6A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY,NOV.19,2001
Jackass: Flames, blood at the Lied
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He high-fived a man in the front row, and clutched his hurting arm.
And with good reason
His chest and shoulders were still trickling blood from when he had stapled bras to himself minutes earlier.
He also had rammed his head into Lacy's stomach, splitting an inflated rubber glove with his nose.
And his tongue was still bleeding after he traced it with a light bulb glass shard to test its sharpness.
He had eaten the shard, holding his microphone to prove each prickly bite, and followed it with a swig of tequila — actually apple juice, because of University polic.
Finally, Steve-O worked "extremely flammable hairspray" into his hair and held a lighter to it.
Jackass' tour manager blew on his head, sending a sphere of flames forward, and Steve-O bolted to a wet tank-top Acuna was holding to extinguish his hair.
"Where we gonna go?" Steve-O asked the near-capacity crowd at the end of the show.
A student responded by dropping a shirt onstage and running back to her seat. Steve-O picked it up and read the tag — an invite to her 21st birthday party.
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"All right, that's where we're gonna go," he said. He read the address aloud. The audience roared.
As the rowdy crowd left, Tarek Al-Baghal, Leavenworth graduate student, was looking for a place to return his donkey costume.
"It was sitting next to the person at the will-call window when I went to buy my ticket," AlBaghal said. "I asked if I could wear it during the show and they said 'OK.'"
In exchange for his driver's license, he was allowed to roam the aisles pre-show and, at the tour manager's request, was a visual aid for the running men in underwear at the beginning of the show.
Afterwards, Danielle Willey, special events coordinator for Student Union Activities, sat onstage, relieved.
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"I knew the basics. Everything happened just as we planned," she said. "Just a little blood, no big deal."
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Steve-O shields his eyes as the Don't Try This at Home tour manager blows flames from his burning hair. A graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, Steve-O was at the center of Saturday's tour performance, at the Lied Center, featuring members of MTV's Jackass.
GTAC: Negotiations resume today
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Protesters passed out bright yellow fliers to passers-by on Jayhawk Boulevard, comparing the University's latest salary proposals for graduate teaching assistants with higher salaries at select peer universities.
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According to the flier, KU administrators proposed a first-year minimum salary of $7,000 that would increase to an $8,400 minimum by the third year. Salaries for GTAs at
the University of Iowa and the University of Michigan are $14,130 and $12,560, respectively.
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Lynn Bretz, interim director of the Office of University Relations, said that GTAs at KU made more money than GTAs at other state schools, including Kansas State University, Wichita State University and Fort Hays State University.
"These are very fair offers, especially considering the fiscal climate
the state is in," she said. "We will continue to bargain in good faith."
Contract negotiations between the University and the GTAC will resume today.
Juneteenth Protesters said they had received positive responses from students on campus.
Drew Farmer, Spring Hill freshman, agreed with the protesters and said he thought their approach was creative.
"It definitely gets attention a lot better than standing on a soapbox and preaching," he said.
But not all students thought the protest was appropriate, including Katie Bogher, Lawrence freshman.
Rachel Boger, "It seems like they're making themselves seem like they're homeless," she said.
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Flu vaccinations advised before leaving campus
By Matt Norton Kansan staff writer
Officials at Watkins Memorial Health Center are encouraging students to get flu shots before they leave for Thanksgiving break.
campus. As of Nov. 10, Kansas was one of 22 states to report sporadic occurrences of influenza this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control Web site.
Myra Strother, chief of staff at Watkins, said students traveling to different parts of the country could be exposed to the virus and bring it back to campus.
Strother said Watkins would have its flu clinic open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Tuesday. Students can receive their shots on a walk-in basis for $10, she said.
10. She said Next week, Watkins will also administer shots at Mrs. E's. Strong Hall and the Kansas and Burge Unions, Strrother said.
While last year was a mild season for the influenza virus in the United States and no cases had yet been reported at KU. Strother said health officials were expected a big year for the disease.
"We really want to protect students before they go home for break," Strother said. "It doesn't matter if you got the shot last year. Influenza is brilliant; every year it mutates."
Still, some students choose not to get the shot.
Still, some students chose hiking. Scott McDaniel, Garden City senior, said he was going home for break but was not considering the vaccine.
the vaccine. He said he got colds occasionally but thought the shots were more useful for people at a high-risk for getting influenza, like the elderly or those with chronic diseases such as diabetes or asthma.
"I haven't had the flu since I was 12 or 13," McDaniel said. "Getting the shot just hasn't occurred to me."
According to Strother and the CDC Web site, the flu season usually consists of two peaks, a small one in December and a larger one in late January or early February.
Last year, there were 9,962 positive tests for influenza in the United States.
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