THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL 100, NO.2 (USPS 650-640)
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY AUG.28,1989
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Grissom was a nice guy, KU students recall
By Lisa Moss Kansan staff writer
When Katherine Arenal met Richard Grissom Jr., she thought he was a nice guy.
Arenal, El Paso, Texas junior, met Grissom at Pizzaz, a bar at Ninth and Mississippi streets, near the beginning of April. He told his name was Ricky Cho. Anreal said.
"We started hanging out," Arenael
"We played tennis and racquet-
ball."
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Grissom was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Christine Rusch, 22, and Theresa J. Brown, 22, both of Lenexa; and Joan M. Butler, 24, a 1987 University of Kansas graduate from Overland Park. No bodies have been found.
Butler was reported missing June 18, said Maj. John Round of the Overland Park Police Department.
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Lt. David Burger of the Lenexa Police Department said Rusch and Brown, who were roommates, were reported missing June 27. They were assumed missing with foul play sus-
the week Joan was missing, Ricky (Grissom) came over in her car. We drove around in it.'
pected on June 26, he said.
— Katherine Arenal El Paso, Texas, junior
A reward of $18,000 is being offered for information about the three women, said Jim Graham, managing the Kansas City Crime Commission.
Grissom also is a suspect in the
death of Terri Maness, 25, of Wichita,
Round said.
Grissom faces numerous other charges including one count of aggraviated kidnapping, four counts of aggraviated robbery and two counts of aggraviated burglary. Bond has
been set at $1 million. Round said.
In 1977, a juvenile court judge ruled that Grissom strangled 72-year-old Hazel Meeker of Lansing with a hair net and a rope and bludgeoned her with an iron railroad spike, said Capt. Ellen Hanson of the Lenexa police.
"The worst thing I ever would have said about him is that I thought he was boring," Carolyn Masnton, 24, from Brooklyn, just seemed like your average guy."
Masinton, Arenal's friend, also met Grissom at Pizzaz.
"We noticed him because we had never seem him before," Masinton said. "He had presence about him. He was an incredibly good dancer and he was very good looking."
She said Grissom liked being in Lawrence because the people were friendly.
"When I first met Ricky (Grissom) I thought he was cute," Lyn Nye, Highland Park, Ill., senior, said. "I remember hearing on the news that Joan Butler was missing, but I never
KU prof interprets data from Voyager
By Derek Schmidt Kansan staff writer
When the data transmitted from Voyager 2's pass by Neptune reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a KU professor was there to study it.
Tom Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, is part of the team of scientists studying radiation from Neptune's magnetic field.
"It's an interesting and complex
Volcanoes spotted on Neptune's moon
The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — Voyager 2's close-up photos of Neptune's moon Triton reveal what look like active ice volcanoes that erupt
--by Bruce Johnson
Goin' to Kansas City for good old rock & roll from the 50s and 60s
Destination Kansas City
"I'm going to...Kansas City, Kansas City here I come!"
it's been 30 years since Wilbert Harrison sang those immortal lyrics to the song that became a number one hit.
Thanks to a recent revival, that good old rock and roll is still going strong in several Kansas City area nightclubs in both Kansas and Missouri.
Jack Diamond of radio station WHB said his station is experience good ratings response due to the popularity of 50s and 60s music in the Kansas City area. "The oldies span different age groups," Diamond said. "I find younger people are rediscovering the Beatles."
Max Utsler, associate professor of journalism, is an aficionado of oldies music. He characterizes himself as an "old washed-up disc jockey" with an extensive record collection blanketing the 1955 to 1973 period.
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Utsler doesn't go to one particular oldies spot in Kansas City but prefers to follow bands like the Crayons or the Backsliders, a Lawrence group that have an oldies sound. "Oldies music seems to be timeless," Utsler said. "I'm mazed by the number of young people who enjoy the music."
Shelly Hansel, Wellington senior, said
she loves 50s and 60s music. She said she particularly likes Elvis and the Beach Boys. "It's not as popular as today's music, but some students like the oldies," Hansel said.
In Kansas, Sudebaker's at Interstate-435 and Metcalf Avenue, is one place to hear oldies. However, to get in you must be 23 and meet the dress code. Each night begins with 60s hits and an all-you-can-eat buffet. Adorned in 60s costumes, waitresses, waiters and disc jockeys dance and perform to 60s music.
