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KU officials awaiting affirmative action's fate
Staff Reporter
By KATHY BRUSSELL
KU officials are not worried about the future of the University's affirmative action program, despite a plan to abolish such programs proposed by a future U.S. Senate committee.
Hatch, who is scheduled to become the next chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said last week that he would push for a constitutional amendment.
Mike Edwards, director of KU's office of affirmative action, said this week that he was not sure how much significance to attach to a statement made recently by Serr.orn G. Hatch.
won't know the effects on his own program, he said.
Bob Filmore, associate general counsel for the United States, said he saw no reason for concern with his comments.
"I personally have seen or heard nothing to indicate that President-elect Reagan would not be committed to affirmative action at either the federal or state level," he said.
The constitutional amendment proposed by Hatch would have to be ratified by the states, and the influence of the Resign administration enough to get the amendment passed, he said.
passes, the state Because Congress cannot repeal state laws that require compliance with affirmative action regulations, passage of a constitutional amen-
November, 1980
BUSBOYS
BY DAVIN SEAY
ozens of sweeping searchlights violate the stairs Hollywood Bow, running like fingers through a dark scalp. Somewhere behind the illuminated handshell, the beams are mounted on stage and interacting in a dazzling display, and all for a worthy cause. In the best interest of points and residuals, the Screenplay Guild and the Association of Amateur Mounted An Evening of Stars, a benefit for the SAG Emergency Fund, and everyone who anyone has turned out for them, why there's Ola Ainda and Ed Asner ... James Garner and Henry Winkler ... Jane Fonda and Charlton Heston Larry Hagman, with an assistant to the troops while American Federation of Musicians Local 47 Orchestra plays 'There's No Business Like Show Business' to gather training if to the nationally its enough. It’s enough the well-heeded cookies of the liberal heart in the joint. The historious story of American labor can shake up another victory for the common people.
**hip-hop**
a singer trumpeter. This minimal wage stuff still protest at music all, its satire, and they're not even making fun of the fat cats. They seem to be making fun of, yes, of *themus* (a stereotype, a stereotyped and traditions. Now they're doing a song called "KKK," and there's a line that goes: "I want to join the R Klux Klan/play in a rock 'n' roll" and a discomforting one: "I call Johnny Soul'd Out" has a line about who's "into rock'n' roll/now he's given up the rhythm 'n' blues. Given up the rhythm 'n' blues these guys give off black heritage." And then there dancing like a bunch of free fresh slaves, bugging their
man, fell almost. Backstage, among the climbs, the private trailers, the complimentary chilled white wine and hors d'oeuvres, the only suggestion of someone actually having to work for a living is a cluster of five guys in his boy outfits waiting momentarily for performance of their audience of their career. It's the BusBuses, recruited by the evening's organizers because they write and play something called "minimum wage rock n' roll (get it)". And when Howard Hesse announces their big role in the response, overwhelming how should it be? The SR0 crowd has been treated to some real names, now here's a bunch of black guys playing loud rock and roll, interbring around the stage and acting positively
flinoant.
eyes out, shaking their hands. It's positively undignified! The group's last number, "Did You See Me" has a line that goes, "You thought it was hot in the shade/ but you never heard music like this by spades." Spades like Batbays take to the stage in an audible sigh of apter over the Bowl Lion sight is up on the crowd settles down to something they can really relate to.
SERVICE WITH A SMIRK
The response of Hollywood's finest newhawking, the BusBops are right. You never have *hear* music like this by spades. That is, not since perhaps Jimi Hendrix or Sly Stone rock 'n' roll is something completely *other*, a marvelous, engaging mixture of influences that comes at unearny audiences from an entirely new direction. It is perhaps a mark of our time, but otherwise, that one of the most surprising elements about this music is that it's being produced by four black guys and a Chicago. So accounted were they the ghettoization of pop music when we learned to play guitar licks, new wave keyboards and unvarnished Chuck Berry riffs we can close our eyes and picture a batch of earnest
Angles phlying the rock and roll trade. The Busbys, completely cognizant of the startling incongruity they represent, have wreaked joyful on our preconceptions with some of the best new music and race to, be able to enjoy a season.
