University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 21, 1986
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News Briefs
Nov. 7 hearing set for 3 Lawrence men
A trial date was rescheduled and changed to a plea hearing for three Lawrence men indicted in July on cocaine-related charges.
Brian Cross, 20, Kevin Sommer,
21; and Robert F. Bell, 35, were
scheduled to appear for a jury trial
Douglas County District Court
Jim Flory, Douglas County district attorney, said yesterday that the trial was changed to a plea hearing and scheduled for Nov. 7.
Cross, Shawnee Mission senior,
and Bell were each charged with one count of selling cocaine. Sommer, who was enrolled at KU last spring, was charged with one count of selling cocaine. All three were counted in count of possession of cocaine. All three were indicted July 22 in Lawrence.
KC mavor critical
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Mayor Jack Reardon remained in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center yesterday suffering from bleeding in the lower lobe of his left lung.
Reardon, 43, who has a history of heart trouble, was transferred to the Med Center's Intensive Care Unit early Sunday from Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital in Osage Beach, Mo.
Martvin Dunn, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Med Center, said at a news conference yesterday that neither the cause nor exact site of the bleeding could be determined because of the amount of blood in his bronchial tubes.
City meeting tonight
The Lawrence City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at city hall to receive a report from the city manager regarding the allocation of funds for repair work on the Kansas River Dam.
The commission is also expected to consider a proposed city ordinance governing area marker requirements.
In the proposal, an area marker would become a sign that identifies an area of not less than four acres. Area markers now usually designate housing developments or apartment complexes.
Candidate to speak
Ben Casad. Republican candidate for state representative in the 46th District, is scheduled to hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. today.
The news conference will be at Douglas County Republican Party headquarters in the Malls Shopping Center, 711 W. 23rd St. The public is welcome to attend.
Casad is running against Democratic incumbent Betty Jo Charlton.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with a high temperature in the mid-70s and southerly winds at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 50. Tomorrow will be cloudy with a 50-percent chance for rain and a high temperature in the mid-60s.
From staff and wire reports.
Officials want to end Aaqieville rioting
Kansas State University and Manhattan officials will meet this week to discuss how future riots after KU-K-State football games can be avoided.
Rv KIRK KAHLER
Staff writer
Bill Jacoby, executive director of the Aggieville Merchants Association in Manhattan, said the association intended to talk with other business around the country who face similar problems.
Members of the group plan to visit Dallas and learn how officials there have eliminated rioting after football games between Texas and Oklahoma universities. The Texas-Oklahoma games take place in Dallas.
Jacoby said the problem and resulting damage in Manhattan was serious and needed to be addressed.
He estimated that between $20,000 and $30,000 in damage occurred in the Aggieville area, near and adjacent to the K-State campus, Saturday after the football game. He also estimated that 6,000 to 7,000 people were in the Aggieville area after the game.
He also said the group also might visit Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to ask officials how they handle masses of people during spring break.
Alvan Johnson, director of the Riley County Police Department, said 21 or 22 people were arrested on charges ranging from property damage to burglary.
Most of the damage, he said, was done by party-goers throwing full bottles and cans of beer through Aggieville business windows
The number of KU and K-State students among those arrested was equal, he said. However, Johnson did not know exactly how many of those arrested were students.
"At least 41 plate glass windows ranging in price from $300 to $1,000 were broken," he said. Looting also occurred as a result of the broken windows, he said.
In addition, Jacoby said, many of the businesses' signs were damaged by thrown cans and bottles.
He said that the problems belonged to Aggieville and that the Aggieville merchants
should be involved in finding a solution.
"What we need to ask ourselves is, what do we need to do as merchants to maintain the party atmosphere without the violence," he said.
Because much of the damage was done by people throwing bottles from roofs, Jacey said, security guards would be hired in the future to prevent people from getting on roofs.
One of the problems, Jacoby said, is that the bars in Aggieville are too close together. Jacoby, who went to school at KU, said Lawrence didn't experience the problem that K-State did because the Lawrence bars were farther apart.
Samples promote alcohol awareness
By PAM MILLER
Staff writer
As part of the kickoff yesterday morning for Alcohol Awareness Week, students were offered free drinks of beer.
But this beer was different - it was non-alcoholic.
Students on Wesco Beach also were offered soft drinks, literature, buttons and balloons, all of which were designed to inform students about alcohol and its effects.
"I think they're surprised that there's such a thing as non-alcoholic beer," she said.
The beer stand attracted the most people. Curious students drank paper cups of the beer. Many didn't like the taste.
it tastes like Alka Selzert," said Andy Bracciano, lawrence sophomore. "Or it tastes like Perrier. I wouldn't buy a six-pack of
"I don't think it will go over too big, though." he said.
Vince Wondrack, Lawrence sophomore, thought the beer, Kingsbury Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage, tasted better than some other non-alcoholic drinks he has had.
Ann Isely, Hashinger Hall director, was the bartender at the beer table.
dary Kempf, KU swim head coach, served soft drinks to students during the event. He said alcohol and drug awareness was
an important part of his program with his swimmers.
"Being on this campus for 12 years, I have seen negative ways alcohol has affected students," he said. "It can use a little better judgment."
Deb Stafford, assistant director of residential programs, said she thought the event went well. The stands closed at 1 p.m. Stafford said the office had given away more than 100 buttons promoting the week.
Lorna Zimmer, director of the Student Assistance Center and one of the organizers of the week, said she was jappy with the turnout.
