University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 27, 1986
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News Briefs Official still stable after heart attack
James Bibb, associate director of business and fiscal affairs, was listed in stable condition last night at Stormtown-Vaail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, recovering from a heart attack he suffered Oct. 18.
I heart attack he suffered Oct. 10.
Bibb, 63, is in the hospital's cor-
onary care unit.
Last week, Ruby Bibb, James' wife, said that on Oct. 18 she called for an ambulance after her husband experienced pressure in his chest.
At about 4 p.m. that day, James Bibb was transported from his Topeka residence to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center. she said.
4 students arrested
James Bibb and Marlin Rein, associate hospital administrator of the University of Kansas Medical Center, were assigned to the legislative duties of Richard von Eisenhardt, executive secretary, when von Ende went on sick leave from the University last summer.
Four KU students were booked into the Douglas County jail Friday after they allegedly stole a palm tree from a hotel in the 200 block of the West Turnpike Access Road.
Lawrence police reported that the students, who were on a scavenger hunt, took the tree from its pot.
The tree, valued at $150, was six or seven feet tall.
Advising to begin
Starting today, students in the College may obtain their dean's stamp approval today in 4017 Wescoe Hall. Undergraduate students in the college can obtain their dean's stamp from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays until Nov. 7. Advising for these students also ends Nov. 7.
Feminist scholar Elaine Showalter will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday in woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Showalter, professor of English at Princeton University, has written several books and articles on gender, literature and society.
Center to offer shots
She will speak on "Piecing and Writing: The Quilt Aesthetic in American Women's Literature."
To combat flu in the coming winter months, students should get the first of two flu shots now, said University of Kansas Medical Center.
"Two shots will be needed this year because after this year's immunization medication was manufactured, it became apparent that another type of flu may have developed," said Mike O'Dell, the physician.
The vaccine for the three types of flu that were prevalent last year should be taken now
Weather
Today's skies will be mostly sunny, and the high temperature will be in the low 70s. The winds will come from the southwest at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be most clear with a low temperature in the mid-40s. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high temperature in the low to mid-70s.
From staff and wire reports.
Beard contest grows into furry tradition
Only real men need apply.
By PAM MILLER
Real men, who have greasy beards, that is.
Or as Jim Foster, Battenfeld Scholarship Hall resident, said, "Let the fur fly."
On Friday night, the winner of the Scott Berry Greasy Beard-a-Thon Part II was chosen.
It all began at midnight Oct. 1,
when about 30 Battenfeld men shaved,
and then vowed to abstain from the razor until Friday's judging. Only the fittest and the hairiest at Battenfeld Hall survived.
Nine remained after weeks of ridicule from other residents and girlfriends. Those brave few competed for the greatest beard, subjecting themselves to the scrutiny of eight women judges from three women's scholarship halls.
Vince Johnston, Overland Park senior, was last year's winner. He wasn't confident that he could defend his title this year.
"I don't know, John Corbin's looking pretty tough," he said. "He's the hairstie ape of them all."
David Dibble, Lakeland, Fla., junior, was another contestant who helped start the beard-a-thon last year with Berry. Their attempts to grow greasy, beards turned into a tradition.
"Scott and I were just talking, and he said he wanted to grow a beard
and I said, "I'll grow one with you." "Dibble said, "And before you know it, the whole thing had gotten out of hand."
The rules were modified slightly this year, Johnston said. Anyone who grew a "cheesy" moustache or ate quiche would automatically be disqualified.
Those two rules disqualified quite a few men, he said.
"This gets a lot a ridicule." Unekis said. "You have to have the ability to take a lot of crap.
"Those two fuses made it,
keith Uniekhs, Manhattan freshman,
said he dropped out because his
weard was embarrassing him.
The judges rated each beard on neatness, growth, thickness, aesthetic value and greasiness.
"I started out to show them that redheads could grow a beard, and it didn't work."
Kemper Straley. Battenfield social chairman, said he dropped out of the contest because of harassment from his girlfriend and lack of testosterone.
Straley, Winfield senior, was the master of ceremonies for the contest. Each contestant recited the contest rules and then the judging began. The eight judges scrutinized each man as he paraded before them.
