University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Wednesday, September 10, 1980
Vol. 91, No. 13
USPS 650-640
Lack of quorum delays vote on petition to shrink Senate
By DIANE SWANSON
Staff Reporter
The Student Senate spent an hour and a half last night debating a petition to cut the size of the Senate in half in hopes of creating a more efficient voting assembly.
When it came time for a vote, however, the petition went unconsidered because a roll call showed that the Senate lacked the quorum needed to do official business.
After the roll call, Matt Davis, student body vice president, said that the lack of a quorum was "exactly why the Senate needs to reduce its size."
The petition also would eliminate Senate seats representing living groups.
This section came under attack, and an amendment calling for five housing representatives was added to the petition. The amendment gave Senate representation to the All Scholarship Hall Council, the Association of University Residence Halls, the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association and off-campus housing.
The amendment, proposed by Bill Venable,
if passed, passes 2521L, increasing the
senator's vote to 70 percent.
In explaining why the seats had been omitted, Davis said living groups would be represented by
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of 'em. But Wants' idyllic home is still far off, he has yet to stumble starry-eyed upon Mrs. Right, though he's looking. "I'll take a little bit of advice," about five-two with big tits and bad teeth."
Wats' pursus of a happy homelife and a woman he can call wife squeches a year of talk about his much-publicized relationship with Rickie Lee Jones. Publications from People to Rolling Stone toured Waits and songstress Jones as an "item," with the British rock mag Melody Maker going so far as to their marriage "immune." Though Waits and Jones are undeniably close friends, although both generally seey underside, sharing a cohere of self-styled low-lifes, whatever romantic interlude the two enjoyed seems to have waned. Rickie Lee Jones was the one subject Waits was intent on not discussing.
OLLYWOOD
DECEMBER 31, 1979
Tom Waits is sanding by the door,
a rented, run-down hall elicite
touches smiles from short white eli
It is on this eventful night, at the turn of a
with big tits. It's New Year's Eve at "Mambo Beat 80," a biracial multi-media "happening in the heart of Hollywood. Various comedy acts (including a pair of blind ladies) performed by Michael Sal Mineo and the Duplicators keep the three hundred parodyers hopping until midnight. Then veteran R&B performer Roy Brown takes the stage with his group of crusty black musicians. Waits moves from the entrance way to the dance floor. This is what he came to play with Fats Domino, Lee Allen used to play with Fats Domino — one of Wails heroes.
new decade, that Waits makes a New Year's
resolution: "I told myself that I was going
a little farer."
The signs of restlessness were there. After returning from the road, Waits moved out of his long-time abode at the Tropicana Moel, now the stopover spot for spiky-haired English punk bands. Waits exited the place after one too many magazine articles had mentioned his residence there, resulting in a walk around the house on his door at four in the morning. He moved to an apartment on Crenshaw Boulevard. Then to a house in Silver Lake. From there he slept in a series of seedy mills until the day he headed for the Big Apple.
NEW YORK CITY JANUARY 28, 1980 I grew up in Los Angeles and needed a new urban land Wits erglans, sprangled on
And what about the Thunderbird, "Blue Valentine?"
With his move from the Southland to the concrete terrain of Manhattan, Wais is look to infuse some new blood into his life. No more 2 A.M. cruises down Santa Monica Blvd with his pals. No more late breakfast at restaurants or driving the muters on the crosswash bus or riding the subway at night, exploring the dark underbell of another kind of town.
made bed in his room at the Chelsea Hotel on West 23rd Street. "I've always wanted to here, it's a good working atmosphere for me. So I packed up three suitcases and took off Once I get located I'll go back to LA. and get the rest of my stuff"
"I lookin' to sell it," Waits grins. "Know anyone who's interested."
OLLYWOOD
JULY 28, 1980
Not so fast.
In late March, Waits
his room key, move out of the Chelsea and into an apartment a few blocks away. Then, out of the blue, a telephone call from filmmaker Bord Coplas he is in with, brief conversation about a nebulous project called 'One from the Heart', recounts Walt "At that time the idea was a little half haked Now, it's starting to materialize."
Materialize, indeed. Tom Wats is back in Los Angeles, fixed up in an office on the old Hollywood General lot — now known as Omii Zootrope Studio and owned by Copied. The walls in Wats' suite are made of mahogany. A Yamaha grand piano fills half of one of the rooms. An elaborate tape deck plays the organ, keyboard and scripts. There a David Niven feel to the room which I rather enjoy, he says, his eyes scanning the rich wainsoff.
And everything these days is *One from the Heart*. A romantic comedical set in Las Vegas over one Fourth of July weekend, the picture stars Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr and Natalia Kinski, and will be directed by Coppola. The movie's plot will have been written before they shoot, he explains. "So I'm working closely with Francis on the story and on the development of the songs. It's a bastard musical in a way, not in the tradition of Dan Dalley and Scott Jagger.
Waits sits there looking almost normal, his face just about clean shaven — sideburns gone, a long, narrow goatee nearly trailing from his lower lip. His hair, showing its first sign of gray, is less unruly. At thirty-a-half, he appears to be in disarray good health and spirits. "I'm very confident right now 1. I appear to be in disarray good health and spirits. "I'm very confident right now 1. I appear to be in disarray good health and spirits. "I'm very confident right now 1. I appear to be in disarray good health and spirits. "I’
Knee deep in sheet music and charts, and surrounded by cinema heavyweights, Waits can envision returning to his self-imposed exile in New York. "It's impossible now One from the Heart is going to keep me a love slave till February."