At the Class Reunion Lounge in Blue Springs, Mo., the disc jockey plays 50s, 60s and 70s music from a hot pink convertible. It's at Interstate-70 East and Number 7 Highway on the eastern edge of Kansas City, Mo.
The Varsity in Gladstone, MO., at Antloch Road and Interstate-35 is one of Kansas City's newest oldies bars. The Varsity has featured Bill Haley and the Comets, Bobby Vee and Charlie and the Stingrays.
At Lucille's you can enjoy one of Kansas City's more authentic examples of the 50s/60s atmosphere. This re-creation of a 60s dinner at 1604 Westport Road has a real soda bar you can belly up to, or you can choose oldies from the old-fashioned tabletop jukeboxes.
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The museum's collection of European paintings contains treasures including Monet's famous Paris street, "Boulevard des Capucines" and Caravaggio's painting, "St. John the Baptist."
The museum was founded by William Rockhill Nelson, flamboyant proprietor of the Kansas City Star. The Nelson Family built the magnificent neoclassical building and began bringing together regional
works of art. The estate of Mary Atkins also made contributions 56 years ago.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, located just east of the Country Club Plaza, is one of the nation's most prestigious art museums. The museum has an extensive collection of American and European art and a world-renovated collection of Oriental art. It attracts visitors from the Midwest, other sections of the U.S. and overseas.
From September 2 to October 22, the work of German artist, Gerhard Richter, will be featured as part of the Horizons contemporary art series. Richter has aroused significant attention due to the diversity of his paintings.
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On September16 and 23, a lecture series entitled "The Making of the Henry Moore Sculpture Garden" will be presented.
The Museum is currently featuring Frederick Sommer's exhibit, "Where Images Come From: Drawing and Photographs." Sommer has established himself as one of the most inventive photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition of 56 works continues through September 24.
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KANSAN 1989 Destination Kansas City/ AUGUST 23,1989
Secure cab reinstated for safety
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
Charles Bryan, KU on Wheels coordinator, has announced the restatement of the Secure Cab program beginning tonight.
Secure Cab is a taxi service for
students who need a ride home.
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e is free with a valid KUID.
e can cap Secure Gnb of 843.
lents can call Secure Cab at 842:
from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.
in days a week
in days a week.
a City Cab & Shuttle Corp. won
for the service. Student
the will pay the company an
rate.
Jake White, student body presi-
and North Platte, Neb., senior,
the contract called for 64 hours
service a week at $18 an hour or
45.50元 for the 1989-90 school year.
a said priority would be given to
a received from campus.
the purpose of Secure Cab is to 'people who are in trouble a ride e', Bryan said. "It's not for national transportation. We're there when they had one beer too many seir friends left them at a bar or rn, or they are on campus and k someone is following them. peole still need to be responsible for *t own transportation.*
ryan, Lawrence graduate student, said the transportation board's concern was that students Id abuse the program.
keep students from abusing the ice, Bryan said students would ask for their KUID number and address where they ask to be left.
porosity rush nishes with 01 pledges
geriors at the University of Kan-
received their pledges Saturday,
all but four houses reached
as set for this year.
Bryan Swan san staff writer
enough the number of women
gig through rush this year
yeased, the percentage of pledges
picked increases by about 5 per
week.
there have been open-house parity with about 900 women, and this much less than last year," said仁延 Rentrow, Overland Park r and a member of Alpha Chi Kappa, 1500 Nu移 Nur. "All houses set their quotas at 548 sisters this year. There have beeniderably less people going ash, though, than last year."
e per house quotas set by the city system have remained fairly the last few years. Two years the quota was 68, and last year it 82. Despite last year's closing of phi House, 1602 High Drive, quota remained about the same, Trisha Harris, Tulsa, Okla.
we had a larger number of
we going through one might think
closing mattered, but it really
't make a difference,' said Har-
member of Pl Beta Phi, 1012 W.
St., and vice president of soror-
hairs for the Panhellenic Coun-
e said the number of women who last year was 980, compared to year's 901.
we're pledging more than usual."
It's said. "It's a smaller number
last year, but the percentage of
gas accepted is larger. We un-
pledge about two-thirds, but this
it was around 73 percent."