One of the judges, Carrie Hamill, Ablene sophomore from Sellands Hall, said Battiefen boym men chose her as judge by "random assault tactics."
Tom Thornton/KANSAN
Vince Johnston, Overland Park senior, shows his beard to the panel of judges during the Scott Berry Greasy Beard a-Thon Part II. Vince took third place in the contest Friday night at Battenfeld Scholarship Hall.
Hamill said she considered herself an expert on beards.
"I know men and I know beards and I know what I like," she said.
Finally, the moment of truth arrived. Strafley first announced the conspiracy and then revealed the truth.
Another judge, January Layman, Shawnee sophomore from Sellars Hall, said, "I dislike all facial hair. I don't like bras (beards), I think I'll be objective."
Dibble, whose prize was a gift certificate to get a free shave, said, "I'm keeping it. I'm going to get ready for next year."
Straley then announced the third-place finisher: Vince Johnston, last year's champion.
"I'm crushed." Johnston said "I
told a little bit my weight train
to do it."
Fort Scott junior and Battenfeld Hall president.
Second place went to Owen Fine.
Finally, Straley announced the name of the greatest beard: Jon Brodersen, Oslo, Norway, senior.
For winning, Brodersen received a trophy and a shaving kit.
"I'm touched," Brodersen said in his acceptance speech. "I've been working hard and I didn't eat quiche."
Financial aid forms to arrive
By a Kansan reporter
American College Testing financial aid forms should arrive at the University of Kansas by the first week in December, an ACT official said Friday.
ACT completed a distributions schedule Friday, said Mark Hefron, a spokesman for financial aid services in Iowa City, Iowa. The forms will be on their way to a group of schools that includes KU on Nov. 21, he said.
"Depending on which way the trucks head, they should be there in a week to 10 days and arrive in the first week in December," he said.
Congress called for last minute changes in the qualifications for independent student status, Heffron said. This delayed the arrival of the forms which are usually here by Nov. 1.
KU director of student financial aid, Jerry Rogers, said last week that the reduced number of forms shouldn't cause problems for students.
ACT usually begins printing financial aid forms by the first week in September.
Fans aren't alienated at sci-fi convention
By ATLE BJORGE
Staff writer
The game master lifted an imaginary gun and fired two shots.
"Boom, boom," he said.
"You take seven hits, and now you smell minty fresh," he said with a sly smile. "You've just been hit by a Crest gun."
"Oh, man," complained the victim. "Where did you get that?"
"From the Crest commercial," the game master said. "It's a highly dense capsule of Crest that enters the flesh on impact."
George Selleck, game master and Lawrence sophomore, explained that they were playing a role-playing game called "The Fantasy Trip," which proved that in the realm of the imagination, anything could happen.
Saturday, the fourth floor of Wesco Hall not only became the grassland of stuffed dragons or the town square for medieval minstrels, but also a forum for literary analysis and technological prediction.
About 100 people attended "Confabulation," the first student-run, science fiction and fantasy convention in Lawrence, sponsored by the KU Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
"We figured on about 15 people showing up," said Samantha Herdman, Tonganoxie sophomore.
"Now we hope to do it again next year. Eventually we'd like to move to a weekend convention."
In addition to playing games, participants listened to panel discussions as an arcade intelligence and the role of women in science fiction.
The club used $200 of Student Senate money for an ad campaign for the convention, she said.
Although the late Edgar Allen Poe did not come as had been advertised, James Gunn, science-fiction writer and professor of English, and Margaret Arnold, associate professor of English, participated in panel discussions.
"It's a good start, I guess."
Gunn said of the convention. "It turned out to be a lot more attractive to students than I had
Elizabeth Baker, Baldwin City graduate student, plays a soprano recorder in Wesco Hall during "Confabulation." She is a member of the Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction, which sponsored the convention Saturday.
"Filk" singers — who sound a lot like folk singers — sang, and some dressed up in wigs and vaguely medieval costumes for the masquerade at the end of the convention.
anticipated.'
Stuart Cooper, Hutchinson senior, said the role-playing games were escapism, pure and fun. The plays about eight hours a week
Djini Jacobson, who would only give her "fan name," Djini, said the convention attracted different kinds of science fiction fans.
"You have movie fans, you have book fans, you have comics fans and you have gaming fans," she said.
