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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SÈPT. 30, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 26 (USPS 650-640)
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WICHITA Posing like the stage design next to her, Sandy Eisenbart Goodland senior, flexes on stage during the 1985 Kansas Bodybuilding Charm
pursuit at Century II auditorium. Eisenbart won the Miss Kansas Bodybuilding title Saturday.
Senior lifts, poses her way to top
By David Silverman Of the Kansan staff
For most people, the mention of women's body building conjures images of a brawny Olympian from an Eastern bloc nation.
Think again
Kansas' new women's body building champion, Sandy Eisenbart, Goodland senior, is evidence to the contrary.
Eisenbart, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 132 pounds, won the women's heavyweight and women's open titles at the Kansas Bodybuilding Championships in Wichita on Saturday night. She completed her sweep of the women's division by winning the bronze medal most symmetrical body and being the best poster.
She defeated 26 contestants from across Kansas in the dvalong event.
"I won everything I could've won. I feel great," she said yesterday. "I woke up this morning and saw the trophy and I knew I wasn't dreaming."
The 5-foot tall trophy was almost more than Eisenbart could handle.
"It took all my strength to get it off of the stage," she said.
Eisenbart, an exercise science major, had her
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own cheering section among the capacity crowd of 2,000 at the Century II auditorium in Wichita. Her parents and about 100 friends from Junkyard's garage were there; 355 Gateway Drive, made the trin with her
Among her supporters was her coach, Rick "Junkyard" Sells, owner of Junkyard's Jym.
"It really pumps you up when people are telling you to go for it." Sells said. "It makes you want to
During the first part of the competition, Eisenbart said, the judges told the contestants to strike different poses. They then had to maintain the once耐久 the judges said they could relax.
"They're looking for muscle development, proportionality and definition," she said.
"It's hard to stand up there. You have to hold the pose and smile and make it look easy."
During the next part of the competition contestants appeared on stage three at a time. For 30 seconds they were required to go through a series of poses to a music selection made by the judges.
The contestants then were allowed to pose individually to music of their own choosing.
"I used the theme music from St. Elsewhere" during my routine." Eisenbart said. "It's the music that Miss Olympia used. The first time I heard it, it gave me goosebumps."
Although her victory Saturday qualified her for the national championships, Elsenbart doesn't need to win a title.
"I'll probably just go and watch," she said. "Most of those women are pretty big. I just want to go to see if I'd have a shot."
Eisenbart, who won the Miss Lawrence body building championship in April, said she started a new weightlifting program.
"I started gaining weight when I was a (ninja)," she said. "So, I decided to gain it in the right."
To prepare for competition, Eisenbart works out for one to two hours a day, six days a week, Sells said. She used a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet to drop from 145 pounds to 132 pounds for the competition, he said.
In the men's division, former KU wide receiver Greg Jackson, 2901 Sagebrush Drive, placed second in the Novice Heavyweight division and third in the open heavyweight competition.
Tacha in finals for judicial job
By Gary Duda Of the Kansan staff
Deanell Tacha, vice chancellor for academic affairs, has been recommended to President Reagan as a finalist for appointment to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., said yesterday.
Kassebaum said Tacha's name had been passed on to the president for final approval for the appellate court seat. The court is in Denver.
"Her name has been recommended to the President," she said. "It is now a process of going through the clearances and checks."
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals covers Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the American Bar Association are conducting background checks on Tacha. Kassebaum said.
but they are a routine part of any presidential appointment.
Although she had not heard of any official deadline for filling the appellate court seat, Kassebaum said it was taking longer than normal because of several other judgeships that needed to be filled.
"This has been a much-delayed appointment," she said. "Many of the judgeship appointments are way behind schedule."
Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, R-Kan., nominated Tacha, former associate dean of the School of Law, in June. Along with Tacha, Dole also nominated Martin Dickinson, 47, professor of law and former dean of the School of Law, and Jerry Elliot, 48, Wichita.
Tacha, 39, a 1968 KU graduate, was appointed vice chancellor in 1981
Tacha was not Kassebaum's choice. She nominated U.S. District
Polack no longer ASK board leader
See TACHA, p. 5, col. 1
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
A new chairman presided over the Associated Students of Kansas' board of directors meeting Friday night at Wichita State University.
Doug Chamblin of Kansas State University replaced Jeff Polack, KU student body vice president, as ASK head coach. The backpack resigned his ASK post Sept. 11.
The board of directors is the administrative body of ASK, a statewide group that lobbies for student interests in the Kansas Legislature and the Board of Regents.
Each of the seven Regents schools and Washburn University has a representative on the ASK board. The school's opinion is his school's opinions to the board.
Chairmen are elected by the board members in June to serve one-year terms that begin in July.
Jessica Wornall, a Leawood sophorm whom Polack said had no previous experience in ASK, took office as the new KU representative
Polack told the KU Student Senate on Wednesday, when a senator questioned him about a rumor — that he had been given KK board member two weeks earlier.
He said Friday that he saw no reason to announce his resignation earlier because the University was never without representation in ASK.
on the board the day Polack resigned.
Wornall could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Polack said he resigned from his second term as chairman of the ASK board because politics in Student Affairs was causing an effective ASK board member.
"If I was not vice president, people would have felt they could come and help."
