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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 59 (USPS 650-640)
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Vietnam vet angered over drawing's theft
By Karen Blakeman Of the Kansan staff
Within 24 hours of its being placed at the site of the planned Vietnam memorial Monday, an architect's drawing of the memorial was stolen. A Vietnam veteran says this isn't a typical college prank.
The drawing, in a Plexiglas and stainless steel frame, was placed on a metal pole at the planned memorial site during a consecration ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday and was discovered stolen at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, KU police said.
Police said they had no suspects.
Police said they had no suspects. "I don't know why anyone would do something like this." Lisa Ashner, a member of the KU Vietnam Memorial Committee, said yesterday.
John Musgrave, a veteran of the Vietnam War, said he remembered a time when people did this sort of
thing too frequently, and why they did it.
“This is a cowardly act made by a person or persons wishing to make some sort of twisted statement about the war or the policies that led us there by attacking the first physical evidence of the memorial,” he said.
Musgrave, who has worked for two years to see the memorial become a reality, said the theft had not been the first act against the memorial project. The pole the drawing was to be placed on was stolen before the ceremony, he said.
Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations, said his staff worked to replace the pole in time for the consecration ceremony Monday.
Musgrave said he first considered the theft of the pole a random act that had nothing to do with the memorial.
"But of course, that's not the case now," Musgrave said. "Spcaking as a Vietnam veteran, as a member of
the committee that has worked for two years for this memorial, my impression is that this is not a random act of vandalism or a high-spirited college prank."
college's Musgrave, who joined the peace movement after returning from Vietnam, said he thought whoever took the drawing was behaaving in the same way some people behaved during the war — blaming the veteran for a situation he had not created.
"Far too often the Vietnam vet has been held up to ridicule and to blame, when we did nothing more that what our forefathers had done — we served our country."
Mustgrave said that foremost in his mind when he heard about the theft were the faces of some of the people who had attended the consecration ceremony — the widow of a man who was killed while serving with the
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House, Senate buy time to hash out budget plan
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WASHINGTON — The House and Senate yesterday approved different versions of a small increase in the federal debt limit to buy another month to work on balanced budget legislation and avert a U.S. default while President Reagan is in Geneva.
raise money, approved an extension only to Dec. 6.
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission yesterday denied a rate rehearing to utilities that own the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant, but did adjust its order to permit two of the firms to earn an additional $6 million.
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arguments that it had acted arbitrarily when it declared $3.05 billion Wolf Creek plant should be refinished and planted. Also rejected was a lengthy list of other arguments aimed at reopening the rate case.
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6 ○ JO JO DANGER
Richard Pryor does it all-writing, producing, directing and starring-in this drama which parallels his own life.
7 WHITE NIGHTS
Breathtaking dancing by Mikbail Barybnikov and Gregory Hines spark this drama of international intrigue.
8 ◇ HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW
8 $ \circ $ HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW This holiday vacation will see a bonanza of new film releases.
10 ◀ ROOTS ROCK REVIVAL
These days a lot of bands are playing the music that made their forefathers famous. Don Waller examines this new trend in popular music.
14 MUSICAL NOTES
Greg Paetch keeps tabs on what's happening in the world of music in this regular column.
18 ◇ YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
What would Holmes and Watson have been like as boys? Steven Spielberg, still a kid at heart, thought their story would make a great movie.
22 CALENDAR
A complete guide to film releases, television programs of interest and upcoming concert tours.
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BETTER THAN TV
advertisers know that students, by and large, don't watch television. Consequently, companies have developed innovative ways to reach the college market. One of the most interesting is Kodak's touring multimedia show, Rock 'n' Roll Time Tunnel, from the Los Angeles Museum of Rock Art. It's scheduled to visit 80 campuses this year.
On the other hand, even if students don't watch television, some of their classmates are putting themselves on the other side of the screen. Students at the Univer-
HOME GROWN
city of South Carolina have begun what they claim is the first student- operated cable television channel. They broadcast swimming meets, body building contests and city council meetings one night a week through a local cable company.
ROCK AID
Rock Allike, a fund-raising contest developed by MTV for Students Against MS (multiple sclerosis), was used on 12 Midwestern campuses last spring to raise nearly $90,000 for MS programs. Competitors lip-synched to their favorites discs. Fundraiser Notre Dame was rewarded with an MTV-sponsored concert on campus, while individual winners
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appeared on an MTV special.
This year the effort will include over 150 campuses nationwide, and MTV promises to repeat its awards. To get on the bandwagon, contact The MS Society, 100 Park Ave., NY, NY, 10017.
I you enjoy playing a little jazz with some friends, you might consider entering the Southern Comfort Dixieland Contest, co-sponsored by the National Association of Jazz Educators. Audition tapes are due Nov. 15, from which three finalists will be chosen to compete at NAJE's conference in Anaheim, CA, in January Past winners include the official Disney Dixieland Band and one of Wynton Marsalis' sidemen. Send tapes to Liz Rytel, Southern Comfort Dixieland Contest, 211 East Ontario St., Ste. 1300, Chicago, IL, 60611
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FOR ART'S SAKE
Ohio State University's Gallery is the home of a very extensive collection of fine art, worth over $10 million. Now students and faculty can take a little bit of that treasure into their own homes on a rental basis, under the gallery's current policy that art works "should be seen, and not locked away in a vault."
HIT THOSE BOOKS
One final word for those of you who are looking for yet another excuse to close those books and watch Dynasty. The results of a ten-year study recently concluded at Pennsylvania State University were that time spent studying had very little correlation to high marks. The factor most closely related to good grades was class attendance. Take notes on that.