Thursday, Oct. 31, 1985
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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News Briefs
Jogger hit by cycle suffers broken leg
A 33-year-old Lawrence man was in fair condition yesterday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after he was hit by a motorcycle Tuesday, logging on Iowa Street near 21st Street. Lawrence police said yesterday.
The jogger, Edward Seyfert,
1703 W. 20th St., he did not see
the motorcycle until it was too late
to avoid being hit, police said. He
suffered a broken leg in the
accident.
The motorcycle driver, Don Rixon, 39, 1424 W. 19th Trench, told police the jogger ran out in front of him and he was unable to stop.
Rixon's motorcycle fell on its side and dragged Rixon down the road a few feet, police said. He was treated at the scene for cuts and scratches.
Rixon was cited for not having liability insurance.
Store reports theft
A 23-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Tuesday on charges of felony theft and misdemeanor theft after cash was discovered missing on three occasions from Wal-Mart Discount Cities, 2727 Iowa St., Lawrence police said yesterday
Police said the woman was a Wal-Mart employee, and one of her duties had been to collect the money from the cash registers.
On Sept. 29, the money collected was $82.75 short. On Oct. 20, it was $160 short and on another date, $60-$00 was missing.
The store detective investigated the matter and confronted the woman before turning her over to police.
The woman was released yesterday on $2,500 bond.
3 French plays set
Le Compagnie Beauclair of Paris will present three modern French plays at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Rochelle Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The French company's KU visit is sponsored by the department of French and Italian. The three plays, which will be performed in French, are "La Pear des coups" and "La Paix chei soi", both by Georges Courtline, and "Le Pain de menage", by Jules Renard.
Tickets, which are $5 for the public and $4 for students, are on sale at the Murphy Hall box office. Ticket reservations can be made by calling 864-3982.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny with highs around 55 to 60. Winds will be east to northeast at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and a low around 40. Tomorrow will be cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and a high around 50.
From staff and wire reports.
Correction
Because of incorrect information supplied to a reporter, yesterday's Kansan incorrectly reported the maximum number of basketball games a school participating in conference post-season tournaments could play under National College Athletic Association rules. The NCAA allows such schools to schedule up to 28 games.
Halloween Design students slice pumpkins into profs
By Stefani Day Of the Kansan staff
Pumpkin smell permeated the air as about 25 shiny knives sliced through pumpkin skin and 5 hands dug out pumpkin pulp and seeds. The Great Pumpkin Charrette '85 had begun.
The charrette — an effort to solve an architectural problem in an allotied amount of time — was the idea of Jacki Hirsty, architecture and urban art. Most of the sculptors were students in her architectural design class.
The assignment: "Make the pumpkin resemble your favorite building." The time limit was three hours.
Students working in groups of two could make one pumpkin look like their favorite building and use the second to make an allusion through illumination.
Another section of the design class, taught by Steve Padget, associate professor of architecture and urban design, had to carve the face of a professor from their pumpkins.
"They get a lot of work in this program," Hirsty said yesterday as the would-be designers pondered their pumpkins. "They get intense design problems. I thought this would be a nice break."
Although most of the students agreed it was a respite from daily design pressures, the assignment posed problems of its own.
"How do you make a square building out of a round pumpkin?" one student asked.
Hirsty smiled. Last year she gave the assignment to a freshman class at Kansas State University so she was ready for the questions.
"You're a designer," she said. "Just think."
After milling about in confusion for
The buildings chosen ranged from the Guggenheim to the East Wing of the National Museum in Washington, D.C.
15 minutes, the students sat down in front of their pumpkins and dug in
"My pumpkin just doesn't look like a building." she said.
Patty Dickman, Littleton, Colo. junior, flipped through a design book searching for ideas.
Most of the students in Padget's class carved faces of architecture professors.
Dave Larm, Fort Collins, Colo.
sophomore, chose to carve one professor's face because of his mustache and glasses.
Michael MacAdam, Overland Park senior, said he chose a professor who had "an easy face to caricature."
"I wanted to find something I could exaggerate." Larn said.
Hirsty said that although the project was supposed to be fun and would not be graded, it actually students develop their design skills.
"I'm sure there's a meaning in it," said Jeff Nigh, St. Louis sophomore, as he attempted to carve St. Louis' Bush Stadium. "She always does something with a meaning."
Jim McKee, Lawrence sophomore, said it was questionable whether he would learn anything from the assignment.
"It's just something fun to do for a change," he said. "We needed a break."
At the end of the three hours, the students took their creations to be displayed on the steps of Marvin Hall.
Larry Clayton, Kansas City, Mo, sophomore, said the project was worthwhile even if it didn't tap his design skills.
"I learned to make sure you have a sharp knife if you're going to carve a pumpkin," he said.
Spirited party given to benefit local kids
By Bob Tinsley Of the Kansan staff
About 70 local children did just that last night at Sigma Nu fraternity, 1501 Sigma Nu Place.
What better way to catch the Halloween spirit than to spend an evening in a house shrouded with a ghostly tradition all its own?
The children attended a Halloween party sponsored by Sigma Nu, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, 2005 Stewart and the Big Brother-Big Sister program.
The event was a philanthropic gesture for local children so they could enjoy the holiday, said Mike Zevitz, Overland Park sophomore and Sigma Nu member. The evening included games, refreshments, a haunted house in the basement, and a chance for the children to meet a number of KU varsity athletes. Zevitz helped organize the event.
