University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 17. 1990
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U.S. Thunderbirds perform at Superbatics '90 in Topeka
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — The U.S. flag flew high and proud above a crowd of about 25,000 spectators during the weekend at Forbes Field in Topeka, where flying teams from around the world landed at the largest air show in Kansas.
Superbatics 90 was the 14th annual air show sponsored by the Combat Air Museum at Forbes Field. The museum is one of the few air museums in the United States where astronaut watch planes undergo restoration.
The highlight of Saturday's show was a performance by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
Todd Koochel, Liberal sophomore,
said he went to the air show to watch
the Thunderbirds fly.
"I enjoy watching planes fly," he said, "But the Thunderbirds are great."
Thunderbird pilot Capt. Mike Beake said the Thunderbirds had not planned on performing at the show but did perform in Europe. But because
of the situation in the Persian Gulf, they had to stay in the United States.
The Thunderbirds perform in a four-plane diamond position, with two solo planes. They fly in the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which Beale said was the best fighter plane manufactured. This was the 3,940th demonstration by the Thunderbirds and the 50th of the year.
Mario Avila, commander of the Chilean Air Force Halcones, which performed a routine in the program, said the show was the last performance for the current Halcones tour. The Chilean planes are propeller planes and fly in a diamond formation with one solo plane.
Mark Holley, Topea senior, said,
"We came out because the weather
was nice and we thought the Chileans
were very good."
The French Connection aerobatic team, which also performed, is unique because it is the only male female aerobic duo, said pilots Montaine Mallet and Daniel Helgin.
The duo performs the closest formation of aerobatics to be seen
anywhere, they said. Mallet and Heligoin have worked together since 1977. They plan to marry in October.
Byron and Danielle White, Lawrence seniors, said that they enjoyed the aerobatic portion of the show that they also enjoyed other aspects.
"We enjoyed walking around, looking at all of the static aircraft displays," Byron White said. "That's what we have spent most of our time doing."
Most of the static displays had plots standing by to answer questions, and people were able to go inside a few of the aircraft.
Some of the pilots said that they were anticipating the notorious Kansas wind, which could have made flying more difficult.
"We expect to correct the maneuvers," Avilia said. "We have to take those into consideration with the wind."
Beale said the press-show flight Thursday was bumpy because of the wind. The wind during the show was strong as it was during the press show.
Ike exhibit opens at Union
By David Roach
Kansan staff writer
People at KU can step back in time to the 1890s for the next three weeks at the Ike's America exhibit in the Mansion.
life in the United States during the 50s, when Black citizens began embracing middle-class U.S. culture and at the same time were victims of oppression and segregation.
The exhibit, which opened yesterday, features memorabilia from the age of innocence along with a photography collection depicting various stages of Eisenhower's career. There also is a collection documenting life for
The Mossey collection also includes a photograph of Robert Oppenheimer, the creator of the atom bomb, taken shortly after the U.S. government canceled his nuclear weapons he was accused of having communist sympathies.
communities sympathies
The University an earn from Temple University's
Pilots fly competitively
Club's competition is in Lawrence for the first time
By Wes Dentor Kansan staff writer
By Wes Denton
Thirty pilots competed Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Kansas City Aerobic Club's Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Rod Blake, contest director, said the Kansas City chapter's competition usually was in Ottawa. This year, he and Lawrence airport, was used for the
The competition was based on skill and precise flying.
'Our number-one concern is safety. We have never had an accident.'
contest director
Rod Blake contest director
"Our number-one concern is safety. We have never had an accident or serious incident in the years of competition," Blake said.
There are 40 to 50 regional contests each year. The Lawrence contest was the last regional contest before the national competition, which will be Sept. 22-28 in Denison, Texas.
There are five categories a pilot can enter: basic, sportsman, intermediate, advanced and unlimited. Each category uses the same飞ing sequences, a zone area commonly called the box. The box is 3,500 feet wide and 3,500 feet high. The box must tude, or the base, that pilots are required to maintain varies according to the category.
For the basic, sportsman and intermediate categories, the base
Christopher Watson, 4, plays pilot in an aircraft at Superbatics '90.
Steve Bailey, wire editor, and Stacy Smith, arts and features editor. lc over an issue of the Kansan. Smith has worked three semesters at the Kansan and Bailey two
News
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Some of the work produces single articles ready for print the next day. Other events will be newsworthy longer, forcing reporters to follow them in order to capture stories during a period of time. Some topics involve extensive time and research before reporters and editors can mold them into an in-depth article or series of articles that give readers a clearer, more important or interesting subject.
In the morning, the planning editor arrives at the newsroom to guide her coverage. Throughout the day, she takes phone calls, reads news releases, talks with beat reporters and watches other media sources report on news events that reports the day's top stories.
At 2:30 p.m. two campus editors sharpen and help reporters sharpen and help readers editors read each local story with a critical eye for completeness, accu-
At 4 p.m., a wire editor arrives to begin going through the hundreds of stories from The Associated Press sent electronically each day. The wire editor sorts stories by importance and subject, looking for potential front-page news, stories that should be localized, or stories that the reporting staff may have missed.
At 6:30 p.m., the editors conduct the second news meeting. This meeting includes the editor, managing editor, planning editor, campus editor, photo editor, graphics editor, layout editor and copy chief.
Between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., the editor and managing editor consult with the campus editor and wire department to how the day's report is shaping up.
Participants summarize and promote their top stories, photographs and art work, giving editors an idea of the story being presented. Row's front page, Campus/Area paper and other pages. The number and type of stories often change as the evening progresses. Placement of a student's photos on a paper also is decided at this meeting.
At 6 p.m., the wire editor, managing editor, editor and layout editor conduct the first of two daily news meetings. The wire editor presents stories with recommendations for the Nation and for the Nation/World page.
Copy editors are the Kansan's last line of defense against spelling,
By 7 p.m. a copy desk consisting of five people is in place to edit copy, write headlines and do other tasks of putting the newspaper together.
About 5 a.m., employees at the University Printing Service, 15th Street and Crestline Drive, transform stories from electronic files to paper, from images to copy, graphics and pictures onto page-sized sheets, photograph the paste-ups with a special camera and make plates for the presses. About 7 a.m., the presses start rolling, and all papers are finished and printed papers to the boxes on campus.
grammar and factual errors. All stories, local and wire, are edited by copy editors, who often stay as late as 4 a.m. to finish the paper.
By 9 p.m. the editor and managing editor go home, leaving the paper in the hands of the news editor. The news editor is in charge of all late-night decisions on the Kansan. He or she checks headlines, layouts, cuttings and keep track of late-breaking stories. If a late story comes across, the news editor is responsible for getting it in the paper.
The Kanans operates, looks like, and has the same goals as other daily newspapers, but students produce it. They are responsible for copies, copy editors and photographers receive class credit. They go home every night knowing that their classmates will be more than 16,000 people the next morning when the process will start over again.
Advertising
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Student managers assist account executives in their sales efforts and are responsible for a specific area of the advertising staff's efforts. Managers generally are experienced staff members.
Working on the Kansas advertising staff is a full-time job that allows students to gain practical experience in advertising, typically work 30-40 hours each week.
National awards the staff has received during the past five years from the College Newspapers Business Advertising Managers Inc. include sales representation of the year, business manager of the year, best black and white advertisement, best advertising campaign, and Trendster — the highest award given a college newspaper business staff.
The advertising department offers clients many free or low-cost services, including photography, original art, access to market data and other co-op advertising system, free creative assistance and desktop publishing.
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