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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1880 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Monday
August 29, 1988
Vol. 99, No. 2
USPS 650-640)
3 military jets collide; 46 die
The Associated Press
RAMSTEIN, West Germany — Three Italian fire jets collided during an air show at a U.S. military base today, and one crashed into the base while another people died and hundreds were hurt, officials said.
Spectators looked weary as they stood alongside
Several children and the three aircraft pilots, members of a famed aerial stunt team, were among the dead at the Ramstein Air Base, about 60 miles northwest of Frankfurt, authorities reported.
A giant ball of flame spread over fleeing spectators when one aircraft hit the ground, sending many screaming with their clothes on fire. Footage footage showed cars and trucks in lames.
Some people stood in shock as a thick cloud of moke enveloped them, and others ran toward the building.
West German official estimates the size of the row at the air show at 200,000, and said most of the spectators were children.
U. S. and West German officials said the cause of the triple crash was unknown and the exact cause is unknown.
The three jets were part of a 10 plane Air Force demonstration team, "Prescott Tricolor,"
"Prescott Tricolor," and "Prescott Tricolor."
"Those dead on the ground are a mix of civil and military," said Raimnair Cast boast Speaker deskmate.
The ZDF network quoted officials as saying several hundred people had been injured, with 60 of them with life-threatening injuries, including burns.
The Italian news agency ANSA said the planes apparently were participating in a difficult heart-shaped maneuver when the collision occurred, and the planes were passing each other at about 29 km/h.
Officials identified the three pilots killed Sunday as Lt. Col. Nairobi Naldimi, 41; Lt. Col. Ivane Natiureli, 63; and Lt. Col. Sampaio Pereira, 87.
An elderly West German man said that the accident occurred when two groups of Italian jets were performing a maneuver just above the airfield.
"Five of the planes came from one direction, and seven of the planes came from a single plane came from yet another direction, and then the planes
And I said, "add there was a crash,
"All I said was a big box of fire," the man said,
not who would give his box.
A young medical assistant trembled and sobbed as she thought of the festive air show that turned out to be a wonderful experience.
"There are many children among the dead and injured," said Kris Kumpft, who treated some of the children.
"And the worst part of it is, we're still trying to find some of the parents."
Kumpit said most of the injured had badly burned
bags from when they turned and tried to run away
from the police.
Krista Banks, a middle-age West German who works as a waitress at the U.S. Air Force base at Ramstein, saw the disaster from the base's control tower.
"There was a big flash of flame and smoke, and people were running away. Everyone at the tower was gone."
Hundreds of people were walking back to their cars parked outside the base after the accident.
Convocation opens KU
Classes will be canceled from 9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. today is that University of Kansas student and faculty may attend KU's 12:30 concession, the ceremony which nationally opens the school year.
By a Kansan reporter
The program, which begins at 9:30 a.m. in Hoch Auditorium, will feature speeches by Student Body President and Chancellor Gene A. Budig and the presentation of the 1882/1888 Endowment Research Achieve-
The Higuchi/Endowment Research Awards are given annually to benefit outstanding faculty and researchers at Regents institutions. Four KU pre-
fessors will receive the $10,000 awards to further their research. Recipients are:
Shih-1 Chu, professor of chemistry, will receive the Olin Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences.
James D. Cook, Phillips distinguished professor of medicine at the KU Medical Center, will win an award in Biomedical Sciences.
*Donald R. McCoy, University distinguished professor of history, will receive the Ballau Jeffrey Humans and Social Sciences*
Alctha Huston, professor of human development and family life and psychology will receive the Albert Bergberg Award in Applied Sciences.
K.JHK's back but different
Radio station's program changes still generate controversy
3v Craig Welch
ansan staff write
JKH09.7 K, the KU student-run ada station, will begin broadcasting odeys for the first time since signing up. The station - and it’s not quite the same -
The station signed off at 5 p.m. Friday, July 29, the last day of the month when the station had remained in previous years, was closed in order to "reorganize," said Jerry Howard station manager and Topaella graduate student Tiffany
"We will return to the air at 6:00 a.m." Howard said, "with our regular weekly jazz show."
