was not true for their opponent.
"The difference is they know us," he said. "It is something my assistants are working on, getting tapes of their games. I guarantee that they know a heck of a lot more about Kansas than we do about Tennessee-Chattanooga."
Williams said every game in the tournament would be taken seriously as Kansas tries to repeat its Final Four performance of last season. Williams said he felt good about last year's team during its second-round game against Brigham Young.
"I really do believe that you build your own momentum in the tournament," he said. "I don't really have a feeling about this team yet. But I didn't last year at this time, either. The kids understand that this is what we've looked to all season."
Fans look past defeat to NCAA Tournament
By Stephen Martino Kansan staff writer
Bars and residence hall TV rooms were barren yesterday. Hardly anyone was watching the Big Eight Tournament final game.
But eyes were glued to televisions when Kansas was given a No. 4 seed against Tennessee-Chattanooga in the NCAA Tournament which starts Thursday.
Kansas junior center Greg Ostertag reacts to the Jayhawks' 69-68 defeat to Oklahoma State in the Big Eight Tournament at Kemper Arena. Ostertag had 13 points in Saturday's game.
Some jajawk fans were disappointed with the team's placement.
"I cannot believe we're the fourth seed," said Mike Godinez of Lawrence, who watched the announcement wl lie bartending at Molly McGee's, 2429 Iowa St. "We should be at least third with our power rating. We've beaten so many good teams."
Others said the Jayhawks had been placed fairly — considering the results of this weekend's conference tournament.
"They put them in the top 16, and they deserve it, but I don't know if they deserve the top 12, especially after losing at the semifinals," said Robert Davis, a Topeka resident who traveled with his wife to Kansas City, Mo., to watch the conference tournament. "I think they will do well in the tournament."
Predictably, Kansas fans said they were upset by the Jayhawks' 69-68 defeat to Oklahoma State on Saturday, but that the NCAA Tournament gave them hope for a successful conclusion to the season.
Mike Pannacciulli, Roxbury, N.J., freshman, said that he had had a bad feeling that the Hawks would lose to the Cowboys but that the defeat would help inspire them for the NCAA Tournament.
He said that Saturday's defeat should have no effect on the seeding for the tournament but that it did not matter if it did. The Jayhawks, he said, will play well wherever they are placed.
"They will go all out and do their best," Pannacciuli said. "I have a lot of confidence in them this year."
His fellow students echoed his sentiments.
Lori Kampschroeder, Naperville, Ill., senior, said she had watched the game Saturday and had thought that the team, with senior guard Steve Woodberry, would win.
"They always seem to come back in the second half," she said. "I thought Wood-berry would pull it out and win it."
Kampschroeder said she thought that the team's defeat would have little impact on the rest of the season and perhaps would help the players.
Kampschroeder said she had been hoping for a lower seeding. She based her belief on the team's precedent of reaching the Final Four when not seeded first, such as during the 1988, 1991 and 1993 tournaments.
"I'm glad that we got the losing out of the way and can get on to winning," she said.
One person who was especially disappointed to see the Jahawks lose Saturday was Kelly Driscoll, owner of the Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St.
"I think they will surprise some people," she said. "There is a lot of pressure to being seeded first, and without that, they will do better."
Driscoll said that if Kansas had won the conference tournament, the bar would have been full for the championship game. However, it was filled only sparsely for the Nebraska-Oklahoma State game.
"Because the tournament is in Kansas
Driscoll said that the extra day of rest might benefit the team in its preparation for the NCAA Tournament. However, he cautioned against expecting too much.
City, a lot of people go there, but sure, it hurts business," he said. "You never like to see them lose."
"You can't expect every team to go to the Final Four," he said. "This is a building year for us. We have a really young team."
Kansan staff writers Angelina Lopez and Denise Nell contributed information to this story.
Architecture considers new dean
KU students have vote on candidates for job
By Roberta Johnson Kansan staff writer
On Thursday night, architecture students voted for their choice of four candidates to replace Max Lucas, dean of architecture, who will be stepping down June 30.
But they won't say who their choice is
but they won't say who their choice is.
"The decision was made to keep it private in fear of
"The decision was made, screwing up the vice chancellor's negotiations with the candidates," said Eric Mersmann, Chesterfield, Mo., senior. "If one candidate knows he's the top of the list, he can sit back and let the money roll in until the price is high enough."
