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Opinion
University Daily Kansan, November 21, 1980
Peach Bowl bid fuzzy
At the beginning of the season, the Kansas football team's chances of a bowl bid were anything but peachy.
Yet the Jayhawks, 4-4-2 going into tomorrow's game against Liberty Bowl-bound Missouri, are one of four teams being considered for the 1981 Peach Bowl, which will be played Jan. 2 in Atlanta.
And for good reason. A victory over Missouri would vault the Jayhawks into undisputed third place in the prestigious Big Eight Conference. Kansas has had one of the nation's toughest schedules to boot.
The Jayhawks, who with a victory would
have only one loss in their last six contests, also have exciting players to offer at the skilled positions.
The Peach Bowl selection committee has said that if any of the four teams under consideration—Kansas, Stanford, Miami, Fla., and Indiana—lose tomorrow, their chances for postseason activity are nil.
If things go the Jayhawks' way, they will win and the others will lose. If that happens, you had better make your reservations for a trip to Atlanta.
A longshot? Perhaps. Yet it beats waiting for basketball season.
English singer-songwriter: a Partridge in a pear tree
Psychonauts likely would think of him as maladjusted. Social scientists would say he is living in a dream world. And no doubt most Americans simply would call him weird.
World problems don't concern Partridge a bit.
Ask him his view of the world and he just raises his index fingers to his face and pushes the corners of his mouth upward.
Partridge is the lead singer, principal songwriter and guitarist for the English rock band XTC, which played at the Lawrence Opera House Monday night for the second time this
Partridge turned 27 last Tuesday, but he often acts 20 years younger. He loves kiddie games, "can't resist" toy soldiers and spends hours with children in children's encyclopedias-looking at the pictures.
But what sets Andy Partridge apart is his wry
talent. He doesn't but unique, timely but
voyage, funny but套袖.
It comes across on XTC's records as he laughs at life with the cynical viewpoint of an editorial
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To really appreciate Partridge's wit, he must be in concert, or even better, berry bad or tea or dair.
"Living Through Another Cuba," a mocking look at the possibility of nuclear war, and "Respectable Street," a look at life in quiet, rich surroundings. "Samples of the band's latest album, 'BlackSeas.'"
He is not your typical rocker. On tour, he spends most of his time reading. He doesn't drink except for an occasional glass of white wine, which he drinks with his meals. He listens to more Bach than rock.
"I guess I'm just an impulsively jolly fellow. I almost got a few cells missing or sometimes."
"It must offend people that I'm not always snorting cocaine like rock stars are supposed to," he says, pausing from his chicken dinner, raising his closed hand to his nose and inhaling deeply in a mock gesture. "I've never been that way.
Indeed, Partridge could have made Hitler laugh.
He banters with the other band members about life on the road and the eating style of Americans. The U.S. custom of eating Jello on salads strikes him as particularly amusing.
He pretends he's fishing with his tea bag and chides the waitress each time she returns.
"Is it supposed to turn into something, coffee may make him jokingly when the waitress hone his bobs?"
Partridge fell in love with pop music in the 60s, and Stones and the Kings were beginning to take off.
After a brief fling in art school, he drifted into
numerous bands—none of them successful before joining XTC in 1976.
As much of his music shows, Partridge is the eternal optimist.
World hunger, the nuclear arms race, incite
terrorism and unrest. Wars, warfare,
they undo his caustic sense of humility.
"why should I interrupt them? I'm having fun, he says. "When I stop having fun, I'll find something to mean about. I'm just a vegetable. As long as my patch is fine, I'm fine."
Partridge limits his griping to such things as hotel air conditioners ("They drain all the life out of my face"), telephones that won't stop ringing ("It put them in a drawer") and bad tea.
"These are my sized problems," he says. "I like problems that will fit in my hand. The other things ... are like worrying about whether I can land 349 'at the Star Ship System 320. What can you do?"
Partridge's commentary is equally illuminating. On the arms race: "Weapons are horrible things. But if they go bang, I can hardly catch each missile as it falls."
On God: "If there's a bigger truth, it's not my problem. When I finally die, when my eyes close, if I see a big gate and a bunch of white robots, I guess you can improve like mad — Oh! I guess you do exist." ****
On the supernatural: "I tried astrology once. But it's just like religion and greyhounds. It gives you the same answers."