Howard, along with Richard Oatman, program director and Wichita junior, and Rust Baseman, music head will lead the new staff at KHIR.
"We hope to bring KJHK up to the level of a professional, real world environment." Omaad said.
Howard took over as station manager at the end of the 1988 spring semester, and in 1989 Schwartz, finished his term, Outman and Baseman begin their positions
another mainstream radio station.
The station has undergone some major changes, beginning as early as January of 1988 when the faculty board implemented a structure change. The disc jockeys were expected to play songs from a playhouse and radio station as well as their电台 repertory. This upset many staff members and listeners, who feared that KJHK would become
"It was not a format change," Howard said. "It was a simple rotation, but the KJHR still played alternative music, it was just more structured in an attempt to keep the disc jockeys from playing the same music over and over."
When Howard took over in late April, his first step in professionalizing KJHK was the cancellation of the Monday night thrasher show.
"It is one of this station's objectives to appeal to KU students on a large scale as possible. Howard said. "I feel that JKH was the solution to the situation. It was a necessary adjustment to the programming to cancel it."
However, not everyone agreed with Howard. On May 15, vandals sprayed paint the message "No Cash in Thirash?" on the outer wall of the station. Just above the message was a large, circular 'A,' common rebellion, as a symbol for anarchy. The message still remains on the building.
Howard, who described thrasher as "an incessant head-banging, thrashing sound that grew out of the punk rock era," said he was inspired by the grafties would be removed.
A public meeting of listeners and staff members who were angered by the decision to cancel the program was held in late July.
"About 150-200 people argued about what should be done about Jerry. We planned another meeting to take
place later, but we did not resolve much then," said Cody Ochs, a Lawrence resident who attended the meeting.
Ryan Stubbs, former music director and Shawnee senator, said, "The rationale for the decision was untruthful. I did not believe that thrash is negative and that it all contains profanity. He also said that not enough students listened to the thrash."
A study of JKJH listeners, researched by Sydner and Associates Inc., a Iowa City City based firm, revealed that only 5 percent actually listened to JKJH at least once a week. However, the study also showed that a majority of JKJH listeners was 8,543. The discrepancy between the two is clarified in the report, and the authors noted that the five percent figure was more accu-
"It should be emphasized that these numbers are calculated using certain assumptions, which may be or may not accurate, and are based upon numbers that contain certain elements of error," according to the ship.
The study, released in March, was one of the factors involved in Howard's decision.
"I would like to consult my program director and my music director on these types of decisions, but this one time I took a Carrist approach."
Please see KJHK. p. 5, col. 1
Student leader's jokes backfire
3v David Stewart
<ansan staff write
Sometimes a joke just doesn't work.
Brooke Menezes, student body presi-
dent, found that out Tuesday during
the Traditions night ceremony at the
Kansas Memorial Stadium.
During his speech to about 2,000 students, Meees made jokes about Johnson County, Kansas State University and Chicago.
But in an attempt to be humorous, he may have offended those groups, said Sally Bryant, director of the office of orientation.
She said the purpose of orientation was to tell students that no matter where they were from, they were new equal members of the University.
"I am very seldom embarrassed for the University of Kansas, but I was embarrassed that night," James Carothels, associate dean of liberal arts, said. "Trashing K State was cheap and pointless."
Meesa said at the ceremony that students had seen the good things that had come from KU and that the students came from K-State was manure.
"Brook was trying to build some rapport with new freshmen, give some perspective on student life and explain Point's point of view." Amber said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said it was not Menees' intent to offend anyone.
He also called Johnson County the "Golden Ghetto" and told an anecdote about a girl from Chicago
During the story, he used an accent, which he said was the accent of his friend, not the accent of a typical Chicago resident.
Menees said he would like to apologize if anyone was offended by his speech.