So much for new urban landscapes. Has he abandoned all resolve and returned to his dig at the Tropicunal? "No, I was staying in my apartment," he said. I've found another apartment now.
What about "Blue Valentine"? "She went out one night without me and got in a fatal accident," he murmurs, "Luckily, no one was hurt." Instead, befitting his new line of work Walls rolls down the boulevards in the safe anonymity of a rented skyline Monte Carlo.
As for Heart Attack and Vine, the songwriter did manage to shape up a few numbers while he was living in Manhattan. And he also took on the role of producers were still underway between his manager and Coppola, to record the LP at the RC4 studios on Ivar, with long-time producer Bones Howe. "Domona Lisa" didn't make it to his seventh album, but tracks like 'Ruby's Arms,' "Jersey Girl" and "Till the Mone Runs Away" are among his favorites. A Watsica original or the Petula Clark classic?
"No. It's along drive from Petula Clark's," he grins, and then siting by the piano and planking the ivories absently, his eyes look up. "Actually, I've been thinking about putting out an album called My Favorites. And instead of my cover versions of those tunes, it would be nice to just write them down that I enjoy and in TV commercial voice you can enjoy the same ones that I enjoy, but you'll know that those specifically are the ones that I like."
Jewish students who have made arrangements with their instructors will be excused from classes and tests to attend Rosh Hashanah and Xom Kionur services.
HOWEVER, YOM KIPPUR furls this year on Sept. 20, which is scheduled as parents' Day at the University of Kansas. The Jayhawks will play their first home football game against the University of Pittsburgh, and many living special activities for students and their parents.
Archie R. Dykes, Myers said.
The final decision came from the chancellor's office, however, and the date for *Parents' Day*
Most Jewish students are obligated to spend
Shankel issued an apology to the Jewish community, which appeared in the Kansas City newspaper.
In his letter to the editor, Shankel said, "I also was distressed when I discovered this scheming organization."
AT LEAST 1,000 KU students and several teachers are Jewish. Kort said.
Hillel made another appeal to Del Shanker after he was made a acting chancellor. Kurt said
"The situation is terribly fortunate and is something that everyone feels very bad about." Myers said. "It's a problem you run into when you're trying to save an audience in advance. We just hope it won't happen as a result."
Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Tishri, which usually comes at the end of September or the beginning of October.
The Jewish calendar traditionally dates from
Some people send Rosh Hashanah cards, cards to Grandpa, less new year's greeting cards, to Grandma.
The celebration of the new year begins with a dinner followed by sundown services, she said.
Hillel is sponsoring a Rosh Hashanah service at 7:30 to tonight in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. Morning and evening services will be held every day at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center.
keeping the communication system open," he said. "It's more like an insurance policy. I think representation by both schools and living groups is important."
A move was made to table the petition, but it was veted. A motion then was made to call for a vote, after which John Macchietto, graduate student senator, called for a quorum.
The Ten Days of Penitence traditionally mark
SHOW DAYS page 5
Because there was no quorum, the meeting was dismissed and the petition now must be resubmitted to the Student Senate executive committee.
See HOLIDAYS page 5
After the Senate makes a decision, the petition be submitted to the University Council, which approves the final decision.
If acted on soon, the petition will take effect before student body presidential, vice presidential and senatorial elections in November.
Because Senate was dismissed, two bills listed on the agenda failed to reach the floor.
One would increase Senate committee powers and the other would improve inventory control
The Senate also heard a report from Bob Bingamara, executive director of Associated Students of Kansas. Bingamara said ASK was succeeding in its lobbying efforts on student issues and was working to increase political awareness and political participation among students.
Under the inventory control bill, the replacement cost of Senate-funded capital equipment that is damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen through the negligence or fault of an organization will be charged to that organization.
The Senate is considering whether to continue Kibu's membership in the statewide student lobby.
ncing system
stared into the eyes of the three KAA board members.
"Opponents of presumptive sentencing call it a passing fad," said Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, a member of the interim committee. "They say it will have little impact on the crime rate and will increase the cost of running the prison system by $10 million a year."
The panel questioned the prisoner, delving into every aspect of his life—both outside the prison and since his imprisonment. They ignored the camera, then the drooping, glazed eyes that pleaded with them.
SOLBACH RECounted the case of an inmate who was sentenced and served two years in prison for a non-violent offense that defrauded three parties of less than $100.
"This person had no previous convictions," Solbach said. "At 'A1 $25 a day' (the cost per prisoner in the state penitentiary) the state threw $10,250 for each convicted person and that badly reinforced irresponsibility in that person."
But Solbach admits that sentencing is a complex question with no absolute answers.
"At the other end of the spectrum, what do you owe with violet offenders? Should a Class A felon be punished?"
Stephan argued that all discretionary questions should be taken away from the Secretary of Corrections and the KA. He said he thought the judge who assigned a sentence should maintain full control over extenating circumstances and should choose between a probation or a life sentence, rehabilitation center for several months, an immediate parole, or a strict sentence.
Benjamin Day, a member of the KAA parole board, sat at the table listening attentively to every answer from each inmate, and speared each candidate with probing questions.
"Determine (presumptive) sentencing does not take into account the circumstances surrounding an individual's conviction, or give a
See COMMITTEE page 5
Weather
Today's high should be near 84, according to the KU Weather Service. Skies will be mostly clear, with increasing cloudiness by late afternoon. Winds will be from the north at 8 to
15 mph.
The low tonight will be near 83. Skies will be partly cloudy, with a chance for widely-scattered thundershowers.
Thursday, skies should be fair to partly cloudy, with a chance for thunderstorms, with it will become most clearly clear at midafternoon, with a high near 82°