Polack said some students who previously had been active in ASK wanted the University to pull out of the lobbying group because they thought ASK was not representing KU interests.
"No one is attempting to resolve the situation," he said, because of the fact that his lawyer was also on trial.
"My first question was, 'Why didn't these people come talk to me?' I guess they didn't feel I would be able to talk to them, where to where this paranology came from."
Chamblin was vice chairman of ASK this summer before Polack's resignation put him in the chairman's position. Lori Maze from Pittsburgh State University is the new vice chairman.
Chamblin said yesterday that he did not think he would have the problems Polack encountered because he was not involved in K-State's student government.
Weather stops activities cold
See RESIGNATION. p. 5. col. 2
By Kady McMaster Of the Kansas staff
The low temperatures and cold rain that put a big chill on the area also put a freeze on outdoor activities over the weekend.
"I was kind of disappointed," said Jill Williams, Topeka junior and member of the KU softball team. "Both of us both this weekend and last weekend."
Temperatures last night in Lawrence were expected to drop to the mid-30s, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Topeka
said yesterday, but the cold front that moved into Lawrence from Canada on Saturday will be moving out this week.
"The center of that high pressure that has been passing will come through in the next few days. It will clear the skies, and the sun will warm the air," he said.
"The cold front is the leading edge of the high pressure front," the meteorologist said.
A Beloit couple died yesterday when their car veered out of control on a snow bridge in Osborne County, hit a culvert and flipped, a spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol said. The victims were Gayle D, Larkin, 64, and his wife Marcella; 66.
Elsewhere in the state, at 3.5 inches of snow fell over much of western North Carolina.
Watkins battles surge of colds
recorded in Goodland, along with its earliest snowfall on record.
On Saturday, John McGarraugh.
See WEATHER, p. 5, col. 2
At least three traffic deaths in Kansas this weekend were related to the fire.
By Stefani Day
Of the Kansan stuff
Of the Kansan staff
It's that time of year again — the season for football and apples and colds and flu.
James Strobi, director of Watkins Memorial Hospital, said last week that the number of patients treated at Watkins had jumped from an average of 250 daily to about 300.
However, Pat Walker, a physician at Watkins, said there was good news. He said the illness making him sick did not not a "true fuit", but justly a cold.
Walker said he had been seeing many people with an upper respiratory and head cold virus, which was aggravated by fatigue.
"Really, students haven't been that sick," he said. "They're tired and that aggravates fighting the head cold more."
He said most patients who go influenza knew the time they got sick within 30 minutes. They also tend to have temperatures of more than 100 degrees.
Although Watkins in the past had a reputation for long waits, Walker said the staff had worked hard to remedy that problem. He said the waiting time at the hospital was down to about an hour, "which is as long as you'd wait on the appointment system in town."
"Or if they are just concerned, they should come in," he said. "The stress of being concerned is reason enough to come in."
But Walker urged anyone with a sore throat, a cough or an elevated temperature to get checked.
Students coming to Watkins now have slight fevers, less than 99 degrees, Walker said.
go to Watkins early in the day,
preferably about 8 a.m.
For the shortest wait, Strobl said to
Although antihistamines cause drowsiness and may be impractical in the daytime, he recommended at least taking them before going to bed.
For students who can't go to the hospital but need relief, Walker recommended over-the-counter antihistamines, decongestants and cough medicine.
"The patient load is always much greater in the afternoon," he said.
Walker agrees with mothers' advice for preventing colds. He said adequate sleep and nutrition were important.
And relax.
"Stress by itself will bring the immune system down," Walker said.
Kansas origin helped inspire director Parks
Gordon Parks, a Fort Scott native, received the Life Achievement OZZI award in Downs Auditorium at Dyche Hall. The ceremony was the culmination of the 1985 Kansas Film & Video Festival, which began Thursday.
Bv Bob Tinslev
Parks said yesterday that throughout his career, he used the bigotry and humiliation he suffered as a black child to become a voice for downtrodden people everywhere. He said the love of his family allowed him to rise from his humble origins to become the most powerful author, composer and film director that he has become.
Of the Kansan staff
Amid the applause and acclaim of his admirers, a Kansan who has distinguished himself in film, music and print, accepted the highest honor of the Kansas Film Institute last night.
The ceremony was followed by a screening of the 1999 film version of Parks' book, "The Learning Tree." He directed the film and wrote the screenplay and in it Parks' own bittersweet memories of his Kansas boyhood.
"They loved me, fed me, spilled me and gave me everything need to exist," he said. "I think that that love was the only thing that overcame all the bigryth and things I've endured along the way."
Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks was born 72 years ago, the 15th and youngest child of Andrew and Sarah Parks. His father was a poor farmer.
This confidence allowed him to cross the color line
after receiving the Life Achievement OZZI award from the Kansas Film Institute.
Parks' mother died when he was 15 years old, but he said that he never forgot the lessons she taught him about life and what it meant to be human. On his own wife, a former teacher, he told by the self-confidence she instilled in him, he said.
into the white world where he would turn his disadvantages into triumphs. His sole passport into that world was the camera that became his weapon.
"I used it against bigotry and discrimination," he said. "To show the things I love about America and the things I hate about America."
See PARKS, p. 5, col. 1