"You have to be badder than a mother, .r to be black and accept the challenge of white rock and roll," asserts Brian O'Neil, found member, songwriter and spokesman for the hottest new group to emerge from Los Angeles new music scene since its inception.
in the day after the SAG affair,
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overexposed it
"We'd come up with the BusBys concept a couple of months before," Kevin explains, waiting for his New York steak to be delivered, "but our history goes back to Chicago. Gus Louner and Brian Andersen at Sugar Gus Louner used to have a dance group called Those Who Possess the Magic Shoes." The O'Neil brothers were raised in a studioshy middle-class background— their parent was in suburban for the Dept. of Health in Los Angeles. They went to high school with the rest of the band except guitarist Victor Johnson, the newest member and a Colorado native. Driving school and Worthington, washing up at Skake's Pizza Parlor and a local convalescent hospital, the group gradually developed in the funk mode for a six-year period prior to the birth of the BusBys players, the hotel lounger and used to dress well before we decided to make the change. Kevin added.
oldest hall of honour, an enthusiastic and articulate young men Brian and Kevin are more than happy to explain how the BusBops got the biggest deal in the history of the music business ever given to them. It was all black and blue from the beginning, which, for the BusBops, was a about year ago in December of 79 when they played their first gig at the Whiskey AGo-Go
The change, in this case, was from the standard prescription for aspiring black musicians—a choice of soul or jazz—to progressive rock and
"I love R&B," remarks Brian, "but
I'm not a big fan of the contemporary stuff. Frankly it bores me. I think what's happening with groups like Talking Heads and the Cars is really exciting and is having a tremendous impact. The new wave has the ever-creative new wave in music shows right here with us Most talented black artists are confined to the commercial and creative limitations put on black music. It's either jazz or mainstream摇滚 with existent concerns for their musicians with existant or just dancing your ass off What's different about us is what was different about Hendrix or Sly"
afferent. It's bold assertion, but one that is in line with the out group's debris Arista LP. Bassist Kevin and keyboardist Brian, along with singer/dancer Gus Loundermon, drummer Felix, Michael Jones on synthesizer and guitarist Victor Johnson have created a stunning introduction to world of music and roll. Influenced by rampant and employed with such finesse that Brian's claim of osmic absorption of musical genres seems completely accurate.
Issue from the biting lyric edge that permeates the LP's sleven cut, a kind of off-handed musician carries the effort from one place to the next. The opening track in the best tradition of Dr. Feed goodness, and highlights an Allman Bros.-style elliptical guitar book "Minimum Wage" and "Dive No See Me." See Mr. Jagger's body-simulating black myths set to some highly inventive ensemble work. Even 'Angie', a seemingly straightforward ballad, has an iron tone when you call her someone special. In approximation of Mick Jagger singing the tune of the same name ("Unintentional," he claims). "Tell the Coach," with an instrument somewhere behind Side Story and then Dane and side two's opening "D Day," with its distinct Devoesque touches, as are advanced as any of Britain's naval art damage tattoosers and fun run to Johnny Soul'd Out," an autobiographical tale of the group's switch from RB to RB, is set after with some consumativeness. A chorus of "Minimum Wage" is delight, cheeky, musically auscute, and unmistakably new.
"We know why we are, where we're going and what we represent," says Brian, as the water brings a second round of bloody Mary's. The point is rock and roll. The aren't here to make actual state representation but to barrers, any of that were formed because rock was the music that influenced us most."
"A lot of people at record company took a lot of time explaining to us why a black rock and roll band wouldn't work. Kevin interruptions."
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Nancy Moulding, owner of the Pentimento, stands in front of the coffeehouse and cafe which closed in September. Its contents will be sold by auction on Dec. 6. The Pentimento Cafe provided Lawrence with home-cooked food and home-grown entertainment for two and one-half years.
"We just wanted to have a place that we would want to go to ourselves," she said.
were shrew businessmen when they created the Pentimento in 1798.
The Mouldings furnished the Pentimento with pillows, wooden chairs and low-slung tables. They decorated it with Japanese kites and art work done locally.
The tables encircled a stage where local talent, including magicians, singers, dancers and actors, thrived.
See PENTIMENTO page 5
Weltmer petitions to regain job
By ARNE GREEN
Staff Reporter
John Weltmer, former women's sports information director, said yesterday that he had filed a petition with the University Judiciary to get his job back.
lawful, arbitrary and capricious."
r said that on May 20 Baker told him he fired for questions raised about his o the University and the athletic nt, his rapport with various coaches members and his competence in his k
Weltner, 26, who was fired effective July 1, filed the petition against the KU athletic department. Bob Marcum, the president of the information director, contending that the reasons for his dismissal
ainly the reasons for my dismissal I Weltner said. "I am asking for nent and to be reimbursed for the loss i benefits since I was dismissed."
MER SAID that he gave the petition to ossek, chairman of the Judiciary, and old him she would put it on the docket. would not be reached for comment. n and Baker both said they were
was sports information director no. urs until he resigned in July to work for four Life Insurance Co.
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r said that if he did not win at the level, "we can count on it going tourt."
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Skies will be partly cloudy today, with a high in the lower 70s, according to the National Weather Service in Topskau. Ships will be from the south at 18-15 mph.
Tonight it will be mostly cloudy with a low in the mid 40s. The high tomorrow will be slightly lower, and it will remain cloudy with an extended chance of rain or snow by Friday.