Partridge, who lives with his wife in Swindon,
an industrial town about 70 miles west of
Wiltshire.
His father, a sailor, was rarely at home when Andy was young. Andy's always been the shy type who never had many friends. He still doesn't.
He always hated school and left without a diploma at age 15.
"I was so willing to learn, but they didn't want to teach me anything," he says. "They don't teach you anything about life outside. They just teach you about life in school."
"When I walked out the door, I forgot to say that Richard and I are members of that Richard of York fought battles in war."
Partridge never understood, for example, the reasons for taking Latin - just never had any desire to carry on a conversation with a Roman centurion. he says.
So with few friends and no real ambitions, he
fails. He falls down, falling prey to
depression, the opposite happens.
"I had to imagine a lot; I just always tried to imagine good things. he imagined." I kinda got tired of it.
"I've always been a hermit . . . a jolly herm-
ter."
Partridge is anxious to return home. UTC's centennial tour, which began in September, will begin 11 days.
He's anxious to play with his cat, pump up the tires on his new bike and take it for a ride. And, naturally, he's anxious to play with his troy soldiers.
"There's so much to do," he says almost in exasperation as he spoons up a chunk of pineapple that his dessert. "I feel like the Nowhere Man in Yellow Submarine."
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Letters to the Editor
Column unfairly depicts local voters
To the editor
In response to the article in the Nov. 5 Kansan, "KU students are resigned to reagate and write the article we have accurately written with no documentation to support his comments.
Where did Faust get his information regarding, "the anti-Reaganism that has pervaded the University?" There was no organization that was opposing President Reagan, and if there were, they sure weren't vocal about it.
The comment by Roland Garner of Kansas City, Mo., stating, "I didn't want Ronald Reagan. I hope he dies soon," was totally unnecessary and tasteless. Also, the statement by the same individual, "Bush will be an ADEQUATE president," leads us to question what this individual looks for in a president. What the United States needs now more than ever is a president the people can respect. We believe Reagan fills the shoes.
We also would like to know what Garner meant by his statement, ... (Reagan's) undemanding campaign closely, we never have seen any trafic of display issued by Reagan.
In response to Donna Hines' comment on Reagan's stiff defense posture and attitudes toward the Equal Rights Amendment and Social Security, we believe it is necessary to have a strong defense so that we never will have to be on the front line. We think, certainly has not gained any respect in the Middle East—and look at the situation in Afghanistan.
As far as ERA goes, the Nov. 5 edition of the Kansas City Times states that, "Women who were thought to dislike Reagan because of his opposition to a ban on or a ban him house of alleged militancy, voted more frequently for Reagan than Carter." How come Reagan took southern Florida (a population consisting mainly of senior citizens) if he intends to wretch Social Security cards? Why did he wretch shambles (thanks to the democratic Party that deserved it)?
Evidently, the statement, "Most KU students who had cared about the outcome and had bothered to vote faced disappointment last night," was incorrect. The same issue of the Kansas reported that Reagan carried 14,106 votes, while Carter received 9,253 and Anderson trailed with 4,770 in Douglas County.
Faust reported that these anti-Reagan people saw an uncertain future and could not wait until 1984. The future may be untaint, but it is optimistic. Americans aren't so stupid as to elect a proven loser like President Carter twice. This time they picked a winner. Now America can regain the respect and integrity that she lost over the last four years.
We do agree with one statement by Faust. That is his comment that "The pro-Reagan folk were clearly in the minority in the bars." The other statement were all at home watching Reagan win.
Dense Savage
Barnes sophomore
Janiece Young
Larmer junior
Denise Savage
Headquarters a help
To the editor:
It has been refreshing to see how Lawrence and Marjorie Elsevine the two travelers of the year.
N. Y., who had their possessions stolen while hitchhiking through Kansas. Not only have they received offers of money, clothes, camping equipment and food, but they also have received a lot of good will and sympathy from our community.
Headquarters also has been happy to help by providing housing, food, support and referral to other services within the community. Although we have definite limitations (we are primarily a crisis intervention and aid team) and lack of a contract for temporary housing), we have been happy to let the travelers stay at our house for the past four days.
