THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL 100, NO.2 (USPS 650-640)
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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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 her his name was Ricky Chou, Arena said.
"We started hanging out." Arsenal
"We played tennis and racquet-
ball."
Five months later, on Aug. 16.
Grissom was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Christine Rusch, 22, and Theresa J. Brown, 22, both of Lenexn; and Joan M. Butler, 24, a 1987 University of Kansas graduate from Overland Park. No bodies have been found.
T
Butler was reported missing June in said Maj. J. John Round of the O'Neill School.
The week Joan was missing, Ricky (Grissom) came over in her car. We drove around in it.'
pected on June 26, he said.
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-
— Katherine Arenal
A reward of $18,000 is offered for information about the three women, said Jim Graham, managing director of the Kansas City Crime Commission.
death of Terri Maness, 25, of Wichita,
Round said.
Grissom also is a suspect in the
Grissom faces numerous other charges including one count of aggravated. kidnapping, four counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated 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 Masinton, 24, Lawrence resident, said. "He just seemed like your average guy."
Masinot, Arena's friend, also met Grissom at Pizzaz.
"We noticed him because he had never seen him before," Mas汀昂 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 Houston, 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
See GRISSOM, p. 5
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
Destination Kansas City
45 minutes to the best of Broadway and more
by Leigh Reinhart
From the Lyric Opera to the Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City has everything the theater buff desires. It is a city known for being well-stocked with entertainment options for residents and visitors to enjoy.
If it's an evening of sophistication and class you desire, then pick your suit up from the cleaners or don your black dress and pearls and head for the Kansas City Lyric Opera, one block north of the Allis Plaza Hotel on the corner of 11th Street and Central Avenue.
This fall the Kansas City Lyric Opera will open with "Regina," a story of infamily fighting, insatiable greed and jealousy. "Regina" runs September 16-22. "La Boheme," a story of star-crossed lowers, runs September 23-29. "Don Pasquale," which tells the tale of a wealthy old bachelor who takes a sweet young bride and ends up getting more than he bargained for, can be seen from September 30 through October 6.
All Lyric Opera productions are performed in English, so you won't miss a single joke, nuance or plot twist, and an opera interpretation is provided 45 minutes before curtain. Such an evening of culture can be yours in a price ranging from $20 to $140, complete with a glass of Chablis during intermission.
Many may delight in a good Broadway or off-Broadway show. If this is the case, then the Theater League of Kansas City may have the lineup for you. The Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., off Broadway, is showing "Driving Miss Daisy," an off-Broadway comedy hit, September 19-24. Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 Central Ave., between 10th and 11th streets, will be performing "Forbidden Broadway" '89, a sendup of everybody's alltime favorite musicals, October 13 through December 10. And "Me and My Girl," a long-running London and Broadway musical charmer, can be seen in January at the Midland Theater, 1228 Main St., one block west of the Town Pavilion. Tickets for any one of these shows will cost about $25.
If you’re in the mood for a few good laughs, but too much music just makes your ears ring, then American Heartland Theatre at Crown Center is the place to go this fall. Lighthearted entertainment can be yours with such shows as "Daddy's Dynin' (Who's Got the Will)" running through August 26, "Home Games" running September 5 through October 21, and "Lucky Stiff" running October 31 through November 25. To enjoy these shows, you'll only have to pay $18 for a Friday and Saturday night showing, $15 Tuesday through Thursday, and $12 for the Sunday matinee.
Now, for those of you who can't sit through a two-hour production without feeling pangs of hunger, put those Milk Duds away, because dinner theater is the answer. The Waldo Astoria Playhouse, 7428 Washington Ave., one block west of 75th Street and Wornall Road, and Tiffany's Attic, 5028 Main St., right off the Plaza, can provide you with merriment and nourishment at the same time.
"Nun Sense" at the Waldo Astoria is a comedy/musical showing through November 5. It comes complete with roller-skating nuns who dance in an occasional "kickline". Tiffany's Attic will be performing a comedy from London, "Run For Your Wife", through October 8. Both establishments are open every night except Monday and offer Sunday matinees, also. The cost for such an evening of nutrient and mith tops out at $21 for Friday or Saturday night, $18 Sunday through Thursday and $16 for the matinee (and that includes your meal!)