"There is also convention fandom, people who don't read very much," she said. "They live for going to conventions."
Jacobson was the chair of the confabulation committee because she had been to more conventions than any other club member, she said.
Jacobson, who works at the computer center, is the faculty adviser for Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a club with a membership of about 30, she said.
Wichita paper's poll says races too close to call
Conventions unite many people who otherwise might be isolated. Jacobson said.
United Press International
WICHITA — A newspaper poll published yesterday indicated that the races for governor and attorney general were too close to call nine days before the Nov. 4 election.
The Wichita Eagle-Beacon surveyed 1,023 registered Kansas voters Oct. 15 to Oct. 23. The newspaper's statistically reliable poll margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
In the governor's race. Democrat Tom Docking was the choice of 44.1 percent of respondents. Republican Mike Hayden was the choice of 42.2 percent and 13.7 percent were undecided.
The 3.1 percent margin of error meant Docking could be ahead by as many as 8.1 percentage points, or Hayden could be ahead by as
many as 4.3 percentage points, making the race too close to call. The outcome of the race appears to be in the hands of undecided voters.
The newspaper's poll results moved even closer together when respondents who were most likely to vote Nov. 4 indicated a preference. Docking was the choice of 43.7 percent of those respondents and Hayden was favored by 43 percent.
In a dramatic development, the newspaper's poll indicated that the race for attorney general had tightened significantly. Democrat Dennis Moore moved within four percentage points of the leader, Republican incumbent Robert Stephan.
Stephan still outpolled Moore 42.9 percent to 39.2 percent, with 17.9 percent of respondents still undecided. The results were almost identical among registered voters most likely to
vote. Stephan was the choice of 42.8 percent of the respondents, 39.9 percent favored Moore and 17.3 percent were undecided.
With the 3.1 percent margin of error, Stephan could be ahead by as many as 9.9 percentage points or Moore could be in the lead by as many as 2.5 percentage points.
The newspaper's September poll indicated that Stephan ahead with 47.2 percent to Moore's 29.5 percent, and 23.3 percent undecided.
Moore's gain in the polls could be attributed to television ads that gave him greater name identification among voters, and to his sharp attack on Stephan's handling of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by a former female employee.
Stephan is seeking his third term as attorney general. Moore has been Johnson County
In another race, the newspaper's poll indicated that Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a Republican, was favored by 66.3 percent of respondents, while his Democratic challenger, Guy McDonald of Wichita, was favored by 22.7 percent. Eleven percent of the voters remain undecided in this race.
district attorney for nearly 10 years.
The poll indicated that the three liquor and gambling questions on the Nov. 4 ballot enjoy widespread support.
a proposed state lottery was favored by 67.3 percent of respondents, while 28.7 percent opposed it. Pari-mutuel gambling on horse and dog races won the support of 61.2 percent of those polled, while 34.9 percent opposed it.
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Liquor by the drink was favored by 59.9 percent of those surveyed, while 36.5 percent were against it.
Come let a pumpkin be your canvas at the first pumpkin carving contest. Prizes will be awarded and pumpkins and tools provided. Show up anytime from 10:30-2:30 Wed., Oct. 29 or Thurs., Oct. 30 for on the spot carving.
Feel like taking your frustrations out on a defenseless pumpkin?
No entrance fee.
Kansas (Union, Main Level.
Sponsored by SUA Fine Arts Committee.
Call 864-3477 for more info.
PRENURSING STUDENTS
Advisors Will Be Available to sign enrollment cards in the Gallery, 4th Floor Kansas Union
Tues., Oct. 28 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 29 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 5 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.
Thurs., Nov. 6 9-noon & 1-4 p.m.
THE SOUND ALTERNATIVE
KJHK
CLASSIC ALBUM PLAYBACK WEEK
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THE MODERN LOVERS
Featuring Jonathan Richmond
and Jerry Harrison
THURSDAY
DEAD KENNEDYS
"Fresh Fruit"
Featuring "Holiday in Cambodia"
FRIDAY
FAIRPORT CONVENTION Featuring Richard Thompson
WIRE "Chairs Missing"
SOFT BOYS
"Underwater Moonlight"
Featuring Robyn Hitchcock
6 p.m.
EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK paid for by student activity fee.