Unfortunately, their situation is not unusual. Headquarters, as well as some churches and other grassroots organizations, encounter such unfortunate situations on a day-to-day basis. Headquarters alone provides emergency housing from 50 to 100 times a month to the homeless people just out of mental and correctional institutions, victims of abuse and robbery, runaways and people going through emotional crises.
For not being in the business of providing temporary housing, this is a large number of people for one agency to handle. It also does not include the people we have to turn away. They might walk the streets all night, hang out in all-night restaurants or laundromats, or sleep in parks or alleyes. They have no other place to go for free housing.
In the past few years, Headquarters has attempted to organize a center for temporary housing. Rather than having the religious community, the grassroots organizations, Social and Individuals help out in separate ways, we have proposed working together to provide a higher quality of service, better organization to prevent misuse of services and hopefully to save much-needed money. Headquarters believes these groups can best work together on this problem by organizing and organizing a transitional living center.
Unfortunately, this effort primarily has been left up to Headquarters (with the aid of some churches and agencies), perhaps because as long as Headquarters takes care of these folks, no one else will have to bother. It is the primary aim of our organization, however, to provide crisis intervention and short-term counseling on a 24-hour basis, every day of the year. That takes a lot of energy.
Although we are grateful to Clifford and Elcevice and the Kansan for pointing out that such situations exist and are pleased at the number of community folks who have decided to lend a hand, we also hope that they would work with us in the future to set up a hostel or transitional living center. It is at least a subject to consider.
John Fenwick
John Fewick Assistant director, Headquarters
Jayhawk jinx
To the editor:
It was early in the second quarter, the score 14-6, Oklahoma, with Kansas driving for a potential score. The Kansas team was 2 yards short on fourth down at the 11-yard line. It wasn't enough for the Jubilee. Should they take three passes for a field goal or go for the first down?
The fans were yelling "Go, go, go!!!" The Jayhawk coaches didn't take long to make their decision. They obliged the fans and went for the first down. The fourth down attempt was handed off to the tailback over the left offensive line, and he was stopped for no gain.
The football pundits asked this question, "Why didn't they kick the field goal when it's still early in the game?" this proved to be deciding factor in the game, because Kansas came up two points short of the Sooners, 21-18. When you're a team of the Sooners, Oklahoma's stature, you have to put points on the board when opportunity knocks.
In response to Gene Myers' Nov. 10 football article on the Jayhawks, I would like to ask him why he failed to mention this most significant play. Instead of leading his article with this play, he elaborated the second Jayhawks play, the second-guessed started on that play. True, this play could have been second-guessed, but not to the extent of the aforementioned.
In fact, Myers didn't even mention what the punts would call "the PLAY of the game." I suggest that in the future Myers study the Jayhawk games more closely so he can give the Kansas students a good description of what happened in the game.
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Unfortunately, present trends promote a caricature of what should be beautiful and permanently satisfying. Miller states a "...need for males to experience a release through ejaculation." That's the HOGWASH. Desire is one thing; need is something else.
Sex can be hex
I do agree with Prof. Leland Miller that sexual activity is for more than procreation and that sexuality involves more than physiological activity. I am also blessed by Him when in its proper function.
To the editor:
I freely admit that intense, prolonged mental stimulation, to the point of physical preparedness and without completion, is medically harmful. If that's your problem, it's your own responsibility. If (oward the "other" woman) was adultery, He gave a good bodily health tip.
Morality and physical fitness go hand in hand.
I don't mean that admiring women is a sin.
Just make sure it's the same wholesome
fascination that you want other men to have
toward your sister, daughter or mother!
Self-abuse is nowhere forbidden in the Bible-inspirement, isn't it? However, as most men can attest let women speak for themselves), it's an emotionally frustrating experience. It commends half of what nature intends to be tender communion between two minds and two hearts.
The three and one-half years before my marriage were spent away from home in West Virginia and Chicago. I was physically and emotionally in top shape and behaved well. My wife was not deceived by formulas similar to the "release" counsel padded by Miller.
Nature provides its own "safety valve"—octurally.
Ira Bond Electrician, facilities operations