Menees said he was told to be funny during his speech, so he repeated the Chicago story, which had been told to him by a friend.
"I certainly didn't mean anything by it," he said.
"Obviously, you can't stereotype an accent," Menees said.
can't easy to speak to 2,000 people." he said.
Menees said his intentions were pure but were premedited.
Menees said he wanted anyone that was offended by his remarks to contact him.
Covered with mud from head to toe, mud volleyball players retreat to the water trough to rinse off.
Mud!
Tourney wins cash for charity
By Cindy Harger
Kansen staff writer
A thin blanket of mud was splattered on the trophy table, spectators and referees of a volleyball tournament Saturday.
Needless to say, this was no ordinary volleyball tournament.
ordinary volleyball tournament.
Gone were the usual sound effects of the game, such as the screech of the ball hitting the floor or the smack of a body diving for a save. Instead, splashes, glubs and slurps are heard from the sidelines.
It was the third annual mud volleyball tournament played to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy KLZR Radio sponsored the event.
"It's nice that it is for MDA, but 'we'd probably do it anyway,' said Laretha Hickey, a player on the Surgical Surgery Associates team.
The tournament, which was conducted Saturday, attracted 16 teams of Lawrence residents and raised $200 for MDA.
The tournament was held south
Please see MUD. p. 10, col. 5
Jeff McGuire, Lawrence resident and a member of the Upward, Sweat and Teams, a mud volleyball team, concentrates on the approaching ball as a team member rushes to help. Saturday's games were part of a program sponsored by KLZR and K-Mart to benefit mulsport dystrophy.
Fewer out-of-state freshmen means no KU housing crunch
Kansan staff writer
By Barbara Joseph
Last fall, 176 KU students lived in every library from libraries to ironing rooms in residence halls because there was no room for them in permanent rooms.
For the first time in fourteen years, there is no waiting list or temporary housing in KU's residence hall, said Kenneth Stone, direc-tor of housing. The reason is managed enrollment.
This year, the east wing of the fifth floor at McColum Hall and the third floor at Templin Hall are temporarily closed because of fewer students.
Stoner said more stringent admission
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requirements had reduced the number of incoming out-of-state freshmen, the resi-
The stricter admission standards for out-of-state applicants went into effect for the 1988 spring semester, said Bruce Lindvall, director of admissions. Out-of-state freshmen could gain automatic admission with a B average; a C average and an ACT score of 23 or a C average and successful completion of the Board of Regents' curriculum
The effect of the new standards has become more evident with fall enrollment, because not that many freshmen applied for the spring semester, he said.
A holding pool was established this fall for those who didn't meet one of the automatic admission requirements, but had a 2.0 grade in math and English. Most freshmen were in that category and about half were admitted. Of those, he expected about 40 percent, or 160 students, would show
The University also established earlier application deadlines more than a year ago, and it is now required to apply by Feb. 1; in-state freshmen, transfer students and readmitted students must apply.
Lindvall said the University wanted about 4,000 freshmen this fall. It had 4,362 last week.
"It's very difficult to hit the ideal mark, 'Landall said.' We needed to stabilize enrollment and we experienced growing pains that have strained the quality of courses, faculty and residence halls."
Fewer freshmen means more benefits for all residence hall students. Stoneer said
He said it was too early to say exactly how many freshmen enrolled this fall but assumed there would be a decrease from last fall.
"For years, the emphasis has been to accommodate freshmen," he said. "Now with that market taken care of, we can cater more to upperclassmen and graduates."
Stoner said he could now offer single rooms
and greater access to resources
Out of 6,000 total units. Stoner said he had opened the year with 200 empty spaces. He held the second-year McCollum, but had opened one after receiving last-minute applications. He expected a few more would trickle in, but not enough to reach the second McCollum wing or the floor at Templin.
Stoner said there were fewer applications for McCollim and Templin halls.
Stoner said the Jayhawk Tower Apart-
ment surfer Place and the eight scholar-
ship halls.
Please see HALLS, p. 5, col. 1
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