Monday. January 21, 1980
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Frisbee enthusiasts toss away afternoon
By RICK HELLMAN
Staff Renorter
What is it about the plastic disc that inspires such devotion? What else but devoted would you call a group of Frisbee players who gathered at Allen Field House to compete in a sub-regional tournament? Watching home and watching the Super Bowl?
Most came early to the tournament, which is part of a national championship sponsored by the Association of College Football coaches. Many practice teams. Warm-up was also a time to show off a bit. The players went through their best moves for the benefit of others in the club.
The number of positions from which a Frisbee can be caught or thrown seems endless. behind the back, under the leg, bounced off an elbow and, of course, twirled
Even more impressive are the extended
footwear. A wide black strap on the
disc shoe, just over their backs, for which
seems like minutes with deft flicks of the
wrist, bouncing it on their knees, hands and
feet.
TO CUT DOWN on friction and allow the disc to spin more easily on a fingertip, many players apply some kind of preparation to make the inside surface of the Friccon slick.
ASK to lobby today against residency bill
- Associated Students of Kansas lobbies are expected to testify against a bill that would shorten the residency requirement at the state's universities and
Bob Bingaman, ASK's executive director,
said Friday that the student lobbying group
was opposed to bill because it would
demand that students only for
students over 21 years old.
Hearings on the bill-sponsored by State Rep Richard E. Brewster, D-TPoeka—will be held by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Bingaman said, however, that ASK was in favor of another bill currently under consideration that would reduce the residency requirement for all students.
Two other student-related issues may also receive attention in the Legislature this week.
The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to hear testimony Thursday on a bill sponsored by state Rep. B. R. Puller, a former foreign student tuition by $200 a year.
A self-heal amendment to the Landlord-Tenant Act designed to force negligence in tenant-tenant safety codes and with their rental agreements, may receive a vote in the Council.
House Judiciary Committee.
The bill, sponsored by State Rep. John
Solbach, D-Lawrence, was left over from
the last Legislative session.
LAVE LEAVES, wipe down and paint on canes or
lived furniture polish. Other players prefer
Armor-All, WD-40 or cooking spray.
If Frisbee sounds more complicated than it used to be, it is. The original Frisbee, which weighed around 98 grams, is strictly a kid's toy these days.
Now, experienced players favor "119's"
"141's", "Super Pro's" or "165'S". All numbers are gram weights and each has a different purpose. The smaller discs are for distance throwing. The larger 185's are in the wind and are used for Frisbee golf.
FRISEBE GOLF is much like regular golf. Players in a spacious case a case of 10 players are allowed to the attempt. The KU RIFlebse club has an IH-able course marked out near Fotter and other facilities.
But golf is more of a spring and summer sport. The players yesterday competed in distance and accuracy events.
Wes Beck, Topeka freshman, took first place in both location and accuracy categories and won a trip to Columbia, Ma. to compete in the Midwest Regional tour-
Beek will play college champions from Oklahoma. Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas.
There also are national and world tournaments sponsored by the International Travel Association, a general public. Players at this level can win money and prizes for proficiency with the game.
"A high school student can go out and win money at Frisbie and still be considered an amateur because Frisbie isn't a recognized snort." Gaul said.
Wayne Gaul, president of the KU Frisbee club, said the prizes could cause an anomaly in a student's amateur athletic standing.
But money or not, it seems that most Frisbie players would toss the thing around for fun, anawy.
Mike Featherstone, Hoboken, N.J., graduate student, warns up to yesterday's subregional tournament in Allen Field House. The tournament is part of a championship sponsored by the Association of College Unions. Featherstone qualified to go to the regional tournament in Columbia, Mo.
Saucer tosser
University Dally Kansan
Cash offered for cans
Students at the University of Kansas can save energy and make money on the side by saving their empty beer cans and other aluminum items.
The Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Company, which has a mobile unit at Gibson's Discount Center, 2525 Iowa Street, will pay 23 cents a pound for aluminum.
"Each time aluminum is recycled it saves 95 percent of the energy that would be needed to make primary aluminum," said Dennis Schoenberg, director of the Regnolds Company in Lenexa.
One KU student, Greg Pennington,
Overland Park sophomore, saves his empty beer cans even though he knows they bring only small change.
“It’s hardly worth loading into the car unless you’ve accumulated a lot.” Pennington said. “Ten pounds is only worth barely enough to buy another six pack.
Because an empty beer can weigh less than an ounce, Pennington agreed he would to consume many more to save 10 pounds of aluminum.
"But it's the least I can do to save energy," he said.
The company requests that aluminium brought into the mobile and be clean and free of dust. The phone should also ask that large items be cut into pieces no more than three feet in length, and these should be disposed of.
Besides cans, the Reynolds Company also will买 aluminum foil, pie plates, frozen food trays and meat containers. The company also buys larger aluminum items, such as aluminum sinks, gutters, storm doors, window frames and lawn furniture
Recyclers in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma bring about 30,000 pounds of glass each week. One recycle received $250 for more than 1,000 pounds of aluminum.
Recyclers can also bring their aluminum directly to the Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Company plant, 1400 W. 98th St. N., Suite A, and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
Ball Tournament Jay Bowl
Sat., January 26 10:00 am
All full-time students are eligible. Qualifiers go to Regional Recreation Tournament.
Entry Closes at
6:00 pm Fri..
Jan. 25
Entry Fee $5.00
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