During the event, many students sat on Wescoe's steps and read newspapers, oblivious to the activity going on. But other students were taking an interest in what was being offered, said Jon Brax, Salina senior.
Brax, president of the Student Health Officers Organization, was at the literature table, talking with students as they came by and offering literature.
"I think they're interested in learning about alcohol." he said.
Brad Brunton, Topea a sophomore, said he didn't think the week's events would have that much of an influence on him.
"I have a busy week, so I won't think about it that much," he said. "Some people will just look at this and laugh it off. But I think it's a pretty nice idea."
Lori Michel, assistant director of the Student Assistance Center, and Bob Turvey, associate director, blow up balloons to kick off the beginning of Alcohol Awareness Week. Students received pamphlets, non-alcoholic beverages and balloons yesterday on Wescoe Beach to alert them to the dangers of alcohol.
Group to promote art, understanding
Lawrence artists welcome spectators
Staff writer
By CRAIG HERRMANN
"All of us plan to open our studios to the public on selected afternoons and let them come in and see what we do." Drake said.
Nine downtown Lawrence art studios have joined in an effort to make local residents familiar with the wealth of art around them.
will see another side to the art object."
The Independent Downtown Artists Association, a group that represents the studios, will have its first "open house studio-walk" on Nov. 2, Valerie A. Drake, coordinator of the open house, said yesterday.
She said she hoped people would gain acceptance and a better understanding of Lawrence artists and their work from seeing them create.
"A person can walk into an art gallery and see an art object, but the person doesn't really know how to do it."
"If people are given the opportunity to actually enter an artist's creative environment maybe they
Drake, who owns Skyworks studio, 7291 Massachusetts St., said she thought most people didn't realize Lawrence was filled with art and talent.
"We just want people in Lawrence to know we're here and willing to share our talents with them," she said.
Judy Billings, director of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce's convention and visitor's bureau, said the studios' group had the support of the chamber.
"We're always looking for interesting things to promote about Lawrence," she said. "The studiowalk should add to the uniqueness of the city."
The studios' group will produce maps that show the locations of studios participating in each event. The maps will be available for pick-up in each participating studio.
Cara Connellly, co-owner of Silverworks, 715 Massachusetts St., said that she was excited about
the event and that her store would participate in as many events as the group chose to sponsor.
"Many people seem to think art is just a hobby." Connelly said. "While there are many hobby artists around, people should realize that artists in the downtown area are trying to make a living through their artwork."
Drake had the idea for an association of downtown artists and the studio-walk since last year, she said, but she decided to put her plans into action during the summer.
Drake said, "I was asking myself, 'How can we get the public to participate with us as artists?'"
She said that she wanted local artists and their studios to have more exposure.
By KIRK KAHLER
Drake said that in addition to the first studiowalk, another was scheduled for Nov. 21, the day downtown Lawrence officially begins the Christmas shopping season. Studio-walks also are scheduled for Dec. 7, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21.
Few attend hearing on parking
However, the committee still will recommend that the University of Kansas provide more parking space in the 1400 block of Louisiana Street and better lighting between parking areas, the committee's chairman said.
Only two people showed up to voice their concerns about parking on campus at a public hearing last night in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
One of three people scheduled to speak before the Student Senate Executive Committee on Parking Services didn't appear. No spectators attended.
Les Lauber, the chairman, said the recommendations would follow from the comments made at the hearing.
"We're probably better off just to have a small group," Lauber said. "We were able to kick around the ideas that were brought up."
KU has asked an Evanston, Ill., consulting firm, Barton-Aschman, to prepare a comprehensive study of parking at the University and to suggest solutions to any problems they find. The company started its work in April.
At the hearing, Michael Kimber,
associate professor of music,
described KU parking permits as
"hunting licenses."
Kimber suggested multi-level parking areas and assigned parking spaces as solutions to the problems he saw with parking.
He said that he had had such difficulty finding a space south of Jayhawk Boulevard, that he had parked illegally, been ticketed and tried to cancel one of his classes to avoid the problem.
When he taught at other schools, Kimber she, he often did not pay for parking but was always guaranteed a space.
"It's like putting your money in the meter before entering the lot and then hoping to find a space," he said.
Valerie Hedquist, a teaching assistant in art history, said the parking availability in front of her office, 1400 Louisiana St., also was poor.
She suggested that two or three spaces in front of the building be reserved for teaching assistants. She also said a parking area on top of Wescoe Hall might provide a solution.
DRINKING...
just like in the movies?
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Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Kappa Alpha Theta
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M * A * S H
Saturday, 10:30 p.m. Ellsworth
6:30 p.m. Sigma Nu
Monday, 7:00 p.m. Kansas Union Gallery
Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Robinson
Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Alpha Gamma Delta
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Kappa Union Gallery
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M*A*S*H
Monday, 9:00 p.m. Oliver Hall
Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. Phi Kappa Tau
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Kansas Union Gallery
Friday, 7:00 p.m. Wescoe
Friday, 7:00 p.m. Robinson
"ARTHUR"
"EDUCATING RITA"
Monday, 8:30 p.m. McCollium
Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Kansas Union Museum
Wednesday, 10:00 p.m. Whitewater
Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Dyche
Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Alpha Delta Pi
Thursday, 5:00 p.m. Robinson
Friday, 7:00 p.m. 3140 Wское
"ST. ELMO'S FIRE"
Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Chi Omega
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