Lucas said that he had never heard of this situation among the Umiversity of Kansas but that it had happened at other universities.
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Four candidates are being considered for KU's dean of architecture.
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"Usually, it's the opposite that happens," Lucas said. "In a search, if it’s common knowledge that one person is 'that person' and he doesn’t come, then no one will come."
"No one wants to be second or third choice."
The students met with Kent Spreckelmeyer, associate professor of architecture and head of the search committee, to make their recommendation for the position on Friday morning. Spreckelmeyer was out of town this weekend and was not available for comment.
The committee then made its recommendation to David Shulenberger. vice chancellor for academic affairs.
“It's out of our hands,” said Cal Jones, Kansas City, Mo., senior and member of the search committee. “It's up to the vice chancellor to weigh the options and start negotiations. For the time being, the committee has done its job.” Lucas said he was stepping down as dean so that he could
Lucas said he was stepping down as dean so that he could concentrate on conducting research and teaching classes.
"I've been dean for 13 years, going on 14," he said. "Ionly teach one class a semester. Administration is a heavy load.
"I had very active research going on before I became dean."
These are the four candidates for Lucas' position
John Gaunt, president and CEO of Ellerbe Becket, an architectural firm in Minneapolis
W. Mike Martin, undergraduate dean of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley
Jay Stein, chair of the department of urban regional planning at the University of Florida
Christopher Theis, director of the school of architecture at Louisiana State University and former KU professor.
Lucas said that the decision could be made as early as this week.
The Associated Press
Anglicans ordain women
BRISTOL, England — Anglicans crowded churches yesterday for the first services to be celebrated by the Church of England's new women priests, the day after the 32 women were ordained at Bristol Cathedral in southwestern England.
But there were also prayers to heal bitter divisions in the church. A resolute minority of Anglicans rejects ordination of women.
During the next few months about 1,000 women will be ordained, the most momentous change in the church since King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church 460 years ago.
The Rev. Glenys Mills, 55, of Christ's Church in the Clifton area, said she thought that the church's wounds would heal.
"Our role in the ministry has been more and more accepted over the last few years," she said.
The Kansas baseball team defeated Central Missouri State twice this weekend at home. Kansas senior center fielder Darryl Monroe led the Jayhawks with a home run in yesterday's 14-5 victory.
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Writer and performer J Nurta Nacits in the in-wood woman play "Coming Into Passion: A Song for a Sausse" at the liberty Hall as part of the American Festival. In the play, which took place Friday night, Nurta narrates six Asian women.
By Denise Nell Kansan staff writer
Jude Narita has a response for anyone who calls Asians yellow.
She says that Asian skin is not yellow, it's golden.
Narita has incorporated this idea into her one-woman show, "Coming Into Passion: A Song for a Sansei." Narita, who is a Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American, performed the show Friday as part of the Asian American Festival at Liberty Hall. 642 Massachusetts St.
The show is a series of vignettes in which Narita portrays six Asian women, including a Vietnamese prostitute in Saigon and a young Nisei girl trying to break away from her traditional, "nice" upbringing. A Nisei is a second-generation Japanese American.
In the portrayal, the Nisei girl responded to a man who called her yellow by saying that her skin was not yellow but golden.
Narita said she had gotten the idea for that character while observing one of her brother's acting classes. During a session of improvisational acting, an actor called him yellow. Narita said her brother had been visibly bothered but had continued the act.
Narita grew up in Long Beach, Calif. She attended acting school but said she had become frustrated when she had begun to look for parts.
"When I went to Los Angeles, I found that it didn't matter if you understood the heart or soul of the character," she said. "What really mattered was what you looked like. I found that if it wasn't plot-specific that the character was Asian, I wouldn't have a shot."
This frustration inspired Narita to develop the characters she portrayed in the show. Narita said that through the characters she wanted to expose and "explode" stereotypes about Asians and Asian Americans. The character development took months of research, including the development of the Asian accents of many of her characters. Narita said.
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"When I was studying acting, I could not do an Asian accent," she said. "It hurt too much to bring up that image." "Coming Into Passion" ran for two years in Los Angeles. Nataria now performs the piece around the nation.
"I thought the performance was great," said Hong Nguyen, a Wichita senior who is writing a thesis on Vietnamese culture. "It's a different way of experiencing the cultural ideas and feelings that I have never seen before. It opens your eyes."
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