If it's alternative viewing you're digging for, Kansas City will not leave you without a shovel. At the Unicorn Theater students have the advantage of purchasing a ticket for $5.00 five minutes before curtain simply by showing their KUID. The Unicorn Theatre, 3820 Main St., one block west of 39th and Main streets, offers contemporary and original works.
Milton's Tap Room:
A Jazz Monument
by Missy Lawson
Jazz listeners in Kansas City consider Milton's Tap Room to 3241 Main Street to be a monument. Milton's provides the live entertainment of well-known B-Bop Jazz bands nightly Tuesday through Saturday in an atmosphere that takes you back to jazz roots.
John Albertson, manager of Milton's described B-Bop Jazz as a strict improvisation of chord changes. "It has a definite blend of chops and emotion," Albertson said. "You have to have both the ability to play and the soul to do it." Several Lawrence musicians play there regularly. Bob Bowman, Stan Kessler, Gary Svillis and Bill Laurson are among them.
The Tap Room's original owner, Milton Morris, founded the business as a drugsstore at Armour Boulevard and Troost Street during the Prohibition years of the early1930s. In a bar connected with the drugsstore, bales of hay were used as furniture and it became known as "The Hay Hay Club."
In 1951 Milton's Tap Room moved to its current Main Street location. It has a dark, nostalgic atmosphere and a somewhat eccentric decor. Walls are hung with memorabilia, including pictures of jazz greats, newspaper articles and old records. It's pure jazz history.
CONGRATULATIONS
V. T. Inc surpassed all goals set for its first summer intern program. Interns from K.U., all to be seniors this year, took part in a three month intern program. The program consisted of sales, service marketing,and customer relations.
in the various aspects of the automotive retailing field. Primary emphasis was placed on the marketing aspects of the automotive business.Interns worked in different departments of Van Chevrolet and Van Toyota, located on
The interns, Jay Pat Huerter, Brian Riggs, and Jeff Gor- 63rd street in MisCanion, Jason Lauh, Biehinho, Joel don, all participated sion, Kansas.
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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. The cab can be used for any destination.
ents can call Secure Cab at 842-
from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.
n days a week
City Cab & Shuttle Corp. won contract for the service. Student will pay the company an rate.
Jake White, student body presi-
and North Platte, Neb., senior,
the contract called for 64 hours
vice a week at $18 an hour or
$5.00 for the 1989-90 school year.
said priority would be given to
received from campus.
se purpose of Secure Cab is to people who are in trouble a ride." Bryan said. "It's not for al transportation. We're there when they had one beer too many fr friends left them at a bar or n, or they are on campus and someone is following them. he still need to be responsible for own transportation."
an, Lawrence graduate stuaid the transportation board's concern was that students abuse the program.
keep students from abusing the
seep students from abusing the
Bryan said students would
ced for their KUID number and
dress where they ask to be left.
rority rush mishes with 91 pledges
ryan Swan n staff writer
cities at the University of Kane-
keted their pledges Saturday,
all but four houses reached
s set for this year.
ough the number of women
5 through rush this year
wased, the percentage of pledges
increased by about 5 per-
sore have been open-house parish with about 900 women, and this much less than last year," said in Renfow, Overland Park and a member of Alpha Chi, 1500 Sigma Nu Place. "All houses set their quotas at 54 burs this year. There have been federally less people going on, though, than last year." per-house quotas set by the city system have remained fairly the last few years. Two years ago, the mayor set aside Despite last year's closing of alpha Phi house, 1602 High Drive, nota remained about the same, Trisha Harris, Tulsa, Okla.
we had a larger number of a going through one might think losing mattered, but it really smoke a difference," said Harmember of Pi Beta Phi, 1613 W., and vice president of sororials for the Panhellenic Coun-
said the number of women who last year was 980, compared year's 901.
we repledging more than usual," it said. "It's a smaller number ast year, but the percentage of is accepted is larger. We usuage about two-thirds, but this was around 73 percent."