The Sigma Nu house reputedly is haunted by the ghost of a step-daughter of a former Kansas governor.
Legend has it that on April 22, 1911,
Gov. Walter Roscoe Stubs, who lived there at the time, came home and
found his 17-year-old stepdaughter,
Virginia, hanging from the rafters of
the third floor ballroom.
"They're just coming over to get them out of the house and get them into the spirit," he said of the children.
Stubbs found his wife, who is said to have murdered the girl, on the
Virginia reportedly was entombed behind the house's huge stone fireplace. Tales of eerie encounters with her restless wrath have come down through the years.
roof, rocking to and fro, in a trancelike state.
But if Virginia walked last night, she didn't walk alone. Fraternity and sorority members and the children, dressed in an odd melange of costumes, filled the house's first floor. The children exchanged a few shy words with members of KU's varsity football and basketball teams, who were asked to attend. Many accepted the invitation.
KU's Big Brother-Big Sister program is not affiliated with the national organization, and is headed by Jeff Mathis, Junction City junior.
Larry Brown, head basketball coach said. "We try to get involved and they just asked us to come. If the students are going to take the time, then we can take the time."
Pat Roark, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 1540 Louisiana St., attended last night's party with his little brother, 11-year-old Frank Counter.
The group recently matched 70 children with student volunteers, but many more volunteers are needed, he said.
"There are more kids out there than you can believe who want to get involved in the program." he said.
Apportionment issue snags scheduled student elections
Student Senate's elections, scheduled for Nov. 20 and 21, could be postponed or not run at all.
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
The Student Senate Executive Committee last night rejected a proposed plan for distribution of Senate seats among professional schools and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tony Arnold, StudEx chairman,
said Senate elections would not be run if a Senate seat apportionment was not approved.
StudEx rejected the Senate Elections Committee's proposed seat apportionment because it was based on enrollment figures from Oct. 21 rather than the 20th-day enrollment that the University considers official.
Student Senate seats are reapportioned every year because enrollment has increased.
The 20th-day figure is computed in mid-September.
Arnold said last night that the official figure would be important if the
validity of the elections was questioned for any reason.
The difference between the two apportionments was that the School of Architecture and Urban Design would have two seats and Numemaker would have 17 seats under the Oct. 21 figures instead of one seat and 18 seats, respectively, under the 20th-day figures.
"The actual numbers don't matter," Arnold said. "What's important is that it be based on the University's official enrollment figures."
However, David Day, Elections Committee chairman, said StudEx did not act responsibly or in the best interests of the students.
"Architecture deserves that extra seat," Day said. "Since we know that now, why shouldn't we give it to them?"
The Elections Committee unanimously voted to use the most recent figures after listening to both sides of the argument. Dav said.
The Elections Committee could
Arnold said that because StudEx rejected the figures, one of three things would happen.
propose using the 20th-day figures and StudEx could approve them, or the committee might propose the updated figures again and StudEx members might change their minds and approve them. In either case, the election would go on as scheduled, Arnold said.
However, if the committee sends StudEx the same figures again and StudEx rejects them again, Arnold said the election would have to be postponed.
"The Elections Committee does not have to come up with different figures," Arnold said, "and I don't know why StudEx would change its mind."
Day said he would rather postpone or cancel the election himself than have University administration do it. The elections committee has the power to cancel or postpone elections, Day said.
A tentative distribution of seats was available to candidates and coalition leaders Friday in the Senate office. It contained the figures that StudEx rejected last night.
The end of an era
Wilfredo Lee/Special to the Kansan
The Dinosaur Days exhibit ended the way it began: with the giant reptile robots being taken by workers through the front door of the Museum of Natural History in Dyche Hall.
By Jennifer Benjamin
Budig asked to speak at rally
Of the Kansan staff
Chancellor Gene A. Budig received a formal invitation yesterday to speak at an anti-apartheid rally at noon on Monday. The rally is sponsored by several groups struggling for divestment.
Members from the KU Committee on South Africa, Blacks Against Apartheid, Black Student Union and KU Democrats drafted the letter, which was delivered by Aaron Lucas, Chattanooga, Tenn., senior and member of KU Democrats, Blacks Against Apartheid and Black Student Union.
A part of the letter, dated Oct. 30, said, "We invite you, Mr. Budig, to participate in this struggle for freedom, by speaking at our rally. . . Join us, as activists, to fight against racism here. And beyond."
Budig was not available for comment yesterday.
The letter was signed by Lucas and Mark Parker, Lawrence, members of the KU Committee on South Africa.
"We sincerely he comes," Lucas said. "We want to talk to him."
Other parts of the letter said, "It is in the spirit of open
debate that we ask you to expand on your statements concerning racism on campus, aparthied and divestment.
"Since we live in a supposedly free society, racism should not be tolerated. Words, however, only go so far. What action is your administration taking to back these words up?"
The KU Committee on South Africa, Blacks Against Apartheid and the Black Student Union are sponsoring the rally, which will begin with a march from the Chi Omega Fountain to the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Jane Ungerman, Lawrence senior and a member of the committee, said, "I thought it was a good letter. We want dialogue, and he won't talk. He offers no solutions or accuses students trying to end KU's participation in apartheid."
The groups want the Kansas University Endowment Association to divest from companies doing business in racially-sergeated South Africa.
Since the beginning of the semester, more interest has been generated for this issue. Ungerman said.
"A core group of people are keeping the movement going and that group is expanding," she said. "The movement is growing."
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